christmas tags (Moxie Fab, WMS, SSS)

Two tags to share with you (species: reject) which can  now make an appearance for the Holiday Gift Tag Challenge over at Moxie Fab World.  Also joining the Anything Goes fun at Simon Says Stamp.

First up... inspired by these wrapped trees Teri A. made for the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas last year. My take on that tag didn't involve twine wrapping, but this one does.

I'm playing Challenge #4 at the Pajama Party over at Waltzingmouse cuz that "for You" sentiment is from one of the first stamps I purchased from WMS (my first order contained, um a couple sets ;) - Around Christmastime.  I love Claire's sentiments and font choices.

TIP:   for those of you trying to get published, I asked for critique on the above tag and was told that the fibers were a bit dated.  OK.  Me still likey.  But keep that in mind on your projects for submission.

Next up, remember the multi-layering of tissue paper, stitched down the middle?  Well I made this tag based on this tag- my tribute to Dr. Seuss and the Grinch - inspired by this tag by Ellen H.

Teensy, tiny little things but full of so much goodness.  They make me smile when I look at them. Hope you likey.

Supplies for for you:

Paper: kraft and black scrap, white crepe paper, striped October Afternoon

Stamps: sentiment Hero Arts

Ink : Walnut stein Distress, Versamark, Adirondack

Tools: tag die PTI, embossing plate Sizzix, tree die Sizzix

Other: embossing powder, twine, washi, fibers, bling

Supplies for ho ho ho:

Paper: kraft,  white cardboard

Stamps: sentiment WMS

Ink : Versamark

Tools: tag die PTI, embossing plate Sizzix

Other: embossing powder, twine, washi, fibers, sequins

happy birthday girl! (SSS)

It's the Desert Diva's birthday today and here's a hug with a fold going out to her.  Happy Birthday,

Hannelie

und alles Gute für das nächste Jahr!  If you don't know her work, you should.  Clean and crisp and bold cards and awesome sentiments which she creates herself and is kind enough to share.  Thanks, Hannelie! So I grabbed me one and put it to use.

Some big, bold and graphic 12x12 cut to 6x6 PP, a super cool sentiment from Hannelie and a girly sticker -which I got in a fun prize package of American Crafts goodies from Paper Crafts - to keep it cheery.

I'm playing at Simon Says Stamp's "Anything Goes" Challenge today.

Thanks for looking.  Now go wish Desert Diva a happy day!

delicata brightens my day too (AEIU)

I know lots of you have already met Delicata gold ink.  I have now too (more NBUS). Wunnerful schtuff eh?

Also NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff - in my case ordered in the US, delivered to my folks', picked up by me during summer holiday there and lugged home in my suitcase.  Or DH's.  Or DS's.  Or DD's. Get the picture?) was the Bright Days stamp set from Avery Elle.  Love the quality of those stamps.  Here's what I did with the two NBUSes.

My middle initial is "L".  Stands for "liberties".  As in I take a lot of liberties with sketches.  But the elements are there.  I just chose to do it all with the one stamp set.  And Delicata - muy bonita.  But a poop to photograph.

Swiped Salty Ocean (how appropriate - oh it came home in the suitcase too now that I think of it) for the water.  Masked the water and stamped the center of the sun.  Masked the center and stamped the rays, some yellow and some gold.  Stamped over the center with that oh-so-cool sunburst in gold.  Masked the strip on my cardbase and stamped with more gold using only the sunburst stamp.  That's all folks.

Supplies for you brighten my day:

Paper:cardbase Papermania

Stamps: Avery Elle!

Ink : Jenny Bowlin, Salty Ocean Distress, Delicata gold

Tools: 

Other: Post-it to mask, enamel dots MME

wow for jackie's linen (Rockwell, CTS)

Finally getting around to joining the fun over at Jackie R.'s Pantone Fashion Colors for Spring 2013 to use the Pantone Spring 2013 colors as card inspiration.  I'm starting with the current color which is "linen".  And a true challenge for me.  Linen = vintage.

Well, I also checked out the current CASE this Sketch #42 and the moment I saw the speech bubble in the sketch I decided to take linen modern.

Some textured CS, some Momenta PPs in various tones of linen (what color is linen actually - my first thought was "kraft"...) which were part of a prize package from the lovely Laurel S., and a wood veneer speech bubble from Freckled Fawn.  Linen goes modern.

Thanks for looking.

Supplies for wow:

Paper: CS Scrapmalin, PP Momenta

Stamps: none!

Ink :

Tools: 

Other: veneer Freckled Fawn, Glossy Accents

stamp-a-faire: scent-sational and shrunk (PTI)

Bringing up the rear on the parade of Stamp-a-faire creations are two fun cards.

First up, ready for this?  "Scent-sational."  Check out the stamp set Papertrey is releasing  in September - perfect for making scratch-n-sniff cards.  Don't have it, but not to fear.  My biggest problem was deciding if I wanted to rip open a pack of jello for a strawberry or go with cinammon for a pumpkin or ginger for a gingerbread man - cuz I have those stamps in solid which is what ya need to make this technique work.

Then I thought "hey, the more (scent) the merrier", so I created a big table and embossed it with a mix of coffee and clear embossing powder (ratio 1:2)!   I'm a one-cup-a-day gal unless it's hazelnut flavored (nod to Mom).  Don't know why Germany hasn't caught on to flavored coffee yet.  They're all over hazelnuts (nod to Nutella). Anyhoo,  give this tabletop a scratch .  Catch that fresh-brewed aroma?!?

Consciously applied the Gallon (brown)/ Quart (aqua)/ Pint (red) rule from the Faire here again too.  This is one of the greatest design rules to keep in mind.  If this concept is new to you, check it out at PTI or here at Moxie Fab.

I used the strip stamps from Neat and Tangled (more NBUS) for my table creation.  I'm sharing this over at the Birthday Bash at Little Tangles cuz adding scent to your heat embossing is such a fun idea.

And finally, "Custom Accents from the Oven".  That's fancy talk for shrinky dinks.  And the challenge I feared most.  But alas, if I had just watched the videos from the getgo... Ashley C. N. does a fabby job of showing how dang easy it is.  And ya know that Paper Smooches crazy scientist/prof stamp, ya feel like him when you're doin' it too ;)

I die cut the shrink plastic ornaments, filed the edges, punched a 1/8" hole, stamped with StazOn , hit with the heat gun and flattened with an acrylic block before they cooled completely.  Voila - a floating tree (I notice that now)!  But it's got mega cool ornaments on it!

I'm outta here.  Hope you had fun at the Faire too.

Supplies for girl talk:

Paper:  CS Bringmann

Stamps: PTI

Ink : Memento, Versamark

Tools: die PTI

Other: coffee, clear and red embossing powders, washi Freckled Fawn

Supplies for Merry Christmas:

Paper: cardbase Papermania, CS ?, PP Penny Black

Stamps: PTI

Ink : StazOn, Versafine

Tools: tree die Memory Box, ornaments die Sizzix

Other: gold metallic twine, shrink plastic (matte)

stamp-a-faire: tea, sugar, salt and limited ingredients (PTI, SSS)

Produced last night and photographed this morning just for you...

More PTI Stamp-a-faire fun.  First up "Tea Staining".  Well, we had coffee for breakfast so I went with coffee and some already stamped sentiments from this project.  Conclusion:  coffee doesn't work as well as tea probably would... but it smells nicer.

Second it's "Sweet Sugar-Coated Embellishments".  In addition to the glitter all over my craft room floor, there's a sweet load of the stuff on my die cut.  Added Score Tape to CS before die cutting the word, stuck the die cut to scrap paper with temporary adhesive, dumped the glitter on and burnished with my finger, un-stuck it from the scrap paper and that jerky motion sent that ultrafine glitter flying all over ;(   But the card looks sweet ;)  I was inspired by the lovely Danielle F. who 1) rocked the metallic papers from Pink Paislee last year enabling me and 2) made a beautiful card for the Faire using the same die.

After that came "A Sprinkle of Salt".  So happy to use this NBUS sentiment that I had been wanting for so long.  Seems I often have occasion to use a sentiment about a rainbow.  Rainbows make me happy...  But the salt didn't have any great effect other than to leave a few splotches.  Have to try this another time.

And then the "Limited Ingredients".  Loved this - both cuz you have a very limited list of supplies which you are allowed to use (makes you don your thinking cap) and cuz I love this card that happened! Totally inspired by Nichole's white polka dots stamped onto the aqua CS.  Never would have thought of that one myself, but what interest it adds.  I chose to go a different route than most of the others with flower cards.

Going over to Simon Says Stamps challenge "Dotty" with this too.  Love polka dots. Hmmm, what do ya get when you mix rainbows and polka dots?????

And then we have my mess.  Craft room = laundry room and DD preparing for a class trip meant laundry. As well as the bags of pellets and hay for the rabbits who are still living in the basement (not loving each other yet, but slowly getting there :)  Add to that the usual ol' mess of Maria when cardmaking.  You may not want to look - it's scary.  And I ain't done yet!

I'm skipping the supply list on this post - let me know if you have any questions.  Love receiving your comments too.  Don't say that enough :)

Off to craft more.  Happy Monday.

pti august bloghop (PTI)

As if Stamp-a-faire weren't enough?  Ya'll got cards made for the Papertrey August blog hop too?!?!?  You rock.  I was actually hitting the website again to check out more Faire challenges and I saw this.  Yummy.  And what a great sketch.

Took a couple liberties (sentiment replacing a stripe)...

and also applied the Gallon (lemon although you can't tell from the photo), Quart (moss ), Pint (poppy) rule for this challenge.  The kraft birdie brings in the last color from the color swatch and since he's neutral he doesn't ruin the GQP!  Good little guy!  Of course the sentiment continues on the inside (it's your birthday!) with another little stamped birdie for good measure.

Note:  All of you perfect-stripe-stampers out there - you rock!  It's tricky getting these XXL PTI stripes (NBUS) straight.  And evenly inked ;)

Hop on!

Supplies for a little birdie

Paper: CS PTI

Stamps: PTI

Ink : amuse, Adirondack

Tools: die PTI

Other: