Stampers Dream January Challenge
Posted: January 10, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, Garden Whimsy 4 Comments
I haven’t tried a Stampers Dream challenge before but I was inspired by the sketch when I saw it on Laurie’s blog.
All the paper is Berry Bliss designer paper which I co-ordinated with a Pretty in Pink card and a Whisper White oval for the butterfly. I started with a little faux stitching around the butterfly, then a little more around the rectangles and so on. I have stamped a smaller butterfly inside the card and added a little stitching there as well. I keep meaning to get out my sewing machine and try some real stitching, but the marker works so well… The happy birthday is hand written and there is pink sponging around the butterfly.
Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Whisper white, Pretty in Pink, Berry Bliss designer paper
Also: Pink gingham ribbon, Close to Cocoa Stampin marker, Creative Memories oval cutters
Still winter
Posted: January 9, 2009 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Snowflakes, Stamp Simply challenges, Stamped Landscapes 2 CommentsMy children are big Narnia fans, so when I saw Sharon’s challenge this week I thought of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe where in Narnia it is “always winter, but never Christmas”. So although, we may use the same stamps we used at Christmas, the challenge is to make a card that says “Winter” It is very much “still winter” here and we had a snowstorm this week to prove it.
For my card I decided to continue playing with the snowy landscape idea, once again using Lovely as a Tree. I punched a small moon out of a post it note and tore a strip of paper to mask my snow at the bottom. I sponged in all the sky first using summer sun, apricot appeal and pumpkin pie. Then I stamped the background trees in grey with the mask still in place. I then swapped the mask over and covered the sponged sky and lightly stamped the trees upside down to try and make a shadow. It didn’t work that well so I sponged more shadow in grey. Finally I stamped two black trees and a greeting.
It’s nice to be stamping again. Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Snowflakes
Inks: Summer Sun, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Going Gray
Cardstock: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Going Grey, Basic Black
A couple more notebooks
Posted: January 7, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, Notebooks 1 Comment
It has been very quiet here lately hasn’t it? We had friends from Australia here for twelve days and we had a wonderful time with them. Now they have gone and things are slowly getting back to normal. As school has started again I have prep and marking so stamping is not really getting a look in just yet.
I do have these two notebooks to share, I made them to pop into the stockings of the two girls who were staying with us. The pink one on the right was for the nine year old and the brown for her 14 year old sister. I bought the notebooks at Walmart; they are called “Fat Little Books”. I did very little to decorate them. The one on the right has one piece of designer paper plus the monogram and ribbon. The brown one has two pieces of paper and a torn strip but again, super easy.
I hope to be back soon, with something new, thanks for dropping in
Supplies:
Stamps: Just Rite Trompe Script
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi Berry Bliss Designer paper, Petals & Paisley designer paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi
Also: Chocolate and Pink grosgrain ribbon, Circle Punches
Three Notebooks
Posted: December 26, 2008 Filed under: Ageless Adornment, Designer Paper, Notebooks, Polka dots & Paisley 5 Comments
Supplies:
Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley
Inks: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke
Also: Apricot grosgrain ribbon, Mead notebook from Staples
Every Boxing Day we go and hang out with some friends of ours at their Open House. We enjoy meeting up with their extended family again and just having a relaxing time with them. They have three girls ranging in age from ten to eighteen so I thought notebooks would be an appropriate gift. The youngest is getting the pink one, she is a pretty in pink girl!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Berry Bliss Designer paper
Also: White, Chocolate and Light Pink grosgrain ribbon, Mead notebook from Staples
I carefully took off the covers as I had seen LeAnne do here then decorated each notebook with designer paper and ribbon. I left a narrow border on each notebook which dictated the colours of paper I used. After stamping the sentiments I distressed the edges and dragged them across the stamp pad. All the ribbon is stuck on with sticky strip. I repunched the holes with a single circle punch and then reassembled the notebooks.
Supplies:
Stamps: Ageless Adornment
Inks: Ruby Red
Cardstock: Garden Green, d.p. from an old slab I got at Michaels years ago
Also: Mead notebook from Staples
Beyond Quick
Posted: December 20, 2008 Filed under: Best Yet, Designer Paper 1 Comment
Sharon’s challenge this week is exactly what I was doing anyway, so it just spurred me on. I dropped in on the her guest designers too and picked up more ideas. Her challenge was to make a card so simple that you could make six in 30 minutes. I didn’t time myself but I made eleven last night, some like the ones above and some like the Wintergreen I posted the other day. I haven’t used Sage Shadow in ages, but I really like the crisp, snowy look the card has. But rather than make them all the same I pulled out my favourite Christmas combination Cerise designer paper, with vanilla and red!
The punches are the key to making this card quickly. The designer paper squares are punched with the 1¼” and the mattes with the 1 3/8″ punch. For the stars I used the SU small star punch. That’s it.
Supplies:
Stamps: Best Yet
Inks: Sage Shadow, Real Red
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Wintergreen d.p., Very Vanilla, Real Red, Cerise d.p.
Also: square punches, star punch
Wintergreen
Posted: December 18, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, WInter Post Leave a comment
Just a quick easy card for you tonight. It will be quick to reproduce, which is what I need to do at this stage. It wasn’t that quick to make but that is because I couldn’t decide on the orientation, then I couldn’t decide on the stamp! All you need for this one is two strips of co-ordinating designer paper, a stamp small enough to punch out, a greeting and a piece of cord.
Supplies:
Stamps: Winter Post
Inks: Sage Shadow
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Wintergreen d.p.
Also: silver cord
Gingerbread Creations
Posted: December 15, 2008 Filed under: Non paper crafts 3 CommentsI mentioned a while ago that my dining room table and kitchen counters were covered in gingerbread creations in their varying states of completion. Well, all have been competed and carted off to the competition at a local museum. Several people asked to see them so I have a picture of each of the designs my children had a part in making.
The village below was made by my son (centre) and his two eight year old buddies. Each child made two houses and they landscaped together.
My younger daughter(centre) and two friends designed and created the country church and surrounding yard.
My eldest (left) and two friends designed, assembled and decorated the dollhouse replica.
If you would like to see more there are some details and close ups on my family blog
the wondrous gift is given
Posted: December 13, 2008 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Stamped Landscapes, Wondrous Gift 4 Comments
Last night I sat down and wrote in most of my Christmas cards, discovering in the process that I needed a few more. The inspiration for this one was a picture I saw on a friend’s blog yesterday. This kind of scene can be seen around here quite often at sunset or sunrise.
To make it I tore a piece of card to place across the bottom to mask my snowy area. I positioned it at the bottom before stamping the trees in versamark. I embossed them with black and then positioned the masking strip a little higher before sponging my sky, first in Pretty in Pink, then Almost Amethyst, Going Gray and Bashful Blue. I sponged a little Amethyst behind the trees and stamped some background trees in Going Grey. To give the foreground snow a bit of definition I tore tiny strips out of a piece of paper and sponged through the holes.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Wondrous Gift
Inks: Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink, Going Gray, Bashful Blue, Versamark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Basic Black
Also: black e.p.
Stamp Simply Celebrates Day 12
Posted: December 11, 2008 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentIt is Day 12 of Stamp Simply Celebrates! The party’s almost over, but it has been so much fun. If you are new here, check out Party Central for a full rundown of our 12 day schedule. Feel free to jump in anytime at all!!!
Anyone can play ANY of the challenges by ANY of the hostesses during our 12 days of Stamp Simply Celebrates!!! You DO NOT need to have a Blog to play — uploading your project to SCS (Splitcoaststampers.com) is not only permissible, but HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. When doing so, use the KEYWORD SSC08. Thanks!
Barb Schram – Explore. Dream. Discover. – Today for Barb’s Featured Project she has created a useful Holiday Home Decor item for YOU if you please, or it makes a fabulous gift item that will knock the socks off your friends! It comes completely packaged with a card to match! I KNOW you won’t want to miss out, so be sure to visit today over at Barb’s place and lap up the inspiration!!!
Sharon Johnson –No Time To Stamp? – Me again. It’s my regular Stamp Simply Challenge today, and it promises to result in some great layout options for you to use for quick projects. Hope you can play! All you have to do is scroll up as it is the post uploaded just above this one.
Some great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today can be seen on these blogs: Julie, Janine, Jennifer, Tammy, Dee, Becky, LeAnne, AJ, Jerri and Darlene.
Leslie Miller – Running with Scissors – Leslie has some BLOG CANDY for you today!
Sharon Johnson –No Time To Stamp? – Me again with more BLOG CANDY, and it’s right here, so just scroll down.
Simple tags
Posted: December 10, 2008 Filed under: Holiday Sampler, WInter Post 8 CommentsIt’s Day 11 of Stamp Simply Celebrates! If you are new here, check out Party Central for a full rundown of our 12 day schedule. Feel free to jump in anytime at all!!!
Anyone can play ANY of the challenges by ANY of the hostesses during our 12 days of Stamp Simply Celebrates!!! You DO NOT need to have a Blog to play — uploading your project to SCS (Splitcoaststampers.com) is not only permissible, but HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. When doing so, use the KEYWORD SSC08. Thanks!
AJ Otto – The Willow Garden – Are you wrapping gifts yet? Probably! I’ll bet you need some pretty tags to dress those packages up — well, be sure to check in on AJ’s Featured Project today to see all her Gift Tags. And then play AJ’s Challenge so you, too, can have some nice gift tags on hand!!! Be sure to stop in at AJ’s today!
You can see more tag samples by checking out the Blogs of: Janine, LeAnne, Jerri , Sharon and me!
Jerri Jimenez – A Touch of Grace – Today Jerri will grace us with her Featured Project which is a beautiful 6 x 6 Scrapbook she made, which is certain to be a real treat for the eyes. Jerri also has BLOG CANDY to offer today (think scrapbooking made easy), so be sure to stop in to see Jerri!!!
Other scrapbook samples can be seen by checking out: Barb and Jennifer
Deb Saaranen – Dream in Color – Deb has an offering of BLOG CANDY for us today!
Jerri Jimenez – A Touch of Grace – Jerri also has BLOG CANDY to offer today so be sure to stop in to see Jerri!
To make my easy tags I cut a strip of Old Olive and stuck on a piece of designer paper which was a little narrower so the olive showed at the top and bottom of each tag. I cut vanilla pieces all the same and then punched different corners on a few. All the stamping was done using the very useful little stamps from Holiday Sampler and the To/From out of Winter Post. I drew all my stitching lines on with a fineline pen. When I started these I didn’t even know if I would like them, I don’t usually reach for Old Olive, but I surprised myself and had a lot of fun creating a different design on each one.
Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Sampler, Winter Post
Inks: Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Old Olive, Very Vanilla,Petals and Paisleys d.p.
Also: Hemp twine, slit punch, burgandy fineliner
Heather Telford 