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

Late Night Stamper and Techno Stamper Challenges

Today's post is a combination of 2 challenges - the Late Night Stampers and Techno Stamper Monday Lunchtime Challenge!  The theme for LNS is wedding, anniversary or sweetheart, and the challenge runs for 2 weeks.  I have a lot of family weddings coming up next year, so I got a head start on all the cards I will be needing!  The sketch for this week's Techno Stamper Monday Lunchtime Challenge is shown below, along with the links for each challenge blog.

LNS: Click here
Technostamper: Click here

Here's the Monday Lunchtime Challenge sketch:

And below is my card; along with the details of what I used:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Soft Suede
Papers: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Pistachio Pudding, Venetian Romance DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Hearts Collection Die, Bird Builder Punch, Fancy Fan EF, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Pearls, Modern Label Punch, Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots

Collage

I finally got around to creating a collage of my own.  Merry Christmas everyone!

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

Snowflakes are the fun add on for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge!  The sketch is below and you can load your winter wonderland card HERE.

And below is my card.......sorry for the quick post - too much to do before my last day of work on Thursday!

Stamps: Snow Day, Pennant Parade, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Midnight Muse
Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Silver Glimmer Paper, Season of Style DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Decor Label Die, Snowflake Die, Little Tag Punch, Old Olive Brad, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots, Sewing Machine/Thread

Techno Stamper Lunchtime Sketch Challenge

It's Monday and it's time for this week's Techno Stamper: Monday Lunchtime Challenge!  So pull out your stamps, paper and inks and come create with us!  The sketch is posted below, and you can post your wonderful work of art HERE.



I had some mittens from the Winter Wishes Stitched Felt that SU! sold a couple of years ago, and thought they would look cute as the focus point for my card.  I added some Season of Style DSP for background, a cute mini-clothes pin and mini-jingle bell at the top, and there you have it!  Here's the details:

Papers: Whisper White, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Stylish Stripes EF, Expressions Thinlits Die, Mittens - Winter Wishes Stitched Felt, Mini-Clothes Pin, Mini-Jingle Bell, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals

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

Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Challenge

I know it's Tuesday.......yesterday was a blur with working on last minute projects for an upcoming craft fair, work and then a date with the hubby at the new Chick-fil-A where my son works.

Love the possibilities of this fun sketch this week over on the Techno Stamper blog!  This sketch is a great one for making CAS cards; you can dress it up or make it as simple as you would like!  You can find the sketch below, and when you are done with your wonderful work of art, please upload it HERE.

I went with a clean, CAS look for my challenge card, and I used the retired Snow Flurry Die for the made image.  After I took the picture, I decided to try added a little bit of embossing at the bottom using the Needlepoint Border EF, and I will take another pic and load it when I get home from work later on this afternoon.

Here's a list of what I used, and a pic of the card:

Stamps: Wishing You

Inks: Chocolate Chip

Papers: Whisper White, Season of Style DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Big Shot, Bigz Snow Flurry Die, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Needlepoint Border EF, Chocolate Chip Brad, SAMJ, Dimensionals

Treat Box and Gift Card Holder

I saw a very cute treat box on PI by a SU! in the UK named Sam.  She has some wonderful tutorials using the new SU! Envelope Punch Board on her blog, and you can find the tutorials on YouTube HERE.  I don't know about you, but I think the envelope punch board is an amazingly fun new product, and the possibilities are endless!

And here are the treat boxes I made.  I tucked a packet of hot chocolate mix and a candy cane in each box, and I think they turned out really cute!

Gift Card Holders:

I also made this really cute gift card holder using the envelope punch board, and the scallop envelope die.   The dimensions for the bow are: (1) 1" x 6", punched both sides at 3" and corner round the edges, (1) 1" x 5", punched both sides at at 2-1/2" and corner round the edges, bottom strip 1" x 3-1/2" and punched both sides at 1-3/4".

I found an excellent video on YouTube made by Bona that shows you more detail, and you can see it HERE.

Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Envelope Die, Holiday Collection Framelit Die (star), Envelope Punch Board, Snowflake EF, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Ghirardelli Chocolate, Gift Card

Techno Stamper Lunchtime Monday Challenge

Happy Monday on this snowy day in the Chicagoland area!  We have a very fun challenge for you today over on the Techno Stamper blog, and hope you're up for the challenge!  You can find the sketch below, and when you are finished with your work of art, you can load it HERE.

I came across a penguin ornament on PI that was made by the very talented Patty Bennett, and thought the little guy would look cute as the main image for today's challenge.  You can see the penguin that cased on Patty's blog, and you can find it HERE.

The penguin was made with just a few punches: Large and medium oval, 1" Circle, Word Window, and I used the Petite Pennants Builder Punch for the nose.  I used one of the Hearts a Flutter dies to make the hat.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Pennant Parade
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Season of Style, Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Stylish Stripes, Windows Frame Framelits, Snowflake EF, Large and medium oval, 1" Circle, Word Window, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Owl Builder Punch (tassel), Little Labels Punch Pack, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Googlie Eyes, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots

Gift Box

I have been seeing a lot of cute cards and bags with elf shoes and thought I would give it a try as well!  They are so simple to make and I love how this box turned out!  I found a fun tutorial on Julie Cluff's blog that shows how to create these fun little shoes, and you can find the link HERE.

I used the Top Note Die to create the shoes, and cut the c/s in fourths.  The strip for the stockings are 3/4", and I used the 1-3/8" Circle Punch instead of the Ornament Punch. Here's the details........

Stamps: Happy Holiday stamp (not sure from what set)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, retired SU! DSP, Silver Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Hearts a Flutter Die, Snowflake EF, Scallop Punch, Owl Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Jingle Bell, Box, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone; hope you all are having a great day!  We have a very creative and fun challenge for you today over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday!  The sketch is shown below, and you can load your work of art HERE!



I used the cute hedgehogs from the 25th Anniversary set, The Best of Snow, for my card.  You can purchase these awesome sets during a limited time, and it's fun to be able to purchase "throw back" sets!

The hedgehogs were stamped with a StazOn inkpad, and then watercolored in with Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie inks.  The DSP is from the current Holiday Catalog, and it's called Season of Style.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Best of Snow
Inks: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Black StazOn
Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits Die, Stylish Stripes EF, Deco Labels Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Die, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Bell, Watercolor Brush, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots