Season's Greetings

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Tis the season for snow.

I hope we see some here in central NC.

This may be the only way I see snow this season.

I've die cut a rectangle and embossed a piece of blue cardstock.

To get a snowy look, I lightly dragged a white inkpad over the embossed trees.

Some chunky white embossing powder sprinkled on and heated from the back

created some snow.

The birches were added to the inside of the frame and the frame has been

popped up a bit on foam so I could add a piece of acetate and some snowy sequins.

The foam doesn't have a lot of depth so the shakers are kind of stuck, but that's okay.

It won't require extra postage to mail.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG Using Embossing Folder with option of Winter

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Merry & Bright Plate (SB)

Ink:   Whisper White    

Paper:   Baja Breeze, Neenah Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Double Pierced Rectangle (AE), Birches Die (IO), Tall Pines EF (SSS), Chunky White Frantage

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding

unsubscribe to the message.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Pink and Silver

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It's been a busy month and I was determined to do a card for Color Hues.

Pink and silver reminded me of my granddaughter, Emmy, who has a birthday

coming up.

I got really ambitious and made her a shaker card.

I had the perfect glitter from WOW for the shakers.  It has tiny silver stars mixed

with the silver glitter.

I used patterned paper for the background and after cutting a circle from it,

I embossed it with a NBUS embossing folder.

Some of the shake stars found their way to the center of the embossed flowers.

I also used a NBUS die that a friend had recently gifted me.

I couldn't decide between white or silver for the Happy Birthday circle so I used both

and offset the white so the silver shows a bit.  The angle of the photo doesn't

seem to show that though.

I used layers of die cut circles for depth instead of foam.  The fine shakers

have room to move but hopefully the glitter won't escape.

I didn't photograph the inside but it's a money holder with a pocket to hold

a crisp bill. They always fit.

Challenges:

Color Hues #77 - Pink & Silver

NBUS #57 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Embossing Folder & Die)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Ink Drops Vivid (Craft Consortium), Neenah Solar White, Silver Foil (SU)

Other:  Criss Cross Motif 3D EF (Spl), Round of Happy Die (CP), WOW Sparkles (Gold Rush), Infinity Circles (HA)

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding

unsubscribe to the message.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Cleaning out the UFOs

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I've been busy as a bee in the studio.

Last weekend I was looking for a die cut that I did when Bobby was here.

I looked in my UFO (UnFinished Objects) box.  What a mess!

No die cut (not that one anyway), but a whole lot else!

I should have taken a picture before I relocated things.

Some went in the cases with the stamps, some went in the trash,

some went into the holiday UFO boxes, and the rest are in the process

of being used on cards. 

I didn't find that die cut though.

I must have put it in a VERY safe place!

I'll be sharing some of the cards that came from these bits and pieces.

I've done a lot but here are the first two.

 

The shaker pouch and frame were in the box.  The butterfly (a perfect color match) 

was tucked in the envelope with the die.  Two UFOs used for this one.

The background for this card was done with rubber bands.  I had done an

extra when I did this card.  I had stamped with VersaMark and used gold embossing

powder to heat set.  I added some splatters to the design with a retired stamp 

by stamping with VersaMark and heat embossing with blue embossing powder.

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with a sparkly gold

embossing powder.  Another butterfly from the stash in the envelope perched

on top.

Both butterflies are cut from foil. 

Challenges:

Memory Box - Metallic Mania 

As best I can remember....

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB), Gorgeous Grunge (ret. SU)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Tonic Silky Sky Satin Cardstock

Other:  Dreamy Butterfly (MB), Gold EP, Something Borrowed EP (WOW for CP)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Tonic Silky Sky Satin Cardstock

Other:  Dreamy Butterfly Die (MB), Stitched Rectangles (SSS), Fuse Tool (WRMK), Micro beads (?)

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Window Shaker

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

While looking through my NBUS box, I found some die cut windows

that a friend and I shared a l-o-n-g time ago.  We think is was five or six years.

Finally an idea of what to do with them hit.

(We'd long forgotten what made us buy them.)

I don't often do shaker cards but they were the perfect project for these die cuts.

While I was at it, I did all four of my windows using different color combinations.

The bows from The Greetery are new to me thanks to a sweet friend sending 

me some of her die cut bows.  They convinced me that I needed some.

The shaker elements are sequins I found at the thrift store and some glittery, sparkly bits

another friend gave me for my birthday.

The glitter does stick to the acetate, even after using and embossing buddy, but

I like how it resembles frost.

These gorgeous bows were cut from foil and glitter cardstock.

My camera doesn't like the sparkle, shine and reflection of the acetate,

but I love it!

Challenges:

Inspired By #197 - Color Challenge (Blue, White & Green)

Peace on Earth Christmas #4 - used the mood board below

Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas 

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Christmas Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Garden Green

Paper:   Neenah, Various Foil and Glitter snippets

Other:  Fit to be Tied (Greetery), Window Die Cuts (?), Noel Die, Greenery Die (ret. SU), Glitter & Sequin Sparkles (WOW) 

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

Enjoy!

Cupcakes for Twofer

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It's time for another Twofer Challenge!

This month's challenge is....

My first card is either a late Valentine or I'm way ahead for next year.

I used a bubble background from a playdate with Jack.

We put a little dish soap in a cup of water and added some drops of food coloring! 

When you lay a piece of cardstock on the bubbles, you get a wonderful, fun background!

I stamped the cupcake with the letters on the background then stamped again

on some pattern paper so I could paper piece the cupcake.

For my Twofer...

I stamped the cupcake, heat embossed it and colored with Copics.

Shaker cards are always a challenge but fun to give, so I decided to tackle it.

The sequins don't want to shake around much.  I think all but two are stuck

to the edges.  Some of the shakers are stuck to the cupcake intentionally.

Some are not.

The background was embossed with a die.

There's some shimmery sugar on the icing.  Unfortunately the acetate and

shimmer together wouldn't cooperate for a good photo.

I was happy with how the Happy Birthday circle fit in the aperture.

I can't wait for you to see what our Guest Designers and talented Design Team

have done for your amazement and inspiration.

Hope to see your cakes and/or cupcakes in the gallery!

And if you'd like to join in a fun recipe exchange, feel free to add

your favorite cake or cupcake recipe to your post when you play!

I used to bake cakes and cupcakes all the time (me and Duncan Hines that is).

Then I was introduced to card making and the cakes and cupcakes were left behind.

Once a year I bake my hubby's favorite pound cake.

You can see my cake recipe below my card recipe at the bottom of this post.

Challenges:

The Twofer Challenge #38

NBUS #26 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Little Love (Colorado Craft)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah, Gingham Linen Paper (Doodlebug), Bubble Print

Other:  Clear EP, Cross My Heart EF (Cuttlebug)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Little Love (Colorado Craft)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  White EP, Copics (BG11, R81), Party Confetti Fancy Coverplate (HA), Happy Birthday Circle Frame die (MFT), Double Stitched Circle Die (LI, OOB), Acetate, Foam Sheet, Sequins (SU), WOS

Pound Cake

2 sticks butter

3 cups sugar

8 oz. cup of sour cream

6 eggs

3 cups flour

1 tsp. almond or vanilla extract

Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs one at a time mixing in. Add sour cream and flour alternately.  Add almond or vanilla extract and mix in.  Pour in greased tube or Bundt pan and bake at 325 for 1 hour and 40 minutes turning pan after one hour.

Doggone Shaker

Hi there. I'm so glad you stopped by.

Today I'm playing with the Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

Here's my card.

I always check my UFO box hoping to use up some of that left behind stuff.

This time I found a badly colored image from SSS.

But this pooch didn't look too bad.  So I fussy cut him out.

I had cut the windows for something else and ended up not using them.

The piece was just sitting there and it all came together.

By the way, the Christmas Kickstart Challenge is

Dachshund Through the Snow.

Hope you'll forgive the punny title! For this challenge it's all about Christmassy canine companions, so break out any doggie stamp of your choosing and come join the fun.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Furry Christmas (SSS), Tin of Tags (SU)

Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Naturals White (ret. SU)

Other:  Square Windeow Trio (Honey Bee Stamps), Acetate, Foam Sheet, Sequins

Snowflake Shaker for CAS Christmas

Hello friends.

There's still time to join in at CAS Christmas.

Christine is hosting our challenge this month and she chose...

also joining in at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

My snowflakes are stamped and heat embossed in white on a piece

of mixed media paper.

I smooshed some Distress Ink that onto my palette, picked up the color

with a water brush and dropped into a wet background.

I die cut the frame from some Neenah and a foam sheet and adhered

them with a piece of window sheet in between.  This made a pocket to hold some silver 

sequins and micro beads.

I adhered the snowflake piece over the shakers and onto a card base.

The sentiment is stamped and embossed with silver.

Now it's your turn to put some blue and silver on a Christmas card

and get that Christmas stash started.  You'll be glad you did come time to

mail your cards!

Our fantastic Design Team and Guest Designer, Kaja have wonderful

inspiration pieces to share with you at the challenge site.

I hope you'll check out CAS Christmas and join the gallery.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snowflakes (various), Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU), Encore Silver, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Window Sheet (SU)

Other:  Lots of Labels Framelits (SU), Sequins, Microbeads, Silver Twine, Foam Sheet (stash)

Snail Mail

Hi there.  I hope you are having a good week.

We are having a welcome taste of Fall today.
It will be hot again in a couple of days, so I'm enjoying this gorgeous weather.

One of my dear friends recently took a tumble.

(That's a nice way to say she fell.)

She is in rehab now and will have a long recovery
not being able to put her weight on her leg for 3 to 4 months.

Ouch!

So she's moving a little slow these days and can use a lift.

I hope this lifts her spirits.

I've stamped this on a snippet of watercolor paper with
Archival ink and did a quick watercolor with my Zigs.

The front die cut piece is mounted on a foam sheet holding
the acetate a little away from the design.

It's a little tight doing a shaker this way and the little
shaker thingys want to get stuck.

Actually I think I like that better than them all landing at the
bottom of the window.

Here's a close up.

I'll take this over to Penny Black Saturday Challenge
"Anything Goes - Optional On the Move"
(Feature some form of transport)

Now I need to get this in the mail.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Critter Party (PB), Thinking of You (Alt)

Ink:   Archival Black

Paper:   Daffodil Delight (SU), Watercolor (TH), Neenah

Other:  Zig CCRBM (#61 Lt. Brown, #94 Gray, #64 Oatmeal,  #65 Mid Brown, #220 Tea Rose, #47 May Green, #46 Mid Green, #302 Haze Blue), Rectangle Peek-a-boo Window Die (MFT), Foam sheet, Sprinkles (SU)

Enamor for the Flower Challenge

Hello friends and welcome.

I'm going soft and sweet today.

I'm playing with The Flower Challenge today.

This little frame needed acetate to pop it up.

So a shaker card was born.

The flowers were inked with markers and stamped on a snippet of Mixed Media paper.

I used narrow strips of dimensionals to lift the framed acetate from the design.

I had seen someone use a powder tool used for heat embossing to get some of

the sticky off the sides of the dimensional.  I have an Embossing Buddy so I used that.

It was awkward and not perfect, but helpful.

I actually think it was good that some of the shakers stuck to the sides

and didn't all fall to the bottom.

The Flower Challenge Design Team has some gorgeous inspiration pieces

at the challenge site and the reminder.  I hope you'll check them out.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Enamor, Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Smokey Gray (Versafine), Spun Sugar, Shabby Shutters, Scattered Straw (DM)

Paper:   Mixed Media (St), Neenah

Other:  Flower Portrait Die (PB), Acetate, Sprinkles and sequins (various)

Butterflies for Twofer

Hello friends.  I'm so glad  you stopped by.

Today I have cards for the Darnell's Twofer Challenge #5

Here's a close up.

I made it into a shaker card.

The acetate makes it look blurry to me.  Or maybe it's just my eyes.

I masked the butterfly to make a row on the next card.

The butterflies on both cards have been stamped and heat embossed, 

then colored with Zigs.

I've also winked them for extra sparkle.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Antique Engravings (ret. HA), Persian Motifs (Alt.)

Ink:   Onyx Black (Versafine)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (St)

Other:  Black EP (SU), Zig CCRBM (#50 yellow, #52 brt. yellow, #70 orange, #31 cobalt blue, #41 lt. green, #44 deep green), Clear WOS, Take 3 Die (PTI), Sequins and clear micro beads

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Antique Engravings (ret. HA), Meadow (Inkadinkado), Tulips (Technique Tuesday)

Ink:   Onyx Black (Versafine)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (St), Daffodil Delight (SU)

Other:  Black EP (SU), Zig CCRBM (#52 brt. yellow, #70 orange, #31 cobalt blue, #36 lt. blue, #81 lt. violet, #43 olive green, ), Clear WOS

Violet Shaker

Hello and welcome.

I hope you are having a good weekend.

It's dreary and rainy here today.  A perfect day to stay inside and craft
or catch up a bit on blogging.

Last month I was playing with the Papertrey ink Year of Flowers violets.

You can see those cards here if you're interested or need a refresher.

This card came about because of an unwanted smudge on the flower piece.

I covered it with an aperture and because we're using acetate for CAS Mix Up

this month, I decided to make it into a shaker card.

I cut a matching aperture in a piece of fun foam and adhered it over the design piece.

The acetate was adhered behind the aperture cut in the front piece

that had been splattered and stamped with a sentiment.

I made sure to add adhesive close to the opening, added a few sequins and

micro beads, and very carefully adhered the pieces together.

(Those sequins are purple IRL not blue.  Silly camera!)

Challenges:

Craft Stamper Magazine Take it Make It Anything goes.

The Flower Challenge #18 Anything goes.

CAS Mix Up using stamping, acetate, heat embossing, watercolor, die cuts and shaker

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Year of Flowers Collection (PTI), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Encore Silver, Orchid Opulence (ret. SU), Distress Markers (Seedless Preserves, Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint)

Paper:  Neena, Orchid Opulence (ret. SU), Mixed Media 

Other:  Silver EP (SU), Double Stitched Circle Die (LI), Foam, Acetate, Microbeads, Sequins