Prince of Peace

I love the simplicity of this card that showcases the message of the Christmas season.  It features one of the Single Stamps that are available until the end of January.  Click on Single Stamps to go to my on-line store to see all of the available stamps.

Supplies for this card include the Prince of Peace stamp,  Night of Navy ink and card stock,Very Vanilla card stock, Gold Foil Sheets, gold glitter and the Deco Label Framelits, Tasteful Trim Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  .

What??? It's Almost Christmas?!?

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  It's hard to believe that Christmas is less than 2 weeks away!  I swear it was only November 1st yesterday! 

Sigh....I still have Christmas cards to make and mail...do you?  I thought I was so clever coming up with a Washi Tape Christmas Tree card....until someone told me several bloggers have posted similar projects!  Anyway, here is my version!  

Using the Pennant Die, die cut the largest triangle.  I found it easiest to start at the bottom of the tree and work my way up, alternating different designs of Washi Tape.  Be careful not to overlap the different designs since the tape is somewhat sheer.  I also recommend you wrap the tape around the edges for a cleaner look.  The tree is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The greeting is from More Merry Messages stamp set.  A quick and easy card!  You make several in a short period of time!

Trick or Treat!

Late last week I received an invitation to set up a vendor table at a Halloween event at our local YMCA.  The event was late Saturday afternoon.  They were expecting several hundred kids and their parents. Vendors were either asked to have a craft prepared for the kids to make, or provide a Halloween treat.  I literally had one day to prepare so I knew prepping a craft for over 200 kids was out of the question! 

I hadn't put together my Halloween Banner from the Holiday catalog yet so thought it would make a perfect table decoration. It came together easily and quickly!  So if you are looking for a fast decoration, this is definitely it!

Next I pulled a basket out of my stash for my treats.  It clearly needed some Halloween decorations so pulled out Owl Builder Punch for some bats and ghosts, die cut a bow and embellished it and the basket handle with some Halloween Washi tape and Voila!  

It was fun watching the kids parade by in their costumes!  And it was great introducing some paper crafters to Stampin' Up!  Yep, believe it or not, there were many crafters who stopped by my table that had never heard of Stampin' Up!  I do believe I have some new stamping friends!

Fall Collage

The collage technique is one of my favorites - it lends itself to any occasion, any person.  And I'm still in love with Best of Autumn!  

Supplies: Naturals Ivory and Old Olive card stock; Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar and Old Olive ink; Burlap Ribbon, Chalk Talk Framelits

Note: The leaf that is popped up was stamped with Old Olive and sponged with Baked Brown Sugar and Tangerine Tango.  After "fussy-cutting", the edges were sponged with Baked Brown Sugar as well.

Design Challenge

I recently participated in a design challenge for Michigan Scrapbooker Magazine.  I was asked to design a gift box from page 158 in the annual catalog.  Here is what I submitted - hope you like it!

The focal point is a layered piece -  the bottom layer is a doily (scrunched up a bit).  Using Festive Flurry stamps and Framelits, I stamped and die cut 2 different sized snowflakes and sandwiched a 1 3/4" Silver Glimmer Paper circle between them (all layers are stacked with Stampin' Dimensionals between them).  The card stock and ink are Soft Sky.

Harvest of Thanks

Here is a card we made at Hostess Club this month using the Harvest of Thanks stamp set from the Holiday Catalog.

                                                                            

  Supplies:  Harvest of Thanks stamp set; Always Artichoke & Naturals Ivory card stock; Chocolate Chip Ink; Always Artichoke & Crushed Curry markers; Crushed Curry Chevron Ribbon; Square Lattice Embossing Folder; Stampin' Dimensionals

Best of Autumn

This card reminds me of leaves falling from the trees...

Supplies: Baked Brown Sugar card stock and ink; Early Espresso card stock and ink; Naturals Ivory card stock; Versamark Ink; Antique Brads; Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon; Best of Autumn stamp set