My Bountiful Harvest

You know when you see a stamp and think "oh that will look nice" and it takes time to color it ~ then to just hack it away with your punch or die cut?  Yup, that's what I did with this stamp.  I was working on my Thanksgiving cards and I have this stamp by D.O.T.S. that is really cute.  I use it a lot.  It's a cornucopia filled with a harvest bounty and I colored it in with my pencils and gamsol.  Being careful to shade everything just right for Fall colors only to hack most of it away with one of my nesties...  Grrrr...

You cant even tell it's a cornucopia...  Oh well.  The thought was there. 

I stamped the cornacopia from D.O.T.S. and colored it in with my pencils and gamsol then I cut it out with my Standard Circles small nestie and layered it on to a piece of More Mustard that I punched out with my Marvy Giga scalloped circle punch.  I set that aside and started to layer the card.  The base card is Ruby Red that I layered with Close to Cocoa and a piece of DP from Creative Imaginations Debbie Mumm Harvest collection.  I took a piece of rust colored ribbon and layered it on the left side of the card.  I then stamped the saying 'thanksgiving blessings' from Printworks in black ink and layered that on to a piece of Ruby Red cs.  I also stamped the leaf image by Alextamping with my Big and Juicy Foliage ink pad on to white cs and layered it on to a piece of Ruby Red cs.  I then took both of those layers and added them on top of the ribbon at the left.  I then pierced the holes around the scallop circle on my main image and used pop dots to add it to the card and I was complete.

I've got something else that I'm working on today that is Fall also.  I am having trouble getting to work on things with Dixie around.  She is in the exploring stage right now and wants out every 5 minutes.  I can't ignore her just in case she wants out to do her business.  We get outside and she just wants to play and explore.  She's really funny too!  She loves weeds.  Not to eat or anything, just to play with.  I told Ricky that we should get one of those cat toy's with the feather on the end of the stick to play with her, that's almost like the weeds.

Anyway ~ I hope to be back tomorrow to show you some more Fall inspiration!  Have a great day!

I'm baaaack!!

Hello everybody. I'm back! I first want to thank everyone who has sent me well wishes and cards. That was very kind of you. I'm still sad, but time does help a little.

I've been keeping my mind and hands busy with some Christmas cards. I have an idea of how many I want to send out, and I've made more than I need ~ I think. Before I show you some cards I want to show you a picture of what Danielle made in floral class. I took the picture and it was on my camera for a few days before I put it in the computer, so by the time I got to it the flowers died so I could not take another picture ~ I'm sorry for the fuzzy photo but you can still see it.

Danielle made this in her floral class. It's a real pumpkin that they cleaned out and put one of those floral oasis' in (the green foam). Then they added all the flowers. The pumpkin top is still attached too with a large bamboo skewer. I thought it was really nice.

I had known for a while that I needed to make some items for Ricky's niece. She asked me to make some things for her co-workers for Christmas. Like a dummy, I waited and put it off and did not feel like making them right away. I do that. I wait too long and have to do things at the last minute. It kinda worked out alright. His other niece was visiting so I finished them and gave them to her to take back, that way no one had to pay shipping.

These really did not take long to make. Since I do not have the Top Note die cut I happened to have one already done (Thank you again Mary Beth) and I just traced it and cut it out with Baja Breeze cs. I think I was a little crazy when I thought dots would look nice around the outer edge ~ I had to make 10 of them. Yes, I was seeing dots in my sleep that night!

I stamped the image from Holiday Lineup and colored them in with watercolors, inked the edges up with Ballet Blue ink and layered it on to a piece of Pink Piroquette paper. I wanted something under that and it hit me, I had some large ribbon I did not know what to do with ~ so I added it under the image panel.

For the back side I computer generated the saying and used my Marvy Giga Scallop Circle punch to punch out a piece of Riding Hood Red cs. I added the white dots (didn't I learn the first time???) with my white gel pen and added the saying on top of that. Except for the dots it is a quick project.

She also wanted a paint can for a friend of hers in the americana theme. Well, I pulled out my 4th of July stamps and shot off a can. Paint can's are really very quick to make. They look more intimidating than anything. But once I know what I want to do on the can it's a fast process.

The can is covered with DP from Creative Imaginations and Reminisce. I stamped the flag image from Darcies and colored it in with my watercolors. The bell image is from Printworks, that's also colored with watercolors. The "ribbon" on the lid was a stamp that I've had for a long while and it was not marked, so I'm not sure where that came from? I added various prima flowers and crystal brads here and there to hide the seam and I was finished.

Tomorrow I will show you some of the cards that I've made. Here is a sneek peek:

Sorry for the long post, but I have been gone a while.

I will see you all tomorrow!
Hugs,

Joani

More Time Well Spent

Yuppers, I think that this is probably my most favorite set of all time. Ok, well ~ maybe not, but I sure do love it. Each time that I need to make a card I seem to be reaching for this set. It's fun ~ and can be a bit colorful which is a nice addition to the rather gloomy weather that we've been seeing!

My DD asked me to make a card for her friends birthday that she went to last weekend. She told me that she is really not too girly so I thought that I'd have to keep this card in my stash and start over. When my DD came home from school and another of her friends was tagging along they both noticed the card at the same time and in unison they said "She's going to like that". Of course I was happy, but then I was sad too because I wanted to keep it. Oh well, another reason to make another.

As far as the card goes, I used Pixie Pink for the card base. I had some more of that yummy DP I purchased for Gabby's DD's card so I had to use that too. It's from Creative Imaginations and it's just a really fun print. I placed a layer on the card and turned it over and used it again, but this time I used Pink Passion to ink the edges first and attached a length of ribbon to that layer. I stamped the flowers and butterfly, colored them with pencils and cut them out. I used pop dot's on some to give it a little depth. The saying I stamped from For a Friend, inked the edges as well with Pink Passion and placed it on the card using pop dots as well. The photo corner I made from a piece of scrap and placed in the upper right corner. Once everything was in it's place I added a touch of stickles here and there for a little punch of color.

Well, yes. I've been on a card making mission it seems like since last October. I've been wanting to get back to my scrapbook but it seems that there has been non stop holiday's since. So, finally a light at the end of the tunnel! I'm done with cards thru Easter. Thank goodness the next holiday I make cards for is in July so I just might finish my album by then!!

This page actually needs something else, but I just cant put my finger on it. So I stuck it in the album and I'm sure that it will come to me one day ~ when I'm in the middle of something I'm sure. I get sidetracked so easy!

This page has pic's from when I was a little girl. My Dad in the yard taking care of his plants. I will tell you that man had the greenest thumb of anyone I knew. Our yard was actually photographed and put in Better Homes & Gardens. And yes, that is me. My DH and I have known each other for as long as I can remember. When he saw this he said "there is the tattle tale". That's because when I was little, well, I used to be a tattle tale. I was riding that same little trike and I caught him and his cousin smoking and I said "oooh, I'm gonna tell" and turned my trike around and peddled off. And to this day he won't let me live it down. So every time he says that I say "I'm gonna tell!" :)

The BG paper is from SU! It was from the Petals and Paisley collection. I hoard paper because it's pretty and never want to cut into it! I'm sure none of you know what I'm talking about ;-)

I added another layer to it, then another from the same collection. I stitched around it with my sewing machine. I stamped random flowers from the Autumn Leaves clear stamps (I found at Walmart really cheap!!) and then some from One of a Kind and I cut those out. I took a piece of YoYo Yellow and added the journaling to it and made a pocket so it will slide behind one of the photos. The photo corners were made from pieces of scrap also. A little chalk and stickles and I was thru. Like I said, it still needs something. What do you think?

More to come tomorrow! Til then ~ happy stamping!!