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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Does anyone recognize this pumpkin stamp?

Looking through my scraps last week, I found a scrap of orange with this pumpkin border image stamped on it.  I don't own this stamp and don't know where it came from.  I posted this card earlier here and since then have searched PAGES & PAGES of Google searches and can not find this stamp.  Any ideas?  I really like it and would love to locate it and use it again!  Thanks for any help you can give!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #72

It's time for another challenge over at  My Cheri Crafts and it's my first official post as a Design Team member!!!!  This week "It's All About Sports!"  Make a project with a sports related theme, so I made a layout of my granddaughters in Upward Cheerleading.
I had a hard time deciding on background paper, so I used a foam megaphone I found on clearance at Wal-Mart a couple of years ago.  It's actually supposed to be stuck on the wall, but I inked it and used it as a stamp! 
The banner flags, basketball and hoop all were cut from Sports Mania.   The "Let's Go" is from Plantin Schoolbook.
 
  I wrote the girl's names on the banners with blue glitter gel pen and used baker's twine to "tie" them.

The little cheer dolls were cut from Every Day Paper Dolls.  I accented the their outfits with the blue glitter gel pen, a white gel pen for the whites of their eye and those CUTE Peachy Keen face stamps. 
Come on over to My Sheri Crafts and join in the challenge this week.  We'd love to have you!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Simply Sunday challenge

The challenge for this week's Simply Sunday over at Getting Cricky is to use orange and black, only one more color allowed if needed.  Here's my take on this one:

A little interesting story of how this one came about----
I was looking through my scraps to complete the "Lovely Trees" card when I found this orange piece of cardstock already stamped with this nice pumpkin image.  The piece was just about right to trim it up and square it off and finish out to an A2 card.  It was just there in my scraps, waiting for me to find it!

 This shot shows off the little bit of bling better.  I added the "Grateful" stamp from Studio G, two black eyelets and some black ribbon from Wal-Mart.  The finishing touch was 2 pieces of bling with my I-Rock and the little rhinestones are from Spare Parts Embellishments.

Now here's the thing.....I don't know where this pumpkin stamp came from or how it came to be on my scrap paper!  I don't have this stamp and I looked through the stamps we have at work in our scrapbook supplies and I don't find it.   If anyone recognizes this stamp, PLEASE tell me where it comes from.  I think I would like to get it.  I'm wondering if this piece of scrap was actually in with some paper I bought at a yard sale maybe. 

Anyway, I finished out the inside with a piece of cream cardstock, the edges inked with black.  Thanks for coming by and I hope you like the card! 

I'm entering it in the following challenges:
Getting Cricky Simply Sunday - black and orange
More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - anything goes

Lovely Tree from D2D

It's another Designed 2 Delight digi stamp challenge!  This week is the Lovely Tree digi and Faith challenged us to color it in fall colors.  Here is my take:
The base paper is from Bo Bunny but the patterned paper is from my scrap stash, so I don't know the company name.  The tree is colored with colored pencils, red, yellow, orange, green and brown.   The sentiment stamp is from stampabilities.
 
The little bird in the tree is a Studio G stamp.

After cutting out the tree, I used pop dots to mount it.  The inside is finished with mats from the same patterned paper and cream scraps and another little bird stamp.

I'm also entering this in the following challenges:
Designed 2 Delight
Celebrate the Occasion

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Simple Fall Card

I got two cards made again this weekend!   Two weekends in a row, WOW!  This one is uber simple, but I kind of like it.
 I used a basic white card base  and added a strip of polka dot paper from Paper Studio.  The pumpkin is a digi stamp from Designed 2 Delight, colored with my Dual Tip brush pens from Hobby Lobby.  I used pink marker to color through the middle to highlight that area, then orange over it.  In the pictures you can really see the pink, but in reality the pink just looks like a lighter orange and it blends in just like I wanted it to.  I just tilted my laptop backward and the picture went black, but the pink turned flourescent!  :)  I'm entertained so easily! :p   On with the post....
The sentiment stamp is from Autumn Leave Clear Stamps and is part of the goodies I won from Circle B.  I inked the stamp with green marker and then used a yellow marker to add a little highlighting to it.  The stamp actually says "All Natural Beauty", but I wanted to follow a card recipe that required a 2 word sentiment and I like the generality of the sentiment this way.

Again, thank you for coming by and I hope you have a great week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
CAS-ual Friday - any medium to color a stamped image
Less Is More - Polka Dots
Flutter By Wednesday - Open
The Paper Variety - 1 Pumpkin, 2 word sentiment, 3 buttons

"Batty Birthday"

One of the boys in my Sunday school class today has a birthday Oct. 29th.  He was so excited to tell me "I'm having a birthday-slash-Halloween Party", as he told me SEVERAL times!  So I thought I would make him a card specifically for his "birthday-slash-Halloween party".  :)
 The card base looks black, but is actually a dark purple scrap of cardstock cut at 6 1/2" x 10" to make a 6 1/2"x5" card.   All of the papers are scraps from my stash, so I don't have any company names.

 The little bats were cut from Paper Doll Dress Up.  I cut them at 1/2" with the 'Real Size' dial on, the gift box is from Holiday Cakes cut at 3".  I really had a hard time not making that bow all glittery!  I had to keep reminding myself this was for a 10 yr old boy!
 This bat is from Holiday Cakes, blackout feature, sized and manipulated on my Gypsy.  I wrote the sentiment with a green glitter gel pen--I just HAD to have a tiny bit of sparkle somewhere!  :)
The inside bat is the same bat cut from Holiday Cakes without the manipulating.  I really wish the colors showed up correctly, the bat looks pretty good against that dark purple.  I hope you and the birthday boy like the card!  Thanks for coming by!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Birthday Sundaes - use green, purple, black and white
More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Halloween
Cooking With Cricut - purple & green

Friday, October 21, 2011

Guest Design Spot for Love To Crop!

Hello!  I am so honored to be the Guest Designer at Love To Crop this week!  Thank you, Amy!  The challenge this week is to use CIRCLES on your project.  Please come over and join the fun!  Here is my card, which will go to a little girl in my Sunday School class, whose birthday I missed.  
 
The card base is made of two circles cut at 3"(shadow cut) from George & Basic Shapes, welded together on my Gypsy.  The background and layer are 3" basic circles.   I used Disney Classics for the rabbit (March Hare, isn't he?), cut at 2 3/4".  That pink shadow layer is really not that neon shade that it appears to be!
 "I'm Late!", the large watch hands and the pocket watch are all cut from gold foil paper from Wal-Mart.  This picture kind of shows the shine.  I used Disney Pooh Font for the sentiment.
 I love the great cuts on the Disney cartridges, but GEE WHIZZERS some of the pieces are so tiny!  Those little glasses and the pink in his right eye were almost too small for my tweezers!
All the edges were inked with brown and a little cupcake ribbon from Hobby Lobby and there you go!

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a great crafting weekend and I can't wait to see your projects linked up on Love To Crop!

Also shared on The Crafting Misfit show and tell