WT194 Thankful for Our Family

Did everyone have a nice Thanksgiving? It was just our family this time. We sometimes see my twin sister on this holiday because we go shopping on the Black Friday mornings. No big shopping, just the craft stores. Unfortuately, we didn't get to do that this year. She had to work! She's in Colorado and I am here in Oklahoma. Our parents are still in California, oh how I wish we could go back home, someday. Anyways, this is for the Ways to Use It challenge on www.splitcoaststampers.com for Thursday. I was just too busy to make it on Thanksgiving, so I made it, afternoon. We make it a family outing to go see the fall colors at the lake. We have been doing it since we lived in Minnesota. It's just so pretty in the Fall season there. We get a little bit of color, but it's always fun just hanging out with my family. In this picture, we just got home church and changed over, except for me. I really didn't feel like changing, so that is why I'm dressed like this. I used modge podge with decorative dp to cover the wood frame. I found these at Michaels. I have quite a stash in my room that I am hoarding. Unreal. I bought this package of thin felt squares in the size of 8x11 at Hobby Lobby when they were having their 95% off sale last week. I got 10 sheets for .25 cents. Gotta love the clearance isles. I used my Sizzix leaf die cut and secured them using glue dots. The felt flowers came like that, also found on the clearance rack at HL for $1.25, whoo who! I added ribbon to the inside and outside edges to hide the raw edges of the wood. I tied 3 ribbons on the right side and added buttons to the bottom. I used stickers from the House Mouse collection, attached to vanilla c/s, and secured them using glue dots. This is what I am Thankful for. My healthy loving, supportive family. Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Paper: MME dp, SU Vanilla
Supplies: Modge Podge, foam brush, ribbon, felt, felt flowers, Sizzix leaf die cut, buttons, stickers, tacky tape, glue dots

LSC196 Dan's Pig Farm

 
This was a tough challenge for me. We had to make a card from Limited Supplies Challenge on www.splitcoaststampers.com using pink, embellishments, and an animal. But after awhile and lots of planning, I decided to make a card for my friends pig farm in Minnesota. I had a really fun time making this for him. Ok, here is the story. This whole card except for the road is done with water color paper. I punched out a circle for the sun with the CM circle punch and used it as the template for the stencil. Sponged inside with yellow. Used the circle part as the sun, sponged with yellow, more mustard for the second sun. Set aside. I sponged lightly with blue ink all around the sky and added the sun using mini pop dots. I stamped the trees with green ink randomly using the stamp off stamp on method...meaning stamp your image onto your card, then stamp the image on another piece of paper, then back on your card. I stamped 3 more trees and cut out. I used clear emboss powder with the heat gun for all 3. I ripped a piece of black paper and added white lines using my white galaxy pen. I ripped the green grass, sponged it with old olive, stamped little flowers onto it with brown stazon. I used my Prismacolor pencils on all the flowers with OMS, and blending stumps. I stamped the truck twice with black ink, colored, and cut. The top truck is done using the watercolor pencils technique. I hand wrote "Dan's Pig Farm" with a black pen. I cut out the tires so the other truck wheels would show through the top. I added the back side of velcro fasteners as my wheels (already were round) and used a brad for the center hub cap. I stamped the pig twice using black ink, colored with pencils, and cut out. The truck and the pig have pop dots in between them. I added the trees using mini pop dots as well. I added snow flurries on the card with liquid applique. I stamped Happy Anniversary and wrote the number "10" on shrinky dinks, punched a hole, and baked for 3 minutes. I also added the ribbon and snowflake. This was a real challenge for me to use pink. So, hopefully he looks past the pink as the base of my card. I think I covered all the requirements for this challenge. Do you think so? I'm sorry that you had to read the same story as my gallery on SCS. But, that's ok for this one. Have a nice night!

Stamps: SU Loads of Love, SU On the Farm, Studio G
Cardstock: SU Pretty in Pink, black, watercolor paper by Cold Press (140lb)
Ink: SU Bliss Blue, SU Garden Green, SU Old Olive, SU More Mustard, SU Yoyo Yellow, Versafine Onyx Black, Saddle Brown Stazon
Supplies: Shrinky Dinks, CM Circle punch, Prismacolor Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits, blending stumps, brads, pop dots, glue dots, liquid applique, velcro, snowflake button, black pen, ribbon, silver cording, kraft knife

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all have a nice Thanksgiving spending it with the people you love. I am thankful for my family, health, and friends. I hope to post a card in a day or too. Just been very busy/ I'm so tired! Here is a poem I that you might like.

Thanksgiving Friends

Thanksgiving is a time
For reviewing what we treasure,
The people we hold dear,
Who give us so much pleasure.

Without you as my friend,
Life would be a bore;
Having you in my life
Is what I’m thankful for.

By Joanna Fuchs

SC204 HM Star Bright

You know it might help me better with my cards if I get some SLEEP! I have been working around the clock with card making, gifts, school projects, and so on. All of a sudden I have really been in the mood to just stamp and experience new techniques. These colors are really outside the box for me. I wanted to do the sketch challenge on SCS and incorporate the image for the www.housemousechallenge.com using the polka dots. I bought this MME glitter Christmas Stack up at Michaels not knowing what I was going to use it for. Like everyone else, I love paper. I need more though, not according to my husband. I stamped the mouse using brown stazon ink onto white c/s. I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. I used 2 different types of green pencils for the grass to give it a different look. I used clear the versamark pen, embossing powder, and used the heat gun to set it on the mouse and grass. I made a strip of pink c/s for the strip in the middle, but I had made 2 different ones. I had a tough time with the ribbon too. I accidently cut the ribbon shorter on one side but wasn't able to tie it just right. In other words, I had to make up something to cover my mistake. I just made the bow and added it separetly. One thing that really amazes me is that, you have to think outside the box sometimes to make your stuff work for you. I didn't have any gold pearls, so I decided to use the brads. Except that I didn't want the bumpy look from the brad to appear on the front. I took the scissors and cut them off. Now, no bumps and they fit perfectly on the card. I hope this fits the challenge for House Mouse. I was going through the gallery on SCS and noticed another person used somewhat the same type of glitter paper because I really didn't want to start all over. But I continued with it anyhow, but at least we used different images. The sentiment came from those new Walmart clear stamps. Well, I better get something done around this house,like make some pies. I love pumpkin pie, do you? Happy Thanksgiving!

Stamps: House Mouse-Mice Star (Stapabilities), sentiment (Walmart clear)
Cardstock: SU Camel Coral, SU Ruby Red, SU Summer Fun, SU Whisper White, SU Old Olive, MME Christmas Glitter Mat Stack (Michaels)
Ink: Brown Stable Stazon, gold metallic
Supplies: CB Swiss Dots folder, corner punch, ticket corner punch, clear emboss powder, versamark pen, heat gun, Friskars scallop border punch, gold metallic ribbon, brads (cut off prongs), sponge

Santa's Pearls

This was really a huge challenge for me to do today. I had a sick son home from school. In between incidents with him, I managed to get this card done. I combined 2 challenges for this card. The colors for this challenge CC194 was to use Really Rust, Gray, and Vanilla. The other challenge was WT193...meaning ways to use it. I used the pearls. Needless to say, I struggled with this challenge. I didn't have any gray as requested, but I thought the silver metallic would work as good. Believe me, I didn't start off with this image. I had about 3 going there for awhile. I couldn't get my other choices to work. I didn't really want to spend alot of time coloring on my card. I have been up night and day stamping trying to get these challenges done. Plus, all the other things I have going on throughout the day. So this worked out for me. I started out by using the CB Swirls folder on the vanilla c/s. I then colored the swirls using the silver metallic marker. I used versamark, clear embossing powder, and the heat gun twice. To get it the glossy look. I also stamped the Santa Claus with silver ink onto vanilla c/s. I trimmed off the excess from the c/s of the santa because I wanted the look to be close to the paper. I didn't want any gap from the sides of the stamp. The same technique with the embossing was done with the image and the sentiment as with the swirl folder. I added different size pearls to this mustache that had a snowflake. I used wired silver ribbon, tied it together with the sheer cream ribbon, added a snowflake brad (I cut off the backing), and attached a pearl to the center. It is held on with a glue dot. I really had fun making this card, but I wish it wouldn't of taken me most of the day. I hope you like what you see. Have a great night! TFL!

Stamps: Santa Collage by Delta (Michaels), sentiment from Hero Arts
Cardstock: Bazzill Black, SU Really Rust, SU Very Vanilla, DCWV Silver Metallic
Ink: Silver Metallic (Colorbox)
Supplies: CB Swirl folder, wired silver ribbon, sheer cream ribbon, pearls, clear embossing powder by Deep Impressions, silver metallic marker, snowflake brad, scissors, glue dots, tacky tape

SC200, WT193 Rudolphs Wish

Good morning on this beautiful day. Although it is in deed cold outside. But it should warm up to at least 50 degrees today. My mom usually calls me everyday to see how the weather is. I let her know that it's cold right now, but will warm up to 50 degrees by noon. She always teases me and says, "50 degrees, you say its warm"? Well since moving out of California 12 years ago, and moving to 3 states (which are all in the midwest) since then (due to my husband who is a United States Marine), my blood and body temperature has adjusted. Someday, I would really like to go back to Minnesota. My kids miss the snow and I want to see my friends. Ok, I combined 2 challenges here on this card from SCS. The sketch challenge is SC200 and the Pearls for the Ways to Use it. Off of a sudden, I have been buying all sorts of DP and came across this from MME Glitter stack from Michaels. It already had the glitter on the paper, except for the sleigh. I added a little bit of emboss powder using the heat gun and also the versamark pen. I wish I would of thought of that pen before. I stamped the faces of the reindeers with brown stazon, cut out only the faces, added the MS branch punch for antlers, and added the rhinestones for their noses. I sponged around the vanilla c/s and used my CM corner rounder. I added pearls and colored the sentiment using a marker. The 3 squares on held on with pop dots. Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by.

Stamps: SU Small Script,
Paper Creations-Reindeer Face (HL)
Cardstock: SU Very Vanilla, SU Garden Green, DCWV Gold Metallic, MME Christmas Glitter Mat Stack
Ink: Gold (Colorbox), Saddle Brown Stazon
Supplies: CB Swiss Dots folder, CB Scallop Squares die cuts, CM corner rounder, sponge, rhinestones, clear emboss powder, heat tool, versamark pen, MS Branch punch, pearls, gold metallic ribbon, glue dots, mini pop dots

A Gift for You!

Would you miss your daily walk for a challenge on SCS? Well, that's what I did this morning. I couldn't wait to play. The challenge was to make a Pop up gift card holder. I decided to add an ornament to the front, so the person receiving this can put it on their Christmas tree. As we went grocery shopping at Walmart yesterday, my husband went one way in the store, whereas, I went the other way and I went to see if my store had these clear stamps. I have most of them, but didn't have the alphabets. So I sneaked them into the cart. My husband wanted to know how they got in the cart and pass the register without him seeing them. If he only knew. You have to distract his attention and slip them into the bag. He really doesn't mind that I buy stamps or anything like that. Ok, onto my gift card. Inside: I stamped the sentiment using the stamps that I mentioned before from Walmart and mounted it to white c/s. Added a snowflake. I stamped snowflakes with burgundy and silver inks onto the blue c/s. I used the CM circle cutter, MS snowflake punch, and added a rhinestone for the flap of the gift card. Outside: I cut a piece of DP and used the CB snowflake folder and attached to the front of the card. I wanted to add a little character to my gift card, so I created a circle medallion using the decorative corner punch. I made 2 of these out of burgundy c/s. I used the CM circle cutter for the image on the snowman to fit inside. I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils, versamark pen, clear emboss powder, and heat gun. I added diamond dust to the ground and liquid applique for the outline of the snow. I then added mini pop dots to the front and back of the medallion sandwiched between the snowman to make it pop out. I punched 4 blue and 4 silver MS snowflakes, sprayed adhesive, and added diamond dust for the sparkle. Remember to wear gloves or something on your hands if you are going to work with spray adhesive, because afterwards, I was so STICKY.
I added an eyelet, silver cording, and metallic ribbon to complete. I wanted something to make the ornament come off the card, so I looked through my sewing stash and found some velcro. I had my thinking cap again! So I added a small piece to the top of the card and also to the back of the ornament. It really isn't all that noticeable once the ornament if off the card. I also added satin ribbon to tie it shut. I will be making more of these as gifts for teachers, friends, and the bus driver. Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: SU Bundle Up, SU A Christmas Wish, Walmart clear stamps (alphabets)
Cardstock: SU Bravo Burgundy, SU Bliss Blue, DCWV Metallic silver, white (Georgia Pacific), Sandylion DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, silver, Bravo Burgundy
Supplies: CM circle cutter, CB snowflake folder, MS snowflake punch, decorative corner punch, Prismacolor pencils, clear emboss powder, diamond dust, heat gun, versamark pen, liquid applique, pop dots, glue dots, spray adhesive, rhinestones, metallic ribbon, cording, satin ribbon, velcro