My Pumpkin Project

I had the privilege of participating in one of the display boards at the Stampin' Up! Inspire, Create, Share convention. We decided on a theme of Christmas and one of the items I made was a wine tag using the straws from the June My Paper Pumpkin kit.

I'm entering it at My Pumpkin Challenge. Nothing like cutting it close!

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Paint Pens

I just love it when things come together. I was going through my email this morning and came upon a technique using a paint pen (that's what I used anyway) to add dimension to an image. I had just stopped at the store to pick one up for my daughter so she could finish a project she was doing. So off I went to her room to scoop it up!

I used coastal cabana to stamp the image, and then took the paint pen and went around the top part of each petal. I can see me using this a lot in the future! Used some pop dots for even more dimension. I really like the way it turned out. Easy too!

I'm entering this at Colour Me...!, whose colours are coastal cabana, and at Less is more, whose challenge is to use more than one stamp (I used 2). 

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Work of Art again!

Ok. I am seriously in love with this stamp set! And not only because it was free, either. It is so versatile. Here is the card I made yesterday. I've been playing with it more today, and this is what I came up with.

I made this for the challenge over at Fusion. The Work of Art stamp set has a nice chevron stamp in it, and I got to use my new stamp positioner. Very fun!

This next one, I just love. I used the swoosh (or whatever you call it) to give just a little color to it. Also used the wood background stamp, which is one of my favorites right now.

I"m entering this on in:

House that Stamps Built - for the guys
Lexi's Creations - for the man in your life
Without Words - gentlemen only

I also made up some gift enclosures.

I think I will be using this stamp set a lot! Maybe I will let my card class ladies go wild with it. I know one in particular who will love it!

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Work of Art

I finally got to play with the new stamp set from SU, Work of Art, that we received at the catalog primiere. I love it! I paired it up with Gorgeous Grunge, and this is what came out. I think the two are going to go well together. It is a little busy, but once I started stamping , I couldn't stop. I love the sentiment that comes with it. We are all fabulous works of art!

I am entering this at:

City Crafter Challenge - word bubble

Dream Valley Challenge - say it with words

Hobbybook Designs - sentiment

I made a card earlier this week for a sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday that I thought looked fun. I needed a graduation card, so I flipped it on its side and made a stack of books, although a friend told me that you can't have the shortest book on the bottom!

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Two Crafts, Three Cards, and Project Life!

I'm so excited! I'm going to the SU convention this summer! I wasn't sure if I would be able to because of all the things going on this summer, but it worked out. Just registered yesterday.

I've been so busy, with a daughter turning 16, my 25th anniversary, end of the school year and all the things I still need to do for that...the list goes on. But SU is having a display board contest and I wanted to enter it. 

You need two 3-D items. My first one is flowers I made from the blossom punch. These are so much fun to make, and so easy. The hardest part is getting the glue off your fingers after!

 I made them to go on a mug I make, but the were too big.  So I improvised, and made a bookmark. I love the tag topper punch. The stamp is from the March Paper Pumpkin.

Here is the mug I mentioned. These are easy to make too. I would love to get one filled with chocolate kisses!

The next thing for the board is 3 cards. I made up these 3. The first one is using Countless Sayings 2.

I was playing with this set because of my anniversary. I made a few attemps, but I like this one best. The Hardwood stamp set has become one of my favorites.  I cut strips to make it look like a slate board. The chalk s just rolled up cardstock, although my husband said it looked like a cigerette!

I think I was still in anniversary mode when I made this one. This was one of the first stamp sets I bought from the Occasions catalog. I just love it! The co-ordinating paper is fantastic too!

I'm going to enter this in Anyone for Anya, whose challenge is nautical.

My last card is just a quick and easy birthday card.

The thing I am most excited about is Project Life! I love scrapbooking, and used to do it all the time. I've been feeling like I want to start doing it again but the thought of dragging all the stuff out and spending hours on it kept me from it. I saw PL in the big box stores, and thought that it was certainly a possibility. I even mentioned to some other demos that we could probably do something with it. Well, SU was way ahead of me. They will be having it in their new catalog!

I had already bought some of the page protectors so I have incomplete pages to show you. I am waiting for my order to come in so I can finish it!

I had already bought the Map it Out stamp set to scrapbook our cross-country trip we took in 2010. That shows how long I've been putting off scrapbooking! When  I heard SU was doing PL I got some pictures out and had this put together in no time! What took the longest was cutting the paper to fit in, and that won't be a problem anymore! It's hard to wait!

Thanks for bearing with me on this long post. Have a great day!

Good Friday

It just somehow seemed fitting on Good Friday to make a sympathy card. There is a sadness to this day. As I think about the price that was paid for the sin that I do, my heart weeps. But I am so grateful.

The different shades of black are from a challenge at CAS - colours and sketches. They seemed appropriate.

I used a watercolor wash of black, basic gray, and smokey slate for the background, then stamped in Stazon black and smokey slate. The butterfly is punched out of basic gray. Even though it is gray, it represents the hope of the resurrection that Sunday will bring! And what a hope!

I'm also entering this at The Friday Mashup, who have a sketch/ombre challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope your Good Friday mourning turns into Resurrection dancing!

Out Like a Lamb?

I had to plow through an 18 inch snow drift outside my garage to get to church today! So much for March going out like a lamb! The sun is out and most of the snow is melting, so I guess there is still hope. And tomorrow is officially the last day in March...  Here's to hoping that there are no more snow storms till next winter!

I wanted to post a another card I made with stencils. Only my 2nd attempt at using them.

I am having fun with them, and one of my next purchases is going to be embossing paste to add dimension. I have seen some really great cards using it and it intriques me! There is always so much fun stuff out there! I used my SB gears die cut for the first time. Found them in a clearance bin at a big box store. I love deals! I used Distress ink for the background and smokey slate to sponge the stencils. All in all, I like the way it turned out.

I"m entering it at:

 Moxie Fab World - stencils

Anyone For Anya - masculine or grungy

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