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I'm back at it with the Sweet Treat Centers. I just have so much fun with these! This is a card where you make a tag that lifts up to reveal the treats. That way you don't have to dismantle your beautiful card to get to the candy! There is a tutorial for this on Mike's blog. He calls it a Re-Treat. Teehee!
The background stamp on the front of the card is from Circle Circus. That's another stamp set I can't stop using. The inside of the card is wheeled with the Haunting HIll jumbo wheel from the Holiday mini and the ghost is from Batty From You, one of my long time faves.
We have a soccer filled weekend. We have nice sunny skies, but not too hot. Great soccer weather! What's on your agenda for the weekend?
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Stampin' Up!'s Simply Scrappin' kits are chock full of coordinating die cut images, designer papers, and textured cardstock. They come in various themes including the Christmas Jingle SS kit. This is a class I will be teaching on October 15 and Ocober 17. You will make 30 cards for $30. Here are some samples of the cards:
If you are local to the Twin cities area of Minnesota and would like to attend my Thursday, October 15 session, contact me at [email protected]
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I saw this wonderful tutorial on JanTink's blog for the Marvelous Magical Marquee card. How fun! This is my Halloween version of it. We made this in my stamp clubs in September. We discovered that the opening flaps work much better if you use cardstock instead of designer paper. Such a fun concept for a card!
Ink: Basic Black, Craft White
Paper: Kraft, Dusty Durango, Night and Day designer paper, Whisper White
Other: 1 3/8" circle punch, circle scallop punch, word window punch, modern label punch, black gingham ribbon, stampin' dimensionals, dusty durango polka dot ribbon
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Do you remember this song? Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon? It's by the Fifth Dimension. That's what this balloon reminds me of. When I was growing up I shared a room with my four sisters. They are all 8-12 years older than me and I heard all of their music they played on the record player. I came to associate a group or singer with each sister. The Fifth Dimension was my sister, Geri's favorite group so I became quite familiar with all of their songs.
Here is my balloon card:
I had such fun picking out jelly bellies to match the different Stampin' Up! colors!
Recipe: Stamps: Sweet Centers, Only Ovals
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Thoroughly Modern designer paper
Other: Sweet Treat cups, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, 1/2" circle punch, scallop circle punch to create the cloud background.
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Have I said that before? LOL! I made this card with the Just Beclause Stamp set for a WOW card swap I was in recently. I always enjoy pictures of swaps in progress so I thought I would show you one of my swaps all ready to be assembled.
I ran the Chocolate Chip cardstock front through the Big Shot with the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder from the Holiday mini catalog. You'll love it! Once it was dry embossed I dabbed it with my Versamark pad and poured irridescent ice embossing powder over it. I zapped it with my heat gun. Work your magic heat gun! Now it has sparkle all over it!
To make the tag I ran a piece of kraft cardstock through the BIg Shot with one of the tags from the Matchbox Sizzix die. To get that roughed up look I brayered Sahara Sand over it. Then I embossed the greeting with black embossing powder. I sponged the edges with chocolate chip ink. Then I dabbed around the tag with the versamark pad and poured irridescent ice embossing powder over the top and heated it with my heat gun. To place the crystal brads evenly I made myself a template of the tag. I folded the template in half and made the two holes by piercing it with my paper piercer. Then I place the template over the tag to place my holes evenly. I have a couple of pictures to give you a better idea of what I did. I think most of us are visual people.
To do my main focal image I gave it a antique look by brayering over the kraft cardstock with Sahara Sand ink just like I did on my tag. I stamped the Santa with Versamark and poured Basic Black embossing powder. I hit it with my heat gun. Next I used a combination of markers and my aquapainter to color in the santa. To get the white part I used my white craft ink. More sponging around the cardstock edges with chocolate chip ink.
Whew! That was kind of fun! I was going for that vintage look with some sparkle.
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When I first saw the Stampin' Up! Sizzix Lattice die, this is what I had in mind. To die cut it repeatedly and layer it together as a background on scrapbook pages. I was happy with the result on this page.
Recipe: Stamps: Circle Circus(center of tummy on the owl)
Paper: Basic Black, Dusty Durango, Kraft, Close to Cocoa, Garden Green Rich Razzleberry
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Other: Stampin' Up! Sizzix Lattice die, Simple Letters Sizzix die, Go Go boots Sizzix die, Wide Oval Punch, 1/2" circle punch, boho blossom punch, Little Leaves Sizzix die, Top Note Sizzix die, Onboard Longboard Chipboard, Googly Eyes
This is my daughter and her friends Trick-or-treating last year. They were in 9th grade and didn't put much effort into dressing up. They just put their school sweatshirts on with the black face paint under the eyes. She has said this was her last year trick or treating for at least the last 3 years. I really think this one was it. I shouldn't talk though. I went trick or treating as a junior in high school. I wanted that candy! lol.
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Yep, another card from the Twick or Tweet stamp set! Now that we have our end of summer bbq out of the way I'm thinking about pulling the Halloween decorations out. I can't wait!
Recipe: Stamps: Twick or Tweet
Ink: Jet Black Stazon, Dusty Durango, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Night and Day designer paper, Confetti White, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Dusty Durango
Other: Scallop edge punch, horizontal slot punch, word window punch, silver brad, dusty durango polka dot ribbon, aquapainter, corner rounder
Thanks for stopping by! We're settling into our second week of school. I'm hoping for a smooth but busy week!
This week's challenge on the Scrap and Stamp challenge blog is to use a sketch from Pamela and this yummy paper from My Little Shoebox and of course, at least one stamp. I stamped my title with Stampin' Up"s Contempo Alphabet. I punched the letters out with the Large Oval and Wide Oval punch and tucked them inside the designer paper.
You can play along with the challenge and have a chance to win some of these papers from My LIttle Shoebox. Create a page using the sketch and at least one stamp. One winner will be chose at the end of the week. Check out what the rest of the design team created on the Scrap and Stamp blog.
This is my last week with the Scrap and Stamp design team. I have really enjoyed being on the team! It got me scrapping again - something I have been itching to do lately. I hope to continue fitting scrapping in to my week.
