Fall Birthday Card

Let me first say, "Sorry!" I don't like it when I don't post something new in at least a weeks time. It went over that by a day or two. I hope you can forgive me. No, I haven't been sick. I am adjusting to a new schedule. I am now working again, of which, I have not worked outside of the home in 19 years. Crazy, huh?

The card I have made is very similar to the September 25th post, in case you want to compare it. I had stamped with a few other ladies that wanted to make the card that I had posted on the 25th. I made it along with them until it came time to stamp. I decided I would finish it later. Well, I finally sat down to play with it and this is what I came up with. I have a special young man in mind that will be receiving this card. He loves to hunt. Last year I made him a card with a deer on it. He also loves cake. This is why I chose to use the images below for this card.

Recipe for this card (all current SU! products):
Cardstock: taken with teal, really rust, more mustard, naturals ivory, autumn meadows DSP, and, chocolate chip
Stamp sets: crazy for cupcakes, teeny tiny wishes, and fun and fast notes
Ink: really rust, chocolate chip, and more mustard
Markers: taken with teal, more mustard, really rust, close to cocoa, and chocolate chip
Tools: big shot, sizzix scallop circles #2 and circles #2, paper piercer, large oval punch, and word window punch
Accessories: 5/8" very vanilla grosgrain ribbon

I would love to know what you think. Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post. Thanks for stopping by.

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I have quite a few cards I need to get done in the near future. I decided to use Gretchen Barron's sketch to give me a great start for this card. Go to her blog and try her sketch for yourself. They are a lot of fun.
For this card I used the crazy for cupcakes and teeny tiny wishes stamp set. The DSP is autumn meadows from the holiday mini catalog. I also used really rust, more mustard, taken with teal, and very vanilla cardstock. For ink I used really rust and chocolate chip. To color in the cupcake I used Stampin' markers close to cocoa, tempting turquoise, taken with teal, really rust, and more mustard. I also adding dazzling diamonds glitter to make the frosting look more inviting.

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Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

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Three Ways to Decorate a Candle

Last year I was supposed to teach some ladies how to decorate a candle. During the class, we ran out of time and never did get to make one. I decided to have just a candle class this time around. I have 3 different ways we can decorate a candle. These would make excellent Christmas gifts or for any time of year depending on your choice of stamps.

The first candle is the one we were supposed to make last year. They will learn how to put stamped images onto the candle. The trick is to not melt the candle too much. Yep, I have done that before.

The second candle (to the right) is decorated using Stampin' Up! rub-ons. The ones I have chosen are retired now, but we do have some that you can buy from the current catalog and in the holiday mini, as well.

The third candle, which is down below, is decorated using designer series paper. This candle is my favorite of the three.

You will have to let me know what you think of these. If you have any other ideas you can let me know that too. It is always a good thing to try and better ourselves, right? I think it is.

As always, thanks for taking the time to look at my blog. If it has inspired you to try one, please let me know. I would love to know that something I did helped you want to try something new too.

Have a great day!

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Voila' Recipe Box

Hello, to all of my blogging friends. If it wasn't for all of you taking the time to look at my creations, I might as well just throw in the towel now. You are the reason why I take the time to take pictures and post. Thank you, everyone, for looking at my blog, for all of the wonderful comments, and telling others to visit my blog.

My baby is going to be 19 on the 3rd. I told her I would make her a recipe box. I had made one before and she loved it. This one though has some of what she wanted in it. She wanted polka dots (loves them) and likes the night of navy and rose red colors together. You may be asking if this is her kitchen colors. The answer to that is, "No." She wanted me to use what I had.

I wanted to get a few different views for you to see what the box looks like. The first is the most fun to create. I love the little chef. He is one of my favorite stamps. I have him adhered with dimensionals. His buttons are black brads. As for what he is holding, I used crystal effects to try to make it look like steel. I should have used the brushed silver paper, but I did not think about it until I was done.

This is a view of what the divider cards look like inside of the box. I also have recipe cards in between them. You just can't see them. Making the dividers is very easy. The most tedious part is making the recipe cards. I didn't make a bunch of them because they do take a lot of time. I ended up using the stamp-a-majig because the recipe is just a little bit crooked on the wood. That is why it took longer. I will probably sometime in the future end up having to make more of them up. I am sure my daughter will tell me when she needs them.

This is the last view I wanted to take for you all to see. These make such wonderful gifts to give. They are great for weddings, birthdays, and a house warming gift.

Just so you know I ended up using retired DSP on part of this. I normally prefer to use what is current, but I knew this was the one my daughter would like. As always, all of the supplies are SU!, except for the recipe box. It was purchased from a nearby craft store.

Thanks so much for looking. I hope you will take the time to tell me what you think by leaving a comment.

Have a wonderful day.

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Fancy Favor Basket

Happy Tuesday to everyone. Believe it or not, 25 years ago today, I married my husband and best friend, Dave. I would say the two strongest things about our relationship has always been sharing the same faith in God and having very good communication skills. From the time we first liked each other conversation has always been so easy. Well, I wanted to make something for him as a gift.

Do you love it when people come up with a new idea using a certain tool. Well, I do. I wanted to think outside of the box and come up with and idea using the fancy favor box die. Instead of the box being shaped like a rectangle, I made it into a square. It is very easy to change. I cut the DSP to cover just the first main section (front) of the box. You have to have some of the side cut with it too. You use the little bit of the side to adhere it to the other pieces of the fronts. You need to cut 4 of the front pieces. Once I glued them all together I cut a square to adhere to the bottom. The normal bottom tabs are not long enough to attach them altogether.

I wanted to show you two different views in order for you to get the whole idea of what it looks like. I filled it with a whole bag of nuggets. No, I do not want to make my husband gain weight. I just know that he likes them. More than likely I will eat some of them too!! :-)

Now it is your turn to try this out. If you have any problems you can email or comment me and ask. I will try and help you out.

Recipe for this box. All items are current Stampin' Up! products.

DSP: Autumn Meadows (mini catalog)

Stamp set: Autumn Harvest

Cardstock: really rust, naturals ivory, and chocolate chip

Ink: really rust and chocolate chip

Tools: Big Shot, fancy favor box die, watercolor crayons, and blender pens

Accessories: vintage brads

If you like this out of the box idea, please leave a comment and tell me what you think. Now I want to see you take this idea and use it for yourself. It is very easy to do.

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Autumn Harvest Anniversary Card

I wanted to do Gretchen Barron's weekend sketch challenge #103 this week. You can find her sketch by clicking here. I needed to make my husband an anniversary card. It will be 25 years on the 29th. Yep, I still love him. He has been very good to me.

It took me quite a bit of time to make this one. I love how it turned out in the end. I hope it looks manly. I think what makes me question it is putting the holes in the scallops. Men can have some frills too though, right?

I am also going to add this into the StampinUpLNStampers challenge for this week too. We are supposed to make a card using chalks. I broke out my stampin pastels and colored in my images and then used blender pens to enhance the chalks. I am very pleased. In fact, I can't wait to show my husband, but I have to wait a few days. :-(

These are the supplies I used to make this card. Everything is SU!. DSP: Autumn Meadows; Cardstock: really rust, more mustard, taken with teal, natural ivory, and chocolate chip; Ink: chocolate chip and really rust; Tools: big shot, circles #2, circles scallop #2, modern label punch, word window punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, crop-o-dile, paper piercer, and straight edge scallop punch; Accessories: 5/8" very vanilla grosgrain ribbon and dazzling diamonds.

I am sure Gretchen would love to have more participants in her sketch challenge. I hope that my card gives you the inspiration to do it. If so, make sure you sign up under the Mr. Linky on her blog this way other bloggers can see your card too.

Please tell me what you think. Thanks for looking at my blog and come back again real soon.


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Fall Card Class

I have the fall cards done for the class I am having next week. I needed to make sure I kept the promise I made in my post that is just below this one. I used the Autumn Meadows DSP from the mini catalog to create these cards. The nice thing about choosing a DSP it makes it much easier to choose your cardstock. They always have the colors listed with the DSP preview pictures in the catalogs. They didn't used to do this, but it is great that SU! does this now. It makes life easier.
I need to give some credit where it is due right now. I did not come up with the acorn made from punches, on the card above, on my own. There is another very talented lady that came up with this idea. You can get the directions on how to make one of these from her blog. She has a tutorial showing how she made it. Look at the other things she has made using SU! punches.

I try to keep my cards for the classes more simple. My customers are happier when I keep them that way and even tell me to. It makes it so the class runs smoother and faster.

I decided not to put a specific saying on any of these cards. This way they can be used for more than one occasion.

If you have an extra minute or so, I would love to hear what you think about the cards. Please leave a comment where it says "comment" at the bottom of this post. As always, thanks so much for taking the time to look. I also hope you have been inspired to create a card too! It isn't hard. I always say, "If you can color, you can stamp!"

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