Gently Falling birthday card for Pink Paper Bakery challenge

 

I have a heckuva time feeding ribbon through button holes. And since I wanted Summer Starfruit ribbon to coordinate with the card, I decided just to cut it. Here's a close-up of it. I love the fraying ends. Oh, what a beautiful morning!

 

 

A dear friend of mine is celebrating her birthday today! Barb has become a great friend of mine over the past several months. She's strong, reliable, and very loving. She also happens to be in my downline, and is a very creative stamper! Barb loves Comfort Cafe dsp, so I thought I'd combine those colors - Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Summer Starfruit - for her card, using the sketch from Pink Paper Bakery.

 

Pink Paper Bakery is cooking up some fabulous challenges! This sketch challenge is good thru Oct. 27, so you have plenty of time to come up with something and add the link.

Autumn Accents candle and frame set

Rich colorful leaves (using the Faux Fossil technique) with a touch of shimmer make this candle wrap with matching mat and chipboard frame the perfect addition to your autumn home decor. The set also makes a lovely hostess gift or class project during the autumn season. All of these items were designed by Lynn. To get the instructions for Lynn’s project, just subscribe to October at Craft Project Central.  And if you get a chance, please leave Lynn a comment on her project! Have a great week!

Video tutorial: Making your own Halloween treat bags

My bestie Kim shows how to create quick and easy Halloween treat bags for your favorite kids using the Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit in the 2012 Holiday Catalog.



Fall home decor gift set

These fall decor items were designed by Julie Beltramo. They will make you happy just looking at them or when you give them as a gift. The fall picks may be displayed in a pot of beans, or plant, ready to put anywhere. The project includes instructions for a matching luminary and greeting card! This project is a fun class project as well!

To get the instructions for Julie’s project, subscribe to Craft Project Central for October 2012.  And if you have an chance, please leave Julie a comment on her project! Have a fun crafting weekend.

Jolly Bingo Bits adds some Christmas cheer

 

It's all about Christmas and gifts today. I'm working on creating more framed art and necklaces today for my big gift festival at the Tacoma Dome next week.

I came across one of the Christmas card designs from my last 10-card class. The others are scattered around my studio. I used Jolly Bingo Bits for this card, along with the 1-inch square punch and the Postage Stamp punch. I love the sentiment, which is from the Sweet Essentials stamp set. I pulled the ink and card stock colors - Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green - from the Be of Good Cheer dsp.

 

 

I almost forgot to add a couple of photos I took at the Stampin' Up! Convention this past summer featuring the Be of Good Cheer dsp. They were gorgeous displays full of great ideas.

 



 

Enjoy your Friday! And don't forget - The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop is in its 11th week. I'd love for you to add your Halloween project.

Creating cute Little Critter Cards

Share your love of paper crafting with children with these adorable Little Critter Cards! You can make them for the little ones in your life or, even better, make them with the little ones! Each of the Little Critter Cards are easy to make with little or no help from an adult. The child who receives one of these cards will certainly smile, and the sense of satisfaction from making one, will stay with the child for a long time to come! What a fun kids’ class these cards would make too! Project includes instructions for making a penguin, mouse, lady bug, dinosaur, and not shown, an owl, monkey, bee, and dog!

 

Carrie Rhoades came up with these projects. To get the instructions for Carrie’s project, just subscribe to Craft Project Central for October! And if you get a chance, please leave Carrie a comment on her project! Have a great crafting day!

Jack of All Trades kicks off Week 11 of The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop

 

Boo!!! Welcome to Week 11 of The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop! I'm so excited at how close we're getting to Halloween. I adore the costumes and candy and fun! This week's card uses a few Scrabble tiles. I found a quaint little shop that sells the tiles for pennies. I'd much rather buy only the letters I need than buying Scrabble games at thrift stores and having a bunch of letters I'll never use taking up premium space in my craft area!

 

This is the first time I've inked up Jack of All Trades this season. I love pumpkins - and cute ones at that. I used Jenn's sketch at Try Stampin' On Tuesday, and am also adding this Halloween card to Pink Paper Bakery's challenge.

 



That happy face just makes me smile! I used Pumpkin Pie and Lucky Limeade ink and card stocks, as well as the Argyle embossing folder, Flourish Designer Frame (in the Holiday Catalog) and Brights Brads.

 

 

Oh, and last but not least, I'm adding this card to Hand Stamped Sentiment's Pumpkin Challenge. Ink up your favorite pumpkin - or make one - and add it!

 

I cordially invite you to join The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop in Week 11, along with any other challenge you like. Just add your Halloween creation to the blog hop, along with the code near the bottom of each post. When you add the code to your blog while you are in the edit HTML mode, your readers can play along, leave comments, and view the samples right from YOUR blog!

At the end of 13 weeks, I will give one person a $50 Stampin' Up! gift certificate! The more times you enter the blog hop, the better your chances of taking home the Grand Prize. You also get a ticket just for displaying The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop badge on your blog. Whoo hoo!

Homemade dishwasher detergent with a Stampin Up! touch

 

I'm running a leaner and meaner household these days, either cutting back or making things from scratch if it saves money. I'm also trying to do more things for the environment. You might remember that I made laundry detergent here. I've been using it for 3-1/2 months and still have more than a third of the gallon left! I wash laundry every other day. It works as good (if not better) than the store-bought brand names I've purchased in the past. Best of all, a couple of the laundry detergent ingredients are the same as for the dishwasher!

 

I ran out of dishwasher detergent yesterday. I looked up a recipe for homemade detergent on Pinterest and came up with this one:

 

1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda

1 cup Borax

1/4 cup Kosher salt

2 packets unsweetened lemonade

 

That's it! I already had everything except the Koolaid, so I picked that up today for 20 cents a packet. And I'd saved the top to a salt container after seeing a different pin on Pinterest, so using some Rich Razzleberry paper from the Polka Dot Patterns dsp pack, I covered the salt lid so I can use the spout with a regular mason jar. (I tried using a pint jar, but needed to move up to a quart size to fit all of the ingredients as listed.) I used liquid adhesive to glue the lid into the ring. Now when I need to add detergent to the dishwasher, the pour spout makes it super easy! It only takes one tablespoon per load (that's all my dishwasher "cup" will hold anyway), so this should last awhile.

 

 

Although the jar is under my kitchen sink, I thought it'd be nice to coordinate a label and ribbon with the jar lid! lol I used the 2-inch circle punch and Decorative Label Punch.

Have a wonderful day! A new week of The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop starts tomorrow, so I'd love to see you create something for it. :-) One lucky participant will receive $50 in Stampin' Up! product at the end of the 13 weeks!

Just a few fall swaps from SU! regional seminar in Tacoma

 

I went to the Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar in Tacoma Sept. 29 with many of my American Ink downline, guests, and demo friends. We filled five tables. It was a really nice day with some great projects, demonstrators, displays, swaps and more. I didn't make any swaps to take, so I felt fortunate when one of my downline - Teresa - and two demo friends - Karen and Valorie - each gave me one of theirs.

 

Teresa is a demo in Mill Creek. She's come up with some very cool projects for her stamping group. This card uses the Woodgrain embossing folder and the Autumn Leaves die for the Big Shot. She pieced together stripes of Orchard Harvest dsp before die-cutting the leaves. I love the way they look. The sentiment is from the Days of Gratitude stamp set.

 

 

Karen is a demonstrator friend from Port Townsend. She made this beautiful bookmark. The Summer Starfruit ribbon is so soft at the top. And I love those flowers - from the Pleasant Poppies background stamp - and En Francais.

 

 





Val is a demo friend from Port Orchard. She left this swap without a greeting so you can add your own. I appreciate that! I will be making it a birthday card. I love the use of punches to make the pumpkin, as well as the bit of Baker's Twine on the stem. The Woodgrain embossing on the white layer is awesome.

 

After the seminar ended, a big group of us went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for a nice dinner. And Karen's guest, Barb B., and Pat's daughter, Rachel, signed up as demonstrators that day! Welcome to our stampin' family, ladies.

Scentsational Season notepads

I found a few notepads with pens in my cabinet this weekend, remembered a photo I'd pinned on Pinterest, and decided to cover them for the big festival next week. I used Snow Festival dsp on the candy cane pad, and Polka Dot Patterns dsp on the other two. They use a shape cut from the Window Frames Collections, but best of all, once stamped, it's easy to use the Holiday Collection Framelits to die cut them with the Big Shot. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Halloween party favor and Frightening Feline projects

 

Halloween is such a fun time of year to decorate and give candy to friends and co-workers. Why not make your treats something special? Replace the "Trick or Treat" label with a guest name and you have a place holder/party favor! And if you don’t celebrate Halloween, you can still use the instructions and template included to make favors for other occasions!

This super cute project was made by Rae Harper, and you can get the details on her tutorial over at Craft Project Central!

Buy 1 stamp instead of the set!

 

Did you ever look at a stamp set and say, "I just want that ONE stamp?" Well, Stampin' Up! is trying a pilot program where you can buy just ONE clear stamp from three different word sets - Perfectly Penned, Word Play, and Seasonal Sayings - until January 2, 2013. The stamp will be sent as shown above - no case and no block - for either $4.95 or $5.95, depending which stamp you'd like.

 

Perfectly Penned stamps

Word Play stamps

Seasonal Sayings stamps

 

You may order anytime day or night through my Stampin' Up! website - http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net. Please contact me if you have any questions or would like more information - ericandterry@comcast.net.

 

Have a wonderful day!



Still time to join The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop

Don't mess with the boots! I love the fashionable boots in the Bootiful Occasions stamp set. I embossed stripes on the Tangerine Tango card front, and added a strip of Polka Dot Patterns dsp on Basic Black card stock.

I separated the words from the boot on my clear stamp (so now I have two stamps!). It made it easy at a private class (Hi Susie!) to stamp the words in Basic Black and the boot in Rich Razzleberry. Of course I had to add a few rhinestones to the boot for some bling.

The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop continues in Week 10. Each week, you're invited to add your Halloween creation to the blog hop, along with the code near the bottom of each post. When you add the code to your blog while you are in the edit HTML mode, your readers can play along, leave comments, and view the samples right from YOUR blog!

At the end of 13 weeks, I will give one person a $50 Stampin' Up! gift certificate! The more times you enter the blog hop, the better your chances of taking home the Grand Prize. You also get a ticket just for displaying The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop badge on your blog. Whoo hoo!

Googly Ghouls Halloween Ensemble at Craft Project Central

 

Check out this Googly Ghouls Halloween Ensemble over at Craft Project Central, and designed by Laurie Zoellmer. Whether you decide to make one, two, or all three of these cute little projects, they are sure to be a hit this Halloween! This Halloween Ensemble includes an easy-fold gift box, a darling triangle treat bag, and a coordinating card! This project is also a quick and fun class, club or camp project! To get the instructions for these projects, just subscribe to October!

Join this Stylin' Stampin' Squad for hoppin' Halloween ideas

 

Halloween never gets old. But you can mix it up a bit with a color that's not so traditional for the holiday, like Island Indigo on this heat embossed silly bat.

 

Thanks to my fellow SU! demo Heather, I have joined with the talented members of the Stylin' Stampin' Squad for a Halloween blog hop! Welcome, if you've dropped in from Nancy's Momma B Stampin blog. You all know I adore Halloween and all of the trimmings. Now you can jump from blog to blog to take in a variety of ideas. Hopefully you'll try making some too!

 

I used a color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments and a sketch challenge at Freshly Made Challenges for my Tricky Treats card. Both challenges end October 8. My favorite part of this card is the Delicate Designs embossed strip of Early Espresso Core'dinations Card Stock that I sanded and trimmed around. I love texture! The indigo banner was run through the Perfect Polka Dots folder.

 

A jumbo sticky round is holding the Tangerine Tango rosette to the card front. Those suckers are strong!

 



I had a few flat glass marbles in my stampin' drawer and thought it'd be fun to stamp some Tricky Treat images, glue them to the back of the marbles and add magnets. My daughter has dibs on these already! lol

If you started with my blog, just click on the cute little spider below to venture on to the next blog on the hop - Shellie's Creative Eclectica! Please take a few minutes to leave comments at each stop! And thanks for visiting me.

Oh, and if you're completely lost (it happens sometimes), here's a complete list of everyone involved in the blog hop:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Eclectica
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
3. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
4. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
5. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
6. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
7. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
8. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
9. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
10. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
11. Nancy B of Momma B Stampin'
12. Terry B of Goin' Over the Edge (you're here!)

Video tutorial: Toxic Treats Halloween party favor box

Give the Petite Purse die a fun makeover for Halloween! This treat favor uses the Toxic Treats stamp set (2012 Holiday Catalog), Howlstooth and Scaringbone dsp, and basic glimmer brads.

Week 10 card has spider web irridescent with Illuminate

 

I can't resist a cute, fake spider with big googly eyes. Of course, real spiders aren't cute. They probably wouldn't stick to a card with dimensionals, either, but who wants to try?

 

 

I started with a Basic Gray card base, and built on that with a Basic Black layer and a piece of Howlstooth & Scaringbone dsp. I used Retrosketches #31 for the card design:

 

 

The Retrosketches #31 challenge ends Friday, Oct. 5, at 11:59 p.m., so you still have time!

 

 

Check out this cool spider web! I embossed the web on Basic Gray card stock, then rubbed the Illuminate pad over the top. It actually looks irridescent like a web, in real life. I love that!

 

 

Here's one more shot of the whole card. I layered the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch at the bottom, and used Jet Black StazOn ink. This is the beginning of Week 10 of The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop! Do you believe it? Halloween is just a few weeks away!!! It's so exciting.

 

Add your Halloween creation to the blog hop, along with the code near the bottom of each post. When you add the code to your blog while you are in the edit HTML mode, your readers can play along, leave comments, and view the samples right from YOUR blog!

At the end of 13 weeks, one person will get a $50 Stampin' Up! gift certificate! The more times you enter the blog hop, the better your chances of taking home the Grand Prize. You also get a ticket just for displaying The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop badge on your blog. Whoo hoo!

Stamps: Googly Ghouls;
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Illuminate pad;
Paper: Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray and Basic Black card stocks, Howlstooth & Scaringbone dsp;
Accessories: 1-1/4" Circle Punch, dimensionals, googly eyes, spider web embossing folder, 1/8" Basic Black taffeta, 3/16" Corner Rounder Punch, and Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.

Witch's Cottage Luminary for Craft Project Central

 

How cute is this adorable Witch's Cottage Luminary and card? They were created by Amanda Corbet. You may see this and other terrific projects on her blog - http://kraftingkreations.blogspot.com, as well as at Craft Project Central. If you're the kind of person who loves step by step instructions, a materials list and more photos, you should consider subscribing to Craft Project Central. It's only $10 a month and the projects are available to you for a full year! You can use them to plan fabulous classes and club projects too.

 

There will be more fun projects coming up this month, so keep coming back to see what they are! I've designed a Christmas project.

 

And don't forget - there's still time to add your Halloween project to The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop! A new week starts Wednesday.

 

 

Merry Christmas to you! There's a new Stampin' Up! promotion that started today. When you buy the Ornament Keepsakes set and Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, you'll get a FREE Festive Paper-Piercing Pack worth $7.95. When you buy the bundle, you save an additional 15 percent off the set and the Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies, which gives you loads of options.

 

Please contact me if you have any questions, or you may place your Online Order anytime through my demonstrator website: http://therubberroom.stampinup.net. Have a wonderful day!

Snowflake die and trees for Christmas cards

 

Happy Sunday! It's been a full weekend, what with the Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar in Tacoma yesterday, and watching the fun movie Hotel Transylvania with my family for my daughter's birthday. I've got loads of cards and other projects to share with you.

 

Today, I'm posting a few cards from a 10-card Christmas class. The one above uses the Snow Flurry die for the Big Shot, a design from the Candlelight Christmas Specialty dsp pack, and a sentiment from Greetings of the Season.

 

 

The new Holiday Frame embossing folder covers the front of a card beautifully. I stamped the oval from Joyous Celebrations in Midnight Muse ink, punched it out with the Oval Punch, then stamped and cut out the tree from the same set and adhered it with a dimensional. A rhinestone where the star is adds a bit of bling.

 

 

I used the same sketch for this Evergreen Christmas card that I did for this Halloween card. The Very Vanilla card has a few 3/4-inch strips of paper from the Candlelight Christmas Specialty dsp pack. This is a terrific design for random scraps! The little "Merry Christmas" is the corner is from the hostess set Mixed Medley. It's stuck on the top corner with a Stampin' Dimensional.



Video tutorial: Tricky Treats ghost card

Watch my friend Barb create a cute Halloween card using the Tricky Treats stamp set, Label Framelits, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, rhinestones, and Howlstooth and Scaringbone dsp.