Perfectly Plum Day

I finally had some time today to do a couple of challenges on SCS. I really wanted to make the little matchbook candy holder from TLC260, and use the Color Combination from CC258. I really liked the colors so I used them for both the Card and the matchbook. The color combo is, PerfectPlum, Pale Plum and Soft Suede. I really love Perfect Plum so it surprised me that I used more Pale Plum on my projects.

The Birthdy Card uses SU:" Sincere Salutations" for the sentiment, and they both use the stemmed flower from SU:"Embrace Life". The "Thinking of You" is an individual Stamp byPaper Salon I picked up at a LSS years ago. I used Victoria EF again..I just love the soft look of its embossing. The ribbon is a Plum Offray grosgrain I purchased at Wal-mart. I made a hole with SU: slot tool punch to tie the ribbon on the sentiment panel. Then I raised it up on Fiskars med. Pop Dots.

The matchbook candy cover was fun and quick to do. If you need Directions for the matchbook please follow this link to TLC260.

There is a link to a tutorial in post #1.


I loved how the bottom edge of the Matchbook turned out. I layered a small strip of Soft Suede, with pieces of the 2 plum colors and then punched with my Martha Stewart "Arch Lattice" and SU "scalloped" border punches. I tied the 1/8" stitched ribbon around the layers. The flower images were stagger stampped in Timber Brow Stazon and the painted with a H2O painter using Pale Plum and Perfect Plum Watercolor Wonder Crayons. I love how you can keep layering them to get the look and darkness of color. I did add a tiny bit of Mellow Moss along the stem.

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

Please see the Blog Candy post in January

if You are interested in the Blog Candy for the Year...

I keep thinking of things I want to buy, but so far I am hanging in there and using my Stash...seriously I have alot of stash. My Firends keep tempting me and sending me emails of all the cool stuff out there...

Please comment on that post if you would like to be in on the action

there are still hundreds of days available!

Birthday's for the Boys

I need 6 masculine Birthday Cards for the first 2 weeks of Aug...I was feeling a bit overwhelmed because I started working on them Aug 1st, some of them are going to arrive inthe mail a little late. I decided to make 6 of the same card! Did I ever mention I hate coming up with ideas for masculine cards!

My girls were at camp all week; it made me think of my "bear" from the "Under the Stars" SU Set. I love to water color this bear with H2O painters and my Watercolor Wonder Crayons..I love those things..I used Chocolate Chip, More Mustard and a bit of Creamy Caramel to ground him. I need to get where I cut out a few little mask for the teeth so they stay nice and white, or vanilla in this case, especially if I do 6 cards! I got a little lazy with the painting. I use a very thin color and keep adding more on the sides I want shaded darker until I get the color I want. I am pushing and pulling the color depending on how wet it is and sometimes the pushing gets a little sloppy.

For the cardstock I chose to use the new Dusty Durango...(I really like this color), Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip. For the "bear" panel I chose to cut the Chocolate Chip about 3/4" longer than the image. I used my SU paper piercer guide to mark the edges of the cs every other hole starting one hole below the image. I wanted the SU linen thread to stay separated and be more defined. I then used my 1/8th circle punch to punch abt a half of the circle out on the edges where I marked withthe piercer. I really like the linen on Masculine cards. I used Very Vanilla Cardstock for the base of my card and all the stamped images...I think I have been doing that alot lately. I sent the Durango and the Artichoke through my cuttlebug using the mosaic and Leafy Branch folders. The sentiment comes form SU "Teeny Tiny Verses" set.

Until Later ... Happy Stamping!

Lacey Petals

I finally made a card this week that I can post. I made one for my new SIL birthday, but I was running so far behind I put it in the mail with out taking a picture...I hate when I do that.

I recently bought MS lacey Doiley Punch and recieved this Botanical Blooms Stamp Set from SAB. I had fun using it for this card. I like how it turned out. I made this card with SC217 and WT207 on Splitcoast. I dug in my scrap box for the DP Petals and the Celery piece of CS, I've also remebered the White CS for the sentiment and Floral images is scrap fromthe wedding invites as is the ribbon. I feel it met the Frugal Find...I am sure I will probably make another card because I have lots of frugal finds down in my Craft room.

I used some Pink Pirouette, and Pacific

Point CS also and some hero Arts Gemstones. The Sentiment is from Upsy Daisy. I stamped the floral image in Jet Black StazOn also and then colored with my Prismacolors in Pink and then blended with Gina K's Odorless blender solution. After punching the images out with my EK 7/8" square punch, I painted Bashful Blue Watercolor Wonder Crayon floating it onto the surface around the flower. then painted the stem with Certainly Celery.

Until Later ... Happy Stamping!