Another Silhouette

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is another silhouette that I designed at the same time as the one I shared with you last Tuesday...

Card: Basic Black, Mint Macaron and Whisper White
Ink: Memento Black and Pool Party reinker (for shaving foam background)
Stamp set: Me = Grateful
Tools and embellishments: Deco Labels Framelits, Bird Builder Punch and Basic Pearls
Adhesive: Tombow and Snail

Challenges...
#302 AAG at Craft Your Passion
#104 AAG at Creative Fingers
#219 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
Shades of green at Incy Wincy Designs
February/ March at MHK Designs

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Number of Years

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is another I created for my Grandmother's birthday on Wednesday.

Card: Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush (retired) and Whisper White
Ink: Strawberry Slush (retired)
Stamp set: Number of Years
Tools: Number and Deco Labels Framelits
Adhesive: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
NBUS #6 at djkardkreations (stamp)
#221 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
AAG at TTCRD

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Happy 94th Birthday

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

What? I know, two posts in two days is VERY rare for me, but today is a very special birthday for a very special lady. My grandmother is 94 today! I wanted to created something very special for her and the new Number of Years stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! is perfect for the job...

Card: Soft Sky, Whisper White and Silver Foil
Ink: Pear Pizzazz (stamped off first) and Soft Sky
Stamp set: Number of Years
Tools: Number and Deco Labels Framelits
Adhesive: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

NBUS #6 at djkardkreations (number stamps and dies)
#221 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
AAG at TTCRD

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Silhouette for House of Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the 1st of the month and that means it's time for a new challenge at House of Cards...

For my card I've used one of the negative pieces left over when I created my nephew Daniel's album last year for the background...

Card: Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White
Ink: Memento Black and Tempting Turquoise reinker (for shaving foam background)
Stamp set: Me = Grateful
Tools and embellishments: Deco Labels Framelits, Bird Builder Punch and Basic Pearls
Adhesive: Tombow and Snail

Challenges...
#218 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#187 Pearl at Brown Sugar
#301 AAG at Craft Your Passion
February/ March at MHK Designs

I'll be back on tomorrow with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Black, White & Elegant with Rose Wonder

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments after my last post, where I explained my plans for this year. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

As I explained in that post, although I'm not creating as many cards as I have done previously, I am still getting some time to create. When I saw the latest challenge over at Can You Case It, Black, White and Elegant OR Fun, I knew that the new Rose Wonder bundle from Stampin' Up! would be perfect for an elegant card. AND it's their 3rd birthday, so I HAD to join in the celebration!

Although I've had a play with the dies from the bundle before, this was the first card I created with the bundle and I'm already hooked! I love it and hope you do too!

Card: Whisper White, Basic Black and Whisper White Glimmer Paper
Ink: Jet Black Memento
Stamp set: Rose Wonder
Tools and Embellishments: Rose Garden thinlits dies, Deco Labels framelits, Petite Petals punch, Crystal Effects and Itty Bitty Accents
Adhesive: Snail and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

#103 Black, White and Elegant at CYCI
#212 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#295 AAG at Craft Your passion

I'll be back on Friday with another creation. Yep, you get to see me twice this week, so I hope you'll join me then.

HOC Team 2

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Team 2 are sharing their creations with you today for our current challenge!

Use Embossing and/or Colors.

Here's a reminder of my card...

I'd love you to take a peek at what my Team 2 teamies have got for you...

Rocky

Ruza

Katy

Merethe

Tina

Shirley

I'll be back later this week, so hope to see you then

Stamped Ornament Trio Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The cards I'm sharing with you today were inspired by a couple of designs I spotted in one of the groups on Facebook. While they aren't a direct CASE of Gill's, seeing them helped clear the design haze a little!

I love the color combinations I've put together and hope you to do?

Rich Razzleberry and Blushing Bride...

Tempting Turquoise and one of my favorites, Pool Party...

And a peek at the inside...

Card: Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White and scraps of Silver Foil
Ink: Tempting Turqoise, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry and Blushing Bride
Stamp set: Embellished Ornaments
Tools and embellishments: Delicate Ornaments Thinlits, Deco Labels Framelits, Basic Rhinestones
Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombow and Adhesive Sheets (retired)

Challenges...
AG at TTCRD
#65 AG at Inspiration Destination
#208/209 AG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

I'll be back on Friday with a special card, so I hope you'll pop by at some point during the festivities to see it.

Hanging Ornaments Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I'm absolutely LOVING the Embellished Ornaments/ Delicate Ornaments stamp and die bundle, but you might have already realized that! Grin. The round ornament in the die set is so pretty and I didn't want it to feel left out, having focused pretty much on the longer one, so I've used it to create today's cards.

I don't yet own the 1 3/4" circle punch that would have sped up the creation, so improvised by drawing around the outside of the die, and then carefully trimming the excess off once the two layers where adhered. Although I gotta say I don't think you'd have known that if I'd not admitted it?

Here's a peek at the inside of them both...

Card: Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer and scraps of Pistachio Pudding and Crisp Cantaloupe (both retired)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding (both retired)
Stamp set: Embellished Ornaments
Tools and embellishments: Delicate Ornaments Thinlits, Deco Labels Framelits and Silver Cording Trim
Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombow and Adhesive Sheets (retired)

Challenges...
#204 Metallics at Use Your Stuff
#177 AG at Brown Sugar
#155 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#208/209 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

I'll be back on Wednesday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Joyful Season Album Part 1

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today I'm sharing another couple albums that have been created recently. Yep, one of them is the one which features in my Basic Concertina Album Pictorial! For insert dimensions, please refer to Monday's post.

Both of the albums featured today use the Gorgeous Grunge and Joyful Season stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

Both of these were again a lot of work, but the result is well worth it, as is knowing how much they will be forever treasured by the recipients.

Card: Cherry Cobbler, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Rich Razzleberry (grunge on matching album) and Early Espresso
Stamp set: Gorgeous Grunge and Joyful Season
Tools and embellishments: Deco Labels Framelits
Adhesives: Sticky Strip (retired)

Challenges...
#213 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#175 AG at Brown Sugar
#291 AG at Craft your passion

I'll be back on Friday with part 2, so I hope you'll join me then.

EPB Coffee Pot Pictorial

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I absolutely LOVE Linda's teapot and while creating the one I shared with you here, I thought how I could adapt it for those of us who can't do without our coffee! Here's what you'll need to create my coffee pot body...

Card: Tempting Turquoise measuring 10 3/4" x 8¼" and Whisper White measuring 4¼" x 1½" (6 pieces) OR DSP
Ink: Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry
Stamp set: Gorgeous Grunge
Tools and embellishments: Envelope Punch Board, Simply Scored and stylus
Adhesives: Tear & Tape and Sticky Strip (retired) OR Tombow

Score the card on the long side at 1½", 3", 4½", 6", 7½" and 9". Turn and score the short side at 1¼" and 6". Fold and burnish all score lines, then use the Envelope Punch Board to punch along the 1¼" score line

Attach your stamped card or DSP panels after rounding the corners with the reverse punch on the EPB, notch in and apply tape

Flip the card over and add tape

Fold the upper section down and secure the short edge. Snip up the bottom scorelines. Doing it this way is a lot less fiddly

Up end the piece and secure the first two opposing flaps, starting either side of the untaped one. Remove the tape from the second flap (seen horizontal here)

Repeat the above with the second set of opposing tabs

Secure the final set, finishing with the untaped tab

Turn it the right way and you should have something like this

For the spout, I changed the dimensions given in Linda's teapot tutorial a bit. Start with a piece of card measuring 2½" x 5 3/4", then score on the short side at ½", then follow Linda's tutorial. This makes for a shorter spout, echoing those on real coffee pots. The lid is the same as the one I used for the teapot. My pictorial is here. I used two Deco Labels Framelits to create the handle...

Note, the photo above makes the coffee pot look a bit shorter than it is.

Challenges...
#203 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#150 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#288 AAG at Craft your passion

I hope you're loving these EPB creations as much as I am? I'll be back on Wednesday with another, so I hope you'll join me then.

Stamped Punch Window Pictorial for House of Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I'm once again honored to be representing Team 2 at House of Cards and bringing you a pictorial on how I created my card for this month's challenge, which you can see here.

I started by stamping the image from the For All Things stamp set from Stampin' Up! onto a piece of Whisper White card that's ½" smaller than my card base, using SU!'s Cajun Craze ink and stamping off first...

I then cut 2 apertures in the card using the smallest die from the Deco Labels Framelits set from SU, and added another couple leaves in Delightful Dijon...

I then stamped my chosen sentiment from the set in Early Espresso ink...

 I then added Stampin' Dimensionals to the back of the panel...

Before adding it to the prepared Delightful Dijon card base. My Cherry Cobbler layer is ¼" smaller than the base card...

To complete the card, I added Tear & Tape to the back of the cutouts and then carefully replaced them into the apertures...

You can see my pictorial and the other members of Group 2's creations in today's post at House of Cards.

Card: Delightful Dijon, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White
Ink: Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso
Stamp set: For All Things
Tools: Deco Labels Framelits
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals and Tear & Tape

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Linda's Treat Mug

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I've not used my Envelope Punch Board for quite some time, and it was feeling quite neglected until I got it out of its box to create today's project. I loved the look of Linda Parker's treat mug as soon as I saw it and couldn't wait to try it.

While Linda uses DSP in her version, I created my own with another neglected favorite, the Butterfly Basics stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Card: Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White
Ink: Pear Pizzazz
Stamp set: Butterfly Basics
Tools and embellishments: Envelope Punch Board, Simply Scored and Stylus, Deco Labels Framelits
Adhesives: Sticky Strip (retired) and Tear & Tape

Challenges...
#208 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#201 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#148 AG at 613 Avenue Create

I'll be back on Friday with a pictorial for House of Cards, so I hope you'll join me then.

Stamped Punch Window for House of Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is my DT creation for the new challenge over at House of Cards, where the requirement this month is to use the stamped punch window technique. Hop on over to the challenge post to see a great video tutorial from the amazing Mynn.

I've changed the basic technique up and used a seasonal favorite stamp set, For All Things from Stampin' Up!

Card: Whisper White, Delightful Dijon and Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso
Stamp set: For All Things
Tools: Deco Label Framelits
Adhesive: Stampin Dimensionals and Tear & Tape

Challenges...

#93 Fall Edition at CYCI
#207 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#43 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

The House of Cards DT is hugely talented. Please do stop by some of my teamies and show them some love too.

Barbara

Cohenna

Cornelia

Daen'Ys

Donna N.

Donna T.

Dotty Jo

Em

Emily

Heather

Jane

Joni

Judy

Karen

Katy

Lilian

Linda

Lisa

Merethe

Michele

Monika

Mrs Duck

Pat

Rocky

Ruza

Shawna

Steph

Sue T.

Sue N.

Tammy

Toni

I'll be back on Wednesday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.