Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

I had a stamp-a-stack for a friend of mine from work at her house, with 5 of her friends. It went well, they were scrapbookers giving card making a try. I kept the cards fairly simple, as we did 3 of each design for a total of 15.. I love the new Merry Christmas post card stamp (the 4th card from the left. Lot's of shimmer spray and glitter, which the picture doesn't capture to well!

I just made these cards quick trying a technique for flowers that was in this month Stampin' Success magazine...It was 3 scalloped circles punched out, spritz with water (I used shimmer mist instead), distress, let dry, cut the top two one petal in and adhere, the put them all together and make a flower! I also tried one (left) with the new flower punch...I love the way it looks!

Black and White thank-you.....

This card didn't work out as I had originally planned, but oh well. I embossed the flower with some shimmery embossing powder, and used the black and white fancy paper from the mini *(I forget the name).

More bleaching....

I am so happy to have found this Summer By the Sea set on Craigslist recently, it is perfect for so many things. This is the same image I watercolored a few posts ago, but this time I used the bleaching technique. Super quick and easy!

Pointsetta

I made this card using the 5-petal punch (SU), layered to look like a pointsetta. The greeting is from Sincere Salutations. Quick and easy card to make!

Playing with re-inkers

Not usually colors I use, but I thought I better learn to like the in-colors since I have a ton of paper and ink! I used the medallion background stamp and used the dazzle versamark on the crushed curry layer. Using a baby wipe I squirted the re-inkers Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry, (I also used a tiny bit of Pacific point, but it is barely visable) I inked up my medallioin stamp and stamped it twice on whisper white, then cut out the strip you see.

Bleaching

I wanted to try "coloring" using bleach, but don't have many watercolor sets. This is a retired set called On Angels Wings. I stamped her in black craft ink and embossed her. Then using my aqua painter (empty) I just dipped in in some bleach and colored the areas I wanted white. Super easy technique but very effective. I also used the sanded stamp in the background

I know I have been neglecting my blog!!!

I have recently been inspired to give quilting another attempt and have been sewing up a storm....not leaving me much time for cards!! But I did design these invitations for my friend's daughters' birthday invites this week. I think the colors are fabulous and they turned out so cute. The party is on a ranch with horses so this Wanted set was perfect. On each of the modern labels, she will hand write each childs name.

Pun Fun

I love this set (pun Fun), but I hadn't used it yet. So, since I just got my new Water Color Crayons (SU), I thought I would give watercoloring another try. Coloring with these crayons is really my favorite way to color so far, they blend really nicely. I added some crystal effects on the whale card, to like like water and on his blow spout. (Click on picture to enlarge image)

Polar Bear

I saw the idea of doing a "white" bear with a snow suit on Splitcoaststampers.com...I tried to fit quite a lot on a small card, but in the end I am ok with the result. You have to click on the pic for the details.....I stamped the Bear's shirt....tied his laces...and i created the toque out of punches....(the trio flower, wide oval and free hand bottom....)
I realized after I uploaded the pic that I forgot to do his mouth in black as I had intended to do, but I wasn't going to fix it!!

Little Monkies

I had to make 3 kid's birthday cards this weekend and I was having trouble getting creative so this is a very simple layout and I just made 2 of the same! The third one I did do different as he is a big boy (turning 5 years old!) See tomorrows post...
Anyways, back to these cards....I used the Sock Monkey set which I find perfect for kid's cards. I stamped it onto the circle (cut with bigshot) in basic black, then again in black on the DSP (that is choc. chip DSP). I cut out the DSP image and paper pieced the monkey. Added the birthday hat and chipboard which I inked with craft bashful blue ink which I added some dazzling diamonds to, as well as the pompom on the hat. Mounted the circle onto the scallop circle and then glued that with dimensionals to pop it up to the real red base. On the inside I put a piece of whisper white CS and stamped "celebrate" from the Warm Words set.

My first ever Christmas stamp-a-stack

We did 3 each of five designs...click the picture for a close-up of the details!

Happy Thanksgiving....

This is kind of similar to a Christmas layout that I did. I used the Leaves #2 die (sizzix), and cut them out of the DSP then punched a hole and tied them on with gold elastic cord. I used Perfect Plum, and real Red cardstock, and stamped the greeting in plum and used my Soft Suede pen to color the flower (on vanilla CS), then punched it out with the key tab punch and popped it up with dimensionals. Lastly I spritzed the hole card with a mixture of rubbing alcohol and the platinum shimmer paint (from the Christmas mini catalog) that I mixed up in a small spray bottle.

This is why...

I LOVE my Bigshot!! I was preparing for my Stamp-a-Stack class and this literally took me 5 mins. to prepare. There are 30 of each circle and 30 of each scallop circle!

MOJO MONDAY 104

Look!!! I actually did a mojo monday sketch on Monday, not weeks later!!
I don't know what I will do with all of these Halloween cards, but I do love this stamp set!!

Stamps: Beware Pirates

Ink: basic black, craft white

Paper: kraft, basic black, lavendar lace, Stampin Up DSP (?)

Accessories: star brad, crystal brad, black brads, linen thread (all SU)

O' Christmas tree

This is one of the creations from Heather Summers punch class. It is day 14 of the class and this is the first one I have actually sat down and made!
Colors are old olive, ruby red, and more mustard. I stamped the "presents" underneath the tree with a stamp from Serene Snowflakes to look like wrapping paper. The tree is made with the 2 largest hearts from the heart-to-heart punch and the greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Extreme elements....

This was a birthday card I made for my son's friend. He loves pirates (and swords). I used the beware Pirates and the Extreme Elements stamp sets. The above pic is another version I did with the same sets.

Dasher

I just got the scallop die and "Dasher" stamp in the mail yesterday, so thought I would make a Christmas card. The DP is from the new mini...Christmas Cocoa Specialty. I put a square rhinestone brad on the reindeer's neck for bling. The antlers also have some Dazzling diamonds glitter on them.

Mojo Monday 99

I finally did a mojo challenge in the same week as the sketch! Pretty simple but I like the colors, and had to try my new modern label punch!

Christmas in August?!

I just got a ton of new Christmas paper....yes I ordered every Christmas DP that SU has, I just love it all! I am trying to design some different layouts so I can do a Christmas Stamp-a-Stack.
The stamps are from Snow Swirled (SU) It is hard to see, but I embossed the snowflake with silver shimmer, and wrapped the silver elastic cord around the 1/4 in white ribbon. Not crazy about that, so will change it on the next one!