Halloween

I wanted to make a Halloween Card, but realized I didn't really have any Halloween Stamps.

The only ones I had were the ones from the Holiday Blitz Stamp Set. So I got on the internet to check the blogs that I follow and guess what? Heather over at Stamp with Heather posted about how to make a bat with Stampin' Up! punches! Perfect I thought! so this is what I came up with! I didn't have the 1 3/4" circle punch, so I used my coluzzle instead. I misplaced my small star punch (sure I'll find it once we move), so I just used the large star punch, but just a little of the point. If that makes sense?!

I hope you enjoyed my card! I really like how it turned out!

Batty Card:

Stamps: Holiday Blitz and All Holidays

Paper: Basic black, Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss and basic gray

Ink: Kiwi Kiss and Basic Black,

Accessories: 1 1/4", 1 3/8", 1/2", 1/4" circle punches; 5-petal punch, slit punch, larger star punch. 2 way glue pen and basic gray taffeta ribbon.

Hopefully I remembered everything!!

Christmas Card

I always see cards using Kraft with a green and some times a red....loving the cards I see. I decided to make one of my own. I'm not as happy with it as I thought I would be, but it gets the job done right? I guess I've been having a little big of Stampers Block....nothings coming to me...and I am not feeling very creative.

I started with a Kraft base and inked the edge with Close to Cocoa ink.

I stamped my Always Artichoke card stock with White Craft ink and set it aside to let it dry.

Next I stamped the tree in Always Artichoke onto white cardstock and sponged the edges. It felt a little plain, so I added some ruby Red brads from the earth elements package.

Once the ink on the Artichoke cardstock was dry I adhered it to a piece of Riding Hood red cardstock 1/8" bigger.

I matted the Focal image to another piece of Riding Hood Red cardstock that was also 1/8" bigger than the white. I adhered that over the adhered artichoke piece with dimensionals.

Hope you like my card. thanks for stopping by!

I don't know how much I'll be on for the next couple of weeks. We'll be moving into a different place at the end of this week. So bare with me for the next week or two and I'll be back on soon!

Gina

WoW! I was just thinking that it's been like a month and a half since I've actually sat down and made more than one card! Well, I tried a new technique and it didn't turn out for me. The results kind of look like a marble or something to that effect. So I decided to go ahead and make a couple cards with it anyway! So I hope you like them.

I'm not an orange fan, so I don't know why I chose these colors. Amazingly, I actually liked the results. My favorite is the 2nd one... I really like the kraft taffeta ribbon with these colors. In real life, it makes it look more goldish (okay, so I'm tired! :P )

Sorry this is such a short post.... I'm really tired, but I'll be back shortly with another card! I've about fallen asleep on the keyboard a couple times. Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

Thank you card recipe:

Stamps: Enjoy Everymoment (thank you) and Happiness Always Level 3 (leaf)

Paper: Vellum, Kraft, Apricot Appeal and Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Same as Paper

Accessories: Kraft taffeta ribbon

On my mind Card:

Stamps: Embrace Life (flowers) and Upsy Daisy (sentiment)

Paper: Vellum, Kraft, Apricot Appeal and Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Same as Paper and Black

Accessories: Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain Ribbon

Finally....something new!

Hello, Everyone! Hope you had a great weekend! I'm fighting a darn cold, but am feeling much better than I did a couple days ago. For some reason, mornings are the worst. In the evenings, I feel almost 100%. But anyways....

Last night, I was sitting at my desk wanting to create something, but nothing came to me...... Probably from the lack of creating this past month or so! The above card is what I came up with....not sure how much I like it, but it works! :) I got the color combo from Carrie over at Artistic Avenger. I love her blog, she is so inspiring!

I started with my Almost Amethyst base and stamped it with Polka Dot Background Stamp in Almost Amethyst ink.

I then grabbed my Curly Label Stamp Set from the Curly Label Punch Bundle (I think that's what it's called). It's in the section with the punches. I stamped the "thank you" image in Elegant Eggplant onto Whisper White Card stock. Punched it out with the Curly label Punch from the same bundle and adhered it to a piece of Always Artichoke Card Stock.

I tied a piece of Moss Gingham around a piece of Elegant Eggplant Cardstock. I mounted the "main image" onto the Elegant Eggplant and adhered that to a piece of Mellow Moss Cardstock.

Finally, I adhered all of that to the base of the card with Dimensionals.

Hope you enjoyed my card and thanks so much for stopping by!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Just letting everyone know that I'm still here. It's just been crazy here the past couple of days. I haven't even had time to play with my new stampin' Up! order. Yes, I just received my first order from the "new" catalog! Do you know how hard that was to wait?!?! I promised myself I wouldn't order though, until I sold some of my old sets.

but anyways, hopefully, I 'll get some time to play today/tonight and will be able to post something soon! Thanks for being stopping by!

"Recycling...."

A while ago I started a 6x6 scrapbook page with this layout....but never finished it or changed my mind or something. so I stuck this in with my card bases, planning on using it for something else.....Well finally, months later (like probably almost a year) I decided to make a card with it.

It's was a really fast card, but a card at least! I've had the Nursery Necessities Stamp Set for a while, and have never really played with it. Of course, I thought it'd be really cute for scrapbooking, but I haven't scrapbooked (really scrapbooked) for a long time. I've done a page here and there, but haven't really made a dent into my HUGE stack of pictures! Gettting sidetracked (is that supposed to be one word or two?) again.....back to the card.

When I saw the old 6x6 "page" I automatically thought about Nursery necessities. So I grabbed that set and wanted to use the "rock-a-bye baby" sentiment. So I pulled out the moon and the star stamp also. And this is what I came up with. Like I said, it's really simple! :) Not really any accessories on it, but might add some later....who knows!

Rock-a-bye Card Recipe:

Stamps: Nursery Necessities (or something like that) and Sweet Stars Wheel

Paper: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Old Olive and

Fall Flowers DSP (retired)

Ink: Hunter Green, More Mustard, old olive and So Saffron

Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals

Trick or Treat?

A fabulous treat! Stampin' Up! has released the Spooky Spider Decor Element just in time for Halloween.

This fun image comes in three sizes and two colors and is designed to coordinate with our Ghostly Greetings Designer Series paper and our Chills & Thrills Rub-Ons from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog. Spooky Spider will be available to order beginning September 19, 2008.

You can order these simply through my Stampin' Up! Website, calling or emailing me.

Spooky Spider is a limited time offer, and will no longer be available after October 31, 2008.

Garden Breeze

I was playing around with my cardstock samples (I cut a 2 x 3 piece of all my cardstock and play with them once in a while to get new color combos) and I found this color combo. It's Baja Breeze, Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal and Kiwi Kiss. Not sure if they're "meant" to go together, but I liked it. I think I'll play around with it a little more and rearrange the colors.

I used the Garden Whimsy Stamp Set. I don't pull this set out too much....In fact, I've probably only used this set a handful of times. It's just one of those that doesn't inspire me much.

I stamped the main image in VersaMark and applied Pastels (Apricot Appeal and Cameo Coral) over the top with a Sponge Dauber. I matted the main image on Cameo Coral.

I scalloped a strip of Apricot appeal with the Scallop Edge Punch and attached that to the edge of Kiwi Kiss Cardstock. I tied some Apricot Appeal grograin to hide the "seam" of the two cardstocks.

Before adhering anything to the base, I stamped the sentiment in Baja Breeze in the lower right corner.

Hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping by!

Garden Breeze Card:

Stamps: garden whimsy

Paper: Baja Breeze, Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss and Apricot Appeal

Ink: VersaMark and Baja Breeze

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, pastels and Dimensionals (for the main image).

Inspiration: Windsor Know Designer Series Paper

I decided to do one of Julee's Sketches over at Poetic Artistry. I've always wanted to do them, just never do! I couldn't get the angled piece the way I wanted it so i just left if off. LOL! I also used the Windsor Knot DSP (Designer Series Paper) as inspiration. I just love these colors together!

I started with a So Saffron base and stamped the little circle stamp from One of a Kind randomly over the front of the base. I then grabbed a piece of chocolate chip and used the Scallop Edge punch. I also added some White Grosgrain ribbon to the Scalloped chocolate piece.

Before attaching the chocolate piece I added the Sage Shadow piece to the bottom center of the card. Then I added the Scalloped top piece.

I stamped the large flower from the same set in Chocolate Chip and stamped it on Whisper White. I matted it on a piece of Old Olive that is a 1/4" larger. I stamped the large flower again, but this time in So Saffron ink on So Saffron Cardstock cutting out the center flower. I adhered the center flower with a dimensional.

I took the orange rub on from A Perfect Day Rub-ons package. Centered it on my olive button and rubbed with the Popsicle stick until it appears lighter (not sure if that is the right word or not?). Then I added a glue dot to the back of my button and centered it on my So Saffron flower.

I then finished my card by adhering the olive mat to the card and adding another rub-on from the same pack to the bottome of the card.