Monthly Archives: October 2007

This and That…

Posted on October 19, 2007 | 2 comments

WAHOO! It’s FRIDAY!! I always love Fridays.  Dinner….OUT!!  🙂

Just some reminders and stuff you might not know…

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, My Favorite Things is having a “Think Pink” Ebay auction.  One hundred percent of the benefits will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation.  The auction is for 18 cards designed by the MFT Design Team.  Ebay auction link here.  (Click on the thumbnails below to see the auction cards.)

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Also, MFT has their own forum now at Splitcoast Stampers. Check it out here!

AND….the MFT Guest Designer for October is Broni Holcombe!!  WOOHOO!! You can see her gallery here!  She is in-CRED-ible!!!  🙂

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The Lizzie Anne Designs card contest deadline is October 28.  The winner receives a $50 LAD gift certificate, a free Celebration Frames stamp set and a spotlight in their November newsletter (WOW)! Also, all card entries will be donated to Cards for Cancer.  Details on the contest here. 

And check out the new Lizzie Anne Designs forum at Splitcoast Stampers!  (Once you’re in there, look for details regarding the free shipping code for October purchases!!)

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Lindsey‘s Inkadinkado contest ends Friday, November 9.  If you “need” ( 😉 ) Inka stamps, there’s plenty of time to order and receive them from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.  (And they’re on sale!)  Lots of prizes for this one, so be sure to check out the details here!

Jacksonbelle Embellishments also now has its own forum at Splitcoast Stampers.  Find out what’s new to Lindsey’s store, what’s coming or tell her about something you’d like her to carry!  Check it out here!

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And now that I’ve linked you all to death (lol), I just want to say thanks again for stopping by!  I’ll be having another give-away soon, sometime next week, so be sure to check back!  Have a great day!!

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Plain ol’ Wood…What to Do

Posted on October 18, 2007 | 22 comments

HHCCD1So today’s WT challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers is to use wood.  Hmmmm… I only had two things that were made of wood–a box and a frame, so I went with the frame. (This one was $1 from Michaels.)

To get the “mitered” corners, I cut four strips of the patterned paper.  I adhered the top and bottom strips, then laid the left and right strips over the top and bottom ones, marked the corners, then cut the paper from my marks to each outside corner. That’s the easiest way I’ve found to get that look.  I added the orange dots with an orange 3-d gel pen and the “stitch” lines with a black marker.  The “Happy Halloween” was centered using my Stamp-a-ma-jig.

The inside square is covered with a different pattern from the same Memory Box package.  I stamped the spider and pumpkins (by C.C. Designs available at All That Scraps) onto Bazzill Coconut Smoothies and colored them in with Copic markers.  I *think* I’m finally getting the hang of shading with those!  The eyes are colored in with a black 3-d gel pen so they’re nice and shiny.

The small pumpkin is adhered directly to the paper while the big one is popped up on a dimensional.  The spider is raised on three dimensionals with the string tucked between the first two then wrapped around to the back and tucked in between the frame and the insert.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cardstock:  Bazzill Coconut Smoothies     Patterned Paper:  Memory Box “Spooky Collection”     Stamps:  C.C. Designs Halloween set     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black     Accessories:  Copic markers (Y17 Golden Yellow, Y38 Honey, YR68 Orange, YG06 Yellowish Green, W7 Warm Gray, BV29 Slate), SU Black marker, Sakura 3-d black and orange glaze pens, black twill, dimesionals, white string.  Finished frame size 5” x 5”.

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Spooky Delights Candy Bar Card

Posted on October 16, 2007 | 17 comments

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I had fun making this little candy bar card using C.C. Designs’ new Halloween set (available from All That Scraps)!   Where’s the candy bar?  It’s in a little pocket on the back side of the card.  I have some black twill tied around the bar with a little tag attached with white string.  You pull the twill and out comes the bar (and it’s FULL size! 🙂 ).  Here’s how I did it:

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I cut the black cardstock to 6 1/2″ x 11″.  Score at 3 1/4″, 6 1/2″, 6 3/4″ and 10″; fold as shown.  Your cardstock will look like this …………………………………………………>

(mountain fold, valley fold, valley fold, valley fold)

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Fold the back flap (“C”) to the left toward the back (fold line) of the card front (“A”). 

Apply liquid glue or tacky tape to adhere the flap.  I used Tombow Mono Multi…………………………………………………………..>

You now have your pocket for the candy bar.  If you’d like, you can punch a hole (through both layers of the “pocket”) along the right edge and thread ribbon through as described here.

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<………………..Your card should look like this. 

Now you can decorate your card any way you’d like. 

I chose this cool, shiny eyeball paper, adding some glossy black dots in each “eye” using a 3-d gel pen.  I stamped the bat and sentiment, trimming so that the bat’s wings come “out of the box.” 

The sentiment panel is raised on dimensionals, but before adhering it to the patterned paper, I tucked in the little ghost.  It just worked out that he can slide up and down as his tail is “hooked in” by the pop dot in the lower right corner.

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Tie twill and tag onto the candy bar and slide it in!…………………………………………………..>

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Lastly, I made this little 2-4-6-8 box for some more “spooky delights.”  I covered each side with small panels of eyeball paper, adding the black dots and a few stitches, then punched two holes through all layers, inserting and knotting the twill to close the box. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  SU Black, Papertrey Ink white     Patterned Paper:  Reminisce “101 Eyeballs”     Stamps:  C.C. Designs Halloween set     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black     Accessories:  Copic markers, SU black marker, mat pack/needle, Sakura 3-d gel pen, black twill (source unknown), BoBunny Fright Night Bodacious brads, liquid glue, pop dots.  Finished card size  6 ½” x 3 ¼”.

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Coffee and Friends…Perfect!

Posted on October 15, 2007 | 15 comments

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This set, Hot Stuff, is probably my most used set by My Favorite Things.  Probably the fact that I just LOVE my lattes has something to do with it.  I can’t go a day without my Starbucks!    Well, I can but…let’s not think about “those” days!

There’s a sketch challenge posted today in MFT’s new Member Company forum at Splitcoast Stampers.  Check it out!   I only modified the sketch a tad. 

As on most of my MFT cards, I paper-pieced the girl by stamping the image first onto the pinkish paper (mostly as a guide for placing the pieces).  The dress, arms and coffee cup were all pieced and glued to the pink background square.  I colored the inside of the tiny cup with a brown marker.  The larger cups were stamped on various coordinating prints and cut out and “hung” on the brads.  I used an X-acto blade to cut inside each handle and there’s a pop dot under each cup for some added dimension. 

When I thought I had completed the front panel, it still looked a bit bare to me in spots, so I added some faux stitching using my mat pack and a Sahara Sand marker.  The card base is Very Vanilla.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day! 

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla     Patterned Paper:  We R Memory Keepers Vintage Brass “Verdant,” “Bed Knobs” and “Heartstrings”     Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Hot Stuff”     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black     Accessories:  Copic markers, SU Antique Brass hodgepodge brads, Sahara Sand marker, mat pack/needle.  Finished card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

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Witchtacular!

Posted on October 14, 2007 | 12 comments

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I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again….I love these bugs!!  I think they’re just adorable!

Here I used the little bug witch and sentiment from C.C. Designs new Halloween set available from All That Scraps.  I colored the witch with Copic markers, adding little shiny dots of trim with a 3-d gel pen.  I scribbled in the border (adding the word “boo” here and there) with a black marker, going back over the dots with the 3-d gel pen.  They’re raised and shiny like the ones on her dress!

Thanks for stopping by!! 🙂 

Cardstock:  SU Black, Whisper White     Patterned Paper:  Memory Box Spooky Collection     Stamps:  C.C. Designs Halloween Set     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black     Accessories:  Copic markers, black SU marker, Sakura black 3-d gel pen, Queen & Co. Bootiful Bon Bons (large yellow brads).  Finished card size 5” x 5”.

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A Special Gift for a Special Friend

Posted on October 12, 2007 | 21 comments

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Hello there!  I couldn’t wait to show you this set, but I wanted to wait until the gift had been given before posting…

The minute I saw this new set from My Favorite Things, Think Pink, I knew I had to have an extra for a dear friend of mine who has battled breast cancer.   (This is the same friend who actually got me hooked on stamping!  Thank you, Tina!!  ) 

With the three little notecards and envies, I placed in the bag the stamp set, several acrylic blocks, a Brilliance Graphite Black stamp pad and a bag of Double Chocolate Milano cookies.  She loved it!

I paper pieced the girls shirts (and even the tiny little pink ribbons). 

I wanted to use this particular image on the outside of the bag, but once I had it together, I thought the image looked too small and the bag too big.  Then I had the idea of wrapping the pink twill around the handle and using the image in the center.  I was much happier with the result!

I’d like to mention once again that 50% of the proceeds from each Think Pink set sold (both retail and wholesale) will be donated to the research of breast cancer.  Every little bit helps!  (You can see the whole set here.)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day! 

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla     Patterned Paper:  Cloud Nine Design Baby Girl Stripe and Baby Girl Dots     Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Think Pink”     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black     Accessories:  Martha Stewart pink twill, Doodlebug white brads, Copic marker (skin), bag (source unknown).  Card size 3” x 3”.

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Boo to You!

Posted on October 11, 2007 | 13 comments

ST1Here’s a quick little card using Spooked by  Lizzie Anne Designs with bling in the trees for the WT challenge at SCS today!  I just love this set…those bones!! 🙂

I used a small scrap of Halloween patterned paper, left over from another project.  After stamping the house/tree image, I added some small dots with glitter pens, trying to pick up some of the colors from the paper.  Then I added some tiny Hero Arts gemstones.  (Now I wish I would have picked up every assortment of these when I saw them.  I love their tiny size.)

I used my SU grid paper to evenly space the bones in the background, my mat pack to evenly space the eyelets and my Crop-a-dile to set them.

Not much more to say here. It’s a really simple little card, but I like it!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  SU Green Galore, Summer Sun; Papertrey Ink white     Patterned Paper:  Pebbles, Inc.      Stamps:  Lizzie Anne Designs Spooked     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, SU Green Galore     Accessories:  Eyelets (American Crafts), Hero Arts Gemstones, green and purple Gellyroll Stardust pens (Sakura), dimensionals.  Finished card size:  4 ¼” x 4 ¼”.

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Quick and Easy High Hellos!

Posted on October 10, 2007 | 15 comments

HHFI had a bit of time this morning so I thought I’d play along with the sketch challenge at SCS.  I like this sketch–you make a standard card, cut off about 1″ from the right front side, decorate the exposed inside and add an overlapping image to the front!

The base of the card is vanilla cardstock. I used the coordinating solid color from the back of the flower print to cover the card front and that little bit of the inside.  Then I added the panels of patterned paper.

The tall flower and sentiment are from High Hellos by Lizzie Anne Designs.  (Such a cute set!) 

I colored the flower using Copic and SU markers.  (I had to use both because I only have one yellow Copic and it’s *really* bright.)  The ribbon is from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. 

 Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla     Patterned Paper:  We R Memory Keepers Silver Lining “Dazzle” and “Vivid”     Stamps:  Lizzie Anne Designs “High Hellos”     Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black     Accessories: Copic and SU markers, ribbon, dimensionals.  Finished card size 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

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Warm Wishes–Color Challenge

Posted on October 9, 2007 | 19 comments

WWHB1I have tons of other things I should be doing this morning, but I couldn’t resist today’s color challenge at SCS–use River Rock, Black and Basic Gray.  I don’t have the new Basic Gray, so instead I used a piece of patterned paper from Basic Grey’s Periphery paper pad.  Too bad very little of it shows as it has a nice little fancy pattern on it!

Anyway, I stamped the image (available AND on sale here) in black and used some River Rock and Basic Gray-ish Copics to add a bit of color.  I then went over some areas with the colorless blender pen to add a bit of highlight.  If you look closely, you can see that I stamped Linen in River Rock on the card base.  I also distressed and sponged some of the edges.

I am off now to get a crown!  (Too bad it isn’t for my head.)  Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day, and don’t forget to check out Lindsey’s Inka contest!!

Cardstock:  River Rock, Black     Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Periphery paper pad     Stamps:  Inkadinkado Hummingbird, SU Hugs & Wishes     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, River Rock     Accessories:  Copics, edge distresser, black brads, sponge.  Finished card size:  5 ½” x 5 ½”.

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It’s a Jungle out There!

Posted on October 8, 2007 | 20 comments

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Happy Monday!  For those of you who have the day off…LUCKY YOU!!! 🙂 

Here’s a second sample using It’s a Jungle out There, one of the new releases by My Favorite Things.  I had fun including all the animals and the girl.  The lion’s head is popped up as well as the monkey’s hat and the girl. 

I colored everything with Copic markers….this was my first experience with them actually.  I wish I had included more color/leaves in the background, but once I finished, I was afraid to go back to do more for fear I’d ruin the whole thing.

The patterned paper, Basic Grey Mellow, and brown ribbon-ish twill are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. By the way, Lindsey has announced her new contest and the prizes are fantastic!  Check it out here.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, Papertrey Ink white     Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Mellow     Stamps:  My Favorite Things “It’s a Jungle out There”     Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black     Accessories:  Copic markers, SU Creamy Caramel marker, twill, hemp, dimensionals.  Finished card size 5” x 5”.

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