Happy New Year

This card is for the Retro Sketches challenge (RS44).

I wanted a dramatic look so went with black and white.  I used the SU stamp New Year's stamped in black and then embossed with clear embossing powder to make it pop.  Below that is some retired DSP by SU called Night and Day. To the left is a little piece of silver wrapping paper left over from who knows what :-).  The sentiment and DSP are popped up on dimensionals. I added a black button with black & white Baker's twine.  Thanks for stopping by and Happy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: New Year's

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, silver wrapping paper, Night and Day DSP (ret)

Ink: Black

Accessories: Clear embossing powder, earth elements black button, corner rounder, Baker's twine, dimensionals, glue dot, Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

Comfort Food

Here are a couple more cards that I made while my daughter was in town for Christmas.  Both of these cards use Comfort Foods by PTI.  The spoons were stamped first in black to get the outlines. Then they were were stamped with the back of the stamp to fill in the color.  I got the idea from this card by Cristina at My Paper Secret. This was not so easy to do since the stamp didn't stick to the acrylic block when using it backwards and I had to just use my fingers. On my first try I thought it came out too dark so I stamped off once before stamping on the card.

The 2nd card is a total case of the card mentioned above. I used a craft knife to make a slit in the bowl for the spoon.

Supplies listed for both cards:

Stamps: Comfort Food (PTI)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Pool Party DSP

Ink: Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Black

Accessories: Comfort Food die (PTI) , the heart is from the Owl punch (SU), dimensionals, Baker's twine, SU border punch

I'm Back - I Hope

It's been a while since my last post. December was a busy month with a baby shower for my daughter and then Christmas. Now I'm trying to catch up.  Here is a card that I made when my daughter and I had some stamping time together.

I started with the new Papertrey Cover Plate: Circles in white. I stamped the individual circles with SU Make a Mitten. The reindeer are Midnight Muse, The poinsettia shapes are Pacific Point and the snowflakes are Cool Caribbean.  I thought it was too white so I changed the diamonds to Tempting Turquoise.  The circles on the left and right are stamped with Country Charm by WPlus9. The sentiment is Think Big Favorites #22 by Papertrey Ink.  I added some Baker's Twine & grosgrain ribbon to finish it off.  I'll try to have more cards tomorrow :-)

Supplies:

Stamps: Make a Mitten (SU), Country Charm (WPlus9), Think Big Favorites #22 (PTI)

Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise (SU)

Ink: Midnight Muse, Pacific Point, & Cool Caribbean (SU)

Accessories: Tempting Turquoise 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Baker's twine

Tools: Cover Plate: Circles (PTI)

Happy Birthday Dad

This card is for my dad's birthday. I just got this paper by My Mind's Eye and when I saw the sheet that had "Celebrate" in the corner I knew I wanted to make that my focus.  I layered it on some of my hoarded Sage Shadow paper. I then die cut a tag, stamped "Dad" and tied it on with some linen thread and Baker's twine. This is popped up on a piece of Kraft paper. Simple as that and very masculine. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps: Tiny Tags (PTI)

Paper: Kraft, Sage Shadow, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Portobello Road

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Linen thread, Baker's twine, TIny Tags die (PTI), dimensionals

31st Birthday

This week is my daughter's 31st birthday. This is the card that I made for her.  It's also for this week's iSpy sketch challenge and was supposed to be for the Cloud9 November blog hop.  I got so wrapped up in choosing the DSP that I didn't actually use any Wplus9 products. Oh well.

I used the PTI Paper Beads die to make all the sunbursts then just started piecing them on.  The circle image is popped up on dimensionals. Pretty straightforward - just a bit time consuming. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Birthday Vickie!

The inside of the card.

The Challenge:

The Supplies:
Stamps: Celebrate Everything
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Black, Whisper White, Summer Smooches DSP, Just Add Cake DSP. Big Top Birthday DSP, East Coast Prep DSP
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: 5/8" reg grosgrain ribbon (SU), white Baker's twine (SU), dimensionals
Tools: Nestabilities: circle and lacey circles, Paper Beads die (PTI), Timeless Type Alphabet Jr (SU)

Cloud9 Blog Hop & DD28

Here is my card for the Cloud9 Blog Hop. I started out with more colors but it didn't work and I ended up with just the two.  I'm not even going to tell you how many times I stamped the different rows of Fair Isle Backgrounds until I got them lined up evenly. After I finally got that done I stamped the gingerbread man and layered him up with the Clear Cut Stackers: Pinking Squares and then popped him up with dimensionals on some fishtail flags. 

