Hello everyone! And welcome to another Freaky blog tour!! Maybe you just came from the wonderfully talented Barb Mullikin! Or maybe you visit me on a regular basis. However you got here I hope you enjoy your visit and then decide to make the rounds for this fantastic blog tour! This month the Freaks are going to be showing off some of the most fantastic products from the upcoming Occasions mini catalog! You are going to LOVE them all!!! Please note that if you are visiting before the 20th, some of the links may not be working. Be sure to come back on the 20th to go through the entire tour without any hiccups!
So for my first project I used a new product that I am SO super excited about and a new stamp set. Take a look!
The new stamp set that I used for this card is called Apothecary Art. It is such a beautiful and elegant set! I am so excited to really sit down and play with it! If you look at the card, you will notice that the stamp has a fun shape to it. Well, the new product that Stampin' Up! created to go with this set is the new Framelits dies!!! Yippppeeee!!!! And they are so super easy to use. I started with a card base of Soft Suede and then added a piece of So Saffron that was run through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. I cut a smaller piece of Soft Suede and used my ticket corner punch on the four corners. I ran this piece through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and then attached a piece of Pear Pizzazz to the back of this and then popped it up on the card. I stamped the image from Apothecary Art onto Very Vanilla with Soft Suede ink and then colored the image with So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz markers. Then I used the new Labels Framelits dies (I picked the appropriate size) and ran it through the Big Shot to cut the frame! It is really so easy! I stamped the greeting (also from the same set) on a scrap of Very Vanilla and then attached it to the frame. I popped up the frame onto the card and added several pearls of various sizes to the centers of the flowers!
For my second project, I decided to try something that I had seen on Pinterest. I had several little mason jars sitting around just waiting for me to do something with them! So I decided to make a votive holder using some fabulous new fabric that will be in the new Occasions mini catalog. I love this fabric! Such fun prints and colors!! So this is what the front looks like.
And then I tried to give you a little peek as to what the inside might look like, too. Please note that I do not have a burning candle in there!! It is just a battery operated candle. I am a little too scared to try a burning candle!!
So what I did for this was to cut strips of this fabulous new fabric called Twitterpated - cute name, right! I love this fabric (did I say this already?)! Anyway, I used Mod Podge and applied it to the front of the fabric and glued it to the inside of the jar (so the printed side was facing out). I wasn't too worried about the strips overlapping or having a little gap here and there. How cute would it be to have several of these in the different prints around the house or lining the shelves? I was even thinking of finding a way to hang them. Lots of possibilities!
I hope that you will click the button below to move through the tour to Dawn's blog. What wonderful projects await you there! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Good morning, Friends! I had every intention of posting yesterday but ran out of time. We had to get Nick to the gym early yesterday for his basketball tournament. The team played three games yesterday. They won one and lost two. They didn't play terrible for a team that has been together for only a few short weeks! Then we came home for just a few moments and bundled up for a baseball fundraiser at our local parade of lights. The boys sold hot chocolate and cookies. Didn't make a ton of money but didn't do too bad either! Today we will be at the gym early again for two more games and then we go up to the 'ranch' where Pat's family is and have an early Christmas. Since we are all heading out of town later this week, we are getting together for a little Christmas! Very exciting! Anyway, it has been a busy weekend!!
Today's card is one that I made a while ago. Not a favorite but there are things that I like about it. As I look at it, I do wish that I had paid better attention and made the stripes match. But I love these colors!! And I love the Mocha Morning designer paper!! My card base is Early Espresso with a layer of Crumb Cake that was run through the Big Shot with the Tulip Frame embossing folder. Then I cut a piece of Early Espresso and scalloped one end and tied a piece of Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon around it. I cut four squares of Mocha Morning designer paper, rounded the corners and glued them onto the Early Espresso piece. This panel is popped up on the card. Then I cut a square of Crumb Cake and stamped the tree from Thoughts and Prayers in Crumb Cake and the greeting in Early Espresso. I also sponged the edges in Crumb Cake. This square is also popped up. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Thoughts & Prayers; Paper- Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mocha Morning designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, Tulip Frame embossing folder, corner rounder, sponge, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! I hope you are ready for another sketch challenge from Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is from Patrice Herrera. Take a look!
