Fall Acorn Bag

Here is a simple and fun bag made using the Big Shot with the Top Notes die and some Autumn Traditions DSP. The acorn stamp is from the set in the Holiday Mini called Autumn Splendor. I wrapped a few chocolate's in coordinating DSP and and called it good!

What a fun bag to make for any occasion!

Thanks for looking!

P.S Do you like my new blog look?

P.S.S. I am busily getting ready for a craft fair this weekend! What I made for the fair will be posted in the near future!

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Modern Quilt

Here is a quilt card I made recently! I just love how the quilt cards look. I used the Thoroughly Modern DSP and the Top Notes die with the Big Shot.

I hand drew the stitching on with a black Stampin' Write marker. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I finished the quilt off by tying Basic Black 5/8" grosgrain ribbon around it. Pretty simple today!

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Bug Tac Toe- PPA15

I have been looking at the Pals Paper Arts blog for a while now and decided this week to join in on the challenge!

This week the colors are Ruby Red, Taken with Teal and Basic Gray. I decided to make a box of treats and a travel game. The box of treats was made using the Box #2 die and the Big Shot and then stamped in this weeks colors using the Bugs and Kisses stamp set. The travel game is Tic Tac Toe.

All the playing pieces are magnetic, so they will not fall off all the playing board! It is a perfect game for on the go and fits nicely into a small bag or purse!

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Bright Daisy's- CCCCAct9

This week Stacey was inspired by this photo from Country Living. The Stampin' Up! colors in the photo are Pink Passion, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Real Red and Basic Black. These are different colors for me, but that is why it is called a challenge right?

Here is the card I made. Pretty clean, simple and straight forward this week. I used the daisy die cuts and my Big Shot to make the flowers, added a jumbo white brad to the middle and tied them together with some Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon.











Here is a close up of the sentiment. I don't know what set this really came from, but it is an old Stampin' Up! stamp.

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For Sale Updated!

FYI, I updated my stamp sets for sale blog. Go check them out! There are some great deals to be had!

Click on the For Sale sign on the left side of my blog or click here!

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Yummy Frog Eyes

Anyone want a frog eye?

I made these cute little frog eyes using Rolo candy and a few circle punches. The box was made using four acetate Stampin' Up! Scallop Envelope dies put together to make a box. I made the sign using some Big Shot letters and a piece of Basic Black card stock cut to look like a scary sign. (I saw the idea for the Rolo's on Splitcaost or Stampin' Addicts, but I can't find it now!)

Happy Halloween!
Have a safe and spooky day!

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Red Eyelet Berries- CAS38

Here is my card for this week's CAS (clean and simple) challenge over at Splitcoast. It was a Ways to Use it challenge and you have to use brads or eyelets. I don't use eyelets very often, so I used them.

The leafs on the card were sponged on using Old Olive ink with a negative of the Stampin' Up! Little Leaves Sizzlits die as the template. I then added the red eyelets as berries on the leaves using my Crop-a-Dile.

Here is a close up of the main image. The sentiment came from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and the bow was made using White Taffeta ribbon.

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Tile Coaster Tutorail

In a previous post, seen here, I posted these tile coasters and then was asked to tell how I made these tile coasters, so here we go!

Supplies needed:
- Travertino tiles, not sealed (you can find theses at your local home improvement store or tile store. The ones I got were sold in pack's of 9)
- Black Staz On ink (or any solvent based ink)
- Stamp set of your choice (I used Circle Circus from SU!)
- Small cork pads (to put on the bottom of the tiles so they don't scratch the table when in use)

Instructions:
- Take your tile and wipe off any access residue from the tile (the white powdery stuff)
- Ink your stamp with Black Staz On (you must ONLY use a solvent based ink, like Staz On ink, on these tiles, if you use water based ink, it will smear and come off as soon as any water comes in contact with them!)
- Stamp your images on your tiles and let dry.
- Put four small cork pads on the bottom of each tile and you are done!

There is no need to seal them with anything. I tested mine after I stamped them and let them dry by dunking them into water and rubbing them while they were under water and nothing happened!

These will make perfect gifts for any occasion! Have fun!

If you have any other questions, please let me know!

I don't know why the text size in this post is all messed up size-wise...?

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Lou and the Flu

Here is a card I recently sent my stamping friend Lou over at Lou's Goods because she has the Swine Flu! I thought she would get a kick out of this little guy and I think she did! I hope it brightened her day a bit.

I made the whole card without stamping anything! I love punch art and for this project, it was perfect!



Here is an angled view of the pig and his tissues. You can see his little ears flopping off the card and that the tissues are "real".

I hope this poor little pig and Lou feel better soon!

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B&W Fish Finder and Tiles- CCCCAct8

If you are my sister and do not want to see your birthday present and card do no go any further...until after your birthday!





Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge this week, Act 8, was inspired my this Halloween table setting. The colors are Basic Black, Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie. Of course you look at these colors and think Halloween, but I don't need anymore Halloween cards so I came up with something else that was black, white and orange.

My sister's birthday is this week and needed to make her a card and present, so I thought of her and here is what I came up with. A Penguin card! She loves penguins and they are black, white and orange so I knew it would be perfect! I made the penguin and the fish by using various Stampin' Up! punches. The background of the card is Whisper White card stock and Vellum card stock ripped to look like snow. The "sky" (top third) of the card has a layer of the Snowfall Printed Window Sheets from the Holiday Mini catalog over it.

Here is a close up of the background and the fish! I covered the fish with the Orange teeny-tiny Micro Beads from Stampin' Up! I think she will like this little guy a lot!











And for her present, it is black and white (no orange). I made her these tile coasters. This was the first time I have ever made these and they were so easy and fun! Tutorial for these can be found on this post.



We were at her apartment and asked for a coaster and she said she didn't have any....so I made her some. I think she will like these too!

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Pumpkin Butterfly Sympathy- CCCCAct7

This week Stacey has another great color challenge. She was inspired by this photo at the Country Living website. The Stampin' Up! colors in the photo are Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla and Kraft. As I was thinking of what I was going to do with the colors I thought what great fall colors, but I don't want to make any more fall cards, so I went over to Splitcoast and looked at the Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge for this week, it was to make a sympathy card, so that is what I did.

Here is my card. Very CAS. I used the stamp set Inspired by Nature for the Old Olive grass and the Pumpkin Pie butterfly came from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and were both stamped on Very Vanilla card stock. I then matted the stamped panel onto Very Vanilla card stock for a more finished look.

The sentiment "with sympathy" came from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I stamped the Kraft card base with the retired Canvas background stamp in Kraft ink stamped off once, to give it a softer look. I finished off the card by paper piercing around the main image.

Here is the close up of the sentiment, the background and the paper piercing.

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Spooky Branch Tree and Bats

Here is another Halloween card I made. This card features Vellum card stock. It is hard to see in the picture, but there is a layer of vellum over the Whisper White card stock. This gives it a little more of a layered-spooky look.

The card uses the Branch Out and the Halloween Frights Stamp sets and the retired Canvas background stamp. I stamped the card base, Soft Suede, with the Canvas background stamp in Soft Suede ink. Then I sponged the hill and the moon on the Whisper White card stock by doing some masking. I then took a piece of Vellum card stock the same size as the Whisper White card stock and stamped the tree using Black Staz On onto the vellum. I finished off the card by making a few of the bats using the scalloped square punch and adding the sentiment from the Halloween Frights stamp set.

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Sweet Treat Bone Mix

Halloween is just around the corner, so I thought I would share a Halloween project with you.

This is a card we made at club last month. It uses the Sweet Treat Cups from the Holiday Mini. I was trying to think of what you could put inside of it besides candy and saw these plastic skeletons while grocery shopping and thought wow...how easy it would be to cut him up and put the bones in the Sweet Treat Cup, so that is what I did!

This card has a few details that I will point out to you:

To the bone mix I also added a few orange beads from the Orange Duo and two small googly eyes and called it good (this picture gives you a better look at the beads and the bones).







I added two brads and an Orange "diamond" to the card to give it more detail (the Orange "diamond" came from the circle Fire Rhinestone Brads, I just took off the brad part of it and used the "diamond" with a mini glue dot). I also textured the Basic Black piece of card stock using my Big Shot and the diamond texture plate.







The sentiment was stamped on Very Vanilla card stock is Versa mark, embossed in black embossing powder and then punched out using the Modern Label punch. Then two more Modern label's were punched and layered behind the one with the sentiment on it. All layers were sponged with some Basic Black and Sahara Sand ink and attached to the card using Dimentionals.






The whole card thought out the steps was sponged to make it look a little more spookier! Here is the finished product again. It measures 4 1/4" square.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

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Birthday Quilt for Mom-CCCCact6

It's time for another Curtain Call Color Challenge from Stacey! This week, Act 6, the colors are Dusty Durango, Ruby Red, Very Vanilla, So Saffron and Mellow Moss. What warm colors to make a birthday card for my Mom with!

Here is the card I made. I have been seeing the Top Note die Quilt all over and have been wanting to try it, so I figured this would be the perfect color combo to try with it, since they are such warm colors and so are quilts!

It is hard to see in the picture, but there is a piece of Vellum I textured using the Small Dots texture plate and the Big Shot over the Very Vanilla card base. I put the quilt together and added the "stitching" then used my Big Shot again and the Buttons #5 Sizzlits die and die cut a few small paper buttons and added them to the card. The bow is made with the Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon. The sentiment comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Here is a close up of the detail on the card.

If you want to try Stacey's Challenge click here!

Happy Birthday Mom!
and
Thanks for looking!

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Hannah's Birthday Crab- CCCCAct5

It's time for another Curtain Call from Stacey! This week, Act 5, she dedicated it to her daughter Hannah who just turned five! What a fun inspiration photo to make a birthday card! The colors this week were Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Lavender Lace.

Here is the card I came up with. I used the retired stamp set Crab and Company. I thought it went well with the colors this week. I colored Mr. Crab with my Aqua painter pen. I made the background paper by stamping the little starfish and the shell using Versa Mark on the So Saffron card stock.

I added a few Whisper White jumbo brads and a paper "charm" to finish off the card.


Here is a close up of the "charm" that is hanging off the ribbon.

Happy Birthday Hannah!

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Full Moon Tent Topper

Here is the card I designed for everyone who attended our World Card Making Day event to make. It is a Halloween scene Tent Topper punch art card!

The punches I used to make this card were the Wide Oval (for the pumpkin) and the Scalloped Square (for the bats). I made the moon by rubbing the Sahara Sand Classic ink directly on the Very Vanilla card stock. The background of the Basic Grey was made the same way the moon was made. I finished off the card by making Old Olive grass and stamping the sentiment "Happy Halloween" from the stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes along the bottom.

Here is a side view of the card, so you can tell that it is a Ten Topper better.

If you have any questions, let me know!

Thanks for looking!

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Happy World Card Making Day!

That's right, today is World Card Making day. Celebrate it by making a hand made card and giving it to someone. You will have fun making it and they will enjoy receiving it!

I am celebrating World Card Making Day tomorrow with a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators by holding a group stamp camp for all to come join!

Have a great day!

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Beautiful Butterflies Mobile

About a month and a half ago our friends J and F (husband and wife, she was about 7 1/2 months pregnant ) came and visited us for a few days. The guys went fly fishing and we, the girls, walked around town a little and shopped. When we got back to the house we decided to make some crafty things. Here is a mobile (sorry about the picture, it was late, dark and it is hard finding a place to hang it to get a good picture!) we made for her baby girl that is due any day now!
She saw my Stampin' Up! Beautiful Butterflies die for the big shot and like it, so we decided to make a mobile using it! She picked the DSP and colors she wanted to use and we went to work! We had fun putting it all together and think it turned out cute! She was going to take it home and wrap the top (the bright yellow hoop) with ribbon that she had that matched. I haven't seen it yet, but I am sure it looks great and is hanging in baby girls new room waiting for her to come home!
ETA: She was born on Tuesday 9/29!

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