Just Us Girls #705 - Word Week

Hello!  Carol is the hostess this week over at Just Us Girls for our Word Week challenge, and she has chosen the words THANKS or THANKSGIVING. 

I chose Thanksgiving as my word because I need more of these cards to send to friends and family.  I started by stenciling the background with a two-part stencil.  I chose several different autumnal rainbow colors and brown for the stems.  I just love those colors!  Then I chose this die and die cut it three times.  First from the brown card stock for the background.  Then I die cut the thanks part from white card stock that I first sponged with the rainbow inks and once again from just white card stock for the bottom part of the sentiment.  I added the orange card stock to the card base then the main panel.  That panel was spritzed with shimmer spray before adding it to the base.  I also added yellow crystal for more sparkle.

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our November guest on the JUGs blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  White, orange, brown

Ink:  Sweet mustard, marigold, fresh pear, olive, evergreen, gathered twigs, sorbet, cranberry

Accessories:  Layered Fall Wreath stencil (PPP), Thanksgiving die (SSS), stitched rectangle (MFT), crystals, shimmer spray

Just Us Girls #654 - Color Week

Hello!  I'm the hostess at Just Us Girls for this week's Color Week challenge.  I love autumn and chose some colors that remind me of my favorite season.

I started with this card.  I received a pretty paper pack from my friend Cheryl and it was in these colors.  I chose a pattern from it and the Fall Foliage stencil and die set from Pink Fresh.  The orange here looks yellow, but it really is orange.  This is a four-piece layering stencil set that has a coordinating die.  I layered the pieces onto the panel and added a twine bow and crystals.  Before I added the sentiment, I spritzed it with shimmer spray.

Then I did the next three cards, which were stenciled on one sheet of paper using the Falling for You layering stencil set from Taylored Expressions.  I used the same colors as in the first card and created three mini slim cards.  I chose card bases in the challenge colors.

You can see more from our JUGs design team and October guest on the JUGs blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe Card #1

Stamps:  Happy Harvest (Taylored Expressions)

Paper:  Whtie, Bohemian Harmony

Ink:  Apricot, sky blue, warm buff, doe, gathered twigs

Accessories:  Fall Foliage stencil and dies (Pink Fresh), twine, crystals, stitched rectangle, shimmer spray

Recipe Cards #2-4

Stamps:  Happy Harvest (TE)

Paper:  White, brown, apricot, blue

Ink:  Apricot, sky blue, warm buff, gathered twigs

Accessories:  Falling for You stencil set (TE), crystals, shimmer spray

Just Us Girls #610 - Trend Week

 Hi friends!  The challenge over at Just Us Girls this week is our Trend challenge.  Elizabeth chose a trend that is certainly popular around the crafting industry...MINI SLIMLINE cards.

I saw Kristina Werner watercolor this image from Art Impressions and I had to have it!  I love the way their samples are colored with all the shading and such.  Kristina used watercolors, but I used copic markers.  Once colored, I die cut it using the coordinating die and mounted it on a Lawn Fawn pattern paper along with a sentiment.  I mounted that panel on an orange mat and added crystals.  I like this size of slimline card better that the bigger size.  

You can see more from our JUGs design team and our November guest on the JUGs blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Halloween Slimline (Art Impressions)

Paper:  Recollections white, orange, Fall Fling (Lawn Fawn)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, copics

Accessories:  Halloween Slimline die (AI), crystals

Just Us Girls #608 - Wild Card Week

 Hello!  Just Us Girls is hosting it's Wild Card week challenge...if there is a fifth Saturday in the month, as we have this month, we have an extra challenge.  The hostess, this week it's Bobby, gets to choose a challenge of her choosing.  Bobby chose the word leaves, and let me tell you that made me happy!

I have two cards to share this week.  I love fall and I love creating with leaves.  This first card uses a leaves wreath stencil.  It's quite large, but I cut it down to fit an A-2 size card.  I used various fall colored distress oxide inks to create the wreath.  I added gold splatter (something I don't do much of...even with a splat box I had gold splatter on my phone, my desk, etc.!).  Then I die cut the sentiment using brown, orange, and gold cardstocks.  I originally used green ink to stencil the dots on the wreath, but when I added the gold splatter I thought gold crystals would look better.  Which in my opinion they did!  I mounted this panel on a brown mat and added it to the white base.

Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card.  I decided to use a leaves turnabout stamp for this one.  I went with green, purple, and  light and blue inks.  The sentiment was die cut with gold cardstock.  I added stardust stickles to the berries on the wreath and mounted on pattern paper.  I added strips of gold on either side of the main panel.

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our October guest, Nora Noll on the JUGs blog.  This is her last week with us and she's done a fabulous job.  Thanks for joining us Nora!

We are also saying a fond fairwell to our JUGs teammate Angie.  She has been a wonderful asset to our team and she will be sorely missed!  Best wishes to you Angie!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe Card #1

Paper:  Recollections white, orange, brown, honey gold mirror cardstock

Ink:  Mustard seed, spiced marmalade, fired brick, ground espresso, gansai tambi starry watercolors

Accessories:  Leaves wreath stencil (SSS), thanksgiving die (SSS), gold crystals

Recipe Card #2

Stamps:  Harvest wreath TAB (C & 9th)

Paper:  Recollections white, honey gold mirror, pattern paper

Ink:  Hot tub, green tea, royal treatment, juniper mist (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  With sympathy die (Dee's Distinctively), star dust stickles

Just Us Girls #563 - Color Week

Hi friends!  It's Color Week over at Just Us Girls, and Ina chose navy, green, and purple (she had to sneak in purple, her favorite color!). 

I just got this 3-D embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp and made a card with the traditional fall colors.  I loved it so much that I thought these challenge colors would look good with it as well.  I started by die cutting a white cardstock panel with a stitched rectangle.  I spritzed it with water to prepare it for the embossing folder and ran it through the die cutting machine.  This embossing folder is so cool!  The dimension is amazing.  Then I used two shades of each color and blended them onto the panel.  I then die cut the sentiment word from white glitter cardstock and twice from plain white cardstock and adhered them together for dimension.  I cut a piece of vellum to wrap around the panel and adhered the word die cut to it.  Crystals finished it off.  

You can see more from our JUGs design team and our November guest on the JUGs blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  Recollections white, white glitter cardstock, vellum

Ink:  Bundled sage, rustic wilderness, shaded lilac, dusty concord, faded jeans, chipped saffire

Accessories:  Fall Foliage embossing folder (SSS), stitched rectangle die (MFT), thankful die (C. Pooler), crystals

Just Us Girls #560 - Wild Card Week

 Hey friends!  Happy Halloween!

It's the 5th week of October which means it's Wild Card Week over at Just Us Girls.  Angie is the hostess and chose to use Word Die-Cuts.  Easy peasy!

I just purchased this cute Thanksgiving gnome at my LSS yesterday.  He's so cute!  There are two others in the set, so I'll be making lots of Thanksgiving cards.  I started by stamping him and coloring him with copic markers then die cut him with the coordinating die.  Then I used a fall leaves layering stencil to create the background using several distress oxide inks.  For the challenge, I die cut the sentiment three times and stacked them for dimension.  I also die cut two rectangles from brown cardstock as well the stenciled background.  I added shimmer to the word and gnome and copper crystals.

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our October guest, Karen, on the JUGs blog.  Thanks to Karen for being such a great guest this month!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Gnome for the Holiday Thanksgiving (Photo Play)

Paper:  Recollections white, early espresso

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, dried marigold, shabby shutters, crushed olive, peeled paint, brushed corduroy. walnut stain, copic markers

Accessories:  Falling Leaves Layering stencil (SSS), Gnome die (Photo Play), stitched rectangles (MFT), thankful die (C. Pooler), shimmer, crystals, craft foam

Happy Thanksgiving - Gobble, Gobble!

Hello everyone and Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!  I hope your day is filled with delicious food, family, friends, and football!  I'm sharing some Thanksgiving cards and table decorations today.

 

First up are these cuties.  I made NINE of these!  Let's say I was thankful for my Gemini Junior!  Each feather had to be die cut four times for each one, the hat is made from three pieces, and that little red gobbler thing?  SO TINY!   But it was fun and worth it!  They are filled with peanut M&Ms.  (My hubby said my nephew will eat the M&Ms and throw this cute turkey away!  NOOOOO!!!)  These are made with the Tiny Gift Box and Peacock and Turkey Add On dies from Lawn Fawn.  I'm going to add banners with everyone's name on them so they know where to sit at my table.  I'm also thinking they need cheeks.  I have to add those!

I colored this image a while ago and it was supposed to be for a JUGs challenge, but I forgot about it!  So I made it into a Thanksgiving card for a good friend.  This is an Impression Obsession stamp and I colored it with copic markers.  I added a piece of barn wood pattern paper to the card base to make it look more rustic.

 

The design on this card was made with a Concord & 9th turnabout stamp a while ago.  I made about ten of these one day in different colors.  I was having so much fun trying out different color combinations that day!  I thought this was perfect for a Thanksgiving themed card.

 

That's it!  I hope you have a great day!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe Card #1

Paper:  Kraft, yellow, orange, brown, red, pink

Accessories:  Tiny gift box die and peacock and turkey add on dies (Lawn Fawn)

 

Recipe Card #2

Stamps:  Impression Obsession, Fall Fox (Sugar Pea)

Paper: X-Press It, recollections white, pattern paper (?)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, copic markers, Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle die (MFT), crystals, craft foam

 

Recipe Card #3

Stamps:  Wreath Turnabout (Concord & 9th), Fall Fox (Sugar Pea)

Paper:  Recollections white, brown

Ink:  Sand castle, mandarin spice, over coffee, icing on the cake (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  MISTI, crystals, stitched rectangle die (MFT), craft foam

 



Just Us Girls #510 - Color Week

Hi friends!  This week is Color Week at Just Us Girls and Sue chose a great color combo of purple, navy and green.  I love this combo!

I thought a great way to incorporate all those colors would be to use a turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th.  I chose this fall-ish one so I could use it on a Thanksgiving card.  I used two greens to get the full turnabout effect on a 6x6" piece of cardstock.  I cut that into two 2x5.5" pieces so I could make two cards.  I cut a small strip of purple cardstock to add more color and separate it from the white area of the base.  I stamped the scene image and sentiment in navy and the leaf in green.  I decided not to color the scene.  I liked the line image and simplicity it gave to the card.  I'm making more of these because they were so simple and fast to create.

 

You can see more from our JUGs design team and our October guest, Chris Dring, on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe
Stamps:  Thankful Leaves TAB (Concord & 9th), Autumn Hills (PTI)
Paper:  Recollections white, purple
Ink:  Sage, eucalyptus, juniper mist, royal treatment (CPooler) 



Just Us Girls #466 - Trend Week

So when was the last time you used bleach?  In the wash or for crafting?  I must admit I've used it more in laundry than in crafting, but there's always a first time, right?  Just Us Girls wants you to use bleach on your cards.  There are a variety of ways to do this as well!

 

I watched this video by Gina K to get my inspiration.  You can't really tell I used bleach on these flowers because I die cut them.  In Gina's video, she stamped a few flowers on brown cardstock but didn't die cut them so you can see the difference in the color of the cardstock after the bleach was applied.  I think you can kind of see the difference on mine if you look at the very edges.  They are darker because I didn't apply the bleach beyond the embossed area.  I'm loving these block print stamps from Altenew.  They frame the card so nicely.  I stamped and die cut some leaves in some fall colors and added the sentiment and sequins to finish it off.  I think I should have used bolder colors for them because the brown flowers really stand out!  Oh well!

 

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our November guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Floral Art and Block Print (Altenew), Autumn Adornment (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, early espresso

Ink:  Versamark, shea butter, bellini, mandarin spice, icing on the cake (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  Floral Art dies (Altenew), stitched rectangle (MFT), black embossing powder, bleach, crystal, dimensionals, fun foam 



Thanksgiving Place Settings

Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.  Ours was wonderful and the food was delicious (and the leftovers today were just as delicious!).

 

I saw a post on Laurie Willison's blog and I was so grateful I came upon it!  She made holiday place settings and I immediately knew I wanted to make these for my Thanksgiving table.  I always love to make place settings for my holiday dinners.  I of course had all the materials except for these super cute mini grapevine wreaths I got from Amazon here.

 

I used Mama Elephant's Calli Letters stamp set to stamp the names on a tag from Reverse Confetti.  Then I took a piece of cardstock and sponged Oxide inks on it with orange, red, and green ink and spattered it with water.  I die cut the leaves using Lawn Fawn's Fall Tiny Tags. 

 

I don't know if you can see it, but on the straight edge of the tag, I wrapped some pumpkin washi tape around it.  Then I tied everything together with some twine.

 

These are all the place settings I made plus one not photographed.  My SIL told me at the last minute that her fiancé was going to join us.  I wasn't sure I was going to be able to make one for him, but I didn't want him to feel left out.  I still had all the materials on my craft desk, so I was able to pull one together for him in about 10 minutes.



 

This photo is a little blurry, but this is how they looked on my table.  Everyone loved them, and my niece Maria said she was going to put it on her tiny Christmas tree.  I never thought about that when I was making them, but that's what I'm going to do with mine and my hubby's!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Calli Letters (Mama Elephant)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Wild honey, spiced marmalade, fired brick, peeled paint Oxide inks; Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Tag Me die (Reverse Confetti), Fall Tiny Tags (Lawn Fawn), washi tape, twine, mini grapevine wreaths



Time Out #97 - Inspired by Words Challenge

Hi friends!  Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends.  I hope you are spending some time with your loved ones and eating all the bounty of this holiday!  I know I am!  This is my favorite holiday.

 

The challenge over at the Time Out blog is Inspired by Words.  This is the sentiment to be inspired by.  So perfect for today's holiday.

 

I love wreaths, so I stamped up this magnolia wreath layered stamp set. The first layer was stamped in peanut brittle Memento Luxe and the second layer in brown.  I then die cut the sentiment three times in white cardstock and once in shiny gold cardstock.  I added sequins, mounted it on a brown panel then the base, and was done.  This is a 4.25" square card.

 

You can see more from the design team and our guest for this challenge, Izzy, on the Time Out blog.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Magnolia Wreath (Concord & 9th)

Paper:  Recollections white, early espresso, shiny gold

Ink:  Peanut brittle (Memento Luxe), Icing on the Cake (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  Thankful die (C. Pooler), sequins





Give Thanks



I've been holed up in my house since Tuesday...I'm from Buffalo and I'm sure you've heard about the winter storm we've been under for the last 3 days.  It's still snowing at my house and we've probably gotten about 5-6 FEET of snow...yes FEET!  Here are some pictures of my house.

 

This was taken from my kitchen window.  That is a drift in front of my garage and that is a six foot fence.

This is my patio off my garage.  That is just a mound of snow!  Nothing under there!

 

This is my husband's van.  Can you see the back light?

My husband shoveling the front walk and front steps.

My dog Lizzie is loving this snow and having so much fun in it!  But see my garbage tote behind my hubby?  That thing is huge and it's almost covered!

So I am giving thanks today for all the emergency responders that are working around the clock to get everyone plowed out, getting people to the hospital (our aunt had to be taken by some kind of snow vehicle from her house to the hospital for dialysis), getting food to people (my mom gets Meals on Wheels and they have called her several times to make sure she has enough of her own food to eat), etc.  We've unfortunately lost 10 people to this storm due to cardiac arrest and other issues.  It's really getting serious folks.  We have people coming here from all over New York and Pennsylvania to help.  They have employed an enormous amount of payloaders to remove snow...the plows can't get through and some have gotten stuck.  We haven't seen anything down our street yet, but I know they will get here soon.

 

I made this card for my mom and my in-laws, but at this time of thanksgiving I am sending it out to all of those men and women who are helping us out. 

 

This image is from Northwoods and I just love it!  I colored it with copics and added some star dust stickles.  I then die cut it and while it was still in the die, I sponged some tumbled glass ink around the image.  I added some pattern paper and a twine bow to finish it of.  I made this into an easel card because my MIL always complains that my cards are too heavy and fall over!  The easel card prevents this from happening.  I added a glittered leaf button to keep the card standing open.

 

These are the copics I used to color the image. 

 

Thanks for stopping by friends!  I'm staying home safe and warm for the duration!

 

Recipe

Pumpkin image (Northwoods), sentiment (Mark's Finest Papers)

Paper:  Recollections white, X-Press It Blending Card, Autumn Vine (SU)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, tumbled glass distress ink, copic markers

Accessories:  Twine, star dust stickles, labels 16 die, button, dimensionals







Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American stamper friends!  If you don't celebrate then Happy Thursday!