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Ornaments

Happy November!  I can't believe I am saying that.  Can it really be November already?  Where did the time go?

I guess I have been surfing blogs lately.  I feel like I keep saying, "I saw this" or "I was that."  But, yet again, I have seen many posts using circles for ornaments.  I did this one last year.  But this time I decided to do extra large ornaments.  I used the Ski Slope DS paper for these.  The tops are from the scallop border punch.  The loops are just hand drawn.  The colors are Old Olive, Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White.  This is a 3 x 6 card.

Pumpkin Gets Punchy

I have been seeing some pumpkins made using the oval punches.  I thought I would give it a try.  I thought this little guy turned out cute.  What's more is that he is pretty easy.  I did add some sponging around the edges to give him a little more texture.  The DS paper is from the Frosty Day set in the Holiday mini.  I did a little paper piercing on the Old Olive strip.  The background is Kraft.  The pumpkins are Pumpkin Pie.  The stem and leaves for the pumpkin are made using ribbon.  I used a dimensional to pop up the center of the pumpkin.  Super simple and super cute.

Faux Suede

I have been seeing some fun fabric flowers used on cards and scrapbook pages lately.  I thought I would give it a try with card stock.  I try to be a SU! only kind of girl if you hadn't noticed.  I know there are so many wonderful things out there but I try to restrain myself.  I wanted the flowers to have some texture so I wrinkled the card stock and then decided that the Faux Suede would be nice for these as well.  And it could not be easier to do.  You simply pick your card stock and cut it or punch it to the size you need.  Then get rough with the card stock.  Take out your frustrations and wad it into a ball, roll it around and wrinkle it with your fingers.  The softer it gets the more easy it is to work with. You will notice that the card stock will want to pull apart.  Place them inside facing up.  That's it.  Super simple.  All I did was use circle punches to develop these flowers.  And as a bonus you get two flowers out of one punch.  The first one I did was the Rose Red and Old Olive one and then decided to do another one using the Juncto DS paper since it is actually "fall".

Tangerine Loads of Love

I received a cute card from my friend, Susanne Moyer. using this layout and decided to case it for this card. Her card was positioned vertically, but the truck needed to be horizontal to fit.  I love these colors and think they work great for this little truck.  I haven't used this set in a long time have always been very fond of it.  It was great fun to color.  The colors are: Kraft, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White. There is a little bashful blue in there for coloring the windows and ground.

 

Cattails

I have seen a few cards where they turned the grass from Inspired by Nature into cattails.  I thought I would give it a try.  It's actually very simple.  You just stamp the grass and add some "tails" with the slot punch.  I used Old Olive and Chocolate Chip for this card.  This would be a good masculine card.  Don't you think?

Zebra Valentine

I had originally made this for Kristina's 27 Color Challenge but did not have time to post it.  I love red.  It is my all time favorite color.  I thought this was a cute little candidate for a card with red as the focal color.  If you enlarge the photo you might be able to see the versamark background of polka dots.  The zebra has the red and white gingham around his tail.

Great Video To Share

Hi Gang. Sorry to be so quiet. I haven't had much time for stamping. I plan on remedying that today. I did want to share this great video with you. I think you will enjoy the projects that Shelli shows.

Scandinavian Season 6

One more Scandinavian Season card.  I also used the Ski Slope DS paper again.  The base is Baja Breeze with Versa Mark snowflakes.  The star is stamped in Chocolate Chip.  It has a small flower from Baja Breeze added with a little Red rhinestone brad.  The greeting is from the Chit Chat Rub-ons.  I finished it off with some Old Olive Ribbon.

Pumpkin Pie Snowflake

This little square card uses the Frosty Day DS paper and the Snowflakes #2 Die.  The only stamping is in Versa Mark on the Canvas Background.  I did some paper piercing around the Chocolate Chip layer.  I thought the DS paper said it all and did not feel the need to add a separate greeting.  I did add a little bashful blue button and some blue gingham ribbon.  I really like how this card turned out.  

KWerner Color Challenge #26

I had a chance to do a little stamping so I thought I would make a card for Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #26.

I didn't have any Wild Wasabi so I used Old Olive instead.  I used Bashful Blue DS and Frosty Day DS.  The greeting is from The Best Yet hostess set. The star is the star punch that I dry embossed with my crop-a-dile.  Then I added a So Saffron Button and a little blue gingham to finish it off.