gift card and treat holder

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

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

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ps I don't think my older posts will show as the pictures have been archived.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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

you brighten my day

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

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

stitching

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

boarding

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

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

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

woman power

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

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