Last Card (for today)

This card showcases a great SU DSP green Christmas Paper, against the beautiful red. Not sure, may add some glitter/bling to these. Anyway, I had fun. Hope you enjoy

4th Card

This card uses the new SU Medallion stamp. I finally broke down and ordered mine!

3rd Card

I love the bright trueness of this years Red - it's a great color.

2nd Christmas Card

This card uses a set called Circle Circus. I have used it, borrowed, on several cards now and it is beginning to grow on me. Hmmmm. Who knows?

5 Christmas Cards

I have 5 new cards to share today. All products used were Stampin' Up.

This first one used primarily the 5 petal punch (get to pick mine up tomorrow - hurray!)

My son doesn't read my blog so I show this. I am sooooo excited over this, think it is about the neatest card I ever made. Alas, as usual, the scan doesn't do it justice. It's a square card with a rectangle cutout. A picture has been printed onto (rough on one side) acetate. Mount the picture. Stamp your sayings. Attach 4 brads. Attach all the contrasting c/s, leaving 1/8" border all around.

You really have to use your imagination for this one. It is an awesome card but much of it is in lighter colors. If you look to the right of the cactur, you can see a little hint of color. That is, IRL, a soft celery green that was inked onto a shaped background stamp. A darker green was Direct to Papered around the edge of the shadow stamp. The shadow was inked solidly with white. A Krinkle type background stamp was inked with the greet. The inked White stamp was 'kissed' lightly onto the krinkle. The background stamp was then solidly stamped onto the c/s. Stamp the cactus in the center of that, in the darker green and emboss the whole thing with clear EP. Put Liquid applique on the cacti arm tips and on the ground around it. Heat to puff up. Sprinkle fine glitter over that. Using the darker green, we used a part of a Joshua tree stamp to make the corner pines. Apply a mystic EP (maybe like Hologram?) to the pines and heat. The pines will sparkle subtly. Rub any color stamp pad along the edge of the card, with the card FACING the pad. Dip into Gold EP. Heat from back side. When back side turns, you can turn over and get the front. This method prevents the embossed corners from being over heated. Repeat for each corner. That's it - have fun! Sorry I couldn't get the scan to come out better.

Now that my friend has received it, I can show her birthday card. Happy Harmony (SU) was embossed White onto the Watercolor Paper. I put a drop of Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, and Pretty in Pink on a plastic lid. I sprayed my watercolor paper to wet it and began laying the colors on with a wet Aqua Brush - I think a diagonal looks best. Layer it onto Black, White, and Razzleberry. Add home made "Dew Drops". Add button and/or bow. Stamp your saying in Black. Enjoy

Fishes Wishes

Boy, I don't know what happened here - this scan barely resembles IRL, but you get the general idea. I put an Ultra Thick Layer of Crystal Lacquer over the fish bowl from the water line down. Between the Crystal Lacquer and the Scanner, it really washed out the color. Even the tiny fish - they were colored lavendar and green. This is for my dtr and s-i-l for anniversary. Inside has wonderful verse about how/why God made two. It's so appropriate for them.

Anniversary...

I don't know why this scans so terribly washed out. It is all done in pinks and browns but was done with chalk pencils. It has a great deal of color IRL. It even has about 1/3 grass and 2/3 sky with clouds. Hopefully you can get the gist of it. This is a KLM digi.

MORE HALLOWEEN CANDY

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Halloween Candy...

Kerry, over at 3 Clovers, is giving away an awesome Halloween assortment.

Go to: http://threecloversdesigns.blogspot.com/ before Sept. 14, 2009 to enter.

Good luck

I'm In Shape

What fun I am having with this set. It is Funny Farm and Funny Farm Sayings from The Angel Company. And how appropriate is this card? Fits me to a tee!

Awesome Candy

My friend, Alysabeth, is giving away your choice of sets of Gorjuss girls. Don't go to her blog http://layinrubberink.blogspot.com/2009/07/gorjuss-blog-candy.html and sign up and then maybe, just maybe, I'll stand a chance of winning :)

I don't think I showed you this one. Just finished making 12 of them. It is Silver on Navy. The side 'chain' are from a great Inkadinkadoo set called Chain Reaction that I got at my local stamp store. Had no intention of buying it until I saw it made up and then I was sold! Everything else is Flower Soft - the Blue Vase (crystal lacquered), the message tag, and of course the flowers. This was a fun card to make if I wasn't doing my typical mass production. Thanks for looking.

Happy Birthday Jessica

Jessica, of the Little Paper Shop - http://www.littlepapershop.com/ - having a birthday. Join with me in wishing her a very special day.

Blog Candy

Wonderful CANDY being given away at http://fosterdesignhouse.blogspot.com/
so go there before Thursday night - 7/23. Don't
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Nail Polish Technique

First picture is the envelope, second is the card inside and third is the card itself. I swear I have been working on this card for months, and now...the Nail Polish technique doesn't even show up in the scans. Picture the rainbow colors of gasoline floating on water. That is what the black background piece looks like. The vase and flowers have Crystal Lacquer and they really popped. Everything is colored with Chalk Pencil and blender pen. Also, my Dew Drops are homemade dew drops. The scan doesn't pick up their sparkle either, but they do look sharp. The stamp set is a TAC Stamp of the month from a couple months ago. Thanks for looking.

Everythings Blooming Again

OK, I think I figured out what was wrong with my scanner coloring. These are considerably better. This, again, is TAC Everything's Blooming images. This time they are paired with Dusty Blue (unknown) and SU Groovy Guava and layered onto wallpaper. Turned out pretty cute. Such an adorable image set.

More Everythings Blooming

I thought they might come out better if I did two at a time, but not necessarily I guess. It still isn't showing the detailing or patterns on the clothing.

More of Everything's Bloomin

Here is 4 more color variations of this same card. Such fun I've had!

EverythingsBlooming Pieces

This Cheerful Bird on his house went on the lower left corner of the envelope and on the card back for a logo. The Bird and Bouquet went on the back envelope flap and on the inside of the card. I don't know what's going on with my scan, the colors are not this deep. They are much prettier IRL.

Everything's Blooming

This Cheerful little gal is from TAC Serendipity catalog and is named Everythings Blooming. I've been working on these off and on for months. I'll post more of them later on - have made over a dozen so far. Every Dress is Paper Pieced from DP or wallpaper. I used LOTS and lots of Crystal Lacquer j- on her eyes, flowers, dress, boots, and the duck. My next post will be the card inside and the envy.

Bad girl that I have been - sorry. Do have excuses - among them 4 weeks on the road, but.....
Anyway, now that everybody has received them, I can post my 4th of July cards.
I made the Stars and Stripes papers using PSP, then stamped the Cupcake Frosting into the stars paper. This was a new cupcake stamp, can't find it right now so can't tell you whose. Anyway, I had fun with it.
Enjoy

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Allison, "Simply Stamped by an Angel", has some great candy to give away.
Check it out here:
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Her candy includes awesome stamps, white prisma flowers (hard to find) 2 packages of bling and much much more. Be sure to check it out.

This happy fellow was so fun to make using Punches and the Top Note Die Cut. No stamping here. Happy St Patricks Day everybody.