Monday, September 28, 2009

Using more scraps...

4:36 PM
I've ben busy using up my scraps. Like I said before, I have tons of them & will be using them for quite a long time. I seem to have a ton of strips that are about 2" wide. Many of them are really nice papers with shimmer in them. They're a really odd size to use & I can only make so many scraplings before I get bored.

This card is a different type of scrap. I am really into trying new techniques, but I often fail to follow through and turn the images into cards. I'm trying to get better about that. I found a box full of scraps and really nice, but unused images. I used one of them on this card.


This is a close up of the image. The angel stamp is from Stampers Anonymous. The main image is layers of Powder Keg embossing powders. I'm sure I made her in a class I taught.

This is the full view of the card. The side pannels are Powder Keg embossing Powders on a retired Stampa Rosa image. The purple piece behind the angel is the Celtic Knot Cuttlebug embossing folder. I found the design for this card on Splitcoaststampers. It's really easy to put together. I just love all the idea I get from that group of talented ladies.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

10:34 AM
I have been on a mission to use my pre-cut cards and scraps. I'm doing pretty good. All of the cards I'm posting lately have included not cuts from a whole sheet of paper. I've used just scraps. I have a lot of scraps so I plan to keep using them until I've used them up.
I'm still going crazy stamping & lovin it! I'll post a few cards today. I have several more to post, but I keep forgetting to add them to my blog. Here are a few.
This is scrapling I made for a challenge at Club Posh. They are fun! It is a folded mini card that is 1 1/2" x 4". Thestamps are all from the Hero Arts Clear set called Christmas owls. The Layer is polished stone stamped with the snowflakes in Mediteranean Blue & Starlight Silver Brilliance ink. The Owl was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils & OMS (Odorless mineral spirits) with blending stumps.

This is a card I made with the scrapling. I use a Stampin Up punch to make a slit so the scrapling card front can be opened to reveal a message.
I made this Halloween card for the boys. They asked me to make them cards with the pop-up tree (below) and I couldn't refuse them. The front is really simple. I used my Cuttlebug folders from last year. I embossed them onto black scraps & rubbed the Starlight Silver Brillance inkpad over the raised areas.



This is the pop-up tree on the inside of the card. It's really hard to photograph because the tree skirt is foil. It made it really hard for me to get a good picture of the tree. The little foil bats & skulls on the tree. The tree is stamped with an Anna Griffin background with Starlight Silver Brilliance ink & embossed with glow in the dark embossing powder. I think the boys will really like them!
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Blogging Again

1:48 AM
I am a bad blogger. I know this! I've been quite sick for several months now & just haven't had the energy to stamp while I've been home. The other day, my great friend Char told me I need to start blogging again. So, here I am! I've been really inspired to create this last week. It's a combination of two things. I'm no longer on any pain killers & I started to play with the many new tools, embelishments and stamps Char got me for Christmas & my birthday. She sent me a huge box & it arrived right after I got out of the hospital for the first time. I was so out of it I didn't get a chance to really enjoy what I received. Now, I am enjoying all of the goodies she sent. I've been making cards and boxes like crazy. One of the things she sent me is the Crafters Companion Ultimate Tool. This thing is cool. I'vs used it to make boxes, tri-shutter cards, gate-fold cards, K Cards, explosion cards & I'm just getting started. Over the next few days I plan to post my most recient cards & boxes. I also have some pictures of cards I made right before I got sick & didn't manage to show here. I'll probably post them with just descriptions so I have time to keep stamping.

This is a box I made with the Ultimate tool. It opens like a pizza box. The main image is stamped in Onyx Black Versafine with a stamp from the Hero Arts set Together. I colored it with Prismacolor colored Pencils. It is layered onto a scrap of dark brown paper & then onto a piece of copper paper that was stamped with Coffee Bean Brilliance ink using the dots & flowers background from Hero Arts. It is on top of a teal shape cut with my Cuttlebug & Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities. The box is stamped with the swirls in the Hero Arts Valentine Flourish Clear set. I used StazOn Opaque ink in the color Butter Cream.

I forgot to mention that I won a $100 shopping spree on the Hero Arts Blog! All I did was post to the blog. Each month they pick one random post & award that person a shopping spree. How awesome is that? All of the stamps I used above are part of my winnings.

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