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Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall

Feb 092011

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall
Friends… for the long haul.

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The challenge this week at Our Creative Corner is to “create a card or project using a tree image and a clean and simple (CAS) style.” I played along! Here is the card I made:

Have you ever ruined a card while thinking that you are making it better? Well I think I ruined this one. After looking at the above card, I decided that a line would look good drawn under the trees… thought it would “ground” and tie all the trees together. Ugh. Well I drew the line. It’s there now, and I don’t like it. Sometimes it’s best to just stick with your first instinct. Glad that I took a few pictures before the “improvement” was implemented. lol

Thanks for dropping by today.
Happy Crafting (even if you make a few goofs along the way!)

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(All products used on this card are from Stampin Up with the exception of the rhinestones.)

Stamps: Trendy Trees and Loads of Love Accessories

Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Pawsitively Prints II DSP

Inks: Certainly Celery, Garden Green, More Mustard and Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Grosgrain Ribbon; Rhinestones

ABC and 123

Sep 052010

This week’s challenge over at Our Creative Corner is to feature letters and/or numbers in your card or project.

Well our neighbors just recently became parents for the first time, and they had twins… a darling little boy that looks like and has the easy going personality of his dad and a spunky little girl that looks like and has the personality of her mom. How fun is that!

So the numbers challenge was right in line with what’s been on my mind. This card uses a sweet retired set from SU! that was made for just such an occasion. The entire panel with the onesies is raised up on dimensionals. The little cutout flower and boat are both slightly raised with a glue dot.

If you want to play along in the OCC’s challenge, you can find it here. Happy crafting!

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Stamps: SU! “By Ones & By Twos” (retired)

Papers: Papertrey Ink Select White and Ripe Avacado; SU! “Pawsitively Prints” DSP

Inks: Memento “Tuxedo Black”

Accessories: GG Ribbon; Stickles; SU! Scallop Edge Border Punch

Christmas Cards, O Christmas Cards

Dec 042008

Do you still have Christmas cards to make? Well here is a group of Christmas cards that would be quick to make and easy to mail.

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(Click picture to enlarge.)

When I saw Tammy Hershberger’s challenge yesterday to mass produce a card (part of Sharon’s “Stamp Simply Celebrates”), I decided to do just that with one of these.

Thanks for such a fun (and useful this time of year) challenge, Tammy!

Stamps: Elzybells Art Stamps ‘Bethlehem’; Rubber Soul ‘O Holy Night’

Papers: SU! Handsome Hunter and Whisper White

Inks: SU! Handsome Hunter

Accessories: SU! Organdy Ribbon; Stickles; Cuttlebug and ‘Swiss Dots’ Embossing Folder

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This week’s challenge over on Our Creative Corner is to incorporate snowmen or snowflakes on a card or project. One of the cards in the group fits this challenge perfectly!

The ribbon is from the Dollar Spot at Michael’s. Isn’t it cute!

Stamps: SU! ‘Flakey Friends’

Papers: SU! Brocade Blue and Whisper White

Inks: SU! Brocade Blue

Accessories: Michael’s Dollar Spot Printed Ribbon; Cuttlebug and ‘Snowflakes’ Embossing Folder; Martha Stewart Border Punch

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This third card of the group is a Stampin’ Up! Only (SUO) card meaning that all products used are made by Stampin’ Up!.

Stamps: ‘Trees Three’

Papers: Basic Black, Whisper White, Blue Bayou ‘Prints’ DSP

Inks: Basic Black

Accessories: GG Ribbon in Blue Bayou

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The last two (three) cards also use Stampin’ Up! products with the exception of the sentiments.

Stamps: ‘Peaceful Wishes’ and ‘Star-Studded Season’; Art Impressions Sentiment

Papers: Handsome Hunter, Rose Red, Whisper White

Inks: Handsome Hunter, Rose Red, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Button, Gingham Ribbon

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Stamps: ‘Paint Prints’; DeNami Designs Sentiment

Papers: Rose Red, Whisper White

Inks: Rose Red, Garden Green, Yoyo Yellow

Accessories: Brads, Paper Piercer and Template

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And finally…if you are still with me here … don’t forget to check out Sharon’s “Stamp Simply Celebrates” today!!

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

Dee Jackson – Stampin cuz I Luv 2 – Dee has some BLOG CANDY today!

Sharon Johnson – No Time To Stamp? – With more BLOG CANDY!

Deb Saaranen – Dream In Color – Do you need a quick, but lovely, little gift for someone? Maybe your child’s teacher, an elderly lady from your church or neighborhood? Today Deb’s Featured Project is to make a gift of Note Cards, attractively packaged for gift presentation. She is also turning this project into a Challenge for you to participate in, allowing you to show all of us your creations. Be sure to check it out!!! There are sure to be so many lovely samples to inspire!!!

Anyone may participate in these challenges and all the fun events, blogger or not!!! If you upload to your Blog, provide a link to your entry in the appropriate post by the Challenge Hostess. If you upload at Splitcoast, PLEASE KEYWORD all Splitcoast uploads for this event SSC08 (Stamp Simply Celebrates! 2008). If you upload at any other online gallery, just make sure to link to your Challenge Hostess so she can find your entry!!! Have fun!!!

Here Kitty, Kitty and the OCCC

Jun 222008

I love cats. My mom loved cats and always had one or two of them around. She never bought a cat.. ever. She always adopted or more accurately they, as in the cats, adopted her… Wilbur, Sam, Cupcake, Gonzo, Boomer… so many cats over the years. But this card isn’t about cats but is instead made by a cat! Yup, a COPY cat!

Sharon Johnson (notimetostamp) came up with this wonderful idea to use the small SU! oval punch as a saucer for the cups. Here is her card that I just love. This card is also for the OCCC (Our Creative Corner Challenge) which is to make a card using at least one brad and one button as embellishments. I used Flourishes new “Coffee With Friends” set for the cups and their “Damask” background stamp. The Damask is stamped on Basic Grey’s “Two Scoops” designer paper. The ribbon is May Arts Scalloped Brown Satin.

Do you think these cups could pass as teacups? I have a whole collection of teacups that used to belong to my mom. She collected them (along with just about anything else you can think of! lol) One of her wishes was to someday take the ferry from Seattle to Victoria and have High Tea at the Empress Hotel. Oh and while on the trip she also wanted to visit the beautiful Butchart Gardens. Well fortunately before she passed away we were able to make that trip!

This is the view of the Empress as the ferry comes in to dock in Victoria, BC. (Photo courtesy of the Stewart Family, 2003)

Here we are at the Butchart Gardens just outside of Victoria. That’s our little group in the lower left hand corner of the photo. (Picture was taken by my sister, Merle.)

The gardens were incredibly beautiful just like my mom. I’m so glad that she was able to get her wish and we made this trip. I miss her.

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Stamps: Flourishes “Coffee With Friends”, “Damask”; SU! “So Many Sayings”
Papers: SU! Whisper White, Taken With Teal; Basic Grey DP “Two Scoops”
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa; SU! Chocolate Chip, Taken With Teal Markers; Copic BG02, BG05, BG10; Sakura White Gel Pen
Accessories: May Arts Scalloped Satin Brown Ribbon, Brads, Button, Hemp, SU! Small Oval Punch, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder