Peace on Earth

In an 8x10 frame. A little Christmas art that is making me really happy to look at! I love it! I used a tree cut out from Paper Crafters Library's special Christmas projects - Not on their regular site, I don't think, but a special email sent out to people who requested it, it's a free thing they do every year with about 12 weeks worth of Christmas fun!

Need: Tree (I used Old Olive)
Scrap papers in just about any colours you want!
1" punch
3/4" punch
1/2" punch
buttons and embellishments
glue dots
stampin' dimensionals

To show some dimension. Basically, you punch out circles and start layering them up! No rhyme or reason, just keep doing it until you like the look!

For the sentiment, I considered stamping something, but I had some chipboard Christmas phrases (peace, joy, love, believe), so I chose one and heat embossed with Cherry Cobbler powder.

I LOVE IT! So fun, cute, and happy!

Easy Card!

How to make this card, so that all the images line up perfectly on the layers...

Use a normal sized card (5.5x4.25). Cut white card stock to 4.75x3.5 and 4x2.75

Line up the card stock neatly, use a small amount of adhesive if desired

Stamp over all three layers

More stamping!

Cut coloured cardstock to 4.25x3 and 5x3.75, remove the layers and adhere the coloured paper, and then place everything back together.

Add sentiment and embellish as desired. A beautiful card, and really easy to make!

GIVEAWAY!

I have quite a few extra catalogs in my closet...and I'm going to give them away! These are not current, but are beautiful and chocked full of inspirational and wonderful ideas for card making and scrapbooking. All you have to do is comment here, or on facebook for an entry. I have 2 to give away, so there will be 2 winners. (These are normally sold for $10 each - so get yours a little late - but FREE!)

2009-2010 catalog

Wedding Crafts

There is something about the decor and crafty side of weddings that makes me wish I could get married everyday, just to use up all my ideas:-) My sister in law got married this past weekend, and I was lucky enough to get to help her with some things...first we did the wedding invitations, and they were perfectly lovely. 

I bought this Stampin' Up set, called Everything Eleanor. It's a set of 8, but I only needed it for 2 stamps specifically, the bird, and the large swirly thing

A classy and elegant program for the guests attending the ceremony

The program was Very Vanilla cardstock (8.5 x 11), cut exactly in half. It was three pages long. Tied with Not Quite Navy ribbon, and stamped ("stamping off" technique) with Not Quite Navy too.

I designed the programs in MS Word, and used the fonts, Helinda Rook and Adobe Garamond Pro

A nice, pretty touch!

The middle page. Pages 2 & 3 were not stamped.

Another thing we did was make these little tags. Every place setting at the reception had a tag like this (with twine tied to it), and they filled out a small nugget of advice for the Bride & Groom, and placed it on a tree. Sweet, and beautiful too.

I used a Creative Memories large tag punch, and Very Vanilla cardstock. Bird stamped in Not Quite Navy.

Advice, on the tree. So cute!

This is a small gift the Bride & Groom gave to people that helped them prepare for the wedding

I used the same fonts as with the invitations and programs.

I stamped with Versamark on the coffee bags, and used Versamark, silver embossing powder and heat tool for the bird on Not Quite Navy cardstock (paired with Whisper White)

I also helped to make birds that hung from the branches at each table. I don't seem to have any pictures of them, but they were very cute. We bought a die for the big shot, that was the perfect bird, from Michaels. They were cut out of SU's embossed designer paper, and other paper that was printed with music notes.

Hand prints

Basic Black cardstock, Crumb Cake cardstock, and Black Staz On ink.

The front panel is removable so the hand print art can be displayed year round

Wedding Invitations

My sister in law is getting married, and I helped her come up with an awesome invitation - in my opinion of course! I love being able to do something myself, without having it look homemade. Not easy, really, but I think we did a good job of it.

Birds is one of the underlying "themes" of the day, and there is a wax seal on the envelope, with a little birdie on it!

Precisely cut and folded, embossed through the Big Shot...this was a multi step process, not for the faint of heart, when x150

The embossing does not show up well in the pictures, but is very beautiful and adds subtle detail. The perfect touch. This is Very Vanilla cardstock and Not Quite Navy ribbon

Open it up, and here's the inside!

Reception invitation

The RSVP postcard. A really cool design made by my mom, the front side has their address on it, and more of the same design and bird.

Cute

I love this one! Super easy with SU's punches!!!

STAMP SALE!

In going through some stamp sets I'm thinking its time to let some go. Don't worry, I still have all these:

:-)

Browse through the pics and let me know which one/ones you would like by Title and I'll set them aside for you!! These are all Stampin' Up retired sets, and are used, but the rubber is still is good condition (although some have staining, they are completely useable). Most of these are only $3, a few bigger sets are $5.

Special Hug (1) - $3   ****SOLDdw******

Hang Your Heart (4) - $3

Bold Shapes (8) - $3

Words & Pictures (6) - $3 *****SOLDmd*********

Hand Stamped By (5) - $3

Delightful Doodles (4) - $3

Simple Somethings (4) - $3  ****SOLDbk*****

Misc Stamps (9) - $3

Simple Pleasures (4) - $5   ****SOLDbk****

Beautiful Batik (9) - $5

A Child is Born (2) - $3 ******SOLDmd*******

Quick and Cute (8) - $3

Fresh Flowers (9) - $5

Flowers & Flourish (6) - $3

Little Layers (8) - $5

Haunts and Howls (5) - $3

Fabulous Four (4) - $3

Clear Mounts Stamps - Video

I am sold on the new clear mount stamps Stampin' Up! sells!! Not only do I find it an equal in superior quality to the wood mount stamps, but I love the money savings of going with clear mount, and the storage space situation is *amazing* too!! Check out this video to see how to mount and use the stamps. With a few of my personal ideas and tips in there too...like which clear blocks to buy. Like I mention at the end of the video...I will soon be converting my wood mount to clear I think...because of all the space it will save me.

*Please forgive the white streaks and flecks all over my hands! I've been painting:-)
**Also forgive the shadows, I can't seem to figure out a place with proper light and limited shadows.
***in the video I mention buying another block (smaller) and saying "I don't know why"...I don't know why I said that. Lol. I don't want it for ease of use, but for using multiple images and the stamp-a-ma-jig...you want more than 1 block so you don't have to reposition the stamp-a-ma-jig every single time. Brain freeze moment!