Sense of Time...

Hello Everyone! I know, I know it's been a long time since I posted. I miss blogging, so I decided to make a goal to blog at least a couple times a week. I probably shouldn't have started that goal, just yet because I'll be moving (again) in about a week. So I'll be moving and working 40+ hours a week, so I don't know how much time I'll have. But after moving is complete I will be posting a couple times a week. :)

On to the card:

I saw this layout in the June 2009 Stampin' Success (pg. 23) and the card they made on pg. 26 and just had to make something. I was short on time, so I just used their Alternating Color Palette: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip and Rose Red. I ended up using the Sense of time stamp Set from the Occassion Mini. I love these types of sets, but I don't always get inspired by them, so every little bit helps.

I made my own Background on the Artichoke and Chocolate Pieces using the stamps in the set. I used Always Aritchoke, Mellow Moss and Rose Red Stampin Write Markers to ink up the sentiment and used my scissors to distress the vanilla paper. Tied some Very Vanilla wide grosgrain ribbon around the card and adhered the sentiment with dimensionals.

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A Couple of "old" sets....

I made this card today, while I was at my Mom's house visiting my sister. I was making this card to give to my aunt for her birthday (tomorrow), but I ended up liking it so much that I couldn't give it to her...so I ended up making another one. which I need to get in the habbit of doing.

The "Celebrate..." stamp is from the That's Nice stamp set which was in the 2007 Spring mini catalog. I stamped it in Not Quite Navy onto very vanilla cardstock, inking the edges in creamy caramel. you can't really see it in the photo/scan, but it is layered with not quite navy and Ruby red cardstock. I set that aside and stamped the itty bitty star in Not Quite Navy randomly on the base of the card. The star stamps used on this card (the "a wish for you" and the little star on the base) are from the set In the Stars from the 2008 Occassions Mini. I shouldn't have used this set becasue now I wish I would have ordered it before it was no longer available....oh well...i can just borrow my moms. (THANKS MOM!) :)

I will apologize now for being all over the place....I'm not a morning person and for some reason I got up pretty early this morning and I keep nodding off. so I keep forgetting where I'm at.

I stamped the "a wish for you" star in ruby red and punched it out with the Lg. star punch. I knew this card needed a little more, so I added the close to cocoa crumpled (is that the right word) piece, trying to keep the "aged" look. I then added the vanilla ribbon and it was still missing something, so I added a little strip of ruby red cardstock and slipped it under the ribbon. i sponged that with ink and distressed the edges.

I hope you liked my card. If you have any questions or if i left anything out (remember I keep knodding off) feel free to ask by leaving a comment. thanks for stopping by!

Stamp Club Projects

Here are the cards we did for my Stamp Club. I showed them a slider card and the Chalkboard technique. We also covered a 5x5 art journal (which I bought for them to keep track of all the techniques we do) but I can't get a good scan of it. So that'll have to wait!

Chalkboard Technique

Supplies All Stampin' Up!(R) Unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Live your Dream and Lots of Dots Wheel (Occasions Mini)

Paper: Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, So Saffron and Very Vanilla

Ink: White Craft, Always Artichoke, So Saffron (the background on the Vanilla Circle) and Rose Red
Accessories: Scallop, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" circle punches, and Black grosgrain Ribbon.

Slider Card

Supplies All Stampin' Up! Unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Always and Polka Dot Background
Paper: River Rock, Soft Sky, Ruby Red and Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red and River Rock
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Ribbon Slide (Styled Silver Hardware in Occasions Mini), Chocolate Chip Polytwill (also in Occasions Mini)

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