Of the Earth- Clean and Simple

The card base is Kraft, the first image is Mellow Moss on Mellow Moss attached directly to the base. then Ruby Red on Ruby Red on dimensionals, last Not Quite Navy on NQN this one has 2 layer of dimensional on 3 corners but only1 on the top right corner. This card could be stamped as a Thank-you card, a Birthday card or left as a plain Note card.

3 of My Kids made cards

I had empty spaces on my sample board and my 13 & 15* year old sons volunteered to help fill it they talk my 22 year old daughter into helping(she doesn't even enjoy crafts).

The first card was made by my 13 year old and I was impressed with his work(I suggested the designer paper when he was trying to decide how to finish the card) he used Loads of Fun.

My 15 year old (with the cutting talents of his sister and some advice) made the second card he used paper from the sweet pea designer pad(a piece I didn't care for) I ended up liking the card. My 13 year did the third with scraps that were in the scrap pile stamp set is Of the Earth.

4th card is another by my 13 year old it didn't live up to his hopes. He used Pun Fun and Sanded. The last card was by my daughter and she says it is why she doesn't do crafts. She used Vintage Vogue.

* My daughter said this needs more back story so that you really understand the cards. My 13 year old was grounded, no friends, TV, computer, or x-box. It was his idea to make the cards because he was bored, the 15 year old asked if he could put Lego on the card he made, all he does is build Lego things, he even made the newspaper because the group he is a member of (ULUG) was part of the train show at Thanksgiving Point in Utah, oh he makes movies with his friends as well... my daughter says "I am a Science major we don't do crafts" So you see the fact that some of these turned out pretty good is amazing. The photo is "team Awesome" Oh my daughter also says "Glitter is the cancer of the stamping world".

Well Scripted- Valentine

I sprayed a piece of Real Red card stock with the spray made with the Frost Shimmer Paint, from this I punch a heart. I stamped the love you much with the Versamark and embossed it with White embossing powder. I used the heart stamp from the set Sprinkles in Real Red, layered it on real Red, and popped the heart up on dimensional. I dry embossed the card front (cut 4 1/4" x 11") with the Big Shot and a Texturz plate from Backgrounds 1. Last I tied the polka dot ribbon at the top of the card.

Pony Party- Valentine

This card uses two scallop circles cut with the Big Shot, one that is Whisper White and one that is Real Red, lined up so that the scallops fall between each other. The card base is Whisper White with 3/4" cut off of the card front. The hearts from the set Sprinkles are stamped across the card front in Real Red, Then ribbon is tied around the front with the scallops over the ribbon. The Pony is stamped in Stazon but left uncolored. The phrase is stamped in Real Red on the inside of the card but so that it shows when card is closed. Two crayons are tied into the bow.

Happy Birthday

A very simple card to highlight the Well Scripted Stamp set. Colors are from the Cottage Wall designer paper, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive, I used the large oval punch and to mat the phrase, I used the big shot and the label off the matchbox die.

Anyone interested in photos of my stamping room? I took a ton of them yesterday.

Well Scripted

Happy Mother's day! This card uses the Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper. The basic black is 4 1/4" x 11" cut on the front diagonally bottom outside corner to upper fold corner, the Rich Razzleberry is cut at 3 3/4" x 10 1/2" the bellyband is also a strip of Razzleberry Lemonade.

The happy mother's day is Rich Razzleberry stamped onto Whisper White and punched with the large oval the mat around it was cut with the big shot using the sizzlet Lots of Tags

Extreme Surfboard

I used a marker to color the surfer black and the water Brocade Blue, then using the stamp-a-ma-jig I versamarked over that and embossed with clear. I sponged Tempting Turquoise, Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy for the water and Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Elegant Eggplant and Night of Navy on the sky. I used a versamark pen to lay down wight foam on my waves with the white embossing powder. Moving from warm Southern California to cold Utah my kids are missing the beach!

Well Scripted- Happy Easter

Still loving the Well Scripted stamp set! I used an image from the hostess set Asian Artistry. The colors I used were Whisper White and Melon Mambo. Well Scripted is from the Occasions Mini. Email me if you have any questions.

Occasions Mini & Sale-a-brations

The "Congratulations" is from the set Well Scripted in the Occasions Mini. I love the font used in this set! The colors I used were all taken from the designer paper Razzleberry Lemonade, The congratulations is Rich Razzleberry stamped on Whisper White and matted on Melon Mambo. I punched and layered the flowers from scraps of Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry. The designer paper is matted with Rich Razzleberry.

Remember Sale-a-bration is going on right now and you can earn free sets with an order of $50 before shipping and tax. If you want to order you can e-mail me or on the Stampin' UP! customer homepage use Kathryn Ricks for your demonstrator to get preferred pricing.

Happy New Year! Loads of Fun

Loads of Fun was on my want list as soon as it came out. My friend and her family are big time snowmobilers, so I made this with her in mind. The colors are taken from the designer paper, the paper is Autumn Traditions. The phrases are from Hope Happens and On Your Birthday.

Colors used on this card. More Mustard, Ruby Red, Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke on Soft Suede.

Reflections

The Peace on Earth card is the card we ended up making in our club this month, it was the card I reference in a post earlier this month. The second one is a card I made a couple of months ago we I was trying to come up with cards for my Punch Pals class, I didn't do this card as part of the class. The darker area under the snowman and penguin is iridescent ice.

I hope you all have a lovely holiday.

Asian Artistry- Sympathy

This card is Not Quit Navy and Mellow Moss, I used the markers to color the stamp and then stamped the image on Very Vanilla. I colored the ribbon with the Not Quit Navy marker. The phrase is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Simple and Fast-Christ is Born

When Patty Bennett first showed this technique with the Petals-a-Plenty I had to jump on board with it too. The Christ is Born stamp set is one that I bought because I like the saying, but never worked it onto a card in a way that I was happy with until now. I think I will do the same card again but emboss the words.

My 5 year old Granddaughter(who lives in our home) wanted money to buy Christmas presents. As I have several years worth of sample cards, I told her she could sell cards if she wanted(from time to time my 15 year old son has done that when earning the final money needed for scout camp etc) I sell my cards for $2.00, the seller gets one and I get one. Well She started on Monday, has sold 125 cards so far, with requests to come back to some houses on Sat., Wed. and Friday. 3/4 of my old card samples are now gone:).

Extreme Snowboard

I embossed snowflakes from Serene Snowflakes, corner to corner on the Brilliant Blue card front. The image was embossed with black on a piece of Whisper White that was spritzed with shimmer paint and alcohol. The piece of Basic Black was also spritzed.

Happy Thanksgiving!-Give Thanks!

This card uses the stamp sets Autumn Days and Holiday Best. The circle is on Dimensionals. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Punch Pals #1

It's been a busy week! Monday and Tuesday I spent time prepping new boxes for my Wednesday open stamping days, and then on Wednesday it turned cold and rained ( I still had a few who braved the weather and showed up to stamp), it rained so much that my stamping room flooded. So Wednesday night and yesterday I cleaned up and tried to dry out carpet. Yesterday was my Halloween treats class, we had fun, 8 Frankie and 8 Draculas were made, and 4 of the mummy and sweet centers were made. So that brings us to today...

This card was one of the cards we made at the first Christmas card class. The snowman is cut out and on dimentionals, the Merry Christmas is as well. The trees are stamped directly on the card base, they were done marker to stamp. The snow drifts and shading on the snowman were done with Bordering Blue watercolor crayons and then dazzling diamonds was added. Simple but really nice in real life.

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I love the new designer card stock! It really looks rich in real life. The paper on this card is fro the "To the Nines" the colors in it are Sahara Sands, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip and Sage Shadow. I used the image from "Say It with Scallops", I just punched it with the 1 3/8" Circle punch, after stamping it with Sage Shadow on Whisper White. The card base is Sahara Sands