Sentimental Sunday

Last week our son Joey and DIL Melissa came over for dinner and some crafting time.  A co-worker of hers recently suffered a loss and the crew was collecting money to help them out.  I love it that they are compassionate people.  Someone suggested that they get a card for everyone to sign, but Melissa said they should make a really BIG one because there will be a LOT of signatures.  They knew right where to come!
They bought a poster board and trimmed it down just a bit then we went to town sponging and creating a scene.

Melissa drew the lighthouse and then used my way-back-retired watercolor crayons.  The sky consists of 3 shades of blue...Soft Sky, Pool Party and Island Indigo with some So Saffron by the sun. The dunes were created using Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake.  The grasses are from the retired stamp set INSPIRED BY NATURE in So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, and Crumb Cake.  The alphabet stamp set she chose is SOPHISTICATED SERIFS (retired)
I think she did an Awesome job!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Christi

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Punch Art Class

Ladies I am having another PUNCH ART CLASS - this month's theme of my Projects Class.
Check out the cute cards you will make...

Along with the 3 cards you will also receive an 8x8 tutorial page to keep for future reference because you KNOW that you are going to want to make some more of these!!
The cute little cow punch art (inspired by a board I saw at Leadership some time ago so I do not know who to give the credit to) was in honor of our home towns Community Fair this week.  I was one of the 4-H judges and I judged several notebooks of kids who were showing their cows this week.
The Elephant...well that needs no explanation because if you watch my blog you know I have a thing for elephants ever since the stamp set (now retired) HENRY SAYS was featured in an Occasions Catalog. He was inspired by Kirsteen Gill who actually created hers using My Digital Studio.  Great job, but I wanted more of a 3-D effect (not all flat to the page).
The Witch was inspired by Patty Bennett some time ago and yes, I am using some retired punches and framelits for these cards.  I tried my best to find alternatives but just couldn't be satisfied with a replacement.  I figured that Halloween is coming up soon so I thought this would be the perfect time to feature her.  I added 2 tickets from the THAT'S THE TICKET stamp set giving it a feel for the production WICKED.  The ladies who come to this class are free to choose from any of my stamps current or retired if they do not want to have the tickets there.
COST: $12.00 - pre pay or pre order ($25 or more) and you will receive a little gift from me. Please RSVP by Monday night so I can have your kit ready for you.

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(W)Fishes For You

When I saw these cute fishy tins at our local dollar store I knew I could use them in some fashion for my craft sale projects. I started out by checking my files for "fish ideas" and then I remembered making several punch art fish for a variety of occasions using the Ornament Punch.  

Then I saw Dory and Nemo and couldn't resist.  I did not document who I got this idea
from (sorry) If it happens to be your original creation - thanks for sharing!!

Add some colorful goldfish crackers in a cello bag - YUM! I made a variety of greeting tags so they can be used for GET WELL FISHES, BEST FISHES or BIRTHDAY FISHES

I really wanted a fresh idea of my own so I decided to make some CHRISTMAS FISHES

I really like the little Santa hat on my fishy.  I embossed the Ornament Punch fish body with the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and love the look it gave of 'scales'

 

Once again add a cello bag with some yummy goldfish crackers and you have a fun Craft Sale item.  Wouldn't this be fun to gift to one of the little people in your life 

(or...some of the fishermen in your life.  I know my dad would get a charge out of it)

 

Thanks For Stopping By!

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi 

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Consider it CASED

I finally found time to make up an Angry Bird Card!  

But since it has 5 of those Angry Birds it took me a very long time.  

The card was cased from Evelyn Bicknell from Australia, 

but I also looked at other Angry Bird samples to decide the way 

I wanted to use my punches to recreate this card.

The little cloud with the Happy Birthday Wishes from the stamp set 

TEENY TINY WISHES was punched using the CUPCAKE BUILDER PUNCH

I used the stamp set INSPIRED BY NATURE (retired) for the grassy area and 

sponged the sky with Bashful Blue and a Scallop Circle Punched out piece.

