Welcome Frame

I love the fall season and have my home all decorated. I made this welcome frame to sit on the table in my entryway. I took an unfinished wood frame and added Haiki DSP to the front. The back and sides are painted using Acrylic paint. The images in the center are stamped, watercolored and cut out. Then applied to create a fall scene.



















Recipe:
Stamps: Autumn Harvest, Warm Words
Paper: Haiku DSP, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, So Saffron
Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, So Saffron, More Mustard
Access: Aqua Painters, Acrylic Paint, Paper Snips

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Happy Fall Sketch

Today is Sketch Challenge Wednesday over on SCS. I always love doing the sketch challenges and learning new card layouts.










Here is the card I created for the sketch challenge, using one of my favorite new sets...Happy Blessings. I love fall!!















Recipe:
Stamps: Happy Blessings, Sanded, Everyday Flexible Phrases
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Basic Black
Access: SU! Markers: Creamy Caramel, Bordering Blue, Ruby Red, More Mustard, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Going Grey, So Saffron; Brads, Dimensional Adhesive, Linen Thread
Tools: Coluzzle, 1/16" Hole Punch

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True Friend Basic Pirouettes

Today is Tuesday and Color Combination Challenge on SCS. It is a beautiful color combo of Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper White. The color challenge combos will be using pinks for the month of October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My mother-in-law and my best friend, Vicki, both are survivors.














Recipe:
Stamps: True Friend
Paper: Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Access: Pink & Black Gingham Ribbons, Black Brads, Certainly Celery Marker, Dimensiional Adhesive
Tools: Paper Snips, 1/16" Hole Punch

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October Downline Meeting

I always look forward to our group get together each month and this month was no exception.
I had the ladies over at my house last Thursday night for our monthly SU! Downline Meeting.
We had 14 in attendance, we enjoyed wonderful conversation, a delicious array of food & desserts, doing our make & takes, and of course, swapping.
I provided the make & takes projects for everyone to make.
Sizzix purse and Peppermint spiders














Here is the purse open:














Recipe for purses:
Paper: Hawaii Papaya DSP, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango
Access: Grosgrain Ribbon, Big Shot Scallop Envelope Die and Scallop #2 Die, Velcro, Sticky Strip, Filigree Brads
Tools: Big Shot, 1/8" Hole Punch, Scor-Pal, Paper Snips















Recipe for spiders:
Paper: Basic Black, Only Orange, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red
Access: White gel pen, Adhesive
Tools: Scalloped Circle Punch, 1/2", 1/4" Circle Punches, Photo Corner Punch

I made the door prize and Anita won. I filled a cute fall basket with tealight candles and clear glass candle holders with SU! rub ons on them. Also this frame, covered with Haiku DSP and then I stamped and colored the scarecrow and garden scene from the Happy Blessings set.



















Our swap theme was Any Occasion Cards using the In Colors.
Here are the awesome swaps I received:

Pam B.'s card














Tammy's card














Pam H.'s card

















Sharon's card


















Chat's card


















Michele's card



















Diane's card

















Pam W.'s card


















Anita's card













Cheri's card


















Grace's card















Jean's card


















My card














Recipe:
Stamps: Season of Friendship
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Close to Cocoa, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red
Access: Gold Brads, Tangerine Tango Striped Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: 1/16" Hole Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch

If you want to join my downline, please contact me and you can have all the fun too!
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Technique Lover's Challenge

After a very busy weekend, it really feels good to be in my stamp room, creating some exciting projects. First project of the day...it is Monday and Technique Challenge over on SCS. The challenge was to make a Stair Step Fold card. These are very easy and fun to add all the elements to make the card complete.














Recipe:
Stamps: Winter Post
Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Ski Slope DSP, Whisper White
Ink: White Craft Ink, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
Access: Silver Brads, Dimensional Adhesive, Bone Folder, Snowflake Die
Tools: Big Shot, Circle Punches (1", 1-3/8", 1-3/4", 2", 2-1/2"), 1/16" Hole Punch

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N.M.B.S. Challenge #16

Holiday Treasures Gift Card Holder
This week's challenge was hosted by Adela. Her challenge was for us to make a gift card holder. I love this one with the hinged topper. Check out the N.M.B.S. group blog for more gift card holders from the challenge.































RECIPE:
STAMPS: Cute & Curly
PAPER: Holiday Treasures DSP, Old Olive, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
INK: Ruby Red
ACCESS: 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive, Rhinestone Circle Brad, Sticky Strip
TOOLS: Curly Label Punch, 1/8" Hole Punch

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Race for the Cure

Sunday, we joined thousands of others for the Phoenix, Susan G. Komen, Race for the Cure. It was a beautiful morning here in Phoenix for the walk. My best friend, Vicki and my mother-in-law are both survivors of breast cancer.
Here is a picture of us at the race location in front of our favorite sponsor - FUZE - they were giving everyone samples of their yummy drinks.














L to R: My daughter Kelsey, Me, My BFF Vicki

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Combined Challenges

Color Challenge meets Sketch Challenge
Here is the card I created using the color challenge from yesterday on SCS - Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss and the sketch challenge for today. I love this saying and can't seem to stop putting it on my cards.














Recipe:
Stamps: On Your Birthday, Little Flowers
Paper: Hawaii Papaya DSP, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Access: Tangerine Tango Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive, Dew Drops

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Have a creative day!

World Card Making Day 2008

I spent this past Saturday stamping and chatting with all the great gals on the SCS Challenge Forums for World Card Making Day. There were 7 challenges in all and they ran from 11am (EST) to 11pm (EST). So here in Phoenix that is 8am to 8 pm. A new challenge was posted every 2 hours. I completed all the challenges and even got some laundry done in between and a couple of quick errands. I hope you enjoy looking at my cards as much as I enjoyed creating them.

#1 - Sketch Challenge













Recipe:
Stamps: On Your Birthday, Bella's Bloom
Paper: Bella Rose DSP, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette
Access: Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive, Copper Brads
Tools: 1/16" Hole Punch, Ticket Corner Punch

#2 - Featured Stamper - CASEing Sherry aka SherryLC05 on SCS
Her card I chose to CASE can be seen here. I changed the color combo & stamp set for my card
















Recipe:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy, On Your Birthday
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Sweet Always DSP, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie
Access: Pink Brads, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Small Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, 1/16" Hole Punch

#3 - Inspiration Challenge
The cover of the Coldwater Creek catalog was the inspiration














Recipe:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Sweet Always DSP, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Access: Pumpkin Pie & Chocolate Chip Markers, Sponge Dauber, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Small & Large Oval Punches, Horizontal Slot Punch

#4 - Ways to Use It Challenge
Show me your Tree...Use a tree of some kind on your card.

















Recipe:
Stamps: Season of Frienship
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Access: Gold Brads, Tangerine Tango Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Horizontal Slot Punch, 1/16" Hole Punch

#5 - Try A New Technique
Make a hand made Nested Circle Flower as an embellishment for your card, using at least 5 circles of different sizes.













Recipe:
Stamps: Baroque Motifs
Paper: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Murifield DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Pacific Point
Access: Old Olive Brads, Rhinestone Brad, Dimensional Adhesive, Bashful Blue Taffeta Ribbon
Tools: Circle Punches, 1/16" Hole Punch, 1/8" Hole Punch

#6 - Limited Supplies Challenge
Use no DSP and no pastels













Recipe:
Stamps: Halloween Frights, All Holidays, Frightful Fence Jumbo Wheel
Paper: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron
Access: Sponge Dauber, Black Brads, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: 1/16" Hole Punch, Paper Snips

#7 - Color Combo Challenge
Use Lime Green, Lemon, Orange, Black, Basic Gray and Confetti Cream on your card.













Recipe:
Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Thank You Kindly
Paper: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White, Confetti Cream, Only Orange, Green Galore, YoYo Yellow
Ink: Green Galore, Only Orange, Summer Sun, Basic Black
Access: Apple Green Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive

Can you believe I stamped all these cards on Saturday? I had so much fun stamping this weekend...
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Beate's Weekend Challenge

I created this card for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. Check out her fabulous blog here. I love this sketch and used a new hostess set from the Fall/Winter Stampin' Up! catalog, Live Like You Mean It.















Recipe:
Stamps: Live Like You Mean It, Bitty Birthday
Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Murifield DSP, Confetti Cream
Ink: Pacific Point
Access: Old Olive Marker, Gold Brads, Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Small and Large Oval Punches, 1/16" Hole Punch

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Butterfly Sketch

It's Wednesday and Sketch Challenge day on SCS. I created this card using the sketch that Roxy posted. I love the colors in the Murifield DSP, they are all NEW In Colors. Don't you just love this color combination? I stamped the butterfly, cut it out then popped it up off the paper using dimensional adhesive. The stamped image panel is also popped up with dimensional adhesive.















Recipe:
Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly
Paper: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze
Access: Pacific Point Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Not Quite Navy Brads, Dimensional Adhesive, White Gel Pen
Tools: Ticket Corner Punch, 1/16" Hole Punch, Paper Snips

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Really Chocolate Breezes

What a name for my post? It is the Color Challenge from yesterday on SCS. I created this card using the colors for the challenge. I absolutely love fall and these colors are going to become a favorite combo: Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Baja Breeze. The stamped image panel is popped up with dimensional adhesive as well as the oval sentiment.















Recipe:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Boho Backgrounds, Short & Sweet
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla
Ink: Baja Breeze, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip
Access: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Wide Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, 1/16" Hole Punch

Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

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N.M.B.S. Challenge #15

Scallop Flowers
This week's NMBS blog challenge is hosted by Maggie. She posted a fantastic sketch challenge for us this week. Just like Maggie, I love sketch challenges.
Here is the card I created for the challenge. I used the Washington Apple DSP (in the new Fall/Winter Stampin' Up! catalog) and the coordinating colors of cardstock. I used the scalloped circle punch and my paper snips to create the flowers. Don't you just love how these cute flowers turned out?


















Recipe:
Stamps: Little Flowers, Best Yet
Paper: Washington Apple DSP, Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red
Access: Jumbo Pewter Eyelets, Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Crop-A-Dile, 3/4" Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Paper Snips

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Beate's Weekend Challenge

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge was perfect and so much fun. I am designing cards this weekend for my upcoming classes and for my swaps. My card uses the new Ghostly Greetings DSP from the F/W catalog, and a new set from the Holiday Mini.















Stamps: Eat, Drink & Be Scary, All Holidays
Paper: Ghostly Greetings DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray
Access: Kiwi Kiss Striped and Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbons, White Gel Pen, Dimensional Adhesive, Library Clip
Tools: Curly Label Punch

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Domino Inspiration

I love the magazine "Domino" so much and today on SCS the inspiration challenge was to use a room from the Domino photo galleries for inspiration. It was very hard to choose from the 50 rooms but I chose to use this room for my inspiration. I love the crisp, clean look of the room.
Here is the card I created. I used an older, but still current, favorite set , Baroque Motifs. I stamped the large swirl background using Baja Breeze ink onto Baja Breeze cardstock to give that tone on tone look (notice the wall of the room, it has this behind the pictures). Then the other images are stamped and the baja breeze medallion is cut out and popped up using dimenisonals. The center image is stamped in basic black and punched out using the 1/2" circle punch and is popped up using dimensionals and has a sweet little rhinestone brad in the center.














Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Hugs & Wishes
Paper: Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Baja Breeze
Access: White Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive, Lt. Blue Rhinestone Brad
Tools: 1/16" Hole Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Paper Snips

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Upsy Daisy Sketch

Today is Wednesday, and that means Sketch Challenge on SCS. I absolutely love this sketch with all the layers. I used fall colors even though the temperature today in Phoenix is 101 degrees.
I used the Upsy Daisy set, which is one of favorite new sets and the DSP Prints Tangerine Tango which I also think is fabulous.



















Stamps: Upsy Daisy., Lovely Labels
Paper: Tangerine Tango DSP Prints, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango
Ink: Tangerine Tango
Access: Antique Brads, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: 1-1/4" & 1-3/8" Circle Punches, 1/16" Hole Punch

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Breezy Vanilla Kisses

Color Challenge on SCS yesterday was this fabulous color combo - Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss. Here is the card I created using these colors. I also used my new hostess set from the Fall/Winter Stampin' Up! catalog. The sentiment is popped up with dimensionals.














Stamps: Live Like You Mean It, Hugs & Wishes
Paper: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip
Access: Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon, Antique Brass Brads, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: 1/16" Hole Punch

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Starring You Swap Card

Swaps, Swaps and More Swaps.
This card was created for the NMBS New F/W set swap that I recently participated in. I used the Starring You set that I received as an award at convention.















Stamps: Starring You, See You Around Jumbo Wheel
Paper: Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy. Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze
Access: Gold Brads, Dimensional Adhesive, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Staple
Tools: Star Punch, Large Star Punch, 1/16" Hole Punch, Stapler, Tag Corner Punch

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Eastern Blooms Swap Card

Got Swaps? Yes I do. I participated in a recent NMBS New F/W set swap, and mailed them out last week. Here is the card I designed using the Eastern Blooms set and one of my favorite color combinations.



















Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Canvas
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Access: Markers: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, 5/8" Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: 1/2" Circle Punch, Ticket Corner Punch

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N.M.B.S. Challenge #14

It was my weekend to host the challenge on the N.M.B.S. group blog. My challenge was to use paper piecing on your card. It is a great way to add interest to the stamped image. My sample uses Sweet Always DSP. This is a card I created for the last N.M.B.S. New F/W set swap.

Not sure how to do this? Paper Piecing 101: Stamp your image on the card stock first, then onto your DSP. Cut out the image you stamped to paper piece on the DSP on the outside of the stamped lines so you still see the lines. Apply adhesive to the back of the cut out images and place over the stamped image on your card stock. Complete your card, by coloring in additional images, and adding embellishments.



















Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Brown
Accessories: Barely Banana Brad, Markers: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Rose 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Scor-Pal (created scored grid backgound on Chocolate Chip layer), Three for you Punch, 1/16" hole punch, Key Tag Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch, Paper Snips

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