Thanksgiving Cards

I've been busy crafting away but have not had a chance to update my blog so I'm going to try to update it tonight.

I made both of these cards with the Day of Gratitude stamp set.

Supplies:

Cajun Craze paper and ink

Day of Gratitude stamp set
Autumn Spice designer series paper
Early Espresso paper and ink

Old Olive ink

Daffodil Delight ink

Supplies:

Day of Gratitude stamp set

Old Olive ink

Whisper White paper

Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Glitter brads

Altered ATG gun and Stand

My new pretty pink ATG and Altered Pink Stand.

The stand took a ton of work. I ended up doing it twice. The first time I didn't use a primer and the pink paint I bought just got sucked into the wood, so I had to strip the paint off and sand it and then start from scratch. The second time I primed it 1st and then painted it black. I then cut the shapes with vinyl and then spray painted it again in pink. Before the last coat of paint dried I sprinkled glitter into the wet paint, once it was dried I pulled off the vinyl and there you have it.

Christmas Card Kit

Here is a simple and fun Christmas Card, I wish I could take credit for this but I totally scrplifted from another Stampin Up Demo.

Christmas Card Supply List:

Cherry Cobbler 8.5 X 11 paper
Old Olive paper 8.5 X 11 paper
Holly Jolly 12 X 12 Paper
Cherry Cobbler ink pad
Contempo Christmas Stamp Set
Ornament Extra-Large Punch
Gold Brads
Tinsel

Christmas Stocking Box Tutorial.

 
 
Stocking Box Supplies (all Stampin UP):
~Cherry Cobbler 8.5 X 11 paper
~Old Olive paper 8.5 X 11 paper
~Holly Jolly 12 X 12 Paper
~Whisper White 8.5 X 11
~Early Espresso ink and marker

I found the idea for this craft on Papertery Ink and I think they are super cute. I plan to make a bunch of this for Christmas and fill them with goodies.

To make these I started with a piece of Cherry Cobbler (I think this is one of my new favorite colors) cut to 9 14/16" X 3 10/16" , I then scored it with my scor pal at 3 9/16" and 6 1/4" If you are using the score pal there is an arrow at the 3 10'16" mark, to make it easy I scored one side and then flipped it and scored the other side.

Then going length wise I scored it a 1/2" in on both edges.

Next I cut little slits so I could fold them up.

And then uses my ATG gun to add some adhesive.

Next using the template I cut 2 stocking pieces out of the cherry cobbler and 2 out of the Holly Jolly paper, and I cut the toe and heel parts out of old olive.  Last I cut a piece of whisper white to 3 10/16" x 1 1/4" for the top of the stocking, and a piece of holly jolly to 3 10/16" X 1/2" for the loop.  Before I assembled everything I inked the edges and drew stitches, and there you have a cute little stocking box.

Owl Punch.

A few weeks ago I broke out the owl punch I got from SU and started playing. I think this is just one of the curtest punch ever.

Here are all the goodies I made:

I covered these cards with the brown waffle paper from SU to make it look like a tree, then I punched a whole and put the owl on the inside to make him look like he was hiding in the tree.

 The inside, I stamped this owls belly with the Because I care set, to give him the pretty flowers. The sentiment is from stem sayings set.

 For the outside owls I stamped their bellies with sweet scoops, the senament is from Heard from the heart, and the background was cut using the top note die.

 More waffle paper tree owl cards:

Here are some owl book marks.

Notebook and matching book mark. I used the waffle paper to cover the notebook then cut a piece of very vanilla with the top note punch. The branch is actually supposed to be a flower from the watercolor trio set, and again I stamped this owls belly with the sweet scoops set.  

 For the book mark I used the Curly Label punch to give it a similar look.

 

Halloween Wreath

I saw some really neat Halloween wreaths at Target but thought they were over priced and figured I could make a better one for less, and I think I did. :)

This photo doesn't do it justice but you get the idea.

Day Of Gratitude Cards

I made these cards using StampinUps Day of Gratitude stamp set. The colors used are Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze and Early Expresso.

Septembers SU Club kits.

Halloween Card:

Supplies:

Stamps:
Fang-tastic

Paper:
Peach Parfait (in Color)
Elegant Eggplant (regals)
Basic Black waffle paper
Whisper White (neutrals collection)
Ink:
Basic Black ink pad
Basic Gray Ink pad

Other:
Spider Web textured embossing folder
snail adhesive
Stampin' Dimensionals


Pumpkin:

Stamps:

Day of Gratitude Set

Paper:
Whisper White Card Stock
Cajun Craze Textured Card Stock
Autumn Spice Designer Series Paper

Ink
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories &Tools
Brights Designer Buttons
Neutrals 5/16" Jumbo Brads
Stampin' Dimensionals
Crop-A-Dile
Big Shot
Leaves #2 Originals Die
Spray bottle with water

Instructions

1. Cut Cajun Craze strips to ¾” by 6” Stack 12 to 14 strips, and punch holes in both ends using Crop-A-Dile. Secure strips together on one end using Silver 5/16" Jumbo Brad, and fan out into circle shape. To form into sphere, secure other end of strips together using second Silver 5/16" Jumbo Brad.

2. Cut Old Olive card stock to 1/8” by 8.5” Spray thin strips of Old Olive Card Stock with water, and wrap around dowel or Stampin' Write Marker. Allow to dry, then remove from marker.

3. Cut leaves from Autumn Spice Designer Series Paper using Big Shot and Leaves #2 Originals Die. Adhere leaf and curly stem from previous step to top of each pumpkin using Stampin' Dimensionals.

4. Stamp leaf image in Old Olive ink on Whisper White Card Stock. Cut out, and adhere one to larger leaf to the top of pumpkin using Stampin' Dimensionals.

5. Adhere button one to top of each pumpkin.

Tips:
~ I put the brads in upside down so the tops are inside the pumpkin
~ I secured them on both ends and then took half and pulled it around to the other side, then spread them out one by one. I found if you pushed the pile in a little it made it easier to get them apart.




Painted Canvas.

I found these really neat square canvases at Big Lots so I thought they would make great gifts. Its the 1st time I've used acrylic paints so I'm really happy with how they came out.

This one is for my niece Alyssia:

This one is for my nieces Nicole.

And this one is for my NSSS Becca:

Mosaic

Last weekend I had a girls day out with my mom and 2 nieces, and we went to Creative Sparks. Creative Sparks is a cute little ceramic shop. I couldn't decide what I wanted to paint so I decided to do a mosaic instead. Here's what I did: