Happy Thanksgiving

I have had a very busy week so far. I went to a friends for a swap last night and only two of us were there. The two doing the make and takes everyone else had something come up and they just dropped off their cards. It is just a busy time. The two of us had a nice visit, and made our own make and takes and then I came home. We had fun visiting, but I dont have a card to post right now.

I have been cleaning and making Pies today so I wont probably have a chnce to post cards until Friday.

I thought I would just Wish you all a very Happy and Thankful Thanksgiving.

Until later ... Happy Stamping!

Flower pieces card

I made a simple card to night just to make something.

I used Real Red, white and Mellow Moss cards tock. I embossed Mellow Moss with my cuttlebug ising my textile embossing folder. I used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an H2O painter to paint Real red and mellow moss ont he poppy. I mounted the cut outs on dimensionals. The squares were punched with my CM large squares punch. It was simple card because I was up way to late last night. This will be a very busy week for me but I hope you and I can find some more time to stamp.

Until later ...Happy Stamping!

Challenge Card and Scrapbook page

I made this card for 2 challenges on SCS(split coast).

One of the challenges is for todays way to use it challengeWT140, and one for todays Stalkers Challenge sketchSTSC04.

I had fun trying to make the layout into a double fold card. It turned out, butnext time I think I stick to the LO. I just wanted more writing room, because I made it to send to a friend.

I used Kraft paper for the base, and SU Close to Cocoa for matting the Old Olive(Michaels). I wish I had some Chocolate Chip but I am out, used it up as well as my brown brads. I cut the SU Pumpkin Pie Piece and the Old Olive piece to shape and then embossed to the fold on both pieces.

Thank goodness the folders can fit in the Cuttlebug both directions making these embossings possible.

I slit the green piece along the fold because I wanted to

fit the Flap in it. It worked really well. IStamped Paisley on the back inside of the Pumpkin Pie piece of the card to contrast against the embossing. I think it worked really well. Then I was able to also double the ribbona nd tie it. I originally was going to slip the rivet over the ribbon , but I couldnt find the right place to attach the brads. So I attached then to the rivet, and then mounted it on a dimensional and orange matted it so it would stand out more against the gr

een flap. It wasn't that hard to make and I enjoyed being creative with the layout.

The other thing I finally finished was my last Cricut thread Challenge to do a scrap book page using a Cricut Cut not a font.

I used some paper I got last christmas in a scrappack. I then matted pictures with Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, and Basic Grey SU papers. I made a journaling area for my Daughter and stamped a sentiment from Happy Harmony on Bashful Blue also.

THe flowers were cut using my George Cartridge and the silhouette feature and the Blackout shadow. 2 flowers were cut at 1 1/4" the other at 2 1/2". It is a simple fun page to make.

Until later ... Happy Stamping!

Blue Snowflake Holiday

I made this card for SC150. I like this layout , but probably wont use it alot becasue of the amount of paper I used. I used SU Basic Grey and Bashful Blue, the ink is SU Basic Grey.

I used SU Sincere Salutations and Autumn Leaves Swirls ver.1. for stamped images.

Some snowflakes and layers were mounted on dimensionals.

I used D'vine Swirl and Dots and Spots Embossing folders it's pretty straight forward.

If you have any questions just ask and I'll answer them.

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

item 1 for Cricut Challenge #1

Okay tonight I finshed another card the last for this cricut challenge.

This Item was to make a card using a cricut die cut not a font.

I chose to use my Doodlecharms Cartridge.

It took a long time to decide on paper for this one. at first I was just going to use the tan and blues the darker blue being SU Bordering Blue. The other two are from a nuetrals and blue assortment I picked up along time ago,I think at Michaels. When it came time to decide on a ribbon I quickly switched form the nice stictched tan one to this Pink and Blue satin. I used the same Light Pink Cardstock I used yesterday.

I cut the tag stocking at 2" and then took ou tthe pieces and taped the back with packing tape, and sprinkled with glitter. I then cut a 1 1/4 circle with my SU circle punch and adhered it behind so the stocking was more white. I stamped the SU "Snow Fluries" and SU "Warm Words" in White Craft and then embossed with Kaliedascope embossing powder. The embossed blue piece was a scrap from the snowflake card I made a few weeks ago. I used a wide wave decorative scissoron the three layered pieces. The tan was pierced with a paper piercer and the Pink Punched with a 1/8" circle punch. The layer was mounted on dimensionals and so was the tag after the ribbon was threaded through.

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

item 5 for Cricut Challenge #1 "iloveyou" card

Item 5 of our first ever cricut challenge is to make anything using your cricut and cuttlebug on the same cut out.

I made this card using my Mini Monograms cart.I wanted to scallop the squares and repeat SC149 so I decided to combine the challenges.

I cut the squares scalloped and rounded, the flowers and the "ilove you" and its shadow with this cart. The large square was 3", the large flower 2" ,small Squares and flowers 1". I used Old Olive to sponge on the white rounded squares after embossing with D'vine Swirl. I thought it made a stem like feel to the vine. I cut a scrap piece of Old Olive embossed with the "Bubbles" folder and free handed the cut out of this leaf. I used SU Old Olive marker to draw the veins on the leaf. I embossed the pink flowers with "bubbles also because I felt that layer of the card should have the same texture. The "iloveyou" was cut at 1" in old olive and a shadow of a teal color I had on hand. I used three MM Sherbet colored flower brads in yellow to make the centers of the flowers. This also attached the sentiment to the card. The pink flowers and ilove u were attached with dimensionals. I used SU Petals and Paisleys Designer Paper for the base and center stripe on the card. I added a bit more pink by using the same light pink from the flowers to mat the stripe of designer paper in the center. The light pink comes from an assorted package of called "Baby Girl" cardstock from Michaels. I hope you like it.

Only two Cricut Challenges left.

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

SC149 Birthday Boy

I made this for SCS's Sketch Challenge for last Tuesday.

Its a card for a Birthday Boy.

I used used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons for the first time. I have had them a whole week and been too busy to use them. I have one more set to get and I can't wait.

I painted with mostly the Neutrals and the Bold Bright's for this Card.

I used some of my Michaels Dollar stamps "airplane and Car" Purchased last spring, and a Boy from SU retired "Kids at Play". The red, white and blue ribbon was purchased at Wal-mart. I layered using YoYo Yellow, Brilliant Blue and Real Red. I used my "Mosaic" embossing folder in my Cuttlebug to emboss the Yellow and Blue matted strip. I used my "D'vine Swirl" folder to emboss the designer cardstock. I purchased the designer cs at a discount last spring from my local scrapbooking store. It was a light grey with white spots, it was called Park Ave made by American Crafts. It is light pink on the opposite side. I felt the Grey went well with the air plane, I colored the circles using my SU markers of the same colors as the matting, and added Green Galore because it went with one of the greens I used to paint the grass in with. The other greens were Certainly Celery, Gable green. The shadow spots are all in Sarah Sand. I like how it turned out. What do you think?