Border Challenge - Christmas

 

This is the last card I have to post!  I guess it's time to start making some more cards:)  I did, however, get my calendars finished last night.  Yippee!  You'll be seeing them one at a time, starting on January First.

I made this card last week for a Technique Tuesday challenge.  The challenge was to stamp a border.  Both of the stamps I used are from Technique Tuesday's set called Season's Greetings.  I stamped the sentiment four times in a square. I stamped the snowflakes on a small square for the inside. I mounted both pieces on some scrap paper. The bottom layer is embossed with a CB Snowflake folder and I inked the edges.

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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

Well, it's two weeks after the last WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge, so that means it's time for another one!  It's also time to announce the winner of the $25 gift certificate to  Repeat Impressions from last month!  For details on the current sketch contest, the winner from last month's contest, and links to the other Rock Stars' awesome creations, please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.

I think this is a really great sketch!  Both of the stamps I used are from Repeat Impressions.  You can find the sentiment on this page and the scarecrow on this page.  I stamped on ivory paper with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink.  I matted with Stampin' Up!'s Tangerine Tango cardstock.  The patterned paper is really old, from a Fiskars booklet.  The center strip is SU!'s Close to Cocoa, which I scored every eighth inch with a Martha Stewart scoring board.  I added a piece of gold cord, too.  The card base is SU!'s Very Vanilla.

Won't you join in the fun?  If you upload to an online gallery, such as SplitCoastStampers, be sure to use the keyword N310, and be sure to link to the RI blog.  You have until 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 16 to enter.

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November Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page for November - a day late due to the Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions yesterday.  As always, if you are interested in the Excel file that I created to print my calendars, just email me at LJNeus@hotmail.com.  I'd be happy to share:)

I started with glossy paper for the small square.  I brayered it using a Kaleidacolor pad called Creole Spice.  (It's multi-colored.)  The tree is from Inkadinkado and I embossed it with Detail Black embossing powder after stamping.  The sentiment is also from Inkadinkado.

That's all there is to it.  I'm trying to get my calendars done for next year, but I keep finding other things that have to get done first!  I have five months done, but I had those five months done a couple weeks ago and I haven't gotten any further!

Also, you have until 5:00 p.m. EDT today to get your entry into Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch contest.  You can find the details here.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Christmas Teddy

Today, as usual on Mondays, is Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week day.  The SOTW for this week is called Christmas Teddy.  You can find him (her?) on this page - just scroll down a little bit.  The details on how to purchase this stamp for 50% - through Sunday evening -  are on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Be sure to check out the other beauties from the design team, also!

Dana ~ Harriet ~ Joy

Julie ~ Makiko ~ Robin

For this first card, I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and Goo Gone.  I used Liquid Applique for the "fuzz" on his hat, and gold Stickles for the "jingler."  I matted with Real Red cardstock, which I embossed partly with my Swiss Dots folder.  I added some Martha Stewart ribbon and some older patterned paper for the bottom layer.

I have to admit - after I uploaded my first card to our group's page, I saw some teddy bears with such rich colors that I was moved to make another!  For this second one, I colored with Stampin' Up! markers.  It's cut with Nestabilities.  The background was an embossed piece I got from a friend (Thanks, Suzie!)  It's done with a Cuttlebug folder called "Ornaments."  I matted with Real Red.  The white strip is punched (and embossed) with a Martha Stewart punch.  I also scored a couple lines and added a thin piece of red cardstock.

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Happy Halloween!!

 

These are the cards I made for our grandson and granddaughter.  Pretty simple - I was running out of time and had to get them in the mail!

The stamps are mostly from a clear House Mouse set.  I stamped them in black and colored them with Prismacolor pencils and used GooGone with them instead of Gamsol.  I cut them with Nestabilities.  I added Stickles and scoring on the top one, and black gems for eyes and patterned paper on the bottom one.  I also stamped the "BOO! on the background paper.  The sentiment for the top one is from Repeat Impressions.

