Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

We have another fun 2 week challenge for you over at the Try Stampin' on Tuesday blog!  One thing that we ask that you add to your card is a little bit of sparkle!  I added a star using silver glimmer paper and the star die from the Holiday Collections. The sketch is shown below and when you done creating your work of art, you can simply load it HERE.

I used a few of new items from the new SU! Occasions Catalog for my card, and you can find the details listed below!

Stamps: Perfect Pennants
Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe
Papers: Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black, Sweet Sorbet DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Banner Framelits Die, Needlepoint Border EF, Alphabet Press EF, Holiday Collection Die (star), Basic Black Ribbon, Basic Black Button, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots

Holiday Collage

I am participating in another craft fair tomorrow at Mundelein High School and decided to try to make another collage to sell.  I found an already cut out matte in my craft closet and though it would be fun to try to "dress it up".  I apologize for the dark picture, I usually take my pictures outside but with all the snow on the deck, that won't happen until spring. What do you think?

Stamps: A Banner Christmas, Snow Day
Inks: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Papers: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Season of Style DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Envelope Punch Board, Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits Die, Holiday Collection Die, Star Punch, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Mini-Jingle Bells, Mini-Clothes Pin, SAMJ, Matte/Frame

Techno Stamper Lunchtime Challenge

Happy snowy Monday to everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend, and are ready to take on another fun sketch challenge over at the Techno Stamper Blog!  You can find the sketch below, and you can load your wonderful creation HERE!

And here is my card......the nose was the last thing that I stamped on the snow man.  And won't you know it, I accidentally caught the side of the rubber when I was stamping the nose.  I am too much of a perfectionist!  Moving on........

I found an easy way to attach the sayings when using the thinlit dies is to use the Big Shot Adhesive Sheets.  The adhesive grips pretty firmly and it's easy than trying to use mini-glue dots.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Snow Day, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Midnight Muse, Pumpkin Pie
Papers: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Season of Style DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits Die, Deco Labels Framelits, Stylish Stripes EF, Holiday Collection Die, Small Star Punch, Mini-Jingle Bell, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Adhesive Paper, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots, SAMJ

"Joy" Collage

This is my first collage, and I have to say that I love how it turned out!  It is my raffle item for the Holiday Boutique I am participating in this Saturday at the Fremont Intermediate School.

The hardest part was figuring out the layout, and it took me 3 days to put it together, and now that I have a design established I will making more!  Each square is 2-1/4", and I used an 8"x10" frame.  This isn't the best picture since once again the sun is MIA here!

Stamps: Wishing You, A Banner Christmas, Scentsational Season
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Papers: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Basic Black, Red/Silver Glimmer Paper, Season of Style DSP
Accessories: Envelope Punch Board, Big Shot, Stylish Stripes EF, Serif Essentials Dies, Holiday Collection Die (star), Snow Flurry Die, Curly Label Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Scallop Punch, Stocking Punch, Bird Builder Punch, Snowflake Punch, Petite Curly Label Punch, Old Olive Buttons, Glimmer Brads, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Baker's Twine, Real Red 1/8" Ribbon, Pearls, Jingle Bells, Mini-Clothes Pin, Lots of Mini-Glue Dots and Dimensionals!, 8"x 10" black frame

LNS Challenge

We have a fun 2 week challenge for you over at on the LNS blog!  The challenge is to make a Christmas card, but you have to use non-traditional colors.  Are you up for the challenge?!  We hope so!  When you are done with your challenge card, you can simply load your card HERE.

For my challenge card I used the stamp set, Snow Day, from the current Holiday Catalog.  I inked up the snowman image using Crumb Cake, stamped off on a scrap piece of paper, and then stamped the image on a piece of Whisper White c/s.  Here's a list of what I used and my card:

Stamps: Snow Day, Itty Bitty Background (yes, I know it's retired, but I will always keep this awesome set around for fun background texture!)
Inks: Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Midnight Muse
Papers: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Chocolate Chip, Season of Style DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Deco Labels Collection Dies, Holiday Collection Die (star), Bitty Banners Die, Chocolate Chip Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots, SAMJ

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

This week we have a very fun and simple challenge over on the Try Stampin' on Tuesday!  The challenge is create a Holiday Tag!  When you are finished creating you tag, you can simply load is HERE!

