Happy Halloween

One of the supervisors where I work asked if I would make some little Halloween treats for her staff and since I had just gotten a package of Creepy Crawly DP in my SU order I knew it wouldn't be difficult to come up with something. The little plastic bags were a perfect size and the card toppers went together in a snap. All supplies used are SU except for the bags which I bought at the dreaded "M" store because they were cheap like borscht and I need to make so many treats. She has quite a large staff, 30 or so give or take, and of course when other people at the place see the treats they want them for their kids, etc. So, the recipe is Only Orange cs, Creepy Crawly DP, All Year Cheer III (I know, I know, it's retired but I'm not planning to demo it anytime soon, trust me :) I also used the small oval punch, the M bags, staples and lots of snail adhesive.

Textured Thank You Card

This little card, although it hasn't scanned very well is a real cutie. I used one of the new textured 3x3 note cards in Wild Wasabi; snailed on a slightly smaller piece of Ruby Red DP and then stamped on Shimmery White with Lines and Doodles and Just So Sayings for the flowers and stems. I shaded them in with SU Metallic Art Pencils, giving a little shadow behind and below each little flower. I added some bling to the centres, raised them with dimensionals and did some faux paper piercing in the lower left corner to complete the triangle thing. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out and can't wait to give it to someone. I think a lot of stampers are using the little flower from that set so it certainly isn't a new idea, I'm sure, but I still enjoyed putting it together. Welcome everybody (Ruth) back from convention - hope you had a great time and learned lots. The next downline meeting we'll all be waiting with breath held for your report! Enjoy the long weekend, whether you're going away or not, all you stampers, and pray for nice weather. We're off camping so of course we don't want it to rain. Bye for now.

Pinwheel card

Hello!

This is another card in my series of realtor cards that i'm working on.

It uses my new punch - corner punch which makes 2 different sizes of photo corner holders.

I used the small tag punch to make the petals of the flower. I also used the Prints designer paper in Rose Red.

Have a great weekend!

Lynn

Punch Holder

Well yahoo and yippee.....DH has got going when the going got tough, when the rubber hit the cardstock, and all that! I now have a very efficient, very compact, very versatile punch holder that he dreamed up in about 60 seconds. He stood in my stamp room, looked at the various components of the problem (i.e. size of punches, # of punches, available space, available supplies and urgency of the situation - me whining nonstop) and came up with a solution. I don't think it would win any major design awards but it wins a super husband award from me. I don't give a worn out blender pen what it looks like, all I'm concerned about it whether or not it works, and believe me, it works! Now all my punches are off my work table and out of my oh-so-valuable work space, and there's room for many more if I need it. This reminds me of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" where the author states that men are problem solvers, that's what they do, what they're best at, and I guess this proves his theory. My solution was to talk it to death, his solution was to solve the dilemma. Yay George!

The Turquoise Card and the Barnaby Card

Remember I said I wasn't sure what to do with the Turquoise card? Well, I thought and thought and finally decided to give it to my granddaughter for her graduation. The card was so pretty and turquoise is one of her favorite colors so without thinking it to death I just decided to do it. She was very pleased and liked the card as much as I hoped she would. As for the Barnaby card, you'll note that his name is spelled Barney on the version I added to my blog; rest assured that I changed it and the one we sent to him and his owner has his name spelled correctly. I didn't want anyone to think I made a huge mistake. I should have rescanned it with the correction but I didn't, probably because I didn't have time. I'm working part time again even though I retired in April. We're planning a trip to Fiji next March so every extra dollar will help to make it a really special trip. Our anniversary is in March, as well as our BFF anniversary, so we're tripping together. They won a trip for two but we're on our own, paying for it on our own, so that's why I'm working again. Whew! Big explanation. Talk soon.

Brianna's Birthday Card

I made this card for my granddaughter's 16th birthday, using Ruby Red cardstock and a piece of K and Company DP that is sort of plaid on one side and a matching green on the other side. I used the Double Line Doodles and Doodle That sets and added Irid. Ice to some of the images that I colored with markers. I stamped the two chipboard images with So Saffron craft ink and added irid. ice to them as well. I added the happy birthday sentiment with Everyday Flexible Phrases and put a little bling in where the chipboard hole is. Fancied it up a little....I used my slit punch to attach the top layer of the card and called it a day! She liked it a lot and of course the birthday $$$ helped.

Barnaby Returns!

At the nursing home where I work there is a group of pet therapy dogs that comes to visit the seniors from time to time. One of the dogs, a Bernese Mountain dog named Barnaby, got very sick about 6 months ago and we were worried that we would never see him again. Then, on Tuesday the 5th of June he showed up at the door, leading his owner who carries his water dish and follows him around the Manor as he visits his elderly friends. Barnaby is a loving, big, goofy, happy dog and everybody loves him back. Barb Stamelias, the activities co-ordinator, thought it would be nice to send Barnaby and his owner a "welcome back" card and asked me to make one for her. I did that very night and here it is. I used Yo Yo Yellow for the main card, along with bits of black and shimmer white. The stamp set is Loads of Love and the Accessories for it; I used a silver gel pen, black journaler, and various markers to color in the dogs. There is a silver brad from the Antique Brads collection, some yellow gg and black/white gingham ribbon for trim. I think it turned out pretty well and I hope Barnaby and his owner like it too. Welcome back Barnaby!