Edit: Even though I made this card yesterday it works pretty well for today's Dynamic Duos so I'm adding it to that as well :-)

I added a little button on the gingerbread man to make him stand out more.   Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Fair Isle Backgrounds (wplus9), Seasonal Patches & Season of Joy (SU!)

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White (SU!), Riding Hood Red & Crumb Cake DSP Stacks (SU!)

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake (SU!)

Accessories: button, linen thread, dimensionals

Tools: Clear Cut Stackers: Pinking Squares (wplus9), Die-Namics Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

Happy Harlequin Craft Fair

Here is a card that I made for our church craft fair. I bundled 4 together as a set. It's based off this card. It's my first card using Happy Harlequin and I'm looking forward to more cards with this set.

The white panel is popped up on dimensionals

Supplies:

Stamps: Happy Harlequin (PTI)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White & Frostwood Lodge DSP (SU ret.)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Accessories: Baker's Twine, dimensionals

Tools: Harlequin Cover Plate (PTI)

Last Halloween Card

I guess I was on a roll today. Here's my last Halloween card. I stamped the clothesline from Heartfelt Mix in Basic Gray on Vanilla. Then I hung the four images from Spooky Bingo Bits. I added some Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP to the left side, a little strip of pinked edge in Tangerine Tango and a piece of black ribbon.  The sentiment from Primitive Pumpkins was cut with a fishtail tag die and matted on a piece of black. A black brad and a piece of Baker's twine completed this and it was popped up on dimensionals.  This card is also good for the colourQ challenge this week.  Thanks for checking out my Halloween cards!

cQc#160 color challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Heartfelt Mix (wplus9), Spooky Bingo Bits (SU), Primitive Pumpkins (MFT)

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade, Going Gray & Basic Black

Accessories: Baker's twine, brad, black grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Tools: Die-Namics Pinking Edge die (MFT), Die-Namics Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

2nd Halloween Card Today

Amazing!  I got a 2nd card made and I didn't even case anyone. It is for 2 more challenges.  Retrosketches RS#34 and the colourQ challenge cQc#160.  OK, here's the card.

This time I used the smaller pocket stamp from Wplus9 A Pocketful.  I must have given my Kiwi Kiss to one of my daughter's so I used Lucky Limeade instead. The cute little spiders jumping out of the pocket are from the Pocketful: Halloween set.  I used my Sakura Stardust gelly roll pen on the spiders to give them some added pizzazz.  From there this card turned into one of those where you tinker and tinker until you finally like it.  I just kept adding little strips of paper and I think that I like the result. The black strip on the right is from the SU's Neutrals DSP pack, then comes a strip of Tangerine Tango. On the left I die cut the scallops from Rich Razzleberry DSP, then there's a strip of black and finally a strip of Lucky Limeade. I tied some Baker's twine around and added a tag which is a PTI die cut from the Tiny Tags set and the Boo sentiment is from the SU Tiny Tags set.  

Closeup - Can you see the spidery shimmer?

 

Now check out the inside. 

The sentiment and little spider webs are from the MFT set Primitive Pumpkins.













Challenges:

               

Supplies:
Stamps: A Pocketful and A Pocketful: Halloween (Wplus9), Tiny Tags (PTI), Tiny Tags (SU)
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Neutrals DSP, Brights DSP (SU)
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black (SU)
Accessories: Baker's twine, dimensionals
Tools: Pocket die (Wplus9), Tiny Tags die (PTI), Die-Namics Scallop medium (MFT), Sakura Stardust gelly roll pen

Edited:  My card was chosen as a colourQ Courtier!

1st Halloween Card

Well I'm finally getting to my Halloween cards. This is the first and I hope that I have more to come.  I get to play with new stuff and also meet a couple of challenges -  Dynamic Duos DD#25  color challenge including the dessert option of using a die and also the Pals Paper Arts PP145 sketch challenge.

I die cut the pocket and stamped it in Pumpkin Pie. Then I stamped the bats and embossed them with clear embossing powder. You can't really see it in the picture but it does help pop them out on the card. Then I adhered the pocket with dimensionals. The sentiment from A Pocketful: Halloween was punched out, spritzed with pumpkin pie ink and then also popped with dimensionals.   I used my new Die-Namics Fishtail Flag Stax to cut the flag out of the Black DSP and then backed that with the PP DSP.  It's all on a black card base.  Check back as I hope to have some more Halloween cards soon :-)

Here's the inside

The Challenges:

        

The Supplies:

Stamps: A Pocketful and A Pocketful: Halloween (Wplus9), Delightful Dozen (SU)

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, Brights DSP, Neutrals DSP (all SU)

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, PP and BB markers used on the inside

Accessories: Pocket die (Wplus9), oval punch (SU), Die-Namice Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), clear embossing powder, dimensionals & spritzer (SU)