Stamping 411 Sketch and Sneak Peek

Another Occasions Mini sneak peek and another Stamping 411 sketch challenge here. This one uses With All My Heart and the coordinating Sending Love Specialty DSP. I stamped the circle heart image in Real Red on Very Vanilla card stock. I punched out a piece of the card stock with the Trio Flower punch which exactly fits the papers' flower images. Then I attached the pieces with a Real Red brad and popped that up with Stampin dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment in Real Red and punched out a heart with the Full Heart punch. I also added a piece of 5/8 inch Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: With All My Heart
Papers: Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Real Red and Sending Love Specialty DSP
Inks: Real Red
Accessories: 5/8 inch Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, Real Red brad, Full Heart punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Stampin dimensionals

SC 260 Vintage Friends

Here's a card with some more Occasions Mini products and one I made it for the Splitcoast Sketch #260 here. I used the Vintage Vogue stamp set. I colored the "F" with the So Saffron marker and the "friends" with the Pretty in Pink Marker. The flower border was stamped in Chocolate Chip. I ran the So Saffron background panel thru the Big Shot with the new Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions folder. The Chocolate Chip flowered paper and Pretty In Pink polka dot paper are from the Sweet Pea DSP stack. A piece of So Saffron 1/2 inch striped grosgrain ribbon finishes it off.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue

Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, So Saffron and Sweet Pea DSP stack

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink and So Saffron markers

Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions folder, 1/2 inch striped So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, 1 3/4 inch circle punch

It's my birthday so I'm gonna play at PPA!

Today's my birthday-29 again!-so I'm playing with my Occasions pre-order and this sketch at PPA. Since I had the Sending Love Specialty DSP out I used that and the With All My Heart set. I used the rock-and-roll technique with the main image. I inked it up in Pretty in Pink then rolled the edges of the stamp in Real Red. I added a Real Red 3/4 inch circle in the middle and finished it off with a Read Red 1/2 inch Sending Love Epoxy brad. The "thank you" is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. Off to play some more!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: With All My Heart, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Sending Love Specialty DSP

Inks: Pretty in Pink and Real Red

Accessories: Ticket corner punch, 3/4 inch circle punch, 1 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Sending Love Real Red Epoxy brad

Sending Love For You Sneak Peek

I'm giving you another sneak peek at the Sending Love Specialty DSP from the Occasions Mini available to you on January 5, 2010. I saw this card by Julie Davison and made my own version with the Sending Love Specialty DSP, 5/8 inch Satin Real Red ribbon and the Vintage Labels set from Sale-a-bration.

I inked up the small medallion-like stamp in Real Red then punched it out with the Scallop circle punch. I stamped the "for you" sentiment in Chocolate Chip and punched it out with the 1 inch circle punch. The other circle punches used were the 1 3/4 inch, 1 3/8 inch and 1 1/4 inch. I used the Mat pack to pierce holes in the bottom of the Kraft card stock and tied the Satin ribbon around the bottom.

Here's the recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Labels

Papers: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Pretty In Pink, Sending Love Specialty DSP

Inks: Chocolate Chip and Real Red

Accessories: 1 inch, 1 1/4 inch, 1 3/8 inch, 1 3/4 inch circle punches, Scallop circle punch, 5/8 inch Satin Real Red ribbon, Mat pack and paper piercing tool, Stampin dimensionals

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas to all! Hope you're all enjoying the day with family and friends. We're having our family Christmas this morning and heading to Kenosha with the rest of the family in the afternoon. We're thankful for everyone and everything we have!
I'm sharing my last Christmas project for this year, a gift bag for my mom's presents. I was inspired by this card that I saw on Splitcoast.
The kraft bag was stamped with the snowflake from Patterned Pines in Real Red, Old Olive and Soft Suede. The panel has a piece of the flocked specialty paper from Christmas Cocoa. There's a piece of the 1 1/4 inch Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon that's wrapped up with a Circle Fire brad. I punched a piece of Whisper White with the Ornament punch. I stamped the leaf from Berry Christmas in Old Olive, the berries in Real Red, and "make merry" in Soft Suede. That's popped up with Stampin' dimensionals. The ribbon stamp was stamped in Versamark then embossed with Silver embossing powder. The tag is from Christmas Punch, layered on a piece of Old Olive punched from the Wide Oval punch.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Berry Christmas and Delightful Decorations, Christmas Punch, Patterned Pines
Papers: Whisper white, Old Olive, Real Red, Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers
Inks: Old Olive, Real Red, Soft Suede, Versamark
Accessories: Circle Fire brad, Ornament Punch, Scallop oval punch, Wide oval punch, 1 1/4 inch Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon, Silver embossing powder, Mistletoe ribbon, Stampin dimensionals

