Spooky Nights

As Halloween draws near I wanted to share this fun card with you ~ (sorry for the glare but its in a cello envelope for protection as I share it with all of my friends and customers)

There is soo much detail on this card that was created by Kate Holland. She recently participated in a swap that I hosted over on SCS. She white embossed the fence on black paper and then cut it out to put it on the card!! There are also two little embossed bats flying around in the sky that were cut out separately too!! COOL!

Stamp Sets: Halloween Frights & Frightful Fence

Card Stock: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, DSP Ghostly Greetings

Stampin' Pads: Basic Black, Pumpkin PIe, More Mustard, Black Stazon, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Window Word Punch, 3/4" Circle, Hemp Thread, Antique Brads, Clear Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, Versa Mark, Stipple Brush and LOTS OF CUTTING :o)

How fun!!

~TFL & Enjoy~

Happy, Dandy, Candy Night!!

Do you know the definition of Halloween? 1. October 31, celebrated by children of all ages. 2. Dressing up, trick-or-treat, bob for apples, cider sweet. 3. Jack-o'-lanterns, squeals of fright, a happy, dandy, candy night!

This adorable card was created by Scheli Abraham for a card swap I recently hosted - and how adorable it tis'!! The best thing about this card is hard to see in this picture, I apologize. I have it in a clear cello envelope so it stays clean as I show it off but the witches hat itself just sparkles with fun! Scheli used the iridescent Ice embossing powder on it

Stamp Set: Eat, Drink & Be Scary

Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Lovely Lilac, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black and Frosty Day DSP

Stampin' Pads: Basic Black Craft and Classic

Accessories: Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder, Silver Elastic Cord, Kiwi 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, stapler, stampin' dimensionals

~TFL & Enjoy~

~Life is Good~

Despite our cold winter weather ~ Life is Good!!!

This is a card idea I created Sunday afternoon for a swap that I am participating in -- soo simple but I really do like it!

The base of this card is Bravo Burgundy and the second layer is Apricot Appeal. I started out by stamping the Sanded BG with Apricot Appeal ink on the Apricot Appeal cardstock. Then I used the More Mustard stampin' pad and the Baroque Motifs frufy wing-ding (is that a real word?) stamp and stamped that in the corner. Then using the new Text & Texture stamp set and Black stampin' embossing powder I stamped 'Life is Good' in the corner.

Next, I punched the corners with the ticket corner punch and then placed one Vintage brad in the lower right hand corner of the card.

I think this turned out looking really sharp - and just change the saying for a totally different looking card!!

As always, here is the recipe again:

Stamp Sets: Text & Texture, Sanded BG, Baroque Motifs
Card Stock: Bravo Burgundy, Apricot Appeal
Stampin’ Pads: Apricot Appeal, More Mustard, VersaMark
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, 1/16” Circle Punch, Black SE Powder, Embossing Buddy, Vintage Brads

~TFL & Enjoy!~

More Snow, More SAB prep!

Good Morning! We sure have received our fair share of snow here in the midwest lately! WOW! I do love snow though ;o) I spent Saturday and Sunday afternoon in my stampin' space while it snowed here! I love the winter but my darling hubby might tell you another story - he has lots of snow to remove during this time of year!! lol

Anyway here is another SAB project I have been working on!! This one was fun too!



It may be kinda hard to see in this picture but the white flower is embossed and the thank you sentiment is actually stamped on the background and it's showing thru the window word punch ~ ~ ~

This color combo, too, came from the wonderful SU! Color Coach! It uses Tempting Turquoise as the base, Apricot Appeal as the second layer and Certainly Celery as the top layer. The middle of the flower is rose red, I believe - (but I forgot to write that color down and I dont have the actual card here in front of me now!)

The stamp sets used were So Many Scallops (SAB) and Short & Sweet.

I started out by stamping and embossing the flower with the Winter White Emboss Powder. I then used the little flower from the Short & Sweet set and randomly stamped them with Certainly Celery ink on the CC card stock.

Next I used the window word punch and punched a space for the little 'thank you' greeting out of the certainly celery cardstock - I then stamped the greeting on the apricot appeal cardstock using rose red ink. I then also stamped the center of the flower and punched those out using the 1" circle punch. I attached the center of the flower with one stampin' dimensional to make it pop a bit.

My final step before putting this card together was to attach a little piece of White Grosgrain ribbon around the right side of the window word punch ~ just to give it a little extra touch!

As always, here is my recipe:

Stamp Sets: So Many Scallops, Short & Sweet
Card Stock: Color combo from Color Coach – Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal
Stampin’ Pads: Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red
Accessories: 1” Circle Punch, Window Word Punch, Winter White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Dimensionals, White Grosgrain Ribbon


The countdown to the annual SAB promo is getting closer -- just about a week before it starts on Feb 1st! YEAHH!!!


~Enjoy & TFL~

BoHo On the Fly

Here is my third and final group for Teresa's (jtkshaw) Style Watch Swap over on SCS. This is for the boho west theme ~ notice I didnt use any of the stamp sets from this theme! But according to her posts throughout her swap we didnt have to -- we just had to follow these few rules:

*Full Cards
*You must use the color scheme and at least two products from the page featuring the line you choose to complete your cards.
*Vendor products: SU Only Current, Demo quality, at least 2 layers, embelishments a must!!!

I didnt order any of the stamp sets from this page on my first two orders that I placed July 1st but I did order 'On The Fly' and I thought I could incorporate this into the theme with the patterened paper and On Board Lots of Letters!

I started out by stamping the sanded backround on the Sage Shadow card stock using close to Cocoa Ink. I love this new background!!! How fun and it doesnt have to be perfect!! Yeah my style!!

Then I just cut a piece of the Outlaw Designer Paper to attach to the bottom and the back of the card is done!

Next I stamped the On The Fly image in Chocolate Chip in on Very Vanilla cardstock. Then I took the paper distressing tool and ran it around the edges of the image. Once I completed this I took a piece of a sponge and dabbed it in my chocolate chip pad and then sponged it around the distressed edges.

Then I came up with a reason to use the new ribbon!!! I ran a piece of the new 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon across the front to soften the line between where the pattern paper met the Sage Shadow.

Next came probably the most labor intensive part of the card, but probably the most fun! Using the On Board Lots of Letters (and a rubber glove) I embossed them with black embossing powder! First I pushed the letters down into my 'craft' black stampin' pad. Then, while holding it with a pair of tweezers, I sprinkled the black embossing powder over it and heat embossed it. I did this 2 or 3 times per letter to be sure it was pretty thick and covered. They didnt turn out too bad -- maybe not as 'pretty' as I had hoped but I guess it is a guys card huh? lol

I mounted the letters to the front of the card using the mini glue dots -- they worked great!

My intention would be that the 'initial' on the front of the card would stand for the guys name that would be celebrating his birthday or special day -- whatever sentiment the swapper receiving the card decides to stamp on the inside!

Here is a re-cap of the recipe:

Stamp Sets: On The Fly, Sanded Background
Stampin’ Pads: Craft Black, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Card Stock: Outlaw Designer Paper, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla
Accessories: On Board Lots of Letters, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Cutter Kit (paper distressing tool), Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, 5/8” Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

~TFL & Enjoy~

Casual Corner Office

So here would be another card that I did for a recent swap that I participated in with Teresa (jtkshaw) over on SCS ~ this one came with inspiration of SCS'er Vera...Thanks Vera ;o)

Again, our lovely hotess Teresa, had a theme for this swap -- it was called "Style Watch Swap". It's all based on the different themes in the front of the new SU! IB&C -- In this one I signed up for 'Corner Office' -- here were her few rules:

*Full Cards
*You must use the color scheme and at least two products from the page featuring the line you choose to complete your cards.
*Vendor products: SU Only Current, Demo quality, at least 2 layers, embelishments a must!!!

Once again, I had to get my new stamps inky!! (I love the smell of new rubbah'!!)

I started out by stamping the Friend by Definition background on Ruby Red paper with Ruby Red ink. (So I could get the 'friend' positioned just right up in the upper left hand corner I just turned my background stamp upside down when stamping -- that way I could position that corner exactly where I wanted it to stamp!!)

Next, I stamped my fave new saying from the All Holidays stamp set on Very Vanilla using Chocolate Chip ink. I think one of the reasons I love this saying so is beacuse of it's layout -- I love it when I see a particular saying with different fonts throught. (I really love 'wordsworth' for that reason too) Then I used the tag corner punch and just punched two sides of the saying -- just to give it a bit of a different look on that one side.

