Saturday, October 29, 2011
Christmas Balls
Sketch Frenzy Friday made me think long & hard before I could made a card, finally it came to me to make Christmas Balls instead of using the squares.
Printed Paper - Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
Red Ribbon - CloseToMyHeart
Twine - The Twinery
Stickles - Crystal
Liquid Glass - CloseToMyHeart
Yellow Ink - Tim Holtz Mustard Seed
Eyelets - Misc.
Welcome Home with Ribbon
Pals Paper Arts has a ribbon challenge going right now....yumm, I do love ribbon but it's so hard to use in a scrapbook filled with boys so cards are my outlet for ribbon usage
Printed Paper - Bo Bunny Welcome Home 6x6
Brown Cardstock - Stampin Up Early Espresso
Brown Ink - Tiim Holtz Walnut Ink
Blue Ink - Tin Holtz Stain Broken China
White Ink - Tim Holtz Stain Picket Fence
Ribbon - CloseToMyHeart Crystal Blue
Small Blue Brads - Basic Grey
Large Brad - Melody Ross Artsy Urban Collection Vintage Brads
Friday, October 28, 2011
Santa knows....
how bad smoking is for you so he's using bubbles from now on!
Sketch is from Priscillastyles Midnight Madness Sketch #127
Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly
Brown Cardstock - Stampin Up Early Espresso
Red Cardstock - Stampin Up Riding Hood Red
Pearls - Making Memories (various lines)
Brown Ink - Tim Holtz Walnut Ink
Sketch is from Priscillastyles Midnight Madness Sketch #127
Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly
Brown Cardstock - Stampin Up Early Espresso
Red Cardstock - Stampin Up Riding Hood Red
Pearls - Making Memories (various lines)
Brown Ink - Tim Holtz Walnut Ink
Happy Halloween
ok this is one of my favorite pages EVER to have made! I can't help myself, my boys were just too into Halloween last year. So much death and slashing and blood!
Aren't they awesome & let me tell you... bad over acting to the max! hilarious |
Pickin Pumpkins |
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Both of these are personal card favorites. On the left I used Tim Holtz inking technique and some double stamping for shadowing effects.
on the right, Hand Stitching... which is great for me because it looks good when messy :-) yay
on the right the apples are from Dustin Pike & are digis. A lot of his are colored some you get a choice on, these actually were not colored & I played with some old ink pens... so much fun
Digis are fun! These are from my friend, Spyder over at Spyder's Corner. She has a weekly freebie on Wednesdays!
Sketch challenges are so much fun & apparently I really really like bats, I just now realized how many times I used bats this year.
These were both for sketches, I really like how they both turned out.
These are bookmark corners, I made enough for my son's entire 5th grade class! They are so much fun and I hope the kids like them just a little bit |
Thursday, October 27, 2011
True Happiness
Color Combo Challenge from Authentique Paper Challenge: Lime, Black & White
Also I have entered this card into Unity's Friday Challenge to simply post something you used their stamp on, easy peasy :-) Leave me a comment!
well, since I don't have any Authentique Paper but I do own a stamp set from Unity/Authentique, I used a flower & sentiment from the set You+Me=Bliss to create my card
Flowers - Making Memories Flower Shop
Cardstock - CTMH Key Lime & Black
Black Ink - CTMH Black
Green Ink - SEI Chalk Pad
Bling - Imaginisce Hot Rox
White Ink - Tim HOltz Distress Stain Picket Fence
Smile
Sketch from Chick Challenges {with Ippity}
I also used 4 Crafty Chicks' new challenge of Paper Piercing
Printed Paper - Bo Bunny Gabrielle
Cardstock - Bo Bunny Double Dot
Brown Ink - Tim Holtz Walnut Stain
Lace - Kaiser Craft Devonshire Collection
Stamp Set - Ippity Share Your Smile
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Christmas Tags
Gosh so many great sketches, so little time! Tuesday Morning Sketches brings us this one
Printed Paper & Brads - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas
Scalloped Chipboard - CloseToMyHeart
Pink Ink - CTMH Hollyhock
Ticket Stamp Set - Unity Ticket to Christmas
Old Time St. Nick
The Paper Players Challenge #69, really like this sketch & may have to use it again :-)
Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas
Red Cardstock - CTMH Cranberry
Tan Cardstock - CTMH Bamboo
Brown Ink - Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap
White Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Stain Picket Fence
Flowers - Making Memories Flower Shop
Red Ink (colored red flowers) - Tim Holtz Distress Stain Barn Door
Red Brads - Making Memories Paper Reverie
Stamp Set - Rubber Stampede
25th
Sketch from The Sweetest Thing, love it!
yep once again the Printed Paper & Brad embellishment - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas
Red Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Ornaments - Cricut Christmas & CTMH Art Philosophy cartridges
Ornament Paper - Making Memories Slice Metallic Paper
Stickes - Gold Rush
and to all a good night
Card Positioning System sketch made me think of a legal sized envelope so I modified it just a tad and am very pleased with the results!
Printed Paper & Sentiment - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas
Red Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cranberry
Tan Ink - CloseToMyHeart Bamboo
Snowflake stamps - CTMH Holiday Warmth
Red Trim - Making Memories Noel
Tan Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Brown Bag
Be Merry
such a simple little sketch from Skipping Stones Design this week but ya know what? I really like it!
Printed Paper & Sentimetn - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas (you're gonna see a bunch of this cuz I completely love it, purchased from Crop Chocolate)
Lace - Making Memories Noel
Green Ribbon & Tulle - Misc
Red Ink - CloseToMyHeart Vineyard Berry
Sunday, October 23, 2011
cute sketch from Unity Kit of the Month Sketch!
Printed Paper, Brad & Bling - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas
Cardstock - Stampin Up
Ticket Stamp Set - Unity Ticket to Christmas
Sentiment Stamp Set - Ippity Share Your Smile
Red & Distressing Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cranberry & Bamboo
Friday, October 21, 2011
The Breakfast Club
That's right, you remember that movie... this week's challenge over on Culture Shock is to make something ANYTHING based on the movie. Here's my creation:
my card is based on the Movie poster, I embossed each strip for the characters and what reminds me of them along with their color.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Visit Us
So I was attempting to use Chick Challenges with Ippity sketch
Unfortunately the two stamp sets I ended up using were from Unity but not Ippity, I'm so bad at this game! lol
Paper, Ribbon, Bling & Cardstock - The Paper Studio Affinity
Trees & House Stamp Set - Unity Family Dynamix
Words Stamp Set - Unity Sentiments O'Simple (just got this in my order from Crop Chocolate!)
Brown Ink - StazOn Timber Brown
Orange Ink - Tim Holtz Rip Persimmon
other ink - Bic MarkIt pens
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Father Christmas
Sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches
<---Outside & Inside--->
Printed Paper - Making Memories Noel (purchased for a great price from Crop Chocolate)
Green Cardstock - who knows, got it from Tuesday Morning :-)
Brown Ink - CloseToMyHeart Chocolate
Red Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cranberry
Stamps - neither are labeled, old wood mounted
You+Me=Bliss
don't ya just love that saying? It's got to be one of my favorite from Unity Stamps and the bike! I LOVE biking :-)
Sketch is another great one from CPS-Card Sketches
Paper Pack & Brads - Basic Grey Marjolaine (bought from Crop Chocolate for a GREAT price)
Ribbon - CloseToMyHeart
Ink - Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs (from the Fall Collection)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Happiness
This is the last Thanksgiving Invitation I think I'm making! yep, it's gotten old for me... others can get a Halloween card! LOL
Sketch Used: Cardabilities Sketch #41 and a challenge from Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings of Fall
Materials Used:
Paper - The Paper Studio Affinity
Bling - My Mind's Eye Find & Dandy True Blue
Brown Ink - CTMH Cocoa
Stamps - Unity/Ippity Happy
Ribbon - Making Memories Flower Patch
Sketch Used: Cardabilities Sketch #41 and a challenge from Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings of Fall
Materials Used:
Paper - The Paper Studio Affinity
Bling - My Mind's Eye Find & Dandy True Blue
Brown Ink - CTMH Cocoa
Stamps - Unity/Ippity Happy
Ribbon - Making Memories Flower Patch
Thanksgiving Gathering
The Sweet Stop is recycling a sketch SSS26 not only that, they've thrown in a challenge to recycle on our cards
My recycle item: the leaves are cut from brown paper packing material on my Cricut.
Materials Used:
Paper - The Paper Studio Affinity
Bling - My Mind's Eye Find & Dandy True Blue
Blue Ink - CTMH Pacifica
Stamps - Making Memories Magnetic Stamps
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Unity Addiction bit me in the ...
Craft room!
yep, today I received my awesome order from Friday only to realize I was out of space in my CD holder storage! ACK! Time to re-organize to open up one of my spare CD holders that was chuck full of twine from The Twinery (yes I do have spools of ALL the colors).
I stood, I scratched my head, I said "hummmmm, what to do..." then that light bulb went off *ding*
The answer: move the twine to the curtain rods above the bag containing that color! YES!
and the stamps? Well, the faired just as good with room to grow!
oh yeaaaa, I likey!
Next item that will need more room to grow:
Tim Holtz Ink, spray, etc
yep, today I received my awesome order from Friday only to realize I was out of space in my CD holder storage! ACK! Time to re-organize to open up one of my spare CD holders that was chuck full of twine from The Twinery (yes I do have spools of ALL the colors).
I stood, I scratched my head, I said "hummmmm, what to do..." then that light bulb went off *ding*
The answer: move the twine to the curtain rods above the bag containing that color! YES!
and the stamps? Well, the faired just as good with room to grow!
oh yeaaaa, I likey!
Next item that will need more room to grow:
Tim Holtz Ink, spray, etc