Christmas Card Class Part A

Meaning, there will be a Part B with later classes because my new supplies will have arrived by then! However, these are what we made at yesterday's class, thanks to the contributing help from family and friends...! These are super quick to put together, the hardest part was coloring in card #2!

Supplies: Stamps: Loads of Love & Loads of Love Accessories Ink: Basic Black, Ruby Red, Handsome Hunter Paper: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Kraft & Ruby Red card stocks

Supplies: Stamps: Big on Christmas Ink: Basic Black, Real Red & Gable Green markers Paper: Whisper White, Gable Green & Real Red card stocks Accessories: Silver Brads

Supplies: Stamps: Snow Burst, Heard From the Heart Ink: Brilliant Blue Paper: Brilliant Blue & Whisper White card stock Accessories: Versamarker, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Tool Supplies: Stamps: Christmas Chatter Jumbo Wheel Ink: Ballet Blue ink cartridge Paper: Whisper White & Real Red card stocks Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon Supplies: Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Holidays & Wishes Ink: Old Olive Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive & Real Red card stocks Accessories: Red Gingham Ribbon

Three for Ten!

This week, Lauren posted three cards she made in 5 minutes (each). She suggested giving it a try. I think she said something about using the same supplies, or at least the same stamp set. I know you've seen plenty of Upsy Daisy on my blog already, but you're just gonna have to keep enjoying it til next week when more things arrive! hahaha!

So! here are three cards that us the same stamp set, the two with DP come from the same pkg but they all "feel" differently! :)

Card #1: A soft, monochromatic, "thinking of you" kind of card...

Supplies: Stamps: Upsy Daisy Ink: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke Paper: Whisper White & Mellow Moss card stock, Sarah DP Accessories: Fresh Fav Buttons

Card #2: A bright, autumny, thank you card!

Supplies: Stamps: Upsy Daisy Ink: More Mustard Paper: More Mustard, Old Olive & Barely Banana card stocks Accessories: Old Olive wide grosgrain ribbon, Clear Buttons, Linen Thread

Card #3: A sweet, blank card for any occasion!

Supplies: Stamps: Upsy Daisy Ink: Brocade Blue Paper: Whisper White, Brocade Blue card stocks, Sarah DP Accessories: Soft Subtles Brads

I'm really sorry the pictures are so dark... during stormy weather, you get what you get! I probably got all three cards done in ten minutes combined, but I don't know for sure becuase I was also helping with homework and running up and down the stairs for supplies I forgot. I kept them all super simple, but I think they're all pretty cute. What can you create in ten minutes?

Using stuff!

I've gotten some FUN things in the mail lately and I decided to play with them! This card has what became 5 elements from the goodie bag my friend Eve sent, previously shown here.

She showed this kind of card stock on her blog when she listed her favorite things. It really is cool because it has this sparkly, shimmery look, but it feels like regular card stock! She did the heart film-strip using that card stock. I punched the hearts out and scattered them onto the Chocolate chunk of card stock. Then she also sent that silver X charm. X as in KISS. As you may guess, this card is for my honey! hee hee! I am so lovin' that pink snowman concept that I had to use some more, and the sentiment works nicely!

Supplies: Stamps: The World Over Ink: Basic Black, Pretty in Pink Paper: White Naturals, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip & unknown card stocks Accessories: die-cuts, silver charm, silver cord, Chocolate Chip grosgrain, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pen, Stamping Sponge

Then, I signed up for the Wish-RAK group on SCS and am in love with the little Magnolia images that arrived yesterday! They are just the sweetest images! So here's this card I made yesterday afternoon!

I just love Tilda! You'll definitely be seeing some more in the days to come...!

Supplies: Stamps: Tilda with bunch of flowers, Sock Monkey Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Perfect Plum Paper: Marigold Morning, Perfect Plum & White card stock Accessories: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

A Merry Little...

Today I have some Christmas cards. This is my favorite holiday stamp set ever and it was only 'around' for a few months in a Holiday Mini. But here are two slightly different cards...

Supplies:

Stamps: A Merry Little Christmas ~

Ink: Basic Black ~

Paper: Very Vanilla, Handsome Hunter ~

Accessories: Red Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Blender Pens, Watercolor Wonder Crayons

I will have more tomorrow, I promise! LOL!

Challenging Challenges...!

Challenge is a good word for today. Let's just leave it with: Neither of these cards are my favorite! LOL!

So, first I tried to play along with Beate's Inspiration challenge. I liked the polka dot pillow and knew I had some polka dot paper with Night of Navy....oh. And Brocade Blue... But it still worked, so I tried to use it. But the reason I still have this paper is because I can't seem to make it work with anything! LOL! It just seems so overpowering... so I went with just a chunk of it. And I think its ok! My snowman (who I love!) is all glittered out and colored with markers. And if nothing else- I got another Christmas card done! Hooray!

Supplies:

Stamps: Holiday Tag Team ~ Ink: Night of Navy, Rich Regals Markers ~ Paper: Whisper White card stock, All The Trimmings SS Kit, Night of Navy card stock ~

Accessories: Silver Brads, Mat Pack, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2way glue pen

This came from my attempt at the SCS World Card Making Day challenges. One of the challenges was to use a tree. Ok! I colored this tree with my Watercolor Wonder Crayons, spritzed the stamp with water and stamped it onto the Watercolor Paper. Its sparse, but I like it! Then I made a frame! If you look closely you can see I scored the Close to Cocoa card stock to look like a wooden frame, and I swiped Chocolate Chip ink across it with a sponge to give it that wood-grain look.

Then I hung it from a silver brad and put it on the plain Mustard card....it needed something. Something like wall paper actually... but I couldn't think of any way to make "wallpaper" and I don't have any DP that looks enough like wall paper and still matches my card. Sooo I gave up some of my treasured Treehouse DP. It added that "something" to the card and it works with the feel, I'm just not sure it works with the "painting hanging from the wall". But you know what? It's done! :) That's as good as I get with the challenges today!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Sincere Salutations ~

Ink: Chocolate Chip ~

Paper: More Mustard & Close to Cocoa card stock, Watercolor paper, Treehouse DP ~

Accessories: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Silver Brad, Stamping Sponge

Sketches & Birthdays!

Happy Monday.....haha!

Well, ONE thing I did for World Card Making day was catch up on October birthdays! It was nice to use some sketches to do so! So this one uses Taylor's Friday Cupcake challenge. I don't have a cupcake here, but I have a s'more!

(sorry the picture is dark, it rained ALL weekend and now its in the mail)

Supplies: Stamps: Under The Stars Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive & More Mustard Paper: Old Olive, More Mustard & Whisper White card stocks Accessories: 1 3/8 inch Circle Punch, scallop Circle Punch, Blender Pens, Stamping Sponges

Here's another birthday card, and this one uses Lauren's Saturday Sketch (which I really liked):

Supplies: Stamps: Upsy Daisy Ink: Eggplant Envy Paper: Pink Pirouette, Eggplant Envy, Whisper White card stocks Accessories: Soft Subtles Brads

What my kids think...

Most recently I saw this on RaeAnne's blog, but I know I saw it other places when I first started blogging. Anyway, her's was very funny and I wanted to try it too....Haha!

(ETA: This was VERY FUNNY! I wish you could hear my children's voices, the things that are so matter-of-fact and things that they're being silly about...You should totally try this!)

1. What is something mom always says to you?

S: About Princesses H: (yelling his name)

2. What makes mom happy?

S: Saying sorry, and doing new stuffses

H: When S and me are nice to each other

3. What makes mom sad?

S: No children be rude

H: When we're not nice to each other

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

S: Funny!

H: By tickling us!

5. What was your mom like as a child?

S: Why? Um, brown.

H: "Hmm, that's a tough one.... a little kid!"

6. How old is your mom?

S: sixteen

H: Um, 28?

7. How tall is your mom?

S: eight (this response cracks me up...kids just pick a number! LOL!)

H: Whoa, I gotta measure you or something! Well, I'll say, 100 inches!

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

S: coloring

H: STAMP! - that was easy!

9. What does your mom do when you are not around?

S:"don’t do that ever again"

H: Watch S

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

S: For a computer

H: Stampin' Up! workshops!

11. What is your mom really good at?

S:write (she acted out writing)

H: Lots of stuff!

12. What is your mom not so good at?

S: being angry (score for me! HAHA!)

H: Not so good at drawing animals.

13. What does your mom do for her job?

S: Stamps!

H: Oh, that's easy, stamp!

14. What is your mom’s favorite food?

S: Blue? I can’t remember! (She over heard me asking H and said "I said pink and blue! But I can't say the words because I am too little!")

H: Ooo that's a tough one....Green beans!

15. What makes you proud of your mom?

S: when we're so happy!

H: When she lets me do things I've been waiting and waiting to do.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

S: The scarecrow. (she thought costume, rather than cartoon)

H: One of the ladies on Tom & Jerry. (I think I'm offended!)

17. What do you and your mom do together?

S: be happy and ride on the horsies in the circle (merry-go-round), and go up and down…what is that? (a ferris wheel)

H: Play games, have fun, go to the zoo....

18. How are you and your mom the same?

S: we both wear dresses

H: We're both people!

19. How are you and your mom different?

S: I don’t know, I can’t remember.

H: You're a girl and I'm a boy.

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

S: give hugs and kisses!

H: Because she cares for me.

October Stamp News!

There is a lot going on this month! I'm going to start with a card and then get to the chatter...it feels like I've talked a lot lately and not shown much...

Supplies: Stamps: Upsy Daisy ~ Inks: So Saffron, Real Red ~ Paper: Real Red, So Saffron & Whisper White Card stocks ~ Accessories: Red Gingham Ribbon, Soft Subtles Brads, Stamping Sponges ~ ...I sponged red over the yellow inked stamp for the flowers....

Now for the company specials...

If you host a $350 workshop between October 1 – November 30, you can choose any stamp set out of the catalog sampler for FREE, and that’s in addition to the regular hostess benefits!

World Card Making Day is Saturday October 4th. To celebrate, Stampin’ Up! is offering their card kits (pages 176-177) for 20% from only Oct 4- Oct 11. That sale only runs one week so you'll need to hurry! One of the kits is holiday themed too, for a quick way to get 18 of your holiday cards done!

October also marks Stampin' Up!'s 20th birthday, so they put the following selected birthday sets on sale- 20% off of course!

Big Bold Birthday - $22.36 sale price ~ Spanish set too! Party Hearty - $21.56 sale price Bitty Birthday - $10.36 sale price Crazy For Cupcakes - $19.16 sale price Simple Birthday Thanks - $14.36 sale price Time To Party - $13.56 sale price Crab & Company - $22.36 sale price

There is also a bonus... If you're like me and always put off getting the Aquapainter for water coloring, wait no longer! Right now you can buy just the large Aquapainter for only $7.25!

Now go enjoy WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!

World Card Making Day

Tomorrow (Saturday) is World Card Making Day. How are you going to celebrate? Here's some things on my to-do list that might help you decide! LOL!

I need to get supplies prepped and separated for the card class next week.

Its only October and there are some important birthdays coming up!

I need to get going on my own Christmas cards! Always start with a list of *who* and then move on to the *what*!

Thanksgiving is an excellent time to send Thank You cards. Especially the kind where it wasn't just one big thing someone did that needs acknowledged.

Know anybody in the military or serving a mission that could use something fun and personal in the mail? I sure do. Wouldn't something for Halloween be fun?

If you really don't need any cards to send yourself, did you know that you can send blank cards to people in the military which they can send home to their loved ones? You can also donate cards to places like Children's Hospitals.

Now go make something for somebody else! And then mail it! LOL!

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Here's a sparkly Christmas card for a bit of inspiration... (Sketch comes from SCS) Supplies: Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Warmest Regards Ink: Not Quite Navy Craft & Classic, Whisper White craft Paper: Not Quite Navy & Whisper White card stocks Accessories: Cranberry Crisp stitched ribbon, Silver Cord, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Chipboard, Silver Brad, scallop edge scissors

Pretty birthday!

I mentioned I forgot a birthday...how's this for a belated card? I love it! Both the sketch and colors come from SCS's challenges this week. Just needed that kick start to point me in the right direction.

Supplies:

Stamps: Embrace Life, Sincere Salutations ~

Ink: Stazon Black, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust ~

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Baja Breeze, Whisper White ~

Accessories: Blender Pens, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware, Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon

And now, a gripe: If your children ride their bikes to and from school (or anywhere, really), can you please just remind them to stay OFF the middle of the ROAD?! I am pretty much sick of the panic attacks from some kid darting across the road RIGHT in front of me. I know, I know, my son has one of the worst super-hero complexes ever *wink*, and honestly, this is giving me good teaching opportunities, but we can do with a few less. Thanks.

Long day, no stamping

I don't have anything stamped for you today. I was too busy yesterday, running errands and helping with homework and letting my kids play in the last few days we have warm weather. (altho, whoo hoo! It could stand to significantly cool off!)

However, look at what my friend Eve sent me!

All that, just for playing along with her cool color challenge! I am so excited! I don't spend much time in craft stores since starting my biz, but I've never seen the metal charms - other than on other people's art! LOL! I have some fun ideas already (scrapbooking too!) and I wished I did have time to play. I even found out I missed another birthday so I really SHOULD have stamped last night... O well.

"tomorrow, tomorrow, little dinosaur"

(name THAT book! See, I totally read! Every day! LOL!)

Inspiration gone awry...

Happy October?! Wow!

This card started as pieces inspired by Beate's inspiration piece. I was going to try the whole blocked background and I had colored the flowers, picked the Rose Red and the More Mustard.....and my husband asked if I had a pretty card for his niece. Hmmmmmmm....... So this is how it ended up! hee hee!

Don't get me wrong, its a pretty card, and I like it, its just not what I sat down to make tonight. And that is ok! :) Maybe I'll take some time and play with the piece later, but until then here it is:

Supplies: Stamps: Embrace Life, Sending Happy Thoughts ~ Ink: Stazon Black Rose Red, Always Artichoke, White Craft ~ Paper: Rose Red, More Mustard & Whisper White card stocks ~ Accessories: Mat Pack, Stamping Sponges, White Grosgrain Ribbon