Damask Tags and a Flowery CASE

Hey dear friends - did you miss me for a few days?!?! I'm just been so busy this past couple of weeks with some church projects and Design Team work I don't know which way is up!! But it's a fun creative kind of busy! KWIM??

I did manage to get projects for the two Split Coast weekend challenges done. First for the inspiration challenge -Stephanie showed us a wonderful jewelry site, Destiny's Creations. I was inspired by these lovely silver embossed earrings

I silver embossed my Victorian Damask stamp by Rubbernecker onto silver cardstock. Then cut it with a Nestie label and added clear flowers, colored flowers and brads.

The silver cord is from my mother-in-laws ribbon box that I inherited and it's labelled "silver cloisonne thread".

These pretty tags also qualify for the Moxie Fab World challenge - Diggin' On Damask!

Stamps: Victorian Damask Panel #498 - Rubbernecker
Paper: silver - unknown
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: silver EP, hot gun, flowers - Taylored Expressions, clear flower - Heidi Swapp, scalloped tags - Spellbinders, brads - Blue - Making Memories - green - Basic Grey, silver cloisonne thread - Edna Williams

CherylQuilts is the featured stamper this week and I chose her pretty Bouquet of Thanks card to CASE. I used a different flower stamp and different colors. I love the way she punched the patterned paper with the lacey edge punch.

I used a deckled edge oval Nestie for my image and sponged the eges with Old Paper ink before taking it out of the die.

My daffodils are from Rubbernecker Stamps

I'm off to work on some more projects! The wonderful Waltzingmouse Sneak Peeks will be starting on Thursday 11/4 so be sure to stop by then!!

Stamps: Rubbernecker - Daffodils #506-03
Paper: Vintage Cream, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Text Style/Distressed Dots - PTI
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress - Old Paper
Accessories: Copics - YG91, YG95, YR21, Y21, YR02, Scalloped & deckled ovals - Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Lacey edge punch, rhinestones - Kaiser, foam dimensionals, wrinkled seam binding - http://www.prairiebirdboutique.etsy,com

The Last of the Halloween Treats!

Hi, Dear Friends! I'm actually doing a lot of stamping but it's all Design Team stuff so I can't share it just yet! (it will all start on 11/4 so be sure to come by!) Wait 'til you see what Claire's coming out with next!!!

For now - I wanted to share a few of the treat containers I made for Halloween to sell at my church fair this past weekend that I hadn't posted here yet.

Decorating or making containers is one of my most favorite things to do - as you probably know if you come by to visit me at regular intervals!!

I got these cute little jars at JoAnn's for $1.oo each! They are about 2"x1" and I filled them with bat droppings (malted milk balls in this case!)

The stamps are Waltzingmouse - Wanda's Pantry and Midnight Feast.

Next - I totally, shamelessly copied these fun little houses from Steph I absolutely loved them when I saw them on her blog. (Thank you Steph!!!)

The template is Claire's and is available free at Waltzingmouse (Claire decorated it as a Gingerbread house). How clever of Steph to see a haunted Halloween house in it!!

I made mine so the bottom opens (didn't glue the tabs) - and I slipped a little bag of candy corn inside. The stamps are from Midnight Feast.

And finally - I got these fun pails at Target last year for $1 each (I almost forgot I had bought them - I had put them in my attic and found them 3 days before the fair!) So I quickly decorated them up!
The stamps are from Wanda's Pantry - the bats are Spellbinders, the ghost is Sizzix, the web ribbon is from Sharon's Stamp Simply Ribbon Shop and the saddle stitched ribbon is PTI. I drew eyes on the bats with a silver marker. (I know - bats don't have eyes - but they look more spooky with them!) So there you go - are you in the Halloween spirit now?!!! You've still got 2 days to make something!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Pics from the Fair and Two Challenges

Hello friends! I'm finally back after a very busy weekend working at my church fair -Yikes - I'm exhausted! I have a few pictures to share with you today.

Here's the main hall where we have the Candy Table, Baked Goods, Country Store, Knit Table, and the Stamped Cards and Crafts Table.

Here's all the delicious hand made candy - I bought my usual 1/2 pound of Cashew Turtles - Yum!!

These are some of the sweet little kids sweaters someone made and donated to the Knit Table.

Here's a view of my Stamped Cards/Crafts table.

In another hall on the first floor we have a Jewelry table and a Holiday Table.
Downstairs we have a book table - actually more like a book 'area' with great bargains - hardcovers cost 50 cents and paperbacks are a quarter!

On Friday night we have a pie social - and on Saturday there is a Snack Bar for lunch.

In another hall downstairs we have the ever popular White Elephant room (a polite name for 'junk'!!)

And seeing as I wasn't able to stamp all weekend - I just had to do a couple of the Split Coast challenges today!

My first project is for Joan's Try a New Technique challenge - to make a Christmas Ornament. She had several examples to inspire us. I wanted to try the double ball ornament - You can find the Tutorial in the SCS forum here

What a fun little gift tag this will make - and then the recipient can put it on their tree! AND it's quick and easy to make! You really need to try one! This also fits Kimme's Hope You Can Cling to challenge to use ribbon.

Stamps: none
Paper: Amuse
Ink: none
Accessories: pin & jewels - Mark's Finest Papers, wrinkled seam binding - www.prairiebirdboutique.etsy.com

I made this card for the SCS Clean and Simple challenge - to use gingham or checks. It also fits Jessica's Hope You Can Cling To challenge - Sew Thankful for Friendship. To use some kind of stitching on your card.

I used gingham patterned paper from Amuse. The stamps are Waltzingmouse - the stitching stamp for my faux stitched borders is from Off Beat Backgrounds, the heart and sentiment are from Seasons of Love

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Seasons of Love, Off Beat Backgrounds
Paper: white - PTI, DP- Amuse
Ink: Ranger Distress Faded Jeans, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: heart button & silk ribbon - PTI, glue dot,

Thanks for coming by today - I'm off to bed - gotta try and catch up on my sleep!

Saturday Waltzingmouse Sketch - WMSC20 Bravo!

Welcome to another Saturday Waltzingmouse Sketch my friends! This week there is a trendy tag involved!
I turned the sketch on it's side for my card today

Another clean and simple interpretation for me. I used Musical Backgrounds and Fancy Phrases on my card today.

This also fits Lori's Hope You Can Cling To Challenge over on SCS - Bring in the Brown - to use brown as a central color. The dots on the patterened paper and the ink I used is brown.

Now you want to waltz over to the WMS Sketch Blog and get inspired by the cards the Mischief Makers and other DT members have created using this week's sketch.

Then make your own card using the sketch and link it on the Sketch Blog by Thursday 10/28/10 at 11:59 pm EST - you could be chosen Top Mouse next week!! Sometimes Claire offers little random winner prizes too - you never know!

I'm at my church fair today - hopefully selling lots of stuff! I'll have pics to share with you here soon!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Musical Backgrounds, Fancy Phrases.

Paper: Vintage Cream - PTI, DP Basic Grey Paper Pad/Archaic

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Sizzix tag die, silk ribbon - PTI, Foam dimensionals.

TE Blast from the Past Blog Hop - The Magic of Christmas!

I'm so excited to be participating in the Taylored Expressions blast from the Past blog hop again! This month we were to use any Christmas/Holiday TE stamps on our card.

I tried to create a night time Christmas Eve scene - using several hues of blue and clear embossing all the images so the details would show up in all the blueness. The house, moon and sentiment are popped up on foam dimensionals. I cut off the bottom half of the house to have room on my 4 1/4" x 4 1'/4" card for Santa flying overhead!

All my images are from the set Holiday Wonder.

I wanted to create the feeling of a late winter's night, with the cold crisp snowy woods when everyone in the house is sound asleep! Truly the magical time of Christmas.

Here are the links to all the people participating in this fun blog hop today! I know you'll find a lot of great holiday card ideas if you hop!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Holiday Wonder

Paper: white, enchanted evening - PTI, Night of Navy, Buckaroo Blue, more mustard - SU

Ink: Ranger Distress - Chipped Sapphire, Weathered Wood

Accessories: Copics B21, B37, Y21, Circle punch, foam dimensionals, clear EP, hot gun, rhinestones - Kaiser, blending tool & non stick craft mat - Inkssentials Ranger.

Momento Mori 6 Graveyard - Moxie Fab World

This is the spooky fun Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World. And this is the tag card I was inspired to make after seeing it!

The tree is a Sizzix die, the tombstones are a Martha Stewart punch and the stamps are from Waltzingmouse. The leaves are from Teeny Trees and the sentiment is from Midnight Feast. I sponged everything with Frayed Burlap and the tombstones are popped up on foam dimensionals.

My card also fits Victoria's Hope You Can Cling to challenge over on SCS - Walk on By - to make a card showing someplace you walk. Kent and I often walk through our town's cemetary although it's not quite as spooky as this!

I thought I wasn't going to be stamping this week - but I just got so inspired I had to make this card!!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Teeny Trees, Midnight Feast

Paper: Soft Stone, Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow - PTI

Ink: Ranger Distress - Frayed Burlap, Scattered Straw, Old Paper, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Martha Stewart gravestone punch, blending tool & nonstick craft mat - Ranger, foam dimensionals, Zutter corner rounder, Sizzix bare tree.

Ahoy Matey!

Isn't this the coolest pirate ship!? I bought this on sale probably a year ago - and then never had an opportunity to use it! But along comes the Teapot Tuesday Challenge over on Split Coast. This week it's a wild story about Donald Duck firing all the characters at Disney World and the teapotters going to gather everyone up so we can take Disney to Lynette who could use some cheering up - you can read the whole story here !

Anyhoo - I'm most happy to oblige by getting my Mickey Pirate ship onto the high seas and shipping whoever wants to go down to visit Lynette - so all aboard you guys!!! we're going to Disney or we're taking Disney!?

Thanks for stopping by today! I may not be posting too much this week - my church fair is this weekend - and I'm helping set up the tables and decorating the halls this week - not to mention setting up our stamping table and pricing all the goodies I've been making over the last few months! I'll share some pics with you early next week!

Oh - I forgot - I will be participating in the Taylored Expressions Blast from the past Blog Hop on Friday AND I'll have a Waltzingmouse Sketch card posting on Saturday - hope you'll join in too!

Stamps: Half Pint Heroes - Waltzingmouse Stamps
Paper: Vintage cream, white - PTI, Basic Black - SU, DP Basic grey Paper pad Indian Summer
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Barn Door - Ranger DIstress
Accessories: Provo craft Disney Ahoy Matey die, Labels 14 Nestabilities, foam dimensionals, blending tool & craft mat - Ranger