Punch art without all the punching!

Here's the new owl punch!  It's soooo up my alley, since I love punch art but with this great punch you just need one punch!

I used some retired patterned paper from Sale-a-bration....

Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie (ribbon) Sahara Sand and Chocolate Chip (for owl)

More Bear-y Merry Cards!

Some more Christmas cards...I find it less overwhelming to make a few cards a week than to be stuck on December 15th having to make 60 cards+!


One card uses Designer Series patterned paper for the background, and the other one uses the Polka Dot embossing folder....but instead it embossed it first and then moved the paper slightly to the right and re-embossed (if that is even a word!)....you can see in the close up that then is a faint dot pattern and a more pronounced pattern...it's actually kind of cool close-up....


I also paper pieced the girl's dress....



Glorious Green, Ruby Red

Bear-y Christmas!

This new Build-a-Bear accessories stamp set is so cute!

 In the boy card, I used a paw stamp (that I picked up in the dollar bin at Michael's) for the background....

the ornaments in the bears' hands have Dazzling Diamonds on them....

the trees have red glittler on the 'heart' ornaments....

I stamped the girl bear stamp on a piece of patterned paper and cut out the dress (without the neckline or the bottom trim on the dress) and then just glued that piece on top of my original stamped girl to make it look like she has a plaid dress on....

the first (blurry) shot is a close up of the girl's patten leather shoes...a thick layer of Crystal Effects makes this possible!




Ruby Red, Whisper White, Glorious Green, various markers for coloring

More bears....

Here's another version of the previous sample...I wanted to show you that I added some Crystal Effects tmake a shiny red apple....I also stamped the lunch box on a separate piee of paper and cut out and attached, but I think I liked it better when I stamped it directly onto the paper, like in the previous boy bear card....


Sage Shadow, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum


Wait till you see the Christmas Build-a-Bear cards it did with this stamp set!

Bear-y Adorable!

Here's is a sampling of the new accessory set for the Build-a-Bear line of stamps from Stampin' Up!   The apple and lunch box are too cute and the words are perfect for making some notes and cards to teachers....

The set also comes with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas accessories....

The embossed background is from the embossing plates from Sizzix....they are not as detailed as the folders, but still add a nice texture....I love the look of layering the same color embossed piece on the same color card...

First card:  Crumb Cake, Ruby Red, Marina Mist and various markers for coloring




Second Cards:  Brocade Blue, Night of Navy, Ruby Red, various markers for coloring

Rainy Day Bingo

I purchased the large background stamp, Bingo...I thought it would make a great family project...and I was right!  I stamped the bingo board in Taken with Teal, Brilliant Blue and Real Red-trimmed the sides and layered on coordinating cardstock for added stability....

Then I took the adorable images from 'Every Little Bit" and stamped them in various spots over each of the boards in Basic Black (I also stamped each image on white cardstock for the caller of Bingo)...each of my children got to pick out their own bingo board and color them however they wanted to (that's Timmy in the last photo)....

I also had my oldest punch out bingo 'chips' from retired cardstock with the 3/4 inch circle punch....

I store the game in a large clear plastic stamp case...the cards and all the chips fit perfectly!

Oooopps!

Here's one more sample from Peaceful Wishes....don't you just love that new embossing folder?


Mellow Moss, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White (for mostly white card) Naturals White (for Mellow Moss card)