Clean and Simple Birthday

This little number id really simple. I ran some scraps through the Cuttlebug with a flourish folder. Stamped the middle piece and attached them to the front of a card. I stamped this little flower at Kate’s this weekend and colored it with Copic markers. I think she told me this set was from Verve. I used SU oval punches. The paper is Raspberry Fizz from Papertrey Inc.

Pumpkin Night

‘T was the night for ghosts and goblins and ghouls,

For spooking and tricking and acting as fools.

  I answered a knock with a bag full of candy,   

And hoped the children had toothbrushes handy. 

Then I, with a handful of paper and ink,

sat with my punches to ponder and think,  

Of the horseman who rode, with out head, says the tale, 

Through the darkened forest, near a wooded vale. 

Who threw a pumpkin, on a moon filled night,

Giving ol’ Ichabod a terrible fright.

A pumpkin, of course, graces this card.

With punches and time, it’s really not hard.                                                 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!                                                                                                                              So much for  poetry. I have not figured how to format the text on this blog stuff yet! Materials:  Cardstock - Not Quite Navy, Going Grey,So Saffron, Pumpkin Spice, Chocolate Chip, Mello Moss, /Creamy Caramel.                                                                  Orange was punched with the 2 smaller ovals from SU. They were sponged and assembled into a pumpkin shape. I used some scraps of moss and Chocolate to crumple under the pumpkin and to cut a stem. The moon is punched from So Saffron and sponged lightly with Apricot Appeal. White Craft was sponged to create the light around the moon as well as the highlights on the cloud. The shading is Apricot. The textured paper on the bottom is from crimping, scrunching and separating a layer of Creamy Caramel. The smooth side is glued and the remaining fuzzy side is what you see. 

Limited Supplies

I know everyone with this hobby has a boat load of scraps. I also have a pile of those images that are stamped, colored and ready to go that didn't work on the first try. Actually, a box full. I decided to pull open one drawer of the scrap file, pull out 2 pieces of paper and not touch another piece until I used every drop, every scrap of those colors. I love the 3x3 cards. The next few posts will be installments in the 3x3 notes made with white, SU's Soft Sky and Blue Bayou, and many old and older images!

Stampin'UP Designer series paper - Soft Sky

Blooming with Love, Priceless, Flight of the Butterfly, Sincere Salutations, Warmest Regards, Short and Sweet

Scallop punch, Scallop Square, Square punches, Oval Punches , small circle, all SU

Fern and flower punches, MS

Yellow challenge 2

Another new challenge! How will I keep up?
This is the latest over at Poppy Paperie.

I love the freedom to create with her "seeds". I hope this will qualify as I didn't use a floral image exactly. I took the opportunity to try the pompom flowers I saw on Dawn McVey's blog. She has a great tutorial on You Tube. I can see the potential here. This was a fun one, also to be used in the Olympics over at Moxie Fab World.


The flowers are made from the tissue form my PTI order, stamped in yellow with the Polka dot background set. It was punched with the SU Boho flower punch.


Hope you enjoy!

Paper: PTI- Lemon Tart, Ripe Avocado, White
SU - Black
Ink: SU Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Certain Celery, Kiwi Kiss
Stamps: PTI- Faux Ribbon, Butterfly Dreams, Beautiful Blooms
Polka Dot Basics
Accessories: Copic Markers, Hero Arts Crystals, PTI ribbon

Warm winter wishes

Here is one of the new releases at KLM Digital Designs.

Colored with Copics, papers are from the stash!

Digital Tuesday's Challenge

Here is my simple card for the Digital Tuesday's challenge.

The digital image is from KLM Digital Designs. I used PTI white paper to print the image twice. It was colored with Copics, cut and the pumpkins were popped up. DSP is SU as is the cardstock.

Hero card 13

One to send to a child ? All materials SU ; sentiment Hero Arts , Lily Pad Greetings.

Hero card 6

All Stampin'UP  except sentiment, which is PTI, Mailbox Greetings.   The image piece is a polished stone technique.                              

Hero card 5

Another Memory Box daisy card. Papers SU , Lilac textured was sponged and stamped with the polka dot bkgrnd stamp.

So Special

This is a new kind of stamp for me. I'm not a big collage person. For some reason the face of this child just spoke to me. I think she reminds me of one of my sisters.  There are 3 other portraits on the stamp as well, but I wanted just this one. The stamp is "Charming Little Girls" from Magenta.  The image is colored with Copics. It was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink; papers, ink, scallop punch, Stampin'UP; sentiment , Mailbox Greetings from PTI.

Simple is . . .

Here is the first  in a series of very simple cards. I needed to make some samples for a ladies group evening. Most over 60 and, according to the contact person, "none very crafty". We shall see!

Stamps: Stampin'UP! Fifth Avenue, Oval All , Paper: SU Whisper White, Black,  Accessories:  Oval punch, oval scallop punch, Sakura glitter gel pen on stamens, White organdy ribbon. Technique: masking

Marathon stamping

Arrrgh!! It has begun. The crunch to get all the boxes unpacked, bulletin boards up and the eternal paper chase for the beginning of school is stress to the power of  . . . 10. In the 5 years I have been in this school I have moved 3 times. Is there a sign on my back or something???

Anyway, I thought I would take a few minutes today to load the marathon stamping projects I mentioned in last post. I didn't make as many cards as my friend did. I was busy designing. She was cranking!!! At last count she had completed something in the area of 90-100 cards if not more. She was mass producing of course. That goes pretty fast once you're in the groove.

This card is so much fun and FAST! I want to make them for all the teachers on my team for gifts. The composition paper is made from the PTI set Faux Ribbon. I used SU Soft sky and Rose Red inks, corner rounded one corner and punched the side with a hole punch. The celery leaves are SU's 5 petal flower punch. The white embossed flower came from the bridal section at Michael's. They market it as bridal confetti. A little pricey to throw, but it's GREAT for cards. The rust flower in the center is one of my old school punches. A drop of Stickles in the center, mount it on  SU Groovy Guava DS paper, Stamp sentiment from PTI  Floral Frenzy, and done.

This next one is also a mix of companies. The paper is all SU, WW, black, Wasabi, and Saffron.

The background,  stamped lightly in SU craft white is SU hostess set Garden silhouettes. The focal image is from PTI's Floral Frenzy. The stem is in Wasabi but the flowers are PTI colors. The image is a two step and lends itself to their Perfect Match Hybrid Inks. 

Cards just don't get faster than this one. The only fussy part was that I cut out the stamped scallop because I wanted the blue scallop to peek out a bit. This SU So Many Scallops from the Sale-a-bration promotion. The card was embossed on one side with the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder. A bit of bling and a touch of organdy and here it is.

It's very white . . . but so is snnnnnnnn . . . snnnnn  . . . I can't bring myself to say that word  yet!

These are also using the Cuttlebug embossing folders and the SU hostess set Oh So Lovely (I think). I used whit craft for the texture stamp. Once it was dry I stamped on the flowers and then used reinkers and a blender to watercolor them in. The sentiment is from PTI Floral Frenzy and framed using their Corners and Borders oval and rectangle. I love the sentiment. You could use it for anything . . . nice or not ;-)

Well the phone rings . . . time to go back to school. 

Super Simple Punch cards

This card takes less than 5 minutes. A quick background stamp, layer, stamp and punch accents. Apply to layers and embellish as desired! DONE!