Paper Craft Crew + Curtian Call = Christmas

I have another Christmas card for you today!  I created it using two challenges - so much fun when you can use two!

They are...

Curtian Call Challenge Blog with a wonderful picture for inspiration.  Just look at the cozy plaid!  I love this picture, perfect when you are snuggling in for the winter.

 

And also...

The Paper Craft Crew - I just love the sketch they had for us this week!

 So I combined the two to create a cozy and merry Christmas card.

I thought it turned out pretty cute, so I decided to make another one using a different plaid pattern.  What do you think?

Be sure to stop by the challenge blogs to see all the fabulous cards.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Square Pillow Box Thinlit Die Video

Hey there!

I had so much fun making the Square Pillow Boxes for Halloween treats, I thought I would share with you the video Stampin'UP! made about these fun little thinlit Dies.  Be sure to notice all the extra little dies that come with it!  Enjoy.....

As always, if you have any questions, just drop me a line and let me know.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Stampin' Celebration Challenge

Happy Monday!  

Did you survive Halloween?  My guys had a great time with their trick or treating.  Lots of candy and lots of sugary energy in this house!  

I am very happy to say it's time for another Stampin' Celebration Challenge and this week we have some picture inspiration for you!  Are you a fan of yellow, grey and white?  If so, this is your week!  These pictures are so much fun! 

Polka dots, stripes, flowers, birds and scalloped edges.  So many great themes to focus on, I had a hard time choosing.  So I decided to make two cards - my first card is my favourite, but both were created using the inspiration pictures.

So I decided to try the Joyful Season stamp for a card other than Christmas.  I thought the cardinal could maybe turned into a cockatial if I stamped him in yellow - well, OK I guess he can be a yellow cardinal, but I think he is pretty cute anyway.  I popped him up with some layered circles using my Circle Framelits and dimensionals.  

Did you notice the little diamond pattern in the birds in inspiration picture?  I had to really zoom in - well that's what brought me to my pattern behind the our little yellow friend.  My greeting is from the stampset Remembering Your Birthday.  I really like the font and the size.
 

For my second card, I used some oldies but goodies!  I started with a Smokey Slate card base again, but added a layer of Daffodil Delight, then a layer of grey and white striped DSP.  

I put a strip of Daffodil Delight edged with my Scallop Punch.  I created some flowers out of yellow and white polka dot DSP using my Pansy and Blossom Punches then layered them on top of each other and then added a bow.  I used my Bird Builder Punch to create a grey and white little bird and placed him right on top of the bow.  I LOVED how that looked in the inspiration picture 

Last but not least, I added some grey leaves to my flowers.  I purposefully left the card without a greeting - because I thought it can be used for anything.  

I sure hope you join us at Stampin' Celebration Challenge!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Remember, inky fingers are the happiest fingers.


Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Halloween with Roger's Daytime TV

Happy Halloween everyone!

Today is a very exciting day at our house.  The pumpkins are getting carved and the candy put into bowls and the costumes are all ready to go! 

To help with the spirit of Halloween, I have pictures of the projects I made for my latest segment of Roger's Daytime TV.  As always, I have SO much fun participating in these segments and promoting Stampin'UP! to our local viewers.

My first picture is of three different treat holders using the Fry Box Die.

 

I created lots of different square pillow boxes using our new Square Pillow Box Framelits die. I decorated them using a variety of different stamps.  Here are some with Sweet Hauntings 'tombstones' as well as Howl-o-ween Treat stampset with coordinating Boo to You Framelits. 

My Season to Season Wreath Project Kit done up with the Halloween favours and ribbon.

 

Another Square Pillow Box die using a window sheet - I must admit it was a little tricky, but it sure looked cute!

 

This Pillow Box is my favourite - vellum!  You can just barely see the candy corn treats inside.  The stamps are from Sparkly Seasons, the witches hat is from the Boo to You Framelits and 'spooky' is from Seasonal Frame Thinlits Dies that coordinates with the Sparkly Seasons stampset.

 

A few more pillow boxes...

 

A close up of my Fry Boxes.

 

My final treat holder is a CASE from my stampin' idol, Erica Cerwin.  She is a genius!  Here is a link to her video creating this little guy.  

 

And finally a little Halloween card.

 

I hope this helps get you into the Halloween spirit.  

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Spooky with Hand Stamped Sentiments

Hey stampers,


I have a spooky card for you today that I created with the sketch inspiration over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  I thought it was a perfect match for some of my Halloween supplies.


Here is the sketch..SPOOKY isn't it?





So, the first thing I saw was a big pumpkin face in the circle, can you see it?  I also wanted to use some of the fabulous Halloween paper that is in the DSP pack from the Holiday catalogue.  My next 'had to use' was my Black Glimmer paper!  I used it for the stars and the sentiment.


Here is my card.....

The stampset and framelits are a coordinating set from the Holiday Catalogue (bundled to get the 15% discount) called Sparkly Seasons.  I just love that this set can be used for Halloween, Christmas and even just winter celebrations.  And the framelits words that are included are great to add to your cards. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to see all of the wonderful cards created over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  AND be sure to stop back tomorrow when I will have pictures of all of my display and projects I used for the Halloween special at Roger's Daytime TV!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Merry Christmas?

Hello all,

Can you believe it is just a little more than 2 months 'till Christmas!?  Have you started your cards?  I always find it easier if I do a little bit at a time.  SO.....I start holding Christmas card classes in August (yes, that reads August) and I host 1 per month through to December.  That way, my customers have a stash of hand made cards to give before all that Christmas rush begins!

The card I have to show you today is a Christmas card that I created in September.  I made this card for my besties to make while we were at our Women's Wellness Weekend - the BEST weekend of the year!  We participate in some of the planned activites, arm knitting was one of them (it was totally fun) but mostly we scrapbook and talk and giggle!  Anyhow, we made this card while we were there.

 

Aren't these little snowmen adorable?!  The Snow Friends set with matching framelites were top of my list to get from the Holiday catalogue! LOVE them. The framelits make cutting-out these little guys and all of their accessories so easy.  It was like making paper dolls.

I wanted to give them some snow to stand in front of but leaving some room for stamping at the bottom.  So I used my decorative dots embossing folder and left the bottom of the cardstock sticking out of the bottom of the embossing folder and made sure my acrylic plates didn't go beyond the embossing folder - that gave me some flat stampin' room. 

My card base is Cherry Cobbler and my DSP is Whipser White and Cherry Cobbler.  The inks I chose are Base Black Archival ink, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch

Hello there,

I have a card to show you today that was made with the card sketch inspiration at Paper Craft Crew Challenges #166 (PCCCS166).  Be sure to stop in there and see all of the wonderful cards that were created using this sketch!

Here is the sketch they had...

And here is my card.....

I just LOVE fall and it is back here in Ontario after a quick blast of the white fluffy stuff on the weekend.  So, to celebrate seeing the beautiful leaves again, I wanted to create a fall inspired card and the Sheltering Tree stampset was calling my name!  lol

I really love how the Sheltering Tree can be used for all four seasons, making it a good set for any collection.  

My patterned paper is from the Into The Woods DSP pack in the Holiday catalogue and I think these yellow leaves are one of my favs along with the two colours of woodgrain.

I couldn't resist adding a little acorn using the new acorn builder punch, it can also be found in the Holiday catalogue.  Very cute and polishes off the card.

This card was really fun to make.  Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy