Season's Greetings

This card is for the Sketch Challenge from 11/15/08 on Paper Craft Planet.

The base is Kraft with a layer of Chocolate Chip. The snowflakes on the choc chip layer were stamped in Distress ink (walnut stain) and then the edges were sponged. For the next layer I used the long scallop rectangle Nestabilities with Kraft. The dots are stamped in Distress inks (fired brick, peeled paint) and then more snowflakes. The greeting panel is stamped with peeled paint and layerd onto Riding Hood Red. For the snowflake I punched choc chip cardstock and covered it with a lite layer of Glossy Accents and then dipped it in Diamond Dust. After the snowflake dried I added the button and attached it to the card.
Supplies:

• Stamps - Rubbernecker (snowflakes), Inky Antics (greeting), Victorine Originals (dots)
  
• Ink - Distress Inks (peeled paint, fired brick, walnut stain, vintage photo)
  
• Paper - SU Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red
  
• Misc -Button, Tracing Wheel, Snowflake punch, Glossy Accents, Diamond Dust
  

It's a Girl

Some friends had a baby girl last week and this is the card I sent to them. The card base is textured pink pirouette. The designer papers are from the DCWV Nanna's Nursery line. The white is some textured paper I got at the local stamp store. The booties (stamp unmarked) are stamped in pink pirouette. I added the scalloped border and some lace and finally the prima flower and button. The image panel is mounted with pop dots.


Supplies:

• Stamps - Bootie Stamp unmarked, It's a Girl retired SU hostess set
  
• Ink - SU Pink Pirouette
• Paper - SU Pink Pirouette, White (unknown), DCWV
  
• Misc -Prima, Button, Lace, Scallop punch, Tracing Wheel

Another Anniversary

I know this card is basically the same as the last post but I wanted to show you the wonderful idea I got from Kim Hughes. Check out this post on her blog for her sample. Cut a strip of Co'ordinations cardstock and run it through your Dymo label maker then lightly sand the letters. I think this is an idea that will get a lot of use!

Otherwise the supplies and details of the card are basically the same as the previous post.


Thanks for stopping!

Marching to his own beat

Are any of you fans of The Amazing Race? I just love that show and last night had me in tears with laughter. In the previews for the show I saw some VERY HUMOUROUS marching going on and I thought it was just one of the contestants having fun but that was really his attempt at marching. Here's a clip from the show -



Now is that entertaining or what?! You gotta love those boys.


Ok, back to stamping. I needed some anniversary cards so I pulled out the K & Co Ancestry papers that I bought at Gina K's store and the Kim Hughes Silhouette Blooms I set from Cornish Heritage Farms.

The flower was stamped in SU Soft Sky on Very Vanilla then the edges were lightly sponged with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. The Walnut Stain was also used to stamp the Happy Anniversary from Stampendous and ink the edges of the tag.


Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're all having a wonderful day!

Supplies:

• Stamps - Cornish Heritage Farms Silhouette Blooms I from the Kim Hughes Collection
• Ink - Distress ink walnut stain, SU Soft Sky
• Paper - SU Kraft, Very Vanilla, K&Co Ancestry
• Misc -Button, Twine, Tracing Wheel

Punny Farm

It's cold again here today but the sky is blue and the sun is shining so all things considered it's a good day!

I was making some computer generated sayings the other day and this is one that I did. I thought it would be so fun to make a little farm scene so I stamped the cow from SU's Very Punny set three times with Ranger Archival ink on Very Vanilla cardstock then colored them with Copics and cut them out. I used my Nestabilities Label 1 set to cut out the label then sponged it with Peeled paint distress ink and SU Soft Sky. I used a copic multiliner to draw the little barn and silo and colored them with copics then sponged the edges of the label with Vintage photo distress ink. The cows were mounted with pop dots for some dimension.

Supplies:

• Stamps - SU Very Punny
• Ink - Ranger Archival, Distress inks (peeled paint, vintage photo), SU Soft Sky
• Paper - SU Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Red, My Mind's Eye
• Misc - Nestabilities, SU Curly Label Punch, Pop dots, Copic multiliner, Copics

Bats about you

I know Halloween is over but I wanted to make a card for my hubby the other night and when I saw the bat stamp sitting there on the shelf I had this idea.

The bats are stamped on mustard cardstock and heat embossed in black. Then I cut them out and mounted them with pop dots. The card base is mustard with a layer of black, then a layer of Basic Grey dp and a circle of My Mind's Eye dp. I added some dots around the circle with a copic multiliner. All of the edges of the dp papers were sponged with vintage photo distress ink. Finally I used my Dymo label maker for the tag.

Just a simple card to let my hubby know that I was thinking about him while I was in my craftroom and he was working late.
Supplies:

• Stamps - Inkadinkado
  
• Ink - Distress inks (black, vintage photo)
  
• Paper - SU Mustard, Black, DP (Basic Grey and My Mind's Eye)
  
• Misc - Black EP, Nestabilities, Pop dots, Copic multiliner, Dymo label maker

Birthday Chick

I hope you aren't sick of cards with the Party Farm Animals from Pink Cat Studio. I know I've already shared a couple of them in the last week or so but it's such a fun set to use. When I saw this sentiment recently I knew I had to use it with these chicks. Don't you think the little chicks in their party hats are perfect!?!?

I computer generated the sentiment using the King Cool font. All of the hats have stickles on them for some added sparkle. Next I pulled out the gem stones and added them to the scalloped circle. The chicks and piggy were colored with copics and the background was colored with my aqua brush and watercolor wonder crayons. The scallop circle and line of chicks are all mounted with pop dots for some dimension.
For those that are interested, I'm hoping to have the directions for the magnet set boxes ready for sharing soon so please stop back. I hope you're all having a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Pink Cat Studio Party Farm Animals
  
• Ink - Archival Black
  
• Paper - SU Kiwi Kiss, Choc Chip, Cool Caribbean, White, Designer paper (unknown)
  
• Misc - Copics, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Punches, Nestabilities, Gems, Stickles, Pop dots

Bring on the cupcakes

Did you see Julia Stainton's Sweetie Pie card? It inspired me to make this cupcake card. I stamped the cupcakes on SU Very Vanilla with Archival ink and colored them with Copics. Next I ran some Cosmo Cricket paper through my cuttlebug with my new Nesties (Labels 1). I mounted the cupcakes to the label with pop dots and then added glossy accents to the frosting portion of the cupcakes and sprinkled them with glitter.

Next I made a vanilla card base and added some layers of Cosmo Cricket papers with a strip of SU designer paper. I added a strip of lace that I found at a garage sale this summer and used my Dymo label maker (also found at a garage sale) to make the tag.

I always get a little sad when rummage sale season comes to an end but I think it helps me appreciate it more when spring rolls around and it's time to go bargain hunting again. The temperature is 12 right now so it's definitely not rummage sale weather. The high for today is only 31 but on the up side, the ground is frozen enough that the dogs aren't muddy every time they go outside. Yeah!

Supplies:

• Stamp - Baked with Love by Kim Hughes from Cornish Heritage Farms
  
• Ink - Archival
  
• Paper - SU Vanilla, DP pack (hostess), Cosmo Cricket
  
• Misc - Nesties, Lace, Glitter, Glossy accents, Pop dots, Dymo label maker