I am "knee" deep in creating projects for upcoming craft shows, and created a very simple tag.  I have a ton of retired DSP, and used a little of piece of scrap that I had for the right hand side of the tag.  I also have a ton of retired large brads, and placed one at the top of the tag.  Here's the details:

Stamps: Retired to/from stamp (no clue what set it's from)
Inks: Chocolate Chip
Papers: Whisper White, DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Holiday Collection Framelit Dies, Sizzix Tag Die, White Baker's Twine, Wild Wasabi Ribbon, Jingle Bell, Scallop Border Punch, Large Red Brad, CAD, Dimensionals

LNS Gift Card Holder Challenge

I made the fun purse gift card holder for last week's LNS challenge.  The one thing that I love, love about our dies is that they make projects like this so simple to make!  I found a wonderful tutorial that Julie Buhler did on how to make the purse using the Top Note Die, and you can find it HERE.

I paired Be of Good Cheer DSP with Cherry Cobbler c/s for the purse front/back.  The top of the purse was made using the Scallop Circle and 3-1/2" Circle Bigz Dies.  I added a Christmas tree using the same DSP and the tree die from the Holiday Collections Framelits, and a star from the same Framelits using Red/Silver Glimmer Paper.

Stamps: Pennant Parade (saying), Joyous Celebrations (ribbon at botton of the tree)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Red and Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Scallop Circle Bigz Die, 3-1/2" Circle Die, Holiday Collections Die, Little Labels Punch Pack, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Gumball Green Ribbon, CAD, White Brads, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals

LNS Thursday Challenge

Happy Thursday!  Welcome to this week's LNS Challenge!  We are going to change the challenges up a bit this month and they will actually run for two weeks instead of one.  Gift card holders are the theme for this challenge and I actually made several for a craft show I did last week.  When you get done creating your work of art, you can upload it HERE.

I used a variety of different punches and dies for the gift card holders, and made the base of the holder using the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die

The following are some of the gift card holders that I was selling at the craft show.  And as you can see, they are still available to purchase for only $2.00 each!

LNS "Sparkle" Challenge

This week's LNS Challenge is to add "sparkle" to your stamping projects!  I made a gift card holder for my project, and my sparkle includes a glimmer brad and star.  I used the top note die to create the base of the gift card holder, and cut one of the dies in half to create the pocket for the card.  I added some snow flakes using the Snow Flurry Bigz Die, and used the Bitty Banner Framelits to cut out the saying.

This is one of many products I am making for the upcoming Breakfast with Santa Holiday Craft Boutique that I will be at on Saturday at Mundelein High School.  Here is a list of what I used:

Stamps: Pennant Parade (saying)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Top Note Die, Bitty Banner Framelits, Holiday Collection Die, Cherry Cobbler Ribbon, White Baker's Twine, Red Glimmer Brad, Dimensionals

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

This week Try Stampin' on Tuesday has a fun sketch challenge!  Below is the sketch, and you can see all the great samples the design team did HERE.



And below is the card that I did for the sketch.  I think it turned out pretty cute and was very easy to make.  I die cut 3 trees using Be of Good Cheer and the tree die from the Holiday Collection in the Holiday Mini.  I used the Adorning Accents EF on the top of the Very Vanilla card front, and the Delicate Designs EF on the bottom.  I used the Bitty Banners Framelit to cut out the merry saying and the coordinating piece on the back.  Here's the rest of the details:

Stamps: Pennant Parade (saying)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Red and Silver Glimmer Papers
Accessories: Big Shot, Holiday Collection Die, Bitty Banners Framelits, Delicate Designs EF, Adorning Accents EF, White Baker's Twine, Gumball Green Ribbon, Jingle Bell, Dimensionals

LNS Challenge

This week we have a fun challenge for everyone - Christmas giftables!  For this challenge, I did a gift card holder using a couple of products from the current Holiday Catalog.   Here's more of the details:

To create the base of the gift card holder, I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler c/s 8-1/2" x 3-1/2" and scored it at 2" and 2-1/2" on the 8-1/2" edge.  I cut 2 pieces of DSP to fit on the front folds.  I stamped the Christmas tree from the set, Scentsational Season, using a Gumball Green inkpad onto Very Vanilla c/s, and then cut it out using the matching Holiday Collection Die.  I used sticky strip tape to create a pocket on the 2-1/2" fold.

Above is a close up of the belly band - it measures 8-1/2" x 1".

Stamps: Scentsational Season, Pennant Parade (saying)
Inks: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Silver Glimmer Paper, Festival of Prints DSP Stack
Accessories: Big Shot, Holiday Collection Die, Snowburst EF, Little Labels Punch Pack, Corner Punch, Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals