Valentine treat box

 

Hello, welcome to my blog.  My share today is some cute little boxes that holds 2 Ghiradelli chocolates.  I used the video tutorial over on ChickenScratch for my inspiration.  Each Valentine's Day we have a fundraiser at work and the proceeds benefit our local animal shelter.  I volunteer my stamping hobby to help with the fundraiser.  I loved these little boxes and they were so easy to make.  Please see below for a complete supply list.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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#ChallengeJan13card

 

Hello, welcome to by blog.  My project today is a cute little bag made with the Gift Bag Punch board.  I have a baby shower to attend this week and wanted to have a cute bag to give my gift in.  Over on our team facebook page we were given a challenge to make a project with Sahara Sand, Mossy Meadow and Blushing Bride.  We could also use one neutral as well so I chose Whisper White.  I started with a 12 x 12 piece of Mossy Meadow card stock and followed the instructions on the board for the large bag.  My dsp is from the Subtle dsp stack.  I used the Lots of Labels framelits in addition to the Tags & Labels framelits.  I stamped the little onsey in Sahara Sand on Blushing Bride card stock using the stamp set Made with Love.  I then used the Baby's First framelites to cut it out.  The greeting is stamped with the Suite Sayings set.  I added a pearl to the onsey and a Botanical Gardens Jewel to finish it off.  I tied the bag with the Sahara Sand Lace Trim.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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One Sheet Wonder - Part 2

Hello, welcome back to my blog.  Today is the second part of my One Sheet Wonder cutting instructions from France Martin, aka Frenchie.  The cutting instructions can be purchased HERE.

Card Recipe - Happy Birthday Cake

CS - Basic Black, Whisper White, Crushed Curry

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Sassy Salutations, Party Wishes

Ink/Markers - Archival Black, Sahara Sand, Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron

Accessories - Gold Wink of Stella, Confetti Embossing Folder, Gold Thread

Card Recipe - Happy Birthday balloons

CS - Basic Black, Whisper White, Mint Macaron

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Endless Wishes

Ink/Markers - Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron,Crushed Curry

Accessories - Rhinestones, Baker's Twine combo Pack, Party Punch pack
 

Card Recipe - Oh, Hello

CS - Basic Black, Whisper White, Mint Macaron

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Timeless Textures, Honeycomb Happiness

Ink/Markers - Sahara Sand, Melon Mambo

Accessories - Mint Macaron Lace Ribbon

Card Recipe - Balloons

CS - Melon Mambo

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Balloon Celebration

Ink/Markers - Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, Basic Gray, Melon Mambo

Accessories - Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, Baker's Twine combo pack, Balloon Bouquet punch

Card Recipe - Hello

CS - Sahara Sand, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Hello

Ink/Markers - Archival Black, Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo

Accessories - Rhinestones, Bold Butterfly Framelits

Card Recipe - Happy Birthday

CS - Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Melon Mambo

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Perfect Pairings

Ink/Markers - Melon Mambo

Accessories - Silver glimmer paper, Blushing Bride glimmer paper, hello you thinlits, cupcake builder punch

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

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One Sheet Wonder - Part 1

 

Hello, welcome back to my blog.  Today and tomorrow I am sharing a series of cards I made using the One Sheet Wonder cutting instructions from France Martin, aka Frenchie.  The cutting instructions can be purchased HERE.

Card Recipe - thank you:

CS - Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Sassy Salutations, Timeless Textures

Ink:  Archival Black and Sahara Sand

 

Card Recipe - Happy Birthday

CS - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Melon Mambo

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Balloon Celebration

Ink - Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand

Accessories - Gold Wink of Stella, Balloon Bouquet punch, Washi Label punch, Crushed Curry twine, 3/8" satin stitched Melon Mambo Ribbon

 

 

 

Card Recipe - Yay Presents:

CS - Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron, Sahara Sand

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Party Wishes, Balloon Celebration

Markers:  Mint Macaron, Melon Mambo, PL Journaling Pen

Accessories - Cotton Melon Mambo Ribbon, party Punch Pack (Balloon), It's My Party enamel dots, Washi Label punch, Baker's Twine combo pack

 

Card Recipe - Happy Birthday

CS - Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Sahara Sand

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Party Wishes

Ink/Markers - Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Archival Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Accessories - Gold Wink of Stella, Confetti embossing folder, 1 7/8 scallop circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, 1 3/8 circle punch



 

Card Recipe - Birthday Wishes:

CS - Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Sahara Sand

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Timeless Textures, Build a Birthday

Ink/Markers:  Mint Macaron, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand

Accessories - Clear Wink of Stella

 

Card Recipe - Happy Birthday

CS - Basic Black, Whisper White

DSP - It's My Party

Stamps - Party Wishes

Ink/Markers - Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Archival Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Accessories - Clear Wink of Stella, Baker's Twine combo pack, Crystal Affects

 

Make sure to stop by tomorrow for the details on the other 6 cards I made.  Thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Bloomin Love

 

For our team challenge this month we were given a piece of the Perfectly Artistic dsp and had to make it the focal point of our card.  I'm not sure it's the focal point, but I sure like how it turned out.  I used the Love Blossoms suite of products in the Occasions catalog.  Oh my gosh are these products beautiful.  I love everything about this suite.  Thanks so much for stopping by!!

 

Card recipe:

 

card base: Basic Gray - 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2

Blushing Bride - 4 x 5 1/4

Perfectly Artistic dsp - 3 3/4 x 5

Heart thinlit cutout - Blushing Bride glimmer paper

Flowers - basic gray stamped with basic black ink

Stamp set - Bloomin' Love

Basic Gray and Blushing Bride markers

pearl accents

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Botanical Gardens

 

 

This is the other card we will be doing at our Challenge class.  I love this bundle.  The flowers are so pretty.  I started with a base of Mint Macaron, then layered Basic Black.  I used the Botanical Gardens dsp along with the Neutrals paper stack.  My other card stock colors are Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Old Olive, and Cajun Craze. I also used a little piece of vellum for one of the flower layers.  I did stamp the leaves with the coordinating stamp set, Botanical Blooms, using Mossy Meadow ink on a few of the leaves.  I finished off the flowers with some rhinestones.

 

Card recipe:

 

Base: Mint Macaron 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2

Basic Black: 4 x 5 1/4

Neutrals paper stack:  2 3/4 x 5

Botanical Gardens dsp:  1 x 5

Mossy Meadow strip: leaves cut out, 1 1/4 x 5

card stock scraps: Mint Macaron, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Basic Black, vellum

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Darth Vader - party invite

 

My grandson turns 5 next month and he is having a Star Wars party so this is what we came up with for the invite.  The base is a quarter piece of Tangerine Tango cs layered with retired brushed silver card stock embossed with the zig-zag embossing folder. 

 

Here is a list of punches used to make Darth Vader:

 

2 1/2 Circle punch - used 1 1/2 of them

3/4 circle punch - 2 eyes

word window punch x 3

2 black pieces measuring 1 3/4 x 2

half of a 1 1/2" square, cut diagonally

retired small triangle punch

PL corner rounder punch

 

All of the black pieces were sponged with whisper white craft ink.  The party details are on the back.

 

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Party With Cake

 

I work with a couple of friends of mine and once a month we take turns being the demonstrator for a group of gals.  We call it Challenge so we try and give them advanced cards/projects to do.  I had not yet played with this bundle, Party With Cake bundle, and can I say I love it!!  At first I was a little intimidated, but once I started playing with it, it was real easy.  I used both the clear and gold Wink of Stella on my card.  The cake on the front and "Celebrate" I used the clear and then on the candle flames on the inside I sued the gold.  I had never worked with Wink of Stella before, but it's wonderful.  It adds just enough shimmer to a project.  I love how my card turned out.  Hope the gals like it too.  Thanks so much for stopping by!!

 

Here's my card recipe:

 

Card base:  Melon Mambo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4

Black dsp:  It's My Party 4 x 2

Green dsp:  It's My Party 4 x 1

White banner: 4 x 3 cut with largest Banners Framelit

Stamp Set: Party With Cake

Ink: Archival Basic Black, Melon Mambo, (Melon Mambo marker too)

White enamel dots colored with black sharpie

Black Satin Stitched Ribbon

Circle Framelits - 2nd to the smallest one

1 1/4 scallop circle punch

 

Inside:

Basic Black: 5 3/8 x 8 1/4, scored at 4 1/8

dsp: It's My Party, 1 2/4 x 5 times 2

 

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Peaceful Wreath

 

Hello, welcome to my blog.  My share today is a Christmas card I made using Peaceful Wreath, Holly Jolly Greetings and Embellished Ornaments stamp sets.  I wasn't too sure about the card when I first started it a few days ago, but decided I should finish it before forming an opinion.  Boy am I glad I did because I love how it turned out.  I started out with a basic black base and then layered some retired brushed gold cardstock.  The next layer is another basic black piece embossed with the softly falling folder.  I added a strip of Winter Wonderland designer vellum, Merry from the Christmas Greetings thinlit cut with gold glimmer paper and a gold embossed Christmas.  I stamped the Peaceful Wreath with versamark ink and then embossed it with gold powder.  I added a few dots of dazzling details cherry cobbler for the berries. I used the coordinating framelit to cut it out.  I used the same framelit set to cut the bow from red glimmer paper.  For the inside I stamped the holly in versamark and then embossed with gold powder.  I then mounted it onto cherry cobbler card stock.  The greeting was stamped with cherry cobbler using the Embellished Ornaments stamp set.

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Your Presents

Hello, welcome to my blog.  For my share today, I used the Stampin' Gals Gone Wild sketch.  I love using a sketch to get me started because I don't consider myself a very creative person.  A sketch gives me a place to begin.  My base is crumb cake that measures 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored in half at 4 1/4.  The next layer I used a piece of dsp from the Merry Moments stack that measures 4 x 5 1/4.  Next is a layer of Cherry Cobbler measuring 4 1/2 x 3 1/4.  Before adhering it to the base, I stamped Joy in Whisper White Craft ink and embossed it with white emboss powder.  The next layer of dsp measures 4 1/4 x 3.  I used the 2" circle punch to create my "window" and then adhered it to the cherry cobbler layer with stampin' dimensionals.  I added a little bow tied with the green 1/8" striped ribbon from the Holiday Catalog.  My greeting comes from Versatile Christmas stamp set.  I stamped it in cherry cobbler and punched with the word window punch.  I sponged the edges with Old Olive and then mounted it on a piece of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper punched with the Washi Label punch. On the inside I layered a piece of cherry cobbler (4x 5 1/4) and then a piece of whisper white (3 3/4 X 5).  I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray, the present in Old Olive and the bow in cherry cobbler.  For the envelope, I used a strip of the dsp to dress it up a little.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Your Presents - Birthday Day card

 

I was cleaning up my stamping room and found this make-and-take from convention this summer that I had never completed.  It was so simple and I love how it turned out.  The stamp set that was used is Your Presents.  I also used Endless Birthday Wishes for the greeting.  The presents are stamped with Delightful Dijon, Watermelon Wonder, and Mint Macaron.  The bow on top of the watermelon wonder  present is stamped in basic gray, as well as the greeting.  The bow on the mint macron is stamped in delightful Dijon.  I used some of the Brights Sequin Assortment to add some bling to the card.  The envelope is made with the In-Color Envelope Paper  Thanks for stopping by!

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Marine Corps thank you

 

The Marine Corps birthday was on November 10th and then with Veteran's Day on the 11th I decided to take a tray of goodies to my local Marine recruiting office.  My son is a recruiter stationed in Denver Colorado as a recruiter supervisor so I hold the Marines near and dear to me.  My card base is Whisper White and then layered with Night of Navy and then a layer of Sahara Sand that was embossed with the Lucky Stars folder.  I then sponged each star with some Sahara Sand ink.  I made a banner of Real Red, Whisper White and Night of Navy card stock.  I have a stamp set that has Marine Corps images so I used that set to stamp the one image in versamark ink and embossed it with gold embossing powder.  The Oorah! was stamped in real red.  I also made tags for their goodies using the For Your Country stamp set.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Garden in Bloom

Hello, welcome.  My share today is a card I sent to a friend of mine.  I started out with a base of Tip Top Taupe that measures 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored in half at 4 1/4, and then layered a piece of In-Color Mint Macaron dsp from the stack that measures 4 x 5 1/4.  On the Whisper White piece I stamped using the Garden in Bloom set.  I started with the greeting and stamped it with Tip Top Taupe.  Then I used the outline images from the set and stamped randomly with Tip Top Taupe.  I then used the full flower image and stamped with Delightful Dijon and the full leave image and stamped with Mint Macaron.  My Whisper White layer is about 3 x 4, and then layered at an angle and trimmed to match the dsp.  I tied some Delightful Dijon Dotted Lace trim around the dsp layer before mounting it on the Tip Top Taupe base.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

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Lovely as a Tree landscape

 

Hello, welcome back.  I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest and I fell in love with the sponging and the reflection so I thought I would give it a shot.  I started with a base of Pool Party (8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored in half) and then a layer of Basic Black (5 1/4 X 4).  My next layer started out as Whisper White (5 X 3 3/4), but with all of the sponging, you would never be able to tell.  I started and sponged both the top and bottom of the white with pool party.  I then masked it off with post-it notes and sponged in Smoky Slate.  I tried to make it look like mountains with it being a little darker at the top.  I then did the same thing to the bottom creating my reflection of the mountains.  I used the Archival Black Ink and stamped the trees from Lovely as a Tree stamp set.  I stamped the same image on vellum card stock and flipped it over, making sure to line up the trees, and then just rubbed it over my sponging.  I wasn't sure it was going to turn out, but love how it did.  I then sponged a little more at the roots of the trees for the ground.  I used the stamp set And Many More for my greeting.

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Wild About Flowers

 

Hello, welcome to my blog.  I have been MIA but my goal is to get better about posting every day.  I needed a thank you card for a co-worker of mine and I just love how this turned out.  I CASE'd it from a card I saw Frenchie do and changed it up a little.  My base is Wisteria Wonder, then a layer of Soft Sky.  I then used Thick Whisper White.  On the thick white I used a I used a B block and inked it up with So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder and Wild Wasabi.  I then used the Wild About Flowers stamp set for the flowers.  The stems are in Mossy Meadow and the flower heads are Hello Honey.  I stamped the greeting in Blackberry Bliss using the Cottage Greetings stamp set.  A little crocheted lace trim finishes it off.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Gift Bag Punch Board / Halloween

 

Here is another bag I made using the Gift Bag Punch Board.  I started with a piece of Happy Haunting DSP measuring 10 x 10.  I scored the bag according to the directions on the punch board using the S score line.  I also scored an inch all the way across the top so that I could fold it over and show the other side of the DSP.  I decorated the bag with half of a Spider Web Doily, half of a 2 3/8" scallop circle punched in Tangelo Twist, a black 1 1/4" scallop circle with 4 scallops trimmed off.  The BOO is from the stamp set Cheer All Year and punched out using the 1" circle punch.  I had some retired Tangelo Twist thick baker's twine that I used to tie the bag shut.

 

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Gift Bag Punch Board / Snow Place

This cute little bag was made using the new gift bag punch board.  I started with a piece of basic black card stock measuring 10 x 8.  I used the Small score line and followed the board's directions.  The finished size of the bag is 2 5/8" wide, 2" deep and 6 3/4" tall.  I decorated the bag with a tag made using the curvy corner trio punch and the snow place stamp Ser and coordinating framelit, snow friends.  I finished the tag off with a hello made with the greetings thinlits.

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