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Super Simple Christmas

A simple, white, Christmas card for today.  What else is new, right? :)

The ornaments and sentiment are all from Technique Tuesday's Season's Greetings set. I stamped them with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I drew in the lines and colored the ornaments with markers and a silver gel pen, then added Diamond Glaze on them. I popped the sentiment up on Dimensionals. (Because I smeared the original stamping directly on the card front!) The embossing is a Cuttlebug folder and I also used my Scor-Pal for the scored lines. The matting is from a scrap pack.

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Pink and Green Birthday

Another one of the Techique Tuesday cards I promised.  I have one more for tomorrow.  You'll see more later, for sure, because I really like their stamps.

I stamped the "patterned paper" for this card with the Wild Vines set. I used Color Box Chalk ink - Olive Pastel - for the green. The flowers were stamped with various colors from a Color Box Enchantment Petal Pad and the flower centers were stamped with Crushed Curry. After stamping, I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. The sentiment panel is from TT's Simply Stated, along with flowers from Wild Vines. I cut it out and mounted it on Dimensionals. The ribbon and matting are Old Olive.

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Butterfly Anniversary

I had a scrap leftover from yesterday's card, and thought I could make use of it. I had punched the butterflies out of this darker piece, and realized that if I had TRIED to punch them out nice and straight, I never would have been able to! But, here they are, straight enough to use:).

The papers are from a scrap pack I got at Target a few years ago. (I still love these colors.) They have some texture to them. I scored some lines and added pearls to the butterfly "negatives." The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's "Wishing You" set and is stamped with Versamagic Turquoise Gem ink. The butterflies were punched out with a Martha Stewart punch.

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"Pressed Butterflies" Birthday

I learned a new technique from one of the cards that was a case of one of mine from the Featured Stamper challenge on SplitCoastStampers.  I learned it from this card. In that description is a link to another card which links to a tutorial. (Sorry about all the linking, but I want to give credit where credit is due!)  Basically, you punch out shapes, glue them to cardstock, and emboss. The shapes become pressed tightly into the paper and it almost looks like they are a part of that cardstock.

Anyway, other than that, there isn't much to my card! The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch, and the sentiment, from Repeat Impressions, is stamped with Perfect Plum ink. I believe the Cuttlebug folder I used is called Script.

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Technique Tuesday - Treat Packaging

 As a guest "Stamping Tech" this month for Technique Tuesday, I got to participate in the "All Stamping Tech Challenge."  The challenge this month was to make some kind of treat packaging.  You can find the SCS thread here, if you're interested.

I'm basically a card stamper, so this truly was a challenge!  I thought I'd make the same kind of packaging that I made last year for 2RedBananas project (you can find that here), but we just happened to get some Ghirardelli chocolates last week, and I thought I would use them instead.  I designed this little box to fit three chocolate pieces in.  All the stamps I used are from TT's set called "Season's Greetings."  The finished box measures 2 x 3 x 1 inches. 

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and embossed with detail silver embossing powder. Then I drew the border lines with a red gel pen. I masked the edges and stamped the snowflakes and embossed them. I stamped the holly leaves on green and cut them them out and mounted them on little pieces of Dimensionals. I added the tiny red gems on the snowflakes and for the holly berries.

Here is the template I made for the box, and my directions.  Cut a piece of cardstock to 5 x 7 inches.  On the five inch side, score at one inches and four inches.  (One inch in from each edge.)  On the seven inch side, score at one, three, four and six inches.  Crease your scores.  Cut in to the one inch score on each score on the seven-inch side.  Place glue or tape where indicated on my diagram and assemble the box.  When I had the box put together, I also cut a little notch out with a circle punch, to make it a little easier to open.  You can either put notches on both of the end flaps, or on the front flap, which is what I did.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Rocking Horse

Another Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions!  After all, it IS Monday! This week's stamp, available for 50% off through next Sunday, is called Rocking Horse and you can find it here.  Just visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details.  Also check out the other Rock Stars' creations.

