Greeting Card Kids valentine with Doily stamp

The detail on the Hello Doily stamp is amazing! For this quick and easy Valentine, the Greeting Card Kids little girl was stamped in Basic Black and watercolored with an aqua painter and ink pads (Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight and Real Red), along with a Blush Blossom marker. The "L is for Love" is from the Grateful Greetings set. I CASE'd a card designed by Kim Score at http://craftprojectcentral.com.

I'm adding this to the color challenge at Pals Paper Arts here. It's all about RED!

Stamps: Hello Doily, Greeting Card Kids, Grateful Greetings;

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight, Blush Blossom;

Paper: Whisper White;

Accessories: 5/8" Real Red satin ribbon, 1" circle punch, 2" circle punch, dimensionals, sponge dauber.

Gently Falling stamps used for Autumn card

Club members made this Autumn card, which I CASE'd from Heather Klump. It uses patterned paper from Frostwood Lodge, quilted Cherry Cobbler ribbon, and stamps from the Gently Falling set. The sentiment is from Grateful Greetings.

Tags til Christmas card for 10-card class

I came across this card design by Meghan Nishi, I used Not Quite Navy and Cajun Craze pads, as well as 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta and a different greeting - mine is from Grateful Greetings. The ornaments are from the Tags til Christmas stamp set. I love the musical notes wheeled for the background!

Piece of Poison Halloween card for two fun blog hops!

Edited to add: Whoo hoo! Mary Jo picked my card as one of her faves at Techno Stamper! She's got fun sketches every Monday, so pop on over and play!!!

Halloween is coming up so fast, it seems, and I still have lots of cards I'd like to make in the next few weeks. So today I'm using Mary Jo's sketch at Techno Stamper.

 

Stamps: Piece of Poison, Grateful Greetings;

Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie pads;

Paper: Very Vanilla, Pick Your Poison dsp and quick accents;

Accessories: 1/4" Pumpkin Pie grosgrain, dimensionals.

Gently Falling card for Monkey Challenge 71: Autumn

Here's a peek at an upcoming stamp set and designer paper in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini. You can order from it September 1, and trust me, you'll want to!

I stamped this card with the Gently Falling set, which coordinates beautifully with the Spice Cake dsp and fabric that you see here. I used Soft Suede and Baja Breeze inks and card stocks, along with 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta, a Regals brad, pearls and a couple of punches for the greeting, which is from Grateful Greetings. I love this combination! I stamped off the Baja Breeze for the inside of the leaf for a lighter touch. It's really pretty in person, though it's hard to pick up the delicate tone in the photo.

I created this card for this week's A La Card Monkey Challenge 71: Autumn + Sketch.

Stamps: Gently Falling, Grateful Greetings;

Ink: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede;

Paper: Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Spice Cake dsp;

Accessories: Spice Cake fabric, 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta, basic pearls, dimensionals. Regals brads, oval punch and scallop oval punch.

Halloween/spider web card for this week's challenge...

 

This week's challenge is a Halloween card with a spider web. I had a hard time getting everything together. I had the Old Olive layer on my card, ripped it off (and wrecked the Whisper White card) and ran it through the Square Lattice embossing folder for the Big Shot. The spider web is an embossing folder that I sponged a couple of weeks ago, and the tombstone and spider are From the Crypt stamps with a stamp from Grateful Greetings layered on top with dimensionals and sponged. I added a glimmer brad and some gorgeous Pumpkin Pie satin ribbon for "bling." They're yummy!

Stamps: From the Crypt, Grateful Greetings;
Ink: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie;
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive
Accessories: Spider Web embossing folder, Square Lattice embossing folder, 5/8" Pumpkin Pie satin ribbon, glimmer brads, sponge daubers, dimensionals.

Friday Mashup Color Challenge: Punched spider card...

I wanted to play with new punches and the Spider Web embossing folder from the Holiday Mini for today's Mashup. This cute spider emerged.

The Pumpkie Pie card front was run through the Big Shot in the Spider Web embossing folder and sponged with Concord Crush ink to make it "pop."

I layered a punched bat on punched Pear Pizzazz dsp and Concord Crush card stock with the Decorative Label punch (coming up Sept. 1 in the Holiday Mini) for the spider's body. I also used the Decorative Label punch to make the spider legs.

The spider's head is Peach Parfait dsp punched with a new oval punch. The eyes are Black Flourish Designer Jewels, another Holiday Mini item.

The words are from Grateful Greetings, punched wth the large tag punch and layered on the extra-large tag punch. Pear Pizzazz ribbon and glimmer brad decorate the tag.

Stamps: Grateful Greetings (116511);
Ink: Concord Crush pad (119785);
Paper: Concord Crush (119792), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Whisper White (100730); In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117158);
Accessories: Large Tag Punch (119876), Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon (119265), In Color Glimmer Brads (121005 - Holiday Mini), Decorative Label Punch (120907 - Holiday Mini); 3/4" x 15/16" Oval Punch (120908 - Holiday Mini), Spider Web embossing folder (120889 - Holiday Mini).

Vintage Ornaments stenciled tile...

My daughter and I did an experiment on 6" x 6" tumbled marble tiles with the Vintage Ornament stencils and craft ink refills.

First, we sponged on the Brilliant Blue and Lovely Lilac ornaments using the stencils and craft ink squirted onto a paper plate.

Then, without heating or anything, we laid the flourish stencils over the centers and sponged on silver ink from a refill bottle.

These tiles were baked in the oven at 325 degrees, but the ink bubbled, so I'd suggest a lower temperature for about 10 minutes.

After that, we added a knot of double-stitched Bashful Blue ribbon and a tag with a saying from the Grateful Greetings stamp set (Holiday Mini), tied on with silver cord. The tile sits on a clear plastic easel for a nice display.

Pearl's Grateful Greetings card...

Pearl brought this cute tree card as a make & take to our demonstrator gathering.

We used the Grateful Greetings stamp set in the Holiday Mini, as well as Snow Buddies (Level 2 hostess in the same mini). You can only buy/earn these stamps till Jan. 4, so let me know if you're interested!

We cut a triangle for the tree, then used the Scallop Edge Punch for the bottom. We stamped a snowflake all over it and folded at 1/2", 1/4", 1/2", 1/4", etc. Mini glue dots hold down the folds.

Of course the tree had to be topped off with a punched Summer Sun star from the small star punch, and we added a brad for bling.

Have a wonderful day!

Grateful Greetings and Inspired by Nature...

These pumpkins, stems and leaves were created with the Table Setting die for the Big Shot with Pumpkin Pie and Garden Green card stocks.

The idea was CASE'd from here.

The grass image is from the Inspired by Nature stamp set, and the sentiment is from the Grateful Greetings set featured in the Holiday Mini Catalog.

Other items used include the Ticket Corner Punch, sponge dauber and Earth Elements brads.