Wicked!

Good Tuesday! What gorgeous weather we are having here in the Midwest. Hard to believe that today is the last day of Summer! I'm looking forward to fall, not so much winter, but fall, yes.  So, this creation is not my original, it's a spinoff of my friend Kimberley Van Diepen's original.  Because I tend to "collect" stamps, I didn't even realize that I had the stamp set that had the "wicked" in it, but it's because it's a Project Life stamp set called Seasonal Snapshot 2015,  and it's in a place all in it's own. 

I don't have time to go into details on the whole thing today because I have to get to the dentist, prepare food and clean (and pack somewhere in there before bed tonight for my CA trip!).  BUT, I want to say that I distressed the Old Olive strip with my Paper Snips to give it texture.  I will post the product that I used below.  Colors of card stock and ink that I used are: Tangerine Tango, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.  Well, I'm off, I must get to gettin' while my body says so. Thanks for stopping by.
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Acorny Thank You~

 Good Monday to you all! I'm making the time to post today as I am supposed to be getting ready to leave for SU! Getaway to Newport Beach on Wednesday morning! EEK! I have so much to do, but I am going to use this time to just chill and regroup. This is one of my favorite cards from September card class.  I love the stamp set and coordinating punch in the Holiday Mini. I used Whisper White, Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze and Crumb Cake card stock for my layers.  I used Crushed Curry, Early Expresso and Bermuda Bay inks for the acorns. I used the Neuturals Designer Series Paper Stack for the banner behind the circles.

 I stamped this one out in the Bermuda Bay ink and punched it out and popped it up with Dimensionals and added a Gold Glitter Paper heart to it.

I stamped out the Crushed Curry acorn and then punched out the Cajun/Expresso acorn just from card stock, no stamping first. I also added Dimensionals to this for dimension and a Gold Glitter heart from the Hearts Border Punch.
Thanks for stopping by, I am hoping that I can get at least one more posted this week before I leave as I have two workshop projects from the month to post as well..BUSY! BUSY~


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Downline Gifts~

 So, this past week was beyond busy, but i did manage to get my downline gifts made, not all mailed or delivered, but they are done and that's the biggest battle.  I upcycled/recycled my old My Paper Pumpkin boxes by turning them inside out. (DO NOT THROW THEM OUT!)

 I made a belly band that slides off using the English Garden DSP.  I made a bow using the Bow Die, out of Blushing Bride card stock. I used one of my favorite stamp sets exclusively for demonstrators that was offered at Convention 2010(?).  I punched out a Melon Mambo 1 1/4" Scallop and layered the "you are" on it in Whisper White.

 Inside the box, I stuck in some handmade goodies and a Bath and Body Works candle. I made them each a coaster, a EOS "lollipop" and some chocolate of course, a pad of sticky notes and a mini pen.

Today I am going to clean up my craft room and spend some time outdoors because I am MAKING time too.  I hope you have a super duper Monday!

Snow Place-Swap Card #2~

 OMG! Fell in love with this stamp set and dies as soon as I opened the new Holiday catalog! This is my second swap card and it's pretty busy, but when doing Christmas cards of any type, they just MUST be busy! So, my layers are Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray.  (I forgot to take a picture of the "icicles" at the top of the card by themselves, but I made those by just "drawing" icicles with Crystal Effects along the edge and then sprinkling with Dazzling Diamonds).

I stamped the snowman onto the Whisper White with the new Black Archival ink.  I stamped the scarf in Pool Party, the hate in Archival Black and colored the holly berries and leaves with Stampin' Markers and used the coordinating dies with this stamp set to cut them out. I used Crumb Cake ink to stamp out his limbs. Before I used a Dimensional to put his scarf on him, I colored in his snowball layers with the Two Way Glue Pen and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds. I colored in his nose with Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Markers.

The sentiment is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink....

I used two layers of Whisper White card stock and the tearing technique to make snow.  I again used my Two way Glue Pen and ran it along the edges and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  I cut a piece of Pool Party dotted paper from the Subtles Designer Series Stack for some color at the bottom.  I used the Washi Tape Punch and punched out Cherry Cobbler card stock and wrapped it around the Pool Party DSP and added a Metal Rimmed Pearl to add a little bling. Most of everything was used from the Holiday Mini and as I said in the last post, I LOVED EVERY SINGLE CARD!  

I hope you have a fantastic Saturday, we are off to a parade to watch our daughter march.  Can't believe the high temperature is only 67 degrees today, but I will take that! LOVE the cooler weather! 

HowlOWeen Swap Card~

HELLO Friday! Recently, I participated in a Stampin' Up! Trip Achievers Swap using product from the Holiday Mini catalog and I must say, EVERY SINGLE CARD I got back was AMAZING! I did two groups, so I got back 30 CARDS! This is one of mine that I swapped.  It is using the Howl-O-Ween stamp set and coordinating dies, Happy Haunting DSP and the NEW Black Archival Ink pad, in which I cannot say enough super things about, WHAT A CRISP image it stamps!

I used it to stamp the owl and this owl is not only SOLID, but a larger one and it never left a blank spot at all. *Not to change the subject, but anyone who knows me, knows I HATE BATS(the real ones-TERRIFIED!).  However, for some reason every year, I'm drawn into the stamps! lol Here I adhered him to the front a 2 1/2" circle of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Paper.

I again used the Archival ink to stamp the sentiment and again, it just came out awesome.
There is so much in this Holiday Catalog, contact me if you need help placing an order!

Baby Gift for Sydney~

 Can't believe that it's been nearly a month since I have posted on my blog.  As usual, been so busy that I just don't get the time to post here much.  I do stamp and create, but sometimes it's last minute or I forget to take photos of it as I go along then realize I need do that and have a million things to take pictures of and then I have to upload them etc...vicious cycle. lol So, here is something that I made for a friend of mine who had an adorable baby girl and wanted to of course make her something handmade.  She had mentioned that she needed something to hang her baby girls' hair ties/clippies etc. on so this is what I made her.  I just bought an open back frame from Hobby Lobby and added some SU!  ribbon to the back and hot glued it( would have used my staple gun, but it has mysteriously disappeared-so that is what I recommend).

 I made assorted flowers from SU! card stock and Designer Series Paper Stacks and buttons.

 I cut an "S" from the Silver Glitter paper and hot glued it to a big flower.

 I even made her some yoyo flower hair clippies and bobby pins for later when she has more hair.

 I also made her a giant wooden "S" to hang next to it on her wall. Again using the DSP Stacks and card stock from SU! in the Subtles collection.

 I used some retired stash that I had for embellishing ...I knew that it would come in handy some day.  Some say I'm a hoarder, I say no...lol

I will get to see her Thursday night at card class, so I hope that she doesn't look at my blog until then.
Happy Wednesday!

Sea Street

 Good Thursday to you! This is going to be another quick post as I have my 17 month old grandson again this week and while he's still sleeping, I'm going to get this posted, otherwise, it's not going to happen this week. LOL! This is another July card class card.  I was inspired by another card I had seen using this set and decided I need to pull out this stamp set and use it.

 I like how the Linen Thread looks nautical behind the crabs and lobster. But I just adore the little creatures in this stamp set, I don't use it enough.

I opted to just have them stamp the octopuss rather than cut him out(and you can see why).  I used Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Sahara Sand inks and card stock.  I hope you are all enjoying the dog days of summer and your children before they all head back to school soon!
I have a whole box of new Holiday catalog goodies (with shipment number 2 in the works) to play with here VERY SOON!