Ayana ~ Harriet ~ Michele ~ Joy ~ Darsie

I stamped my horse on the red dotted paper and again on the green plaid.  I cut out the pieces I wanted.  I mounted the horse on a white square on which I had made a dotted border.  I used Nestabilities to cut the plain and scalloped circles.  I actually cut a piece of white the same size as the card front and added my layers to that.  I wanted to add ribbon and I didn't want it to show on the inside, nor did I want to cut the edges off.  (I have done that in the past, though, and I'm sure I'll do it again.)  The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.  The horse panel is matted with black and is mounted on Dimensionals.


Did you recognize the sketch?  It's the current WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch.  You still have eight more days (until Tuesday, November 2 at 5:00 p.m.  EST) to make your card using this sketch, upload, and link to the challenge found here.  Have fun with that!

In response to Barb's comment yesterday - I used a Cuttlebug folder, Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla cardstock, and my BIGkick for the embossing.

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More Technique Tuesday ... and OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!

I already had this post ready to go, but I had to add something!  I am in total shock as I write this.  (It's 1:00 a.m. and we just got home a little while ago from playing cards with some friends.)  Check out this link.  Little ol' me is the Featured Stamper on SplitCoastStampers!  (Thanks so much for watching for me on IM and letting me know, Harriet!)  What a huge surprise and a huge honor, as well.  OK.  Back to my "regularly scheduled post."

Another Technique Tuesday card. I still have two more after this one to share:)

The stamps on this card are from the Growing Wild set. I used Stampin' Up! markers to color the stamps before stamping. The matting is Old Olive and the patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View Linen Closet. The embossing was done with a Cuttlebug border folder. I sponged around the edges with Old Olive and used my trusty Scor-Pal.

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Purple Thank You

Here is another Technique Tuesday card for you today.  (In case you're interested, here is the link the the Technique Tuesday thread from yesterday in which I was "spotlighted.")  

I started by stamping the label with a stamp from TTs Simply Stated with Versamagic Spring Pansy ink. I added the sentiment, from the same set, with Purple Hydrangea ink and the dots with Spanish Olive. The flowers are from TT's Growing Wild set. I masked the label and stamped them with Versamagic inks, also - Purple Hydrangea and Spanish Olive. The dragonflies are from Growing Wild. The embossing is done with a Cuttlebug folder and the scoring is done with a Scor-Pal. The matting is PTI's Plum Pudding. I added a pearl for the flower center.

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Warm Christmas Wishes

Later today, I will be "spotlighted" on SplitCoastStampers in the Technique Tuesday forum.  How fun!  I uploaded five new cards to my SCS gallery.  I will post them here one at a time, though:)

My first one is this Christmas card.  The stamps are all from the Season's Greetings set. I used the holly leaves to stamp in a border for the snowman and added the bow and holly berries, also. I colored the leaves and bow with a marker. I added Stickles to the snowman and the bell on the bow. I mounted the diamond on Dimensionals. The background is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The matting is Stampin' Up!'s Handsome Hunter.

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Super Quick Sympathy

I realized late last night (tonight, as I'm doing this post!) that I didn't have a card to share today.  I have been busy the last few days working on my calendars for next year.  (I make 12 sets of them.  I have four months done now.  Yippee!)  So, I made this card really, really quickly.  Honest!

The embossed portion was in my "card parts" pile.  (It had been done with a QuicKutz folder.)  I had gone through it again recently and pulled out a few things that I wanted to use soon.  I cut a piece of white cardstock to fit into the opening.  I thought about this grassy stamp that I got from Technique Tuesday, and wanted to use it. I punched a circle out of a Post-It note with a Marvy punch and stuck it on the white.  I brayered with Bliss Blue, Buckaroo Blue, Almost Amethyst and Vintage Violet - all from Stampin' Up!  Then I removed the circle and brayered with the ever-so-slight violet that was still on my brayer.  I stamped the sentiment and the grass (both from Technique Tuesday) in Vintage Violet.  I matted with Vintage Violet, as well.

