Mini Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! These are 2 quick cards I made for Lynsay's kiddos. Little 3x3 cards are a fun way to go if you don't want to do the whole card!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Booglie Eyes (retired)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Old Olive

Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Eat Drink and Be Scary

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss (retired), Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Ghostly Greetings DSP (retired)

Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Curly Label Punch

Hope you all have a great day! Can't wait to see all the great costumes tonight! I better dig out my kitty cat costume! :)

Happy Halloween!

Well, it's that time again. Time for treats at work. And boy, have I created a monster. There would be some very disappointed people if I didn't do treats. And these are so cute and easy! The pillow box die is a great little candy holder! (Hint: Don't try to run too many layers through your Big Shot at one time to save time - it ends up cutting on the portions that are supposed to be scored. I ended up doing about half of them over again!)

This is retired Halloween paper from last year, and now that I have used almost all of it up, can justify buying new Hallween stuff next year!


Here is all 20 of them for my work peeps. All filled with Halloween M&M's!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Eat Drink and Be Scary

Ink: Tangerine Tango

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Retired Halloween Paper

Accessories: Black Ribbon, Small Tag Punch, Large Tag Punch, Crochet Thread

Mom's Halloween cards

I just love to share my love of stamping! And Sunday I got to share with my mom! She loves to craft as much as I do, but doesn't have the time, so I invited her over on Sunday to make Halloween cards with me, and these are what she came up with. They turned out great, and she was tickled with the results!!

Recipe:

Stamp: Eat Drink and be Scary, Lovely Letters

Ink: Basic Black, Versamark, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Pumpkin Pie ribbon, Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Texturz Die

This is a great stamp set, cuz you can use it for Halloween or Thankgiving - depending on whether you use the jack-o-lantern face!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Autumn Harvest, The More the Merrier

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie (pastels), Old Olive (pastels)

Paper: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Hooked on Fishing

Today is Duane's sister Trudy's birthday. And boy does she love to fish! Even more than Duane. I bought this stamp set a few years back becuase it works perfect for so many people in our families who love fishing!

This card turned out just the way I wanted it to. Originally I was going to sew on the card instead of use ribbon, but found I didn't have any brown thread. Ribbon works well in the space! The Mellow moss layer is dry embossed through my Big Shot which gives great dimension.


Here is a close up of the card. You can sorta see the dots on the Moss layer. Also - what do you think of the clip next to the fly? Kinda like a fish hook, right? (Remember they are on sale through Sunday if you want to get any.) Came together quite nicely, and hope she likes it.

Happy Birthday Trudy!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: On the Fly (retired), Family Phrases

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Paper: Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Assorted Clips, Dimensionals, Sponging

Deals of the week #3

Okay gals - We have more deals of the week! Super duper fun embellishments! If you haven't used any of these yet, they are a must! And they are at a great sale price!

109857 Mini Library Clips ON SALE for $8.99

112581 1/2 Inch Library Clips ON SALE for $3.99

114348 Basic Jumbo Grommets ON SALE for $4.49

112571 Circle Designer Brads ON SALE for $3.99

These prices are good through October 26th. Soooo . . . if you would like to order, let me know by Monday. I think I am going to place an order as they are such a great price!!!!

Double the thank-yous

These are the thank-you cards I made for Lyns to go in the gift bag you saw on Saturday. She requested that I make her thank-you's for her shower gift, as she will have lots of thank-yous to mail out!!!

I made her a set of pink and a set of blue in honor of her baby girl and baby boy!! This is a great way to make a simple, yet stunning card with all that DSP that you are hoarding. (I do it too, its okay to admit it).

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Family Phrases

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Pink Pirouette (retired), Pink Pirouette DSP (retired), Whisper White

Accessories: White Emobossing Powder, Dimensionals, Small oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

The 'boy' thank you is the same except the sentiment is a little different.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Cute and Curly (Retire)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Soft Sky (retired), Soft Sky DSP (retired), Whisper White

Accessories: Curly Label Punch, Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder, Silver Brad

Hope she enjoys her thank you's. Congrats Lyns! Your babies are beautiful!!!

Let the Cute begin x2

So my bestest girlfriend had twins this month! What an amazing woman she is! Today is her baby shower one of her neighbors is throwing for her, and I made the trek to Belgrade for it. :)

This is the card I made for her shower. Pretty simple, and pretty 'white'. I wanted to try to break outside my color box and do something a little more clean. How'd it turn out? Card is pretty straight forward - love the texturz plate!!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Eight Great Greetings

Ink: Certainly Celery

Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, Certainly Celery

Accessories: Bashful Blue Ribbon, Dimensionals, Silver brads

Why so gender neutral when she had both a boy and a girl? Well, this is the little gift bag I made for her (the most baby themed DSP I have), and I wanted her card and gift to match. This is retired paper from Sale-a-bration 09.


Here is a close up of the sentiment. This is the same stamp set I used when I first found out Lyns was pregnant and made her this card here.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Big on Spring (retired)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand, So Saffron

Accessories: Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder

So that is the gift. I will show you what went inside the bag next time!

Deals of the week

Alright - another week and we have some more super deals for you! These all use your Big Shot. If you don't have one of these yet, they are SO AWESOME!!! Let me know if you need a demonstration!! The following will be on sale through the 18th, so let me know if you want to order anything.

Perfect Setting SU! Big XL Die on sale for $25.99 (regular price $42.95)

Flower Burst SU! Embosslits Die on sale for $5.99 (regular price $11.95)

Three Tier Pop-up Big XL Die on sale for $25.49 (regular price $39.95)

I have the 3 Tier Pop-up die, and you can see the card I made with it here. It is the last card in the post! Makes great wedding and birthday cake cards. This is a fantastic deal on some great items for your Big Shot. These almost never go on sale, so let me know if you want to scoop any of these up!

Cottage Birthday

Well, I have gotten a little behind in my birthday cards - egads! Seems as if I haven't gotten into a good rhythm here with chores, and cards, etc. Anyways, for those of you who I have missed, sorry - cards are on the way!

This is such great designer paper, and makes super great birthday cards! I love the colors! I used my Big Shot a bunch on this card - such a great versatile tool - a must have! :) I also got out my Pretties kit, which I haven't used yet for the flower and the pearl. Hope you like!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Best Yet (retired)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Paper: Orchid Opulance, Whisper White, Old Olive, Cottage Wall DSP

Accessories: Pretties Kit, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, Top Note Die, Texturz Plate, Curly Label Punch, Dimensionals

More the Merrier Snowmen

I forgot to share this card last week. I participated at a vendor party at a friend's house, and this was the make and take. It makes a great easy Christmas card. It is a 4x4 card, and by adding the ribbon and chunky glitter, makes it a really striking card!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: The More the Merrier

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Old Olive, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Sleigh Bells Ribbon, Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Clear Chunky Essentials Glitter, Paper Piercer