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Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Play Day part 2

Time to show you the cards that Rachel made last week on our Thursday Play Day

I had several cards pre-stamped and ready to assemble.  Rachel chose to work
on the cards using the stamp set SEND ME SOARING.
After all, I DID borrow that stamp set from her in the first place :)

This first card is a 3x3 size and was a sample at Leadership in January

These next two cards were inspired by Shawn Crawford.

Can you see the difference between the first picture of all three cards 

together an these individual cards? 

The little birdies were missing :(  

Rachel also owns the stamp set "Up Up And Away" - (the one with

all the hot air balloons) - and so she came again yesterday to play and stamped the little birds on.

See... now you know why I couldn't post her cards first.

BTW: Rachel has a blog too!  Why not click over to her site to see what she's been up to

MENU:

SS: Send Me Soaring (kites), Up Up And Away (birdies), 

Inspired By Nature (grasses)

CS: Whisper White

INK: Tempting Turquoise, Staz On Black, Cherry Cobbler, Pacific Point, 

Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue, Old Olive

PUNCHES: Scallop Circle, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

Accessories: Sponges, Dimensionals, Staple

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Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Happy Leap Day!!

What better thing to feature on Leap Day than a Frog - the King of Leapers!!

 

MENU:

SS: Tropical Party (retired) It's Your Birthday, "Make a Splash" was computer generated.

CS: Island Oasis DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, WW, Garden Green, Basic Black

INK: Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, So Saffron (sponging on the frog's belly along with Garden Green)

PUNCHES: Small Oval (retired), Medium Oval, Wide Oval, Word Window, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, 1/2" Circle, 3/4" Circle

Accessories: Black Marker, Dimensionals, Sponges,White Gel Pen

*The frog's feet were punched from the Small Oval and then trimmed down.

But then I got to thinking...

What other cards and things have I made with a Froggy theme?

So I hunted them down so share them with you again.

FUN!! Great guy card for a bit of a joke

This one I made for my hubby for our anniversary

Unfroggettable Stamp Set (retired)

Got to love those lips!!!
Inspired By Nature Stamp Set

Full of Life Stamp Set

Froggy faces were made using the Owl Punch

 Fun card for an engagement congratulations or even a wedding or anniversary card.  Guess it would depend on your relationship to the recipient.

Even a Froggy Cake - Isn't he cute!!

And a fun two page spread for your scrapbook!!

Do you think they call it Leap Year because it always falls in the same year as the Presidential Election and they just want to LEAP over this year??

FUNNY!!

Have a Great Day! 

Thanks For Stopping By!!

Christi

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Happy Easter

Another card order to fill for Easter.

This just makes me think of all the fun we have hiding the Easter eggs for the grand kids to find.

MENU:
SS: Easter Blossoms, Inspired By Nature
CS: WW
INK: Garden Green, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink
Punches: Decorative Label
Accessories: Organza Ribbon, Sponge, Dimensionals
Inspired By: Brenda Keenan

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Brayered Sunset

The last technique we learned was how to brayer a sunset onto your card. I think the ladies liked this one best of all.



They also did some heat embossing with the eagle and the Happy Birthday greeting, but those are techniques they had already learned at the many Stamp A Stack classes that they attend. Thanks Ladies!! I enjoyed your company!! Now go out and use these techniques to make your own great creations.

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Happy Birthday, Jessica!!

What a joy it is to wish our new (almost) daughter-in-law a Happy Birthday!! Only two more weeks and she will officially be ours!! A gal I know used to always call her mother-in-law, her mother-in-love, and I really like that. It shows the bond they shared and that they were related through love, not just the law, so perhaps Jessica will be our daughter-in-love. We love you Jess! Have a great day!!

This is the card I chose to send Jess – I thought it fit in with the scheme of the wedding. This isn’t exactly a sunflower, but it’s as close as I got.

MENU:
SS: Inspired By Nature, Sincere Salutations
CS: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry (retired), Old Olive, Very Vanilla
INK: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Old Olive (markers)
Accessories: Scoring blade for the faux tile look, Scallop Border Punch, Scallop Oval and Large Oval punches, Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon

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Happy Stamping!!

