Gingerbread Man

Using up my stash :)

Stamp: Retired
Paper: Naturals White, Baked Brown Sugar & Cherry Cobbler CS, Trim the Tree DSP
Ink: VersaMark
Misc: Retired Gingerbread man Framelit, retired folder, Jewel Pearls Cherry Cobbler & White Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Llama Ladies Fall-i-day Hop

We are hopping again, just a mini one, but it still is fun ;)! You might have hopped here from my friend Buffy's blog. I have been enjoying her blog for several years now and I love to see what she is up to
My first card features a stamp from Novembers "Best of" set  called  Best of Snow.

• The card base is Whisper White CS that I ran through the Big Shot in the Snow Flurry Embossing Folder
• The hedgehog and snowman image is stamped on Watercolor Paper with Stazon ink. and colored with Markers. the snow is highlighted with Dazzling Details. I cut it out with a framelit from Chalk Talk. I added three banner flages behind the image, one that has a phrase from Christmas Tagables.
• I layered it onto a Real Red CS piece cut with a framelit from Labels Collection.  

Next up Boxes! Four sizes!

Boxes for all the neighbor gifts. Bows are made from Ribbon, DSP Ornament Framelit, Joyful Christmas and a DSP bow. 

 And last another card

• The card base is Coastal Cabana CS layer with DSP from Winter Frost Paper Stack.
• I stamped the tree from Special Tree in Versamark on Whisper White CS and heat embossed it with Pewter Embossing Powder. I sponged Pool Party Ink and Illuminate in an oval around the tree. I stamped the greeting from the same set in Bermuda Bay Ink and layered it onto Bermuda Bay CS and added it to the card base.

I hope you enjoy my projects now hop on over to Jackie's Blog and check out her projects!

Christmas Lodge

Before I start showing our swaps I wanted to share this card. Sadly my photos rarely do justice to the cards I show.

• The card base is Cherry Cobbler with a front of the DSP Candlelight Christmas.
• I sprayed a piece of Early Espresso CS with Champagne Shimmer Paint spray the stamped the tree from Christmas Lodge with Versamark and heat embossed it with Pewter Embossing Powder. I layered it on Garden Green.
• On a strip of Very Vanilla I stamped the phrase from the same stamp set with Versamark and heat embossed it with Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder that had a bit of Dazzling Diamonds mixed in it to add some sparkle to the card. I snipped the ends of the strip and then sponged the edges with Cherry Cobbler Ink. and popped it up with Dimensionals.

Have a wonderful day!

Swapping!

So my blog hopping buddies and I swap cards as well. Here is the card that I sent out. We usually send 4" x 5 1/4" fronts, without even thinking I made full cards :).

• My card base is Real Red CS.
• The front is Whisper White CS that was ran through the Big Shot with the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder but first I inked up the folder with Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Ink by directly pouncing onto the inside of the folder, it made a subtle shimmer/glimmer between the flowers.
• I stamped the Heart of Christmas stamp with Versamark on to Real Red CS and heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder. I then cut it out with the Window Frame Framelit, I popped it up on the card frount with Dimensionals.
• I added two of the largest and two medium Rhinestone to make it sparkle.

I be showing the swaps I receive so that you ca enjoy them too!

Christmas Lodge

Here is a card I CASEd from Pinterest sadly even though I thought I had pinned it it seems I didn't.

• The base is 4 1/4" x 8" folded at 5 1/2", the small side was ran through the Big Shot with the Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder. I cut a strip of Early Espresso CS and punched it with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch I adhered it to the inside of the front piece.
• On the inside of the card I used Early Espresso CS sprayed with Champagne Shimmer Paint Spray, cut at 4" x 5 1/4". Very Vanilla cut at 3 3/4" x 5" CS I stamped the tree from Christmas Lodge with Versamark and heat embossed with Clear embossing powder. I sponged Crumb Cake around the tree to make it stand out.
• On the the front on another piece of Very Vanilla CS I sis the house the same as the tree. I layered it on Early Espresso CS that had been sprayed with Champagne Shimmer Paint spray.
• I cut the two smallest snowflakes on the Snow Flurry Bigz Die in Very Vanilla CS, layered them on each other and added a Large Pearl to the center an layered it on the front of the card.

