Stampmouse's hole in the web

pointsetta

2011-12-20T12:03:00.000-08:00

poinsette card i did for a swap.

embossing folder by stampin up
holly by a stamp in the hand
pointsetta by a stamp in the hand.

sprayed with shimmer by stampin up.

the gift of taco's

2011-12-19T12:01:00.000-08:00

how is this for a clever idea???? a friend made taco mix and put it in the cello bags by stampin up. yummy

snowman candy

2011-12-18T11:59:00.000-08:00

this clever little gift was given to me by linda is this not the cutest??? that fleece hat is adorable i will have to be desperate to get to that chocolate

reindeer tag

2011-12-17T11:57:00.000-08:00

reindeer tag

done at my stampin up demonstrator's club. all product is stampin up. looks like this one lost his little red nose though dang it. it was a rhinestone colored with a sharpie clever

gift card and treat holder

2011-12-16T11:08:00.000-08:00

a gift card and treat holder done at my stampin up club. don't ask me how to score and cut it because I have no idea. lol love it but these things can make me mental.

all products stampin up except the kisses of course.

reindeer card

2011-12-15T11:06:00.000-08:00

isn't this the cutest little reindeer ever??

done by a friend at my stampin up club "Deb" she used the owl and the swirls die.

creative time again

2011-12-14T10:31:00.000-08:00

I had put this blog on hold because I was concentrating on my photo blog but have decided to bring it back to jump start some creativity and reshare what I make and what others have made for me.

today's creation was done at my demonstrator Sunny's club night.

All product by stampin up. ink color soft suede done with white embossing and the ink sponged over top. elegant and beautiful. the inside is embossed with a merry christmas

ps I don't think my older posts will show as the pictures have been archived.

I have been a bad blogger

2010-12-02T23:11:00.000-08:00

I have been a bad blogger. I have been spending most of my time at my photo blog and not posting much here

I will try to do better.

these are some scrapbook layouts I did in close to my heart's Studio J.

Pretty easy to use and not bad pricing.

I may change this blog up a little and use it for a multipurpose blog. contests, notificaton of other blog candy. still haven't decided yet. I still want a place to show art bugt want to keep the photo blog mainly a photo blog.

like that bike

2010-08-21T21:52:00.000-07:00

Motorcycle by stampin up. cut and layered (hard to see here) and pop dotted to stand out. colored with pencils. added to a cuttlebug background and punched out the stars

birds of paridise

2010-08-19T21:49:00.000-07:00

Did this for a swap I hosted. Stencil by dream weaver. used translucent stencil paste and then added the glitter on top. tough to get it to stay in the colors. layered with some punches in pink.

christmas in the summer

2010-08-17T21:48:00.000-07:00

did this for a card club class.

I bought the stamp at the urging of my husband while in Vegas at the viva las vegas store. he loves Santa's. simply stamped added a little color to his cheeks. sponged the outside then added the holly leaves on this card I punched little red circles for the berries but on another card I used stickle paint and really liked that. I also added a greeting on on ther sample. On this sample which you can't see well I added some liquid glass on the glasses.

Santa by viva las vegas

holly by stamp in the hand

window atc

2010-06-15T17:10:00.000-07:00

did this for an atc challenge. the window was punched out using a small creative memories punch. then added a strip colored in brown using pop dots to extend it from the window. between that I put some flowers by rubber stamp tapestry and cut out around them. added a dragonfly brad and a saying by stampin up colored in a navy blue. (i used a lot of companies there didn't I? lol) layered on another piece of brown

linen elegance

2010-06-13T17:08:00.000-07:00

straight on this doesn't photograph well so at an angle you can get a good appreciation to this card. done with a couple different texture plates and some shimmer put on it. done at a stampin up card class with my favorite stampin up demo sharon she has the best ideas.

flower dreams

2010-06-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

I just had to have that little butterfly die cut isn't it cute?? Did this at a stampin up class with my demonstrator sharon.

tulip greetings

2010-06-09T17:05:00.000-07:00

Did this at a card class with my stampin up demonstrator sharon. this clever little tulip was done using the wing of the bird punch. love it.

seeing stars

2010-06-07T17:02:00.000-07:00

did this at a card class with my stampin up demonstrator sharon. love the texture and bright colors.

you brighten my day

2010-06-05T13:33:00.000-07:00

simple design with close to my heart paper and stamps. added the ribbon to give it some dimension. last of the close to my heart cards from my card class. thanks Shannon

torn flower

2010-06-03T13:31:00.000-07:00

paper torn and color added. brad on large flower which is stamped and cut out

stitching

2010-06-01T13:30:00.000-07:00

Faux stitching on this card done with mostly strips of papers large flower is 3d. all stamps by close to my heart

boarding

2010-05-31T13:20:00.000-07:00

did this for an under 18 birthday swap on one of my groups. At first I had the bottom image but then decided I really didn't like that slide on there so didn't put it on for the rest of them. which do you prefer??

love and laughter

2010-05-29T13:19:00.000-07:00

another close to my heart card (almost done) I like the added touch of the ribbon to break up the card a bit.

happy birthday

2010-05-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

simple card done with close to my heart paper and some cutting out of hte large flower.

woman power

2010-05-25T13:15:00.000-07:00

i love sponging I think its my favorite thing to do. did this for a women's swap. stamped images by close to my heart in black, sponged with yellow, added some stencil punching (I made the stencils using stampin up punches) and the slide that has the words live fast and stay pretty. You can't see it but there is some sparklies in there too that were added.

poetic

2010-05-23T13:13:00.000-07:00

one of my favorite cards and so simple. all stamps are by close to my heart (went to a card making class recently can you tell? ) some of the flowers are pop dotted on there and edging in brown on the paper for an added touch

dream

2010-05-21T21:35:00.000-07:00

Done with Close to my heart paper and stamps. Large flower is cut out and 3d'd to card the rest are direct to paper. some edging around the card stock and paper for an added affect

aquarium room card

2010-05-19T21:31:00.000-07:00

This card will fold down to mail and was a royal pain the rear to make. First I had troubles with the glossy paper making the stamped images look faded after only one day. getting them to stand up was a challenge

i liked adding the clear acetate to the front.

but in the end I like how it turned out

sorry

2010-05-17T21:29:00.000-07:00

was pretty happy with this card. it was made with mostly scraps and punches.

purple

2010-05-15T21:28:00.000-07:00

Atc done with some weaving and then a punched butterfly.

spring

2010-05-13T21:26:00.000-07:00

spring has sprung card. stamps by stampin up added a few punches and cut some green to look like grass.

fairy

2010-05-11T21:21:00.000-07:00

lousy picture but I almost forgot to take one and took a quick shot with my phone before it went in the mail. The stamp is by close to my heart. You can't really see it but it is colored with gel pens.

elanor roosevelt

2010-05-11T13:30:00.000-07:00

love this staying. pretty straight forward card. the strip of flowers is stamped and teh large flower is cut out.

little fishies

2010-02-27T01:01:00.000-08:00

one of my favorite cards as of late. Done for a mini virtual stamp night on split coast stampers. The challenge was 1) kissing technique running the edge of the stamp in a stamp pad or use a marker to edge it with. 2) S curve tried to do a couple here 4) PINK gads not my favorite color but I think I like the fish in pink got me out of always doing them in yellow and orange.

All stamps are Stamp in the hand, technique is direct to glossy paper and some stippling. I love this technique fought to me by Joyce hazen that use to demo for stamp in the hand. She was SOOOO good at this

moose

2010-02-25T00:58:00.000-08:00

A challenge on split coast stampers website. to create a card in less than 45 minutes that had snow on it. I used iridescent ice embossing powder for this. All stamps are stampin up.

Below shows the moose a bit more he is pop dotted on the scene.

cherished dog

2010-02-23T00:35:00.000-08:00

the story begins with a pup named Duncan from Republic Washington. AKA wild thing, Doodles, and trouble sometimes.

all layouts done from a class at my ctmh demo's. Pictures were put on later.

chalked lilacs

2010-02-21T00:56:00.000-08:00

A challenge from the split coast stampers website this was first stamped in craft white then daubed with chalk. You can see it a little bit more with the closeup below. All stamps are stampin up.

old teaches young

2010-02-19T00:33:00.000-08:00

My favorite shot is the one where Duncan (pup) is sitting under the chin of Storm (older dog) this was taken not long before we had to put storm down. I think Duncan knew that it was a bad day for Storm he stuck by his side the whole day and didn't run around like a wild thing like he normally does.

CTMH products

Winter olympics

2010-02-17T00:53:00.000-08:00

A challenge from the splitcoast stampers site we had to do something that was a spotlight and if we added the Olympic ring colors into it that was even better. all stamps are by penguin pants rubber stamps. used punches on this as well. the main snowflakes are embossed with iridescent ice.

Turnbull

2010-02-15T00:30:00.000-08:00

Some pictures from Turnbull National Wildlife refuge Refuge. We were lucky enough to spot a few birds and coyote but not the best of days. next time

layout done with CTMH products.

hearts galore

2010-02-14T19:47:00.000-08:00

Did this at a stampin up class with Sharon my favorite stampin up demo. this simple but beautiful card was a big hit with us. The background is big shotted (embossing folder) the red heart is from a sizelet ( I know I spelled that wrong) a must have if you like hearts, and the next heart is stamped on white with a heart set that currently has $2.00 going to the red cross for Haiti, and then was punched out with the heart punch. roller wheeled the words punched the scallops on the bottom and added some ribbon. oh wait also a small glitter heart punched out with their new heart punch that stores oh so nice.

snowboarder

2010-02-13T00:48:00.000-08:00

this is NOT what I would call a very good card but I was doing a challenge for the VSN mini night a while back the theme was to do something that represented a flag color I chose Poland red and white since that is my heritage but then I added the black so that is more like Trinidad.

If in need of some inspiration, challenge or some stamping friends check out www.splitcoaststampers.com

having fun

2010-02-11T00:28:00.000-08:00

My niece, nephew and my son Kris. Not a defect on the picture just very heavy rain he came in soaked in just moments playing with the dog.

CTMH products. hope you aren't getting sick of seeing scrap booking pages. I have these preset to only come out once every 4 days.

Happiness is Atc

2010-02-09T19:20:00.000-08:00

Did this for a swap and really didn't care for my first shot at the happiness is theme (above) a picture of my puppy and some stickers and jewels. so just had to do another one and I like it much more.

Done with a piece of chipboard under a layer of metal. Burnished and then a punched heart and some vellum sayings.

birthday fun

2010-02-07T00:25:00.000-08:00

Kris's 16th birthday party. my husband just loved his haircut NOT!!!
luckily it was short lived about 6 months. All layouts are done with CTMH products. I love going to classes at my ctmh demo's but I have MANY layouts to fill a goal for 2010 is to get them filled with pictures.

butterfly birthday

2010-02-05T19:17:00.000-08:00

An atc done for February birthdays.

butterfly stamped in pink and highlight with red markers. Stamp by tin can mail.

Happy Birthday stamp by stampin up.

Duncan and the old man

2010-02-03T00:22:00.000-08:00

by now you have realized that I did some scrap booking lately and I have scheduled out some of the pages so that they are spread out along with some cards (hopefully) One of the batches of photos I had was of our newest westie (well 2006 he was new) and some of our "old man" storm he is 17 in these pictures and was put down September 11, 2006 sadly. He will live in our hearts forever.

But the new little guy "storm" is working out pretty good I have to say.

All paper CTMH

Little bird card

2010-02-01T19:59:00.000-08:00

this little bird punch was the first thing on my must have list from stampin up. not only is the punch stored better than most punches this is just toooo cute. I can see lots of uses for it.

Did this from a stampin up class with my demo sharon

mistake

2010-01-31T00:16:00.000-08:00

I know I shouldn't even post the above but just have to show you what happens when you DON'T view what you have just snapped a picture of. And then proceed to put all your scrapbooks away and then a day later look at the pictures you have taken. SHAME SHAME. Don't do what I have done.

both of these pages were done on CTMH paper

the left page with the dog (Duncan) headed off the brick wall was taken by accident when my husband was taking pictures of him and saw him headed off the wall he grabbed him just as he snapped the shot. lucky on two counts.

watercolor mini card

2010-01-29T19:56:00.000-08:00

you may recall this from a couple of days ago when I showed the card holder. this is another card done at my demo sharon's stampin up class. Done on watercolor paper and added a little glitter.

sorry the photo is a a little blurry only had the point and shoot for some of these shots and preloaded the cards into different dates.

Indian paintings

2010-01-27T00:14:00.000-08:00

this was done with some Stampin' Up stamping and paper. A hike along the river near the indian paintings with hubby. the left corner picture is a dragonfly up close but his wings are hard to see in this picture. need to get better with taking 12 x 12 layouts.

fun card holder

2010-01-25T19:53:00.000-08:00

this bird punch from stampin up is a must have really it is way to cute. Did this at a stampin up class with sharon It opens up to have 2 spots or cards or gift cards or money or even pictures
stay tuned for close ups of the cards

lilacs

2010-01-23T00:12:00.000-08:00

May in Spokane is Lilac season. After all we are the lilac city. I sued this layout done at a ctmh scrapbooking class to put a few pictures of my aunt in the Lilac garden at Manito park in spokane.

winter weather

2010-01-21T23:56:00.000-08:00

done for a winter weather swap. I for some odd reason like this unknown unmounted snowman but never really have a chance to use it because it is kinda sad. For this swap it was perfect. we have had (knock on wood) a mild winter and compared to the last two a very welcome sight. So its a melting snowman with a little grass showing through and a bare tree. It was kind of plain so I added some blowing cold breeze to keep the snowman alive for a short more time and some crystals to make the snow.

bee walking

2010-01-19T00:10:00.000-08:00

well if you read my photo blog this is repeat but its my favorite page I did recently and just had to post it.

As you can see I don't journal much at all but I did do a little on this one. one reason I don't is my printing is not pretty yeah I know I could type it up but really I just don't care for journaling much in my books. don't tell any creative memory people that shhhhh.

Anyhow this is one of my favorite pages because of the story behind it. here are a three 16 year old, bored and inventing things to do. So they capture a bee. Yes a big old bumblebee. the captured him/her (how do you tell?) by putting finding one on a flower and then putting a plastic bag over it. then took some string and made a little lasso. and fished it in the bag till it was around the bee. I know I know very inhumane but hey they weren't out starting fires or drinking and bee's only live so long so I went with it.

After lassoing it they took it out of the bag and starting walking it down the street. this just totally cracked me up. Leave it to a teenager to think up something like this.

Paper by ctmh

Snowman for a friend

2010-01-17T22:21:00.000-08:00

In one of my stamp clubs we had a member that loved snowman and we loved our Ginny. A few years ago she passed away from colon cancer and her sister that is still in our club hosts this swap every year. its a favorite because of the memory it brings back for everyone and we love to honor her this way.

The snowman is cut with the cricut with a light blue shadow done as well. Markers were used to color in the parts on the snowman. He is pop dotted (I told you I am obsessed with them) on red. A cuttlebug folder was used on white and both the blue background and the punched red corners were made by taking stamp pads and running them over the top of the embossed background.

Only had to make 14 of these, haha but it was a labor of love. Once you get the parts made and the first one put together its a snap after that you just run an assembly line and before you know it they are all done.

black and white window card

2010-01-15T19:54:00.000-08:00

I love how this turned out. It is for a black and white swap. Did this for a swap on a group I am in.

Making the window pane was the hardest part. After some trial and error I found the easiest way to do it was to take a square 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 fold in half and than half again. then with a square punch I punched out the pane. I used this for my template and put it over card stock and punched where the openings were at.

under the frame is another 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 white square I stamped the deer by putting the frame over the white and stamping the deer (ctmh) then took the frame off and sponged a little brook in black and then stamped the trees. Added some glitter to make the snow.

Pop dotted the frame on the white scene and then the entire thing on another black square.

the ribbon is from Joannes dollar stack.

musical atc

2010-01-13T21:47:00.000-08:00

I love this stamp set and I don't remember where the heck I got it. Its an unmounted set and I bought it many years ago when my son started playing drums. Its very hard to find drum stuff don't you know. Everyone wants to be the singer or guitarist so that is what they sell. well HELLO you can't have a band without a beat so the drummer is really the heart of the group. Love ya son!!!

I added a little color and lots of little cutting and mounted to white. Pop dotted the guitarist and keyboard player and added a few punched musical notes. I just love how this turned out. hopefully my atc partner likes it as well.

one of my favorite foods.

2010-01-11T22:14:00.000-08:00

I did this for a cotm or card of the the month swaps I do with one of my online stamp groups hopefully she likes it and doesn't see this till she gets the actual card. The large artichokes were stamped on glossy paper and then cut out and pop dotted (yes I know I am obsessed with pop dots) the background is small artichokes stamped off and then stamped on white with some sponging and then the words stamped in black. I didn't like the edges of the card so I decided to give them a little bit of a jagged looks like the artichoke itself. All stamps are by Stamp in the Hand.

A new year and a new goal

2010-01-09T21:25:00.000-08:00

for 2010 my goal is to be a better craft blogger and to finish more projects. Mainly finish more projects. Lord knows I have enough of them.

to start the year off a picture of a birthday ATC I did for my atc group called AtcsUsa-International. Its a small group and our swaps are not a huge commitment. Usually ONE a month yep ONE you get one back and you send one. But we send them all over the world sometimes. Its a great group of gals. if ATC's interest you come check us out on yahoo groups.

anyhow Its a bad picture I almost forgot to snap a shot before I sent them off so got my point and shoot out to shoot it. The atc uses one of my favorite stamps the monkey. I love that little guy from Rubber Soul and the balloons I found by amuse are perfect with him. The words are by Stampin up.

So I hope you join me for more shares. my goal is to post at least 4 times a week.

gold

2009-12-19T22:42:00.001-08:00

hopefully the people in this swap aren't reading my blog. but I wanted to post something since it had been so long since I had posted. I have been working on this swap for our color swap which is cold.

Its both a card and a bookmark
the card as it stands alone.
And the tag. the tag proved to take longer than I expected. Its a tag with some chipboard glued to it. in the above case an S and a star. I did the letter for each person in the swap. then I took some gold metal paper and covered the top. then burnished it so the letters popped out. then I took alchol ink and smeared it on there. In this case eggplant.

This is where my problems began. this gold well it wore off in spots making it silvery looking. I let it dry overnight and looked at it again. well I guess I like it enough and I kept it that way. but then the back showed the manila tag. I didn't like this so I cut more of the purple and glued it on there but it looked tacky. so I found in my stash (lord knows I have enough of it) some gold foil tape. I did the edges in that and then did a tassel with this really expensive embroidery floss. Oh well use it up it isn't doing any good just sitting there right?? I really like how they turned out. I have to finish doing the tassels on the rest of the swap cards then in the mail they go on Monday.

close up of the tag.

sunsflowers well kind of

2009-12-14T19:24:00.000-08:00

I didn't have a sunflower stamp (shocking I know) and I goobered a bit by the smile but I liked the idea of putting the buttons in the middle of the flower to make them look more like sunflowers.

purses and hat atc

2009-12-12T19:21:00.000-08:00

aDone with a stampin up set this atc is actually purple but my little point and shoot didn't shoot it very well.

scrapbox contest and post

2009-12-06T17:02:00.000-08:00

http://www.rachellewrites.blogspot.com/

check out the blog contest toooo cool and they are giving a desk away to charity.

I should have some posts coming up soon been busy fusing glass and making christmas cards. time time we always need more of it.

edited to add picture and the following blog list so you too can enter:

http://www.rachellewrites.blogspot.com/

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http://nicholegiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-book-is-here-and-huge-givaway-for.html

http://auntiethesis.blogspot.com/

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2010 is around the corner

2009-12-05T19:13:00.000-08:00

I have a photo blog as you all know and its been a 365 year thing well Iwas reading a scott kelby blog post about thinking about a project for next year.

so I am going to think about a stamping/art project for next year. Any ideas for me??

wild olive tees

2009-11-30T21:40:00.000-08:00

hope to have some new stuff up soon. Did some atc's but haven't taken pictures of them been concentrating on some gift making and my photo blog.

but did want to pass this on:

http://www.wildolivetees.com/give-it-giveaway/

check out their cool giveaway and quality t-shirts.

green trees

2009-11-27T20:54:00.001-08:00

Did this for a forest green swap. I love the lovely as a tree set by stampin up. probably my favorite one. added some green micro beads that I found "somewhere" and they just happen to show up in my craft room when digging for something else. haha.

christmas wishes

2009-11-17T00:15:00.000-08:00

another beautiful christmas card my demo showed us. all stampin up products

joy of christmas

2009-11-15T00:15:00.000-08:00

another fun stampin up card.

christmas fake tea bag folding.

2009-11-13T23:46:00.000-08:00

another card my demo Sharon showed us. tooo easy. take 2 squares as your base and glue together cockeyed (whatever you want to call it) then take 8 square (4 each of two colors) and then just paste down. tooo easy I say but it looks awesome

christmas deer

2009-11-11T23:44:00.000-08:00

Another card done at my stampin up demo's house. love this. it uses an embossing folder. to make it not make an impression in the middle you take about 8 layers of some really stiff card stock, put them together then cut out what you don't want to make an impressions. seems like it should be other other way around but it works.

liliacs in bloom

2009-11-09T23:17:00.000-08:00

well sort of. these are some punch in stamps with lots of small little flower punches glued to them. I did this for a botanical 4 x 4 desk calendar swap. should be fun.

blog attention alert

2009-11-08T23:24:00.000-08:00

Ok everyone this is for a good cause check out a great way to make a fun book from your Starbucks coffee holder things and a way to donate to help out families in need

http://scrapandstampcreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/webinar-mini-album.html

flowers and leaves atc

2009-11-07T23:14:00.000-08:00

well this isn't the best picture, darn point and shoot fuji never buy one of those,

monster

2009-11-05T23:42:00.000-08:00

cute little monster done with punches at my stampin up demo's workshop. he has a peppermint patty in between him too. the shoes were a nightmare it took forever to do and they still aren't right. grrrrrrrrr

BREAST CANCER ATC

2009-11-03T23:12:00.000-08:00

did this for two swaps a one on one and a breast cancer swap. Not that happy with my copic colors or coloring but still learning that. stamps are by my favorite stamps. there is some gel glitter pen on the ribbons but it can't be seen in this post. as well as the pink background is cuttle bugged.

happy pumpkin

2009-10-31T22:56:00.000-07:00

another totally cute idea from my favorite stampin up demonstrator sharon

leave atc

2009-10-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

did this atc for a yellow swap. the leave is a chipboard leave stamped on then covered with crystal effects or dimensional magic.

christmas cardinal

2009-10-27T22:57:00.000-07:00

used the stampin up cardinal for this and flower soft.

womens rights atc

2009-10-25T23:01:00.000-07:00

Did this for an atc swap. We had to do a historica event. I chose woman's rights. the only stampin is the girl. part of a stampin up stamp

trick or treat

2009-10-23T22:55:00.000-07:00

Another cute idea from my favorite stampin up demonstrator sharon. without her I would have no one for ideas here.

jars

2009-10-21T22:51:00.001-07:00

OMG she is posting again. I know shocking. Been super busy, gone and generally over the top with commitments so had to let down on a few things and unfortunately blogs were one thing that was sacrificed. the future is looking better so hope to post more.

I went to a stampin up class and made these adorable ikea jars. the top can be interchanged for different holidays. thanks sharon for the best classes ever. check out her blog for some cool ideas http://www.sharonburkert.com/

charming giveaway

2009-09-12T16:07:00.000-07:00

Check out this video that Johanna shot of Kristen and I in Kristen's studio. The project we created was based on one of many amazing collaborations from A Charming Exchange written by myself and Kelly Snelling. Stay tuned for more information on the wonderful auction which will take place in October benefiting breast cancer.

The
necklace created by myself and Kristen (seen in the above video) will
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backpack

2009-08-23T19:56:00.000-07:00

another fun project from my stampin up demo. its from a die cut that stampin up makes. cute cute cute cute

hidden message card

2009-08-21T19:55:00.000-07:00

this was a fun card. the inside is like a standard card but the outside has a hidden message are. Made this at my stampin up club this month

card holder

2009-08-19T19:54:00.000-07:00

this was pretty cool. Made it at our stampin up club night. the inside holds gift cards or note cards.

ice cream

2009-08-17T19:50:00.000-07:00

you can't see it in this picture but the ice cream cones have a bit of sparkle to them. the bottom have of the card is a suede salvage

flower challenge

2009-08-15T19:48:00.000-07:00

this was a point of view challenge. It was a bit tough because of the size it was larger then the normal size card. added some background paper and sponging

running late

2009-08-13T19:47:00.000-07:00

this was a pov challenge. Felix the cat was a tough one. added some puture words and a stamp by ctmh

christmas atc

2009-08-11T19:45:00.001-07:00

pictures a bit blurry this was a tricky one I am not good at collage. stamps are by penguin pants rubber stamps.

I had a long absence from posting but things are slowing down again so I will be stamping more .

time

2009-06-27T22:25:00.000-07:00

was playing around with some scraps and came up with this. the stamps are all ctmh. Stamped the numbers the added some strip paper. words and pop dotted the clock. Then added the little hinge thingy. Thinking of doing a swap with it but not sure will have to look at it a bit more to decide.

drinks anyone?

2009-06-25T22:23:00.000-07:00

Did this for a lime green color swap. Stamps are by Penguin Pants rubber stamps. Stamped the background with the lime. Stamped the glass and added liquid glass to make it look like liquid and then added some micro beads to the top of the glass for salt. See below for a close up

scotty atc

2009-06-23T22:19:00.000-07:00

Did this for a scotty dog swap. the background is done with a the cuttlebug. A trick I learned from my stampin up demo was to ink up one side of the embossing folder then put down paper and run through big shot or cuttlebug. gives the dimension some color. the scotty dog is a quickkuts die cut. and stamped a paw I think PSX and the words are Penguin Pants Rubber stamps. Not sure where to get the little bone paperclip it was a gift from hubby.

flower

2009-06-21T22:17:00.000-07:00

love love love this paper by ctmh. the flower is stamped and cut out. added the paper background.

friendsship rocks and rolls

2009-06-19T22:16:00.000-07:00

Another quick card done at my ctmh demo's workshop. The bottom flower part was done using the rock and roll technique. great way to use some scraps too with the paper along the side

whooooooo

2009-06-17T22:13:00.000-07:00

Did this at a quick card class with my CTMH Demo. waxy flax is kinda fun did you know that?? And did you hear ctmh is doing a deal of the day check it out.

pink butterflies

2009-06-15T19:56:00.000-07:00

as most of you know my last few months have been crazy busy but I am still trying to get some crafting in. I made these atc's for two different swaps. Pink swap and a butterfly swap. maybe that's cheating maybe its just being smart no idea.

the background is cuttlebug. then on acetate I stamped with stayzon a ctmh butterfly. added glue with a glue pen and glitter then mounted with brads.

I wish the stray glitter I could get rid of I tried all kinds of things and still some remains. DRIVES me batty.

manly

2009-06-13T22:36:00.000-07:00

Did this for a swap. A manly swap something to give a guy that's very hard for me.

First brayed white in a light blue. then added the mask and brayed in a darker blue. stamped in black the ship then let dry. crumpled up the paper and distressed the edges. pop dotted on to white and called it good.

bi fold italian atc

2009-06-12T22:34:00.000-07:00

made two of these and used for two different one on one swaps. one was Italian themed the other was bi fold. Basic stamping and some sponging in different colors.

couldn't resist using this little lockhart stamp.

tim holtz tag

2009-06-11T22:30:00.000-07:00

this was another project from Kate at absolutely everything in Massachusetts stop in and check out that store some time OMG its cool.

first we ran some distressed ink over the tag (forgot what color) then we added some masking (light sections on tag) and then we used one of those mini misters with a bit of alcohol ink and water in it misted the whole thing lightly. added some stamped images and some ribbon and embellishments and then done.

gift card holder

2009-06-10T22:27:00.000-07:00

Totally loved this idea to put a gift card in. Painted the outside card holder which basically has the image and then a little band that goes around a slightly larger gift card holder piece (below) used glitter pens, copics and dimensional magic.

This is the inside of the card. I used punches to create the cuts on the fold.

acohol ink tag

2009-06-09T22:24:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Kate at Absolutely Everything in Massachusetts we made this totally awesome tag. We used the Adirondack bright alcohol reinkers dropped them onto glossy card stock then used a can of air (like you use on your computers) and blew it around. then stamped on top. added some baubles that were also painted with alcohol inks. Add a flower that was painted with alcohol inks and a bit of stickles glitter glue. Put the whole thing on a tag and added some ribbon