American Ink make & takes range from Halloween treat to Snow Much Fun

Barb brought this yummy polka-dotted Pumpkin Pie Top Note treat holder as a make & take to our American Ink team meeting. Unfortunately, the Hershey Nuggets inside (3 of them) didn't last long enough for this photo! We used the Out on a Limb stamp set and scallop circle punch with dimensionals.

Heather, one of our adopted demos, brought this elegant Contempo Christmas make & take, embossed with the Northern Flurry folder and Big Shot, and some rhinestones for bling.

Kim's make & take makes good use of Spice Cake dsp and punches. The only thing stamped is the Sincere Salutation thanks.

I believe another guest demo, Joelle, brought this make & take. It uses the Snow Much Fun stamp set and Dazzling Details.

Courage birthday invitation...

My son's birthday is here again and like every year before this one, he's asked for a "soldier" invitation to be made for his friends. This year's birthday invite features the Courage stamp set, along with Sincere Salutations. I started with a Crumb Cake card, then added a layer of Early Espresso and Woodland dsp. The main image from Courage was stamped in Early Espresso and sponged with the same color all the way around. I used the wide oval punch on the sentiment, adhering it with dimensionals.

Kim's swap...

Kim broke out her new big buttons for swapping at our American Ink meeting. The buttons are featured in many colors in the Holiday Mini Catalog, which begins Sept. 1.

The Whisper White card stock was run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, punched at the bottom with the Scallop Border Punch, and a strip of Rich Razzleberry dsp added inside.

The same paper was punched with the Extra-Large 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, then layered a larger 2-1/2" circle (new Holiday Mini item), with a 3/8" piece of taffeta ribbon knotted through the button.

The Sincere Salutations greeting was stamped and then punched out using the Extra-Large Decorative Label Punch (another Holiday Mini item), sponged and then layered on a piece of Rich Razzleberry card stock that had been punched with the Curly Label Punch.

Stamps: Sincere Salutations (115068);
Ink: Rich Razzleberry (115658);
Paper: Whisper White (101730), Rich Razzleberry (1115316), Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117155);
Accessories: 3/8" Rich Razzleberry Taffeta (119966), Scallop Edge Border Punch (119882), 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Extra-Large Punch (118874), Curly Label Extra-Large Punch (119851). Holiday Mini items - Decorative Label Punch (120907), Candy Cane Designer Buttons (121718), and Extra-Large 2-1/2" Circle Punch (120906).

Herb Expressions embossed card...

This swap features the Herb Expressions stamp set with a sentiment from Sincere Salutations.


The card base is Old Olive that's been run through a texture plate in the Big Shot. Then there's a layer of Close to Cocoa on top of that with a small chocolate epoxy brad that was in the last mini catalog.


The top layer has been pierced as well as distressed.

Spring Flower die & Candy Lane dsp...

There's nothing like a pot of flowers to brighten one's day.

I CASE'd this idea from Stephanie Luman. It's a flower pot pocket card.

The flowers were all die cut using the Spring Flower die for the Big Shot. The middles of the flowers are 3/4" circles, and the middle flower also has a clear round button adhered to it.

This Close to Cocoa card features the Eyelet Border Punch, as well as the Wide Oval Punch with the sentiment from Sincere Salutations.