Splendid Thanks

I decided I needed a stash of little thank you cards recently and I just had to make some Fall themed ones. And I wanted a quick way to put multiple colors on the stamp. I did a double Rock and Roll on these leaves. I inked up in Pear Pizzazz, then Rocked on some Poppy Parade, and Rolled on some Early Espresso. It worked really well if I do say so myself. The buttons are actually die cuts from the Buttons Sizzlet, super cute and easy! I was able to make about 16 of these little guys in just over an hour... pretty good if you know how I stamp...very laid back! I like to day dream, talk to the kids, and watch my favorite shows on Netflix while I stamp. Of course I do some cruising on the internet too, lol.  This is my relaxation you know ;)

The bigger cards are 3x3 and the smaller cards are 2.5x2.5, using up some scraps! The small "buttons" are the little circle punch from the Itty Bitty shapes punch pack with white gel pen "holes". As you can see I matted the main image with the 3 different main colors. More scraps!

• Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Autumn Splendor
• Paper: Naturals Ivory, Pear Pizazz, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso
• Ink: Pear Pizazz, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso
• Big Shot with Buttons Sizzlet, Signo white gel pen, distressing tool from Cutter Kit, crochet thread

Today is my birthday and I plan to go out and enjoy this gorgeous weather! The leaves look like these cards, the sky is a brilliant blue, and it is supposed to get up to 65 today! Perfect weather, sigh... AND I don't work and my hubby is home, both of which NEVER happen on my birthday! I think we will go out for lunch with a friend, have CARROT CAKE (my favorite) and maybe go for a walk in the park to see if there is a carpet of golden leaves yet.
And since this is a post with Thank You cards, I believe it is an appropriate time to say this:
Thank you to everyone who visits my blog, and special thanks to those of you who leave kind comments! They really brighten my day :)

Dark Spice......

 

 ....kind of like dark chocolate ;) These little tea light candles and boxes are just as irresistible, lol. Here is the link to the tutorial on how to make these if you need it. There are slight differences in these two boxes. The dark ribbon is actually Early Espresso Waffle paper. I really do love the way this stuff holds the shape you form it in to. I also really like the little pop the pearl gives on the knot of the bow. And I think the white gel pen faux stitching looks better. These are going into my stash of last minute gifts I like to have on hand. Using the DSP really made these fast to put together and since the DSP is card stock weight, they still feel very sturdy, which I love! I must confess, I bought 2 packs of this DSP right away, I knew I was going to love it so much! But, to go with the anti-hoarding rules I have set for myself, I now need to USE it, lol!

 

 

I did the Rock and Roll technique again for these leaves with More Mustard and Cajun Craze on 2 and Pear Pizzazz and Cajun Craze on the other 2. I am not sure these look quite right in this box, though. 

So when I made this box I used a different leaf image and More Mustard and Early Espresso. These coordinate better with the box :) I suppose I could make different candles for the other box, and a different box for those candles.... maybe I will :) Now for the supply list!

• Stamps: Day of Gratitude
• Paper: More Mustard, Autumn Spice Specialty DSP, tissue paper, Early Espresso Waffle Paper
• Ink: Cajun Craze, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Early Espresso
• Other: paper cutter with scoring blade, Designer Lave punch, Pearls Basic Jewels, Signo white gel pen, Very Vanilla 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Sticky Strip, glue Dots, Heat Gun, 1-3/8" Circle punch, 1/16" punch

Hope you still enjoy seeing tea light boxes as much as I enjoy making them, lol!

Lightly Spiced Tea Lights

I know, I know, I keep doing more of these tea lights! But I love them so much! Here is the link to the tutorial for those of you who need it. This one is made with some of the new Autumn Spice DSP. It is cardstock weight so it is a dream for 3D projects like this. The new Designer Label punch has been a dream too! It layers well with many other punches, but work well on its own too. The Seam Binding Ribbon is lovely to tie into a bow... just don't try to singe/seal the ends with a lighter. It will burn, not melt!

Here is anther view so you can see more of that luscious DSP!

And inside are the lovely little candles. The Rock and Roll technique really makes beautiful call leaves.

• Stamps: Day of Gratitude
• Paper: More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz, Naturals Ivory, tissue, Autumn Spice Specialty DSP
• Ink: More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso
• Other: paper cutter with scoring blade, 1-3/8" Circle punch, Designer Label punch, 1/16" punch, Heat Gun, Very Vanilla 1/2" Seam Binding ribbon, Pearls Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip

Stop by my Kits for Sale page for kits and ribbon shares!

Candy Cane Card Organizer

This is my new card organizer! Sorry the picture is so dark. I am still mastering this whole photography thing. I have been meaning to do a perpetual Birthday Calendar for ages, and I wanted a way to store cards with it. And I have several of these tins that I had purchased off the clearance rack right after Christmas last year. They were actually a gift tin with a S'mores like mix inside...but I just really wanted the tins, lol! The opening at the top is about 2-3/4" x 4-1/2" and irt is about 6-1/2" tall, so A2 cards fit in here wonderfully :) 

Here you can see a sampling of what is inside. I made a perpetual birthday/anniversary list for each month out of Naturals White cardstock, and yes I did draw those all of those lines with a guide and a Baja Breeze marker. Have you ever started something and realized it was the inefficient way to go, but kept going because you don't want to waste the cardstock? Yup, that was me....next time, I would just adhere some lined paper to some cardstock. And because I wanted everything to stay neatly organized even if I pull out the birthdays/anniversaries for that month, I made monthly divider tabs too. I used a variety of buttons, brads and rhinestones to decorate the dividers, and for the January divider, I added some of the fun DSP and a label since it would be visible through the window.

