Monthly Archives: October 2012

A Snowflake Medallion

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I love the sketch on the Retro Sketches site this week, so with the little time I had to play today, I decided to use this sketch.

This simple card took a long time to make.  I’d get one step done and the laundry buzzer would go off.  I’d come back and forget what I was going to do for the next step.  I was not a good multi-tasker today.  🙂

I hope you enjoy your Sunday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Versamark, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments:  Large Scallop edgelit, Floral Frames framelits, Snow Flurry Bigz die, Northern Flurry embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Pearl Basic Jewels

A Tag Christmas Card

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These Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags in the Holiday Catalog may have been designed to be used as tags, but I think they work great on cards too.  This is a super easy card, which would have been even easier if I hadn’t added the stitching around the edges.  I just stamped the sentiment on the tag and popped the tag up with dimensionals.  I just love the font of this sentiment, and wanted it to be the focus of this card.

Well, I’m so glad it’s Saturday!  Hopefully, I will get some crafting time in today in between the many loads of laundry that I need to do.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack
Embellishments:  Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags

A “Busy” December 25

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The “Busy” in the title of my post refers to how this card seems a little busy to me with all of the patterned paper.  I guess I don’t usually use this much patterned paper nor so many different patterns all on one card.

I made this card using the sketch at Pals Paper Arts.

PPA145 Sketch

Enjoy your Friday (wow, is it really already Friday!).  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Joyous Celebration
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer
Embellishments:  Apothecary Accents framelits, Designer Frames folder, Extra-Large Oval punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Postage Doily

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I wanted to play along with the sketch challenge at the Freshly Made Sketches site.  I love this sketch!  When LeAnne said this is her “go to” sketch, I had to laugh because it is one that I use as my “go to” sketch also.  It’s just a versatile sketch, I guess!

I haven’t used the Postage Due stamp set very much since I got it, and I love it.  So I pulled it out for this sketch.  I embossed it on the gray card stock with clear embossing powder and then tried to distress it with some Crumb Cake ink and a sponge dauber and my scissors.  With all of the coordinating punches and dies that Stampin’ Up sells, this was a pretty quick and easy card to make.

Enjoy your Thursday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Postage Due, Delicate Doilies
Ink:  Calypso Coral, More Mustard, Gumball Green, Versamark, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Pool Party, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, More Mustard, Very Vanilla, In Colors Designer Series Paper Stacks
Embellishments:  Vintage Faceted Buttons, Postage Stamp punch, 1-3/4″ Circle punch, 2-1/2″ Circle punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Perfect Pennants Bigz L die, Clear Stampin’ Emboss powder, Linen Thread, 5/8″ Crochet Trim, 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, In Color Dahlias

Christmas Bells

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Here’s a pretty simple Christmas card that could easily be mailed with no extra postage.  Although, I can’t say it was a fast card.  I am just not very good at coloring so it takes me a while to make cards like this.  Plus, I did a little fussy cutting with the bells stamp because I wanted to pop it up with a dimensional over the rest of the holly.  I don’t think I’ll be mass producing this one.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Bells & Boughs
Ink:  Staz-on Black, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Summer Starfruit
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Watercolor paper, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments:  none (OMG!!! — I’ve never done that before!)

Noel Village

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The little homes on this Christmas paper from the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper are so cute.  I wanted them to be the star of the show on this card, so I just added a banner for the sentiment and added some paper piercing to dress things up a bit.  This was a super easy card with very little actual stamping.

Enjoy your Tuesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Snow Festival dsp
Embellishments:  Apothecary Accents framelits, Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Vanilla Peace

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This is a card I made for a swap I participated in this past weekend.  I used two framelits to make the frame — using the larger framelit to cut the card stock, and then placing the smaller framelit on top of the die cut I just cut out to make the frame.  I then pierced the frame using the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and placed it on the card base using dimensionals.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the card base before adhering the frame.  I used the Big Shot a lot for this card — what would I do without that thing?

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Scentsational Season, Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Real Red, Gumball Green, More Mustard, Early Espresso
Paper:  Very Vanilla
Embellishments:  Labels Collection framelits, Holiday Collection framelits, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Pearl Basics Jewels, Delicate Designs folders, Real Red 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon

Christmas Cheers

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Now, here’s a color I haven’t used in a LONG time — River Rock.  It’s not that I don’t like River Rock (I DO like it), it’s just that I forget about poor River Rock and turn to his bigger brother, Crumb Cake most of the time.  For this card, I wanted to use something other than Crumb Cake because I’ve been making a lot of cards with it lately.  I thought I was pulling out Sahara Sand, but when I looked at it closely, I realized it was River Rock…and I really liked it with this card.

Well, I hope you’re enjoying your weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Happy Hour
Ink:  Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Gold Stampin’ Dazzle Marker
Paper:  River Rock, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer dsp
Embellishments:  Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Apothecary Accents framelits, Window Frames Collection framelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

A Fall Tulle Flower

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I was excited to see that Julia Stainton is featured this month at the CASE Study Challenge Blog.  When I first started card making, she was a blogger that I admired (I still do too!).  I love everything she makes!  She is so talented at not only card making, but at scrapbooking too.  I’ve cased quite a few of her projects over the years and I have been inspired by so many others.  Here is her card for this weeks challenge:

I tried to make a burlap flower like this one a couple of weeks ago, and all I ended up with was a mess — frayed burlap strings everywhere!  I may have to give it another go after seeing this beautiful card.

I used the scalloped tulle ribbon in the Holiday Catalog for my flower.  It is a dream to work with — no frayed edges and it ties beautifully.

Well, enjoy your Saturday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Measuring Stick
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, More Mustard, Orchard Harvest dsp
Embellishments:  Brushed Bronze designer buttons, Perfect Pennants Bigz L die, Crumb Cake 3-1/2″ Scalloped Tulle Ribbon, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Woodgrain embossing folder

It’s a Bright Happy Day

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Warning:  The following card may require sunglasses to view!  🙂

I’ve been making so many Fall/Christmas/Halloween cards lately that the colors in this card seem so bright to me, and I love these colors.  I chose these colors because I wanted to play along with the color challenge at The Color Throwdown site.  I just found this site, and I was amazed that this is challenge #213.  How have I missed it that long?

Since I also wanted to play along with the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches, I decided to combine the two challenges.

Well, we’ve made it to Friday.  Enjoy your day!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Moving Forward, Friendly Phrases
Ink:  Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo
Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Summer Smooches
Embellishments:  Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, Large Scallop Edgelits, Whisper White 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon