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Project 100: 17/100: Fuzzy Winter Wishes

I wanted an easy to mail inexpensive card -- no ribbon, no embellishments.  But I also wanted something interesting on the card.  Notice the fuzzy cardstock? It looks and feels like felt.  Very easy to achieve this effect.  Read on!

Card Construction Details:

1. Took piece of white cardstock.  Split layers at corner with fingernail and gently separated the layers.  What is left is what you see above.   A nice felt-like, thin, cardstock.

2. All images are from Sewing Box - Christmas from Waltzingmouse Stamps.  Stamped snowman 3 times -- once on PTI Aqua Mist and once on the fuzzy cardstock and finally inked up the hat and stamped on Prism paper.

3. Cut both layers of snowman and hat.  Set aside.

4. Stamped PTI Kraft cardstock with large and small snowflakes from the set, with SU Real Red (looks cranberry on kraft), PTI pigment (new formulation) Aqua Mist ink, and SU Craft White ink.

5. Cut white cardstock with Making Memories wavy trimmer and stamped small snowflakes.  Stamped sentiment from same set (it's 3 separate words) with Adirondack Cranberry ink.

6. Trimmed and edged kraft piece with white gel pen and rounded corners.

7. Adhered everything.

I have several more snowmen already stamped and cut, so stay tuned for variations on this card...

Oh, almost forgot to upload the card!  Here it is:

Just Love

Can I just say that the sentiment stamp is supposed to be grungy looking??  The grunge isn't my style but I love the sentiment. 

Card Construction Details:

1.  A2 Kraft card.  Seriously.  Scratch that attempt.  Fast forward about 2 hours...

2.  A2 card PTI Spring Moss found in scrap pile.

3.  Added SU Pixie Pink cardstock, die cut with a long rectangle scallop nestability.

4.  Stamped and cut out flower from October Afternoon Hometown set 5 times. (Flower has stem and leaves, they went bye bye).

5.  Added eyelets to centers of flowers.

6.  Threaded with embroidery floss in effort to be trendy.  Adhered flowers with dimensionals.

7.  Stamped sentiment from Loving Words by Ali Edwards (Technique Tuesday) in Memento Tuxedo ink.

8.  Added black dots in center of flowers and around pink cardstock.

Mood when done = bold & bright

Silent Night

I pulled out a Technique Tuesday set -- Peace, Joy, Love -- the other day and whipped up this card. Ok, that's a lie.  I fiddled around and made a big mess, but eventually settled on this.

Card Construction Details:

1.  Stamped dove and sentiment on SU Bashful Blue cardstock.

2.  Colored in bird with clear embossing marker and embossed with white powder.

3. Trimmed blue cardstock, punched border on edge.

4.  Punched spot for ribbon. Tied silk bow.

5.  Matted to black cardstock.

6.  Adhered at angle to A2 white card.

Mood when done = remembering that the song, Silent Night, has a lot of memories....I feel a post coming on!

For You

Even those these are "earth" tones, I chose brighter versions to add to the fun feel I am hoping to convey. 

Card Construction Details:

1.  Stamped various images from Waltzingmouse Stamps Blessed by You on vanilla cardstock, using Ruby Red, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel and Pumpkin Pie Stampin Up inks.

2.  Punched each image with a 1 and 1/8" circle punch. 

3.  Adhered punched images to Ruby Red cardstock, leaving room on bottom to punch border.  Chomped 1/2" corners.

4.  Punched border.

5.  Punched sentiment from Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Christmas in Pumpkin ink and punched with 1 and 1/4 inch circle punch.  Inserted eyelet with a Crop a Dial.  Tied with twine onto green satin ribbon and tied to ruby red cardstock.

6.  A2 Pumpkin card stamped with leaf and acorn image from Peace & Plenty in Versamark.  Chomped 1/2" corners as shown.

7.  Adhered ruby red panel with dimensionals.

Mood when done = long story...

Holiday Thanks -- Before & After & After

The card above is "before". The card below is "after."

Card Construction Details:

1. A2 PTI Kraft card.

2. Repeatedly stamped thanks sentiment from Technique Tuesday Thanks for Everything set with Memento Tuxedo ink. Set aside and made dinner.

3. Colored in sentiments with Copic markers in Mom's room, listening to her trying to remember what she had just read in People Magazine. "He's a tennis player with a spanish name. He played with Andre Agassi. Come on, you know who I mean!" (Still no clue.)

4. Stamped small snowflake from Papertreyink Rustic Snowflakes with SU White Craft ink.

5. Wrapped card with red and white flossy twine from I Heart Papers. Thought card would be ok, but snoozefest.

6. Stamped larger snowflake from same set. Cut circle. Layered on red circle. Added red Liquid pearls. Set aside to dry.

7. Ate dinner.

8. Made first version of card. Ugh. Cord is twisted and it still doesn't sing.

9. Added green circle mat, fixed cord. (Make sure cord is knotted off at end or it will unravel).

10. Adhered circle with dimensionals.

Mood when done = glad stamping is such an awesome distraction. Card? Meh.  Snowflake and cord look a little bit like a bolero tie. (Thanks to Nancy for correcting my grammar!)

11.  Cut off twine tails. Version 3 below.

Mood when done = satisfied

 

Heartfelt Sympathy

Card Construction Details:

1. Stamped label from Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels No. 4 with Eggplant ink.

2. Stamped sentiment (each line is separate, but I put them on the block together) from Technique Tuesday's Thinking of You in center of label.

3.  Using the Big Shot and the Nestability Label 4, I die cut the image.  No need to apply tape. When using the Big Shot, I place the image and die on the plate, carefully put the plate above and it sort of forms a seal.  I get it right the first time (almost) every time!

4. Found pre cut Eggplant card in my cardstock folder and decided to use it.  Stamped french script in Versamark on top of card.

5. Cut a space for the white silk ribbon, tied and adhered label above ribbon. 

6. Added K&Co self adhesive pearls.

7. Card needed something.  Took the die cut paper left over from step 3 and trimmed to make white border as shown below.

8. Cut white cardstock to cover mess of inside of top of card and inside of top of bottom of card. Stamped sentiment inside the card. As you can see (I hope) the label forms the bottom of the top layer of the card. 

Mood when done = happy with card but outraged that this card is for the death of a 17 year old girl killed when she was caught in "crossfire" the day before she was scheduled to take the SAT.  Hug your kids today. 

Waltzingmouse sneak peeks are starting and a mystery

Claire has a mystery going on at her blog.  I think you'll enjoy checking out what she is up to!

Dear Paperlicious: Breakfast

This morning's exchange:

Mr. DP:  Can I have a piece of this coffee cake?

DP:  (thinking) What has happened that he feels the need to ask me if he can eat something?  Am I that big of a #$%^?

DP:  What's wrong?

Mr. DP:  What do you mean?

DP:  For the last 20 years you have had plain nonfat yogurt with raisins for breakfast. (iick) All of a sudden it's coffee cake?

Mr. DP:  Yes.

DP:  You're having an affair, aren't you?

Mr. DP:  What does eating coffee cake have to do with my having an affair?

DP:  Good grief, you ARE having an affair!

Mr. DP:  What are you talking about?  I'm in a hurry. I don't have time for yogurt.

DP:  You just said you are having an affair.  Listen you want to have an affair, good luck to you and the babe.  I'll have your retirement funds slapped with an injunction so fast your head will be spinning.  You won't be able to afford yogurt or coffee cake. 

Mr. DP:  Do you have a fever? I'm not having an affair.  I'm hungry and in a hurry.

DP:  I'm positive something is wrong.  You never deviate from the plan.

Mr. DP:  In the time it took to have this conversation, I could have eaten the yogurt and raisins.  (walks over and gets coffee cake)

DP: Are you having a bagel at 9 am, 2 uncut peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on whole wheat bread and a banana at noon, and a few dried apricots at 3 pm?

Mr. DP:  Yes

DP:  You're not sick or having an affair!!  I love you!!!!!

This Says It All

Card Construction Details:

1. A2 White card (Stampin Up because I knew I wanted to cut out image on same type of paper and Papertrey is harder to cut details).

2. Stamped white SU scrap with ColorBox Fluid Chalk cat's eyes Prussian Blue ink with Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain background stamp. Cut circle with nestability. Repeat die cutting to get smaller circle.

3. Stamped bird on branch from October Afternoon's Hometown set, colored with SU markers. Re stamped several times until I rubbed stamp with eraser and then got good image.

4. Cut out bird.

5. Stamped sentiment "for being in my life" from Technique Tuesday's Loving Words by Ali Edwards in Tuxedo Memento ink on scrap. Trimmed.

6. Could not figure out what to do with sentiment. Moved it around, finally decided to cut up.

7. Wish bird was looking to right. Cannot change bird so move circle around on card. Adhere top of circle and stamp "Thank You" from same Technique Tuesday set on top of part of circle.

8. Use glue dots to adhere words to bottom of circle and then lift up circle and put tape down under the bottom of circle.

9. Look. Happy.

10. Want something else but fear ruining.

11. Add small red dots with SU marker.

12.  Give card to husband in effort to one up him.  Succeed.

Mood when done = super pleased

Merry Christmas

How's that for a clever title?  I swear I've run out of them! I've posted over 1200 posts on this blog, and that doesn't count my first one!

In any event, here's a fun little Christmas card made with 2 Waltzingmouse sets -- Sewing Box-Christmas and Off Beat Backgrounds -- can you see the faint checkerboard underneath my tattersal pattern?  Yes, I split the 2 plaid making stamps so that I have a wide one and a narrow one apart from each other. I could hear the screams clear across the Atlantic!  Hope Claire doesn't mind!

I've no time for chatter or a list of supplies, so I'm doing a PAR "post and run"!  Later!

Project 100 16/100: Halloween

Rarely make and send Halloween cards, but love the sets!  Here's a card using Waltzingmouse's Halloween Party set.  If you are new to the blog, Project 100 is a plan I have to make and send 100 cards to my son, who is a freshman in college.  Forces me to break away from my traditional flowers (not that there is anything wrong with sending a flower filled card to a guy...)

Card Construction Details:

1. A2 (4.25 x 5.5) PTI Kraft card.

2.  Stamped witch with Memento Tuxedo ink onto white paper.

3.  Colored image with Versamark pen (can you see spot on the broom handle that I missed??).

4.  Embossed witch with Ultra Thick Embossing Powder once. 

5.  Sponged various dye inks, starting at the top with pale yellow and ending at the bottom with dark orange.

6.  Stamped sentiment, leaving room for ribbon.

7.  Cut strip of black and black striped paper (retired SU) to fit under image.  Added ribbon, linen twine and black embroidery floss.

8.  Trimmed and matted with the black striped paper.

8.  Stamped and sponged orange cardstock to darken a bit and add more texture.  Punched and adhered.

9.  Adhered to Kraft card.

Mood when done = scared of the new mess I just made!

Click below if you are interested in some chatter!  Otherwise, enjoy your day.

3 Inch Circle

My craft table is reduced to a 3" circle.  The rest is covered with **stuff**.  How much of your craft table is left?   I've spread to the floor!

Perhaps this weekend I'll be inspired to clean. 

And I'll be certain that I will keep it clean forever. 
Until the next time.

Too Terribly Trendy

Ok fellow stampers.  I've got trends galore in this card.  Sewing (fake); copics; plaid; die cuts; buttons; thread; dimensionals.  And for combining all these trends, what do you get?

Not sure. 

Here's 2 versions of the same card (the only thing different is the sentiment.  Funny how the colors look different.  After I made Version 1, I thought the sentiment was too small, so I lifted it up and substituted the HELLO circles.  Honestly, I'm not sure I like either version, but I will use this card!

Version 1:

  Version 2:

Card Construction Details:

1. A2 Creamy Caramel card (Stampin Up)

2. Trimmed plaid paper from the K&Co Sea Glass collection, adhered and added faux sewing with a Marvy Brown Embossing Marker.

3. Die cut flowers with papers from same collection (Sizzix). Edge with Palette Brown ink.

4. Stamped leaves with SU Garden Green ink onto Caramel cardstock. Leaves from Retired SU set.

5. Added green lines to plaid with copic marker and piece of cardstock as guide. (yes, after it was adhered!)

6. Colored button with Copic marker. Sewed button through both layers of flowers with linen threat from Papertrey Ink.

7. Both sentiments are from Papertrey Ink. The first one is from Mailbox Greetings and second is Fresh Alphabet set.

Still looking for the perfect sentiment for this card!

New Badge

Did you notice the Waltzingmouse Stamps Cultural Advisor badge on my blog? 

I don't remember how it started, but one thing led to the other and Claire (Brennan, owner and the genius behind WM) and I started emailing back and forth...and she sent me an email with a set she was planning on releasing and then, several months later...

I'm a cultural advisor!!  LOL  Yes, we made up the name.  This means Claire does everything and I say "fabulous" and wish I was Claire!  Can't beat the arrangement.  And, no, I'm not on the Waltzingmouse design team.  Now, that would be very scary! 

I am honored to consider Claire my friend.

Hoping to squeeze in a little stamping tonight. If so, I'll be back!

Celebrate

I've spent barely an hour stamping in almost a week. Aack!  Here's my effort. I LOVE these leaves.  And if I want pink leaves, I get pink leaves!

Card Construction Details:

1.  Chocolate Chip A2 card (4.25 x 5.5).  Rounded corner 1/2" with the Crop A Dile corner chomper.

2.  Stamped stitching from Waltzingmouse Stamps Off Beat Backgrounds 3 times in Versamark and embossed in white.

3.  Cut white cardstock and stamped image from Hero Arts Be Yourself with a couple of different Stampin Up pink inks. 

4.  Used brown Marvy Embossing Marker to add stitching around white piece and to color in a few dots on the leaves. 

5.  Colored in sentiment from Technique Tuesday Everyday Words with same brown embossing marker, stamped and embossed white piece with clear embossing powder.  Rounded corner.

6.  Added brown and white ribbon from stash and adhered white panel with dimensionals.

And just for nothing, here's a photoshopped version of the card with "glowing edges" -- just being silly:

If you want to hear a bit about my life click here.  Otherwise, I hope there is some sun where you are, because here is is gray, damp and cold...