Happy Acorn!

I signed up for a WOW swap. The way this one is to work is that when you look at the card, you say "WOW!" I did 3 others for this swap and then there was a 4th group opened up so I just had to make one more. This is the last card that I made. I'm not sure that it's a WOW but he sure is cute!

Stamps: none

Ink: Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Cajun

Craze, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Regal Rose

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Regal DSP, Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon, ornament punch, Large oval punch, Scallop Square punch, 1/16" handheld punch, Linen thread, glitter brads, neutral brads, White gel pen, sponges, dimensionals, finger dauber, square lattice embossing folder

I will show you the other 3 cards over the next 3 days. I spent a little more time on them and really made them special. My daughters, Abi and Miriam, both said "WOW!" when they saw them so I guess they work too!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

April Edition of Christmas!

Well, once again I created Christmas cards so that I can be all ready to go come the first part of December! I threw out my back a couple of weeks ago and had a hard time doing just about anything! What a long week of healing that was and terrible timing to boot! My oldest daughter Abigail was confirmed on Sunday May 1 in our church. We had a dinner celebration after the church service and I had food for 100 people! Couldn't get much of that done with a bum back, but I was able to do a little stamping as long as I only did a little at a time. This one being mostly punched pieces was easier on my back so I went with it! Here's a group shot of the 16 cards that I made!

Here's a single shot of just one! I love the way this card turned out! To make the cardinal I used an extra wing for the top and an extra wing for the face. The scallop square is on dimensionals as well as the cardinal's wing.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Stamps: All Holidays

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Basic Black

Accessories: Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon, Texture plates, scallop

square die Bird punch, Sponge, white gel pen, dimensional

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

November Club projects

I have a hostess group that meets every month. We make several projects every time we meet. These are the projects that we made in November. This card is very simple but I was pretty excited with the way it turned out! I did change it a little from what my ladies all stamped but you get the idea! The snowflakes have Platinum shimmer paint on them. I also stamped the ornament and the sentiment with shimmer paint on them. What I did to do this is ink up the stamp in the color that I wanted and then using a finger dauber, I sponged on the shimmer paint and then stamped.

Stamps: Tags til Christmas, Short & Sweet

Cardstock: Whisper White, Marina Mist

Ink: Marina Mist

Accessories: Platinum shimmer paint, finger dauber, Marina Mist ribbon, Northern Flurries embossing folder, Ticket corner punch, ornament punch, dimensional

These hand sanitizers have been all over the place. They are super fun to make! I followed directions from somewhere but not sure where. I made several extra and then sold them at a vendor fair that I was part of (hence the sign in the background!).

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Dot, Dot, Dot

Cardstock: Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Basic Black

Ink: Poppy Parade, Soft Suede

Accessories: Wide oval, scallop circle, 1/2" circle, snowflake punches, crop-a-dile, 2-way glue, dazzling diamonds, dimensionals

Here's the inside. I didn't do anything to it. Ran out of time!

The last project we made required each member of the club to bring along a mini muffin tin. We punches scallops from Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler (don't you just LOVE this new, rich red? I do!) and circles from Holly Jolly designer series papers. I printed the numbers from my computer and we punched them with the 1/2" circle punch. Add some magnets and you have a great Advent calendar! We were trying to figure out what you could put behind the scallops as little gifts other than candy. Quarters are my favorite!

Edited to add: In searching for something else this evening, I found a picture of this advent calendar exactly like mine! The other one was posted this summer. I must have seen it and forgot! Mine has therefore been CASEd!

Stamps: none

Cardstock: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink: none

Accessories: 2 3/8" scallop circle, 1/2" circle and 1 3/4" circle punches, Old Olive striped ribbon, magnets

Now, don't you want to be making cool projects like this every month? Call or email me and we'll get you into a group and make some more fabulous creations!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley