CCEE Stampers-Back to School

The CCEE Stampers challenge given this week by hostess, Anne Harmon, is to make a back to school card. I thought just an apple or two would be the perfect image. The image from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. called Lesson Learned.  My sentiment is from the same set.

I colored my green apple with  Copics and paper pieced the other apple to match my dp. It is a really simple card, adding my handmade banner and some corner pieces and that's it.

We hope you'll join us this week with your 'back to school' card.

I'm entering my card into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge-Anything Goes
Stampin' Royalty has a back to school theme for their challenge this week.

Recipe:
Stamps-MFP Lesson Learned
Paper-unknown dp
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-EK Success Victorian corner punch, Copics

FOSTV-Labor Day challenge

This week the challenge at Friends of Speedy TV is to make a Labor Day card. This would include things you do on Labor Day, your holiday traditions, or you can make something patriotic. What's better than sitting under a palm tree at the beach to end your summer. Gosh, I hate to see summer go...it's my favorite time of year. Yes, I like my weather Hot!

I paper pieced my card and palm tree and the blue is made by inking my acrylic block and stamping. I think it makes a cool, beach background.

For my card, I used Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. sets called Flamingos on Vacation (palm tree) and Adirondack Summer Mini Stamp Set (chair and sentiment). 

We hope you'll join our challenge this week and maybe you will be the winner of this fun stamp set called Fabulous Dogs.

Recipe:
Stamps-MFP Flamingos on Vacation and Adirondack Summer Mini Stamp Set
Paper-Designer paper for piecing is PTI Bitty Dot Basics and tree trunk is scraps
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa, Bahama Blue and Lilac Posies

Fall is Just Around the Corner

Have you felt the nip in the air yet? I sure have. The mornings are really cooler and my hubby and I were out for a walk tonight and it felt really nice. I know Fall won't be too much longer. I know probably most of you will be glad, but I won't. I do love summer no matter how hot it gets. Just call me crazy.

Just the same, I wanted to do a Fall creation for the new Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. I have been mostly concentrating on Christmas cards and don't need to get too far ahead, I suppose.

The new Queen is Cindy aka YLM and this is her card that I chose to case. Don't you just love her pumpkins? I think I need them. LOL  You can see the changes I made.  I inked my embossing folder with gray ink before running it through my Cuttlebug. After that, the vines were stamped. The pumpkins were colored with Copics, cut out, and placed. My leaves are from a new garland punch I bought. Leaves were added and it is finished.

I think this will be my last card until Monday. Have a great weekend.

Recipe:
Stamps-Inkadinkado CC Foliage Trails and Pumpkin Patch Mini
Paper-PTI white cs, black and gray cs from Hobby Lobby, Stampin'Up! Dusty Durango
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, and Gray Flannel
Accessories-Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades bricked embossing folder, Offray jute ribbon, EK Tools pumpkin garland punch (for leaves only), Copics

CCEE Stamper-Paper Piecing

Funny thing about my card...this week Anne Harmon gave the CCEE Stampers challenge to do paper piecing. I started my card and left it on my craft table for about two weeks before finishing it. By that time, I was thinking the challenge was paper piercing so I did that. I checked the challenge and was safe, though, because I had paper pieced the ornament earlier as I should. Whew!

I stamped my ornament on white and then again on  the same designer paper as I'm using in the background. It had this little girl sledding down a hill. I covered it will glossy accents and added the chain for it to hang.

I crimped a tree that I punched and added a punched star. The rest was easy...turned down a corner of my dp, added a sentiment and some bling, and that's it!

We hope you'll join us this week.

Recipe:
Stamps-Flourishes/All That Glitters (ornament), Sentiment bought at Michael's (no name)
Paper-PTI vintage cream and white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler, Mark's Finest Papers Chipboard (Kraft), The Paper Studio Christmas Toile
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-EK Success Lg Christmas Tree punch, Glossy Accents, EK Success starry night punch, gemstones, piercing tool, Stampin'Up! Mat Pack, Flower Soft silver braid (chain),crimper

CASology-Green is the Word

The CASology cue card for challenge #7 says to use green this week. Now, that I've gotten to the point that I absolutely love CAS cards, I just had to play.

My tree was punched three times and I layered two of the trees on each side of the back of the main tree to leave an edge of white and make the tree pop off the dp background. The tree was sponged only on the outer edges of the top tree.


Recipe:
Stamps-Hot off the Press/Christmas Words
Paper-PTI white cardstock, The Paper Studio/Old World Winter-6 x 6 pad
Ink-Memento Bamboo Leaves
EK Success lg Christmas Tree punch

FOSTV-Beach Theme

Good Monday Morning..can Mondays ever be good? Hmmmmm.....I think so if you had a bad weekend. No, no....I didn't. I went on a day trip out of town and went to one of my favorite scrapbook stores. The store really has the coolest and most up to date crafty items. You just can't leave without buying something, usually too much. You know, it really adds up in a hurry.

 Friends of Speedy TV is going with a beach theme this week. Instead of just a card, I thought I would make a box and some 3 x 3 note cards just for sending out a quick thank you or just to say hi. This project was made with  three of Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. sets. They are Silly Shells, Flamingos on Vacation, and Oh, Crab.

My box is made using a Sizzix Box with Scallop Flap and Flowers/Scoreboards Die. The lid is covered with paper from a DCWV Textured cardstock Travel Stack. The cardstocks are from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, Aqua Lt., Florida Peach, and Wind Willow. The button is La Mode from Jo Ann Stores.

We hope you'll play along with us this week. We have a great stamp set to be won this week called Background Fun. Wish I could win it as I don't have it..but, I can't. :-)

Queen for the Day

Did you ever have a card you just could never be happy with? This is mine. I made it for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers, Mary-Alice/ladybug91743. Here is her pretty card that I cased. Maybe I should not have gone Christmas with mine.

I really do like my stamps and punches, though, and it is another Christmas card made.

Recipe:
Stamps-Sweet Stamps Botanicals/Holly Branch, Hot Off the Press/Christmas Words
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler and Bermuda Bay
Accessories-Martha Stewart jingle bell punch, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Craf-T Products decorating chalks/Forest Green clear gemstone

Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co., Aug. Blog Hop/Day 4

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lesson Learned Featured August 14
Bring on the Sun Featured August 15
Tree Greetings Featured August 16
Oh Crab Featured August 17

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on August 18, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday August 17, 2012.



I have two photos to show you using the Oh, Crab set. What a fun set!

Recipe:

Inks: Memento Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Bahama Blue, VersaMagic Sea Breeze

Designer Paper-The Paper Studio-Sand Photo

Making Memories die cut from a scrapbook store

Isn't this the cutest seahorse? I wanted to make a circle card using a circle and circle scallop nestabilite from Spellbinders. The water is made with a Cuttlebug tiny bubbles embossing folder. I've added some blue gemstones and the rest, of course, is from the featured set.

Cardstock for base is MFP Old World Gold.

Hope you've enjoyed this week of hopping. It's time to head over to Toni's blog.

 

Yorkie Post

I made my card for the Less is More challenge #80. The card should be one layer and should include fur or feathers.

I also am including this card in the Dirty Dozen Fan Club Gallery challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The central theme is 'In the Neighborhood'. It should be something you see in your neighborhood.
Well, I see people walking their little Yorkies in my neighorhood giving them exercise and showing how adorable they are...and they really are.

My son and daughter-in-law have a Yorkie, at least she does and my son has a Doberman. What a pair. But, guess who is in charge...the little Yorkie because she has been there the longest. If the Dobie bothers her, she just gives a little growl and the Dobie walks off...too funny. This card will go to my dil for her birthday and she is sure to love it.

Recipe:
Stamp-Digital image from Stamp n Doodle/Yorkie Post-I think it is sold only in rubber now.
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Accessories-Copics, black and white gingham ribbon

Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co.-Blog Hop-Day 3

Looking for my CCEE Stampers Post..scan one post down.

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lesson Learned Featured August 14
Bring on the Sun Featured August 15
Tree Greetings Featured August 16
Oh Crab Featured August 17

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on August 18, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday August 17, 2012.

Happy Hopping! Hope you're having fun checking out all the awesome sets we're featuring this week.

I found this frame I bought at a LSS that used to be in my city. They've been gone several years and I really miss them. Anyway, my frame is really old and I'm glad to finally use it. It is Wild Asparagus/Happy Days Frame by My Mind's Eye.

I stamped my palm tree from the Tree Greetings set three times, paper pieced them, and popped on dimensionals. They are placed in between a couple rows of sand dunes made with Sand Dunes paper from The Paper Studio . Then, I used a Fiskars punch called Boundary Waters for my ocean. The shell is from another MFP set called Silly Shells featured last month and can be found in the store.

I didn't use a sentiment on the outside, rather will stamp it inside.

My clouds are sponged and I used a punch from a Stampin'Up! circle scallop punch and using VersaMagic Sea Breeze.

It's time to hop now and go see Toni here. I know she has something beautiful in store for you.

Or,  scan down and click on her photo.