Thoughts of Fall

Good afternoon! What a beautiful day it is today. I love that the sun is shining and the temperature is warming up again. I had a workshop on Friday night and we focused of Fall and this is one of the cards we made. I really like the Thougths and Prayers Stamp Set and the sentiments are great. I haven't used my Stampin' Pastels lately and when trying to figure out how to best achieve a fall look for the leaves, I first considered markers but that is time consuming and it is hard to tell which leaves you have inked up, then I rememebered Poppin' Pastels and I knew it would be perfect for this tree. All we had to do was ink up the stamp with Versamark then dap the pastels over the Versamark to add the color to the tree. We used Early Espresso, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, and Pumpkin Pie in the Stampin'Pastels. The Thinking of you was inked up with the Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker then punched out with the Wide Oval Punch. We used a sponge dauber and added just a bit of More Mustard to the edges of the oval. The base of the card is Crumb Cake that has had texture added with the Elegant Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The main image is layered onto a layer of Cajun Craze Card Stock that has add the bottom punched out with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. With just a bit of Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon and the card is finished. Everyone's card turned out differently due to the color choices they made when applying the pastels. Tomorrow I will share with you the other project we did on Friday. It uses the new Gently Falling Stamp Set and some of the new Spiced Cake Designer Series Fabric. Love it!
Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day, Tonya

Halloween Club Card

Good afternoon! I am going to share the the project we did at Stamp Club this week with you today. This card has several elements and extras but it was fun to do and will be fun to give away too! The card stock that we used is Old Olive, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Whisper White, and Basic Gray. We also used the Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper, Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Spider Wed Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and a Basic Black Mini Clip just a few accessories. ;) The two stamp sets are Fun & Festive which is in the Holiday Mini and Sweet Centers. Jet Black Stazon was used to stamp the Happy Halloween and then it was colored in with a Blender Pen and various Stamp Pads. The Eek You're Sweet was inked up with the Basic Black, Old Olive and Cajun Craze Stampin Write Markers. Oh and of course what is a card without a few punches. In this case we used the 1 1/4" Circle and the 1 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch. I am finishing up packing for a workshop tonight then tomorrow I am taking the boys on a road trip to see Kaylee run in Joplin. Busy weekend let's hope the weather plays nice and holds off on anymore rain. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Fall Milk Carton

Good afternoon, we had a great club night last night. We had a several guest mixed in with our regular ladies. We made this little treat box from the Milk Carton Die and the new Gently Falling Stamp Set. It is the shame style that I showed you last week on the Jack-a-latern except that we closed up the top with Very Vanilla Seam Binding. The tag was made with the Wide Oval Punch and the Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I did sponge all my edges as well as the Seam Binding and the Whisper White Baker's Twine with a sponge and the Soft Suede Classic Stamp Pad.
Wouldn't these little treat containers be so cute for Thanksgiving? You could add each person's name and then right little notes tell them why you are thanksful for them or you can fill them with trails mix or other treats.
I have a sewing project to share with you soon and another card that uses the Gently Falling Stamp Set. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Wicked Treats for Stamp Club

Good morning, I hope you had a nice weekend. The weather was great and I did get out and enjoy it a bit but I also did some stamping so I have new projects to share with you. The first one is a club project for this week. It starts with our new 1"x 8" Cellophane Bags. You get 50 for only $2.50 and they are great for Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day and so much more. We stamped bats from the Wicked Cool Stamp Set with Jet Black Stazon on the front of the Cellophane Bag to add some Halloween Fun. After the Stazon dried we added the Smarties Candy and started decorating the tag. The bags are self sealing but I wanted to add a bit more interest so the top is tied shut with Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon. Then to make the tag we used the have a WICKED halloween also from the Wicked Cool Stamp Set and inked it up with the Basic Black and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers stamped on Whisper White Card Stock and punched it out with the 1" Circle Punch. We used the 1 1/4" Circle Punch to punch out Cajun Craze Card Stock and the Curly Label Punch to punch out the Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper. We layered them then attached it to our Ribbon to finish off the Treat Bag. We also made a coordinating card but I will share that for another post. :) Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day, Tonya

9/11

As we mark the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 I thought it would only be fitting to post a card for our Service men and woman. 9/11 for so many of us is one of those dates that will forever be a I was "here" moment when the attacks happened. So while we honor those that gave all and remember those that have fought for our freedoms I just want to say Thank you and may we always remember what you have done.

Halloween Treats!

Hello and thanks for stopping by, I have a fun Halloween treat container for you today and it is so simple to make with the help of the Big shot and a few punches. This container uses the Milk Carton Die and was demonstrated at Convention but after making my first one it just made me think of a pumpkin so I had to make another one. I love this idea and thank you to who ever thought of it. You will need to cut two milk carton and then cut off one panel on each. The panel without the tab please. Then just attach the two cartons together using the tabs and fold in the bottoms add some Sticky Strip and you are done unless you want a jack-o-lantern then you need Basic Black Card Stock, the Wide Oval Punch and the Pennant Builders Punch. I used each of the punches for either the mouth or the eyes. I will take some pictures of the punching process and add those later so you have an idea of how it get the shapes you need. I added a 4x6" Cellophane bag filled with candy and tied the bag off with our fun, new Dotted Scallop Edge Ribbon in Basic Black. The bow makes me think of a little girl Jack-o-lantern or would would it be a Jill-o-lantern,. :) These would make great treat bags for school or those favorite little trick or treaters that should stop by and after the candy it gone they can use the container for other things like pencils or crayons. We will be making a similar container at club this week so Club Members will get to see first hand out easy these are to make. Well, that is it for today. I have a few more ideas to work on for the upcoming week and need to get busy before the kids get out of school and the weekend hits. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend, Tonya

The Stockings Were Hung!

Ok, ok, I am not hanging Stockings yet but I am thinking about Christmas Cards and what design we might use this year at our house. Now I must say after thinking about this card a bit I think I would add a some baker's twine to the top of the Real Red Card Stock around the folded section but for now this will have to do and I might do some more shading on the fireplace. The things I think of after the card is finished and pictures have been taken. I received the new Stitched Stocking Stamp Set yesterday and the coordinating Stocking Builder Punch and just couldn't resist inking it up. I Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Real Red with just a touch of Soft Suede for sponging. Each stocking was inked with the Stampin' Write Markers and then punched from Confetti White Card Stock. I ran a piece of Real Red Card Stock through the Big Shot with the new Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and my main image was taking shape. I punched the bottom of the Real Red with the Scallop Edge Punch to add just a bit of interest. To each stocking I added a few Mini Jingle Bells. I love these. They are so tiny and cute and each to attach with a Mini Glue Dot. They will require that you use a special mailer to send them out postal but for tags and hand delivered cards they are to cute and you get 48 for only 2.95. That is a great deal. I used Teeny Tiny Wishes for the Merry Christmas and punched it with the Word Window Punch. The Pear Pizzazz base looked a little to bland so I added a piece of Letters To Santa Designer Series Paper that added just enough interest to the background to finish off the card. Are you ready to start making your Christmas Cards? I have a class on September 22 where you can do just that. Give me a call if you would like to be part of the class. I would love to have you join us. Well, I am off today there is laundry to do and cupcakes to frost for tonight's Pasta Dinner. Have a great day and as always thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Gently Falling

Hello and Good afternoon! I got a chance to try out the new Gently Falling Stamp Set yesterday and I love how it looks when stamped. It is a two step stamp set and is so easy to use. For the colors I decided to pull out the colors of the new Spice Cake Designer Series Paper but I left the Pool Party out for this card. So the final colors are Soft Suede, More Mustard and Pear Pizzazz. I used a few Big Shot items and added just a bit of Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon. The sentiment is from the Just Believe Stamp Set and was stamped on Confetti White Card Stock before it was punched out with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch. I can't wait to try out some other color combos and this will definitely be a set that you will see again during Stamp Club and my Septemeber Workshops. I also have a project start with the Spice Cake Designer Series Fabric so be sure and check back for that one. Well, I received some new goodies today from the UPS man so I am heaed off to design new cards. Wish me luck as I am not sure I am back to full creating power yet. :) Thanks for stopping today, Tonya

Happy Halloween

Sorry for the not so great picture. Not sure what is up as it looks fine when I edit it and is much clearer. I have sort of taken a break from stamping and have been busy working on a few sewing projects. Nothing to exciting right now to share but maybe soon. So today I wanted to sit down and finish a card. I had stamped and colored the Happy Halloween image from the Festive and Fun Stamp Set (Holiday Mini) a while back but it just sat there so I started there. I used a base of Old Olive that I added Polka Dots to using the Big Shot and the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Embossing folder. I distressed the paper with the Jet Black Stazon Pad. In fact everything was distress with the Jet Black Stazon Pad, the image, ribbon and Pumpkin Pie card stock layer. I used 1 1/4" Basic Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon underneath the image to sort of anchor it. I added just a touch of bling with the Basic Black Glimmer Brad that is used to gather the ribbon. The card is a lot less layers than I would usually do but I tend to start simple when I have been away from Stampin' for a while. Maybe the creative juice will start to flow and I can get back to stamping. I think I will try stamping with the new Gently Falling Stamp Set and see what I can come up with. There are a lot of fun new stamp sets in the Holiday Mini. If you haven't taken a look yet or don't have a copy then be sure and let me know. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day, Tonya

The Holiday Mini is Here!

Good morning, I know I am a day late in getting this posted as the Holiday Mini started yesterday but I do want to share with you a start to my Christmas decorations for this year that are made with one of my favorite new products in the Holiday Mini it is something that demonstrators have asked for for quite a while and it is going to make doing 3D projects so much faster and easier. We know carry the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and I made both of these decorations with it and so can you. Both use the Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper which I stocked up on when I was on special last month. For the blue ornament (since I think these will be getting a string at the top and hung on my Stampin' Room Tree) was made by cutting out two of the larger Scallop circles on the Scallop Circle #2 Big Shot Die. I then scored them at each scallop and cut on scallop down to the center. Attach the two Scallops together to create a circle. This one is decorate with a few circle punches and the mittens from the Jolly Bingo Bits Stamp Set. To make the second ornament I used the 2 1/2 x 12" Strips of Designer Series Paper and scored both strips of DSP every 1/2" The center is decorated with Greeting Cards Kids which is still one of my favorite stamp sets. I used the new Mica Flakes for the Snow and the new Dazzling Details (think Dazzling Diamonds in a glue base that is so easy to use) around the Scallop Circle. I used markers and a blender pen to color in the little girl. Now since I cropped both pictures I thought I would give you a side by side comparison so that you could see how much bigger the 2 1/2" strips circle is than the scallop circle. I can't wait to try a few Halloween ones and of course there is so much more that can be done with the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. To get a demonstration give me a call and I will be happy to set up a time to show you how it works.
Also just a reminder that if you would like the chance to win the Blog Candy I am giving away time is running out. You only have until tonight to leave me a comment either on the post below or on facebook.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend, Tonya