Tutorial Tuesday - Liquid Applique

The holidays are approaching, so I usually get out my liquid applique and play.  It looks great on the mummys, santas and snowmen.  It adds the perfect touch to images for snow.  Here is a tutorial that shows how to apply liquid applique and how to make it puff up on your images.  ENJOY!

Card meaurements:

Card base - black 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4

Enchanted pattern paper - 4 x 5 1/4

Barn Red cardstock - 3 1/2 x 4

Garden Green cardstock - 3 1/4 x 3 3/4

White Daisy cardstock - 3 x 3 1/2

Edited to add:  I was incorrect on the stamp set I used on this card.  I thought it was Trick or Treaters...I was wrong!  It is Halloween Dingbats, which is retired also.  Sorry for the wrong information!

Happy Stamping!

Acrylic Fun

Last Friday, my boys didn't have school and had friends over to play in the afternoon.  I cleaned all morning, so when their friends were here I could create.  I had so much fun designing the cards I will show you this week for my acrylic card class.  I am holding this class on Sunday, October 26th at my house.  My club members have been asking me to design some cards for a class, since they saw the ones I made earlier.  I have four cards for the class.

This card is a get well card.  I never seem to have any of these when I need them.  I like this card and used Jingle Borders for the front and inside borders.  I haven't used that set much and when I showed this card at my workshop yesterday two people order the set.  I was glad they liked it.  The front design is from Spot on Backgrounds.  Unfortunately, you can't see the little bling I put on the front that well.  I didn't take my pictures until the sun was setting, so there wasn't any light that hit the bling.    It looks better in person, because the bling shines. 

The sentiment is from Best Wishes and the border on the colonial white paper is the same border as the front just stamped in chocolate ink.  I used sorbet and chocolate cardstock too!  Oh, I almost forgot I used gold staples to adhere the sorbet cardstock to the back of the card.  

I have three more of these to show you this week and I am going to save my two favorites for the last two I post.

Happy Stamping!

Life's Milestones

I got another layout done from the Magic Moments Scrapbooking kit now available in CTMH's 2008 Autumn/Winter catalog.  While I was in Florida at the CTMH convention, my three year old son rode his bike without training wheels for the first time.  His dad just decided he didn't need them anymore and guess what?  =He didn't.  When I got home, they took me to the BMX track and Tanner showed me how he could ride.  Boy, he could ride!  Up and down the big hills and around the corners.  He is growing up so fast and always surprises me.  He is a dare devil!

On this layout, I added the parentheses and circle charms that matched perfectly with this paper.  They are from the Free Spirit My Stickease artwork.

Happy Stamping!

Tutorial Time - Tri-fold Card

This little card is another one I got from Splitcoaststampers.  Every time I need something new, I try them first.  ENJOY!

Measurements:

Card base 4 x 11, score at 3 1/2 and 7 inches

Punches - SU 1 3/8" circle, SU scallop punch, SU slit punch, 1/8" handheld punch

See video for other products.  

Oh, I forgot to mention that I added retired stamp sets I have for sale at the bottom of my blog.  Look at the top of the sidebar for more information.

Happy Stamping!

5 Minute Card

I spent a good part of the afternoon working on my blog template.  I am not finished yet, but I did make some major changes.  I am learning a lot about html code and changing it.  Adela from Creation by AR (her blog is below) directed me to this blog to learn how to make some changes I asked her about.  The website is really helpful.  If you are a blogger and want to make changes, you should check it out.  Thanks, Adela!

My friend, Jeanne, posted these type of cards on her blog here.  In addition, she had a link on her blog for Creations by AR, who created a tutorial for these wonderful cards.  Adela did a great job on this!  

I just can't make enough thank you cards for all the volunteers, who worked the open house at my son's elementary school.  I love these cards!  I made 12 cards in record time.  I got to use ribbon I have that doesn't match any of my CTMH paper, but I couldn't live without.  I decided to stamp directly onto the card to make the cards even easier to make.  I used the 2008 October stamp of the month, Annotations and Say It In Style stamp set.  Here are just a few of the cards I made this morning:

I used the following Cuttlebug embossing folders:

• Swiss Dots
• Bloom Dots
• Floral Fantasy
• Stylized Flowers
• D'Vine Swirl

The next time I made some of these, I am going to bling them up a little like Adela and Jeanne did to their cards.  I know these cards will be a staple in my card list.

I have a question to answer that I missed in my Guest Book.  Sorry!  I use a circle scallop on some of my cards and it was asked what size I use.  I tried to measure it, and it looks like it is 1 3/4 inches across.  It is the SU scallop punch.

If you have questions, the best place to post them is in the comments section.  The comments are sent to me via email, so I look at them and respond as soon as I can.  BTW, thanks to all of you who make such nice comments about my blog and artwork.  It is really nice that you take the time to leave a comment.  It means a lot to me.  I am glad you like my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Making Some Changes

Please bear with me over the next few days, I plan on changing my blog background and header for the fall season.  You might catch me in the middle of trying some new things out before I decide on what I want.

Thanks for your patience!

Thank You Boom Di Ada

Happy Birthday, MOM!  

If you are reading this on Monday, September 22nd, it is my mother's birthday.  Mom, I hope you had a great day!  We tried to call, but you must be out celebrating!  Love ya! 

I just can't get enough of this design.  I needed to make 10 thank you cards, so I used this design again.  It is so easy to make and looks good with every paper set I use.

This time I used the Creative Basics Boom-Di-Ada Collection on page 18 of the 2008 CTMH summer Idea Book.  The embellishments are hollyhock twill ribbon, garden green brads and bling I had in my stash (non-CTMH).  The sentiment is from Gracious Greetings and I used the same gold paper behind the sentiment that I used on the Happy Anniversary card.  This gold paper was sold by CTMH, but is retired now.

Here is a close-up of the sentiment.  You can see that the sun makes the gold paper shimmer.  Pretty!

Happy Stamping!

From Your Side of the Table

Karen Wilson, a fellow CTMH consultant, sent me this criss cross card she made via email.  Isn't it darling?  I don't have this paper pack.  She used the Whoops-A-Daisy paper pack featured in the 2008 Spring CTMH Idea Book.  

Great job, Karen!

If you want to refresh your memory on how to make a criss criss card you can watch my video tutorial here.

Happy Stamping!

Anniversary Silhouette

I think I posted this card I received from my upline, Chris Shouse before.  Chris used Silhouette Level 2 paper pack and Gracious Greetings stamp set.

I love it!  I have her card posted on my bulletin board in my scraproom, so I would use this design.  Here is mine:

  

I used Silhouette Levele 2 paper pack too and Golden Years stamp set.  I needed four anniversary cards for the next couple of months.  I think this design is so elegant.  It would be great for wedding cards too!

Happy Stamping!