Month: November 2012

cards · Christmas · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps · Watercolor · Winter

Printworks Merry Christmas…

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A Printworks Collection stamped Christmas card… have you seen it in the stores yet?   You’ll find the stamps @ Printworks Collection.com HERE.

the inside…

Here’s something to make your shopping sweeter!

PrintWorks in Carson!
Come join us in Carson this Saturday and Sunday!  PrintWorks will be at the Original Rubber Stamp Convention at the Carson Convention Center this Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 3 pm.
Stop by the booth for a make-n-take, card and tag frenzy, discount stamps and diecuts, the release of the 2012 Limited Edition Snowman, and more!
Carson Community Center
3 Civic Plaza Dr. Carson, CA 90745
Carson St. exit off the 405
(310) 835-0212 (Directions only)
SPECIAL COUPON
Print out this email and present it the booth to participate in the make-n-take for free!
Valid once. Limit one per person.
FREE SHIPPING THROUGH SUNDAY
For those of you not able to attend the show, we would like to offer you FREE shipping on our website, for orders $20 or more!  ($5 shipping on orders under $20).  Please type FALL2012 in the comments section.

Happy Stamping!

Stamps and Supplies I used…

cards · Christmas · Flexmarkers · Marianne Design · Marianne Design Creatables · Promarkers · punches · Scrapping Center · Spellbinders dies

Scrapping Center SALE and Caroling Daisy…

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20% off PLUS an additional 10% off when  you use the code VETERANS!

The best part of waking up is not Folgers in your cup anymore!!!  It’s waking up to a SALE! lol   ☕

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Meet Caroling Daisy… a new clear stamp from the Don and Daisy line by Marianne Design.  She is stamped on Hammermill 80# Color copy paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  The pattern paper is from the NEW Fancy Pants Christmas 6×6 pad.

I used the new Book die from Marianne Design and stamped a stamp from Embossing Arts on the book page.  I had to use a negative mask (I made it by stamping and cutting out what I wanted to stamp)  to stamp the image.

Martha Stewart holly branch punch and holly border punch. ok – the holly branch punch is hard to find, some places say discontinued… I found it at Blue Moon, link below… if you want it… grab it while you can!  The JOY sentiment is from Printworks Collection.

I wish I’d thought to stickle up the candle beams… there is always something I think of after the fact… this is already version 2! lol

Believe it or not,  I used the Sweet Stop Sketches sketch for my card!!! lol   I’m going to go ahead and link it up even though I had to take a detour or two! hehe

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate it! I love hearing from you and appreciate all your awesome comments and friendship!!!

Stamps and Supplies I used…

Card Sketch · cards · Christmas · copics · MFT · Penny Black · Perfect Layers Tools · Quickutz · rubber stamps · Spellbinders dies

Guest for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge…

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It’s sooooo fun to play in challenges here and there… awhile back I won a guest designer position on the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges blog with my Hay Rides Kiddos card!!!  YEA!  You can see it HERE.   Love Karen’s sketches!

Thanks Karen for the sweet sketches and the invitation to join the challenge this time!

Here’s the sketch I used today…

Here’s a list of the Sweet Sunday Sketch designers… click to see their fabulous takes on the sketch!

 

I had to mirror image the sketch so the Penny Black Mimi image would fit between the houses in the October Afternoon pattern paper from a few years ago.   I will always love this house paper!   I’ll be so sad when the last piece is used up… it’s timeless!  The dot and the poinsettia are from the same collection.

The sentiment stamp I used is from a clear set by PaperTrey Ink, called Stylish Sentiments: Holiday.  It was new last year I think.  I stamped it with Colorbox Dark Brown Chalk ink.

Mimi is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. I used W3 under the reds, R24, E07 and R59.  Her coat started out with BG10…had to add other BG colors and then use some W1 gray to get it to match the paper.  I edged the papers with Antique Linen Distress ink and the Ink Blending tool.  I used my Perfect Layers Tools for Perfect mats… love, love the 1/16th inch ruler!  For this card I used 1/16th and 3/16ths.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Click over to the Sweet Sketches Challenge and play along!  ttul!

Stamps and supplies I used to make this card… (I couldn’t find the same flower punch I used to link up to, so I linked to another that I also thought about using)

cards · Christmas · Distress Ink coloring · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · punches · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia…Tilda’s Town Challenges…Winter Weather!

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Oh, the weather outside is frightful… not really…hehe!  At some point it will snow though!  This is such a sweet Tilda… Snowy Tilda is her name… part of the new A Christmas Story Collection from Magnolia.  You can see the collection and the new Nativity Collection @ Tilda’s Town .com HERE.  Always free shipping and be sure to check out the discounts available!

This is my card for Tilda’s Town challenges this week.  Winter Weather… hope you can play along! Click over and see what the other Design Team gals created… always fabulous creating going on @ Tilda’s Town HERE.

I used a new Fiskars border punch,  colored with Distress Ink refills and matted with my Perfect Layers Tools!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

 

cards · CAS · Christmas · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · punches · rubber stamps

Printworks… CAS-ual Fridays…kraft on…

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add some jingle!  I love to sing and I’ve always loved the ‘Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly’ song!  What a cute silhouette elf… All the stamps are from Printworks Collection.  This is one of the cards I designed for them and will be showing up on a sample board in retail stores around the country! I can’t wait to hear from you, if you’ve seen it in person!

The challenge over on the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog is Kraft On… so I’m entering my card there!

Here’s the inside…

I used my Perfect Layers tools for matting…Printworks Oak Brown ink and the Ink Blending Tool to edge the papers. Holly painted with Printworks stamp pad ink and reinkers. I use the Omnigrid ruler to line up the fishtail banner straight.  The Die-namics Fishtail banner that I’m linking to, would’ve worked, I didn’t have it at the time… have it now! hehe  May Arts ribbon… I think you can get this from Printworks too,  just email Nicole & Chelsea at the store site.

Stamps and Supplies I used…

Printworks stamps… Add some Jingle A3985 HERE and C3982 Santa’s Elf  stamp HERE