Heart of Christmas

I had to try the Shaving Cream Technique with Christmas colors, this is the last card I made with this technique :).

• The card base is Real Red, the front side of the card was ran through the Big Shot with the Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder.
• I did the Shaving Cream Technique on Whisper White CS using Real Red and Gumball Green Re-inkers. I cut it out with a Window Frames Collection Framelit. (I lopped off the bottom curve)
• Using Versamark I heat embossed the stamp Heart of Christmas in Gumball Green on Vellum CS, it was cut out the size down from my background.
• I colored Rhinestones with a red sharpie, one was centered in a Faceted Button and added at the top and three were placed under the phrase.
• The base of the image was wrapped with a Gumball Green Ribbon and then it was added to the card base.

I hope you enjoyed viewing the last few blog entries, have you tried this technique yet?

Christmas Lodge

I made this card in October, I really wanted to go with a snow-globe look, I just couldn't get a look I was happy with so this is what I came up with instead.

• The card base is Crumb Cake, with Soft Suede and Dazzling Details sponged on the edges.
• a 5 1/4" x 2 3/4" piece of Frostwood Lodge DSP was added to the lower portion of the base. 
• The Lodge was stamped with Early Espresso on a 3" circle of Crumb Cake(again the edges were sponged the same as the edge of the card) The snow in the image was colored with the white gel pen the was covered with the Dazzling Details.
• On a strip on Crumb Cake the Merry Christmas was stamped, the C and the swirls were Cherry Cobbler and the rest of the word is Early Espresso, the edges were sponged with Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Dazzling Details.
• The Ribbon was wrapped around the card with the ends hidden behind the Circle.

I think this was my favorite of the cards I made this year.  I hope that you all have a Very Merry Christmas and stop by after Christmas to see some of the cards I have been making with stamp sets from the upcoming Mini catalog.

Medallion

I had the embossed Medallion sitting in my unfinished pile from last year I thought I better use it.

• Card base is Whisper White with a front of Real Red
• The Medallion was inked with Versamark, stamped on Crumb Cake and embossed with white Embossing Powder. 
• Real Red Satin Ribbon was knotted and then attached to the back of the Crumb Cake then added to the card front.
• The ornament from Delightful Decorations was inked in Versamark and embossed with the sparkly red embossing powder that I mixed this year, then it was punched out with the Ornament punch. A pearl was added to the O in joy and then it was popped up in the center of the Medallion.
• Merry from Tiny Tags was stamped in Real Red on Whisper White and punched out with the tiny tag punch it was tied to the ribbon with Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine.

Sometimes it is good to use up piece you have laying around.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Many Merry Messages simply done

Have you heard?!! The stocking punch is NOT carrying on to the main catty, it is only while supplies last, so if you haven't bought and you still want it you better get on it.

• Card base is Naturals Ivory, the Happy Holidays is stamped with Wild Wasabi directly to the base.
• The Stockings were punched from Frostwood Lodge DSP as well as Wild Wasabi CS, the CS was run through the Big Shot with the Snowburst folder before punching.
• Stockings are popped up on Dimensionals.

Another fast and simple card.

My door

The door is another card that is widely seen around blogdom this year. Here is my door.

• Card Base is Whisper White with a front of wood grain DSP from Frostwood Lodge.
• The panels are 1" wide popped up with Dimensionals on Whisper White CS the is 1 1/4" wide.
• The door knob is Bushed Gold word Window repunched to be smaller with  I circle popped up with 3 mini glue dots stacked on each other.
• The wreath is from the felt pieces Winter Wishes.
• Merry Christmas from Petite Pairs was stamped on a strip of Whisper White in Real Red and added to the wreath.

This was/is a card in the December card buffet.

Delightful Dozen

This is one of those cards that look so much better in real life then in a photo.

• Card base is Naturals White with a front of Brushed Gold, then a layer of Cherry Cobbler then Very Vanilla with Champagne Shimmer Paint spray.
• I ran a piece of sprayed Very Vanilla through the Big Shot using the Ovals die, I stamped the Christmas phrase from Delightful Dozen in Versamark and used the sparkly Cherry Cobbler embossing powder (yesterdays post) I sponged the edges of the oval with Soft Suede. The oval was popped up with Dimensionals.

Have a wonderful day!

Fast and Easy- Lovely as a Tree

I usually spray about half a package of Whisper White with Frost Shimmer Paint Spray, that way I can put weight on it to flatten and then use them on any project.  This year I made Glittered Embossing Powder, I made it in Cherry Cobbler and Wild Wasabi, for the Cherry I added the fine red glitter(1 part glitter, 3parts embossing powder, or there abouts) For the Wasabi I added Dazzling Diamonds.

• Card base is Garden Green with a front of Cherry Cobbler.  
• on a 3 3/4" x 5" Shimmer Whisper White I stamped the pine from Lovely as a Tree with Versamark in the center of the paper. I added glitter embossing powder and heat set.
• I used the Petals-a-Plenty folder, running the image through the Bog Shot twice, using the folder on each side of the image.

A simple card but very sparkly.  Have a wonderful day!

Beautiful Season

This was a card that was in my card buffet.

• Card base is Cherry Cobbler with a front of Whisper White sprayed with Frost Shimmer Paint spray, ran through the Big Shot with the Northern Flurry folder.
• Using the Ovals Die I cut and oval from Watercolor paper and a larger one from Cherry Cobbler CS.
• I stamped the image from Beautiful Season with Stazon onto the Watercolor Paper I colored the image with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter. I layered the image onto the Cherry Cobbler oval and added it to the card front.
• Using Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green markers I inked up the phrase from the set and stamped it onto the card front.

Have a wonderful Day!

Winter Window

I have seen so many windows, doors, awnings and fireplaces as card fronts and I think they can make an interesting card, here is my window.

• The card base is Marina Mist.
• The phrase from Four the Holidays was stamped with Marina Mist on a Whisper White front that was then embossed with the Big Shot using the Snow Burst folder.
• The image was stamped on a square of Whisper White, I stamped the tree line from Lovely As A Tree near the top of the square and the sledding children from Welcome Christmas at the bottom. I the cut the square in half both directions.
• The window pane is a square of the wood grained DSP from Frostwood Lodge, I layered my 4 image squares on it and the added a small strip of DSP as the window sill.

I really the window card.

Welcome Christmas

This card is so much better in real life, the season's Greetings is so sparkly, I mixed my Cherry Cobbler embossing powder with my fine red glitter and made myself sparkly embossing powder. The Whisper White was sprayed with Shimmer Paint Spray.

• The card base is Whisper White with a layer of Always Artichoke.
• I ran the top 3/4 of a 3 3/4"x5" piece of Whisper White through the Big Shot with the Snow Burst folder. Then the greeting from Many Merry Messages was stamped in Versa Mark and embossed with embossing powder. Cherry Cobbler ribbon was wrapped around it and it was added to the front.
• I stamped the family from Welcome Christmas on a scrap of Whisper White in Always Artichoke and punched it with the 2 1/2" circle and sponged the edges with Always Artichoke.
• A 3" Circle was ran through the Big Shot with the Petals a Plenty folder and the image was then layered on top of it and the added to the card front.

Perfectly Penned Christmas(Really called Hand-Penned Holidays)

So have you heard that there is a Stampin' UP! Extravaganza going on until Nov 30?
Plenty of savings email me for the complete list. kath@fire-sprinkler-design.com

This card was a fast and easy card.

• Card base is Whisper White CS
• Front of Real Red CS
• 3 3/4"x5" Whisper White CS the top 3" was run through the Big Shot with the folder Stripes.  Merry Christmas from Perfectly Penned oops the stamp set really is Hand-Penned Holidays was inked up in Real Red and stamped onto the flat part of the Whisper White, I piece of Real Red Taffeta Ribbon was tied just where the strips ended and the flat part began.
• I stamped the image from Welcome Christmas on Whisper White (I had a scrap with Shimmer Frost sprayed on it, it made the Real Red not so Real Red) I punched it out with the 1 3/4" Circle punch and layered it onto a Real Red Circle. I added it to the front of the card.

Have a wonderful day!

25 & Counting and Peek- a- boo frame

I'm back! Saturday was a wonderful day! It was my 28th Anniversary and the day that my daughter Jamie got married.  Saturday started with a snow storm, as we drove to the wedding we passed wreak after wreck, I was worried about the safety of the guests that were coming but all arrived safely.  It snowed the entire time we were inside for the ceremony but as soon as we came out the snow stopped. It was chilly taking pictures outside in several inches of snow but I think we had some lovely shots.  My daughter wanted to serve hot cocoa with mix ins and donut holes and cookies for her reception so the weather was perfect for that!  Everyone one seemed to enjoy themselves. . .

The wedding is over, unfortunately I was so busy with everything that I didn't take pictures of everything myself, so I will have to post later the things I did stamping on for the wedding when we get the proofs from the photographer.

On to the card. . .

• I use Naturals white for the base of the card with a piece of  Holly Berry Bouquet DSP on the bottom half of the card.
• I cut a Peek a boo frame out of Wild Wasabi CS and added it above the DSP.  I stamped Noel from Many Merry Messages (masking the edges) under the flap, in Cherry Cobbler.
• I stamped day 25 from the 25 & Counting stamp set in Night of Navy with Cherry Cobbler on the 25 onto A scrap of Whisper White CS and punched it with the 1" square. I layered it onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler punched with the Postage Stamp punch then layered it again onto a Scallop Square of Whisper White and added it to the Peek a boo frame.
• I added a Rhinestone to the star above the manger.

Have a great day, and go ahead and stamp something!

Welcome to the Holiday "Do the Llama Hop!"

It is time for our second "Do the Llama Hop!" we are doing Holidays this time around, you may have come here from Kathe's blog http://kathesadventure.blogspot.com/ or directly from our home blog, http://stampinllamas.blogspot.com/ as you travel around the hop if you get lost you can always go to our home blog and connect to any of our blogs.

All of my projects are Christmas related. I do more for this Holiday then I do for any other.
The first card is The card I sent out as my Llama Swap. I Used Hello Doily, Come to Bethlehem and Dasher.

CS: Whisper White, Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Cherry Cobbler Quilted Ribbon and Shimmer Paint Spray.

The nest card uses The Sounding Joy from the Holiday Mini.

CS: Confetti White, Soft Suede, Brushed Gold
Accessories: Snow Burst embossing folder, Gold Embossing Powder, Shimmer Paint Spray
Ink: Soft Suede and Versamark.

For a fast and easy project you can't beat Stampin' UP! Vinyl Art this candy jar uses Jingle All The Way.

I hope you have enjoyed your stop here at my Blog, I hope you return often. Your next stop is Linda's Blog.

http://nutty4stampin.blogspot.com/2011/10/llama-holiday-blog-hop.html

Enjoy!

Autumn Days

My daughter's wedding is fast approaching and there is still so much to do!  I have had very little time to keep up with my blog.  In less then three weeks she will be married!

I tried to make an Autumn card, I even pulled out my only autumn stamp set, Autumn Days, it ended up Christmas instead.

• The card base is Very Vanilla
• I used a 2 1/2" circle for my image and a 1 3/8" one for the phrase cut from Very Vanilla.
• I used markers to color the image on the stamp and stamped it in the center of the circle, I colored it again and stamped it onto a scrap and then cut the pine cones out and layered them over the first image with Dimensionals. I used Garden Green and Real Red to color the two words and stamped it in the center of the smaller circle.
• I used a 3" and 1 3/4" circles cut from Garden Green and run through the Big Shot with the new Snow Burst folder. I layered my image and phrase onto the circles.
• I cut a strip of DSP from the Holly Berry Bouquet collection, layered it onto Chocolate Chip CS.
• I ran a square of Real Red through the Big Shot in the Petals-a-plenty folder.
• I layered the square on the base then the DSP, then the circles.
• After I put it together I decided that the branch needed a bow so I added a 1/8" taffeta bow in real red. I added a little bit of Dazzling Details to the pine cones to give them a little sparkle.

Greeting Card Kids

It really is time to start thinking about and planning Christmas Card Making ideas.  I will once again hold a class once a month to make cards for Christmas.  This will be one of the cards in an upcoming class.

Class dates are as follows:

Sept 19

Oct 17

Nov 21

Let me know if you want to sign up for the classes.  Cost is $15 for 10 cards of one design each month.

School started today, time to do the happy dance.  I've been working on cards for a blog hop and am starting to remember how to stamp again.  I hope you are having a wonderful day!