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Pumpkin' Pickin'

Pickin' pumpkins isn't the same as it used to be for our family.  No going to the pumpkin patch, apple orchard or even down the street to Cal's Market where they have a petting zoo and maze(as well as plenty of pumpkins).  This year there simply wasn't time.  Instead, we dug through cardboard boxes at Cub foods.  It doesn't have quite the same ambience.  My daughter even skipped picking out her pumpkin this year because she was buried in homework this week.  Now she tells me she might not have time to carve it either! 

Doug and Nick consider a pumpkin.

Sam's pick.  He's not much into smiling for photos these days.

Nick and Sam in front of one of the cardboard boxex full of pumpkins.  I had to buy batteries inside Cub to get these final photos because I ran out on our way in.

The final choices.  There's only 4 because as much as I love Halloween, I'm not into carving pumpkins.  That's Doug and the kids' thing.

Nick carved his last night because he's going to a party tonight.  Last year he drew a design for Paper Mario.  This year he wanted to do Luigi(video game character).  He drew it out and my husband was saying it wasn't going to work.  Nick persisted and Doug gave him suggestions to tweak it and he finally came up with this.

He's pretty proud of it! 

I hope your pumpkin' pickin' went well!  Have a Happy Halloween!
 
 
 
 
 

Deal of the Week#4

This is the final week for the Deals of the Week! 

Week 4 Deals of the Week

Item	Description	Special Price
116214	Princess Party Kit	$9.99
116213	Pirate Party Kit	$9.99

Dates: October 1-31, 2009

 

Stampin' Up!'s Pirate and Princess party kits have everything you need to plan your child's next birthday party including invitations and envelopes, party decorations, pennants, party favors and party boxes.  And they are on sale now through October 31!  To order through my online ordering website go here.  Or you can contact me at [email protected]. 
 

 

On Dancer!

Did you know that Dasher is Santa's stylish Reindeer?  It's true!  Just look at those fancy antlers!  You can tell he does things with flair!  This stylish Reindeer is sold as a single stamp from Stampin' Up!'s under $10 page on page 208.  This one really packs a punch!  Just look.  Here a several cards that I Cased from other artists on SCS.  I tweaked them all a little bit to give them my own special touch.

The snowflakes are stamped in craft white on Bermuda Bay cardstock and then the edges are "frosted" with more craft white ink.  I love this combination of Whisper white, Bermuda Bay and Chocolate Chip!

This is a great tone on tone card.  Very simple but that image speaks for itself!  The designer paper is from Christmas Cocoa dp in the holiday min, Soft Suede ink, Whisper White cardstock and Soft Suede polka dot ribbon complete the card.

This red polka dot ribbon is my favorite that Stampin' Up! carries right now.  It's so bold and yummy!  Such a nice quality ribbon. 

Super simple card but again Dasher and the polka dot ribbon really pack a punch!

Thanks for stopping by today!  If you want to order Dasher for your very own you can dash on over to my online ordering website here and place your order today!  Or contact me at krhopperstad!juno.com

Have a great weekend!
 
 
 
 

Hostess gifts

This month my hostess gifts were these Christmas notebooks.  They are a junior legal pad cut in half.  I haven't decorated these in years but I recently ran across some on Michelle Wooderson's blog and I got inspired all over again.  Don't you love it when something old becomes new again?  Since I have plenty of these in my stash I will be making more!

The penguin is from the Cold and Cuddly stamp set in the Holiday mini.  The papers are from the Christmas Cocoa paper in the Holiday mini.  The red and white paper is flocked.  The snowflakes are a punch that is new in this year's Stampin' Up! catalog.  The buttons are from the Sizzix buttons die.  One of my favorite Sizzix dies!  The letters are from the Billboard Sizzix die.

Then I made this box from the Itty bitty box and envelope Stampin' Up! Sizzix die for a door prize gift.  Again, I used the flocked paper from the Christmas Cocoa dp pack.  The Tags inside are from the Delightful Decorations stamp set and the matching Ornament punch.  I put mini glue dots with the paper still attached so the recipient could easily place these on her packages.  So quick and easy! 
 