Christmas Gift Box

We'll it's Christmas Eve and we're off to Illinois. I thought I'd share this box I made for my sister's Christmas present. It's perfect to dress up a gift card or two. See this post for a link on how to make the box.
I used Real Red card stock for the base and some papers and stickers from the Christmas Jingle SS kit. I stamped the trees from Patterned Pines in Old Olive then cut them out and used Stampin' dimensionals on the middle one. The ribbon is Sleigh Bells from the Holiday Mini. I used the small swirl/flower stamp from Patterned Pines to make the tag that I punched out with the Small Tag punch.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Patterned Pines
Papers: Very vanilla, Real Red, Christmas Jingle SS Kit
Inks: Old Olive, Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' write markers
Accessories: Sleigh Bells 5/8 inch ribbon, 1/4 inch Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Small Tag punch, Scallop edge punch, white gel pen, Stampin' dimensionals

MOJO on a Wednesday

Here's another birthday card with a sneek peek at some Specialty Papers in the Occasions Mini. They're called Sending Love Specialty DSP and I do love them! I also used a new stamp set, With All My Heart, that coordinates with the papers. And new Corduroy Buttons in Real Red!

I followed the MOJO Monday #118 sketch here. I also used On Your Birthday for the greeting. The border is scalloped with the Scallop Edge punch. The other punches used were the 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch circle punches, and the Large Oval and Scallop Oval punches. Finally, the ribbon is the 3/4 inch polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, on the reverse side.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: With All My Heart, On Your Birthday

Papers: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Sending Love Specialty DSP

Inks: Chocolate Chip and Real Red

Accessories: 3/4 inch real red polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, Real Red corduroy brad, Scallop edge punch, 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch circle punches, Large Oval and Scallop oval punches, white gel pen

Stamping 411 Sketch #130 Masculine Birthday

This one is for the Stamping 411 sketch #130 here. I have a card order for birthday cards so here's another one.

Party Hearty is my "go to" birthday set. I think I need to buy another one! And the Specialty papers from To the Nines are perfect for those masculine cards.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Party Hearty

Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, To the Nines Specialty

Inks: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand

Accessories: 3/4 inch circle punch, word window punch, stampin dimensionals

Splitcoast Sketch #259 Birthday

Here's another Sneak Peek at some Sweet Pea DSP stack papers. And this one is for the Splitcoast Sketch #259 here. I used the Party Hearty stamp set for this gender neutral birthday card. You're gonna love this Paper Stack with 48 sheets of double sided, coordinated papers! Keeping it short and sweet-presents to wrap and cookies to bake yet!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Party Hearty

Papers: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, Sweet Pea DSP stack

Inks: Pumpkin Pie and Taken with Teal

Accessories: 3/4 inch circle punch and Stampin dimensionals

Vintage Vogue Wedding gift bag and card

Here's another sneak peek from the Occasions Mini and the Sale-a-bration sets. I made this gift bag and card for a bridal shower that I'm attending on Sunday. I took inspiration from the bride's bath towel color on her registry. It's closest to Sage Shadow so I used that with Chocolate Chip and Rich Razzleberry.

The new sets I used are Vintage Vogue (Occasions Mini) and Vintage Labels (Sale-a-bration). The flowers from Vintage Vogue were stamped in the three colors and the sentiment, "Life happens. Love helps" was stamped in Razzleberry. The oval image from Vintage Labels was stamped in Razzleberry and the "Best Wishes" stamped in Chocolate Chip.

The card uses a stamp from Fun and Fast Notes and the Backgrounds 1 texturz plates. I colored the image with blender pens and added a bit of the 1/2 inch Rich Razzleberry polka-dot grosgrain ribbon.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Vintage Labels, Fun and Fast Notes

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Rich Razzleberry and Sage Shadow

Papers: Whisper white, Chocolate Chip, Rich Razzleberry, Sage Shadow, To the Nines Specialty papers, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP

Accessories: Backgrounds 1 texturz plates, 1/2 inch Razzleberry polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, 1/4 inch Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, blender pens, Wide oval punch, Scallop edge punch, Stampin' dimensionals

Occasions Mini Sneek Peek (& a Mojo Sketch)

You're getting a look at some new Designer Papers in the Occasions Mini Catalog out January 5, 2010! There's an awesome Designer Series Paper Stack with 48 sheets total of double sided, really cute papers. Now that my Christmas cards are done and sent out, I hope to play more with my Occasions pre-order!

I made this for the Mojo sketch #117 here. Party Hearty is the set I used. I first stamped the whole cupcake image in Rose Red, stamped the frosting part in Chocolate Chip on scrap paper then cut it out. I also stamped the candle in Tempting Turquoise and cut that out. The Scallop Circle #2 Bigz die was used for the Rose Red circle and the Coluzzle was used for the Whisper White circle. The "cake" sentiment was stamped in Chocolate Chip on Rose Red paper then punched out with the Word Window punch. A border with Tempting Turquoise was made with the Scallop Edge punch. A bit of 1/4 inch Tempting Turquoise ribbon and it's done!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Party Hearty

Papers: Whisper white, Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise, Sweet Pea DSP stack

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red and Tempting Turquoise,

Accessories: 1/4 inch Tempting Turquoise grosgrain ribbon, Scallop #2 Circle Bigz die, Coluzzle, Word Window punch, Scallop Edge punch

Stamping 411 Sketch #129 Anniversary

It's been a bad weekend around here! My daughter Abby had her two front teeth knocked out of place during her basketball game. Luckily we were able to get our dentist to put them back and now we're working with the ortho. All after getting her braces off this summer. A bit of prayers will hopefully help them heal! She's been such a tough cookie!

Meanwhile, I've gotten a couple of card orders so I need to make an anniversary card and the Stamping 411 sketch #129 was perfect! I used the retired Candy Lane DSP, the Always stamp set and Teeny Tiny Wishes. I punched the Pink Pirouette piece of dsp with the scallop edge punch. Happy Anniversary was stamped in Close to Cocoa, punched out with the Small Oval punch then layered with the Scallop Oval punch. The ribbon is Riding Hood Red taffeta that is also retired. The big heart is from Always and the rounder one was punched with the Heart punch.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Always and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Papers: Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Candy Lane DSP
Inks: Close to Cocoa and Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, Small Oval punch, Scallop oval punch, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, Heart punch, Stampin' dimensionals

Christmas Gift Card Boxes

It's a gift card kind of Christmas so I wanted to have a little something special to give them in. I make these pizza boxes using the Christmas Jingle SSK. I found the template here on Jen del Muro's blog. They are so cute and easy!

The papers, snowflake stickers and Old Olive scallop circle sticker are all from the Christmas Jingle SSK. I used the Ticket Corner punch on the corners of the papers. I colored the "Holly Jolly" stamp from the Christmas Punch set with Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' write markers. The "Make Merry" is from Berry Christmas and the little flower image is from Season of Joy. The ribbon is from the Sleigh Bells set in the Holiday Mini. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch the hole thru the chipboard circles and tied them on with Gold elastic cord.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas, Christmas Punch, Season of Joy

Papers: Very Vanilla, Real Red and Old Olive, Christmas Jingle SSK

Inks: Real Red and Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Write markers

Accessories: Ticket Corner punch, scallop edge punch, Curly Label Punch, Crop-a-dile, Sleigh Bells ribbon, Gold elastic cord

Splitcoast Card Sketch #258

I used Patterned Pines for the Splitcoast Card Sketch #258 here. I think this is one of my favorite sketches, so simple yet cute! I used papers from the Christmas Jingle SSK. I stamped the trees in both Real Red and Old Olive then cut them out. The green one is popped up on Stampin dimensionals. A piece of Real Red 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon finishes off the card. Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Patterned Pines

Papers: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Christmas Jingle SSK

Inks: Real Red and Old Olive

Accessories: 1/4 inch Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Stampin dimensionals

Mojo 116 Snowflake Circles

I'm chipping down to the last of the Chrismas cards I need. I did this one for the MojoMonday Sketch #116 here. I used the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' kit papers and self-adhesive die cuts. I also used a piece from the Old Olive Patterns DSP. I cut the circles with my Coluzzle. In the center of the red circle I stamped the snowflake from Berry Christmas in Old Olive and added a Circle Fire Rhinestone brad. The ribbon is a piece of the Misletoe ribbon from the Holiday Mini. Finally, Merry Christmas from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped in Old Olive then punched with the Word Window Punch.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Old Olive Patterns DSP, Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin

Inks: Old Olive

Accessories: Mistletoe 3/8 inch Old Olive ribbon, Circle Fire Rhinestone brads, Word Window punch, Coluzzle, Stampin' dimensionals

Stamping 411 Flocked Ornaments

Obviously I can't stop using the Delightful Decorations set!

I made this card for the Stamping 411 challenge here.

I punched out a piece of the red flocked paper from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers with the Ornament punch. I stamped the ribbon from Berry Christmas in Real Red. And the joy ornament was stamped in Old Olive. The Real Red Stampin write marker was used to create the other ornament hangers. Finally, I stamped Merry Christmas in Real Red. A piece of 3/4 inch Real Red polka-dot grosgrain ribbon finished the design.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Berry Christmas, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red and Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers

Inks: Real Red and Old Olive classic stampin pads, Real Red Stampin write marker

Accessories: 3/4 inch Real Red polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

SC 257 Ornaments

I'm on a roll-another post today to make up for last week!

Here's another Christmas card done for the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge #257 here. I just love the Delightful Decorations set from the Holiday Mini! And the coordinating punch makes for fast cards. I masked the Soft Suede ornament then stamped the two other ornaments in Real Red. I'm really trying not to hoard my papers and to use up the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Delightful Decorations

Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Suede and Christmas Cocoa specialty papers

Inks: Real Red and Soft Suede, Basic Black Stampin write marker

Accessories: Ornament Punch, 1 1/4 inch square punch, 1 3/8 inch square punch

PPA and Mojo Challenge Christmas Card

My back is finally feeling better so I'm trying to fininsh making my Christmas cards. So I made this one to catch up on last week's Mojo Monday #115 sketch here and PPA#19's Inspiration Challenge here.

I immediately thought of the leaf stamp in the Berry Christmas set. I stamped the top of that in a circle with Old Olive, added the berries in Real Red and the little poinsettia stamp is from Season of Joy, stamped in Soft Suede. The greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes is framed in a sticker from the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin kit. I ran half of the Old Olive base thru the Big Shot with the Petals-a-Plenty impressions folder and added some Sleigh Bells ribbon.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Season of Joy

Papers: Whisper White, Old Olive, Real Red

Inks: Old Olive, Real Red and Soft Suede

Accessories: Scallop circle #2 bigz die, Petals-a-plenty textured impressions folder, Sleigh Bells ribbon, stampin dimensionals, white gel pen

Stamping 411 Merry Wreath

I had time to play this morning so I made this for the Stamping 411 sketch here. I'm not going to hoard paper anymore so you might be seeing a lot of the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers. I used the Berry Christmas stamp set, the Jumbo Snowflake punch and some Mistletoe ribbon. The greeting was stamped in Soft Suede and punched out with the Modern Label punch.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Soft Suede and Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real red and Soft Suede

Accessories: Silver brad, Jumbo snowflake punch, Mistletoe ribbon, Modern Label punch

It's December! (SC256)

Can you believe it's actually December?

I've been m.i.a. for a few reasons. It was a nice Thanksgiving weekend with family. And then I threw out my back starting to decorate for Christmas. Today was the first day I could sit to stamp a little.

So I caught up with the Splitcoast sketch #256 here.

This was a quick card cuz, again, I just traced the dimensions on a piece from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers. And only one thing stamped was the greeting. It's hard to see, but I ran the Soft Suede piece thru the Big Shot with the small polka dots from the Backgrounds 1 texturz plates. The circle is punched with the 1 3/8 inch circle punch and the snowflake with the Jumbo snowflake punch. An Antique brass brad adheres the snowflakes to the card.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Soft Suede, Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Soft Suede

Accessories: Jumbo snowflake punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, word window punch, modern label punch, antique brass brad. Backgrounds 1 texturz plates