Take A Spin

When I received my Occasions Mini Catalog in the mail, there were quite a few things I knew I wanted right away. The Take a Spin stamp set was one of these items. I like this set because it can be used for many occasions. Birthday, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Anniversary, and more.

For an upcoming class I thought it would be cool to use some of the new things I purchased. I thought my customers may enjoy getting a chance to play with them too.

This card is made using an image that makes me think of someone I love very much. I am not going to say who it is just in case she looks at my post. I may send it to her sometime soon. She is all of these things that this wheel represents.

This is the recipe for this card, using Stampin' Up! materials only.

Cardstock: elegant eggplant, cajun craze, more mustard, always artichoke, very vanilla, and autumn spice dsp (retired); Ink: always artichoke, more mustard, and elegant eggplant; Stamp sets: take a spin and defining alphabet; Tools: Big Shot, scallop circle #2 die, 2 1/2" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, and the scallop trim border punch; Accessories: game spinner hands.

It took me quite some time to figure out the colors I wanted to use. Once again, I am pleased with the finished project. If you have a minute please leave a comment. I would love to know what you think.

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Stamping411 Challenge SSC183

I loved the Stamping411 sketch for this week. I needed to make a thank you card and the sketch was a great design for me to work from.

When starting I thought I wasn't going to like it, but once again the end result turned out great. That is what counts. I chose my colors from the Stampin' Up! catalog. Sometimes when I can't come up with the colors I would like to use, I will look in the catalog at the samples, find out what colors were used, and then make a card of my own.

Here is a close up of the butterfly. It is made 3D by using dimensionals and glue dots. I twisted 1/4" early espresso grosgrain ribbon around the middle. I should probably say I also used my Big Shot and the Bigz Beautiful Butterflies die. I am very thankful that I bought it.

All products used are Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: baja breeze, crumb cake, soft suede, and elegant soiree dsp
Ink: baja breeze, early espresso, and soft suede
Stamp set: because I care (sentiment)
Tools: big shot, beautiful butterflies bigz die, elegant lines embossing folder, perfect details texturz plate, stamping sponge, and scallop trim border punch
Accessories: 1/4" early espresso grosgrain ribbon and basic pearl jewel

Well, I hope you like it. I really do. If you have a minute leave me a comment!

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Christmas Tags (2)

Christmas, yes, Christmas will be here and gone before you know it. I pray that you and your families are all doing well and have a wonderful Christmas celebrating what the Lord did for us by sending His son, Jesus. Now that is the most wonderful gift anyone has ever given to us.

Have you been making cards, tags, and gifts? I sure do hope so. I try to work on things when I have some extra time to do it. I wanted to share with you 2 more Christmas tags I made. These are really fast and fun to make. Like I have shared with you before, my daughter's boyfriend is a hunter. I had to make a special gift tag for him with a deer on it. Do you suppose it would make him not want to kill a deer ever again? I doubt it. How could you shoot something so innocent, though? I guess, you have to love the sport.



These are the Stampin' Up! supplies I used to create these cute little gift tags.

Cardstock: marina mist, shimmery white, night of navy, and whisper white
Stamp sets: forest friends and snow swirled
Ink: night of navy and platinum shimmer paint
Tools: big shot, two tags bigz die, sponge dauber, boho blossoms punch, and snowflake XL punch
Accessories: clear and silver tinsel trim, filigree designer brad, and dazzling diamonds glitter

When visiting my blog, please take the time to leave a comment and let me know what you think.

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Gift Tags for Christmas

Christmas will be here very soon! Have you been working on cards, tags, and little gifts? I hope you have found time to do it. Homemade items are so fun to make and give away. I am really going to try to get some other projects done and posted in the next few days/week.

Here are some gift tags I made using the Big Shot (113439) and the two tags bigz die (115954). They are quick and fun to make. I used quite a few punches to decorate them. You can tell me what you think by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. I love comments!

I wanted to show you a close-up of one of the tags. This shows you the dimension and detail better.


These are some of the Stampin' Up! items I used to create these tags.

Cardstock: garden green, real red, night of navy, baja breeze, blushing bride, shimmery white, and Candy Land DSP
Classic Ink: real red and night of navy
Tools: big shot, two tags bigz die, elegant lines, petals-a-plenty, and northern flurry embossing folders, white gel pen, platinum shimmer paint, 5 petal flower XL, snowflake XL, ornament XL, eyelet border punch, dotted scallop ribbon border, and the two step bird XL punches, stampin' sponge, and corner rounder
Accessories: clear and silver tinsel trim, silver elastic cord (retired), and silver brads

Have fun creating home made papercrafts!

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Autumn Spice Favors

Sorry for being late in posting these Autumn Spice Favors. I had them done last week, but because of having family staying here I spent time with them as much as possible.

I made these up for fellow coworkers at my job. I figure the only way to try and sell Stampin' Up! is to promote it by making things. These were very fast to create. I may try to do something similar closer to Christmas.

To make these up I used Autumn Spice DSP. I used coordinating cardstock and ink. The punches used were modern label, word window, 1 1/4" circle, 1 3/8" circle, scallop circle, scallop border, eyelet border, and scallop trim border punches. The 1/4" grosgrain ribbon was chocolate chip and always artichoke, of which, have been retired.

Thanks for looking. I hope these will inspire you to make up your own favors. You can use any kind of designer series paper for whatever occasion you need them for. Have fun!!

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More Candy Lane Christmas Cards

My daughter, son-in-law, and grandson are here visiting over Thanksgiving. I have not been able to really spend much time working on any stamping projects lately because of it. I am enjoying their time being here though. There is plenty of time for stamping when they have to go back home. I need to spend as much time with them as possible. I do not know when I will get to see them again.

Here are a few more pictures that go along with the 60 Christmas Card Class post that is just below this one. I have found that for some reason I really like the blue cards. I did not realize it until I started hanging the samples up for my class.

I can't believe how quickly Christmas is coming up on us. Thursday is Thanksgiving!! I pray you all have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING with your family. This is also a great time to share your talent of crafting with you loved ones too. I pray you have time to do that. Homemade gifts are the best!!!

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Candy Lane Christmas 60 Card Class

Have you ever decided to do a class similar to what you have done before, but differently? Well, that is what I have done with this class. To be honest, I do not think I will ever do it again, though. Instead of using the simply scrappin' kit to do this class, I decided to change it up a bit and use Candy Lane Christmas DSP and Candy Cane rub-ons. I knew this class would be different because of not having the stickers to decorate with, but I didn't realize how much time and work the stickers saved. The rub-ons needed help. There were not many borders to use either. Needless to say, I have had to do a lot of punching and improvising. The cards are turning out very pretty, but it is taking quite a while to do.

I still have a lot more samples I need to make up, but here are quite a few I have done. I am glad that even though it is a lot of work, at least they are turning out great.

Tell me what you think? Have you ever experienced anything like this before?

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