Winter Wonderland

A two-for today with a really quick post today.  I stayed up late playing last night and decided to make a card using the retro sketches sketch challenge #137.

I loved this design and decided to try it with a winter design.  I just received the Hello December Project Life stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Supplement catalog.  Worked perfect for this card!

The "snow" is from the Snowflake Card Thinlit Die and the background paper is from the Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper Pack.  Both of these products are in the 2014 Holiday Catalog.  A few sequins from the Frosted Sequins adds a little shine!

Have a great day, off to a girls overnighter!

Hugs & Kisses

My BFF from high school loves squirrels so I couldn't wait to make her a card with the Stampin' Up! hostess stamp set, Nuts about You.

This was a pretty simple card to make.  I did fussy cut the tree trunk to get the 2 different colors for the tree. I guess I could have used markers, but decided to stamp and cut instead.  I also fussy cut the squirrel so I could mount it using dimensionals.

Colors used were Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Early Espresso on Whisper White.

I used the Starburst Framelits and Circle Framelits to cut the circles and the greeting is from the Good Greetings stamp set, a special free hostess gift which can be earned up until the end of this month!  

Like I said, a pretty simple card and my BFF really loved it!

Hope you have a great day!

Wine Tag - Congrats

Yesterday I posted a card I made for my colleague who is giving her dissertation tomorrow.  We decided to give her a bottle of champagne to celebrate so I just had to make a tag for the champagne!

Since I used stars for the card I decided to go with the same theme and create a matching tag.  I used the star framelits and the small star punch from the punch bundle.  Colors used include Hello Honey, Pool Party, Islad Indigo and Baked Brown Suger with Whisper White as the base for the flag.  I love the twirly pieces I made from the baked brown sugar cardstock!  I had thought about putting smaller version in the shaker card I made but completely forgot about that when I made the shaker card.  So when I remembered I decided to use it on the tag!  

Here is a picture with the tag on the champagne bottle.  I love how it turned out!  I hot glued the star to a piece of Baked Brown Sugar thick bakers twine and then added a 1-3/8" circle (hello honey) to the back of the hello honey star to cover the glue!  Worked perfectly!

Here is the card and tag together!

I am really excited about how these turned out!  I can't wait to give them to her, and see the dissertation!

You Did It!

A friend from work has been working on her PhD and will be giving her oral dissertation this weekend!  I am so proud of her.  A few of us will be attending the dissertation to cheer her on!  Of course, I had to make a card for her!

I decided on a shaker card, I just love making these cards!  I used the star framelits and cut the stars in Hello Honey, Island Indigo and Pool Party.  The smaller stars are from the mini punches and punched in Baked Brown Sugar.

I also used the gorgeous grunge stamp set to add some imagery behind the stars.  

Inside the shaker I used the star sequins, silver sequins from the Frosted Sequins (2014 Holiday Catalog) and then punched a few small stars in island indigo and crushed curry using the Confetti Star Punch.

The greeting is from the Bravo Photopolymer stamp set.

I love the way this turned out and can't wait to give her the card!

Enjoy your weekend!

Woodland Creatures

I found a picture on Pinterest and I was immediately intrigued!  

I decided I must try to recreate these woodland creatures with paper!  I started with a 4x4 piece of coasterboard as a base.  I was thinking that they would make great magnets.  

I used the Gift Bow Bigz L Die as a starting point for the belly and the eyes.  I ended up having to trim the eyes to the right shapes, but the gift bow die really provided a great starting point!

Here are all 4 animals together.

For the eyes, I used the 3/4" circle punch and colored the white of the eye using the white gel pen.  The circle noses are from the owl punch!

The owl nose was handcut.

The tails are handcut as are the ears.

My favorite is the hedgehog!  I love how he turned out.  I used the banner punch for the fur.  So cute!

When I showed  my family these critters they suggested I make other animals. So I made a skunk.  She turned out really cute too!  I wanted to add a flower but decided to keep her as is (for now).

Hope you enjoyed the woodland creatures!

Hello Fall

Today I have another fall card to share.  This is a card we made at a stamp camp in September.

Inspiration came from Freshly Made Sketches #155.  I just didn't have time to post at the time the challenge for this sketch was ongoing.

The colors for this card were Wild Wasabi (card base) with Garden Green, Baked Brown Sugar, Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss and Tangelo Twist.  I think this is the first card I made using the the stapler, and I love it!  Now I just have to try to remember to incorporate the stapler more often into my projects.

Stamps: For All Things (Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog)
Colors: Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist
Accessories: Autumn Wooden Elements, Hello Honey satin stitched ribbon, stapler

Christmas Tags

I am getting ready for a few holiday events so I decided to post a few tags I made.  I was partly inspired by The Friday Mashup challenge #181, although I really do have to prepare for some Handmade Holiday events I am hosting in November and December.

I have had a great time with the 2014 Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog!  Such great fun images and accessories!  I am loving the simplicity and versatility of the photopolymer stamps.  I am so glad that we have so many more choices!  It really makes the stamping process that much easier.

This first tag uses the confetti star punch.  One of my go to punches this year!  Great for accessorizing and for shaker cards!  I am also really happy that the Endless Wishes stamp set (photopolymer) is in the Holiday catalog.  I love the script font!!  I wish my handwriting was that neat!  Now this tag was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest!  The tag is Smoky Slate with kraft cardstock and silver foil cardstock for the stars.

The second tag uses the Wondrous Wreath photopolymer bundle.  In my normal haste I didn't pay attention to the helpful hints with this stamp set (lining up the tabs and all) so I will need to go back and pay attention. Nevertheless, I was still happy with the ease of this stamp and die combo!!  So cute!  Colors are Kraft cardstock with wild Wasabi, Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler.  I added a gold metal button with linen thread for some bling.

For the last tag I used the Little Letters dies to create a reverse image of the word "joy".  I love how it turned out.  The Trim the Tree designer series paper stack offers a plethora of choices for a tag of this sorts! 

I heard that there are only 10 more Fridays until Christmas!  Didn't count myself (in denial) but if so, I may start panicking!