DECK THE HALLS

TODAY...A CHRISTMAS CARD CREATION

 

TWO PEAS IN A BUCKET'S

SATURDAY SKETCH WAS A GREAT HELP

FOR WHIPPING OUT A FESTIVE CARD.

 

 

 

DOESN'T A BIG CHUNKY BOW JUST MAKE

EVERYTHING LOOK GREAT?

 

 

SUPPLIES:

 

K&CO DIE SENTIMENT

K&CO PAPER

CLOSE TO MY HEART GREEN CARDSTOCK & BORDER STAMP

 

 

 

 

 

 



many FALL cards

Fall is possible THEE best time of year, so refreshing with great color & cooler temps.  I just love using LEAVES as a card element.  Below are some cards using leaves in some form, small to large...punches & stamps.  Hope it gets your creative juices flowing!

StampIn Up

Ippity sentiment

Ippity sentiment

CTMH stamp

Unity Stamps


 

TELLING SANTA...

...ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS WISHES!

 

 

MY BOYS HAD A HEART TO HEART

WITH SANTA BACK IN 2010.

(I'VE VERY BEHIND IN SCRAPPING!)

 

 

 

 

 

THE COLORS IN THIS LAYOUT

ARE INSPIRED BY AUTHENTIQUE'S CHALLENGE:

 

 

PRODUCTS USED:

 

AUTHENTIQUE'S

FESTIVE YULETIDE

PEACEFUL SOLITUDE

 

HOLTZ'S TISSUE PAPER

 

MARTHA STEWARD HOLLY PUNCH

 

CTMH PEARLS

 

VINTAJ ARTE METAL CORNER

 

CRICUT WINTER FROLIC CARTRIDGE

 

CREATIVE MEMORIES LETTER STICKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



BLOCKING

A GREAT VIDEO TUTORIAL SHOWS

HOW TO USE STRIPS OF PAPER

 & MAKE PAPER BLOCKING SO EASY!

 

TWO PEAS IN A BUCKET

FINALLY FRIDAY VIDEO

 

THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN,

ALTHOUGH IT DID TAKE ME TWO TRIES

FOR THE PERFECT CARD.

 

NOTICE HOW MY FIRST ATTEMPT

ISN'T CENTERED.

THERE IS A FULL BLOCK LINE ON THE RIGHT,

BUT A LITTLE SLIVER ON THE LEFT.

 

 

SO ON THE SECOND TRY,

I MEASURED & PUT MY FIRST STRIP

CENTERED DOWN THE MIDDLE.

I ALSO EYE-BALLED THE TOP & BOTTOM

SQUARES SO THEY WERE MORE

EVENLY CENTERED.

 

 

MUCH BETTER!

 

DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE A VINTAGE QUILT?

VERY FUN TECHNIQUE.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY THIS.

BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LOTS OF ADHESIVE ON HAND!

 

THIS PRETTY PAPER IS:

AUTHENTIQUE'S WONDER 6X6 BUNDLE

(LAST YEAR'S PAPER)

 

THE STAMP IS:

UNITY'S BOOK IT

 

THE BELL IMAGE IS FROM AN ATC PAD

 

 

 



Little Farmers

TODAY I'M SHARING MY ENTRY FOR 

*AUTHENTIQUE'S*

OCTOBER SKETCH CHALLENGE

 

 

MY MOM TOOK ALL THREE OF HER GRAND KIDS

TO IOWA FOR A WEEK THIS SUMMER. 

MY TWO BOYS & THEIR COUSIN

NEVER HAD SO MUCH FUN!

 

 

Products used:

Blissful Prospertity

Festive Glistening

2 unknown scraps (Blissful?)

petite type circle stickers

Ippity Farm Fresh stamp

Unity Imagine It

yellow glitter Thickers

 

 

 

 

 



Tim Tag~ October

I couldn't resist the tag Tim Holtz made this month. 

 It forced me to get sticky with my modge podge & use my tissue paper! 

With my new bottle of blending liquid & alcohol inks, these grungy tags came to be.

 

 

His example showed a "BOO" and a spider.

 

Tim Holtz

 

I didn't have a BOO, but found a glitter pumpkin & bat in my stash (Martha Stewart).

I ALSO didn't have his stamp.  So I substituted one of his tags with stickers.

 

 

 

I REALLY love how the tissue texture turned out.

I encourage YOU to give the "grunge" a try. 

It's messy, but so worth it.

 

 

 

 

Chick Challenge 46

HI FOLKS.

TODAY I'M SHARING A FEW ANNIVERSARY CARDS,

SINCE THEY'VE BEEN SELLING QUICK AT MY CRAFT BOOTH.

 

I STOLE SOME INSPIRATION FROM IPPITY'S BLOG.

HERE IS THE CHALLENGE SKETCH:

 

 

I PECKED AWAY AT USING UP SOME PAPER SCRAPS.

HERE IS MY CARD CREATION:

 

 

I PUNCHED THE LEAF.

THE STAMPS HERE ARE

IPPITY'S

 AUTHENTIC MAN (DASH BORDER)

&

 JUST WANTED TO SAY (SENTIMENT).

 

NOW HERE ARE A FEW BONUS CARDS

TO MAKE THE POST MORE INTERESTING!

AGAIN, USING PAPER SCRAPS UP!

 

 

STAMP: UNITY'S KIT OF THE MONTH 4-12

 

 

 

STAMPS: UNITY'S KOTM 4-12

&

IPPITY'S YOU DESERVE (CORNERS)