French Foliage

I already showed you this first card....... Even though I made it for my Brother's birday and liked it so well we made it in my clubs for September.
During the class when we were talking about how real these leaves look, it occurred to me that these would really be pretty using the "rock and roll" technique.














Aren't these leaves gorgeous???? I first stamped the leaf in Old Olive, then rocked it in Cherry Cobbler and a litte More Mustard for a really good fall look. I really liked how this turned out. I repeated the image all over the piece of Confetti Cream cardstock and then added the water drop look with Crumb Classic stamp pad. On the bottom of the card I attached some of the Autumn Spice designer series paper and attached a piece of Cajun Craze punched using the Scallop Edge Border Punch. Then I tied some 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon in a knot.
The greeting comes from the Afterthoughts Hostess stamp set and punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch. I punched another oval from Cajun Craze, cut it in half lengthwise and attached to the greeting for some interest.





Have a Beautiful Day!!

Cased Birthday Card

Unfortunately, I made this card a while ago for my sister's birthday that is this coming Sunday....... and I don't remember when I saw it!!! If it's yours, please let me know and I will give you credit.

I thought this was so cute...... My card base is Whisper White and I attached two pieces of black and white paper from the Love Letter designer series paper. The top piece is rounded on the corners and "set up on dimensionals". Very unique; something I haven't done before. The bottom layer is also rounded on the bottom corners, but this piece is adhered to the card base. The ribbon is the new Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and is tied into "TWO" bows... pretty cute, huh? The flower is made from a different sheet in the same Love Letter pack and I cut a number of different circles; first being the new 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, the 1 1/4"; 1 3/8"; 1 1/4"; 1" and 3/4" Circle Punches. I then spritzed the pieces, wadded them up and unfolded, layered on each other, then inserted one of the new red Glimmer Brads. I attached the flower to the card with Mini Glue Dots.

The Greeting is from Occasional Quotes and punched out with the Modern Label Punch...... so tomorrow I will mail this today and hope she gets it in time.

Husband's Birthday

My husband's birthday is today!!!! I made him a card using the Autumn Spice Designers Series paper. It's so masculine and "heavy". I ran the top of my So Saffron Cardstock through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder for some extra texture. I cut the cardstock for the bottom and attached two strips (old olive and cajun craze) of cardstock and punch them both with the Pinking Hearts border punch and layered them all together then onto the card base of So Saffron.

Then using my 1 1/4" circle punch, I punched out one of the flowery images from the Autumn Spice designer series paper and another circle from Old Olive usng the 1 3/8" Circle Punch and the another piece of the Autumn Spice designer series paper using the new 2 3/8" Scallop Punch. I spritzed the big scallop circle and wadded it up for texture and using my Cutter Kit I scraped up the edges of the other two circles. I took my Crop-a-Dile and punched a hole in the center of the circles after they were adhered together and inserted a Jumbo Brad and a Rhinestone Brad in the middle and adhered to the card with dimensionals. The greeting was made using the word window punch and then using the Modern Label punch around the Word Window leaving the center open. Then I stamped the Birthday Wishes onto a piece of DSP and punched out again with the Modern Label punch and attached the two together. To make the Cajun Craze border at each end, I punched some Cajun Craze cardstock with the Modern Label punch, cut it in half and attached on each end. I inserted a couple small Rhinestone Brads on each end and attached to the card with dimensionals. Hope he likes it...... but better yet he's going to be happy to go shopping for a new Yard Blower since his old one died!!! Not only that, but we get to close on our re-finance tomorrow, saving us bookoo bucks!!! Yea!!!

Have a Happy Thursday!!!!!

Christmas Ornament

One of my friends (Linda) had some round glass pieces with a hole at the top, perfect for an ornament and asked if I wanted to find something we could do with it. The glass pieces have a beveled edge making it even prettier than just a plain circle. I used one of the snowflakes from the Snowflake Set #2 and ran it through my Big Shot using a piece of a Decor Element sheet so it would stick onto the glass tightly. Since the snowflakes are "sizzlets" I had to add a couple pieces of cardstock to shim it up more in order for the die to cut the Decor Element Sheet. I attached the negative part of the cutout to the back of the glass and make sure it was tight around the image.
Then I used some glass etching cream and applied in all directions to the image and let it sit for 5 minutes. Then I washed the cream off the image and pulled off the element sheet.
I attached a piece of 1/8" Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon and tied another piece around the top of the ornament in a little bow.
I think this turned out pretty cute!! Thanks, Linda!!

French Foliage

I think I'm in LOVE.......... I love lots of stamp sets I purchase, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE French Folage showin in the 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog on page 14 (120845-wood/ 121166-clear)...

I have already used it on a number of cards, some of which I have already shown you. I think these leaves are so true to life it looks like I stamped using a "real" leaf in my yard. I have a few other ideas for this that I'll show you, maybe tomorrow.

I needed a birthday card for my brother, so came up with this using the new French Foliage stamp set. I pretty much used the idea for the placement of the stamps on the sample in the Mini Catalog, but I put the rest of the card together myself; using the new Autumn Spice cardstock, Pear Pizzazz cardstock and Very Vanilla cardstock. After I stamped the piece of Very Vanilla with all the leaves and other embellishments, I used the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz for added interest.

I loved how this turned out so I also decided to use for my September club. Most of the girls ordered it as well as the Cajun Craze cardstock...... It's such a lovely color and even richer than the Really Rust that just retired. Cherry Cobbler looks great next to Cajun Craze so to give it a little more oomph, I used the Cherry Cobbler brads for dimension and interest. Don't you love it????

More Halloween

This Halloween card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square, fun size and still fits in the regular sized envelope. The stamp set used is shown in the Holiday Mini catalog on page 7 and is called "Dark and Dreary". This scard also has everything new ... don't you love the new Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder????

I ran the Basic Gray cardstock through the Big Shot using the Spider Web folder and sponged over the image lightly with the Basic Gray Classic Ink. Then, I spritzed the embossed image with the Silver Foil Smooch Spritz.

I added a piece of the new Night Owl designer series paper and attached some new 1/2" Black Lace trim to the middle. The stamped image is stamped from the Dark and Dreary stamp set in the Holiday Mini catalog. I used my markers and colored the words with the Old Olive marker and colored everything else with the Basic Black marker. I stamped again on some scrap cardstock coloring in the "31" with Tangerine Tango with the marker and punched out with the 1/2" circle punch and attached to the main image with a dimensional. The spider was also stamped and cut out from scrap cardstock and attached with a dimensional. Check out the black "jewels". These are found on page 8 of the Holiday Mini Catalog. You can either use the full flourish on something or just use the jewels separately. See how easy this is to make, just using a few of the new accessories to dress it up!!!!

BOO!!!!!

Merry Christmas

This Christmas card is using lots of new products from both the 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalog and the new Holiday Mini Catalog.
The base of the card is Crumb Cake (formerly Kraft) and measures 3 x 6". I covered the front with some of the new Deck the Halls designer series paper shown in the Holiday Mini catalog. I tore three of the edges and curled them up a bit, but left the bottom a straight edge. On top of that I used some Very Vanilla cardstock and cut into the shape of a "tag" and stamped with the "Christmas Postcard" stamp in the Holiday Mini Catalog. It was colored in with aqua painters using Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and More Mustard classic inks. The edges were sponged with crumb cake classic ink. On the edge I attached a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock punch with the Scallop Trim Border. I then gathered and attached some of the new Victoria Crochet Trim shown in the 2010/2011 Idea Book and Catalog on page 190. The inside of the scalloped edge on the "tag" I applied some Tombo Multi Purpose glue and sprinkled on some of the new Champagne Glass Glitter. It is so gorgeous and chunky.
Have a Delightful Day!!