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Elegant Reindeer

 

Happy Friday the 13th friends-

This week I decided to use one of my favorite stamps from last year the Elegant Reindeer.  I paired it with a sheet of paper from the Spiceberry collection and a 14 Karat Gold Soiree notecard.  The card came together pretty quickly thanks to my trusty and favorite corner punch.  I finally used my Christmas gift from last year...YES Nestabilities!!  Next I attached gold metallic thread, added ribbon, and berry pearls.  There you have it...a pretty elegant but easy holiday card.  I hope your week has been a good one and very productive.  I sure had a busy week taking care of business, planning my annual holiday trip, and preparing for a couple upcoming holiday classes.  As always thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend.  We are suppose to get snow early next week.  I guess I'm ready!!  Why not??  I'll let you know how things go in the "white stuff" department next Friday.  Peace  Tami    

 

Supply List:

Spiceberry Paper

Notecard-Soiree 24 Karat

Elegant Reindeer (C1107), Snowy Eve Clear Set (CL142) 

Inks-Brilliance Galaxy Gold and Pearlescent Poppy, Color Box Chalk Olive Pastel, Versafine Vintage Sepia...(I should have used Memento Brown with Copics)

Karl Southwest Corner Punch

Metallic Thread-Antique Gold 6"

May Arts Ribbon-(JB16) 15-17"

Other Paper-Neenah Classic Crest Natural White 80# Cover

Nestabilities Labels Two

Copic-0 Colorless Blender, E31, E33, R20

Spica Glitter Pen-Buttermilk

Memory Box Pearls-Berry

Card Directions:

Cut Spiceberry paper to 4 x 5 1/4" and save scrap for inside measuring 3/4 x 4".  Punch corners with Southwest punch and wrap gold thread in each corner as shown.  Secure thread ends to back of paper with Scotch tape.  Stamp Elegant Reindeer on a piece of Natural White paper a little larger than the die cut.  Cut out image using the Nestabilities die mentioned above.  Edge frame with gold ink and color reindeer with Copics.  Add glitter highlights (Buttermilk pen) on the reindeer and punch an 1/8" hole on each side of the reindeer for the ribbon.  Feed ribbon through the two holes and wrap around the entire card.  I used dimensionals under the reindeer to pop up the image.  Tie a double knot and trim ribbon ends.  Adhere eight Berry Pearls to reindeer as shown.  

Inside of Card:

Card Liner: 

Cut Natural White paper to 4 x 5 1/4" (same paper as reindeer image) and adhere to notecard.  Attach Spiceberry paper on left side as shown.  All three stamps on the inside of the card are from the Snowy Eve Clear Set. Stamp Christmas in poppy red, stamp three gold snowflakes (its hard to see them in picture), and the flourish below Christmas is stamped in olive pastel ink.  Please let me know if you have any questions.   

Fall Squirrel

 

Hello & Tuesday greetings! I hope everyone is enjoying their month so far. We have been busy raking leaves & doing fall pruning/clean-up around here. This gave me some inspiration for my card this week. I thought the Nutty Squirrel combined with the Twilight papers would make a fun combination for a fall themed card. I used the “leaves” stamp on the Build a Tree stamp to add a leafy ground-cover for the squirrel. I will be dropping this in the mail to a friend I am very THANKFUL for. J

 

 

Below is a photo of the paper supplies with measurements that I used for this card. You can click on the photo to enlarge it to see the measurements better.

 

To make this card, adhere all of your paper pieces to the Dill base (remember to add your ribbon if you wish) except for the Eggshell & Jack O Lantern pieces. Stamp the Nutty squirrel onto a scrap piece of Eggshell card stock (I used a dark brown ink, but black would work too), then color & cut out. I used colored pencils, but you could color with whatever you wish. Next you will want to stamp the “leafy” ground-cover on the pre-cut Eggshell piece. I used a pale orange ink, some yellow & a bit of green. Stamp the Nutty Squirrel again onto this piece so the squirrel is standing on the leaves. Adhere the colored squirrel over this. Stamp the squirrel onto a scrap of Twilight paper (this is for the apron piece) & cut out the apron & adhere to the image. I sponged the edges with some brown chalk ink. Adhere the Eggshell piece to the Jack O Lantern piece & adhere to the base. I finished the card off by adding some Halloween Jewel Stickers to the tree for some sparkle as seen below.

 

I also wanted to add a correction that I made on my post from last week. I stated that the Apron Lace punch used was by EK (Success). It is actually made by Fiskars. I just wanted to clarify that in case there was any confusion.

Thanks for dropping by!

Let it snow

 

Happy Friday Memory Box friends-

Today I decided to make a pretty easy Christmas card as I have a few holiday classes coming up this month and I need to *try* and keep things simple.  Soon it will be Thanksgiving and then Christmas.  Wow its time to get busy making our holiday cards and not wait until mid December.  Every year I say I am going to get my cards made early so I don't feel so much stress before the holidays.  How about you?  Are you an early bird or last minute cardmaker?? 

OK back to the card!!  I really love the Dewfrost paper collection as I'm fond of blue and chocolate!!  LOL.  The paper works really well with the Snowy Eve clear stamp set.  I hope your week has been productive and you have something fun planned for the weekend.  Our weather forecast here in Minnesota is for unusually warm temperatures 58-62 degrees starting today.  Woo hoo.  I'll take it because soon it will be snow and bitter cold weather!!  I hope to get outside a bit and clean up my deck and garage before winter.  Thanks for stopping by and the card looks a lot better than the picture shows.  It has a vintage feel to it and I hope you enjoy it.  I loved making it!!  Tami  :D'  

 

Card Supplies:

Notecard-Mocha

Paper-Dewfrost cut to 3 7/8" x 4 1/8"

Pearl Stickers-Frost Blue

Jewel Stickers-Sparkling Snowflakes

Inks-Creamy Brown Chalk, Versafine Vintage Sepia

Stamps-Snowy Eve (CL142), Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

(B1166)

May Arts Ribbons-Brown, White Metallic Thread (SM01)

Sakura White Souffle Pen

Spica Clear Glitter Pen

1/16" round paper punch or paper piercer to punch small hole

White paper cut to 4 x 5 1/4"

Dimensionals, Double-Stick Tape, Mini Glue Dots

Card Directions:

Adhere white paper to Mocha notecard.  Stamp five snowflakes from Snowy Eve clear set (CL142) using Sepia ink. I used a white Souffle pen on the background paper.  If you look closely there are little white specks on the paper so I wanted to emphasis them and make them look like snow.  This was accomplished using the white Souffle pen.  Edge sides of Dewfrost paper with Chestnut Roan chalk ink.  Stamp Sentiment (B1166) on a scrap of Dewfrost paper in Vintage Sepia ink and edge sides with Chestnut Roan ink.  Layer sentiment to  a scrap of Mocha paper and add glitter accents to edges of blue paper.  Attach designer paper to white paper and adhere brown  ribbon on paper using mini glue dots.  Punch a small hole in the sentiment and tie tag onto ribbon and make a bow.  I placed a couple dimensional dots behind tag and double knottted the white thread ends to prevent fraying.  Add a Frost Blue pearl to the middle of each  brown stamped snowflake and one Sparkling Snowflake to the middle of a large snowflake printed on the paper as shown.   Ta da another card!!

Warm Wishes

 

Welcome & Happy November! I can’t believe how quickly this year is passing by. The holidays will be here before we know it. I am so happy to be making a dent in my holiday card creations. So what about you……..have you found a little time to get a start on those holiday cards yet? I usually mass produce one design, but last year I had multiple designs & this year is looking to be the same.

 

On a recent cover of a linens catalog, it had some cozy holiday flannel sheets pictured. It inspired me to “do up” the Build a Tree image in the same fashion. In addition to the Build a Tree stamp, I used Dewfrost paper, a Soiree White Scalloped card, a couple of images from the clear set Snowman Friends, & the Warmest Wishes sentiment. I didn’t know if it was “legal” to post an actual photo of the cover of the catalog, so here is a link if a different picture, although it doesn’t show a close up of the tree that was on the cover.

 

 

Here is a close up.

 

 

To make this card, start with a scalloped Soiree card. Add some Dewfrost  paper trimmed slightly smaller & round the corners with a corner rounder. I sponged some Color Box Creamy Brown Chalk ink around the edges. Adhere this piece to the scalloped base card. Stamp the Build a Tree image in brown ink (I used Memento Rich Cocoa) to Robins Egg card stock cut to a 2” circle. Decorate tree with white pearl stickers, white gel pen & snowflake jewelstickers. Add glitter to the snow on the tree if desired. Add bird stamp around the base of tree, perched on snow. Adhere to a scalloped circle of Dewfrost paper. Add a decorative border of Sapphire card stock using border punches ( I used EK Apron Lace Punch) and add some ribbon around this piece. Adhere to your base & add your circle using dimensional foam adhesive. Stamp the Warmest Wishes sentiment onto scraps of Dewfrost paper in brown ink & adhere to card. Add bow to corner.

As always, thanks for stopping by & I hope you enjoy a beautiful Fall day today!!
 

You are so wise!!

 

Hello friends!!

I hope this post finds you well.  Its Halloween weekend and I'm looking forward to spending some quality time with my best friend and maybe do a little stamping too.  I did catch "Mr. Mousey" on Thursday in the wee hours and may he R.I.P.  He's in my trash can right now and will soon be hauled away.  Bye bye little one.  I hope none of your relatives pay me a visit!!  I know gross hah but at least he is no longer lounging around in my living room. 

I wish you a safe and spooktacular weekend friends.  Today's card was designed for my middle sister's Dec. birthday.  I am very fond of the Dewfrost paper collection and I love the stamps.  They were all new until today!!  Be good now and thanks so much for stopping by.  I'd love to hear what you have planned for the weekend.  I'm finally going to get some new glasses so I can see better while stamping!!  Dang they will cut into my stamping budget but its due time as I constantly struggle to see and its SO important to take care of your eyes.  See you next month.  Tami  :D'  

 

Card Supplies:

Paper-Dewfrost

Notecard-Vanilla Bean

Stamps-Owl Branch (F1287), CL141 Night Before (Calendar), You Are So Wise (B944), Happy Birthday Script (B828), Make A Wish (B831)

Pearls-Frost Blue

Inks-Colorbox Chalks Creamy Brown, Dark Brown; Versafine Vintage Sepia; Memento Brown (Copics)

American Crafts-Rick Rack

Copics-BG10, E00, E33, E35, E41, E50, E51, Y06, Y13, Y38

Spica Glitter Pen-Buttermilk

Saukura Glaze Pen-Clear

Quickie Glue Pen

Dimensional Dots, Double Stick Tape, 3M Tacky Adhesive Glue

Other Paper-Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover

Card Directions:

Cut Dewfrost paper to 4 x 5.25" and edge with creamy brown ink.  Stamp owls on light blue Dewfrost paper, again on another paper scrap from collection (for paper piecing scarves), and third time on a white scrap (Memento brown ink for Copic coloring).  Edge the first light blue paper with creamy brown and adhere to a larger brown polka dot layer (Dewfrost).  Cut out owls (cut off left side of scarves) and color with Copic markers.  Paper piece scarf.  I colored in each scraf with blue Copic BG10.  Glue pieces to main owl image as shown.  Stamp calendar twice on blue Dewfrost scraps in Versafine brown ink.  Cut out calendar and cut out number 2 from second image (my sister's birthday is Dec. 2).  Edge calendar with creamy brown and layer calendar to a vanilla bean paper scrap.  Glue down blue rick rack to background paper. Attach dimensional dots to back of calendar.  Adhere all card pieces to Dewfrost paper as shown and attach to a vanilla bean notecard.  On the inside I stamped both birthday sentiments and stamped you are so wise on a blue Dewfrost scrap and layered the sentiment to a brown scrap (vanilla bean).  Use clear glaze pen on eyes, nose, and pinecones.  Add buttermilk glitter accents.  Adhere frost blue pearls to three corners on main image and one on each side of December.    

Another picture showing sentiment:

 

My sister is very smart and again she's a December child.  We are very close and I'm the oldest daughter in our family of three sisters.  Sami and I are also know as "Pitter and Patter" respectively so I love the owl stamp for several reasons.  It is very symbolic to me.  I hope I have not bored you.   Thanks again if you have read this all the way.  

Spiceberry Cheer

 

Welcome!! I hope your week is off to a good start.  It’s been a little soggy around here the last couple of days. I was lucky to be able to get a photograph of my card outside this week in between rain showers & without the wind blowing it away. I’m hoping to take advantage of the gloomy weather & get some of my holiday gift crafting started this week & maybe do some baking.

 

I have not shared a card in a while using the Spiceberry papers, so I’m sharing a little Spiceberry cheer with you this week. J

 

 

 

To make this card, you will need a Dill note card, Cranberry card stock & Spiceberry paper. I used Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate & Moonlight White ink. I used stamps from the clear sets Twelve Days & Snowy Eve. The next couple of photos show you measurements of paper pieces & supplies used.

 

 

  
 

Start with Dill note card. Adhere larger piece of Spiceberry paper to left hand side leaving a thin border. Stamp the reindeer image on smaller piece of Spiceberry paper in Pearlescent Chocolate ink & edge with green ink. Adhere this to the right side of your Cranberry piece leaving a thin border on right side. Stamp three snowflakes in the empty space on the left side of your Cranberry piece & adhere Christmas jewels to the center of your snowflakes. Wrap ribbon (I used a thin red grosgrain) around the right hand side of your dill note card. To finish the card, adhere snowflake/reindeer piece to the card.

 

Thank you for visiting my post today……you always make my day!!

Poinsettia Silhouette

Hi there friends-

Today I'd like to share an elegant holiday card and certainly one for a special person!!  Hee hee.  For those of you that don't really know me, ribbon is my thing.  I hate to admit it but the bow and scanning/cropping the card took the longest.  I absolutely love the new poinsettia silhouette stamp.  What are the holidays without a pot of poinsettias dressed in a foil wrap with a pretty bow??  Anyway I've been super busy these past few days stamping, teaching, and prepping for my annual Halloween stamping party on Saturday night.  I can hardly wait to see my friends.  We are having a potluck dinner (yumo) followed by a "crafty" white elephant dice game.  I have Halloween party favors for my guests and some nice prizes.  We are making five spooktacular projects and always have a good time stamping, eating, and gabbing the night away!!  You can be sure there will be lots of Memory Box stamps and paper at the party.  Its quite chilly in MN and I'm sad to report I have a mouse in the house.  I am totally freaked out by this and have screamed twice really loud when *it* ran by me.  I will just die if I see a mouse upstairs.  Come Sunday I will be taking care of some serious mouse/house business.  I know this sounds silly but I keep thinking the mouse is going to get in my bed.  Enough about me.  I hope you have had a great week and you will get in some stamping, scrapbooking or crafting this weekend.  Every time I post another card I get excited as I have quite the "Memory Box stash" since I've been guest blogging (May).  Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very pleasant weekend.  Wish I had a nice digital camera like all my friends.  Did you hear that Santa??  I've been a good girl this year!!  See you next Friday with another card and a mouse report.  Tami  :D'  

 

Card Supplies:

Poinsettia Silhouette (E1282)

Peace, Love and Joy (B1114)

Soiree 24 Karat Notecard, Begonia Notecard (for layering)

Ink Pads-Color Box Pink, Lime, Olive Pastel Chalk; Brilliance Galaxy Gold 

Spica Glitter Pen-Buttermilk

Pearls-Daffodil, Baby Pink

May Arts Ribbon 13" (JB16)

Other Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Natural White 80# Cover, Green Bazzil to match ribbon

Other Supplies:  Scotch Tape, Mini Glue Dot, Adhesive, Finger Sponge (Gold Ink Edging)

Card Measurements: 

Natural White-3 5/8" x 4 7/8"

Begonia Pink Layer- 3 3/4" x 5"

Green Bazzil Layer-4" x 5 1/4"

Natural White Card Liner (Inside)-4" x 5 1/4'

Card Directions:

Scotch tape the two flowers on the Poinsettia Silhouette stamp.  This is called "omit stamping".  Ink leaves and stems mixing lime and olive pastel chalk inks.  Lift off tape and discard.  Carefully ink up poinsettia flowers using pink pastel and stamp out image on natural white paper.  Remember "practice makes perfect"!!  Edge sides of natural white paper with gold ink.  Layer main image to begonia paper and then to green paper.  Stamp sentiment in pink ink.  Wrap ribbon around all three layers and tie a bow.  Secure middle of bow to card using a mini glue dot under the bow's center.  Adhere layered poinsettia image to Soiree 24 Karat notecard.  Place a daffodil pearl in the middle of each flower and add butttermilk glitter pen accents near center of each flower.  Adhere a baby pink pearl in each corner as shown and add liner to inside of card.  

Tami Notes:

I love the buttermilk glitter pen and use it all the time (my favorite color next to the clear glitter pen).  I also love love love baby chalk inks and use them as tools and for distressing/edging.  Let me know if you have any questions.  Whew....I can't wait to get my new Poppy designer paper and yes, I have more Memory Box and Poppy stamps on my wish list!!  One can never have too much rubber right?  : )   

Build A Tree 'Branch'

 

Hey guys…welcome! Thanks for stopping by today. I am posting a bit later than usual so you could enjoy Dave’s post.

 

Do you every have one of those cards that doesn’t play out on paper quite like you were envisioning it in your head? That is sort of what happened with this card. Looking back on my design, I think simply adjusting my layout may have made a difference for me. I figure it’s OK to have that happen though, since it gives me a springboard for another card.

 

My idea was to use the Build a Tree (D1273) stamp as a branch/limb for the Scalloped Owl (C1293) to perch and having a large moon in the background. The more I play with the Scalloped Owl, the more I enjoy working with this image.....a great one to add to your collection.

 

 

I thought it would be fun to add some wood grain texture to the Build a Tree stamp. I did this by stamping the image in Ancient Page Chocolate ink & stamping a wood grain background stamp onto the inked image before I stamped it onto my card stock. I hope the picture below may give you a better visual of what I’m talking about. 

 

After stamping the “branch/limb” onto my Sweet Corn circle, I felt like I needed to add some dimension, so I stamped the limb again onto Sweet Corn card stock & carefully trimmed the image out, this time leaving a thin border around it. I did the same with the owl after I colored it with colored pencils. I sponged ColorBox Yellow Ochre chalk ink around the border of the circle & added some Art Institute yellow ultra fine glitter. I adhered the branch & owl onto the circle using dimensional foam adhesive. I added some of the Halloween Jewel stickers to the eyes of the owl. I hope the photo below gives you a better view of the dimension.

 

 

I adhered the Twilight paper onto the Jack o Lantern card stock & adhered that piece to the Licorice note card. Next, I adhered the “moon”, again using dimensional foam adhesive. I finished the card off by adding some more Halloween Jewel stickers to the Twilight paper. I've included a photo with the measurements of the paper pieces for you.

 

I hope you will stop back for another visit next Tuesday!! J

Spooky Halloween Greetings!!

 

Good day friends-

How are you?  The weather in MN has not been the greatest this week. We've had snow, rain, wind, and cold weather.  So much for fall.  For today's card I decided to go with a spooky Halloween theme using Memory Box paper scraps and lots of jewels.  I hope it gives you an idea of what to do with paper scraps.  If you are like me you have a lot.  Happy Friday and enjoy the weekend.  Thanks for stopping by. Tami :D' 

 
Card Supplies:

Notecard-Jack o Lantern, Ghord & Licorice paper scraps

Designer Paper-Twilight and a few other scraps

Stamps-Tiny Jack o Lantern (AA338), Orb Spider (B1131), Sweet Halloween (B1142), Advent Calendar (CL143), Web Crawler (E1270)

Inks-Color Box Chalks (Charcoal & Blush Rose), Versafine Onyx Black

Jewels-Canary, Halloween

Martha Stewart Punches-Bat, Flower (behind moon), Scalloped Circle (moon), Witch

Spica Glitter Pens-Buttermilk, Pitch Black

Ribbon-American Crafts

Sakura Clear Glaze Pen

Card Directions:

Cut 5 rectangles 1 5/8" x 1 7/8" using paper from the Twilight collection. The lower right hand one with Orb Spider is from a 12 x 12" sheet.  Edge papers with charcoal ink.  Punch out Martha Stewart images.  Decorate a Jack o Lantern notecard with punched images,  stamps, and jewels.  Paper piece large Orb Spider (black body), tiny Jack o Lantern (scrap of Gourd paper), and the number 3 (from Advent Calendar clear set).  Add glitter accents with Spica pens.  Use a clear glaze pen on the large spider's body to make it shiny and dimensional.  Place two black jewels on the Web Crawler's  tiny spider (one for the head and a larger one for the body).  

Have any questions?  Let me know and I will answer them in the comment section.  See you next week with another card.  Its time to start thinking Christmas.  Yikes...ice, snow, and colder weather.

A Little Something Different....

 

…..to share with you this week. I recently had the pleasure of playing hostess to a Memory Box / Poppy stamps ATC (Artist Trading Card) swap. If you have ever participated in an ATC swap, you know how much fun they are. Typically, then are 10 swappers per group. You are able to make ten ATC’s (sized 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches) out of one sheet of 8 ½ x 11 card stock. I had 10 amazing & talented ladies sign up for the swap, so we ended up with a group of 11 swappers, including myself. The theme of this swap was to use any Memory Box or Poppy Stamps image, with no other vendor restrictions. I have participated in many ATC swaps in the past, but this was my first time playing hostess. It was a very fun experience! I think you will agree, all of these ladies created a fabulous little masterpiece! 

Here is a group shot of the ATC’s.

 

 

Now for the close-ups!

 

You can click on any of the photos for a larger view.

 

Everyone was so creative.

 

 

 

Lots of fun details! 

 
 

You have to love those penguins!

 

 

 

Below is my little bundle of ATC's I made for the swap before I sent them off.

 

 

Thanks for visiting today & enjoy your day!