Late post...

This post should have gone up yesterday but it seems Embarq DSL didn't want me to get online til late tonight.... And you never know how much you miss the Internet until it dies on you for over a day...



I went yesterday to a friends house and was asked to show her and another friend a couple of techniques.... The first technique was dry embossing. Not knowing which type of dry emboss they wanted me to show them I took it all with me... light box, cuttlebug, and crop-a dile. And then a basket full of other things too...

I made this card at 5AM yesterday morning to have an idea of what they might be wanting. I had the retired set fun filled flowers along with its' brass template to use with my lightbox. It was a fun card.... but coming up with an idea that early in the morning was rough.... The best way for me to start my card out was going to SCS and looking at the challenges for the week and the Color challenge fit the book and helped me get this card going... Well I got to try and get a better shot of the other card and hope to be back with it before the night is over... Have a great night.

Supplies:
Stamps: fun filled, papertrey inc Birthday verses
Ink: pretty in pink, pink passion, chocolate chip, certain celery
Cardstock: pretty in pink, whisper white, certain celery, chocolate chip
Accessories: white grosgrain ribbon, fun filled brass template, light box, cuttlebug, A2 embossing folder textiles

My last Christmas card design....

Today I played with a mix of GinaK and Hanna Stamps. I think I have found a color combo that I love for Christmas this year. I'm a blue person can't you tell.



I love most shades of blue. But this combo just calls to me every time I use it. I used soft sky, blue bayou, and tempting turquoise. I used stamps from Hanna Stamps set Tis the Season the snowflakes from this set. I like these stamps that have been released so far...

I also used my GinaK penguin stamp for my main image. I think penguins are so fun to use on a Christmas card. I colored him in using my prismacolor pencils and gamsol again. I also used my cuttlebug embossing folder spots and dots. I got most of my embossing folders from All that Scraps. This was a fun card to create and I'm sure some of these designs will be made again next year.

Thank you for visiting all my fun Christmas cards the last week and half. I hope to be back soon with some new creations. However tomorrow my mom will be having some surgery and I don't know how much free time I will have tomorrow but hope to be back by the weekend. Have a great afternoon.

Supplies for this card can be found here. I also used the Sketch Challenge over on SCS today for this card SC153.

Oldie but Goodie....

I had to play with a few of my retired items today. I broke out a piece of Cool Caribbean Cardstock along with a retired SU stamp set called Polar Bears. I made my first holiday card for the season....


Supplies: Polar Bears stamp set, very vanilla cardstock, watercolor paper, basic black cardstock, cool Caribbean cardstock, cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, very vanilla craft ink, versamark ink, basic black ink, going grey ink, cool Caribbean reinker, iridescent ice ep, organdy ribbon dyed using soft sky reinker, aquapainter and watercolor crayons.

I had fun with this little couple. I love the bears in this set. They look so much like the coca cola bears around the holiday seasons. I had to play with making a Holiday card today to try and cool off... it seems to be getting hotter now around here. I know next week I will be on a vacation enjoying sunny FL.... but I will try and update here while I am away. Hope everyone is having a great summer so far... Happy stamping everyone.

Different projects I have been up too...

Well I had a couple of projects I have been trying to complete. The first being this lunch box tin for someone....


To make this I used papers from Today and Always scrappin kit from Stampin Up. I also added in some grosgrain ribbon to accent it. To me this is a very easy project.

For the next project I took a little .99 box from Micheal's and covered it Stampin Up's Loves Me papers and some of the flirt ribbon. I used a mega scalloped circle I received from the wish rak group on splitcoaststampers. and a window sheet to create a shaker for the top. Too attach the window sheet to the frame I used my UHU Scrapbookers pen... I got mine from maria. This pen was great and easy to use on this project...





I used the stamp set Winged Things from stampin up for the butterfly in the window and used a $1 punch from Micheal's to create the little floating butterflies in the window. I used brocade blue cardstock and loves me papers. I enjoyed making this little box.

And last but not least I made this card tonight...


I used brocade blue cardstock with my new cuttlebug snowflake folder I got from All That Scraps. They finially got them in and I ordered a few other folders too. But back to the card, I also used my Riveting stamp set from Stampin Up. I took a sponge with craft white ink over the embossed snowflakes. The snowman image can from a SCS member, mom5boys, she was nice enough to offer to send me a couple of stamped images of this cute little guy. for the card base I used stampin ups shimmery white cardstock.... this turned out to be a cute card.

Like it a Latte....

I finally broke down and got this set. And all I can say is it is so much fun. I hope this makes it into next years catty. Before playing with it i had to order some scented embossing powders from Cornish Heritage Farm. They got here today and you know I had to play.



For this card I used whisper white, some designer paper(not sure what name brand it is), tempting turquoise, and regal rose cardstock. I ran the tempting turquoise paper through my sizzix with my divine swirls cuttlebug embossing folder then layered the other cardstock on top. I took and stamped the coffee cup image with chocolate chip ink. Then I took the foam stamp and stamped it with my versamark ink and embossed it with my coffee and creme scented embossing powders. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line the foam up just right over the top of the cup. I also took some liquid applique to fill the foam in and give it a 3d effect. I stamped the steam in chocolate chip ink then took my stardust pen to give it alittle sparkle. I added a scalloped punch with the sentiment to it to complete the card. I think i will send this to my husband for valentines.

CC95....

Color challenge on Splitcoaststampers I have been wanting to try and also threw in a new technique for me as well... a shaker card.



to make the card I used Cool Caribbean cardstock, basic black cardstock, whisper white cardstock and a window sheet. I had found a cute butterfly mini punch in Micheals for a dollar and just new it would be perfect for this type of card. i punched out some butterflies out of each of the colored cardstocks. I used my coluzzle to make the ovals and frame for my central image. The stamp set I used was the gift that Shelly sent from stampin up called Polka dots and Paisley. I stamped my images in cool Caribbean ink and basic black ink. The base for the card is stamped with the dots from this stamp set in cool Caribbean.

I also used the technique for faux stitching with my paper piercer and white gel pen... what a cute card.

Edit.....
Well after looking at it again I thought it need something extra... so I added a strip of whisper white cardstock that had been run through my sizzix with the A2 divine swirls embossing folder for the cuttlebug. then I took my fiskars border punch and punched along the edge. The finial touch was sponging some cool Caribbean ink over the embossing... now I think it is complete.

I have been bitten............

Well I have cuttlebug-itis as on splitcoaststampers. I broke down and bought the swirl A2 embossing folder for the cuttlebug and used my sizzix machine to work on this card...

I so want more of these now but everywhere I have looked they are sold out of the ones I want to add to my collection.

For the card I used some of my wishrak pieces of scalloped circles and I found the stamp at Walmart last night... they had a few sets of three for only $3.97. I colored the image with my twinkling watercolor cakes... pewter, wild blueberry, and honey amber... it is so pretty in real life. I used the happy holidays stamp from Stampin up's hostess set Warmest Regards... I so do not need another tool to add to my collection but oh well.