Cool Party

I got a card made for the CAS challenge at SCS, photographed and entered in the same week!  But I was so excited about the thought of stamping that I didn't start the dishwasher!  Oh well, this was a lot more fun and the dishes are clean now.

The challenge is a word inspiration "PARTY".  Can  you hear the music? These little guys look like they're dancing!  Either that, or their feet are cold!

I tore a piece of white scrap and adhered at the bottom.  I could say it's for the effect of drifts, but truth be told, it was to cover up a boo boo.  The Dazzling Details made the stamped "drifts" run.  That's the second time I've done that.  Maybe next time I will remember not to use the Dazzling Details on anything stamped in Basic Black!  I don't know about the other colors.  I wonder if it makes them run too?  Anyway, the Dazzle works fine on plain paper to make the snow sparkle.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Polar Party

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Real Red, Garden Green, Pacific Point

Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red, Garden Green

Other:  Dazzling Details, Big Shot, Snow Burst EF

Hint:  Don't use the Dazzling Details on Basic Black.  It makes the black run.

Oh, and I'd like to share a bit of news.  I won blog candy from the Butternutsage blog.  Donna has reached 500,000 (that's a half million) hits on her blog and wanted to share her excitement.  I'm so excited!  Check out her blog for some great inspiration.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

 

Leaves of Christmas

This week's Less is More challenge is....

ONE LAYER CARD

The theme for your cards this week is

LEAVES

 

I love leaves and have lots to choose from.  Since I'm mainly working on my Christmas cards, I pulled out the holly leaves.

The holly bough is stamped with StazOn and colored by swiping a marker on an acrylic block and using a blender pen to apply the ink to the design.  The berries were colored directly with the marker and the sentiment was inked with markers.

This card has more of a vintage feel without all the embellishments.  I used my Simply Scored to create a lattice below the design.  If I were to do this again, I think I would use brighter colors.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bells and Boughs

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Always Artichoke, SU Markers (Always Artichoke, Real Red, Soft Suede)

Paper:  Very Vanilla

Other:  Stamp-a-ma-jig, Blender Pen, Simply Scored

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Class Project

Our Papercrafting group met yesterday to do some Christmas cards.  This is one of the cards I had ready for them to do.

We had a fun time even though baby Jack was with us.  Actually, he was the star attraction!  He sure did love all the attention!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Bells and Boughs, Stitched Stockings, Hand Penned Holidays
Ink:  Real Red, Lucky Limeade, SU Marker (Real Red)
Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red
Other:  Stocking Builder Punch, Blender Pen, Basic Rhinestones

I took some pictures of some of their creations.  When I get them in the computer, I'll share some of those.

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No Stamping Allowed

What?  No stamping?  How can that be?  But this is the Technique Challenge at SCS this week.  What a good excuse to pull out some of that Decorative paper that has accumulated.

I used some retired Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper.  This paper is two sided so it makes it really easy to mix and match.

The card base is Rich Razzleberry.  The flower is scraps of Razzleberry and DSP cut with the retired Sizzlit Birds and Blooms and the Little Leaves die.  The center is punched with the Boho Blossom Punch.  A lacy border punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch and Basic Pearls finish it off.

Quick and easy.  Just the ticket these days.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Hot Colors

Hi Stamping Friends.  I finally got some stamping time over the weekend, so I can share some cards with you.  Yay!!!   I love to stamp!

All of these are for the Less is More challenge...

Our first week of the month is another Colour challenge and redolent of bonfire flames we have chosen

Red and Orange

The first card is something I've wanted to do for a while and these colors were perfect for it.  I first stamped the flowers from the Upsy Daisy set with River Rock ink.   I used the little cluster of leaves from the Just Believe set to add some foliage by inking just a bit of the stamp.  Then I used my Tangerine Tango and Real Red markers to color the flowers. Sponging around the flowers added some depth to the design.  I also sponged a bit of Whisper White over it all and it gave it a misty look.

It has a narrow mat of Tangerine Tango on a whisper White card and a sentiment stamped in red.

On this next card, I stamped the flower from the Faith in Nature set with Timber Brown StazOn after stamping off on scrap paper.  I brushed ink from the Tangerine Tango and Cherry Red markers on an acrylic block and applied it to the flower with a blender pen.  I really did use Tangerine but in this picture the flower took on a rosy look.

I used Tangerine Tango and Cherry Cobbler to mat it and mounted it on some Whisper White embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  Fancy corners were done with the Scallop Trim Corner Punch and a scrap of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding fit behind the design.

This last is a bookmark from a Show and Tell at the Newcomers Meeting last week.  I was asked to show what we did in our Papercrafting group and had bookmarks for people to stamp so they could see how fun it is.  We used Dusty Durango and Kiwi Kiss for the stamping.  After the meeting I added the Cherry Cobbler piece to the back.  It was just sitting there begging to be added to this challenge.

Well, it's taken me almost 5 hours to do this post.  Hopefully I can find some time to get a post in again tomorrow.  I have quite a few cards to share if I can get some time at the computer to edit photos and blog.

By the way, Chrissie and Mandi, I love orange and red together.  Thanks so much for the challenge.

And thank you for visiting my blog.  Your comments mean so much in my busy life.  As much as I love those little boys, it's nice to have a few words from you ladies to brighten my day.

Enjoy!