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Thankful For You - SDC67

I have to say that I love this time of year when we reflect on all the things for which we are thankful.  I am blessed in so many ways and I thank God for all of it.

SUDSOL (demonstrator website) had a Design Challenge (SDC67) to make a card with a "Give Thanks" theme.  This is what I came up with.

I pulled out my ever faithful Lovely As A Tree stamp set.  You can never go wrong with that set!  I embossed the maple leave image in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and watercolored it with our Watercolor Wonder Crayons and Aqua Painters.  Love those too products!  I'm not an artist but those two products put together just about make me one!  They are so beautiful!  I added some brads and ribbon for embellishment and that is it!  I think my hubby may just get this card on Thanksgiving!  ;0)

One of the things that I am thankful for is my Stampin' Up! business and all of the wonderful people it has put in my life!  THANK YOU!  Thank you for following my blog, coming to my classes, joining my clubs and just sharing your love of paper crafting with me!

Have a wonderful week!

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Stamps: Happy Everything and Sanded Background Stamp

Paper: Sahara Sand, Confetti Cream, Chocolate Chip and Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper (Hostess)

Ink: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, More Mustard and Garden Green Classic Pads and Chocolate Chip Craft Pad

Accessories: Big Shot, Naturally Serif Die, Aqua Painters, Vintage Brads, Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon and Stampin' Dimensionals
 

Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU!

No ghosts and witches here - just a simple, classy pumpkin to wish you a Happy Halloween.

I used a sketch from a SUDSOL Chat and Challenge for this one (CC204).

Sorry for the poor picture quality.  While I love our printed window sheets, they are very difficult to capture in photos - too much reflection!

Have a safe and fun weekend!

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Stamps: Autumn Harvest

Paper: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and Night and Day Designer Series Paper

Ink: Staz-On Jet Black

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Vintage Brads and Stampin' Dimensionals

Pull Card - Autumn Thank You

This is one of the make and takes my club members made this month.  It is a pull up card where you pull the greeting insert out of the card sleeve. 

The card sleeve is made from an 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Sahara Sand card stock that is scored 2 1/4" from each end.  This makes your finished card 4" x 5 1/2" - just a bit smaller than your traditional card.  But I would prefer smaller to larger so it still fits in our standard Medium Envelopes.  The Very Vanilla insert piece measures 3 7/8" x 5 1/2" so it slides in and out with ease! 

This card is easy to create but the pull card opening makes it a just a little bit more fun to give.

I truly love the colors of fall in nature and in Stampin' Up! products.  Our Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper is no different.  The variety of colors in this collection is a great reminder of the beauty that is outside my window.

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Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment

Paper: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla and Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper

Ink: Always Artichoke

Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch, 1/16" punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Crop-A-Dile, Jumbo Eyelets-Pewter, Vintage Brads, Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon

Shimmery Autumn Leaves

Yea!  I'm back with a project for you.  Sorry for my delay - thank you for your patience.  ;o)

This is a card that I showed to my Stamp Club this month.  It uses the beautiful Night and Day Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  Love it!  The leaves are done with our Leaves #2 die for the Big Shot.  I really love the clean look of this card.  But the little extra something that makes it a "WOW" card is the shimmer it has.

You can see it a little better in this picture on both the leaves and the Basic Black card itself.  I used our Shimmer Paint from the Holiday Mini Catalog and made some Shimmer Spray.  The recipe is 1 oz. of rubbing alcohol to 8 drops of the Shimmer Paint.  I used Frost White Shimmer Paint.  You can put this in an inexpensive spray bottle, like the ones sold in the travel section in the health and beauty aisles.  Just make sure that the spray bottle produces a fines mist spray so you don't have big dots of shimmer rather than overall coverage.

I think almost every one of the ladies that saw this card that evening, purchased their own bottle of Shimmer Paint.  It is so inexpensive yet it is versatile and adds an amazing touch to your projects.  Whether you are applying it directly to your stamped images like ink or creating Shimmer Spray you will love the results!

Hope you like - thanks for stopping by.

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Stamps: Tenny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Old Olive card stock and Night and Day Specialty Designer Series Paper

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Leaves #2 Die, Modern Label Punch, Vintage Brads, Shimmer Paint-Frost White, Hemp Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals. 

A Decoration for All Seasons

This is a project that we made at a Late Night Stampers Pre-Convention Stamp Camp.  I am not sure who designed this project so I can't give them credit- I just know it wasn't me.  I don't usually decorate specifically for Halloween, but this is pretty cute.

The base of the project is this decorative plate that she bought at a dollar store.  Here is a picture of the original so you can know what you are looking for. 

It comes with a thin plastic covering that you remove, take out the label, insert your paper-crafted piece and put back the plastic covering.

We made three additional inserts for this plate for three other seasons of decorating.

 

Fun huh?  I thought you would like it too!  Ok, I'm off!  Thanks for checking in!

A Frightning Collage Card

I received this fun card in the mail this week from my upline (3 levels up) Carol Bartle.  I have shown her cards to you in the past when she is so sweet to send them to recognize when I am one of her top 10 sellers.  THANKS CAROL!

Carol used our Halloween Frights and Grateful Greetings sets and fun Halloween colors to make this collage card.  I would have never thought to blend them all together!  

You can find the Grateful Greetings set in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  This set contains greetings for four major holidays: Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas - all in great new fonts! 

I'm off to pack for my Cut N' Crop tonight.  Oh, and I have to can a few dozen jars of pears before I go...better get busy!

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great weekend.  I will be at football all day tomorrow!

Kits To Go - "BOO" and "FALL" Banners

Would you like to add a little hand-crafted touch to your Fall decorating?  Well, these banner kits are for you!

 

With a these kits, a few basic supplies and about 1 hour of your time - you can add a classy touch to your home decor! 

"BOO" Banner Kit

This quick and easy banner kit, featuring our NEW and beautiful Night and Day Designer Series Paper, will add a classy touch to your Halloween decorating!

 

Kit Includes:

• 4 - Chipboard Coasters (4" x 4")
• 8 - pieces (4" x 4") Night and Day Designer Series Paper (patterns will vary)
• 4- Old Olive, wood-grain textured, ovals
• Pumpkin Pie die-cut letters to spell "BOO!"
• 6 - Basic Black brads
• 8 - Pewter Jumbo Eyelets
• 2 - pieces Basic Black gingham ribbon (6")
• 1 - piece Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon (50")
• 4 - individual photos showing each panel (will be e-mailed to you upon purchase)

Cost of "BOO" Banner Kit - $12* each plus $4.80 Priority Mail

 

 

 

"FALL" Banner Kit

 

Your Fall decor will look amazing with the addition of this beautiful banner - featuring our Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper.

 

 

Kit Includes:

• 4 Chipboard Coasters (4" x 4")
• 8 - pieces (4" x 4") Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper (patterns will vary)
• 4 - wood-grain textured die-cut leaves.  Colors: More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Ruby Red and Elegant Eggplant (assortments will vary)
• 4 - Soft Suede, die-cut letters to spell "FALL"
• 6 - Earth Element Brads (Ruby Red and More Mustard - assortments will vary)
• 8 - Pewter Jumbo Brads
• 1 - Button (color will vary)
• 2 - pieces Linen Thread (6" and 12")
• 1 - piece Soft Suede Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (50")
• 4 - individual photos showing each panel (will be e-mailed to you upon purchase)

Cost of "FALL" Banner Kit - $12* each plus $4.80 for Priority Mail

 

*BUY BOTH KITS AND SAVE!

You can purchase both Banner Kits for just $22

 

Options

"Boo" Banner Kit $12.00"Fall" Banner Kit $12.00Banner Kit Package $22.00

 

Additional Supplies You Will Need:

• Tombo Multi Purpose Adhesive or Anywhere Glue Stick
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Mini Glue Dots
• Crop-a-Dile or Jumbo Eyelet Setter
• 1/16" Circle punch or Paper-Piercing Tool

Contact me directly if you need to order any of these supplies.

First kit order deadline is Friday, September 25th.  First kits will begin to ship on Tuesday, September 29th.  Second shipment of kits will go out on Tuesday, October 6th.

'a la card - Sweet Centers

Yes, another Sweet Centers card!  I am having lots of fun with this set.  I'm normally not much of a Halloween card person - but when you can put candy on your card - Woo Hoo!  Have you received your copy of the Holiday Mini Catalog yet that features this stamp set?  If not, email me and I will get one out in the mail right away.  You don't want to miss this one!

I used the September 'a la cardsketch that was in my Stampin' Success magazine (newsletter for demonstrators).  Yes, Stampin' Up! gives us sketches too!  Love them.

I used the Halloween themed M&M's for my color palette: Basic Black, Green Galore, Pumpkin Pie and Lovely Lilac.  I stamped the "Eek you're Sweet" sentiment on the Sweet Treat cup with StazOn - Jet Black.  Talk about some exact stamping!

For a little more texture on this card I ran the Lovely Lilac card stock piece through the Big Shot with our wood-grain printed Texture Plate from Kit #4.  I also distressed the edges of the Green Galore with our Cutter Kit.

I think this is a fun card that anyone would enjoy receiving.

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Stamps: Sweet Centers (Holiday Mini Catalog

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Green Galore, Lovely Lilac and Pumpkin Pie

Ink: StazOn Jet Black

Accessories: Sweet Treat Cups, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Big Shot, Texture Plates Kit #4, Cutter Kit, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Icy Inkers Meeting Projects

This was my swap card for my Icy Inkers meeting on Monday.  I used the new stamp set, Sweet Centers, from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  I just knew I needed that set when I saw it!  There is an image for every season!

When creating this card, I kept going too neat and clean for a Halloween look.  My mother-in-law told me that I needed to "rough it up" a bit.  This is the result.

How did I rough it up?  I used our Cutter Kit on the main image layers (all three!) and the greeting circles, the Night and Day Designer Series Paper is torn, I frayed the ends of the ribbon and used our Sanded background stamp on the Pumpkin Pie card base.  Is it rough enough?

Love how M&M's always come out with colors that match ours! 

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Stamps: Sweet Centers and Sanded

Paper: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White and Night and Day Designer Series Paper

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Sweet Treat Cups, 1 3/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Cutter Kit, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals     

 

 

Here are other projects from my downline meeting on Monday - they are all awesome!

 

Swap by Deborah Arleque

 

 

 

Swap by Nina Lomax

 

 

 

Swap by Deborah Arleque

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

 

EEK - Spare Circles (FTL56)

After I finished creating the projects for my Sweet Centers Class last week, I noticed a few card stock circles on my stamp counter in various sizes and colors.  Well, they couldn't go to waste!

So, I teamed them up with our new Night and Day Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Clean and Simple Fall To Layout 56 and VOILA! we have a fun and easy Halloween card.

I really love how it turned out - especially since it was from scraps!

The new Night and Day DSP is so pretty.  Not only does it have 10 beautiful patterns but it also contains two 12x12 sheets of black polka dot window sheets!  You can find it in our new Holiday Mini Catalog!  It can be classy or creepy - whichever you choose!  I error to the side of classy - don't like creepy!

I am off to go finish preparing for my Icy Inkers meeting tonight.  That's my downline group of demonstrators.  I will share our swaps and make and takes with you later this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Stamps: Sweet Centers (Holiday Mini Catalog

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Night and Day Specialty Designer Series Paper

Ink: Basic Black Classic Ink

Accessories: Circle Punches: 1 3/4", 1 3/8", 3/4" and 1/2"