Top Notes Card

I love using my Big SHOT! It sure makes card making so much easier! If you're making a bunch of cards, and want to create special effects, the Big Shot can cut any amount of cards that you want it to! I love using the Top Note Die, in fact, so much that I wore one out already! I think I just kept using it and using it...and it just got bent up on one side (or I put in too many pieces!! lol)

I ran it through the texture folder (Vintage Wallpaper) after die cutting the Top Note die.

Supplies

Just Believe stamp set

Cardstock

Basic Black

Whisper White

Baja Breeze

Black strip ribbon

Scallop circle (2 pieces cut)

Word Window punch

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Double Take

No, you're not seeing double! It is stamped double!

First, I stamped the Baja Breeze, and then I stamped the same image in Basic Black Classic Ink.

It gives the image a shadow effect!

Supplies:

Just Believe Stamp set
Cardstock/Ink
Baja Breeze
Basic Black
Whisper White c/s
Scallop circle punch
1 1/4" Circle punch
1 3/8" Circle punch
Scallop Square die
Texture folder Vintage Wallpaper

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Round Robin Notebook Swap!

KNITTING TAGS.............
Ravelry is one of the other groups that I belong to. I love to visit the pages and see what other knitters are doing and also to get free patterns and ideas for my next project!

I am now, getting more involved in a swap, it is a notebook swap! Round Robins means that this book will go to the next person on the list. I decorated my book, which is just a composition book by covering the pages with scrapbook paper, and other things so that it has a little bit of me. I didn't think it out very well, so it isn't very ....um..ME, but I did stamp a few things for it.



What I decided to do, was to stamp these knit tags for the people in the swap, for each of them to take one of these. Hopefully, they will only take 1..since there won't be enough for 2 tags.......
I stamped the tags on Crumb Cake cardstock in Basic Black, and then punched a 1/8" hole. I added the trio flower punch in Real Red (retired punch) and then added a piece of string for the tag. It is attached to the front cover in a clear bag.

Inside the book, I stamped a title which says 'loving ravelry" I stamped the knitted sweaters as a border in Marina Mist

Underneath, I wrote all the things I like about ravelry.

It isn't what you put in the book - you just have to put things in. I am giving each person involved 3 pages, and they are all marked with a post it.

RAVELRY is FREE! All you have to do is sign in and register. You can be from any country, in any language, and knitters/crocheters are welcomed! There are sub groups within and you can be a Stampin' Up! demo, scrapbooker, or Single mom, Christian, love Slow Cookers, etc etc etc....

click on the word RAVELRY anywhere in this post...and it will take you there!

I also decided to use the knit stamps because maybe...I might get some interest in selling the stamps...heh heh...you never know!!!
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Noel, Let it Snow!

Let it snow!

I think this snowman is cute! And he doesn't need very much color in order for it to be done!

The large scallop die makes a perfect size for a snowflake card. i used the Candy Cane Christmas designer paper and layered it over the whisper white, Real Red, and then on Baja Breeze cardstock.

Die cut snowflake and the stamped image is over the die cut letters (Billboard alphabet)

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World Card Making Day!

World Card Making Day! is coming!

Christmas cards can be simple and fun. I layed little loops to make the decorative ribbon on this card. I cut 4 pieces and looped 3 of them. The last one I left straight, and cut the swallow tail. These were all layered together.

Candy Cane Christmas Designer Paper

Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Whisper White cardstock

Punches: Pinking hearts border punch, scallop die, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" square punch

Black Classical Ink and color pencils

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A Cute...Christmas

The weather is changing...we didn't get much of a summer this year, so does that mean we're headed for a colder winter?

I think we can use the rain but I am not sure how much of the rain we will really see here in Southern California! AND...I certainly don't think we'll get snow, at least not here in Long Beach!





This is one of the new sets, called "A CUTE CHRISTMAS"
Cute set of 9 stamps, all sweet and ready to color in (or not!) The simple lines make it easy to color, or accent in a little color.

I used Basic Black to stamp and color pencils to color in
Real Red, Bashful Blue and Whisper White
Cardstock
Candy Cane Christmas Designer Paper
Sparkle Brad - Subtles
Pinking heart border punch
1" circle punch
1 1/4" circle punch
Scallop square die
Snowflake sizzlet
Dazzling Diamond glitter
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You...mean the world 2 ME

Texture is fun. Isn't it more attractive to see and feel texture in the cards that we can now make?

I look at cards that I used to stamp years ago, and think that it was so simple. Stamp, cut out the image, and stamp another image, and layer, and done. NOW, you can texture the pieces, and it adds even more dimension!
You can see the texture on the punched flower, and then on the saffron background bordered by the pinking hearts in whisper white.

The center of the flower was stamped twice and then cut out for added dimension....

Today is the start of the NEW Holiday Mini Catalog!!! Order from

it today!!!

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Stayed tuned for the HOLIDAY MiNi - You should have received it in the mail...if not, then contact me!

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