CAS Valentines

Hey there! I just got this Hearts & Hugs set in the mail yesterday from Our Craft Lounge and thought it would be perfect for some CAS-style cards. I used this layout from the Clean & Simple Blog, and the *love* theme fits into Sharon's Stamp Simply Challenge.

I'm also excited to announce that I'm going to guest design this month for Paper Temptress! Patricia sent me a whole BUNCH of gorgeous papers to play with, so yesterday I got right to it and made these cards.



On this first one, the hearts and circles are up on separate layers of foam tape. I added small dots of candy cane stickles to the dots in the X's. The red paper is PT's Vermillion Sparkle.....gorgeous stuff with a really pretty, subtle sparkle. Here's a close-up:



On this second one I punched some hearts and the wavy border in PT's Rosso Incandescent....



This CS is textured with a heavier gold sparkle. The punched hearts are up on foam tape. The card base is PT's Pink Double Duty, which is textured on one side and smooth on the other.

Here's a close-up:



Thanks for stopping by!





SUPPLY LIST (1st card) ~
Stamps: OCL Hearts & Hugs
Paper: Paper Temptress Vermillion Sparkle, PTI White, PTI Kraft
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Foam Tape, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, EK Success Wavy Dot Punch, Candy Cand Stickles, Corner Rounder Punch

SUPPLLY LIST (2nd card) ~
Stamps: OCL Hearts & Hugs
Paper: Paper Temptress Pink Double Duty, Paper Temptress Rosso Incandescent, MME Be Loved DP
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Creative Memories Heart Punch, EK Success Wavy Dot Punch, Foam Tape, PTI Berry Sorbet Ribbon, Red Adhesive Rhinestones, Corner Rounder Punch

Farm Fresh Chickens

Well, I jumped on the bandwagon and bought some of this Farm Fresh DP and couldn't wait to make something with it. My daughter had a snow day today, so this a.m. I promised her I'd play in the snow with her (it wasn't good snowman-making snow though...bummer!), so after going outside for a bit and getting some hot chocolate when we came in, I went straight to my stamp table!

The layout is from the CCEE girls, who just started back with challenges yesterday. I just flipped the sketch sideways.

Stay warm!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Penny Black Coop Party, Penny Black Critter Party Clear Set
Paper: Real Red, Ivory, Farm Fresh DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Word Window Punch, Button, Twine, Sewing Machine and Thread, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Foam Tape

Daisies

Hi everyone! Here's a card I made for Mercy's Sketch and Maki's color challenge on the Timeless Tuesday blog.



Here's a close-up so you can see the funky fold/cut that I gave the card. Not sure I love what I did here, but hey, what's done is done, lol!



See that cool inner glow on my photos? I've always wanted to do this, but I wasn't sure HOW to do it in Photoshop. Well, Amy Sheffer has a post in the MFT Forum on SCS outlining all sorts of photography tips....including how to add this Inner Glow! Thanks again, Amy! You so R-O-C-K!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Flourishes Gerber Daisies, Flourishes Cherries & Peaches
Paper: Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, White, Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Spellbinders Tag, Gingham Ribbon, Sewing Machine & Thread, Orange Stickles

Cardkeepers Recipe Book

Check out this super COOL new arrival at Stamper's Dream....Cardkeeper Album Kits! You can use them to store just about anything.....A2-sized greeting cards, recipe cards, photos, etc.



I wanted to make a recipe book for my Mom in her kitchen colors (hunter green, ivory, and beige with some burgundy). I altered the covers and the Maya Road What's Cookin' Mini Chipboard pieces with some Life Stories DP Collection 2 DP. I used my chipboard pieces, Spellbinders circle dies, JustRite Decorative Wide Border, Cookin' Up Memories set, and some Prism Sage Dark to make a "place setting" on the cover.

Now...here's my FAVORITE part about these Album Kits. I've mentioned in other posts how I like to put my recipe cards in clear protectors so they don't get messy splatters while I'm cooking. Well, these kits include sleeves! Michelle also has the Cardkeeper Sleeves in her store that you can purchase separately if you'd like to have extras on hand. Have to say, these sleeves by Cardkeepers are MUCH better quality than the ones I've been using in my old binder. They're thicker and won't "tear" while you're flipping through the cards. This book I made for my Mom has a total of 15 sheet protectors in it.....and there's room for LOTS more!



Here are the recipe cards. I made five of each color. The Cookin' Up Memories images are stamped in Versamagic Olive Chalk Ink.



Thanks for stopping by today!

Birthday Party Invitations

Our daughter's birthday is coming up so I made some party invitations with my Penny Black Bubbly clear set. I wanted to keep the invitations really simple and light since I had to make a bunch of them and so I wouldn't have to add extra postage. These are as simple as they get....just coloring, a DP strip, and some Stickles on the balloons and gift tag. They're A2-sized card fronts and then I have all the party info on the back.

Penny Black stamps, Memento Inks, and Stickles are available at Stamper's Dream.

Have a great day!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Penny Black Bubbly, SU sentiment
Paper: White, Razzleberry, Wasabi DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Stickles

Happy New Year!

To celebrate, Michelle is having a sale on all Prism Paper and Spellbinders dies...and don't forget that the newest JustRite Stampers release is on sale as well.



Michelle sent me this sweet little Brimming with Love image and I couldn't wait to color it up. So adorable! The card base is Prism Razzleberry Light (on sale right now). The layout is Karen's Sweet Sunday sketch #50. The pink crochet ribbon is also available at Stamper's Dream.

Here's the inside where I used a sentiment from my JustRite Tiny Words set.



I wish you all an amazing, happy and healthy 2010!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Penny Black Brimming with Love, JustRite Tiny Words
Paper: Prism Razzleberry Light, White, Basic Grey Bittersweet
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Ribbon, Bow Easy, Pink Crochet Ribbon, Spellbinders Square and Circle Dies, Maya Road Trinket Pins, Martha Stewart Cornice Punch, Sewing Machine and Thread, Foam Tape

Starting on next year's cards...

Yay, I had some time to stamp today! I thought I'd join in on Sparkle's 2010 Christmas Card Challenges to get my 2010 stash started. The layout is today's sketch on SCS. The colors, white snowflakes, and blue sparkle are from Sparkle's Challenge #4. Here's her inspiration pic:



Here's a close-up of the sparkle:



Here's a shot of the inside where I punched two corners with my Star Confetti punch. I love how the one star in this punch totally matches one of the snowflakes on my Cuttlebug folder. Pretty cool, huh? Hehe, fun!



Have an awesome day!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Hampton Arts Relaxed Snowman, SU Short & Sweet
Paper: Bashful Blue, White, Dark Chocolate
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Bashful Blue Ribbon, Bow Easy, Waterfall Stickles, Sewing Machine and Thread, Word Window Punch, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Star Confetti Punch, Quickie Glue Pen

Stamper's Dream SALE

Pssst! Michelle just marked down all the JustRite November release stamps at 10% off. She also has a bunch of other things on sale now in her store including my VERY favorite Life Stories DP. Check it all out under the Sales & Specials Section!

Cookbookin' and Sewin'

Hi all! I hope you had a VERY Merry Christmas and things are settling back down for you. Our Christmas was wonderful and I've enjoyed spending the week with the ones I love. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing family.

I made two recipe cards using my brand new Cookin' Up Memories set from Stamper's Dream. I'm totally in LOVE with this set!....the images stamp beautifully! Michelle has a whole line of these new Cookbookin' stamps.....SUPER cool sets, check them out.





The cards are both 4" x 6". The recipes were printed on white CS, cut out, and matted against Prism Mystic Dark CS. The images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. The Chicken Spaghetti recipe has a blue rhinestone in the center of the wooden spoon. The Chicken Pot Pie recipe has some Gun Metal Stickles added to the spatula, metal spoon, and tops of the salt and pepper shakers.

.....do you see it?.....the stitching??....it's REAL! Whoooo-hooooo, I'm doing the happy dance! My MIL bought me the Janome Sew Mini for Christmas. Oh my word, I was so excited when I opened it. She probably thinks I'm nuts, lol! Yesterday I set it up, read some online tutorials, and got to work on practicing how to sew around the corners. I think I got the jist of it....oh I know I still need more practice, but hey, I'm pretty proud of myself considering I've haven't touched a sewing machine since I was in the seventh grade, lol!

In case you'd like to see the full recipes with pictures and all that jazz, here are the links:

- Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot Pie from Rachel Ray Show
- Chicken Spaghetti from Pioneer Woman

I've made both of these dishes and they're DELICIOUS!

Have a GREAT day and thank you for visiting me. I really appreciate all of you so much!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Cookin' Up Memories (Cookbookin')
Paper: White, Prism Mystic Dark, MME DP, SU DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Blue Rhinestones, Gunmetal Stickles, Thread and Sewing Machine

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Oh YUMMMM, I just made these for my daughter's Christmas program at the preschool and they were so good. You can find the full recipe HERE on the Tasty Kitchen site. They even keep their pretty orange color.

My good friend Dawn (who happens to be celebrating a birthday today, so stop by and wish her some birthday love if you get a chance...hehe!) has me totally HOOKED on these cute ATS images. This one is called Pippi and I thought she'd be great on a pumpkin recipe card.

Here's the back of the card....complete with a smudge because I was eating a yummy peanut butter bar while crafting, lol!



Have a great day!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: ATS Pippin
Ink: Black, Dusty Durango Marker for faux stitching
Paper: MME Bloom & Grow DP, Prism Intense Orange, White Copy Paper
Accessories: Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Eucalyptus and Diamond Stickles, Mat Pack & Piercing Tool for faux stitching
Card Size: 4" x 6" (recipe panel is 3" x 5")

More kitchen stuff...

...this time I made a gift set for my Mom-Mom (grandmother).



Just like the set I made for my Aunt the other day, I used my JustRite Trompe fonts and Kitchen/Library/Desk set for the circle element on the recipe cards.



She also does a lot of canning with peaches and spaghetti sauce, so I made up a bunch of round labels to fit on the tops of the jars. I added two strips of Scor-Tape to the backs of them and just left the backing on them, so when she's ready to stick them on the lids all she has to do is peel the backing and they're good to go.



I included a full card (you can see it in the photo at the top of this post) in her set rather than a card front like I did with my Aunt's set. The apron and Made With Love sentiment are from my Hero Arts What's Cooking clear set.

Michelle has all SORTS of cool kitchen-style stamps and supplies in her store right now. Check it out HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Now I'm off to wrap this up...yay, one more item to check off my Christmas list. Have a great day!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: JustRite Trompe 50 pt fonts, Hero Arts What's Cooking
Paper: Kraft, Black, Misc Gingham DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Gingham Ribbon, Bow Easy, Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilities, ZVA Mini Rhinestones, Diamond Glaze (to glue down the rhinestones)
Recipe Card Size: 4" x 6"

Kitchen Tilda

Lookie here....I went and bought my first Tilda. I have to admit I wasn't always so *into* the Magnolia stamps, but they've totally grown on me now...especially Kitchen Tilda. Love her! I thought she'd be perfect for some recipe cards.

Instead of making myself some more typed up cards, I decided to make a stack of blank recipe cards for my Aunt Kay as one of her Christmas gifts this year. She's a really great cook and people are always asking her for her recipes (me included) and she normally writes them down on a blank white index card. Now she'll have some *prettied up* cards to use.



I made a total of twelve 4x6 recipe cards, four of each of these. The sentiment circle was done with my JustRite Library/Kitchen/Desk Set and Trompe fonts. The word "recipe" is from my Hero Arts What's Cooking clear set.

Then I just made a 4x6 cover, decorated just like a card front with Kitchen Tilda, put the cover on the top of the stack of recipe cards, and tied it all closed with some white ribbon. The sentiment at the bottom is also from my Hero Arts What's Cooking clear set.

Have a great day!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Kitchen Tilda, JustRite Trompe Upper and Lowercase fonts, JustRite Three Border Set, Hero Arts What's Cooking
Paper: PTI Kraft, PTI Dark Chocolate, SU Bella Rose DP, SU Riding Hood Red, White
Ink: Memento Cocoa
Accessories: Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Adhesive Pearls, Satin Ribbons, Spellbinders Tag, Rectangle and Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities

Stocking Gift Card Holders

Hi everyone! I can't believe Christmas is next week already! Are you all finishing up on your Christmas shopping? I'm just about finished with mine so I'm now moving onto wrapping....I just do a little each day so it's not so overwhelming. Anyway, two of the items that needed *wrapping* are gift cards for my uncle and brother. I saw my good friend Silke posted one of these CUTE stocking gift card holders on her blog last week and just HAD to try it out. So fun! The template from Claire can be found HERE on SCS.


This first one is for my uncle's Home Depot gift card (I won't be with him when he opens it, so I made sure to write a little note on the tag so he knows to take off the raffia and look inside).


The next one is for my brother's Sears gift card.

Thanks for stopping by!




SUPPLY LIST (1st card) ~
Paper: My Mind's Eye DP, Kraft, White
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Raffia, Gold Cord, Spellbinders Tag, Snowflakes Embossing Folder
Technique: Faux Stitching, Dry Embossing

SUPPLY LIST (2nd card) ~
Paper: My Mind's Eye DP, Ivory
Ink: Bashful Blue
Accessories: Blue Grosgrain, Silver Cord, Spellbinders Tag, Snowflakes Embossing Folder
Technique: Dry Embossing

Penny Black Snowman

Oh my gosh, have I wanted this Penny Black stamp for SOOOOOO long. Eeeek, I LOVE it!! It's called Warm & Cold and you can get it at Stamper's Dream. It's so quick and easy to color, I made two cards to show you today.

The snowman and snowflake theme fits into yesterday's C4C Challenge.



The layout on this first one is Jen del Muro's SFYTT from last Saturday, and the red and gold combo is for yesterday's Penny Black challenge.

The layout on the next one is Jen del Muro's SFYTT from yesterday.



Hope you're enjoying your weekend!




SUPPLY LIST for 1st card ~
Stamps: Penny Black Warm & Cold, SU Hugs & Wishes
Paper: White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Ribbon, Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Chipboard Snowflake, Gold Glitter, Gold Stickles, Frosted Lace Stickles, Foam Tape, Square Punch, Diamond Glaze (for the glitter), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Snowflakes Embossing Folder

SUPPLY LIST for 2nd card ~
Stamps: Penny Black Warm & Cold
Paper: White, Kraft
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Ribbon, Square & Scallop Square Nestabilities, Diamond Stickles, Foam Tape, Martha Stewart Snowflake Border Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Red Rhinestones