Winter Wishes

Hi there

Thanks for stopping by today. This is the 3rd card from last Saturday's class. 

I think this card is kind of classy.  Silver and gold embossed trees and some white snowflakes are the only stamped images on the panel.

I made my own corners out of gold card stock. I cut a square and then cut it diagonally. I then added a gold corner on two opposite corners and the sentiment was stamped and embossed  in gold on a label shape and that finishes this card off in no time.

You will notice that as I stamped the tree, I overlapped and changed the colors of the embossing powder as I went along. Stamp from one side to the other. (I started on the right and worked to the left.) I started with the gold tree, heated that one, next stamped 2 trees and embossed with silver. Then reverted back to gold and then back to silver for the last tree. 

After the trees were done I stamped the snowflakes and used white embossing powder

The stamping was done on a black panel that was then attached to a cream card. The cream card seems to fade into the white background of this pic (sorry).

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SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Woodware - Forest Paper/Card Stock: Black CS, Cream CS Ink:VersaMark Dies Used: Spellbinders Labels One Accessories: Embossing powder - Black, Gold, White detailed; VersaMark; dimensional foam

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

• Cardz 4 Guyz - #80 Christmas in July (#13)
• Deep Ocean Challenge #107 - Christmas in July (#103)
• Die Cuttin' Divas  - #225 Christmas in July (#18)
• Through The Craft Room Door  Always Anything Goes (#64)
• Tuesday Throwdown  #255 Christmas in July (#32)
• Artistic Inspirations -  Anything Goes (#81)
• Card Mania - Anything Goes (#522)
• Cards in Envy - Christmas in July(#15)
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Christmas in July (#16)
• Dream Valley Challenges - Embossing, wet or dry (#26)

I am finishing up on all the prep work, cutting and kitting for my 3 classes at Stampaway. I will be glad when this is finally done. LOL Stampaway classes start in less than 2 weeks. Click here to see the classes that are still available.

Thanks for dropping by and I'll be seeing you all soon.

I don't have time

Hi Everyone,

Happy Wednesday. !!! This week I made a visit to see Madge and boy what a day she's had.

I know I've had days that really mimic Madge and that verse can be so true. LOL

I love this orange color, it is so now. It's so Madge. LOL.

Periodically I get comments about my bows. This is really 2 bows pushed together and they are what I call "rabbit ears" bows. They are done by hand. No tools, Easy Peasy!! Really!! I will do a pic tutorial and show you how I do it. It will be in a week or so as I will be gone for a few days and won't have time to get this finished before I leave. So stay tuned for that.

Supplies used:

Stamps Used- Art Impressions  - Don't have Time D1430, Madge  L1549

Ribbon

Paper/CS used - Teal Core'dinations CS, white cs, cream cs, designer paper

Inks used - VersaMark, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Distress Ink Old Paper

Embossing Powder - Shimmer EP

Copic Markers - BG13, BG000, E43, C-1, YR09, YR61

Embossing Folder

Spellbinder Die - S4-111 Scalloped Oval

Hole Punch

OK, I have to get a card ready for you all to see for the Art Impression's Weekly Challenge post on Thursday.

Thanks for stopping in today and I hope you stop in tomorrow.

May the Love

Hi Everyone,
Well today it's Thanksgiving and I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day!! Hope you are all having a wonderful day with family and friends. Oh I bet the food is to die for, too.(LOL)

Today is Thursday and it's time for the next weeks Art Impressions weekly challenge. This weeks theme is "flowers".

So with that in mind, I made flowers using Nested Poinsettias, using vellum paper. Next I stamped beautiful snowflakes on designer paper and heat embossed the snowflakes using white detail embossing powder. I added a sentiment and some ribbon and the card is finished.

Supplies used:
Art Impressions Stamps - May the Love H774, Med. Snowflake H2753
Spellbinders dies - Nested Poinsettias S4-219, Ovals S4-110, Scalloped Ovals S4-111
Paper/Card Stock - Designer Paper, Vellum, Teal Blue CS
Embossing Powder - White Detail
Copic Markers - R81 (Used to color the Poinsettias)
Ribbon
Brads

Noel

Hi Stampers,
Today I want to share with you the card I designed with the Art Impressions weekly challenge in mind. The theme is Red, Green and Metallic, so I decided to use some designer cs and gold cs and ribbon and fir trees and here is the card........................

Supplies used:
Card stock - White, red, designer cs, gold cs
Embossing folder - Sizzix - dots (used on the designer cs)
Spellbinders dies - Lace Doily Motifs S5-063, Grands Label One  LF-161
Ink - Distress Ink - Pine Needles
Emboss Powder - Clear Detail
Art Impressions Stamps - Mini Noel E2760, Mountain Fir G3237, Large Mountain Fir J3238
Ribbons - Red and Green chiffon

Hope you are inspired and design a card with red, green and metallic. Then go over to the Art Impressions blog and enter your card. You could be the next weekly challenge winner!!

Tags for the holiday

Hi Everyone,
Just thought you might like to see a tag I made for the Art Impressions challenge for this week.

I thought I'd use one of the stamps I just received from Art Impressions. I ordered the whole Polar Pals collection, and they are so darned cute!!!! The stamp I used is called Walking Polars.

I made this to resemble a snow globe. I cut a circle and stamped it, and colored with Copics. Next I covered the whole circle with VersaMark and then covered it with an embossing powder called Shimmer and heat set it. Next I used a Labels Four die and cut a label out of black cs. I then cut the label in half, and turned it upside putting the flat cut side down and mounted the globe right under the label.And there is your snow globe. I added some snowflake ribbon to finish this off.

Supplies used:

Art Impressions - Walking Polars M4079

Embossing Powder - Shimmer EP137 Sparkle N Sprinkle

Spellbinders Labels Four S4-190

VersaMark

India Ink Black

Copic Markers: Y17,Y21, Y28, YG45, B24, R29, C-1 

Ribbon

Tag made using die from AccuCut

Card Stock - White, Blue Shimmer, Black

Thanks for stopping in today, see you soon

It's Halloween Time .... almost.

Are you sending out Halloween cards?? No???

Instead of a card you could also attach the design to the front of a trick or treat bag or a gift bag. So think outside he box and have fun with this.

This image is one stamp and isn't it cute!!!! I colored it with Copics and cut out the blank area in the center and mounted a grey brown colored CS to that area. I added a little PearlEx to give it some pizzazz . I have a fence border punch from Martha Stewart and used that to frame the card on 3 sides. Added a little ribbon and this card is finished.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Art Impressions U1546
PearlEx
Punch - Martha Stewart fence
Ink-VersaMark
Black Detail EP - EP171 Sparkle N Sprinkle
Copic Markers - C-1,E43, E57, YR09, YR68, YR69,YG03
Spica Pen - clear (Made by Copic)
Ribbon

Make sure to stop over at the Art Impressions blog and check out the challenge this week. It's all about Halloween. So get out your stamps and enter, you could be the winner of a $10.00 gift certificate to use in their store. Have a great day.

A Foggy Nite

Hi Everyone
I just love trees and since fall is on its way in, I thought I'd use this tree that I just received. And I tried to make it really eerie looking.

I added 2 corners using holographic paper and I toned them down using a Copic Marker and the bottom one looks a little scribbly, sorry for that. Sometimes lighting or lack there of, just works against me.

To achieve this look, stamp black CS with VersaMark, cover with clear EP and heat. Next using chalks or Perfect Pearls sponge on the gold color around the moon and purple thru the mid section and a green gold at the bottom.Next ink up the stamp again and then stamp trees again to make the scene appear to have more trees in a foggy area. When you stamp the VersaMark onto the chalked CS make sure you clean the stamp, as it will be removing the chalk for the CS. I also extended the trees to the purple panel just to add more interest.

Supplies used:
Art Impressions Stamps - Lg. Birch P1398, Bats w/ Moon F1108
Perfect Pearls - Gold, Green, Purple
Ink - VersaMark
Paper - Purple CS, Black CS, Holographic CS

This is a  great technique so give it a try.

Thanks for stopping in 

Sparkle N Sprinkle Autumn Inspirations Blog Hop

Hi there,
Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Autumn Inspirations Blog Hop.
If you hopped here by way of Eleanor's blog, then you're in the right place. If not, and you'd like to become eligible for the Grand Prize and five other mystery prizes, please begin on the Sparkle N Sprinkle Home Blog here. Please leave a comment on my blog to become eligible for the grand prize or one of the 5 mystery prizes.

The blog hop runs from August 25 thru August 26, with winners announced on Aug 27 between 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.. 
One grand prize and five mystery prizes will be awarded.


To qualify to win one of the prizes please hop to each designers and leave a comment.

I have 3 cards for you today:

The 1st card is: Spooky Face -  

Stamps used: 
Spooky Face 1721-335A
Smell Jellybeans 1726-335B
Glitter used: 
Orange Surprise Glitter G1010
Black Ice Glitter G1020

I used Spellbinders Stacked Pumpkins to make these great orange pumpkins. Also using the 1/4 inch Tear-ific tape on the edges gives me the ability to add a glitter border to my layers.
Click here for the complete instructions to make this card.
My 2nd card is:
The Pumpkin Stack-
Stamps used:
Pumpkin Stack – Lg  1278-228J
Pumpkin Stack – Sm  1284-228B
The Beauty 539-228B
I applied alcohol ink using  fall colors on glossy paper and used a leaf punch to punch the leaf shapes. Add the leaves to a trellis border made from a die to make the interesiting border on the card.
Click here for the complete instructions to make the card.


My 3rd card is:
The Haunted House-
Stamps used:
Spooky Tree  1718-335K
Shadow Haunted House  1720-335A
Bat  1723-335AA
RIP 1717-335B
Glitter used:
Spirited Green Glitter G1070
Impulsive Purple Glitter  G1069
Embossing Powder used:
Clear Detail Embossing Powder  EP280
That Tear-ific tape allows you to apply straight lines of adhesive and it makes it super easy to add glitter.
Here is how I applied the colors to the black CS.
Use a sponge and apply PearlEx in a circular motion on black CS, sponge a circle of Yellow/Gold PearlEx to the top center of the Black panel. Next sponge the rest of the Black panel with Purple PearlEx. (Note:Stamping with VersaMark over the PearlEx will cause the PearlEx to be removed from the CS and will cling to your stamp, make sure you clean your stamp even if you are stamping the same image again.) Using Versamark, stamp images over areas of the black CS. Cover the stamped images with Clear EP and heat set.This is a cool coloring technique.
Click here for the complete instructions to make this card
Next stop in the blog hop is Linda Loew

Thanks for stopping by today.
(Don't forget to leave your comment to be eligible for prizes.)

Another Thank You ......

Hi there stampers,

I am back with another Thank You card using those great Crafter's Companion stamps.

I used the fairy from the Almond Blossom set. If you are a fairy lover, as I am, Crafter's Companion has a wonderful selection of fairy stamps.The "Thank You" sentiment is in the Buttercup Fairy set. 


The Almond Blossom Fairy is delivering the Thank You's with a handful of Almond Blossoms. This card is sure to make someone's day.


Card Recipe:

Stamps used: Almond Blossom Fairy, Thank You (from the Buttercup Fairy set)

Cardstock: Core'dinations, Blue CS, White CS

Glitter/Embossing Powders used:Sparkle N Sprinkle - Glitter Shimmering Sea G1082, Clear Detail Embossing Powder EP 280

Copic Markers:

BG10 Dress

R02 Dress & Flowers

YG67 Flower Stem

Y11 Flower Inside

Inks: VersaMark & Fresco Chalk- Ink Botticelli Blush, India Ink

Spellbinders Die - Lacey Squares S4-295

Embossing Folder - Couture Creations - Royality

Lace

Thanks for stopping by today

Barbara

Another Thank You card

Hi Stampers,
I have been asked to be the guest designer over at the Crafter's Companion blog for the month of August. (I was a guest designer back in May too.) This company has a great stamp selection and some wonderful tools as well. And make sure you look at their extensive fairy line. Check out their products here.
The card I have for you today is a Thank You card. And you know we all need these kind of cards from time to time.

These Fairies have really stolen my heart. I love them. I thought the Wild Cherry Blossom Fairy would look so cute along side a medallion from a paintable wallpaper panel. Since the medallion had a circle in it I added more circles using the rick rack circles. 
What better way to say thank you than to have the Fairies deliver the message.


Wild Cherry Blossom Card Recipe:

Stamps used:Cherry Blossom Fairy, Thank You (from the Buttercup Fairy set)

Cardstock: DCWV (Pink colored CS), White CS, Paintable Wallpaper - Leaf Medallion

Vellum added to wings to give added dimension & interest

Copic Markers & Spica (made by Copic):

R85, RV21 Dress & Inside Flower

E77 Flower Branch

YG03,YG06 Leaves on Paintable Wallpaper, Flower Stems

RV21 Border on Paintable Wallpaper

Spica Sand - Hair

Spica Lemon Inside Flowers

Spellbinders Tags - S4-235

Glitter- Sparkle N Sprinkle - Carnation G1028

Quickutz- Rick Rack Circles

Ink -India Ink

Paintable Wallpaper

Thanks for stopping by,

Barbara

Christmas Holly

Hi there stampers,

Is it any cooler where you are?? No?? Well, just keep thinking Christmas, that should help to keep you cool.

I've designed another card to help cool you off and inspire you.

I've wanted to use this stamp for a few weeks and finally decided on a design.

I made this round easel card. These are so easy to make and you can make square ones round ones and rectangle ones so just let your imagine go wild.

Here is a side view.

Here is the card opened. I just love easel cards. They are so easy to display and they sit there so nicely. This will work nicely on a desk at the office or on a mantle or where ever you display cards.

I used the Copic markers to color the image with and the colors are so vibrant, aren't they.

Using the Spellbinders Fancy tag die I  stamped the sentiment on that fancy shape and used dimensional foam to pop it up . This keeps the card open for display.

Here is the card recipe.

Art Impressions Stamps used

Holly - U2113

Joy- G2164

Other products used:

QuicKutz - Rick Rack Circle

Spellbinders - Grand Circles  LF-114

Spellbinders - Fancy Tags S4-235

Sparkle N Sprinkle Gold Detail Embossing Powder  EP168

Copic Markers: G94, BG96, R29

Dimensional Foam

Keep cool, thanks for stopping by and I will see you soon,

The Witch Is In

Hi everyone,
I have been busy with the end of the month upon me. I have projects to finish and mail out, so, over the next few days I will be finalizing that as well as putting the finishing touches on my Stampaway class.

I do have a cute card I wanted to share with you all today. I know it's hotter than blue blazes, but Halloween will be here soon. I have seen Christmas stuff already out on the floors,and ya know Halloween will be here in less than 3 months.And Christmas.......well  it's 5 months from yesterday,  and you know in the blink of an eye we will be wrapping presents and decorating and.... .OK OK enough right now.

I picked up a new die set recently. It's rick rack circles from QuiKutz.and decided to use it on this card.

These dies are so cool and I loved these when I first saw them. So I will be using them more as they have such potential.

The stamps on this card are from Sparkle N Sprinkle and are great for the Halloween season. Treat bags, party invitations, gift bags, these stamps are great for all those fun things.



These stamps I used are part of set 335 Halloween RIP. Cute aren't they!!??!! You need to check out the rest of the stamps on this set.

Here are the things I used for this card:
Stamps - Set 335 Halloween RIP Sparkle N Sprinkle
Embossing Powder - Black Detail EP171 Sparkle N Sprinkle
Glitter - Impulsive Purple G1069 Sparkle N Sprinkle
Paper PopTones - Limeade
Dies - Rick Rack Circles - Quikutz

Well that is it for today, stay cool

Thanks for stopping by

Sparkling Wintry Sensations Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle "Sparkling Wintry Sensations” blog hop! If you hopped here by way of  Marie, then you're in the right spot. If you'd like to start from the beginning and become eligible for SIX great prizes, then click here.

During the blog hop, from today through Sunday July 17, the Sparkle Team presents all of the SNS Winter Holiday stamps on a super special - 20% off! (exception is Spellbinders Combos).

Since those hot and humid days are settling in for a lot of us, I think these two cards will help to cool you down. And what better way than to stamp up some snowman cards.

This snowman is in  set 340 Dancing Snowman. He is so cute and he's dancing and tipping his hat to you. Can't you picture him on one of your Christmas card designs.

I have him sitting offset on top of a blue snowflake that was made with a punch. Next, I added brushable glue to that snowflake and covered it with Sparkling Snow Glitter G1003

I embossed the card front with a snowflake embossing folder and lightly covered those embossed images with Memento Ink - Summer Sky 99620.
I found some swirly silver ribbon and pleated it to finish this card.

My next card, is another snowman also from Set 340 and this stamp is known as Top Hat - Snowman. He is framed using a frame from a Cuttlebug Emboss Plus folder. The Dotty Flakes are a great addition to this snowy card too and are also in this set.. I used Poolside EP (EP393)  and Silver Lightning EP (EP262) on this card and used that swirly silver ribbon to tie it all together.









I hope my cards have helped to cool you down.

Don't forget, I might be one of “The Five” with a secondary prize, so take a minute to leave a comment to become eligible for the Grand Prize and one of the 5 secondary prizes, then hop on over to Patti's blog for more "cool" ideas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

SPARKLE N SPRINKLE'S NON-TRADITIONAL MOTHER'S DAY BLOG HOP

Hi and welcome to my blog.
I'd like to welcome you to the Sparkle N Sprinkle non-traditional Mother's Day Blog Hop, which began at the SparkleNSprinkle Home Blog.

Hopefully you have been enjoying the beautiful cards presented by my fellow Sparkle Team designers Jill, Joan and Anne. Our Mother's Day inspired hop is non-traditional because we're displaying cards which honor special women in our lives, whether they are Moms or not. We hope you will enjoy these feminine cards, and perhaps create something special for the dear women who regularly and meaningfully touch your life. Today, my card is made with Wilma in mind. Wilma is mother to a great friend of mine and she is the closest to being my mom. I lost my mom many years ago and still miss her every day. But Wilma has been a great substitute mom.

Great news!!! Set 265, which is the set I used, is in re-release and available right now at a discount. Clicking here will take you to the SparkleNSprinkle page for this stamp set.

Here are some components of my card:

Flowers in Vase and Verse stamps are in set 265

Buttercup Petal Embossing Powder EP389

Glisten Embossing Powder EP135

Spellbinders Ovals  S4-112
Copic Markers: BG10, YG03, Y06, RV14

Click here for detailed directions for my card.

Blog Hop members:
Jill Jacobsen
Joan Petty
Barbara Bruder -  you are here
Julie Zipple
Donna Maligno
Eleanor Jenkins
Erika Taylor
Judy Rozema
Julie Warner
Linda Lowe
Patti White
Shona Erlenborne
Donna Ellis

Before hopping on over to Julie Zipple's place for further inspiration, please leave a comment here on my blog to be eligible for a great prize! AND don't forget to leave a final comment on the Sparkle N Sprinkle home blog about a woman who has inspired you.

Have a great and inspired day!!!!!

Sparkle N Sprinkle Fall Inspiration Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Fall Inspiration Blog Hop! If you hopped here by way of the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog, then you're on the right track. If you've arrived from somewhere else, you might want to start from the beginning, at the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog,so as not to miss anyone's remarkable cards! (If you need to return to Sparkle N Sprinkle's blog click here ) At least one prize is involved. The more visitors we have, the more prizes will be awarded, so tell your friends! To become eligible for a prize just:

Leave a comment at each designer's blog about her card and make a guess who you think has the Hidden Birthday Prizes

Here are the cards I designed for the blog hop.

Card #1

The panel behind the birds uses paintable wallpaper. I alcohol inked that square panel and then used a Versamark pen and applied the ink to those raised areas surrounding that panel, and applied Bronze Rose embossing powder and heat set. The chickadees were stamped in brown dye ink and colored with Copic markers and mounted over the wallpaper. I made those panels behind the dark brown cardstock using Color Wash on watercolor paper, and just mounted them on the front of the 6X6 card.

Card #2

Look at this scarecrow, out in the field in the moonlit night. That's a full moon rising in the background. I love this scarecrow, he has so much character doesn't he?? I masked off the moon, then I brayered the blue night sky and the green field onto the cardstock. Next I added Glisten embossing powder to the moon to set it off more.  I added the fence and the glistened pumpkins using dimensional foam. Lastly added that cute scarecrow and the sentiment and here is your 2nd card.

To continue the hop, please click here to visit Donna Maligno's (also known as DeeDee) blog who will be sharing her spin on Autumn!

Thanks for stopping by today and please leave a comment  and make a guess to be entered in the contest.

 

Barbara

C4C55 (Crazy 4 Challanges)

Hi Stampers

Today's card celebrates the fall season. I love the two stamps that I used for this card. The scarecrow and the fence with the crow. What a great combination. The fence is a stamp from Ippity and the scarecrow is Sparkle N Sprinkle. The papers really compliment the card and show off the colors in the scarecrow. I didn't have red brads so I embossed gold ones with Red Apple embossing powder and now they really look great with the colors on the card. The card design is based on this weeks sketch shown at Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Well that is it for now, thanks for stopping by, see you soon,

Barbara

Summer is over......

Well summer is over and fall will officially be here 2 weeks from tomorrow, September 22. Thought I'd make a card that will remind you of a visit to the beach. It's a diorama card. It's 3-D. Have you ever made one of these type cards???This card is really pretty easy to make. It just takes a little longer and a few more pieces of cardstock, that 's all.

Can you visualize this in a Christmas theme?? I will have to make one and post it. The good news is these cards can be mailed. They fold flat and fit into an envelope, how cool is that.


Well that is it for now, thanks for stopping by, see you soon,

Barbara

72 Hour Sale on Embossing Powders

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Buy ten get TWO free! and so forth.
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To view all our embossing powders, click here.
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