PPA5 Halloweeen Theme

A rainy day, time to play at PPA! I got a chance to make this Halloween card for the PPA5 challenge. I also used the MojoMonday week #101 card sketch. I don't make many square cards but this 4 1/4 square one turned out pretty good. Lotta multi-tasking today for me! This stamp, Little Boo, is one of the ones in the back of the catalog on the under $10 page. It's too cute and the image coordinates with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch. It might be hard to see but I ran the Basic Black piece thru the Big Shot with the diamond texturz plate from the Backgrounds 1 set. And once again, the Razzleberry Lemonade papers are too versatile.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Little Boo
Papers: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Razzleberry Lemonade
Inks: Basic Black
Accessories: 1 1/4 inch circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Stampin Up Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates, 1/2 inch pumpkin pie striped grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

Two Splitcoast Challenges in one Card

I made this card for two Splitcoast Challenges. Color Combo #233-Chocolate Chip, Kraft and Real Red. And the sketch #243 here. I'm always in on anything to do with Real Red!

This card has a bit of retired designer paper-the polka-dot Kraft pattern is from the Patterns Pack Level 1 Hostess set of the Fall-Winter 2008 catalog. The stamp set is Two Cool Dudes and is really cute!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Two Cool Dudes

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Real Red, Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers, Kraft patterns

Inks: Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 1/2 inch circle punch

Another Birthday Card

I made this one a while back but just realized I never posted it. It's another birthday card for Home & School. I cut the Scallop Circle #2 bigger circle in half and stamped it with the flowers from Garden Greetings(dormant list)in Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry and Orchid Opulence. I used the oval punch and layered that over the scallop oval punch for the birthday wishes. Quick and cute!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Garden Greetings(Dormant list)

Papers: Whisper white, Old Olive, Orchid Opulence, Cottage Wall DSP

Inks: Orchid Opulence, Rich razzleberry, Old Olive

Accessories: Bigz Scallop Circle #2 die, oval and scallop oval punches, old olive 5/8 inch grosgrain ribbon

I HAD to Stamp!

I FINALLY got to stamp today. I think that's why I'm so crabby-no stamping since Saturday! I've been helping my parents clean out for a garage sale. Lotsa stuff after 43 years of marriage in the same house. Then today and yesterday had 5 back to school meetings in two days. I'm the new Home & School President so I've got lots more work to do but I HAD to stamp.
So this card was for this sketch from last week's Mojo 100th.
I used the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers and the snowflake from the Berry Christmas set. I stamped it in a VersaMark pad, sprinkled some Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss power and heated that up. It's much more sparkly in real life!
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Berry Christmas
Papers: Shimmery White card stock, Soft Suede, Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers
Inks: VersaMark pad, Soft Suede
Accessories: Stampin' Emboss Powder Iridescent Ice, Soft Suede polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, word window punch, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Stampin' dimensionals, heat gun

Stamping 411 Birthday Card

It's Saturday and that means a new sketch here at Stamping 411. I know I'm repeating myself but these sketches are the best! They're pretty basic but help me whip up a really cute card, really fast! I need more birthday cards for Home & School so I made this one with the Thoroughly Modern papers.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Party Hearty

Papers: Whisper White, Rose Red, Soft Suede, Thoroughly Modern DSP

Inks: Rose Red, Soft Suede and Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Word window punch, Modern Label punch, Soft Suede polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

PPA4-Anything But a Card

I had to play at PPA today! It's anything but a card and I immediately thought of this mini pizza box. Here's a link to Jen del Muro's instructions-warning, they're addictive! I made this one for a present for my daughter's friend. The box nicely fits a gift card, in this case an itunes card. I used Crushed Curry and a Ruby Red piece from The Write Stuff Specialty Designer Papers. I put the edges of the top of the box thru the Scallop Edge punch before I put the box together. The stamps from Think Happy Thoughts fit exactly in the 1 1/4 in circle punch. A little layering, a brad, some white gel pen dots and you're done. And the polka-dot grosgrain ribbon keeps the box tightly closed and adds just the right finishing touch. Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Think Happy Thoughts, Just Jawing

Papers: Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Ruby Red, The Write Stuff Specialty Designer Papers

Inks: Crushed Curry, Ruby Red

Accessories: Scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Earth Elements brads, Designer Hodgepodge Hardware ribbon slide, Crushed Curry polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

Another post with more MOJO

I did the daily Mojo sketch here. They're having a sketch every day to celebrate their 100th. Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card. My friend Mary's dad passed away. The last one I made was for her because her uncle died. I'm keeping Mary and family in my prayers. Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Close as a Memory

Papers: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Thoroughly Modern DSP

Inks: Soft Suede

Accessories: 1/4 inch Rose Red grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge punch

Splitcoast Sketch #242

Another Wednesday, another Splitcoast Card Sketch here.

If you haven't tried these, they're the bomb! As I've said before you can just trace the dimensions and have a really cute card, really fast. I needed a unisex card for our Home and School Association to have on hand so I thought this would fit the bill.
Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Trendy Trees and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and To the Nines Specialty

Inks: Chocolate Chip and Sage Shadow

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig

A Sketch and Color Combination 2 for 1

It's a Two for Tuesday! I combined the MOJOMARIA sketch here and the Splitcoast color combo here to make this card. This week there is a new sketch every day at Mojo Monday to celebrate their 100th. And the color combo at Splitcoast was Close to Cocoa, Taken with Teal and Very Vanilla. I used the Stampin' Up Top Note Bigz die and ran a piece of Taken with Teal and Very Vanilla thru then trimmed down the Vanilla according to the little perforation lines. You gotta love the Circle Circus set and I obviously love Teeny Tiny Wishes because I reach for it all the time! Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Circle Circus and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa and Taken with Teal

Inks: Close to Cocoa and Taken with Teal

Accessories: Stampin' Up Top Note Bigz die, 1/2 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, 5/8 inch Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

Monday Means Mojo

It's Monday and that means Mojo Monday. They're celebrating their 100th so they'll have a new sketch here every day this week. I decided to do another Christmas card because when you make and send over 75 cards you can never get started early enough. Plus, I wanted to show you another set that I pre-ordered from the Holiday Mini. The set is Berry Christmas and it's got a lot of fun images that you can combine for great cards or gifts. Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers

Inks: Real Red & Old Olive

Accessories: Scallop Circle #2 Bigz die, Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, 1/2 inch Mistletoe double-stitched grosgrain ribbon, Earth Elements brads, White gel pen,Stampin' dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig