Candied cherries

For those of you that are attending my box class on September 16th, here's another one of the card boxes that we will be making.  With a base of Real Red, and some Summer Picnic designer paper, this is a great design for late summer bbqs. 

The class is currently full, but if you would like to be put on a waiting list for the next class, please e-mail me!

Enjoy!

W

Sleeping at Zzzzzzachary's house.

As you know, the A-Z album is all about 2007.  I'll be lucky if it's finished before the end of 2008!  One of last year's memorable events was a big sleepover down the street.  Fortunately Jen, mom of Zachary, took lots of photos.  This layout shows all of the kids in action.

I'd like to say that there is tons of Stampin' Up! stuff on these pages but... outside of the chipboard letter, I don't think there's anything.  The paper is part of a big slab that I have, the eyelets came from Michael's, the mat cardstock is from Michaels, and the letters were cut using my QuicKutz.  There's a bit of journalling beside the photos and this was done using my SU! journal pen.  

I've been working on a cute mini-scrapbook for the past couple of days.  Right now it's put together, using crappy non-SU! cardstock.  But... I'll try and put the real one together and post it as soon as it's finished.  It's all a question of time.  Tonight is stamp club, and I'm heading out to see Avenue Q with friends tomorrow evening so it may not go up until the weekend.

Happy stamping!

W

Back to the alphabet!

I've managed to get a bit of scrapping done in the past couple of weeks, so I've got more of the infamous A-Z album to share.  Today's installment showcases the letter "R" - Road Trip!!!

The paper is Dashing DSP (now retired), with Old Olive textured 12x12 paper as the base.  I've added some Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, and some thicker red ribbon that I found at Michael's.  I think that the brads are from the 'Rama, but I'm not sure.  The journalling was done on River Rock cardstock, and the mats have been done using Real Red.  The title was stamped using the Headline Alphabet (retired), and the date was stamped using the Short Order (current) alphabet.  All stamping was done using Real Red and Old Olive ink, and the chipboard letter was covered with Designer Series Paper and sanded.

I used a few tools on these pages - Scallop Edge punch, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" punches, Photo Corner punch, mat pack, and the Crop-a-dile (latter two are for making perfect holes in the photo corners).  I've also used my Creative Memories circle cutters.  Whoops!  Did I say that out loud???

There's a pile of journalling on these two pages.  Far more than what I normally add.  For these pages I needed it because even though it was only a day trip to Buffalo to watch a Bills game, lots of fun stuff happened.  When was the last time you saw a scalper drop a $20 bill on the street and keep on going?  We snatched that bill (to the chagrin of the people in the car behind us who saw what happened) and it payed for our parking!  

Happy stamping, and scrapbooking!

W

Crabby Birthday to You!

Oh, did I have fun making this one!  This Diorama card is the last card that my stamp club is making this week and it has lots of Wow associated with it!  It's a difficult card to photograph, because of the layers on the card.  

So... how do you make this one?  The first thing that you need to do is go to Splitcoast to print the directions.  Click here to take  you there.

The second thing you need to do is get some fun materials together.  This card was made using Kraft, Baja Breeze, and Riding Hood Red.  There's a bit of Pacific Point & Tangerine Tango on there as well.  I stamped the images using Basic Black ink right onto the coloured paper.  It was then easy to cut them out, and I didn't need to do any colouring!  As for the stamps...  why it's Crab and Company of course!  I also used the Sandy Shells wheel for the front.  Too cute!

Here's one more example of a Diorama card.  This one was made by Wendy Tompkins, another demo in my sideline!  The stamp set that was used has been discontinued, but it gives you more ideas of what you can do with this layout.

Enjoy!!

W

A familiar card with a new twist

Some of my stamp club members will recognize this card as being somewhat familiar, but almost the entire card is different.  

I don't have a copy of the original card that this is based on, but I can tell you that the flowers in the centre were stamped using Bud Basics, and that I have used both Well-Worn words and the Paisley background stamps for the background.  The original background covered the entire card, the sentiment was on the left, and there was no ribbon or Jumbo eyelet.

So, I guess it is a new card!  Only the basic outline and colours are the same.  This one uses the Stitched Exotics set for the big flowers, and the Stitched background stamp (isn't it amazing?!?) on the background.  The colours used are Perfect Plum, Mellow Moss, and Very Vanilla.  I used a Pewter Jumbo Eyelet on the flowers, and then attached them to the Mellow Moss square.  The new Scallop Edge punch was used on the bottom of the background.  It is extremely easy to make scalloped edges using this new punch!!  The sentiment is from the Thank You Kindly set, and has been heat embossed in silver.  Finally, some Mellow Moss ribbon has been added to finish it off.

If you need the dimensions for the card, please drop me an e-mail.  

Enjoy!

W

Busy, busy, busy...

It's hard to believe that there's only a week until the start of school, and that the summer is almost over.  Aside from the constant rain, it's been a good one!  And a busy one.  I have found it really hard to stamp when you have lots of other things to keep you occupied.  

This weekend was a busy one.  We got a good chunk of the house cleaned, and to my amazement, it's still clean!  By 5pm tomorrow it won't be.  I also did a lot of stamping!  I've been trying to nail down some of my workshop samples for the coming months, as well as put together this week's stamp club projects and boxes for my upcoming box workshop.

Tonight's card is one the cards that my stamp club will make this week.  The colours are Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Basic Grey.  I was looking for something unique, and wouldn't have put these colours together, but when I had a look at the Stampin' Up! Colour Coach samples that include the new In Colour combos, this is one of the combos listed.  

The stamp sets used on this Matchbook style card are Priceless, and Best Yet (a current Level 1 Hostess set).  Inks used were Basic Grey, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White Craft ink.  I have also used the Scallop, 1" circle, 1 1/4" circle, and Boho Blossoms punches.  The brads are from the Vintage brads pack.   

Enjoy!

W

Stitchin' up some workshop cards...

I was very sad when Bodacious Bouquet was retired a couple of catalogues ago.  I really liked using the bold images in that set, and found myself using it a lot for workshops.  I finally "replaced" it recently with Stitched Exotics, and it's co-ordinating background, Stitched.  

When messing around with the stamps last week, I came up with this card.  I think that it may be one of my workshop cards for the fall workshop season.  I found the colour combination on Splitcoast - another stamper had created a card using these colours and I loved them together!

The background is So Saffron, and the mat is Tangerine Tango (one of the new In Colours!).  The mat has been stamped using Stitched and Chocolate Chip ink.  The swirls were stamped on Whisper White cardstock, and the edges were dragged through the Tangerine Tango ink.  The flower in the centre was stamped on scrap Whisper White cardstock (using Tangerine Tango ink), and then cut out.  I have put a Vintage brad through the centre, added some Dazzling Diamonds to the petals, and popped it off of the card using a piece of rubber.  The sentiment is from Hugs and Wishes, and was stamped on the So Saffron cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.

Two of my three kids are leaving for tomorrow for Grandma's house.  They'll be gone for a couple of days so I might (stress the "might") get some fun stuff done while they are gone!  

Keep watching...

W