sympathy card

It was time for me to make a sympathy card.

The embossing folder I used came as a gift with the papercraft essentials magazine. I just love this new embossing folder!

The flower that I used is from Stampin Up  called Lotus Blossom. I used the distress inks victorian velvet and tattered rose loved how that turned out. The sentiment is also a Stampin up stamp which comes from the set called Loving thoughts.

Have a great weekend!
Donna

Hello

Hi everyone!
Here is my latest creation.  I bought a "new to me" Tim Holtz die from a garage sale and wanted to use it asap. Here you can see how I used it.

The die is Courtyard and the frame surrounding the "lattice" is from Stampin up called deco labels, the same die I had used in a previous card. Love this die set. I also scored the lines to frame the deco label using my scoreboard. The rose was made using the Mcgill punch called floral petals and the leaves came from another new die that I had purchased awhile back called Garden greens another Tim Holtz die. The tiny flowers were a combination punched from a Stampin up punch and an ek success punch. Finally the "hello" sentiment is a die from Stampin up . Oh and on the butterfly I used variegated flakes! something I had purchased a long time ago and finally decided I should try it! I will definately use it again.

I will be back soon with another card
Have a great weekend!
Donna

my nephew's wedding card

I'm a little embarrassed to see that my last post was in feb!! not good!

I will have a few cards to post as soon as I take the photos and upload them :)

Here is the lastest card that I made.

My nephew Jason was just married this past weekend, here is the card I made for both him and his new wife Christy :)

The wedding colour was purple so that was a good starting point for me.

I hope to post another card soon.
take care
Donna

Stampin' Up February 2015 challenge

The challenge for this month comes from Freshly Made Sketches

Here is my take on the sketch. Oh and I learned a new way to tie a knot!

Have a great weekend everyone!
Donna

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2015 February

Here I am doing the second tag of the year!! go me LOL

Here is my take on the tutorial from Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2015 Feb 

I also decided to add in a little challenge to myself and fit in Linda Ledbetter Compendium of Curiosity challenge into this tag. If you have Tim's book you can turn to page 62 to learn how to use the dimensional cutting pad!.


Also this month  The Funkie Junkie Boutique is  sponsoring this challenge :)

camera2stamp

Last months stamp of the month from Stamps of Life was called camera2stamp. What a cute little stamp set. Here is what I created using parts of the stamp set.

I placed two of the stamps together to create my background.

The large camera was stamped with embossing ink, then white embossing powder was used to bring out the camera on the black cardstock. The camera was cut out with one of the many dies that came with this set. I am not able to cut straight so you gotta love the dies that come with this set :)

I really like how it turned out.

Have a great Sunday!
Donna

Stampin' Up Jan 2015

Here we are and its now Jan 2015

This month our card sketch challenge comes from  Pals Paper Arts  here is my take on the sketch.

Our first project is Case'd from Song of My Heart Stampers

Such a beautiful card.. Lyssa has "cheat sheets" for sale with the measurements if you are interested :)

Our second project is the shaker frame. This was really fun to make.

And now our third and last project was Case'd from Card Creations by Beth  another  beautiful card. We used the Lotus Blossom stamp for the main image and the background paper is the new Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP which has the clear pre-embossed designs that we inked.

There you have it. Our first month of the new year has started out with some beautiful cards. Thanks Charlene!

Stay warm and enjoy your weekend
Donna

Stampin Up Dec 2014

I have a few min.  Cookies are in the oven. I figured I could get caught up on my Stampin' Up posts :)

Here is my my take on the card sketch challenge for December

And here are our as usual awesome projects that we did.

Our first project comes from Sunn Stampin  I love the look of this card.

Our second project comes from Stamp with Amy K  These cute snowman tags were made using the Stampin up envelope punch board! gotta love a tool that is functional for more than one idea :)

Our last project comes from Simply Simple Stamping  These crackers are a really nice size. I think they would look great hanging from the tree filled with treats :)

There you go more ideas for next Christmas ! Thanks Charlene!

 I am off to go have a cup of tea with some fresh cookies !

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2015

Can you believe that its that time again! another round of tags coming right up.

Here is my January tag. I made this awhile ago and I am finally able to post it.
Loved how it turned out.

Stampin Up November cards

Here are three beautiful cards that we made back in November.


Our first card is this wonderful "Vintage Christmas Trees" case'd from Too Cool Stamping

Love the look of this card


Our second card is the Bokeh technique case'd from Stampinatics

I have to say this card was my favorite! love, love this technique.


Our third and last card Regarding Dahlias with striped Scallop die was a combination from 2 places.
Regarding Dahlias in smokey slate & Regarding Dahlias in Style

This was also a great card to make. Love that flower!

There you go our November cards for the month. I loved all of them but did have a fav :)

Take care and I will be back soon with the Dec club cards.