One more before work...

then I have to go. I don't know why, but I like this little skull!!! This card started with a basic black base and I used a circle cutter to get a hole thru a double layer on the front of the card (so I could hide the strings). I used a piece of silver cord to attach the little spinning skull, which was embossed in white. I used the 1" circle punch to punch it out, and the a 1 1/4" circle punch for the red mat. The circle under the flower was just the left over rim of words, the matted on red and popped up with cut up dimensionals. It looked lonely, so I added a black polka dotted prima with a red brad!

Another Acetate Box...for Halloween

I don't think I have the patience to make 50 some of these for the kids classes for halloween, but I made one for a demo I did on Saturday morning. I used the Batty for You set and Sprinkles. Colors are Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss and Elegant Eggplant. I used the scalloped border punch, the scalloped circle punch, the 1 " circle punch and the 1 1/4" circle punch. Oh, and a slip of Old Olive ribbon for the handle. Cute, ain't he?

WT183 Caring Fairy

The Ways to Use it Challenge this week was to use the White Gel Pen. Well, if you've seen any of my work, you know that wasn't hard, I love that pen! So I decided to see how many ways I could use it on one card. I used it to watercolor, I used it for faux stitching, and I used it for highlighting. The card base is Pixie Pink, which Chocolate, I sponged white on the edges of the kraft focal image. I used a piece of pink grosgrain for embellishment as well as a swirl I hand cut from Pink Passion. The heart trail is stamped on the pixie with the hearts from "A Happy Heart" and the sentiment is from Best Yet.

Another Bracelet

Here is another item for the bazaar. I made this one with real red and kiwi kiss on the rolled beads. Now I have to keep my daughter from stealing it from me. The stamp set I used (like it matters, you see very little) is Sweet Shapes.

More Scandinavian Season...

I made a couple more of the cards for my grandma and now I am making some of them also for the Norwegian basket for the church bazaar.

The first one is shades of lavender because that is grandma's favorite color. I used Lovely Lilac craft, embossed with Iridescent Ice Ep on almost amethyst paper. I added a bit of silver cording and some silver eyelets, which are matted on 1/4" circles of lilac. I am including an extra photo that shows the sparkle on this card. I just love it! I hope she will also. I finally de-virginized my star! It was the first time I used the silly thing!

The next one is stamped on Night of Navy paper, with craft ink and silver EP. I added 3 silver brads and a strand of cording. The focal image is popped up on dimensionals. The snowflakes are stamped in white craft ink. The layer paper is Going Gray which I did not realize until last night is retired. :(

The last one is stamped with the Scandinavian wheel, Artichoke on Artichoke. The I embossed the tree in gold Ep and matted the tree in Riding Hood Red. I also added he gold brads on the Word Window punch out and a little bit of gold elastic cording too. The dots are gel pen.

Lots of goodies to share and ...

not much time to share them! I will have to get to the rest tonight, but I will share one card this morning. This is the sketch challenge at Splitcoast. I am really happy with the results and the colors! I started with a Baja Breeze cardstock base and added a strip of Olive, stamped with Twill in white craft. Then I stamped the focal image and matted on Artichoke. The scalloped circle punch is in Olive again and accented with the signo white gel pen. The little strips of paper are from the Green Tea DS papers. And the word Joy I stole from the Perfect Ending set, sans heart. And I added a little slip of Olive ribbon on the focal image also!

BIC22 Inspiration Challenge

Beate Johns is a wonderful stamper who shares her talent and inspiration with others freely. This morning, she shared this photo from Martha Stewart's collection for some inspiration.

I got a light, airy feel from it and this is what I came up with, inspired by the photo Beate shared. I started with Brocade Blue base, and stamped it in white craft with the Floral background stamp set. I then heat set it because I didn't want to emboss it, I wanted that soft chalky look. I stamped the flower from Bloomin' Beautiful in Black Stazon and colored it with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and added the white gel pen and used the aquapainter to soften that too. I then dry embossed the edges of the focal image with a straight edge and an embossing stylus. I added the dots with the basic black journaler, roughed up the edges of the white piece with my fingernail, and topped it off with a piece of the wide grosgrain in brocade blue.

Priceless Bracelet

I made this with a tutorial from this blog.

I stamped a piece of copy paper with Priceless in Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black and tempting turquoise and then made the beads with modge podge and a lot of patience. I am thinking about making them for the Fall Bazaar at church what do you think?

No challenge card this morning...

my Lumiere paint I was going to use for the challenge was think and goopy and made a mess, guess I need a new bottle!

Last night I went to bed with an idea in my head and this morning I had to get up and get it on paper. I did this one with a masking technique to get the nice crisp sponge lines. I used Mellow Moss, Basic Black and Kraft. The stamp sets are Bella Toile, Pocket Silhouettes, EFP and Flores Suaves. I embellished with the word winodw punch, brads, the ticket corner punch and black and moss gingham ribbons.

This card I made with A Happy Heart and Sprinkles. I started with a Pink Pirouette base and added Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze. The circle tag and the heart on the circle tag are popped up with dimensionals to give it some volume and I used a piece of Baja Breeze ribbon and silver cording for accent. The dotted edge was done with a signo white gel pen. You can kind of see in the photo how I dry embossed the focal image to give it more focus. I used a straight edge and an embossing Stylus.

Scandinavian Season

I purchased this set so I could make a set of cards for my grandma. I had a hard time at first seeing much in it, but after my last card here with it, I think I am getting in my groove. I will post them in order of completion, so the last one, which is my favorite, is the last one I made.

I figured I had better do something with those mittens, so this is what came to mind. I chose Pacific Point and Baja Breeze. I used craft white ink as well as the Baja Breeze double stripe ribbon, the key tag punch (it never seems to get cleaned off my desk for long) and the scallop border punch with the 1/16" circle punch to add a lacey effect. The sentiment is from Best Yet, which is really growing on me!

This one started with Bravo Burgundy. I think I automatically reach for that burgundy because so much of the rose malling my grandparents made for me is in burgundy. I added a layer in craft and used a little scrap of that beautiful Green Tea DS paper. I added a word window punch with a piece of the sentiment from Best Yet and attached it with copper brads from the vintage set. The ribbon is Old Olive. I also used the Scandinavian wheel with the bravo.

The third one I am not so sure of, I chose a monochromatic color scheme from the color wheel trying to try something new. I used the scallop punch again, with the tab punch and some apricot brads. The colors are Pumpkin Pie and Apricot Appeal. I used a length of Pumpkin Pie ribbon.

This one is my favorite! The tree and the sentiment from Warm Words are embossed in white. The edges are sponged with the white craft to give it that softened snowy look. Then I added the artichoke and eggplant ribbons and the little swish of color with the aquapainter in eggplant. I used the ticket corner punch too. Let me know what you think about any or all of these. I am thinking of making a set of these cards to go in a Norwegian basket that our church is putting together for the Bazaar.

For Teddy

This is a card I made for my son's friend's birthday. I used Bugs & Kisses with Old Olive (told you I am on an Olive kick!) with Tempting Turquoise and Tangerine Tango. I used the Arrow Punch from Stampin' Up (I don't remember the name of it.) as well at the circle punches and the signo gel pen.

A Happy Heart scalloped card

I thought I would see if the scalloped punch would go thru 2 layers of cardstock, so I sharpened it by cutting on tinfoil and then punched the card out. It worked pretty well. Then I hand dyed a Pretties flower with Pacific point ink refill, stamped in Pacific point ink with Old Olive (yes again!) on whisper white and tied it up with a piece of pretty Pacific Point ribbon. I added a smaller Pretties flower to the center of the bigger one and a rhinestone brad also from the kit.

This was for a demo challenge. It is an envelope pocket keeper. It's made with an envelope (sealed) and the tag punch. I stamped Bella Toile in Rose Red with Rose Red scalloped trim and Rose Red ribbon with a hint of silver. The heart is from A Happy Heart and matted after trimming on Rose Red and attached with dimensionals.

LSC184 Orange Roasters

This challenge was to use orange and coffee on the same card. I used Like It A Latte on mine in Tangerine Tango and Chocolate Chip. Doesn't that sound like it would make a fantastic cappuccino? I used the scallop punch, tangerine tango ribbon, the key tag punch and a little metal heart brad.

A Happy Heart

The last card is made using A Happy Heart and Sprinkles. I chose Real Red, Old Olive (I guess I am an olive kind of girl tonight) and Black. I used a piece of red gingham to accent.

More new Goodies

The second card tonight is my Halloween prototype for the kids for school. I figured I can alter the colors and the stamp to the kids' liking. This one is done in Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and Tangerine Tango. The stamp sets are Batty for You, Sprinkles, and Itty Bitty Backgrounds. I also used the scalloped punch and Olive ribbon and the Signo again.

New goodies from the Holiday Mini...

I got my box of goodies today and I had to dive in and make something. I can't wait to see what others come up with for the Scandinavian Season Stamp set. I want to make some cards for my grandma with this set, but I haven't had much swirling in my head with it yet. Here's my first card with it. I chose Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy and Baja Breeze for the colors. My grandma used to rose male on woodworking that my grandpa would make. These were some of the more traditional colors she chose. I also used the Key Tag Punch, the horizontal slot punch and Olive ribbon with the signo gel pen to accent.

A Rose by any other name...

I chose Rose Red and Regal Rose for my color schemes on this card. The stamp sets are Bella Toila bg, Pocket Silhouettes and the Joy is from AYC. I also slipped a little piece of vellum in there. The circle punch is folded in half and embellished with the signo gel pen and then I added Rose Red Ribbon. The focal image is pierced and the sentiment is on the Word Window Punch with a rose red brad added.

WT182 Shore Do Love You

Made for a friend! The challenge was to use some of that fancy expensive paper we buy at the scrapbook stores and then hoard and not use! I cut a little piece out of a big 12 X 12 sheet, I am so proud of myself! I used Bashful Blue and Vanilla Naturals. The little critters are watercolored. I used Crab & Co. and Itty Bitty Backgrounds. And I embellished with a sponge, the Key Tag Punch and the blue and caramel gingham ribbons.

A Quick one before work...

This is the Sketch Challenge for today at Splitcoast. The stamp set is Flight of the Butterfly. Colors are Baja Breeze, Old Olive and Certainly Celery. I used the Green Tea Designer Paper, Old Olive Ribbon, Celery brads and the ticket corner punch.