A Little Fall Triple Time Stamping

 I like new techniques! This one looks complicated but is soooo easy! Basically you take 3 pieces of neutral card stock (2" x 3 1/4") (3" x 4 1/4") (4" x 5 1/4") , layer them using a temporary adhesive and stamp on all 3 layers. Then take them apart making sure to keep the images lined up and layer each one on a darker color mat     (2 1/4" x 3 1/2") (3 1/4" x 4 1/2") (5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card front) For a youtube video by Dawn Olchefske click HERE.  I used the Stampin' Up!™ stamp set called Day of Gratitude. The ink colors are Cajun Craze, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake and Elegant Eggplant.

  So I finally managed to make about 170 cards to sell at the Apple Festival. This is an annual event to raise money for the Missouri Baptist Children's Home in Peculiar, Missouri.  The good news is they all sold, the bad news is someone sold my display box. Oh well, guess next year I will have to write "DO NOT SELL BOX!" 

Say Goodbye to Mr. Jones, the Turtle

    One of my friends, who is also a customer,  told me that every spring the same turtle visits her backyard. She knows it is the same turtle because the markings on his shell are very distinctive. Her brother named him Mr. Jones. So here is a card in honor of Mr. Jones the turtle, LOL! 

  I used the soon to be retired Stampin' Up!™ set called Nature's Nest and single stamp called A to Z.  The ribbon is Pumpkin Pie 1/4" grosgrain, also retiring. Card base is Crumb Cake. I stamped the turtle twice, once with Always Artichoke and once with Early Expresso. The shell was cut out and popped up with Dimensionals™.  

Embossed Typewriter

 I am going to be well stocked with masculine cards! And I am actually having fun making them! This time I embossed that cute little typewriter with black embossing powder. That strip of silver is Silver Waffle paper (still available in the Stampin' Up! ™ catalog).  




  For the last two cards I embossed the typewriter with Pewter Embossing Powder.  It looks better on the Basic Black than on the First Edition newsprint paper but I was experimenting.  

 Enough with the typewriter, time to get out the flower stamps...

A Couple More Typewriter Cards

  I love this little typewriter! It works so well for masculine cards. The card on the right uses Island Indigo and Crumb Cake card stock with some Island Indigo baker's twine and a little strip of torn First Edition Designer Series Paper.

 I even used the little typewriter to make a Valentine for my DH. I got the idea from Mary Fish. The hearts were made using the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit die. The embossed hearts on the card base were made with the Adorning Accents Embossing folders.

Can you believe this weather? Feels like May or June not March. I remember a couple of years ago when we had snow in March and April. The only down side is my allergies are awful this year. Oh well, small price to pay for great weather...

You're My Type Meets River Rock

 I am so thankful for talented stampers that share their fabulous ideas! I copied this paper piecing idea from Ann Schach. I stamped the typewriter twice; once on Very vanilla and then on First Edition Designer Series paper. Cut out the piece of paper part and adhere to the typewriter that was stamped on the Very Vanilla. Presto-looks like typing on the piece of paper. The card base is my favorite neutral, River Rock, and I added a little Cherry Cobbler bakers twine. The stamp set is called You're My Type and is available in the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog.

  

Lion Thinking!

 I think this would make a great masculine card.  The lion stamp is from the Stampin' Up™! called Zoo Review. Card stock colors used were More Mustard, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake. The lion was stamped on Naturals White with Black Stazon™.  I used ink pads and a Blender Pen to color the lion.

I love the texture of Naturals White and Naturals Ivory paper-they are great for coloring on also. They are thicker than Whisper White and Very Vanilla and have those little specks of impurities on them (maybe that's why they are called naturals?).

Zoo Review!

This handsome fella is from my newest Stampin' Up!™ set called Zoo Review. All the animals in this set are great! I pulled out my much neglected Stampin' pastels and blender pens to color the giraffe after stamping him on Naturals White with Black Stazon™. The card base is Soft Suede with a textured panel of So Saffron. My inspiration card was made by Jennifer Weide HERE.
I am busy getting the last of my cards made for The Apple Festival. The Apple Festival is a craft show and quilt auction that benefits The Missouri Baptist Children's home in Peculiar, MO. Each year I donate about 300-400 cards that I have made but this year I think I only have about 200. I am frantically making some Christmas tags to donate also! My basement and I are covered in glitter!

White Sails and The Open Sea

Making masculine cards is easy peesy with this great Stampin' Up! set called The Open Sea.This is a CASE of a card by Sharon Field; click HERE to see the original.

To color the white on the ship and compass I used Whisper White craft ink and a Blender Pen or you could use an Aquapainter. The trim around the ship is Baker's Twine that I threaded through holes punched in each corner.
Card stock colors are Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Not Quite Navy. Ink is Not Quite Navy, Whisper White craft, Early Expresso and Cherry Cobbler (hard to see but the globe is stamped on the Cherry Cobbler background.

Look! I embossed the world!

I didn't realize what a bad photo this was until I saw it here! Bummer! I think I should have used the black background.
Again I used the new stamp set The Open Sea. The world is embossed with silver EP, on Basic Black with a panel of Basic Gray. The card base is River Rock. Hard to tell in the photo but there is a little torn piece of vellum on the side! Hey another manly card-I'm on a roll!
Just so you know the weather here in KC is fabulous, despite a little rain, and I am sitting on my deck with my laptop enjoying all the sounds of the outside and country music on my new cell phone!

A Little More Nautical

Masculine cards are very hard for me to make. You know how it is. No rhinestones or pearls, no glitter, can't have pink or purple, and the ribbon can't be too frilly-soooo not my style. However, this set makes it easy! And how about that Bakers Twine? Nice substitute for ribbon and not too girly. The card stock colors are Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Not Quite Navy.

Another The Open Sea card!

I used the new stamp set called The Open Sea from the new Summer MIni Catalog. This card started with the Wild Wasabi scallop square piece I had leftover from another project. After I cut it to fit the front or the card; I thought it looked like a ship's journal , so I added the "hinges" made with the Modern Label punch. I added a little Baker's Twine in the corner instead of ribbon (masculine remember?).

Sneak Peek!

These stamps are from a new stamp set called The Open Sea, that will be available May 1 in the new Stampin' Up! Summer MIni catalog. This is such a great masculine set! I (like most female card makers) struggle with masculine cards. You know, no glitter, no pearls, no pink, no rhinestones, no cute little animals, I mean really??
Also available in the new mini is Bakers Twine; much more masculine than ribbon. It comes in Early Expresso, on this card, and Cherry Cobbler. I think I need to emboss this globe in gold though. Embossing is masculine right?

Rock On!!

I made another masculine card!!!! This would be great for younger guys! The main image is SU Extreme Guitar embossed with black EP. The stars are from SU Extreme Elements. The paper is Basic Gray, Basic Black and Old Olive. The Designer Paper is from Cast-A-Spell. I like the paper in this pack and as my friend Contessa Kris pointed out, it doesn't have to be used for Halloween. That's the nice thing about double sided paper-you get twice the choices.