Witching Decor Class

Saturday was a fun day with a group of five girls assembling their Witching Decor Kits.

The table looks pretty good here at the beginning, but once the inking began, it was an inky mess!  I should have taken pictures of some of the inky fingers!

Did I mention it was a bit messy??  Take a look at Linda's pants!  This was from working with the burlap strip.  Thank goodness for lint rollers.

If you'd like to make this adorable Witches Hat, SHOP NOW on my website.  You will need the kit and THIS STAMP SET.   You will love it!

Thank you for looking in today!  Have a Blessed Sunday!

~ Donna

Silent Night Sleigh Ride

Here are two different versions of the same card using two different techniques.  Which one do you prefer?

I CASE'd (Copy And Share Everything) from Tami White a week or so ago and am finally getting to posting this.

The first one was done with Tami's technique of using the brayer.  I don't think I have very good brayering skills.

This one I did with Sponge Daubers, trying to get the colors to blend a little better.  I kind of like them both now, because looking at the top one, the light blue line kind of looks like another hill in the distance with the dark color being the sky.

The "silent night" was stamped with VersaMark and then Silver Embossing Powder and heated with the heat gun.  Sadly, these pictures don't show the shine at all, but it's there and it's fabulous!  Trust me!  :)

The stars are also stamped with VersaMark and then used White Embossing Powder and the heat gun.  After inking the blues, simply wipe over the stars with a soft tissue to make the white again.

Did you notice the great little "shadow".  This is my favorite part of the card!

To make the shadow, die cut the sleigh and horse out of Night of Navy and carefully attach it to the Whisper White.  Isn't that a great effect?

Now, I bet you're wondering why I'm showing you these ornaments cut out of the Silver Foil Paper.  Well, I firmly believe in being frugal, especially when it comes to our Foil Paper.  Why waste an entire quarter of paper when you can die cut some beautiful ornaments from the center.  No one will ever know (unless they're reading this too!) so you can save paper and create other fabulous cards or projects at the same time.

If you have any questions about the process, please let me know.

Thank you for looking in today.  I hope you have a Stampy Fun Weekend!!

~ Donna

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Let It Snow.

Here is another fun card made using the Happy Scenes / Hearth & Home Bundle (140853).  Have I mentioned how much I love this great window?  I've been hoping for a very very long time that Stampin' Up! would put this in our collection.  I hope it lasts beyond the Holiday Catalog!

Recipe:

Card Base:  Soft Sky - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Layer:  Night of Navy  4 7/8" x 3 5/8"
Behind the Window:  Whisper White 3 1/4" x 2 1/2"

Tips and Tricks:  To be sure you stamp the "snowflakes" in the corner of the window, lay the window over the Whisper White piece.  Put a small dot in the corner with a pencil.  Also, make a small dot where you want your trees to line up.  I decided by where I wanted the top of the largest tree to be.

Since the stamps are Photopolymer, you can see exactly where the dots are you mark and can easily stamp perfectly.

I also added a little bit of Soft Sky with my Sponge Dauber around the snowflakes and the sky and a little bit on the snowy hill.

Unlike yesterday's card (if you missed it, you can see it here), I bumped the window frame up off of the scene to add dimension and depth to the window itself.

Thank you for stopping in today - I hope you'll come back again tomorrow!

~ Donna

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Grateful Heart

When I saw this on LeeAnn Greff's blog, I knew I had to try it and make it with a couple of changes.  Plus, since there weren't any instructions as it's a class she's doing, I had to wing it.  

I began with Very Vanilla (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4") for the card base and Soft Suede (5 1/4" x 4") for the layer.  The "moon" is cut from the Circles Collection Framelits.  Not the largest circle, but the next to the largest.  I numbered mine from the smallest size out so it's #8 in my set.  I used Hello Honey card stock and used Tangelo Twist to sponge on some color.

The card stock behind the window is Very Vanilla 3 1/4" x 2 1/2".  I stamped the tree with the pumpkins from Happy Scenes and then colored the pumpkins with my Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Markers.  I used our Sponge Daubers with Tangelo Twist and So Saffron to add a little "sunset" on the horizon.

The window is attached directly to the Very Vanilla and then the whole thing is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Oh, and yes, I stamped the pumpkins and some falling leaves onto the Soft Suede and also the pumpkins onto Tangelo Twist and fussy cut them out.  Whew!  I like how it came out though, don't you?

Thank you for looking in today!

~ Donna

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Get Well Soup

Who needs a get well card when you can give a Get Well Soup?  Our Kraft Tag a Bag Gift Bags are fully colorable, stampable and customizable to fill with whatever you can fit inside!

I placed the Kraft Bag inside the Happy Hearts Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot for some nice texture onto the bag.

Then I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the Cherry on Top stack 2" high leaving the width at 6".  I wrapped it as far as it would go around the bag and then placed my package inside.

I stamped the image onto Shimmery White card stock with Black StazOn ink and colored the bowl with Bermuda Bay ink from inside the lid of the ink pad and my Aqua Painter.  The "soup" is Hello Honey.  I stamped the heart and the spoon again with Real Red and then cut them out with my paper snips and attached them to the bowl.  The spoon is glued down directly while the heart is popped up with half of a Stampin' Dimensional.

Want to see what I put inside??  You're going to love this!

A Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup package fits perfectly inside!  What better way to wish someone a Get Well, than with Get Well Soup!

Here's what I did on the back since the DSP isn't wide enough to go all the way around AND even if it did, the bag needed room to expand, so I attached a long piece of Thick Baker's Twine onto each side under the paper and then cut it in the middle and tied it with the soup packet inside.

To make it easier, I suppose I could have put the Bakers Twine all the way around the bag and under the DSP, but I just now thought of that as I was typing!

I hope you don't have anyone with a cold or flu, but if you do, now you know how to brighten their day!

Thank you for looking in!

~ Donna

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Chocolate Sprinkles on Top

I see these cute little donuts everywhere with the bright colors that go with the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack.  BUT, being a chocolate, maple and caramel type of girl, I decided to change up those donuts  See what you think!

I used Chocolate Chip for the card base and Very Vanilla on the lighter layer - cut at 5 1/4" x 4"

The donuts are stamped with Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Delightful Dijon.  They come as a group of four on the stamp, so I just stamped all four in each of the colors to have plenty of donuts to use.  I punched them out with the 3/4" Circle Punch and popped them up with a half of a dimensional.

It's hard to see, but I used my scoring tool and scored at 2 1/8", 2 1/4", 4" and 4 1/8".  Then turn the card stock over so the bump is up.

Inside I stamped this sentiment.  Sometimes we do like to stop thinking about how many of those birthday's we've had!  However, it is certainly better than the alternative!  I'd rather count the birthdays and keep having them one after another!

Thank you for looking in today.

~ Donna

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Caramel Apple Time

My apologies for not blogging the last couple of days.  The evenings were just too short and my list of things to do were too long!  Isn't that always the way?

But now... I can share this great little project with you.  I first made this at one of our Team Meetings with my upline and just knew we would be making this at our October workshop.

Is this adorable or what???  This is so very simple to make using the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits (135853).  The stamp set used is You're So Sweet, stamped with Real Red and cut out with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch.

Here is what you need to make this little gem.  Cut two full pieces of the Curvy Keepsake in Real Red card stock.  Then cut two top pieces of each top (see picture below) so that you have two of the rounded top and two of the more pointed top from Delightful Dijon card stock.

You only need the tops of the Delightful Dijon because you will be making that the "drippy gooey" caramel.  Simply make a template, or even free hand it.  That's how I made the templates, so I'm sure you can do the same!

These wonderful sweet treats are what we put inside.  Caramel Apple taffy from Sprouts.  Thank you Lorri for telling me where to find the delights!

Simply trace and cut out the Delightful Dijon and attach to the Real Red with liquid glue and then assemble the Curvy Keepsake Box as usual.  Add your treat inside close it up and add a wooden stick.  

Place inside a plastic bag and tie your sentiment on with Delightful Dijon 1" Dotted Lace Trim.

Thank you for looking in today.

~ Donna

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