BOO!

 Today I decided to make a quick card to hopefully
to get the old mojo going!

We have been most if not all gone all summer and I have not been
in my craft room at all and much as I
want to be in here I am having trouble creating anything!

So today I made this quick Halloween card
to send to my great niece.

This card was created for the Joy Of Sets challenge

I went with Star~Black~Stencil.

I die cut my star and inked it with oxide inks then used a small
star stencil over that...pretty simple.

Products Used:
Dies:  Spellbinders Halloween Fence Scene and Shapes
Poppystamps Jumbled BOO, Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Stars
Memory Box Stardust Stencil
Oxide Inks wilted violet,spiced marmalade,carved pumpkin

Autumn Inspiration

The Sisterhood of Crafters has a new challenge starting today

and the theme is Autumn Inspiration.

So hard to believe that it is even time for autumn already!

Once again I dug into my NBUS and pulled out this
old stamp set from SU called Gifts of The Earth.
I think it is somewhere between 2008-2009 and has never seen ink before!

I had a lot of fun coloring this in with a few Copics
on a Sue Wilson die cut Heraldic Square.

I also had fun picking out AND using some of my
designer papers, I really like the hounds tooth print with it.
I am not sure of the sentiment company
but I stamped it with Dew Drop Cottage Ivy ink.

Take a peek over at The Sisterhood and see all the pretty
autumn 'scenery' from my 'sistahs'!!

Entering the following challenges:

Die Cut Diva's .... All Kinds of Holidays

NBUS .... Never Before Used Schtuff

Sweet Stampin .... Anything But a Birthday

Shopping Our Stash .... Color Challenge

Flower Family

This is my post on the Tutti Designs blog today:

Hello Tutti friends!
Today I am featuring the Flower Family die.
This die is perfect for a family members birthday or
just because you want to let them know you are thinking of them!

The flower was die cut from a white card stock
then colored in with markers.
A cross stitch rectangle and oval were cut from the nesting dies
(links given below)
with the flower being centered.

The second card was done pretty much the same

with the difference being scalloped nesting ovals were used

and a glitter butterfly was added.

The third card I added designer paper and two scalloped rectangles
layered.  I turned the flower on it's side for a totally different look.  
To finish a few metallic gems were added.

Flower Family

Cross Stitch Nesting Rectangles

Cross Stitch Nesting Ovals

Scalloped Stitched Nesting Ovals

Scalloped Stitched Nesting Rectangles

Make sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store (link below)

for LOTS more fabulous dies!!

Come back tomorrow for more Tutti Designs inspiration!

and here are some Tutti Designs quick links:

Did you know that Tutti Designs is now
available in both the UK and Canada?
Check it out Here:
Tutti Designs Canada
Tutti Designs UK

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Cup Full of Flowers

Double D has a new challenge theme going and it is
COLORFUL....
meaning we want to see lots and lots of pretty color!!

The mood board below has some fun and colorful inspiration
and you can use about anything as long as it's COLORFUL!!

I created a super bright and very colorful card with a die from
Cottage Cutz ...Spring Teacup. (NBUS)

This die was super fun and I normally die cut all the pieces 

(as shown below)

then add each little element, then put it all together...

saves time, well unless a piece flies off into nowhere

never to be found again!

These dies are great for using those little scrap pieces we all 
seem to accumulate!

Pop on over to the Double D Challenge blog

and see LOTS of color from the fabulous Design Teams...

join in with us as usual we have an awesome prize to be had!!

Entering the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground …. Snippets

NBUS …. Never Before Used Schtuff

Watercooler  Wednesday …. Helen's ATG Feminine 

Back To School Dress

It's back to school time at Dies R Us Challenges,

at least that is what our theme is,

who knows if back to school will even happen here this year!!

When I was growing up a few weeks before the start of school

my Mom always took us school shopping

and though we didn't get but a couple of outfits each we always

looked forward to it and especially loved picking out our school supplies.

so that is how my card came about....a back to school dress.

I used the Frantic Stamper A2 Card Maker in a different way,

normally the dress IS the card.

After our shopping was done we would stop on the way home at a 

local farm and get a bushel of apples.

I thought it would be fun to add a bushel of apples and fall leaves

 to my dress using Impression Obsession  Bushel of Apple and

Small Leaves set.

I think I will use this card for a great Fall birthday!

Impression Obsession Bushel of Apples

Impression Obsession Small Leaves set

Frantic Stamper Kitchen Dress A2 Card Maker

We would love to see YOUR Back To School creations!

Make sure and visit the Dies R Us Challenge blog

to see all the fun inspiration there!!

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Masculine Cards

This is my post on the Tutti Designs blog today:

Today I am featuring some fun cards that would make great masculine cards.
I have three different cards all using the beautiful Crane die.

Just by adding a few designer papers you can really make a statement
with this beautiful crane die.
These are such beautiful birds and I am fortunate enough to
have one visit  me on a daily basis.

For my first card the crane was cut in a gray card stock
and simply added to an Asian print paper.
The sentiment was computer generated,
somewhat perfect for where life is leading us at this moment!

The next card was even simpler yet, just by cutting the crane from a printed shiny

paper and adhering to a designer paper and adding a sentiment,

I had a completed card.

For the last card I added the fun Bamboo Screen die behind the crane.
I tied a ribbon and added a 4 you sentiment to that.

I hope I have given you a few ideas using these dies,
the crane is such a stately bird and makes the perfect 'guy' card!

Crane

Bamboo Screen

Make sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store (link below)

for LOTS more fabulous dies!!

Come back tomorrow for more Tutti Designs inspiration!

and here are some Tutti Designs quick links:

Did you know that Tutti Designs is now
available in both the UK and Canada?
Check it out Here:
Tutti Designs Canada
Tutti Designs UK

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

It's The Thought That Counts

Hi All...today is a new challenge theme at
The Sisterhood of Crafters
hosted by our  'sistah' Debbie and she has chosen
'It's The Thought That Counts'
meaning we want to see the sentiment as the FOCAL point on your card!

I have been into making more 'simple' cards lately
as the price of mailing seems to be going up and up.

For my focal point I chose a sentiment from B Line Designs.
It has always been a favorite of mine
and I have used it a few times before and decided
it was time to pull it out again.

I stamped it on a scalloped rectangle from Tutti Designs
with Memento Cottage Ivy ink.
I added a few die cut flowers with Nuvo Drops centers
that I colored with copics.
I also added a tiny butterfly die cut from the background paper
top edge which is from Pebbles Garden Party.

Why not take a peek over at The Sisterhood to see all
the fabulous inspiration from my 'sistahs'!!

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday …. ATG

Word Art Wednesday …. ATG

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper ….ATG with paper