A Peek Into My Stamping Room

My Best Bud!

Here is a card I made a couple of days ago.  It didn't get picked up for a recent call but I still just love it!  I uses my new favorite patterned paper from October Afternoon.  The stamp sets are from Gina K. Designs.  Hope you will forgive me for a short and sweet post because I am trying to get the last of my projects done for my design team commitments.  I will post more info later this weekend!  Have a great Halloween!

Tattered Angels Blog Relay

During the month of October, Spellbinders Paper Arts and Tattered Angels have gotten together to have a great blog relay.  Its been really fun using Tattered Angels products like Glimmer Mists and Glimmer Screens!  Today is my turn to show you the project I made using some great Glimmer Mists - Iridescent Ice, Juneberry Wine and Candlelight.

 

This wall hanging was actually a Make 'n Take that Julie and Maggi (at the Ink Spot) had planned for this past Saturday.  I took the pieces and changed it up some using my Spellbinders dies and Glimmer Mist to give it that extra something!

Here are a few close-ups!

 

This was a pre-cut leaf from the kit.  Using the Iridescent Gold Glimmer mist, I add some sparkle.  I chose not to blot this particular leaf after spraying the mist because I wanted the droplet effect.  For all the other glimmery items, I sprayed the mist and then laid a tissue over the project and lightly blotted to prevent the droplets.

 

This is the Nested Maple Leaf Nestabilities cut/embossed from vanilla cardstock.  I sprayed Candlelight Glimmer Mist and blotted with a tissue.  Then I sprayed some Juneberry Wine just on the one edge.  I really didn't mean to get those extra drops but I thought it kinda looked good!  LOL.  Then I sprayed some Iridescent Gold mist and let it dry.

 

Here is a smaller Nested Maple Leaf, sprayed with the glimmer mists the way I described above.  I also cut/embossed the Renaissance Hearts Pendant and the Renaissance Hearts Pendant Center out of some 7gypsies paper.  I sprayed them all using Iridescent Gold mist and set aside to dry.  I cut the Pendant centers in half and attached them to the back of the large circle.  The pendant I put in the middle of the circle and attached the Give Thanks.

I hope my project has given you some ideas for combining your Spellbinders die templates and Tattered Angel products.  They go together like Peas & Carrots!  (sorry just watched Forest Gump the other day! LOL)

Here are some links to other Spellbinders Design Team members that have participated in the Blog Relay:

Linda Duke

Heidi Blankenship

Karen Taylor

Kazan Clark

Holly Simoni

Julie Overby

Karen Hunsaker

Everyone has such wonderful projects!  Hope you will check them all out!  Thanks to Tattered Angels for letting us all use their great products!!

Christmas House Easel Card

I would like to say Thanks! to all those who came to the demo I did Saturday at The Ink Spot in Kirkwood, MO.  It was so much fun and I really enjoyed everyone's enthusiasm and how much they loved their Spellbinders™! Hopefully I will get to do it again soon!

Every Sunday on Splitcoaststampers there is a challenge called Featured Stamper.  That is where one stamper's gallery is featured and you case a project for that person's gallery.  Well, yesterday I got a chance to play along.  The Featured Stamper was RachelHope13 - boy, did she have some cute stuff in her gallery.  Here is the inspiration for my project - Christmas Houses.  Here is my project - its an Easel Christmas House Gift Card Holder.

 

I made an Easel Card and shaped the front panel to look like a house.  The door is "holding" a Target Gift Card (no that's not my dog).  The sentiment is from Verve and it fits this card perfectly!

Supplies Used:  Poinsettia Christmas Set - Verve; Moonlit Fog & Pure Luxury Pure White cardstock - Gina K. designs; My Mind's Eye patterned paper; Ric Rac Scallop Borderabilities™, Snowflake Borderabilities™, Fancy Tag Trio™ & Double Ended Tags™ Rhinestone brads.

Tomorrow I will have a great Tattered Angels project to share with you.  All this month, Spellbinders™ and Tattered Angels design team members have teamed up to present some great projects using both products!  I can't wait for you to see mine!

Here is a sneak peek:

See you tomorrow!

JustRite Butteflies!

Today is the day I do a demo at The Inkspot in Kirkwood, MO!  I will be showing off all the Spellbinders™ great die templates and how to use those dies with JustRite Stampers.  Here is a card I made as a sample to show.  This was a really fun card to make because I love butterflies!!  I will have lots to share with you next week so check back!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Friendship Set - JustRite Stampers

Paper: Whisper White -SU; Summer Sunrise - PTI; Botanicabella Collection - Graphic 45

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink pad

Accessories: Copics, Stickles, Rhinestone Brads, Circle Nesties, Butterfly Reflections Die (Spellbinders), Butterfly Impressabilities

Not your traditional colors for fall!

Here are a couple of cards I made using that great Split Scarecrow image from DRS Designs.

For this card, I used some scraps of patterned paper I had in the scrapbox.  I think these are Crate Papers but I am not for sure.  I decided that the Scarecrow needed to be a girl so I put some rosy cheeks on her.  I know these are traditional Thanksgiving colors but I really like them!

Supplies Used:  Split Scarecrow and Small Happy Thanksgiving stamps from DRS Designs; Cardstock and patterned paper from a Taylored Expressions Key Ingredient kit!; button, twine and 3D Foam squares.

Here is another card I made using a similar color scheme.

 

I used the same stamps and patterned paper but I added some Really Rust cardstock.  Plus that ribbon is the last scrap I have!  Love that and it ties so beautifully.

Well I hope you like these cards.  I went for a non-traditional kind of color scheme but I am happy with them!  Have a great weekend.  Oh yeah, if you live in the St. Louis area, come and see me at The Ink Spot in Kirkwood, MO saturday morning from 10:30 am - 11:45 am.  I am giving a demo using my Spellbinders stuff and some JustRite Stampers!  Its will be lots of fun!

Thursday Already?

Wow, this week is just flying by!  It seems like we have weathered the first wave of illness in the house with the results of 3 sick, 2 not sick.  I am going to keep reminding myself that its not over yet!  Yikes!  Today is my day to blog on for DRS Designs.  I have two cards up on the DRS blog today and I will share my favorite with you here!

 

Isn't this scarecrow cute?  He is called Split Scarecrow and I colored him in using my Stampin' Up! markers and then cut/embossed using the Petite Classic Ovals Lg. #5 Nestabilities™ from Spellbinders&trade.  I mounted the oval onto a Pumpkins Nestabilites™ (only available until 11/30).  I stamped the Thanksgiving Arc onto my cream cardstock and then cut/emboss it using my Circle Nestabilities.  Because this sentiment arc is mounted onto EZ Mount, you can play around with the arc a bit and make it work for alot of shapes!  The background layer is Always Artichoke cardstock stamped with the 3 Leaf Background using Always Artichoke Ink.  I also cut/embossed the bottom detail using the Harvest Border Petites Borderabilities™.  

I have made a few more cards using this great Scarecrow image and I will share them tomorrow!  Hope you have a great Thursday!

Doing a Happy Dance!

Here is a card I made last week using the Sketch Challenge from Splitcoaststampers.  I just got a few sheets of some October Afternoon paper.  Its so pretty!  I just love it!

 

I used the small flower die from the Scallop Edge Frame from Spellbinders™ Paper Arts.  The stamp is from Gina K. Designs set called Tag Lines.  This set is especially made to fit inside the Spellbinder tag dies, which I find totally cool!  Unfortunately, I don't have alot of time because we have the flu in the house.  My youngest has been home all day from school and I had it over the weekend.  So I will fill in the supplies later!  Have a great day!

Operation Write Home

Please join DRS Designs in our Holiday Card Drive for Operation Write Home!
If you are not familiar with this organization, please click here to see how wonderful this program is for our brave soldiers (and the lucky devils who eventually receive the cards.)

We Need Your Help!!

During the months of September and October DRS Designs will be collecting as many holiday and winter themed cards as you can make!! Every other Monday, beginning on September 7th, our creative design team will be showing off their card donations on our blog. We hope you are inspired by their creations and will consider sending us your cards for this great cause.

To inspire you further DRS Designs will be offering a Total of 4 prizes!! Two prizes will be awarded at the end of each month (September & October):

Prize 1:
The stamper who has sent us the most cards during that month will win a $50 DRS Designs Gift Certificate!!

Prize 2:
We will pick our favorite card of the month that uses only DRS Designs Rubber Stamps and that stamper will win a $25 DRS Designs Gift Certificate!
Please be sure to get your card donations to us by October 26th so they can be distributed in time for the holiday rush! Also, please be sure to include an envelope for each card donated.

Send to:
DRS Designs
217 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT 06801

Thank you for making our card drive a success! We love our Heroes - let's show 'em how much
*************Remember - NO GLITTER for soldier safety reasons!!!*********************

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I hope you all are participating in some way with this great cause!  Check out what the rest of the DRS Designs Team Members made for this card drive.  Here is my card!

 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new challenge!

How do you feel about.......

Altered Projects?  Well I haven't always been that great with my Altered projects.  Since I have to create one every month for my design team responsibilities its getting easier.  I have to say I love to make cards and if I didn't HAVE to do anything else, I probably wouldn't.  I am finding that its always a good thing to stretch yourself and try new things!

Here is a basket I altered for Spellbinders Paper Arts™ a few months ago.  Its up on the Inspiration Gallery on the Spellbinders™ Website.

 

I have had this basket for quite awhile.  I found it on clearance at Wal-mart and have kept it in the stamp room holding catalogs and such for so long.  Well, now I don't have catalogs to use and it was just setting there empty.  I used the Snowflake Frameabilities™ in Riding Hood Red and Always Artichoke.  I trimmed the some of the details off the artichoke frame and added the snowflakes for more interest.  The image is from Crafty Secrets Homespun Cotton Scraps.  I trimmed around it and attached it to some chipboard to give it some body before attaching it to the frame.  The sentiment is a cotton scrap also that is attached to a Fancy Tag cut in red.  I added stickles and brads plus used some awesome wired ribbon I found at Sam's Club last Christmas.  Everything was attached to the basket using my glue gun. 

I think this would look great sitting on a table holding your Christmas cards that you receive or put your gift to someone in it.  You can make just about anything pretty with the help of your Spellbinders™ dies, don't you think?

Cold, Cold, Cold

Wow!  It is so cold here.  Today the high is supposed to 49 degrees.  Not right, I tell you!  The weather is all crazy and its a perfect day to stay inside and work in the stamp room.  Unfortunately, the stuff I am working on I can't share but I do have a couple of things that are interesting.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and my friend & Spellbinders Design Team Member, Terre Fry, has altered a bra for the occasion.  You have got to check it out HERE!  Its so cool.  She used her Wizard and die templates with fabric to alter the bra.  Bet you didn't know that you could cut fabric with your Nestabilities™ did you?  Love it, Terre!

Also yesterday was the Color Combo Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  The color combo was Bermuda Bay, Apricot Appeal and Chocolate Chip.  Bermuda Bay is one of the new In-Colors.  I only purchased a package of 12 x 12 cardstock of In-Colors so I had to improvise an ink color.  I found that the Colorbox Queue Sweet Sixteen - Turquoise- was a really good match.  I am really starting to love chalk ink.  It covers so good on clear stamps, too.

Here is my card from yesterday:

 

I stamped the flower image from the September Kit of the Month (Unity Stamp Co.) using Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip and the Colorbox Turquoise onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock.  I matted that onto a piece of Apricot Appeal and added the brad from the Hodge Podge Hardware kit.  I mounted that onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock cut to 5x5" and my Chocolate Chip base is a 5 1/4" square card.  For the bottom detail, I cut a frame using the Scalloped Edge Frame from Spellbinders.  I cut off just the bottom to go under the Bermuda Bay that I cut using the Ric Rac Scallop Borderabilities from Spellbinders.  The tag is cut from the Ribbon Tag Trio 2 using Whisper White cardstock and the sentiment is from Gina K. Designs.  That ribbon is the last little bit of Chocolate Satin Ribbon I bought from Stampin' Up! a few years ago.  Love that stuff!

So I hope you are having a good week and a great Wednesday.  Hopefully where you live the weather is good and warm!  Have a great day!