Clyde says, "Happy Halloween!"

I made this card for a friend of mine and it was too cute not to share. I got the image from Bg a Boo Stamps. They give out free digital stamps every friday. This likttle dragon guy, who's name is Clyde, was a freebie. To begin with talking about the card, I have to begin with Clyde. I actually colored him on the computer. I then printed out four copies of him so that I could create the layered effect. I cut out his body minus the horn and tail with one copy. And on another copy I just cut out his body. It gave him a very nice 3D effect.

The candy corn pattern paper was from Me and My Big Idea. I picked up the matstack a couple of years again, and the color scheme worked perfect with Clyde. The Green cardstock is from Provo Craft and the Halloween sentiment was from Studio G Clear Stamps. Thanks for looking. Have a safe and happy Halloween!!! Tammy

Hello Kitty Swap (SCS)

Who doesn't love Hello Kitty?!? I joined another swap on Split Coast Stampers. I've gotten lots ideas from these swaps I've done. And when I saw a Hello Kitty swap, I just had to join. I broke out my Cricut Hello Kitty Cartridge and got work.

This one was just a simple one to throw together. I used plain black card-stock for the base of my ATC and using some Hello Kitty pattern paper for a second base layer. I think used a cut out from my Cricut Hello Kitty cartridge. I just used the HK Face and some patterned paper for her bow. To give her face a little "oomph" I used some glitter for her eye color. Then to finish it off I placed a HK sticker of her in a Halloween costume.

For this ATC I just had a little fun playing off the shape of the HK sticker set I found. I just some blue/green pattern paper for the background and plain white card-stock for the base. I used one of my favorite Thoreau quote and a scallop circle punch to go with the scallop edges of the HK stickers.



I am really loving this little ATCs I've been making. I've gotten some great layout ideas from a couple I've received. Stayed turn next week when I show off how I used an ATC layout on a birthday card for a friend.

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Preview of Swaps No. 3

This was an ATC I made for a swap on Splitcoaststamper's website. I would the stamp at Michael's in their dollar stamp bin. It was just too cute to pass up. I got the Martha Stewart Halloween Fence Punch to make the boarder on the bottom of the card. The background cardstock is a metallic black that just shines a lot better than the picture shows. For added spookyness I punched out a half moon with an one inch circle punch and added some green glitter glue to make it sparkle.

I just had too much fun with this swap. I have the recipe cards back from the first swap and I will post them as soon as I can.

Thanks for looking,
Have a great day.

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Swap-tastic #2

Here's a preview of yet another swap I joined. I know I said something about a fall ATC in the last post, but like the silly person I am I forgot to scan a picture of them. :) But I did make one for me to keep, so I'll show that one off later.

This time its a holiday card swap. This one was a swap challenge for me. It was an all white swap with choosing which holiday you wanted to do from Christmas, Hanukkah, or New Years. I signed up for two spots and did a Christmas Card and an New Years card. The New Year's one was a fun one to do.

Christmas Card:



I used two my cuttlebug embossing folders and white ribbon just to accent the contrast between the snowflake side of the card and placed the embossed square on the plain side. It makes just a simple christmas card. I did not put on a sentiment on it because I could not decided which to use, so I kinda left it up to whom ever gets the cards.


New Year's 2010:



I used one my favorite techniques on this card. I learned of the "waterfall" on another site and had to learn how to do it. As you pull on the ribbon, the card flips the numbers over to reveal the year "2010." I cut the numbers out on a shimmer paper to give it a little sparkle. The base of each square and the card itself is embossed with the cuttlebug folder "swiss dots" and I accented the star brads with some glitter glue. What a fun way to tell a family member "happy new year."


Thank you for looking again....
Stop by again for another peek at a really fun swap that I just could not say no to. :)
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Swap-tastic!!!!

So, work has been crazy as it can come!!! To help me keep my sanity I joined like 8 swaps. I know, can you say overachiever?

So for a little fun over the next couple of weeks I'll display my wonderful little works of art. :)

The first is one is for a swap on inspireswapchat.com. It's winter/holiday themed recipe swap. The recipe itself does not have to be a holiday recipe, but the card needs to be in a winter theme. I did one of my favorite cookie recipes of a fudge nut brownie cookie. SO YUM! To go along with the winter theme, I printed the recipe out on a snowman bordered recipe card. Isn't it cute!?!?!?! Then I made "cookies" with a scollped circle punch and decorated the cookies with some extra christmas stickers. For a little added detail I wrapped white thread around the circle, just to make it stand out a little bit.



This one was soooo much fun that I can't wait to see what the other 5 ladies made. Stay tuned, when I get them I will post them.

Thank you for looking, see you next week for a fun fall themed ATC swap. :)

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Weekly Challenges

I did a couple of challenges this week. I'm in a totally creative mood! I used my favorite stamp sets for it this week. Later today I am heading to a Stampin' UP! thingy. I will post some picks of the cards I make when I get back.

So the first one I have is the CK Sketch Challenge hosted by BeachBum/Chris:


Supplies:
Paper: DCWV Green Stack, Grey CS
Stamp: Colorbok Friendly Forrest
Ink: Black
Other: Markers, Glitter Glue

The other is for the ISC Weekly Challenge was to create a window card hosted by LisaAnn:

Supplies:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps, Farm Critters

Paper: DCWV Spring Stack

Ink: Black

Other: Foam Tape, Coloring Pencil

Clearly iStamp Challenge

I stumbled across this blog Clearly iStamp from a website were I buy clear stamps, Clear Dollar Stamps.  I love their animal stamps!  Clearly iStamp is hosting a challenge  for a guest designer for one month.  This month's challenge was to use brads, designer paper, ribbon and 1 stamp set for images and sentiment, or 1 stamp set and a computer generated sentiment.  Since I've been on an ATC kick lately, I made one for this challenge.

Supplies:

Ribbon: KI Memories

Brad: Paper Studios

Paper: DCWV Summer Stack, White CS

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps, What a Hoot

Ink: Whisper Inks

Other: Markers, Emboss Powered, Foam Tape