This is what it looks like on the inside with all the tabs and dividers in place. There is plenty of room for several cards in here!
I think I am going to make another one of these to carry with me in the car or something with different categories of cards for all of those surprise moments! I am always getting asked at work for birthday, congratulations, sympathy, and wedding cards.

Don't forget to check out the kits and shares available here!

Cupcakes and Scallops

Look at how sparkly that polka dot paper is!! Gotta love it....you just do! This is Kaylee's birthday card. I wish I could be there to see her open it. Oh, well. More birthday stuff from the Candy Cane DSP from the Holiday Mini! It has such fun birthday-ish colors :)
You can't really see it on this picture but I used Frost White Shimmer Paint on the cupcake frosting and the cupcake stand. My youngest son saw this card and said "Oh, man! Now I'm hungry for cupcakes..." I guess that means they look good enough to eat, lol! Of course, he is 14 and is always hungry....
I couldn't resist using a bunch of rhinestones on this card. I have now officially used up an entire package of Rhinestones and have started on the next package. I knew these were something I was going to go thru a lot of. They add so much to yor projects, and are an affordable embellishment! I tend to hoard the more expensive stuff, a habit I am trying to break, lol! I mean, we buy this stuff to use it. It doesn't do any good sitting in a drawer...
I also used the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and used a sponge dauber to apply Frost White Shimmer Paint to the raised dots.
The little flower is 2 of the 4 petal flowers punched with the Itty Bitty Shapes punch, edges inked with a Real Red marker, rhinestone in the center. Actually, I think I crumpled one punched shape, then peeled it into 2 layers, then all the rest.
The Scallops are from the new Tasteful trims die. And for a change I inked almost all of the edges in Real Red instead of Early Espresso , Chocolate Chip, or Soft Suede.

• Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
• Paper: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride, Watercolor, Candy Cane DSP
• Ink: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip
• Other: Big Shot with Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and Tasteful Trims die, Aquapainter, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber, Corner Rounder punch, Blushing Bride Stitched Poly ribbon, Itty Bitty punch pack, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Sticky Strip

Come back tomorrow to see my new Card Organizer.

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Mushroom Birthday

I don't know about all of you, but September has several birthdays in our family... I hear January is a very cold month, wink, wink! I have 2 nieces with birthdays in September and this card is for the older one, Savannah.
The Candy Cane DSP in the Holiday Mini really reminds me more of birthdays than Christmas right now. Maybe because I am more of a traditional girl when it comes to Christmas stuff! But it is still really fun paper to play with :)
I also thought you all might need a break from all things Fall and Halloween, lol! We still have birthdays to contend with all year long and you can never have enough birthday stuff...
I had a vision in my head of how I wanted this to look, but when I started the card, it just wasn't coming together. But I kept plugging along. I had it almost finished when I had the idea to add the birthday sentiment on the 1/2 Designer Label punch! It was the finishing touch that made this card feel "right". It almost looks like a crown perched up there! Who would have thought that mushrooms need a crown?! I guess it's because they are Birthday Mushrooms! And the rhinestones are so much fun!
Ok, now for the recipe....

• Stamps: Funky Four, Teeny Tiny Wishes
• Paper: Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane DSP
• Ink: Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Garden Green, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
• Other: 3/4" Real Red Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon (retired), Designer Label punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals, Signo white gel pen

 Here is a view with a peek inside. Don't you love the glam of the rhinestones?! They fit so perfectly in the centers of these flowers.

Tomorrow I will show you the card for the other niece, Kaylee! Later this week I will post my new Card Organizer. It is so cool I can't wait to show you all!

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Halloween Wreath

Well, I love my Autumn Wreath so much, I decided I needed to make a Halloween one too. And I finally got my Early Espresso and Basic Black Waffle paper the day I made this. I was waiting so impatiently! I had ordered this stuff and then the next day, I just couldn't take it and overnighted another order with a bunch of the new stuff! I played with the gold and silver Waffle paper, but I really wanted the darker stuff for the Halloween stuff. And guess what?! You can make all kinds of flowers with the Waffle paper! The new Letterpress Plate created the centerpiece of this wreath, in fact it was my experimental run, lol! The directions recommend that you use Craft ink, but I don't have much of that, so I used Classic ink and it seemed to work well enough for my purposes. I might try inking with Versamark first then with the colored Classic ink, than seems to make a good substitute for Craft ink in a pinch.

This flower was made with 8 layers of the Scallop Circle punched Waffle paper. To punch them out, I put 4 layers of  Waffle paper between 2 layers of copy paper and punched them out. This worked really well, like it would for tissue paper. The Waffle paper is thicker and tougher than tissue paper, but still delicate. I made a couple with the Fancy Flower punch and they turned out great too!

This flower was made with the rosette spiral from the Table Settings die and went together beautifully. So loving this new product!!

And this is the whole wreath. Sorry the details are hard to see, but I had trouble getting good lighting for this shot. Most of the supplies used on this wreath are in my Halloween Accessories Kit.