Fall Wreath Card

Are you in need of a simple and elegant Thanksgiving or Fall card?  Then, you've come to the right place.  This card does take a few minutes to assemble and glue the leaves to create the wreath but it is well worth the time. 

 

I found the idea for the wreath on Pinterest.  To create it, I used Linen Thread from Stampin' Up! and wrapped it into a circle and attached it to the card front with a couple of glue dots.  I placed them where I knew I would be able to cover them with the leaves.  I then punched the leaves from the Bird Builder Punch.  I punched 3 of each of these colors of card stock: More Mustard, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie.  I finished it off with a button and more linen thread.

The frame is from the Papaya Collage stamp set and is stamped on Very Vanilla card stock in Soft Suede.  I distressed the edges and attached it to a card base of Soft Suede.  I spritzed it with the Soft Suede marker and the Color Spritzer Tool.

This card gives you another cute reason to use your Bird Builder Punch so go dig it out and give it a try!

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Graduation Thank You

My hubbie recently graduated and received his Bachelors Degree.  YIPPEE!!!  We are so proud of him and this accomplishment!  We're not done yet, though, his Masters Degree is next.

Well, we needed *Thank You* cards to thank those that were thoughtful and sent him gifts for graduating.  My stamping challenge is coming up with masculine cards/gifts, so I was pretty proud of this one.  Clean, simple and not too much bling.  :o)

If you checked out my *Poppin' Pastels* post from yesterday, you will notice that one of the cards is similar to this one.  Well, I made this card a few weeks ago and it inspired the card I made for my Technique Tuesday class.

Simple How-To:  I embossed the frame from *Papaya Collage* with Versamark and black embossing powder on the Basic Grey layer.  Then, I spritzed it with the Color Spritzer Tool (love, love, love this tool!) and the Basic Black marker.  I also embossed and distressed the *Thank You* banner.  Easy peasy!

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Poppin' Pastels, Baby

Wanna learn this fun technique?  Are your pastels/chalks buried underneath a pile of other crafting stuff?  Well, today you will want to dig them out and play!  All you need is Versamark, pastels/chalks and of course, a rubber stamp!

Here are the cards we created in the last Technique Tuesday class using this awesome technique.

For this card, I stamped the frame, from the *Papaya Collage* stamp set, in Versamark on Very Vanilla cardstock.  Let it dry for about 5 minutes (you can start assembling other parts of the card while you are waiting).  Then, I used a cotton ball and used it to *color* with the Early Espresso chalk.  Just swirl the cotton ball on the chalk then swirl it on your stamped image.  The more times you do that, the darker it will get.  I swirled it because I wanted to give it a soft but distressed look.  You might be able to see in the pics that I swirled the chalk inside the frame and on the outside, too.

For this card, you will notice the colors are more intense.  To create this look, I again stamped my image all over the Whisper White layer with Versamark.  The flower I used is from the *Papaya Collage* stamp set, too.  (Can you tell I love this set? :o)  You might have to tip your paper so the light can shine on it, to see where you have stamped already, then, just fill in the empty spaces.  Again, let it dry for about 5 minutes.  This time I used a Qtip and used smaller swirl motions.  Then, to fill in the white space in between the flowers, I used a cotton ball swirled in the same *Tangerine Tango* chalk that I used for the flowers and swirled it where ever I wanted the soft color added.

Hope you have fun with this technique!  Let me know if you have any questions!

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Craft Kit Monday

Today's kit is for this beautiful Vintage-y Birthday Card. The kit includes all the supplies needed to make this card, plus a matching envelope! You can purchase this kit for only $4.50 and that includes supplies, detailed instructions and shipping. Any additional kits are only $3.00 each.

To purchase the Vintage-y Birthday Card Kit, please email me at: inkadink4@aol.com and include your name, mailing address and email address. Please let me know how you would like to pay, I accept cash, check or Paypal. If you choose to pay by cash or check, I will give you my mailing address. If you choose to pay by Paypal, I will send you an invoice. Once I receive your payment, I will mail your Kit.

Your Vintage-y Birthday Card Kit will be carefully packed with cardboard to help prevent it from being bent and will include the supplies, shown above, to make this card, with detailed instructions.  The supplies you will need is glue.

When you receive your kit, you will notice that I have stamped on the back of all of the stamped images to comply with Stampin' Up!'s Angel Policy. This stamped image will not affect your completed projects.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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1st Place!

Today Shaylin competed in her 2nd Dive Meet of the Summer and earned 1st Place for her age group! 

She got 7th at the first dive meet last week and she was disappointed when she received a participant ribbon. 

I explained to her that she needs to do the harder dives she's been learning so she can earn a higher score.  I think that was a lightbulb moment for her because that's exactly what she did!  She was so excited and we were soooo happy for her! 

I really don't know how she does some of these dives!  I'm scared to even jump into the pool from the side now that I'm older and I know things can break!  Ok, I'm not ashamed to admit I'm a sissy!  :o)

Well, it's been a long day for us so I will quickly share another card made with the Papaya Collage stamp set.  It's a simple 3" x 3" card and you can never have too many of these babies!  So, quick and easy and nice to have when you need to slip a little note or birthday wish to someone!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a fun and safe weekend!

Wonderful You

Hope you all enjoyed Father's Day!  We didn't do too much here but that's just the way my husband likes it.  So, it was a perfect day for him.  And, since it is his day, I'm fine with it. 

This is a girlie card and no, I didn't give it to my husband for Father's Day.  But, he is wonderful so I thought I'd share it today.

We made it yesterday in my New Catalog Kick-Off class and it was made with one of my new favorite stamp sets from the new Stampin' Up! catalog, *Papaya Collage*.  Not sure how it got it's name but it is a set that I know I will use over and over.  I love the soft colors of this card and how they all go perfectly together. 

Can you find the new Vintage Faceted Designer Button? It blends in in the pic but just finishes the card off beautifully in person.

I celebrated my birthday this weekend and was giddy when my friend Michelle brought a cake to class and Keri brought me my favorite drink in the world, a Cherry Coke from Sonic!  I just have one question that I need to ask Sonic though, Why do they randomly add a cherry?  I love cherries and would love the bottom of my drink covered in them but I am so disappointed when I get to the bottom and there isn't even ONE!  Does anyone have the answer to that question?  :o) 

I took this pic at a weird angle.  It didn't look right when I rotated it either.  It was delicious and my family devoured it!  Ok, I did eat most of it.  :o)  Anyway, I want to say a BIG *Thank You* to my sweet friends!

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