Jan.13/09 Another Valentine

This morning I went swimming at the "Y", then did some stamping while enjoying a cup of tea to warm up afterwards. It was -22C at 7:00am! This is another House Mouse valentine to add to my stash.
I used the Nesties Scalloped Ovals to cut the oval from the brown printed paper for the image to show through (rather than having the image on an oval mounted on top.
There is crystal glaze on the chocolate heart and bits of chocolate for dimension; also Doodlebug Sugar Coating pink glitter on the heart embellie (cuttlebug die) The verse 'how sweet' is from a small set of Studio G stamps.

Friday, Jan.9/09

A friend just had day surgery so I sent her this card to let her know I was thinking of her. Inside the verse reads "Consider yourself hugged!" Both stamps are by Stampabilities House Mouse. The lace border is a punch by Martha Stewart. I really, really like these new Nesties Labels. The shape is great for smaller image stamps, rather than a plain square of paper.

January 6, 2009

This is a simple card I made for a neighbour who took pity on us the day after the New Year Day's storm.He used his snowblower to help clear our driveway once the plow came by and pushed it all back in. (since our snowblower wasn't working and we were "pooped" from shovelling out our cars)



Here are some pics of the storm:

Jan.3/09

This is a new house mouse I recently bought from http://rkstamps.com, and I also used my new Nesties Label dies.
Great service from Ally and cheap shipping to Canada. The name of the stamp is "Lip Smacking Relaxin'". It is coloured with Twinkling H20's on the teacup, so there is a little bling! On the inside I used the Hero Arts verse stamp "Quiet cold winter, warm comforts" which I thought was appropriate since the mousie is drinking hot chocolate.


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Friday, Dec. 12/08

I made this gift box last night for a friend. The clear box is from the Dollar Store. It had two large plastic snowflakes in it, so I figured for $1 it was worth buying to get the box, as the clear boxes are a lot more from an on-line supplier! Thrifty or what?? LOL! I bought Dove chocolates- they are square and wrapped in sapphire blue foil, so that determined the colours. The round stamp is from SU, but I omitted the centre verse and stamped a snowflake instead. The large snowflake on the band is by "Stamp N More".



This card I made the other day completing my Christmas cards. The Madonna image is by Paper Inspirations. I stamped it in brown, than brayered over the image with Linen Distress Inks. I used a bit of colour on the hair, cheeks, and Madonna's dress. The verse is a clear stamp by Stampology embossed with Fine Gold EP, and I stamped the background with a Penny Black holly/leaf stamp in Brilliance Gold.

Friday, Dec. 5th

I had lunch today with my stamping friend Marilyn. She gave me a handmade decorated paper box and inside were a few of her beautiful christmas cards and some tags. These certainly won't be mailed - I'm keeping them for inspiration! That was so generous of you Marilyn (hugs!)
It was a nice afternoon with tasty food, great conversation, and a bit of shopping!

Tim Holtz Inspired Tag

Last night I was reading Tim Holtz' blog and saw that he was doing the 12 Days of Christmas Tags again this year. I particularly liked the wintry look of the Day 2 tag, so decided to try it. His blog tutorials are SO easy to follow!!!

http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/

I had to change up a couple of things, though, since I didn't have all the required stuff. Instead of rub-ons, I used a swirl stamp, white craft ink,and EP. Also, I didn't have grungeboard, so I ran a tag through the Cuttlebug Swirl embossing folder and flattened it out a bit with my bone folder before inking. The trees are from Stampin'Up!, and the snowflakes are silver outline stickers.

I was quite pleased with my finished tag (giving myself a pat on the shoulders LOL!)

Wednesday, Dec.3/08

Some more Christmas cards recently finished:
Acetate card:

Nov.11/08

Cards for Christmas. These are latest ones I've made including a "box in a bag" from a tutorial on Splitcoasters -
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/boxinabag/

It's late now and I'm too tired to post all the "recipes" for these cards. Perhaps in a day or two....

Thurs, Nov.6/08

This week was my turn to post the "Weekly Challenge" over on Inkstainers. So I challenged everyone to make round cards. They didn't have to be Christmas ones. I was just getting an early start on my stash.

I used a coffee can for the template, my Quickutz scalloped circle cutters, and the Marvy blue circle punch. The red is Bazzill Bling cardstock on which I stamped a lacy snowflake in Encore metallic ink. The christmas holly paper is run through the Cuttlebug Holly embossing folder (hard to see in the scan. My camera's battery had died!) I stamped the verse on green paper in white craft ink, embossed with white powder, and tied with copper cord. They are small cards and definitely a challenge!

Sharon