Now, using the new In Color Wild Wasabi cardstock I punched the left side with the Spiral Punch so I had a total of 4 holes. Then I mounted my fave saying to this piece and cut it down to match.

Then came the fun part! In this picture it is hard to see but I embossed the tag!! Using the 'solid' (looks all black in the catalog picture) totally tag I stamped it in VersaMark on the In Color River Rock cardstock and then immediately stamped the 'for you' saying (also from the All Holidays stamp set) using the chocolate chip in the center bottom of the tag. Then I just simply embossed the entire tag with the crystal clear stampin' emobssing powder!! Once it was cooled then I took my Round Tab Punch and with ease punched out the tag --- that easy!

The last step was using a Gold Brad I attached the embossed tab to the saying. I then used some stampin' dimensionals and mounted the entire saying to the background -- just to give it a little 'pop'!

As always, here again is the recipe:

Stamp Sets: Totally Tabs, Friend by Definition background, All Holidays
Stampin’ Pads: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, VersaMark
Card Stock: More Mustard, Ruby Red, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, River Rock
Accessories: Gold Brads, Spiral Punch, Round Tab Punch, Tag Corner Punch, Crystal Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 1/16” Circle Punch
Inspired By SCS’er: Vera

~TFL & Enjoy ~

Just Because Baroques....

Hello Everyone!!
Long time no post ~ ~ so sorry!! It's been quite a summer around here *sigh* I have sooo wanted to just sit down and stamp but other obligations have been calling my name. So I purposely did something recently ~ I signed up for a swap that Teresa (jtkshaw) was hosting over on SCS! Then I *had* to sit down and stamp, right? lol I signed up for three different groups. The theme of this swap was called "Style Watch Swap". It's all based on the different themes in the front of the new SU! IB&C -- In this one I signed up for 'Tapestry' -- here were her few rules:
*Full Cards
*You must use the color scheme and at least two products from the page featuring the line you choose to complete your cards.
*Vendor products: SU Only Current, Demo quality, at least 2 layers, embelishments a must!!!

So here is what I created! I used Baroque Motifs and Define your Life Stamp sets -- two new ones that I just *had* to use! lol

I started out by stamping the little flowers on the Old Olive cardstock with Old Olive ink. Then I came in on top of that with the large pretty swirl with VersaMark and Stampin' Emobss Crystal Clear Embossing Powder and heat set it with the heat gun. Pretty huh? That took care of the background!

The define your life is stamped on the new In Color River Rock using Always Artichoke Ink and mounted on Chocolate Chip card stock.

Then -- I did some more pretty embossing!! This time using Brushed Gold Card stock and Gold Glory emobssing powder! I also mounted that image to chocolate chip card stock.

To bring it all together I thought I needed to add some new pretty ribbon too!! So for this card I used the new pretty Taffeta Ribbon in Mellow Moss and wrapped that aound the card and tied it. I then mounted the gold ornament on top of the ribbon using some stampin' dimensionals just to give it a bit more dimension.

I think that did the trick ;o)

Here is the recipe again -- all together just like on the back of the card for the recipents of Teresa's swap:
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Stamp Sets: Baroque Motifs, Define Your Life
Stampin’ Pads: Always Artichoke, Old Olive, VersaMark
Card Stock: Always Artichoke, River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Brushed Gold
Accessories: Stampin’ Emboss Crystal Clear, Stampin’ Emboss Gold Glory, Taffeta Ribbon Mellow Moss, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Thanks for looking!! I'll be posting my other two submissions for this swap over the next couple of days too!!

~TFL & Enjoy~

Iridesent Ice Friends

I demo'd this card at a customer appreciation day and then they got to make their own to take home as well!!

Here are a list of ingredients I used:

Stamps: Love without End, Linen Background
Paper: From the Color Coach ;Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Regal Rose, Glossy White
Ink: Basic Black, Almost Amethyst, Apricot Appeal, Versa Mark
Accessories: Iridesent Ice Embossing Power, Heat Tool, Powder Pals, Gingham Ribbon
Techniques: Beate's Dazzling Diamond Dust

~Enjoy & TFL~