No Stamp Christmas

I have a lot of Christmas cards for you this week, because I finally am caught up on all of the challenges from the blog Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. YAY! When my club members were working on their two page layouts and other projects on Saturday night, I focused on my Christmas cards.

The first challenge I took was Vicki's Challenge #24 - The Stampless Challenge. We could not stamp on our card at all. Many times I turn to my Cuttlebug embossing folders for this type of challenge. The Lace Tree folder is perfect for this. I inked the tree in Olive and the trunk in Cocoa. Then I added bling! Now, I had to figure out how to get my sentiment on my card without stamps. I rumaged through my goodies and came across this "JOY" sentiment attached to ribbon. Perfect! Finally I layered my image on olive cs, gold vellum and cranberry cs. The pattern paper is from the Basics Evensong Collection by CTMH.

Have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

Funny Face

You know how I have been writing about organizing my stamp sets. Well, I came across the Pick a Petal stamp set by Stampin' Up and remembered why I bought it. I saw a card that Dawn from Dawn's Stampin' Thoughts made over 1 1/2 years ago. It was a cute get well card. I loved it! After looking through my archives of saved card pictures I want to make, I found it. I have never used the set and am trying to use what I have, so I made the same card. I tried to use similar colors that Dawn used, but I don't have any SU colors. These colors are all colors CTMH inks and paper. The sentiment is from Best Wishes (CTMH).

Isn't he so cute?

Card recipe: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - taffy cs, black cs, white daisy cs, sunflower cs; Ink - black, sunflower, taffy; Stamp sets - Pick a Petal (SU), Textured wheel (SU), Best Wishes; Accessories - black grosgrain ribbon

For those of you who only buy acrylic stamps, I made this one from CTMH stamp sets Best Wishes, Playful Petals and Rustic Flowers. The paper, ink and accessories are all the same.

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Never to many.....

Cupcakes! I must be in the mood for cupcakes this week. I know I have been eating enough carbs, so maybe that is the reason...LOL!

This is another Lockhart Stamp Company image Barb sent me. She is the sweetest! I am having so much fun coloring the images she sent me. This image is Best Cupcake. I used my copics and finished the frosting off with my clear spica marker. I wish you could see the sparkle on the frosting. I love this marker, but it doesn't show up the best in photos.

When I looked at my image, I knew I wanted to use my long rectangle nesties. This is the first time I used them. The tall think stack of cupcakes called for these frames. I popped the image with pop dots and started layering. The colors I used matched this Emporium Level 2 paper pack perfectly. I used one pattern for my background and punched out the flowers from another pattern for accents. Yummy!

Mom cam

The blue accents are crystal stickers from Mark Richards Company.

Card recipe: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - Emporium Level 2 paper, cocoa cs, crystal blue cs, white daisy cs; Stamp set - Best Cupcake (Lockhart Stamp Co.); Ink - copics; Accessories - crystal blue stickers (Mark Richards Co.), vineyard berry organdy ribbon, heavenly blue brads; long scallop and regular rectangles (Nestabilities)

Have a SWEET day!

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You're Sweet

I decided to make a couple more single layer cards yesterday for thank yous. This time I used the stamp wheel Cupcakes from Stampin' Up. The first card I used watercolor pencils on regular white cardstock. The second card I used watercolor paper from Archivers and used my blender pen and ink from the lid of my ink pads.

The glitter shows up really well in person, especially on the watercolor paper card (second one). Now, when I need a quick card, I know I can make a single layer ones and have a great bunch of cute cards.

Card recipe: Stamp - Cupcakes stamping wheel (SU); Paper - white cs, white watercolor paper, baby pink cs (CTMH), heavely blue cs (CTMH); Ink - crystal blue (CTMH), blush (CTMH), sunny yellow (CTMH), holiday red (CTMH), topiary (CTMH); Accessories - word window punch (SU); watercolor pencils (CTMH); prisma glitter; Sentiment is printer from Microsoft Word

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Thanks a melon

I purchased the stamp set, Summer Sweetness, a long time ago and finally...finally used it. YAY! I saw on a blog eons ago where someone used watermelons with the sentiment "Thanks a melon". Loved it! Well, I was totally out of thank you cards, because one of my friends came by yesterday and purchased my last ones. I needed to make some quickly and was inspired by some cards Dawn has made at Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. She has made no layer cards and I love how they look. So clean and fresh! SO EASY!

My boys helped me pick out a couple of colors for these cards. Tate liked the bright pink one and Tanner liked the red one. Which one do you like best?

I didn't have a stamp that read "Thanks a melon", so I made my own in Word and printed them off on matching paper.

Card recipe: Paper - white cardstock (Walmart), watermelon cs (CTMH),topiary cs (CTMH), cranberry cs (CTMH); Stamp set - Summer Sweetness; Ink - black and topiary (CTMH); Sentiment - Microsoft Word; Accessories - window word punch (SU)

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Fun in the Sun

Here is the layout for my July scrapbook club. We meet this Saturday and will complete this two page layout and crop until midnight. I wanted to use the same color scheme I used for the card club here. This is the Level 2 Boom-Di-Ada paper pack, which is very bright and cheery. Since it is summer and the colors are so bright, I wanted to make a summer layout. The two mats I have for this layout are for a 5 x 7 photo and a 4 x 6 photo. Club members will be able to make whatever size mat they need for their pics.

These layout ideas on from CTMH's Reflections book (pages used are listed in the recipe below). I think this is my favorite scrapbook program they sell right now. I love combining the one page ideas with each other. This book gives you cutting dimensions and different photo options. If you don't have any of their scrapbook programs, this is the one I suggest to buy.

Here is a close up for the first page title. I used various fonts from CTMH's chipboard letters. I like combining different fonts for "fun" titles. The paper flowers are the perfect color for this layout. I punched out a hollyhock flower to add to the middle with a sunflower brad. I sponged the chipboard with sunny yellow and then sponged the edge in sunflower ink. Don't ya just love ric rac?

Here is a close up for the second page title. I didn't have a sun stamp, so I improvised. I used the flowers from the Gratitude stamp set and layered them with pop dots. Love it! See the photo mat? I got this idea from the Reflections book (CTMH). They cut a bunch of paper and tucked it behind the photo mat to frame the picture. This was so easy and adds a great frame for a special picture.

Layout recipe: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - Boom-Di-Ada Level 2; Stamp sets - Gratitude, Boutique Alphabet; Ink - hollyhock, olive, sunny yellow, sunflower; Accessories - sunflower bigger brad and regular size brad, garden green brad, solor chipboard letters (F, U, N, S), hollyhock ric rac, just blooms paper flowers, boho blossoms punch (SU), Reflections Book layouts on pages 17 (Title Topper - Heading) and 18 (Title Topper - Equal Portions).

Happy Stamping!

God Bless America!

Happy Independence Day!

Today, is such a great day here in America! Celebration time! I hope all of you have a great and safe holiday! God bless all of you and those of you who have family serving in our great military protecting all of us!

Here is one of my favorite times I have heard our national anthem. I get chills every time!

Oh, I almost forgot...how do you like my new banner and sidebar? Cute, huh? This is blog in a box created by Zoe Pearn at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Have a great day!

Kim

July Card Club

Our July Card Club meets July 7th and I finally got the card created that we will be making that evening. I really like how this one turned out. Again, I am loving my new organized stamp system. I don't think I would have used the frame stamp around my sentiment, if I didn't browse through my stamp binder first. That frame is from the set Autumn Splendor. I love it! I double stamped the sentiment. The first time in buttercup and then in garden green. Isn't the little yellow flower cute? It is from the new Heartfelt Whimsy Die Cuts from CTMH. It comes with three - 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 sheets of whimsy felt die cuts in buttercup, garden green and tulip. These are awesome!

Mom cam

Card recipe: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - Creative Basics Boom-Di-Ada Collection, hollyhock cs, buttercup cs, garden green cs; Stamp sets - Autumn Splendor, Best Wishes; Ink - hollyhock, buttercup, garden green; Accessories - garden green brads, pink brad (Paper Studio), Heartfelt Whimy Die Cut, hollyhock ric rac; buttercup buttons, watermelon waxy flax; buttercup organdy ribbon, pop dots (SU)

Thanks to all of you who took the time to vote on my two polls. Looks like those of you who visit my site use Acrylic the most and I am glad to see I am not the only addict with over 500 stamp sets.

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Party Girl Bella

This is the first Bella I have ever used. Thanks, Barb! This is one of the images my friend, Barb, sent me a while ago. After I finished coloring her, I knew I wanted to use the retired paper, Birthday Bash. I had one sheet left and the colors were perfect. In addition, I used shimmer paper from Paper Temptress. Love it! My card recipe is below. This card will be going to my Etsy store soon. Stop by and check it out!

Mom cam

Card recipe: Products CTMH unless noted. Paper - holiday red cs, Birthday Bash pattern paper (retired), Sparkle Text Paper (red, yellow) from Paper Temptress, white (unknown); Stamps - partygirlabella (Bella Stamps), Happy Birthday stamp set; Ink - copics, holiday red ink pad; Accessories - holiday buttons, sunflower waxy flax, small scallop circle (Nestabilities), 1 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, blue crystal stickers (Mark Richards), crocheted red trim (Deedle Dee Doodles), concave punch, pop dots, Happy Birthday Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Ramona asked about the boxes I use to store my CTMH stamp sets. Below is the AWESOME antique cabinet my DH found at a garage sale for $10. My FIL stained it and fixed the back. It houses my CTMH stamp sets. Isn't it gorgeous?

Here is the inside. I tried to get all the boxes to match, but two different Michaels didn't have enough, so I matched on the shelf. My mom gave the the box on the top shelf for single rubber stamps. Notice my alphabet tags.

Here is a close up of the boxes. I have my solos out on a table with the sets I am selling that are retired.

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