halloween mode

since i have started selling my wares i must get in the halloween mode fast.  there is a street fair associated with the store that carries my cards so i have to hustle to get a good amount done by september 25th.

PTI friendship jar and jar fillers for fall are pretty nifty.  colored images with copics.....variety of papers on hand from years past serve as backgrounds....

three little purses

the fancy edge was created with an edge die from tim holtz.  small oval punch serves are the purse flaps....

used the rounded tag punch (SU) for the purse bodies, folding the punched out image in half.  i made the handles using a small circle punch punched over with a little larger circles....provided two handles that way.

happy rainbow and balloon

again..........stamps and dies from PTI....on a 4 1/4 square card......i put clear glaze on the rainbow and embossed the blue background with the swirls CB folder...a bit of clear glitter on the cloud for bling

popped out flowers

i used several tools for this card....a texture plate from PTI for the background and a flower die from PTI in different sizes.

i inked the texture plate in yellow and love the color and pattern it gave the cardstock, then i cut out three flowers and stamped the card in back of the popped embossed front piece.

weekly southernbreezes challenge

we were to use glitter or flocking or flowersoft for this challenge.

i chose glitter

this technique is "faux quilting"....scraps of scrapbooking paper sewed to a piece of cardstock and then popped up on the front of a 4 inch sq card.

the text is from PTI....

i used scor-tape on the bottom and added ultra fine green glitter to that to create a straight line.....pretty cool way to glitter.

southernbreezes glitter challenge

this card was made using a napkin which is glued on to a piece of cardstock with glue stick and then run thru a CB embossing folder and then inked with yellow.  the technique is called "felting". the butterfly is dusted with clear glitter.....a bit of bling.

sentiment from PTI....this is a thank you for a lovely 2 days spent with friends in Myrtle Beach.

two onesies

cardstock from nana's nursery/ boy and girl

and for a little girl

baby elephants

cute cute cute....the elephant stamp was in Michaels for $1.....papers....mat stacks from joanns that i got years ago !  finally remembered them...Little One   PTI

and blue for a boy

rick rack die from PTI

wedding and baby-shower cards

here's a few:

this is a digi stamp from  scrapbookheaven.com

i colored with copics and put a bit of fine glitter on the raindrops...sentiment....PTI

this is paper from Nana's nursery....baby boy.  just cut a flower with sizzix die from felt and added a bit of glitter....sentiment printed on the computer since i had not one baby shower sentiment !

one more baby or baby shower card....this is dbl sided paper ....the large scallop (PTI die) is the reverse side of the nifty paper...a pin on the sheer ribbon is just a tad too dark, but i hope it works......

wedding cards

i was able to sell some of my cards to a new local artsy store that features local "artists".  here's a few wedding cards i made for them.

the paper has been in my stash for a few years.... i covered the piece with lace.  the sentiment is from SU.  the sheer bow adds some pizzazz 

i dont consider myself an artist, but it was flattering to have the owner say that she loved what i brought to show her

the silver cardstock is embossed with a swiss dot....little silver hearts and the red brad add some dimension

embossed vellum over a piece of anna griffith paper is elegant.....restrained for me !!  i tried to keep the cards simple....hard for me

happy daisies

i used two sizes of flower shaped nestabilities.....cut into every other petal on both leaving each center intact....then just used a glue dot and a botton to anchor them.  the dotted paper is from PTI.....and so are the sentiments.

pretty bows and corners set them off in a "snappy" 'tude kind of way.  i made two of each color, but with different sentiments on each

last two button flowers

button posies

PTI blooming button bits.....ahhh, i love that set.  made a set of four cards with different sentiments

more froggies

i guess i am enamored with frogs these days.  made a cute set of 4 birthday cards using the SU unfrogettable set.

each is 4.25 square.....i made lime green envies to match.....

froggies

i made a set of frog cards...all 4 1/4 inches square.  the punch was a cute little froggy by EK success and stamps: "unfrogettable" by SU, sentiments from PTI and the jars and trapped bug...Judith.

i fiddled and fiddled and finally came up with a box to hold them.  have not made the envies yet, and i fear they may not fit inside the box.  may have to go back to the drawing board.

this sentiment is from a PTI set...."pond life".... papers were bits and pieces of scraps.  

the next card has two mason jar stamps i got ages ago from Judith stamps....don't think i ever used them...the little bug in the jar is also a Judith "sticky".  i covered the jars with vellum.....stuck the bug and a froggie inside....the woodgrain piece was made using my new woodgrain stamp.....cut with a tim holtz scallop edge die

last one.......used some corrugated cardstock and a nestie dies for the scalloped and pinked circles.....

pretty hydrangea

the SU hydrangea stamp was inked with memento black and colored with copics.  a bit of fine clear glitter.....

background made with a SU background stamp.....

hot air balloons

from the PTI set up up and away......cut the balloons using the coordinating die from DP.....clouds also have a die.....they are cut from shimmery pearl cardstock embossed with swirls.

kites

a PTI set....up up and away.....has kites and hot air balloons.....love this set.  i stamped three kites on designer paper and cut them out, popping one more than the others....sentiment also from PTI....scalloped edge...tim holtz

one more christmas in july

the SU ornament punch is great !  you can make all sorts of things with it besides christmas ornaments.

this IS a christmas card though.....startling (for me) colors ..... black and white...hmmmm, doesnt exactly say holidays to me.  the weekly challenge on southernbreezes.com has opened the door and it is hard for me NOT to start on christmas cards.  i am deliberately not going into the christmas paper stash, hence this card.

sentiment PTI

the background is teensy pindots set on a shiny textured pearly white.  the ornaments were cut from an old cardstock pack that had realy ugly glitter paper.  being that the ornies are small, i think they dont look too bad.

nifty basket with sunflower

the basket directions are on stamptv.com (flower gift basket), it is made from one 8x11 sheet of cardstock....you start with an 8 1/2 in square and score at 2 1/2 in on all sides then cut some parts and  finagle it together.  the DP is from SU.

the flower is made using ten SU ornament punches folded in half and inked, and one 1 1/2 in circle embossed with the CB swiss dot folder in a rich brown. popped up.  i found those directions on splitcoaststampers....done by jtwadd.  really pretty and eye popping.

i am using it as a gift basket for specialty teas, but you can put a small live potted plant in it or anything else that fits !! it is a sturdy little soldier.