Christi

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Keeping it simple again

I thought I would share with you all the cards that the other Red Hot Stampers made for our Keeping It Simple Challenge

Sue made this cute Bugs and Kisses card – I love all her bright color choices.

Glenda made her card while on her trip out to convention so had limited resources. I really love how she used the Circle Circus stamp set and the bright colors. She used the stampin’ spots that come in a new demonstrators starter kit to show you can get started right away. This card by Lori uses the stamp set Always and a standard size wheel. She added ribbon – we teased her about breaking the rules.

Dawn made this cute baby card for a friend who is having a baby girl soon and already has a little boy. I just love the Family stamp set, you can do so many fun things with it.

Rachel has been going crazy using the new Aviary stamp set. She loves it because she has several birds at their house as pets. Once again the bright colors really set it off.

I’m really impressed by one of our new gals, Sarah. She made her card using the Inspired by Nature stamp set, and then she thinks like me and “stepped it up”adding the Perfect Plum card stock behind it. She didn’t even stop there… She made another “stepped up” version by adding butterflies from the stamp set Flight of the Butterfly…cute so very cute.

I hope you enjoyed seeing all these fun cards by all the fun gals in the Red Hot Stampers group

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Happy Stamping!!!

Christi

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Messy Charlie

It has been a while since I posted a Charlie inspired card. I took this photo when he was just six months old and it was my first day to be able to feed him some veggies. Now Charlie is 8 months old – oh, how the time flies! He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES his veggies. Actually he just plain LOVES to eat. When I am eating my lunch he wonders why he doesn’t get any and that is AFTER I have just fed him a bunch. It is so cute to see his little bird mouth open and hear him “UMMM” and smack his lips.


As soon as I saw the orange carrots on his face I knew there was a color combo to be made. This is what I decided on…




I was inspired by a card I saw on Stampin’ Connection by Rachel Yurkanin. You can see her version if you click on this site…
http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/magnified-worm
I changed it up a bit with color and adding the clouds in the sky. It is also hard to see, but I couldn’t resist smooshing my worms with Versa Mark and heat embossing them with Iridescent Ice so that they look just like the sour neon gummy worm in the Sweet Treat Cup.


MENU:
SS: Inspired By Nature, Bugs and Kisses, Something Sweet
CS: Creamy Caramel (retiring), Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, WW (worms)
INK: Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Versa Mark
Markers: Brilliant Blue, Pixie Pink, Lovely Lilac, YoYo Yellow, Only Orange
Accessories: Sponges, Dimensionals, 1 3/4” Circle Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Iridescent Ice, Sweet Treat Cup.

So For Now…
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Saying Good-bye

This past Sunday We said good-bye to my Uncle Bob.  The exciting part is that since Uncle Bob has been blind since 1963 he now has clear vision and can fully behold God’s glory.  It is still sad for those left behind so this is the card I sent to my two cousins, his daughters.  It was cased from Dianna Cartwright on the Stampin’ Connection. 
                     
    

MENU:
SS: Inspired By Nature, Close As A Memory  (retiring)
CS: Naturals Ivory, Night Of Navy, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
INK: Old Olive, Night Of Navy
Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Big Shot,Horizontal Slot Punch (retiring), Corner Punch (non-SU), Grosgrain Ribbon

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Kiss a Frog

One of the young gals from church who is in college right now recently had to have her 4 wisdom teeth pulled. Her comment on facebook, besides “ouch!” was “I can’t feel my lips!” so I just HAD to buzz off this fun card to her. I added the big fat lips to the frog to get my point across. Hope you are feeling better Val.

this card was made using our heart shaped treat cups and this card is holding green M&M’s to match the frog.

SS: Inspired By Nature, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Woodgrain Background
CS: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, WW, Green Galore, Garden Green, Lovely Lilac (butterflies), Basic Black (eyes)
INK:Chocolate Chip, Real Red (lips)
Accessories: Heart Treat Cups, Silver Brads, Punches: Wide Oval, Large Oval, Small Oval, Boho Blossom,1/2” and 1/4” circles, Word Window, White Gel Pen. I also used the Cutter Kit #106958 $16.95 perforating tool so Val can get her candy out through the back without wrecking her card. The stump was free handed.
It is hard to see, but I sponged all the edges of the frog except for the eyes.

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Happy Stamping!!

Christi

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Easter Cards

Each Month I send out cards to a few girls who are away at college and really miss seeing them at church each week. I usually write them a note with a post-it note so they can reuse the card. I place it in a regular invitation size envelope and then in a larger envelope – kind of like when you receive a wedding invitation. That way they have an envelope to send the card if they choose. These are a few of the cards I sent them for Easter…

Doesn’t this just make you crave your favorite chocolate bunny? Thank you to Connie Babbert for this fun idea .

I think little bunnies are so cute, but I like the chocolate bunnies best of all because chocolate bunnies don’t get into your garden and eat all your veggies.
This idea came from the Stampin’ Connection but I do not know the name of the gal who submitted it – sorry. Stampin’ Connection is a great way for demonstrators to share their projects with other demonstrators. If you would like to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator there is still time to get in on the 15% off deal for signing up. You can see how much fun we have, wouldn’t you like to join our team too?

Thanks to Dawn Griffiths for this cute idea. I love how she had the little bird flying off with the picnic basket.

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Happy Easter!!

Christi

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Good Egg

Here is a good example of combining an old stamp set with one of our new stamp sets. Once again I am using the Chocolate Bunny set – it is just so much fun! Thank you to http://stampinginspiration.blogspot.com/ for this Easter card idea.

MENU:

SS: Chocolate Bunny, A Good Egg, Inspired By Nature

CS: Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip, WW, Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana, Shades of Spring DSP (Occasions Mini good through March 31st)

INK: Chocolate Chip Classic and Craft, StazOn Jet Black, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Only Orange Marker

Accessories: Sponge, Designer Label Punch, Modern Label Punch, Dimensionals, White Gel Pen

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Happy Easter!!

Christi

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Stamp 10

Okay, now I don’t have to say “Spoiler Alert” anymore as Tuesday’s gals have already completed their cards and tonights group will make theirs tonight. So here are two more of the cards we are making at Stamp 10 for February. I hope you like these cards and get inspired to come to a class and make some for yourself. Each month is a new set of fresh ideas. Check out my schedule on the right side bar and sign up soon.

These are two of my favorite cards we are making this month. They may look a bit more complicated, but they are very easy. Remember, I do all the preparing for you. All you have to do is stamp and assemble. How easy is that??

MENU:
SS: Inspired By Nature, Whimsical Words
CS Old Olive, Bordering Blue, WW, Pretty in Pink, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum
INK: Bordering Blue, Old Olive, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Big Shot, 5/8” Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch for creating the clouds

MENU:
SS: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Vintage Vogue
CS: Kraft, Bashful Blue, Rich Razzleberry, WW
INK: Bashful Blue, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: 5/8” WW Satin Ribbon, Full Heart Punch,Texturz Plates Background 1 – eyelet, Modern Label Punch, Blue Brads

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Happy Stamping!!

Christi

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More Stamp 10 cards

Here are two more of the cards that we made at last weeks STAMP 10 class.  If you want to make cards such as these please contact me and sign up for one of my upcoming classes. 

MENU:

SS: Inspired By Nature, Sincere Salutations

CS: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

INK: Soft Suede classic ink pad and marker, Crushed Curry and Old Olive Markers

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Oval  Punch, Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon, Perfect Details Texturz Plate, BIG SHOT, Dimensionals, Color Spritzer Tool.

This was the first time the ladies tried the Color Spritzer Tool, and I think they really enjoyed the effect it gave to their card.

MENU:

SS: Flight of the Butterfly

CS: Chocolate Chip, Only Orange, Pixie Pink, Very Vanilla

INK: Chocolate Chip, Only Orange, Pixie Pink

Accessories: Butterfly Punch, Chocolate Chip 1/4” grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Fire Circle Brads, Stampin’ Pastels, Dimensionals, 3/16” Corner Rounder Punch

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