And here is how it inspired me.
My card base is Cherry Cobbler with a piece of Crumb Cake layered on top. Then I took a piece of Marina mist and ran it through the Big Shot a couple of times - first with the scallop circles #2 die and then with the Snow Burst embossing folder. I popped this up on the card. Then I punched a stocking with the stocking builder punch from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper. I punched another stocking from Whisper White card stock. I took the Whisper White pieces and layered them on the designer stocking and then popped it up on the scallop circle. Then I used some Cherry Cobbler baker's twine and tied two mini jingle bells together and glued them to the stocking. The last thing I did was to stamp the greeting in Early Espresso at the bottom. Pretty easy!!
Please click 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. And keep clicking your way through the tour to get inspired! I do hope you will play along with us this week and upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all take a look! We love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- Snow Burst embossing folder, stocking builder punch, scallop circles #2 die, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, mini jingle bells, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you are ready for another fabulous and fun Thursday challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week the challenge is a sketch. Take a look!
And here is what I created!
The sketch is a square card but I made mine a regular card size. That's why I like sketch challenges so much! I started with a card base of Marina Mist and then added a strip of Frostwood Lodge designer paper. On top of this is a piece of Cherry Cobbler that was run through the Big Shot using the Snow Burst embossing folder. Then I stamped the snowman from Snow Much Fun in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White that was cut with the 3" circle die. I colored the snowman with Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, and Basic Grey markers. This circle is glued to a piece of Marina Mist that was cut with the scallop circles #2 die and then popped up on the card. Then I stamped the greeting in black StazOn on a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end and tucked it under the circles. The last thing I did was to tie two mini jingle bells together with the Cherry Cobbler baker's twine and glue them to the circle. Cute, huh!!
Please visit the Create with Connie and Mary site to see what all the other designers did with this fun sketch. Then create your own beautiful project and upload it so that we can all see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Much Fun; Paper- Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Grey; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, mini jingle bells, scallop circles #2 die, 3" circle die, Snow Burst embossing folder, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I am finally back to posting again. We had some technical difficulties to deal with but I think that they are taken care of now. At least I hope so! I am truly done with my Christmas shopping - yea!! Now to wrap and enjoy the last few days remaining until Christmas! Nick has finished up his last quarter requirements and is waiting for break to start. I still can't believe how fast time has gone!!
Today's card was one that I did with my stamp club/mystery hostess workshop on Monday. I tried to stay away from Christmas cards at this workshop. I hadn't planned on going in a 'spring' direction either but I still liked how this one turned out! I took a piece of Confetti White card stock that was cut down and stamped the greeting from Just Believe in Wild Wasabi, then glued it to a piece of Wild Wasabi and the popped it up on a card base of Confetti White. Then I punched a circle from Confetti White with the 2 1/2" circle punch and stamps the leafy branch image from the same set in Wild Wasabi several times (and some without re-inking). I attached this to a piece of Wild Wasabi that I had cut with the Perfect Pennants die and then popped it up on the card. The final touch was to add a butterfly that I had die cut from Blushing Bride with the Beautiful Wings sizzlet. I put a mini brad in the middle and used a glue dot to attach it to the card. Very soft and simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Believe; Paper- Confetti White, Wild Wasabi, Blushing Bride; Ink- Wild Wasabi; Accessories- Perfect Pennants die, Beautiful Wings sizzlet, 2 1/2" circle punch, mini brad, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I was so glad to be able to sleep in a little this morning! It felt soooo good to keep snuggling under the blankets with it being so cold outside! Now I am snuggling up to a hot cup of coffee. Yum!! Not much planned today. I'm just glad it's the weekend! We are going over to a friend's house tonight. I am making dinner and I am trying a new recipe. I am super excited! I'll let you know how it turns out.
Today's card was inspired by an older sketch of Karen Giron's. You can find it 'here'. This is a card that I did for a swap last month. Since I just got my cards back today, I thought it was more than safe to show you all. I really do like the way this one turned out! And it was really pretty easy!! I got my color inspiration from an older challenge at The Paper Players. It was to use Always Artichoke, River Rock and Riding Hood Red. I like how these colors make a more muted, aged Christmas card. My card base is River Rock and then I cut another piece of River Rock and a piece of Riding Hood Red that I ran through the Big Shot with the Snow Burst embossing folder. Then I wrapped some Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon around it and glued it to my card base Then I cut a piece of Always Artichoke with the scallop circles #2 die and a piece of River Rock with the 3" die. I sponged the edges of the River Rock piece with River Rock before adhering it to the scallop piece. This is popped up on the card and one end is cut off. I stamped the tree from Season of Joy in Always Artichoke and Early Espresso onto Very Vanilla and cut it out. This is popped up on the circle. Then I stamped the greeting, from the same set, in Always Artichoke onto Very Vanilla and flagged one end. The other end is glued onto the circle. The last thing I did was to color a rhinestone with a Sharpie marker and put it on my tree! And there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Season of Joy; Paper- River Rock, Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla; Ink- Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, River Rock; Accessories- Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon, rhinestone, Snow Burst embossing folder, scallop circles #2 die, 3" circle die, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's Friday? I am!! Today we have another fun sketch challenge for you all from Sketch Frenzy Friday! Take a look at this fantastic sketch from Maria Vanderform!
I thought this was a fantastic opportunity to use up some of those scraps that I always seem to have lying around. Take a look at what I finally came up with.
I knew that I wanted to use the Snow Much Fun set (got to make as many cards as I can since I borrowed this set - lol)! So I took some of my In Color designer paper scraps - Pool Party and Island Indigo, and cut them in strips. I also threw in a strip of the beautiful silver glimmer paper. I glued these to a piece of Whisper White card stock and then glued the whole panel to a Whisper White card base. Then I stamped the image on a piece of Whisper White in black StazOn and colored him in with markers. This panel is glued to a piece of Basic Grey and then popped up on the card. I stamped the greeting in black StazOn onto Whisper White and flagged one end and put a brad through the other then glued it to the card. And there you have it!
Time for you to click 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Be sure to continue through the tour to get inspired. I do hope you will play along with us this week! Upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all take a look! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Much Fun; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, silver glimmer, In Color designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Basic Grey, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Pumpkin Pie; Accessories- silver brad, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! It's time again for another fantastic challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week is a color challenge and just take a look at these very fun colors!!
The challenge colors are Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, and Basic Grey. The green and red spoke Christmas to me. And the grey fits right in with a silver look. Love it! So here is what I came up with.
I really do like the way this one turned out! Lucky Limeade and Poppy Parade are very bright so I used more of the Basic Grey to mute them a bit. This is one super simple card! My card base is Basic Grey. I stamped the Simple Snowflake stamp on it in Basic Grey and rounded the bottom corners. Then I took a strip of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Word Play in black StazOn. I stamped it again on a scrap piece of Whisper White and colored the ornament with the Lucky Limeade and Poppy Parade markers and cut it out. This strip is layered onto a piece of Poppy Parade and then a piece of Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon is tied around it and glued to the card. Then I took the cut out ornament and popped it up on the card (right over the original one). Easy!!
Please take some time to go see what the other designers have come up with! You will find their creations at Create with Connie and Mary! I do hope you will have some time to play along with us! We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Simple Snowflake, Word Play; Paper- Basic Grey, Poppy Parade, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Grey, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, black StazOn; Accessories- Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon, corner rounder, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I think morning came a little too early today - lol! Guess I am ready for the weekend. It will get here soon enough. Can't wish the days away as I have a lot to do between now and then! Thanks to my wonderful husband, I think we have our Christmas shopping done! Yea!! I need to take Nick and go out looking for the hubby but that will be it! Our tree looks happy now!
Today's card is one that I just came up with from my own head. My friend, Becky, let me borrow her Snow Much Fun stamp set. This is one that I didn't get but I really like it. So I thought I should make a few cards before I have to send it back. This one is super simple. I stamped the snowman onto Whisper White card stock with black StazOn ink and colored him in with markers. This panel was layered onto a piece of Wild Wasabi and then popped up onto a Whisper White card base. Then I stamped the greeting in black StazOn onto a scrap piece of Whisper White and flagged one end and glued it to the card. The final touch was to add some rhinestones for his buttons. Super simple! Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Snow Much Fun; Paper- Whisper White, Wild Wasabi; Ink- black StazOn, Wild Wasabi, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red; Accessories- rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Brrrr!!!! Baby it's cold outside! And in the house!! I think the temperature got down close to zero last night. So the fire feels really good right now! Thankfully, I put the flannel sheets on yesterday, too, so I slept really good! But I wanted to stay under the blankets a lot longer than I could. I was able to get a lot of stamping done yesterday and I am hoping to do the same today. I do need to start thinking about getting some Christmas presents done, too. The time is just flying by!!
Today's card was inspired by an older sketch at Stamping 411. It kind of looks like another one that I did a while ago but I did use different colors on this one. I rather like the way it turned out, too! My card base is Crumb Cake. The squares start with Early Espresso and then a piece from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper that was cut with the Scallop Squares duo die and then a piece of Whisper White. On the Whisper White piece I stamped the greeting from Bells and Boughs in Early Espresso. Then I wrapped a piece of Cherry Cobbler baker's twine around the squares and tied on some mini jingle bells. I love those little jingle bells!! Then I popped them up on the card. On a scrap piece of Whisper White, I stamped the holly in black StazOn and colored it in with Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler markers. Then I cut it out and popped it up, too. And there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells and Boughs; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, mini jingle bells, Scallop Squares duo die, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Here we are at another week. I just can't believe how fast it is all going! I know my son can't wait for Christmas break to get here, though. Everything just seems to go at record speed this time of year. We need to finish up the shopping and don't even talk to me about Christmas cards! Maybe I will get some sent out.
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Clean&Simple. When I first saw the sketch I didn't have any ideas. But after looking through a magazine, I saw ideas using two triangles for a Christmas tree. Well, I decided to give it a try and here is my result! I got my color cues from the Just Add Cake designer paper. And I think it turned out pretty cute! My card base is Poppy Parade and then I used the 3 1/2" circle die to die cut a circle from Blushing Bride card stock and that is glued to the card front. I stamped the words from Grateful for You in Early Espresso onto the circle. Then I cut the two smaller triangles from the Perfect Pennants die using designer paper from the Just Add Cake pack. I trimmed the ends of each triangle with the scallop edge border punch and curled them out a little. I cut a small piece of Early espresso for the trunk and a star using the stars die and So Saffron paper. The tree is popped up on the card and the final touch was some rhinestones. I hope you like it, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Grateful for You; Paper- Poppy Parade, Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, So Saffron, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- rhinestones, 3 1/2" circle die, stars die, Perfect Pennants die, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a super weekend! No winter storm here. Although, today I can't see the mountains around us because of the heavy cloud cover. Looks like they are getting snow. And that's good! So it will be a lazy day around here watching football (go Teebow!!) and staying warm! I made some yummy chili last night for dinner and we have leftovers so that might be the choice of food for tonight as well. I don't mind!
Today's card was inspired from a sketch at My Favorite Things. I don't have any fancy shape die cuts (not yet, anyway), so I made the layer behind my greeting from the two ends of the Top Note die. The card base is Cherry Cobbler with layers of Garden Green and a piece of Frostwood Lodge designer paper. Then I stamped the greeting from the Christmas Lodge stamp set with Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green markers onto Whisper White card stock and the two ends of the Top Note die were glued behind it. I popped this up on the card and added a silver snowflake from the Northern Frost decorative strip die to the corner and a rhinestone that I colored with a red Sharpie marker. A very simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Christmas Lodge; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White, Silver glimmer, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green; Accessories- Top Note die, Northern Frost decorative strip die, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you are having a fantastic start to your weekend! I hope to find some time this weekend to get myself caught up on stamping and card making so that I have something to post. I got a new computer last week and am still getting used to using it. I actually went from a PC to a Mac. I love my Mac so far but I am having to learn a few things as I go. Thankfully I learned how to resize pictures and add a watermark (of some sorts). I have been out of the stamping routine for a while now that I feel like I need something to "jump" start me. I couldn't even get my mojo going last night while stamping with Becky. She did let me borrow a stamp set so I will be trying to get something going with it today. We are currently under a Winter Storm Warning but so far nothing is happening. It is just really cloudy. We will see what happens later today.
Today's card was inspired from Mary Jo's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. My card base is Always Artichoke with a layer of Crumb Cake that I sent through the Big Shot using the Snow Burst embossing folder on the top part and then wrapped a piece of Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon around it. Then I stamped the Christmas greetings from Season of Joy in Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock and layered it onto Early Espresso and popped it up on the card. Then I stamped the tree in Always Artichoke and Early Espresso on Very Vanilla and cut it out and popped it up over the panel with the words. I stamped the snowflake in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla and punched it out with the 1" circle punch and added a silver brad and glued it over the ribbon. Then I stamped the greeting in Early Espresso right under the knotted ribbon. Then I decided it needed a little pop of red so I colored a rhinestone with my red Sharpie pen and put it on the tree. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Season of Joy; Paper- Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso; Ink- Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon, silver brad, rhinestone, 1" circle punch, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! Are you ready for a great weekend? I think we are!! No big plans, really. Just ready to rest and relax! It is time for the Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and it looks like I was ready for the wrong week so I am posting the sketch and sending you on to Jennifer. So sorry! Now go and have some fun by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch.
Good morning everyone! Here we are at the beginning of December! Yikes!! I am finding it so hard to believe that 2011 is coming to a close! Besides that, I really need to get going on my Christmas cards and Christmas shopping! But first, it is Thursday, and that means another great challenge from our friends at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we have a sketch to challenge us! Take a look!
And here is what I decided to do with it!
I guess it is no surprise that I have Christmas on the brain. We have finally put up our Christmas tree and decorations. I did alter the sketch just a bit but it is mostly still there. My card base is Crumb Cake. I layered a piece of Cherry Cobbler and a piece of designer paper from the Frostwood collection together. Then I flagged one end of a strip of Garden Green and glued that down as well. Before this was glued to the card I wrapped a piece of Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon around it. I also put another piece of Garden Green just under the ribbon with the word 'merry' (from Pennant Parade stamp set) stamped in Early Espresso. I punched a piece of Cherry Cobbler with the 2 1/2" circle punch and popped it up on the card. I stamped the the tree from the same set in Garden Green on Whisper White three times and cut them out. I also punched out three scallop pennants from Garden Green card stock. I glued the trees to a scallop pennant and then scored them down the middle. One side of the pennant was glued to one side of another and then glued to another (I hope that all made sense - lol). The other two sides were glued to the circle. I added a rhinestone at the top of the tree to finish it off. A fun card!!
I do hope that you will go on over to the Create with Connie and Mary site to see what the other fantastic designers did with this sketch! I do hope you will play along with us this week and let us see what you designed using this sketch! I do love to see what you all come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Garden Green, Early Espresso; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon, rhinestone, pennant builder punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals
