Flurries of Fun

I have been busy working on some birthday invites for my daughter so I thought I would share this card I made a while back. I submitted it for a contest but it didn't win. Oh well...I like it and I think I am going to make another one so I can have one in my stash! I used Tombow glue to adhere the dazzling diamonds for the snow. It gives it a little more dimension using the glue instead of embossing it. It "snowed" on the ground and some of the tree branches and a few of the snowflakes are glittering too. (I used my stamp-a-ma-jig so that the flakes would be randomly perfect!) I added a few brads to some of the snowflake middles. I love the paper in the Frosty Days dsp pack that had the words in circles...so I used that for the sentiment and punches out a few of the letters to highlight it! I think that's about it!
I am still fighting my cold but I am determined to win!! So I am hoping for a great day...even if I can't breath, hear or smell very good! :) Have a terrific Tuesday and THANK YOU so much for stopping in! **chat at ya later**
what's in it?...
stamp...Season of Friendship
paper...close to cocoa, bashful blue, tangerine tango, whisper white, Frosty Days dsp
ink...chocolate chip, bashful blue
accessories...blue brads, kiwi kiss ribbon, dazzling diamonds
other...tombow glue, stamp-a-ma-jig, 1/2 & 1/4 in circle punch, dimensionals

Cupcake Birthday

Good Sunday afternoon...hope you have all been enjoying your weekend! I have had a cold so I spent most of yesterday in bed just feeling terrible but now I am feeling slightly better! I was able to go last night to a special choir concert that Kailee was in. **Proud Mom moment here--->she was in the Region Choir, she was one of about 200 in the choir and those 200 were chosen after over 700 kids auditioned. It was a beautiful concert...the music was wonderful...if you weren't looking at them you would've never guessed that those were 7th & 8th graders singing! They were awesome! We were very proud of her!**
Anyway...back to some stampalicious card schtuff! I have had this set and haven't gotten a chance to ink up much. I stamped the image in black StazOn and colored it in with my blender pens and ink pads. The paper came from a few of the extra sheets that were in with the new Country Living Holiday Collection chipboard ornaments. I added stickles to the frosting of the cupcakes and crystal effects on the cherries.
Well...I am gonna go have an early dinner with the fam and then we are going to a friends house. I hope that you enjoy the rest of your weekend!!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Crazy for Cupcakes
paper...baja breeze, old olive, whisper white, dsp from Country Living Collection
ink...black StazOn, baja breeze, old olive, real red
accessories...riding hood red striped ribbon, silver brads, diamond stickles, crystal effects
other...scallop edge punch, oval punch, blender pens, dimensionals, distresser, paper piercer, stamp-a-ma-jig

Turkey Place Card

Yeah for Friday!!! I am so glad the weekend is here!! We are gonna be kinda busy with things going on but I anxious for some relax time too! :)
So what do ya think of this little guy on a place card? I love it! I took the same turkey from this card and just made it into a place card. I used a piece of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch cardstock for the base. I used all my different punches for the turkey. For the name part I used some Doodlebug rub-ons. I sponged around a torn piece of paper with mustard on the piece of white paper. Last I added a piece of chocolate twill ribbon. The kids and I are going to make these for our Thanksgiving table this year. I guess it's a tradition we have {I am just now realizing I have made this a tradition and did it unknowingly...fun!} The kids and I make place cards ever year for our table. The kids think it's so fun to come to the table and find their spot! I thought they would love all the punching to make this turkey...so it should be lots of fun!!! :)
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Seasonal Icons
paper...close to cocoa, more mustard, ruby red, old olive, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip, basic black, whisper white
ink...close to cocoa, more mustard
accessories...chocolate twill ribbon, Doodlebug alphabet rub-ons
other...sponge, punches: scallop circle, 1 3/8 circle, 3/4 circle, 3 /4 square, 1/4 circle, three for you, dimensionals, rub-on tool

color challenge #29

So this was um...well a real challenge! This was hard! Did anyone else think so? These are not colors I use often at all! I really don't care for the way it turned out. But oh well....you win some you lose some...right? It's probably fine, I'm just am not seein" it! If you want to try the color challenge go to Kristina's blog. The flowers are from the Stitched Exotics set. The sentiment came from the Three For You set. Thanks for coming by! :)
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Stitched Exotics, Three For You paper...whisper white, pacific blue
ink...pumpkin pie, taken with teal, elegant eggplant
accessories...white ribbon, silver brads
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals, corner rounder

Mr. Twigster's House

Ok...first things first! I did not come up with this idea myself! I totally cased Andrea's super cute idea! She has the most wonderful projects on her blog! Please go look at her cute card holder house and her fabulous cards! I just saw hers on her blog and then went to work on my own because it was too cute not to try! :) Andrea offers this as a class planner. You can order detailed instructions with pictures so you can create your own or hold a class. So...so as not to take away from what she worked so hard to put together (& because mine is alot rougher than hers) I am not going to put up directions for the how to! I just don't feel good about gaining anything from her work! Yes..I sat down and figured this out on my own but only after seeing hers! So I hope you enjoy anyway! It was alot of fun to make and it has a definite WOW factor! :) Feel free to look at my pics and pick it apart so you can make your own too! I did use Mr. Twigster as my theme...cuz he needs a house of his own...don't ya think? Doesn't this just look like the place Mr. Twigster would live?!
chat at ya later...have a wonderful Wednesday!

a sneak peek!...

...here is a sneak peek at what kept me busy some of last night and most of today!! I can't wait to share it with ya'll tomorrow! :)

Happy Holidays...#...I've lost count

Here is a super simple card I made with the Big on Christmas set again. I mostly just wanted to use the Frosty Days paper and see these unique colors on a Christmas card! I love them! It's late...Shawners is out of town and I have to be up at 6:00am with the kids!...so that means this is a short post and I need to go to bed! :)
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Big on Christmas
paper...close to cocoa, bashful blue, kiwi kiss, whisper white, Frosty Days dsp
ink...kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, bashful blue, close to cocoa marker
accessories...tangerine ribbon, crystal effects
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals, blender pens

Harvest Window

Good Sunday Evening! I had the most awesome afternoon nap today! My sweet hubby and kids were so great to let me get some much needed rest! Shawners is going to be out of town this week so he knew I needed to start the week well rested! AND on top of that he and the kids cleaned the whole house so that I wouldn't have to do it tomorrow!! Are they the best or what?!! Also...we are suffering from a Halloween Candy hangover...but isn't that what it's all about! :) We had alot of fun trick-or-treating Friday night.
Here is a card a I made a while back. I am doing a card class this week at my church and this is one of the cards some ladies signed up to make. I stamped the window and sentiment in Staz-On ink. I colored the image with my blender pens. On the top window I filled the whole thing in with Crystal Effects to give it the look of a real window. I also added some to the fruit to make it look a little more 'real' too. I used my new favorite the chunky chocolate ribbon {there is just something about saying chunky chocolate that I love!} I finished off the card with a few brads. I hope the ladies will have fun making this one!
Have a fabulous start to your week!!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Window Dressing
paper...so saffron, sage shadow, chocolate chip, more mustard, whisper white, Autumn Vine dsp
ink...sage shadow, so saffron, perfect plum, riding hood red, pumpkin pie, kiwi kiss, black Staz-On
accessories...saffron brads, chunky chocolate double stitched ribbon, crystal effects
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, 1/4 in. circle punch, blender pens

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!! I love Halloween! I can't wait for tonight! I love seeing the kids all dressed up and having fun sorting through their candy after the night is over! fun...fun...fun!
Here is a little box I made using the scalloped envelope die and my new Big Shot Die Cut Machine!! {you really must have one of these!} You just cut out 4 envelopes and glue them together to make it into a box. I added some extra dsp and ribbon and a little pumpkin stamp and it was done! It was a super easy project! You can find some great directions here on Jane's blog. I took some Hershey's nuggets and covered in them some halloween paper to fill up the box.
I hope you have a super fun & spooky Halloween!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Halloween Frights
paper...pumpkin pie, whisper white, kiwi kiss, Ghostly Greetings dsp
ink...pumpkin pie
accessories...pumpkin ribbon
other...Big Shot, scallop envelope die, scallop punch, 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 circle punches, sticky strip, Hershey Nuggets

another rosette

Actually this was the first rosette and card I made yesterday. I decided to try my hand at it again for the color challenge. (posted below) I love this card. I love the Autumn Vine paper and I am in love with the super chunky double stitched ribbon! I am already having to order more of this! I used versamark to add just a hint of a background on the saffron paper...I didn't want to take anything away from the rosette. {check out Angie's blog for the "how-to" on these!} Have a FANTASTIC Thursday! Only one day till Halloween! yippee! Thanks so much for coming by and all the kind comments you leave! Ya'll are awesome!!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Itty Bitty Backgrounds
paper...so saffron, sage shadow, chocolate chip, Autumn Vine dsp
ink...versamark
accessories...filigree brad, chunky chocolate double stitched ribbon
other...1 3/8 & 1 1/4 circle punch, sticky strip

color inspiration #28

Hello again...two posts in one day...WOW! I couldn't resist the color challenge though. Here is my card for Kristina's color challenge. I love this combo! Great fall colors! I played around today making these paper rosettes that Angie showed how to make on her blog. They are easy...and I like easy! I finally remembered I had these filigree brads and was able to use them today too. Thanks for coming by...gotta run to make dinner...these kids are so demanding...always wanting to eat! What' s up with that? :)
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Absolutely Fabulous
paper...whisper white, sage shadow, pumpkin pie, Holiday Treasures & Autumn Vines dsp
ink...black
accessories...pumpkin ribbon, filigree brad
other...dimensionals, bone folder, 1 3/8 & 1 1/4 circle punches

happy turkey day

How cute is this little guy? I snagged this idea from the October issue of Stampin' Success {it's a monthly magazine you get if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator} He is made entirely from punches. This was super simple to make. The kids saw me making this and they have insisted I show them how so that they can make some of their own turkey cards! I think I am going to use this to make place settings for Thanksgiving dinner. The "happy thanksgiving" is a rub on from Seasonal Sayings. I have tried doing a tutorial once before and it wasn't that great...but I will try to do one for this just to show you how to fold the scalloped circle to get the cute layered feathers...in case you want to make your own turkey!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Seasonal Icons
paper...pumpkin pie, old olive, ruby red, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, more mustard, black, whisper white
ink...close to cocoa
accessories...Seasonal Sayings Rub-Ons, chocolate double stitched ribbon
other...dimensionals, bone folder, rub-on tool, punches: scallop circle, 1 3/8 circle, 3/4 circle, 1/4 circle, 3/4 square, three for you, 1/8 circle

snowflakes

Aren't these snowflakes cool? I love them! Thanks to my friends Melissa...she sent me a link to this great tutorial on making a nice scalloped corner with your scallop edge punch. Monica at My Many, Many Passions has other great tutorials to offer as well! She has a video to show how to make these darling snowflakes! They were very simple to make...just took a little time. I used my Ski Slope dsp to make these three snowflakes. I am going to make a bunch more of these to use on some of my christmas gifts this year! Wouldn't that be a fun package to get?...one with a big snowflake on it made with gorgeous designer paper! I added a stamped snowflake to the middle and a rhinestone brad to finish it off!
Hope the start of your week has been wonderful!! I am getting so excited for Halloween this Friday!!...can't wait for the weekend to get here!
chat at ya later! THANKS for coming by!
what's in it?...
stamps...Seasonal Icons
paper...real red, old olive, baja breeze, whisper white, Ski Slope dsp
ink...real red, old olive, baja breeze
accessories...rhinestone brads
other...glue dots, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 & 1 1/4 circle punch

Happy Holidays

Good Sunday afternoon! Here is a quick card that I made just so I could dive into my Ski Slope dsp that I got! {love it!!} This is pretty much the same card as the Christmas cards I made and sent out last year. I just changed up the colors of course. I also added just a few dots of Crystal Effects to the bulbs on the tree and the star to make them shine and stand out a little. I just love this layout...it's quick, easy and still makes a fabulous looking card! I am teaching a card class next week at my church. We are making Christmas cards and so I am going to use this layout. I think this is a card anyone can make even if you don't think you can make cards or have a crafty side to you! :)
Gonna go hang with the family...we are going to play some games and do some baking today! :) Enjoy your Sunday!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Big on Christmas
paper...chocolate chip, real red, whisper white, Ski Slope dsp
ink...black StazOn, baja breeze, old olive, so saffron, chocolate chip
accessories...baja breeze ribbon, crystal effects
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, blender pen, paper piercer and mat pack

Birthday Cupcake

Mmmmmm...who doesn't love a birthday cupcake or a cupcake for any reason for that matter!? I love 'em!! Tyson has a birthday party tonight so I made this for his friend. I am going the lazy route and giving the card with some $$ in it. Some days are just that way!
:) Have a great weekend!
chat at ya soon!
what's in it?...
stamps...Crazy for Cupcakes
paper...brilliant blue, pumpkin pie, wild wasabi, whisper white, Jersey Shore dsp
ink...brilliant blue, pumpkin pie, wild wasabi, black
accessories...silver brads, wild wasabi striped ribbon, crystal effects
other...blender pens