Enjoy the Days of Autumn - Stamp Simply #154

Oh, MY, how time is flying! It's time for another Stamp Simply challenge already, LOL! Today Sharon has a color challenge for us. Here's what she says:

August 27 - ssnotime154 - A Color Challenge - Today's colors are rich and so pretty together as we transition from summer into autumn. And autumn comes earlier to some of us than others. Our colors are Turquoise and Orange, with White OR Ivory as your netural and as always, adding Black for a little POP is totally OK, but not required.

She has a photo of an inspiration piece on her blog so check it out here.



This JustRite image, from the Autumn Blessings Border & Center Set, is my sentiment exactly! I might have mentioned this before, but I love fall--the leaf colors, the crisp dry air, often with the scent of burning leaves, just makes me happy :) I'm SO ready to "enjoy the days of Autumn".

I might have stretched the colors a bit ;-) I'm not using turquoise exactly--I'm using Baja Breeze which *is* in the turquoise color family, right? So I hope it counts. This patterned paper, from Kaiser Kraft's Peachy Keen 6 x 6 pad that I got from Sharon's store, was a pretty good place to start, I thought. I added some Baja Breeze DSP, some Baja Breeze double stitched ribbon and SU's new Cajun Craze card stock. I was really disappointed when Really Rust was retired, but I'm liking the new one *a lot* and I'm thinking it will make a good substitute, although I did stockpile a bit of Really Rust while I could ;-) I added a little color to the leaves on the image with Copic markers and I'm using CPS #181 for my layout.

So, now it's your turn. Come along and play and take us up on the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave the link to your project on Sharon's blog using Mr. Linky. Please use the keyword ssnotime154 if you upload to a public forum. Don't forget to check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team and leave 'em some love!

Charlene Driggs - August Guest Designer

Barb Schram--sitting this week out

Janine Orchard

A J Otto--sitting this week out

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

Deb Neerman

Thanks for dropping in! I always love it when you do!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Autumn Blessings Border & Center Set (JustRite)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze card stock, Baja Breeze DSP (SU!); Peachy Keen 6 x 6 pad (Kaiser Kraft)
Ink: Cajun Craze (SU!); Antique Paper Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinder); ribbon (SU!); sewing machine; leaf punches (Martha Stewart); Copic markers

Have a Merry Christmas - Stamp Simply #153

Are you ready to Stamp Simply? Sharon's got a really trendy challenge for us this week. Here's what she says:

August 20 - ssnotime153 - Pleated Ribbon - Pleated ribbon seems to be all the rage of late, so today we are going to make creations with pleated ribbon. You may use purchased pleated ribbon, you may pleat your own by hand or on a sewing machine or with tape. Whatever you can dream up -- let's just see some fun pleats on our projects today. Oh, and for the purpose of this challenge, we will equate gathers to pleats -- either/or is fine!

I decided it was not a bad idea to try to get a few Christmas cards done as I can, so I took this opportunity to make a very simply stamped and designed card. I'm using Just Rite's new Christmas set called Hearts Come Home and can be found in Sharon's store here. I'm using a very simple layout with my new Mitten Weather 6 x 6 paper by Cosmo Cricket. I love untraditional Christmas colors (OK, I love ALL Christmas colors!) and this one is chocked full of 'em. Card stock is PTI, as is the ribbon that I pleated and sewed down. Finally, I sponged the edges and added some buttons to the ribbon. Simple and easily mass produced :)

So, now it's your turn. Come along and play and take us up on the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave the link to your project on Sharon's blog using Mr. Linky. Please use the keyword ssnotime153 if you upload to a public forum. Don't forget to check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team and leave 'em some love!

Charlene Driggs - August Guest Designer

Barb Schram

Janine Orchard

A J Otto

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

Deb Neerman

Thanks for dropping in! I always love it when you do!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Hearts Come Home (JustRite)
Paper: Kraft, Plum Pudding, Rustic White (PTI); Mitten Weather 6 x 6 pad (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Plum Pudding, Tea Dye Duo (PTI)
Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Square and Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinder); ribbon, buttons, twine (PTI); sewing machine

Thinking Of You - JustRite Friday Challenge #006

This card is for JustRite's Friday Challenge--Beautiful Botanicals. The challenge is to use any JustRite floral stamp. I can do that :) I'm using an image from the Thinking Of You set, stamped on a piece of One Sheet Wonder card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers. I cut the image out with a Classic Oval Nestabilitites die and matted it with Elegant Eggplant and Basic Black. I think the rest is pretty straightforward, except you may not be able to tell from the picture that I used some tiny gold flat backed pearls for the flower centers.


Thanks for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Thinking Of You Set (JustRite)
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant (SU!); Black Tie 6 x 6 pad (Memory Box); One Sheet Wonder (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Oval Nestabilitites (Spellbinder); gold flat back pearls, ribbon, 3M foam squares (craft store); Copic markers

Recipe Card With a Twist - Stamp Simply Challenge #127

Look what a fun challenge Sharon has for us this week! In her words:

Feb 19 - ssnotime127 - Recipe Card with a Twist! - Think of flipping through a recipe box filled with cards -- the tabs/dividers come to my mind instantly. That's where we are headed with this one. Make a card (for a recipe if you like, but it need NOT be a true recipe card) that has some tabbed element on it to give you that impression of a traditional recipe card in a box. This wil be FUN -- can wait to see YOUR creations!!!

I've been seeing lots of pretty recipe cards floating around in blogland and I've done a couple of simple ones, but I thought I'd really gussy one up this time. I've never met a pound cake I didn't like, but this one is especially good, so I'm sharing it with you today.

I stamped the tab image from JustRite's Recipe Borders and Centers Set on a punched out tab, added a green border and sponged the edges. Then I made the card--using Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry 6 x 6 pad. Then I typed up the recipe, sponged the edges, and adhered it to the card, first adding a sweet little green gingham ribbon and bow and some buttons from MFT's Spring button collection.


I love how this turned out--I'm actually thinking of framing it for my kitchen!

So, now it's your turn. Come along and play and take us up on the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave the link to your project on Sharon's blog using Mr. Linky. Please use the keyword ssnotime127 if you upload to a public forum. And don't forget to check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team and leave 'em some love!

Deb Neerman - February Guest Designer

Julie Koerber

Jennifer Buck

Barb Schram

Janine Orchard

A J Otto

Tammy Hershberger

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

Thanks for dropping in today! Tomorrow is Crazy 4 Challenges day and we've got another fun challenge for you, so I hope you'll stop by again then.

~Supplies~
Stamps: Recipe Borders and Centers Set (JustRite)
Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Green Galore (SU!); Nook and Pantry 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; printer ink; Vintage Touch (PTI)
Accessories: buttons (MFT); Rustic Twine (PTI); ribbon (craft store); tab punch (SU!); sewing machine; Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

More easy little gift card holders

I've got a quick post for you today--I'm still needing to get Christmas cards ready to get into the mail. Yikes!


I *did* make more of these gift card holders using the Merry Little Christmas set by Just Rite Stamps. They're such good candidates for mass production--even though each one is different--and I just plain love the design with the belly band. You can get all the details here.

Thanks for stopping by! I'll have a Stamp Simply challenge card for you tomorrow :)

~Recipe~
Stamps: Merry Little Christmas Set (Just Rite Stampers)
Paper: Whisper White, Ruby Red, Handsome Hunter, Bermuda Bay (SU!); Aqua Mist (PTI); Good Cheer 6 x 6 pad (October Afternoon); Evergreen mat stack (K & Co.)
Ink: Sage Shadow, Bermuda Bay, Handsome Hunter, Ruby Red (SU!); Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento London Fog
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); 3M foam squares, Pearl Cotton (craft store); snowflake punch (Martha Stewart); Vintage Buttons (PTI); Copic markers

A tasty gift.

So, I thought I'd make up some hot chocolate mix to have on hand for hostess gifts. I filled a pint jar up with the mix, used one of the Ball white plastic storage caps and decorated it. Then I decided it would be good to have the recipe all prettied up to include with the mix.


I'm using an image from Just Rite's Something Sweet set that I stamped on Gina K. Pure Luxury 80 lb paper and colored with Copic markers. I think most everything should be pretty self explanatory. I printed the recipe with my favorite Typewriter font and layered it on some new Christmas paper by American Crafts called Merrymint.


I included a tag around the jar lid with mixing instructions.


And here's the top of the jar.


One recipe will fill 7 1/2 pint jars. That should be enough with some for me to keep, too :)

Thanks for stopping by today!!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Something Sweet (Just Rite Stampers)
Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgundy (SU!); Merrymint 8 x 8 pad (American Crafts)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provo Craft); Petite Oval and Scalloped Nestabilities; Pop Dots, ribbon (craft store); twine, Vintage button (PTI)

Merry Christmas Gift Card Holder - Crazy 4 Challenges #14

It's a new month and we have a new hostess. Joanne has awesome challenges lined up for us this month--you're gonna love 'em! I especially love this one - gift card holders. I need to make a bunch of them for a friend and while I was looking for some cute ideas I ran across the template for this one. I love it! It's so cute and easy--I may never make any other kind of gift card holder again!

I got the template from Tori Wild's blog and went to work dressing it up. The base card is Sage Shadow with a layer of Riding Hood Red (What am I going to do when I run out of this? Will someone please tell me? I love this red!!) and a layer of a gorgeous pattern from K & Co.'s Evergreen mat pad. I love it when the paper does all the work :) Then I made the belly band and the focal image, which was stamped with a sentiment and border from Just Rite's A Merry Little Christmas set, using Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink. I cut it out with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die, matted it with Riding Hood Red, and popped it up on Pop Dots. I punched a snowflake from Riding Hood Red and tied a button on it with Pearl cotton.

For the inside, I put a layer of patterned paper inside the flap before I stuck it down with red line tape and embellished with another snowflake.


NOW, be sure to check out the samples by the rest of the Crazy 4 Challenges team!

Cindy Haffner
Frances Byrne
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Joycelyn Turner
Lori Boyd
Lynda Benden
Mercy Kerin
Robin Willis
Vicki Garrett

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the sketch and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project, and not your blog. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C14.

~Recipe~
Stamps: A Merry Little Christmas Set (Just Rite Stampers)
Paper: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Riding Hood Red (SU!); Evergreen Mat Pad (K & Co.)
Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provo Craft); Classic Circle Nestabilities; Pop Dots, Pearl cotton (craft store); snowflake punch (Martha Stewart); button (stash); red line tape

It's a wrap! Stamp Simply #114

It's Friday!!!! Yay!!!! Time for the weekend to begin! It's also time for another Stamp Simply challenge and Sharon's got a very timely one lined up for us today: All Wrapped Up. Here's what she says:

Friday, Nov. 20 - ssnotime114 - All Wrapped Up -- Since Christmas is just around the corner and many use the Thanksgiving weekend to get a head start on wrapping their gifts, today let's share gift wrapping ideas. You may wrap ANYTHING for ANY OCCASION in any way, any form or fashion -- just show us some of your wrapping ideas. Examples: Wrap a card in a handmade envelope, wrap a gift of food in a handmade box or decorated bag, wrap a box with beautiful ribbon and tag, make wrappers for tiny food treats (bars, gum, candies, cookies). The sky is the limit on this one -- just wrap something so it's ready to give as a gift. Fun!!!

So, since I'm planning on baking some quick breads for some gifts this year, and I'd been sorta thinking about packaging for them, I decided to go ahead and get my ideas down on paper. This Cinnamon Streusel Bread looked good so I made up a trial loaf for this project. Disclaimer: this is NOT a tried and true recipe, but it sure smells good :) It's going in the freezer until Thanksgiving. I'm trying to lose a few pounds before the holiday festivities begin and I *know* it won't be around long once we cut into it, LOL!

So, I made a box from cardstock and a recipe card to go along with it--once it's been "tested" ;-) Here's the set, ready to give:


And here's just the bread, showing the belly band and Just Rite image decoration:

I used Just Rite's Something Sweet set (and the 2 3/8" round stamp block), stamped on Pure Luxury 80lb paper by Gina K and colored with Copic markers. The template idea came from here. The sizes for this mini loaf were too small for my loaf, so I studied the instructions and sized it up for my loaf. The ones that I plan to make for gifts will not be this large--they will be in between mini and full size, so I'll have to make another template, but now that I know how to do it, resizing will be a piece of cake ;-) That gorgeous silk ribbon is from Sharon's store and I tied the bow with my Bow Easy, also available there.

Now, my inspiration for the recipe card was the very talented Denise. She's been making some gorgeous recipe cards and I'd been threatening to CASE them and finally did! I printed the recipe on my printer with the Typewriter font--LOVE that font for anything remotely casually vintage.




















So, now it's your turn. Come along and play and take us up on the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave a comment on Sharon's blog telling her where you uploaded. Please use the keyword ssnotime114 if you upload to a public forum. Check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team!

Bethany Paull - November Guest Designer

Julie Koerber

Jennifer Buck (welcome back, Jenn!)

Barb Schram (now a full time team member!!)

Janine Orchard

A J Otto

Tammy Hershberger

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

Thanks for stopping by today! You know I love it when you do! Tomorrow's a new Crazy 4 Challenges challenge--you don't want to miss it!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Something Sweet (Just Rite Stampers)
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive (SU!); Dasher (Basic Grey); Pure Luxury 80lb paper (Gina K.)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provo Craft); Classic Circle, Classic Scalloped Circle Nestabilities; 3M foam squares (craft store); red line tape; Copic markers; ribbon (May Arts)

Just Rite Sympathy Card

Sadly, I found myself in need of a sympathy card. I never seem to have one on hand so I had to make one that would be quick to do. This JustRite stamp came in so handy for that--it's from the Thinking Of You set. I stamped it on Very Vanilla with Versafine Onyx Black ink, then I cut/embossed it with my Petite Oval die and the other llayers with my Labels Eight Nestabilities. I'm using K & Company Black and Ivory paper and Basic Black. A strip of black satin ribbon and rounded corners lend an elegant touch, I think. VERY quick and easy. Just the ticket. I need to sit down and mass produce a few of these to have on hand--it would be gorgeous in dark blue, burgundy, or dark purple, too. Hmmm :)

Thanks for dropping in today--be sure to check back tomorrow for my Stamp Simply card--Sharon has a super fun challenge for us this week!

Stamps: Thinking Of You(JustRite)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black (SU!); Black and Ivory (K & Co.)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon, flat backed pearls (craft store)

Be Thankful For the Little Things--Crazy 4 Challenges #6

Our Canadian friends celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend. I wish our Thanksgiving in the US was earlier than it is--it sometimes seems to get pushed to the background by all the Christmas preparations and doesn't get the attention it deserves. Our challenge today is to make a project with a thankful theme. It doesn't have to be a Thanksgiving card, it can be simply a Thank You card.

I chose to use an image from JustRite's Autumn Blessings set after being *so* inspired by this gorgeous card by Debbie Olson. I tried to color like Debbie and I don't think I made it but I'm happy with it nonetheless. I stamped the image and border on a MFT Cream Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored it with Copic markers. Then I cut/embossed it with a Classic Oval Nestabilities die and sponged the edges with a PTI Vintage Touch tea dye ink pad. For the base card I used paper from PTI's First Fruits and Bitty Box Basics collections. Card stock is Very Vanilla (SU!) and Ripe Avocado (PTI). I'm loosely following this week's SCS Sketch Challenge 249 layout but flipped it on it's side, so I used my ribbon for one element and tied on a Vintage collection button from PTI with twine, also from PTI.

NOW, be sure to check out the samples by the rest of the Crazy4Challenges team!

Cindy Haffner
Frances Byrne
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Joycelyn Turner (Joycelyn is having computer problems and won't have a card today.)
Lori Boyd
Lynda Benden
Mercy Kerin
Robin Willis (Robin is also having computer problems today.)
Vicki Garrett

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the sketch and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy4Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project, and not your blog. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C6.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Autumn Blessings (JustRite)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!); Ripe Avocado, First Fruits, Bitty Box Basics (PTI)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Vintage Touch Tea Dye (PTI)
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities die; 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); button, twine (PTI); corner rounder; sewing machine; Copic markers

ABC/123--Stamp Simply #107

Happy Friday!!! YAY--it's weekend off time!!! And time for another Stamp Simply challenge. This week Sharon is challenging us to use numbers and/or letters as the focal point of our project. Here's what she says:

Friday, Oct. 2 - ssnotime107 - ABC/123 -- Today's challenge has to do with making letters or numbers a focal point of our project. Steve and I are celebrating our 25th Anniversary this week, so visions of cards in a store display with 25 or 50 on it came to mind -- LOL!!! However, we have lots of options using numbers or letters as a focal point -- my first thoughts go to birthday cards or monogrammed projects -- the range is wide open -- so have some fun getting elementary with your ABC's and 123's!!!

And, since Sharon and Steve are celebrating an important anniversary, I decided to make them a card. Nothing is better for monograms and numbers than JustRite stampers, IMO, so I was happy for an opportunity to use them. I used a border from the Christmas Joy Borders and Centers and my 1-3/4” x 2-5/16” stamper for the main image. I stamped it in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White paper, cut it out with a Classic Oval Nestabilities die and added some silver flat backed beads. Then I stamped the monogram on PTI's Enchanted Evening card stock with Versamark, using my Special Occasion Font and my Horizontal Stamper, and heat embossed with Ranger Fine Detail silver embossing powder. This paper is a gorgeous shade of dark blue and this picture is not doing it justice. Patterned paper is from PTI's In Bloom collection. I stamped the sentiment on Whisper White with Not Quite Navy with my Horizontal Stamper and the Brayton Font set, cut it out with another oval Nestie, and ran a silver paint pen around the edge for a little contrast. Then I added a white and silver ribbon and bow, and tied the sentiment on with silver cord. Happy Anniversary, Sharon and Steve!!!

So, now it's your turn. Come along and play and take us up on the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave a comment on Sharon's blog telling her where you uploaded. Please use the keyword ssnotime107 if you upload to a public forum. Check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team, along with our October Guest Designer (welcome, Amy!):

Amy Rohl - October Guest Designer

Julie Koerber

Jennifer Buck

Janine Orchard

A J Otto

Tammy Hershberger

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: JustRite
Paper: Whisper White (SU!); Enchanted Evening, Bloom DP (PTI)
Ink: Not Quite Navy (SU!); Versamark
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Classic Oval Nestabilities; 3M foam squares, silver cord, ribbon (craft store); Silver Find Detail Embossing Powder (Ranger); heat gun

All About Fonts--JustRite Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to my stop on JustRite Stampers' Mega Font Hop, day one! I am so thrilled to be a part of this fabulous parade of JustRite projects and ideas! The focus of this hop is on FONTS. There are so many things you can do with the various styles and sizes of JustRite fonts--the possibilities are endless!

JustRite is celebrating their Mega Font Hop (a 2 Day Event with 54 designers) in style with a Super7 Day Font Sale. Take 30% off all JustRite font sets and the Horizontal and Vertical Font Stampers. The sale begins September 17th and ends September 24th.

For my first project today, I decided to make myself a set of little Autumn-themed monogrammed note cards. I love fall and I rarely make anything just for me, but these are now sitting on my desk, making me smile every time I look at them. For this project I used a sweet little wooden "bag" I got at Michaels for $1.00--can't beat that, LOL--that I covered inside and out with paper and dressed up! I used the Special Occasion Uppercase and Brayton Uppercase font sets, the 2 1/4" x 3 1/16" Oval Wood Stamper, the Horizontal Wood Stamper, and the Autumn Blessings Borders & Centers.

To get my monogram in the center of the smaller leaf border for the cards, I masked off the center sentiment with Eclipse masking tape, inked it up, removed the tape, and stamped. I know I could have cut the center out of my stamp--I've seen this done before--but I just COULD NOT bring myself to do it! So this was a good compromise. I colored the leaves in both borders with Copic markers.

Then I stamped my monogram in the center, using the horizontal stamping block and my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get it lined up properly. I used the same method to stamp the sentiment inside the card, and I decided on just a simple monogram for the envelope flap. I made 4 little cards and envelopes (I found a tutorial here, but I went one step further and lined my envelopes with patterned paper) and they fit perfectly in this little "bag".


I couldn't resist doing a little Christmas project, too. I love non-traditional Christmas colors, especially pastels. Last year I did some projects for my living room with this Christmas Shimmer Paper collection by Heidi Grace so I decided to do something to match them. I also love candles, so I dressed up a Yankee Candle jar candle.


For this project I used a border from Christmas Joy Borders & Centers Oval 1-3/4” x 2-5/16” the 1-3/4 x 2-5/16" Wood Stamper and the Brayton Uppercase font set. I again masked off part of the border image and added the center sentiment letters before stamping and coloring the holly with Copic markers. I also added a little shimmer with a Sakura glitter pen. I love the vintage look and tried to replicate that on this project by adding a big ole ribbon and bow and some buttons.

The top looked pretty bare, so I dressed it up a little with some Heidi Grace glittered holly leaves and more buttons to serve as berries. I think this candle will look very festive in my living room this year!


There is Mystery Blog Candy being given away during the Two Day Just Rite Font Blog Hop!!! Why is it a Mystery? Well, there will be 3 blog candy giveaways on each day and you can only win by leaving a comment on the right blog! The real surprise is you won't know which blog has the candy.....even the designer doesn't know! So as you visit each of the 54 designers over the two day event take time to leave a comment.....who knows, the lucky winner may be you!!!!! You have until Sunday at noon to leave a comment for your chance to win. Then check back at the JustRite Blog on Sunday evening to find out who won!!!! Enjoy the Hop.

Now check out these fabulous day one designers!! And start at the Just Rite blog tomorrow for the day two list!

JustRite
Michelle Wooderson
Sankari Wegman
Heidi Blankenship
Eva Dobilas
Beate Johns
Sharon Harnist
Sharon Johnson
Deb Saaranen
Becca Feeken
Kazan Clark
Lauren Meader
Tammy Hershberger
Linda Beeson
Jenny Gropp
Lori Craig
Tanis Giesbrecht
Jenn Balcer
Lisa Somerville
Karen Maldonado
Pamela Smerker
Karen Taylor
Latisha Yoast
Julie Overby
Mary Pfaff

I'm so glad you dropped in today!

~Fall Project Recipe~
Stamps: Autumn Blessings Borders & Centers (JustRite)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie (SU!); Autumn Abundance (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Classic Oval, Classic Scalloped Oval, Square and Scalloped Square Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon, wooden "bag" (craft store); Copic markers; glue stick

~Christmas Project Recipe~
Stamps: Brayton Uppercase Font, Christmas Joy Borders and Centers, Oval (JustRite)
Paper: Sage Shadow, Regal Rose, Whisper White (SU!); Christmas Words Shimmer paper (Heidi Grace)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilites Oval dies; Perle cotton, 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); Copic markers; Vintage buttons (PTI); glitter leaves (Heidi Grace); Sakura glitter pen

A gift for a friend

This gift box of note cards is for a very dear friend. I got the idea a couple of weeks ago from a card I made for a challenge. I guess I'm CASEing myself, LOL.

All of the base cards are Whisper White with a layer of Certainly Celery. Then they each have a different DP from Basic Grey's Eva 6 x 6 pad along with the pink solid included in the collection. A celery green ribbon was tied around, where the papers meet, in a bow. I stamped the monogram with Just Rite's 1 5/8" round Harmony stamper, the Brayton Font and a border from the 10 Designer Centers and Borders set on Whisper White with Bravo Burgundy ink. The monogram and the layers were cut out with large and small circle and large scalloped circle Nestabilities dies and the whole thing was mounted on 3M foam squares. Each sentiment, stamped with Bravo Burgundy, is different and all are from SU!'s Sincere Salutations set. Three Fresh Cut Grass Dew Drops balance the left lower corner.

After they were done, I put them in a clear box and tied a rich burgundy ribbon around it. Pretty simple, but very pretty, too, and easy and quick. You can't get any better than that. I think my friend will like the set.

