Celebrate

 

This is one of my favorite color combinations and I know I go back to it a lot with any shade of browns and pinks.  For this one, I used Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Pink Pirouette. 

 

 

Behind the flower I used one of the Delicate Doilies die cuts - when you use it behind something like this you don't have to worry if all the little pieces have come out :)

 

Supplies:

Fabulous Phrases, Hello Doily, and Creative elements stamp sets

Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stock

Soft Suede and Pink Pirouette classic ink

basic pearls

Beau Chateau fabric

vintage trinkets

Delicate Doilies sizzlit

1 3/4" circle punch

 

Heartfelt thanks

Today's card uses the fun acrylic paint technique I have shared with you once before.  It is an idea

that we were given in our monthly Stampin' Success magazine that we receive as demonstrators

(this is an awesome perk!!). 

You just paint some card stock with acrylic paint and let it dry; then you run it through the Big Shot with an impressions folder and sand it lightly to highlight the texture. 

Supplies:

Fabulous Phrases, Bordering on Romance

Early Espresso, Very vanilla, Bashful Blue, Wisteria Wonder and Crumb Cake card stock

Early Espresso, Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi, and Bashful Blue classic ink and markers

Adorning Accents impressions folder

Scallop Circles die #2

3" circle die

Big shot

Finial Press impressions folder

Victoria Crochet trim ribbon

basic pearls

champagne mist shimmer paint

dimensionals

Falling leaves

Our challenge at Late Night Stampers this week is Thanksgiving themed projects - cards, home decor, thank you gifts, etc. 

I made 4 single layer cards (well two of them have a sentiment layer) using the French Foliage stamp set and added a belly band around the cards and envelopes.

I added some clear block stamping behind the leaves to add some color, but I didn't want to make the impression solid because I was going for the weathered look.

Supplies:

French Foliage

Fabulous Phrases

Very vanilla, More Mustard, Soft Suede and Sahara Sand card stock

Cajun Craze, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede and More Mustard classic ink

2 3/8" scallop circle punch

1 3/4" circle punch

word window punch

modern label punch

vintage wallpaper impressions folder

regals button

hemp twine

Greta

This is the second of three projects I made for my nieces for part of their birthday gifts.  Greta will receive an 8 x 10 framed piece - I took the photos with the glass removed, but it will be put back when she receives it.

I added a couple little sentiments to the bottom along with some vintage trinkets and Victoria crochet trim ribbon.  The Beau Chateau paper is torn and sponged with Marina Mist classic ink and I stamped the Marina Mist background with a stamp from Simpy Soft.

 I added a little bit of fun to the side of the frame with some ribbon and a vintage label.

VC Rocks Blog Hop

Welcome to the VC Rocks Blog Hop - Punches Galore! You have probably come from Carolyn Sharkas's blog, if at any time you wish to go back to the list of blogs, you can find it at VC Rocks  .  This will be the last blog hop of the year and I know

you will love the projects!

I have a couple different projects to show you, the first  uses the extra large oval, large oval and scallop oval punches.  The background is double embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper impressions folder and black embossing powder (the base on the first card is Crumb Cake and on the

second card it is Very Vanilla).

The Designer Frames impressions folder works great with the extra large oval punch making a perfect frame for the punched piece.  Behind the image in the oval, I have used the faux mother of pearl technique which doesn't stand out in the picture.

This is just another version of the same card.

and a closer look...

My next project is a fancy favor box with a handle made using our new lace ribbon border punch.  There are also 3 punched items hanging on some linen thread around the ribbon.  These were stamped with stazon on poly shrink plastic and then heated so they shrunk down to a much smaller size.

I used the scallop circle and decorative label punches for those and made a hole in them with the crop-o-dile before I heated the plastic.

Using the Fabulous Phrases stamp set, I stamped "heartfelt" and "thanks" on two of the pieces of plastic and the flower image from Charming on the third.  The border around the words is from the Four Frames stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed these projects, it has been so much fun to be a part of VC Rocks again this year, I look forward to next year  :) 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Now, you can move on to Heidi Sorg's blog

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Here is Mary Jo's sketch this week, I did a quick and simple interpretation using the Charming and Fabulous Phrases stamp sets.

There is a tiny scrap of Flirtatious Specialty paper on the bottom and some linen thread wrapped around it with a little bow.  Although it is slightly difficult to see, there are bitty buttons on each of the stamped images.

I used Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz card stock and inks.

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And another challenge....

Create with Connie and Mary on their regular site have a color challenge using...

I used the Upsy Daisy stamp set for the images on the card and tried out some poly shrink plastic and used the Four Frames and Fabulous phrases stamp sets on that.

There is also white bakers twine and a Regals button used on the card.