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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

Today is a WHAT IF? Wednesday from Repeat Impressions.  Wendy gives us a sketch, and we create our cards.  AND we ask you to play along!  Here is the sketch for this time:

Isn't it a fun one?  Create a card using this sketch and link it up to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  One lucky participant from this month will win a $25 gift certificate for RI stamps - how awesome is that?  Check out the details and the other Rock Stars' samples.

Ayana ~ Dana ~ Darsie ~ Harriet ~ Joy

Julie ~ Makiko ~ Michele ~ Robin

Here is the scoop on my card:)  I stamped the image (3414-I, Arbor Fence) with PTI Fresh Snow ink.  I added detail white embossing powder, then brushed it off of the grass.  I heated it, then added the grass back in with a green marker.  I did a little piercing in the corners that the stamp didn't reach.  I used Circle Nestabilities to cut the white mat and the green scalloped mat.  I sponged Old Olive on the edges of the white circle and the Kraft square.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.  It's stamped with Old Olive ink and cut out with a Spellbinders tag die.  I sponged ink on the edges of that, too.  The ribbon is Old Olive and I believe the patterned paper is SU!, also.

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SplitCoastStampers Featured Stamper Challenge

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Featured Stamper #193.  You check out the FS gallery and choose a card to case.  The FS was Laurie (IMAMUTTNUT.) I chose to case this card.

The stamps I used are all Technique Tuesday. I stamped the flower with Rose Romance ink, cut it out, and mounted it on Dimensionals. I stamped the stem and the sentiment with PTI New Leaf ink.  The matting is Sweet Blush cardstock from PTI and the border is punched with a Fiskars border punch.  The ribbon is from Papertrey, also, and I added pearls to the flower. The background is a separate piece and is embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Round Pumpkin

Monday means returning to work for lots of people, but it also means it's Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week time!  This week's stamp is 2318-G, Round Pumpkin.  You can find it (and all the other stamps I used, too) on this page.  Visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for details on how to get this stamp for 50% off this week only.  Be sure to check out the other Rock Stars' creations, too!

Dana

Harriet

Julie 

Makiko

Michele

Robin

For my card, I used three different faces for the pumpkins.  I first stamped the faces and the pumpkins on the pumpkin-colored cardstock.  I also stamped the faces on yellow and the stems on green.  I cut out the pumpkins, the stems, and every little piece of the faces:)  I glued the face pieces and the stems on to the pumpkins and put them on two different heights of Dimensionals - the middle pumpkin pops out a little bit more than the other two.  The bottom piece is torn along the top and embossed with a "leafy" Cuttlebug folder.  The top of the card is a light-blue textured cardstock.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.

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One-Layer Christmas

I made this card for Susan's (Simplicity blog) - and now Jennifer Styles' - One-Layer Wednesday. You can find the challenge here.  The challenge this week is to make a holiday card without using a red, green, white or cream base. I kind of feel like I cheated, but she didn't say "no Kraft!"

My snow globe image and the candy canes inside it are from Repeat Impressions. I stamped the snow globe with black ink and colored the base with a Creamy Caramel marker. I stamped the candy canes with white and embossed with detail white embossing powder and colored with a Real Red marker. EDITED TO ADD: (In answer to your question, Annie - I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the candy canes inside the snow globe.)  The sentiment (two separate stamps) is from Technique Tuesday.

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For Baby

This card is for our daughter-in-law.  I am going to a shower for her this morning.  How fun!  Less than two months now til the arrival of our third grandchild:)

This image was in my "card parts" box.  I had stamped it and colored it over two years ago when our Yahoo! group met in Des Moines.  At that point, there weren't many Copics there.  However, we were each given one Copic marker, donated by a stamping company.  (I don't even remember who that was.)  (EDITED TO ADD:  The markers were given to us by Maryann Walker of I Like Markers.  Thanks for the info, Sheri!)  I used the limited Copics there to color this cute House Mouse image.  So all I had to do was cut the image and the mat using Nestabilities.  The patterned paper is from a stack from Deja Views that I purchased at Archiver's a while ago.  The "for" is part of a stamp from a Stampin' Up! set.

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