Recipe Card Club

This month was the official kick off for my Recipe Card club.  This is something new I'm doing.  I thought it would be fun to combine stamping with yummy recipes!  There are 10 members and we meet for 10 months.  Each month one of the members gets to be hostess.  The hostess provides me with 3 recipes including a main dish, a side dish and an appetizer or dessert.  That way we will have a variety of recipes.  We are building a beautiful book of delicious recipes as we go.  It's kind of a recipe swap and stamping club all in one! This month Denise was the hostess and she provided me with 3 recipes.  She prepared the Layered Italian Cheese Torte and Sweet Potatoes with bananas and honey for us to eat.  They were so delicious!  The Italian Cheese Torte was a little slice of heaven.  I can't wait to make this myself!  I'm not usually a big Sweet Potatoes fan but I really liked the Sweet Potatoes with bananas and honey!  So did my daughter and husband who came down to sample the food too.  I think I'll make this dish to bring to Thanksgiving this year.  It's great to have a new favorite to try.  Denise was able to give us little tips about how to prepare her dishes too.  After sitting around chatting and eating Denise's delicous food everyone got to stamp the 3 recipe cards.

This one has stamped outline flowers from 5th Avenue Floral in the backgound on the recipe with So Saffron ink.  It's subtle but really adds to it.  The medallion is made with a flower from Baroque Motifs stamped in Real Red, punched out with the 1 3/8" circle punch and backed with a basic black circle from the circles#2 sizzix die.  There's a circle that's just a smidgen larger than the punch.  The scallop circle is punched in So Saffron and a circle fire crystal brad is put through the center of the whole medallion.

For this recipe card I wanted to get the look of Sweet Potatoes with the colors I chose.  It is a Dusty Durango base with More Mustard layered under the recipe and punched with the scallop border punch.  The flower is done in More Mustard and Dustry Durango from the Birds and Blooms Sizzix die and backed with a 1 3/4" circle punch and finished off with the chocolate chip jumbo brad. 

For this card we started with a Kraft cardstock base and stamped this circle image from the Circle Circus stamp set in Chocolate Chip.  The bottom pieces are punched from the square scallop punch in Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, and Brocade Blue.  The flowers are from the Blossom Party Sizzix die and the middle of the flower is punched from the 1/2" circle punch and popped up on stampin' dimensionals.

My recipe cards on being placed in a Real Red 6 x 6 Linen album from Stampin' Up!  I tied the wide black striped ribbon through the spine and hung a title for the book on some vanilla hodgepodge hardware. Normally, I would decorate the front cover too but I slide my recipe books next to each other on a shelf and I didn't want anything to get caught.

Then on the inside I created dividers using Basic black cardstock, the Round Tab punch and the From the Kitchen Of stamp set.

Once these books are completed they would make a wonderful graduation gift, wedding gift, Christmas or birthday gift.  I'm not going to be able to part with mine though.  I'm keeping it for myself!

If you have any questions about recipe card club or making a recipe book let me know.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
 
 
 
  

Deals of the Week!

 

See below for this week’s Deals of the Week:

Dates	Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
October 19, 10:00 AM (MT) through October 26, 9:50 AM (MT)	114348	179	Basic Jumbo grommets	$6.95	$4.49
	109857	179	Mini Library clips	$12.95	$8.99
	122571	179	Circle Designer brads	$5.95	$3.99
	112581	179	1/2" Library clips	$6.95	$3.99

Visit my Online Store today to take advantage of these great offers!  Or you can contact me at [email protected] to place your order.

Basic Jumbo Grommets

 

Mini Library clips

 

Circle Designer Brads

 

1/2" Library Clips
 
 
 

Polar Bear on Ice

This is another card we are making at my October parties.  It is a case from this card by stamperdoc.  I used the scallop circles#2 Sizzix die and a 3" circle for the focal image.  The colors all come from the designer paper, Holiday Lounge.  Such a fun and funky collection of papers!  The card base is Sahara Sand. The bear is stamped in Taken with Teal and then cut out.  The ice is stamped on the whisper white 3" circle with Basic Gray ink and the cup of cocoa is stamped in Close to Cocoa ink. It's easy to line up the bear so that he's holding the cocoa since he's cut out.  The scallop is cut in Taken with Teal cardstock and the Holiday Lounge paper is backed with some Ruby Red.  It's finished off with some Soft Suede polka dot ribbon.  The stamp set is Cold and Cuddly from the Holiday Mini catalog.

Thankful

I recently did a party for a good friend(hi Pam!) who isn't really into Halloween(gasp!) so we made a Thanksgiving card instead.  The pumpkin is created using punch art.  Punches used were the wide oval punch, word window punch(cut at a slant for the stem), and the 5 petal flower punch that was folded over the pumpkin.  A little sponging around the pumpkins helps to warm it up a bit.

Recipe: Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes(love this greeting set!)

Ink:  Soft Suede, Dusty Durango(for sponging)

Paper:  Soft Suede, Old Olive, Dusty Durango, Naturals, Close to Cocoa, Soft Suede monochromatic designer paper,

Other:  Wide oval punch, word window punch, 5 petal flower punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, top note die, horizontal slot punch, dusty durango polka dot ribbon, stampin' dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
 

Stampin' Up! Deal of the Week#2!

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Special Price
115961	200	Perfect Setting Bigz XL die	$42.95	$25.99
114515	195	Flower Burst Embosslits die	$11.95	$5.99
116760	201	Pop-Up Three Tier Cake Bigz XL die	$39.95	$25.49

                                  Perfect Setting Die

Flower burst Embosslit Die

Pop Up Cake Die

And here's a video by Stampin' Up! on how to make the Pop Up Cake die. 

These deals are only good through October 18.  You can order them through my online ordering website or by contacting me at [email protected].

Happy Stamping!

Oh the things you can make.....

with the ornament punch!  My upline, Karen, had a meeting last month and one of the demonstration tables was the wonderful things you can make with the ornament punch by Carol Nordquist.  Here are some of the ideas she shared.  I converted the basic ideas into cards of my own design. 

Don't you love the fishes?  Just stamp the ornament from Delightful Decorations and punch out with the ornament punch.  Turn the ornament on it's side and back it with the 5 petal flower punch.  And the 5 petal flower punch is on sale for only $10.99 through October 11!  The water is the negative from the Swirls sizzix die.

The leaves are made by punching out the leaves and a piece of whisper white cardstock out of the ornament punch and simply cutting off the top part of the ornament.  Then draw in the lines of the leaves with a stylus and a foam mat.  Then take your sponge daubers and dip them in ink and then on the back of the cardstock vellum.  Attach to the whisper white cardstock behind it to make the colors show up better.

You can create a vase by punching out the ornament up to this point in the cardstock.  Just leave off the point.  I brayered the dusty durango cardstock with dusty durango ink to give it the look of a terracotta pot.  So easy!

 
How about some acorns!  I embossed the chocolate chip cardstock with the Perfect Details Sizzix plate and then punched out a curve with my wide oval punch.  Next place your ornament punch upside down in the cardstock and punch out just the top.  Then punch out your creamy caramel cardstock with the ornament punch and sponge it with some close to cocoa ink.  Adhere the two pieces together and you're done!

Okay, this guy was a lot of work but so worth it in the end!  I CASE"d him fromthecountryrose on SCS.
 Do you see the ornament punch on him?  I ran the Build-a-Bear through the Big shot in blush blossom cardstock and then placed the ornament head over the bear head for the elf.  So fun!

All of these projects were made with Stampin' Up! products.  You can order them from my online ordering website here or contact me at [email protected]. 

I hope you enjoyed these ideas.  Thanks for stopping by!