Wedding in 5 days

This will be the last post until the wedding is over, I still have so much to do to get ready for it! I don't want anyone to miss this upcoming special, so I am posting it now so you can put it on your calendars.



Customers can access the free downloads from MyDigitalStudio.net November 4-7, after completing a quick survey.

Brand-new, never seen before FREE downloads include:



•So Typefelt Stamp Brush Set

•Neutral Delightful Digital Tape

•Home for the Holidays Ensemble

•Delight in the Day Photobook Template
 
SO DON'T FORGET TO DOWN LOAD YOURS THIS WEEK END! 
 
I'll be back next week with more cards and with pictures of how I used Stampin' UP! in Jamie's wedding (I already showed you that My Digital Studio was used to make her announcements and I showed you the thank you cards that I made for her Bridal Shower, there is still more to see :).

Stamping with Bleach

Thanks everyone that visited the Do the Llama Hop especially those that left the kind comments!

This is the card we made in club this month, the technique was stamping with Bleach. The first card the leaves were stamped with bleach, the second card was bleach the colored with chalk.

• The card base is Naturals White with a layer of Pumpkin Pie CS.
• On a Piece of Early Espresso cut 3 3/4"x5" I stamped the leaves from French Foliage in bleach then onto the CS, letting it dry.  after drying the leaves on the second card were colored with chalk. This was added to the card base.
• The phrase is from  pursuit of Happiness.  It was stamped in Pumpkin Pie then Grateful was colored with the Cajun Craze marker then stamped onto Naturals White CS. It was layered onto Cajun Craze then onto Pumpkin Pie. The finished phrase was added to the card front.

Stamping with Bleach gives such interesting results depending on the Card Stock color.

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!

Bridal Shower Thank you cards

My daughter Jamie's Wedding colors (in Stampin' UP names) are Elegant Eggplant, Handsome Hunter, Night of Navy and Not Quite Navy, I made the cards with a random combination of those colors. The card above is Elegant Eggplant, NQN and Handsome Hunter.

• The card base is Naturals White
• The fronts were stamped with Hello Doily inked in Versamark and embossed in White.
• The Thank you from Perfectly Penned was stamped in one of the four colors on a strip of Naturals White then the end were punched with a corner of the Curly Label Punch, I added a Pearl on each end.
• I Ran Naturals White through the Big Shot with the Ovals die using the largest of the ovals. I also ran the four colors through using the oval the next size down.
• All my colored Card stock was sprayed with Shimmer Paint Spray.
• The two ovals were layered onto the card front and then the phrase was added, I used two Dimensionals stacked onto each other in the center of the phrase and a glue dot on each end.

So the Wedding is now 17 days away. I am busy making some of the table decorations and still making arrangements for some of the things we thought were taken care of- but the people that were supposed to do it flaked out(photographer and cake decorator)

This week end will be the second blog hop! We will be showcasing the Holidays, so make sure you check in on Saturday it will be fun to see what everyone has come up with.

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.

Halloween Treats

Treat ideas to give to friends!

• The jar is s'mores in a jar the recipe is on the back of the tag that was embossed with the Haunted Forest stamp.
• The cello sleeves can be filled with M &M's, York Pieces, Jelly Bellies and even pencils. It is topped with a scallop circle that has an image from Batty for You.
• The match box is cut out with the Big Shot and filled with chocolates that have been wrapped with the Halloween stamp from It's a Wrap Holiday. The box is topped with an accordion rosette that has a scallop circle stamped with an image from Batty for You.

Every thing but Batty for you, card stock, Big Shot, and Match box die are in the Holiday Mini.

My Daughter gets married in less then a Month!

My Digital Studio was used to design her announcement/invitation.

Uncharted Territory- reflection

This is the card we made for my reflection class, it was a little easier to make then the Lovely as a Tree card from my last post.

• The card base is Not Quite Navy.
• The Top Note die was used to cut a Cherry Cobbler and a Naturals White, I trimmed the Naturals  White along the dotted line that the die cuts into the Top Note.
• I colored the sailboat stamp with markers, I used Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, and More Mustard. and stamped it on the top half of the Top Note, I recolored the stamp but lest the sun uncolored and stamped it on a Window Sheet, flipped it over and pressed the image below the stamped boat.
• I lightly sponged Marina Mist over the water.
• I stamped Happy Birthday from Create a Cupcake in Cherry Cobbler on a 3/4" strip of paper I layered it onto a 1" strip of Not Quite Navy and wrapped it around the Top Note.
• Last I added the Top Note to my base.

Lovely as a Tree- reflections

My stamp club technique for September was refection, this was a sample card that I made (not the one we made but just an example of the technique.

• Card base is Not Quite Navy.
• I ran a piece of Pear Pizzazz and a piece of Whisper White through the Big Shot with the Top Note die, on the Whisper White piece I cut out along the dotted lines.
• On the Whisper White I stamped the row of trees with Stazon, then stamped it again on a piece of window sheet, flip it over and lined it up under the row of trees ans gave it a hard rub to transfer the image in reverse under the trees.
• I punched two 1" circles to use as  masks for my moon. I sponged Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy for my sky, and Marina Mist and Not Quite Navy for my water, the bank is Pear Pizzazz.
• I used the white gel pen to add some ripples to my water.
• Many thanks is from Petite Phrases, I colored the stamp with a Pear Pizzazz marker because I didn't want the complete phrase, I then stamped it on a strip of Whisper White. I wrapped the strip around the image Top Note attaching the ends behind the image.
• I layered the two Top Notes together then using Dimensionals I added it to my card base.

I will show you the card we made for club later, it was a little simpler then this one, but a good learning piece.

Yep, Another Elebration Card!

This was the first Elebration card I made, I'm not sure why it has taken me so long to post it.

• Card base is River Rock with a front of DSP called Cheerful Treat, it is one of the Hostess Selections.
• Elebration was stamped with Stazon on Watercolor Paper and colored with Markers and an Aqua Painter. Colors used Basic Gray, River Rock, Crushed Concord, Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Pretty in Pink. The phrases I used  are from Petite Pairs, the first one was stamped directly on the Watercolor Paper with Melon Mambo.
• The image was layered onto Crushed Concord then onto Melon Mambo then onto the card front.
• The second phrase was stamped onto a scrap of Whisper White and punched out with the Small Oval Punch it was layered onto a die cut from the Matchbox die cut from Concord Crush.

So there you go. Have a great day and enjoy some time stamping.

Greeting Card Kids-Blue Christmas

Of all the stamp sets that SU sells with kids images in them, Greeting Card Kids is the only one that I like.  I really like the images in this set!

I didn't make Halloween cards this year, but here are links to a couple I made last year.

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/08/greeting-card-kids-halloween-from-class.html

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/07/greeting-card-kids-halloween.html

On to today's card!

• The card base is Whisper White with a Marina Mist front that was ran through the Big Shot with the Northern Flurry folder. I then punched it with the Word Window punch.
• I stamped the image of the little girl on Watercolor paper with Stazon and then colored her with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter. The colors I used were Regal Rose, Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy and Garden Green.
• The image was layered onto Not Quite Navy and then onto Whisper White.
• Merry Christmas was stamped onto the base through the Word Window opening using Not Quite Navy.

This is one of the cards for sale under the Card Sale tab. You can order as many of it as you need or order the set and supplies and have fun making them yourself! Email me if you are interested and I will take care of you.

Rosette Wreath Class

Sept 28-Noon, Prepay by the 21st

Specify Halloween, Autumn/Thanksgiving or Christmas, Come learn to make the accordion rosette wreath, bring a scoring tool if you own one (preorder on the 21st if you want a Simply Scored and receive a $5 off class fee). Cost of Class $20 for two layer wreath (see Happy Halloween) $25 for three layer Christmas Wreath.

Halloween Wreath Colors: Perfect Plum, Pear Pizzazz and Pick Your Poison DSP
Christmas Wreath Colors: Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White, and Frostwood Lodge DSP
Autumn/Thanksgiving Colors
Choise 1: Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Well Worn DSP
Chose 2: River Rock, Pool Party and Spice Cake DSP

A Christmas Carol- September's Christmas Card Class

So this is the card that we will be making on Monday for September's Christmas Card Class.  Each guest will be making 10 of these. Cost for class is $15.

• The base is Crumb Cake that is sprayed with Champagne Shimmer Paint spray.
• The image is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Very Vanilla CS, the edges are sponged in Early Espresso.
• The image is layered on Early Espresso CS, that has a piece of Cherry Cobbler Quilted ribbon knotted around it, a piece of Vanilla Velvet ribbon is threaded through the knot.
• Merry Christmas from Petite Pairs was stamped on a scrap of Very Vanilla , then punched with the 1" square punch, then is tied around the knot with Cherry Cobbler Baker's twine.

I still have a couple of spaces left for this class so let me know if you are interested.