Happy 95th!

Hey there Stampers!


I have a really fun card for you today and I can't wait to share it with you, but first I will share with you how I came to create it.


My good friend, Kyla, opened a flower shop about a year ago and she asked me if I would sell my cards in her store!  I was thrilled and of course said yes!  I have been selling my cards there ever since.  A few weeks ago a customer was looking for 2 specialty cards to give to someone who was turning 95, so she gave me a call.  Yah!  I took down all the details and got to work!


I knew that it was a fall birthday, that she wanted '95' on the cards and she just loved all of the other things that I had made - no pressure!  ;)


So here is one of the cards I came up with.....

I wanted to incorporate a little sunflower (the flower of fall in my mind) some wood grain stamping and some wonderful fall colours - that plaid pattern was a great touch too!

I was really pleased with how it all turned out.  My customer loved it too!

Thank you for stopping by!  Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Just Add Ink for a Teacher Thank you!

Hello there,

I hope your week is off to a really great start! 

This week I am busy making teacher thank you gifts and cards for my kids to take to school with them - the count down is on and they are just SO exctied to be finished school!

I stopped on over to Just Add Ink for some inspiration and what did I see...

Just Add Ink #267....Just Add Typography!

I am sure everyone is having the same thought....what does that mean?  So they also gave us the definition:

"Using font or type to create print"

So, I had a great idea.  Use the paper from the new lightweight DSP paper pack.  One of the sheets has big bold numbers on it and the colour scheme is Basic Black and Very Vanilla - perfect for my two older son's who have male teachers!  

Here is my card...

  

I wanted to use up some of my Chalkboard paper that has recently retired (sniff, sniff) a great option for a teacher card, don't  you think?

 I wanted to coordinate the gift bag so I used some of this great DSP to cover the side of a paper gift bag.  Inside, I added some treats with handmade tag.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy stampin'

Tammy

Retro Challenge!

Hello my stampin' friends,

Today, I have a card for you that we made at my last workshop and I fashioned it using the Retro Sketches Challenge!  

Here is a picture of the sketch....

 

I have been wanting to use my Feel Good stampset for a while - I just love the sayings that it has!  I made this card for a friend of mine who has opened her own flower shop!  She is SO talented and I know that this has been a dream of her for some time.  Her shop is beautiful!  And she even sells some of my cards for me - thank you Kyla!  If you are in the southern Ontario area, be sure to stop by to see her shop - Jo-Dee's Blooms & Things!

Anyway, on to my card!  Another one of my new tools that I wanted to use for this card was the Lovely Lace Embossing folder!  So pretty - perfect for a flower shop owner, don't ya think?

I finished it off with some Bitty Butterflies and of course some ribbon!

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy 

Deck the Halls!

Hi there!

 

Glad you stopped by!  This week I held another one of my Christmas card classes - I had 23 ladies join me!  It was SO much fun!

 

 

I start my Christmas card classes in August - yep, August!  I have a one Christmas card class each month and we make 4 cards at each class...the idea is everyone has 20 handmade cards after December's class to send with their Christmas wishes to their friends and family.  I have to say - it is a huge hit!

 

So what does it look like when you are cutting 100 cards?  I love to see the cardstock and paper stacked up after it is all cut........

 

 

 

Here is the card we made...

 

 

I used the new stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue called Christmas Messages.  I just LOVE this set!  It has really great messages for the inside of your card as well as fab greetings for the front as well!  Awesome choice for your Christmas cards this year!  This 'deck the halls' worked perfectly with the second smallest framelit from the labels collection.

 

So here are the supplies I used:

 

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

Be of Good Cheer DSP (retired)

Cherry Cobbler Ribbon

Big Shot

Labels Collection Framelits

Rhinestones

 

Thank you for taking a look!

 

Tammy

 

Tiny Tiny Wishes

Hello my Stampin' Friends!

 

For today's post, I have a card I created for my most recent card class and for a sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Crew!  I was SO excited to be able to participate in my first challenge....you know, I thought long and hard, I planned, I promoted it in my card class and then whammo!  I realized I was too late to participate!  Oh well, better planning next time.  Well I promised my friends from class that I would post it on my blog and so, here it is....I hope you like it.

 

 

Well, I had great fun creating this card we had great fun making it too!  Go ahead and check out Paper Craft Crew.  They are a very talented bunch with some awesome sketch challenges!

 

Here are the supplies I used:

 

Paper: Very Vanilla Cardstock, Early Espresso Cardstock, Limited Edition Designer Series Paper (retired), Marina Mist Cardstock, Marina Mist Designer Series Paper

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Established Elegance (retired

Accessories: Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelits, Marina Mist Ribbon (retired), Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Tammy