Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox project I decided to make a project with no stamping :0) I was going to add a message but then decided without a message they can use it for whatever they wanted...anniversary or Valentine's

The papers were by Recollections, they all came in the same pack. The big hearts are two dies by Memory Box, the small red hearts are from a ribbon I got at Impress which probably is by May Arts, it comes in 4 colors, red, pink, silver and gold...not in the same roll :0) and they're self-adhesive!

I think this is my new favorite fold :0) uses the same normal card base 8-1/2 x 5-1/2

Milestone birthday

I made some milestone birthday cards using the celebrate today SU stamp set and balloon framelits coordinating die along with the large numbers framelits dies. The message in Spanish is by Stampendous stamped with tuxedo black, the message in English is from the set endless birthdays also by SU stamped also with tuxedo black. The balloons were stamped with versamark and london fog, twine from my stash

What a gem Paper Pumpkin

This is the last card I made with this paper pumpkin from July 2016. The cards were donated to a Pregnancy place in OH that is one of the places Splitcoast has as card for a cause. Idea was from Shirley M.

I used wall decor and more embossing folder by Cuttlebug for my background, the ribbon is SU, the tires I stamped the flower with reason to smiled set also by SU with peeled paint ink and punched out my circles 1-1/4" by EK Success added brads from my stash, the message is from whimsical words set also by SU and peeled paint ink punched out with SU punches

Another birthday thanks

This is another thank you card I made that thought I had posted but didn't find. I used SU's crazy about you stamp set with lady bug ink and bamboo leaves; brushed stamp set by Avery Elle stamped with London fog, thanks stamp with PSX stamped with love letter

Birthday thanks

I like to do thank you cards and this is one card I made in the past that somehow I thought I posted but couldn't find :0) I made it with washi tapes, the message is part of SU's crazy about you set stamped with lady bug ink, pearls from stash

Cherry Tilda

I wanted to make a springy card to brighten a winter birthday girl, had my awesomely artistic SU set out still from when I made the shoeboxes so grabbed it and stamped around on top of my front layer with worn lipstick (stamped off) did a little bit of coloring with Copic markers, for the ground I stamped tree leaves stamp by Stampendous with Sahara sand, the bench is a die by Marianne Designs

Mini doggy

One more mini notecard, this one is using the dog from a set by Prima Marketing stamped with tuxedo black and colored with Copic Markers; the bone is by All night media also stamped with tuxedo black and colored with Copic Markers; message Happy Tail is by Rubbernecker and is stamped with rich cocoa

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox project I had a card that was inspired by Susie. It's using one of the Sale-A-Bration freebie sets, she used two of them but since I'm not a demonstrator and I don't get rid off my stamps so I used a border stamp set of a lace that SU had back in 1994!

The set I used was Avant-garden stamped with London fog and old olive for the flower, tuxedo black for message. For the lace, I used moonlight white brilliance. Susie used the shadow technique but I don't like that technique to me it's a made up technique someone invented to cover a boo boo, some might like it but to me, it looks like a boo boo :0)

Mini owl

This is another little notecard, I used Inkadinkado's Halloween mini assortment set stamped with tuxedo black and colored with Copic Markers; the thanks is PSX stamped with London fog ink

Mini unicorn

This is another mini notecard, this one uses Inkadinkado's Valentine/spring assortment set stamped with tuxedo black and colored with Copic Markers and there is no unicorn without some bling so added some Wink of Stella, which doesn't show on photo; the thanks is by PSX stamped with sweet plum

Mini dahlia

Another mini notecard, this one is using SU's regarding dahlia with sweet plum ink

Happy Snoopy

This was a quick mini card done with Happy Snoopy stamp by Stampabilities with tuxedo black ink and cottage ivy dual marker; hello stamp by Stamp Studio on this card I used rose bud ink but I made several of these cards in different colors as I was using scrap papers so I used matching colors depending on the cardstock. The cards measure 2.75"x 4.25"

Shoebox Thursday

For today's shoebox project, I made a card using the same set I did for my Tuesday project. I had it out so figure two birds with one stone :0) the idea for today's project came from Stamp with Jenn.

I didn't give them a message for their cards so they can use it for whatever they want, I needed birthday cards so I made birthday cards :0) Used awesomely artistic SU set with Sahara sand, crumb cake and ground espresso; the organdy ribbon from stash

for this card, the message is by Endless Creations with ground espresso ink

for this card, deseos pequeñitos set by SU also with ground espresso ink

Class in the mail

These cards were also from Frenchie's class in the mail. For these I used love is kindness stamp with tuxedo black and colored with Copic Markers in both of them

For this one, I also used lotus blossom sale-a-brations set for the background with wild wasabi and butterfly Thinlits die and rhinestones from stash

for this one, I stamped the background with pool party

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox project I made a card that was inspired by Teri's craft spot. In my card I used different direction and I used a die for my dragonfly and a vertical message.

Stamp set is awesomely artistic by SU with wilted violet and milled lavender inks; vertical greetings & things stamp set by Gina K with wilted violet ink; dragon delight die by Spellbinders

Class in the mail

These are part of Frenchie's class in the mail. These two cards use lotus blossom sale-a-bration set.

For this card I used elegant plant, wisteria wonder, wild wasabi and blackberry bliss inks

for this one I used a lot of inks: Strawberry slush, Blushing bride, Pink pirouette; Lost lagoon, Pool party, Soft sky; Crushed curry, Hello honey, So saffron; for stem Mossy meadow, Old olive. Butterfly basic stamp set with pink piroutte, bitty butterfly punch, rhinestones jewels & stitched satin lost lagoon ribbon

Class in the mail

While checking what to post saw never posted this class in the mail from Frenchie.

All for 4 uses butterfly basics stamp set, butterfly Thinlits and/or bitty butterfly punch.

For this 1st card crumb cake, lost lagoon and Sahara sand ink and rhinestones jewels

for this one pear pizzazz and London fog inks and jewels from stash

this one pool party and blackberry bliss inks. For the back of the butterfly I use direct to paper technique with Bermuda bay and crushed curry inks

for this one used wisteria wonder and tuxedo black ink, rhinestones from stash. The flowers were colored with Copic Markers

SU Occasions kick-off

Today I attended a workshop with two of the local demonstrators. Lucy & Dar had 4 projects for us to make pretty much only using from the new occasions catalog that went live about 10 days ago. They love getting their inspiration from Pinterest so if you see a card that you've seen there that's where they got inspired. Some of the layouts have changed the season or colors as we all like our colors and we like a layout and the original inspiration was from another season and that is what we like right?! get inspired and do our own thing sometimes we are lucky and have the same supplies and colors and why not CASE the card we like :0)

Obviously except for inks and paper that are from the regular catalog, and probably some embellishments everything else is from the occasions catalog.

For this card I changed the message :0) and also her strips were closer to each other and to the right side and I think I just centered mine

This one I also changed the message, although normally I am the one sending the card of cheer just seemed appropriate :0)

Just for you dahlia

This was a quick card but I think pretty. I used definitely dahlia by SU with peacock feather ink and on top I stamped the message from botanicals for you sale-a-bration set also with the same ink and added some pearls from my stash

Shoebox Thursday by Kathy

For today's shoebox project Kathy had a clean and simple birthday card. We used SU products mostly. The stamps were from the summer silhouettes set with coastal cabana, lost lagoon & pear pizzazz ink, the message is by Comotion with pear pizzazz ink, pearls from her stash. The top squares were cut from a die that I do not know by whom but was not SU since it wasn't gray :0) they were mounted on foam

Blue anniversary

When I was cutting the thank you cards a couple days ago I was cutting both dies figure I would use the other piece for something but it would be one run on the machine for one cut :0) so sure enough I made half the amount since I used two pieces for one card but this is what I did

so I used detailed floral thinlits from SU, happy anniversary set by Cleary Besotted stamped with chipped sapphire ink and the pearls used to be a bow I got at Dollar Tree, I cut off part of it off and colored it with Copic Markers

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox project I had a simple card that probably I had done the layout before but this is what I had in mind and I wanted to use this new stamp I got at one of the shows last year.

The stamp is from the little sets Hot of the Press has for $1.50 that has maybe 3-5 stamps one big stamp and the rest are tiny, used sage shadow ink and the thanks is from hello you thinlits die set by SU

Blue thanks

This thank you card was a quick and easy card idea from Linda Bauwin done with detailed floral thinlits and floral phases stamp set with faded jeans ink

Colorful Thanks

This panel colorful thank you cards were fun to make and you get to make 4 cards at once. The idea was from Jennifer McGuire. I used jumbo thanks by Stampendous with mowed lawn, mermaid lagoon, tea dye & fossilized amber; a bunch is part of thanks a bunch stamp by Worth Repeating
stamping with tuxedo black; epoxy dots from stash some of them colored with Copic Markers
To make the card you cut the front panel in 4 then to mix and match each so you have one of each color and then you put together. The first part is with foam the second is flat the next with foam and then flat. I did my stamping with the MISTI which makes it easy to align all pieces

Elegant thank you

Happy Winter! This is a clean and simple elegant thank you card. I CASEd it from Leonie but she CASEd it from Lee Conrey. I used softly falling textured impressions embossing folder by SU for the background, the trees are from wonderland stamp set also by SU stamped with northern pines ink and rich cocoa dual marker, the thank you is by Stampendous stamped with fossilized amber, added a layer of gold metallic paper between my two white layers

On the twelveth day of Christmas

Feliz Dia de Reyes or Happy Epiphany. This is the card I gave my family this year and the idea was from Pinterest. The three kings are part of the Ven a Belen stamp set by SU stamped in rich cocoa. Used eyelet lace embossing border punch by Fiskars, pearls by Recollections

Today is the last day of Christmas and I celebrated with my sister and brother-in-law. Amazing how things have changed over the years when I first came to the US over 21 years ago I couldn't find Rosca de Reyes, if I wanted to have one I had to make it myself, my family sent me the recipe even the little baby Jesus toys to put in it now we can find it in a couple of the Hispanic stores, they don't taste like ours but they're not bad :0) even some grocery stores sell them, they don't look that great but can't complain at least they're making the effort right?!

This was the rosca my sister got and as you can see while I was taking the picture I could see one of the little Jesus so it was mine to keep without even cutting!

Well, when I cut my piece it had two baby Jesus in the same piece!! and when I cut my other piece I also got another!! I was the one that got the most so for some I was unlucky for others I was triple blessed either way it's always fun doing the traditions and I get to host our dinner on Dia de la Candelaria :0)

On the eleventh day of Christmas

Today's shoebox project was provided by Darlene and she had a cute card done with The Stamps of Life products.

We stamped the message with tuxedo black ink and the thingy from the whale with Aegean blue ink. The whale is part of the matching die

On the tenth day of Christmas

For this card I decided to use Terri Pocock's idea. I stamped my trees with SU's wonderland stamp set and northern pine ink then punched a circle out of post-it and sponged my background with tumbled glass, faded jeans and pine needles. Removed my post-it note and stamped my Santa by Stampa Rosa with hickory smoke ink then cover the whole thing with adhesive and glitter mounted my frame with foam. The frame was cut with piercing die by My Favorite Things

On the nineth day of Christmas

For today's shoebox project I have my last Christmas project for now :0) The idea was from Pinterest but sorry to say I don't know from whom as I wasn't planning on doing this now but ran into some images that I had pre-stamped so decided to do it.

The background stamp is by Local King stamped with London fog, lovely as a tree by SU stamped with mowed lawn and rich cocoa, message by Sweet Impressions stamped with tuxedo black. The ribbon on the first card is from JoAnn's and ribbon on the second card is by SU

On the eighth day of Christmas

For this card, it ended up being a little bigger than I wanted but the embossing folder was big and adding the window well just worked out this way and since I never seem to worry about size as long as I have an envelope it works :0)

The folder is lace tree by Cuttlebug, the stamp is serene silhouettes by SU stamped with rich cocoa, the birds are resting birds die by Memory Box and the window is small madison window by Poppy Stamps, I added acetate on the window

On the seventh day of Christmas, Happy New Year

Feliz Año Nuevo! Do you have any traditions for the new year? We do, but we haven't celebrated them in a while, Bret is not one to stay up since normally he gets up too early. I'm a night person while he is an early bird :0) and as everyone else doing new year's resolutions is a waste of time as we never accomplish any of them although, a couple years ago I told myself I was going to be using stamps and dies that I bought years ago that never used before and I actually did and continue doing so for the first time I guess I follow something I wanted to do for the new year, very proud of myself if I say so myself LOL

This is the card I made for Bret to received the new year 2017, I used Rachel Tessman's idea. The words are by Elizabeth Craft Designs one is Cheers and the other Happy New Year, the wine glass was done with the oval collections Framelits by SU using acetate and glitter paper, the rhinestones are by DCWV