Thanks for dropping in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Sincere Salutations (SU!); Brayton Font, 10 Designer Centers and Borders (Just Rite)
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Bravo Burgundy (SU!); Eva 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Bravo Burgundy (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities; Harmony 1 5/8" round stamper (Just Rite); ribbon x 2, 3M foam square (craft store); clear box (Clear Bags)

Thanks so much

This card is for the No Time To Stamp? challenge #68--a thank you card, stamped simply. Never hurts to have one of those on hand, and this gave me an idea for a gift box set, too.

When I first started thinking about how I was going to do this card, I quickly decided on using Basic Grey's Scarlett's Letter DP, fully expecting to use the black/red line. But, while flipping through the paper pad, I ran across this design--I'd never "seen" it since I basically thought of this collection as red and black. I LOVE this brown paper!!!

My base card is Very Vanilla with a layer of the brown DP, then a layer of the "vanilla" DP, then a layer of the brown patterned paper covering half of the card area. I stamped the sentiment directly on the "vanilla" panel with Vintage Sepia Versafine ink and a stamp from Sincere Salutations, tied a sheer brown ribbon around it, and added the focal image up on 3M foam squares. I stamped the focal image with my Just-Rite small round Harmony wooden stamper, a border, and my initials using the Brayton Font set in Vintage Sepia Versafine ink. I then cut/embossed it with my circle Nestabilities dies and layered it on the same two colors of DP that I used on the base card. I love this card, LOL!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Sincere Salutations (SU!), Brayton Font (Just Rite)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!), Scarlett's Letter (Basic Grey 6 x6 pad)
Ink: Vintage Sepia (Versafine)
Accessories: small round Harmony wooden stamper (Just Rite), Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, 3M foam squares, ribbon

More Christmas decor items

Are you getting sick of seeing these, LOL? OK, three more projects in this post and that's the last of them for now--I think ;-)

The first project is more letters--these are for the fake mantle in our library/media room. We have a free-standing gas log stove in there and no mantle so we mounted a mantle on the wall behind the stove. It works! These letter are NOEL and done in a woodland tone to match the other Christmas decorations in this room.

Here's the overall look of the "mantle":


















And here are the letters close-up:
















The next project is for a cute little metal "envelope" I found a couple of years ago. I thought it needed a "letter" in it so I typed out the "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter, embellished it slightly with some holly leaves punched with a Martha Stewart punch and some red "berry" stickers, and put it in the "envelope". I have it hanging on the door knob to DH's Man Cave. Here's the overall look:





















And here's a closer view showing the embellishments:
















OK, the last one. I have a couple of white feather trees sitting on the step to our whirlpool tub with purple ornaments on them. I wanted a little something else to group with the trees, so I took a white pillar candle and embellished it a bit. I stamped a snowflake border and a greeting from the Just Rite Christmas set with Versamark and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. It's matted with Lavender Lace and silver metallic card stock, as is the band that wraps around the candle. Here's the overall look:




















And here's a closer look:

















I think most of these are pretty self-explanatory so I won't do the recipe thing. But if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Thanks for bearing with me, LOL. On the next post I'll be back to cards!! Woohoo!!

Making Christmas sweeter.

Yep, another post today. Hey! I've got some catchin' up to do, LOL!

I wanted to have a little favor for my open house guests, so this is what I did. On some candy canes, I attached a tag that read: Open House 2008 Thank you for making our Christmas a little sweeter. John and Barbara. I printed these from my computer, using a label template, punched them out with my SU! oval punch, and tied them on with red crochet cotton. I then put them in a basket with a large tag, using my Just Rite Christmas collection and large round Harmony stamper. I'm not totally pleased with how this part came out--I'll have to work on that since I'm planning on this becoming a traditional part of my open house.

Here's the candy cane label:
















And here's the basket label:
















Thanks for looking again! One more post for today and I'll quit. I promise, LOL!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Just Rite Christmas
Paper: White GP card stock
Ink: Real Red (SU!)
Accessories: oval punch (SU!), 1/16" hole punch, red crochet cotton