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Hi stampers!  There is more exciting news from SU...it just doesn't stop!  Starting Monday and through November 28th we are having an ONLINE EXTRAVAGANZA!

There will be amazing deals with some items up to 50% off!  There will also be extra special deals on the first and last days!  Make sure to check out my online store HERE to see what's on sale.  Get some gifts for the crafters in your life and some for YOU!  :-)

And now a quick card!  I missed the deadline for the sketch I used at Retrosketches since I had to work late last night and then got sucked into a new book...before I knew it, it was after 1 am and I HAD to get to bed as I was running 5K this morning, lol!  It ended up ok, I wanted to run in under 28 minutes and I made it in just over 27!  Yay!

So this card is now only for the Colour Q challenge which I loved this week and immediately made me think of big cosy sweaters (which is what I'm wearing almost exclusively now, ha) and mittens of course!  What do you think?

And I came up with this cute card!

Now, don't mind the mittens because they are both left but I couldn't get that stamp to do a right mitten:-).  I also thought the argyle folder lent itself and texture well.

Hope you like it, I'm off to spend some time with my momma!  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the sale or any of the fun things going on with SU!  I'd be happy to help you!

Happy stamping!

HSS 142

Hi stampers!  It's Tuesday and time for another challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  This week it's a game of TAG!

I went pretty straightforward on this one and made a gift tag for Christmas

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Make and mitten, more merry messages
Paper:  Whisper white, crumb cake, cherry cobbler, snow festival DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, baja breeze, cherry cobbler, gumball green, primrose petals
Accessories:  Make a mitten builder punch, circle punch, white taffeta ribbon, two tags die, dazzling details, basic pearls

I usually try to make all my tags for my packages so now I'm ahead one!  I just love the two tags die! It makes perfect tags!  And it's hard to see in the photo but there are pearls across the cherry cobbler part of the mitten and dazzling details over the "cuff".

So tag, you're it!  Got check out the rest of the DT's projects and then make one of your own and link it up!

Happy stamping!

More mittens

Hi stampers!  I have a problem!  I can't stop making Christmas cards when I should be making fall-themed cards!  Help!  I have all this stuff and I'm not using it and time is running out????  Anyone with me?  I have no idea what the deal is as I LOVE LOVE LOVE fall and Halloween!  Soooo....that's the goal for this next few weeks (I'd say weekend but have to work 15+ hours Friday and that or more on Saturday so that's not going to happen, ha)!  You guys need to keep tabs on me and keep me in line if I don't start sharing FALL cards!  :-)  Hopefully the cool fall weather we just started having will help me!   It's getting to be sweater and sweatshirt weather!  Love it!

Anyway....as I mentioned yesterday, I've been in a stamping slump the past week or so.  But I got my monthly demo magazine last week so I sat down Sunday and decided to case one of the projects from it (and there are a LOT of cute ideas I want to make in there).  That usually helps me get my mojo going...and it did!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Make a mitten, teeny tiny wishes
Ink:  Crumb cake, whisper white craft, cherry cobbler, versamark
Paper:  Crumb cake, cherry cobbler, snow festival DSP
Accessories:  Mitten builder punch, clear embossing powder, cherry cobbler baker's twine, brights glimmer brads

I cased the card pretty much exactly as it was except I added a few details.  The inspiration card was only one layer but I really like to add another layer sponged in white when using craft.  It just looks more "wintery" to me.  I also sponged the mitten to give it a little more depth.  And just because I'm lazy (lol) I used the red striped strip instead of green because I didn't feel like cutting my DSP up more, ha!  And that's how I got my strips of paper....they are actually a pattern of the DSP and I just cut them into individual strips.  Just think how many cards you could get out of ONE sheet like that!

I really didn't think I needed this stamp set back when the seasonal catalog came out....but you know how that goes.  And I'm super glad I broke down and got it before my magazine came so I could make this card!  There are still a FEW things I've resisted....but the catalog isn't over yet, ha!

Now, don't forget to hold me accountable for some fall cards:-)

Happy stamping!

Mashed-up Mittens

Hi stampers!  Sorry I've been kind of quiet over here!  Last week and this week are probably my two busiest of the football season so there hasn't been much stamp or blog time....and if there has I just haven't felt like doing either.   Too bad I can't stamp at work:-)

I had last night off (one of only TWO nights off this week) so I was determined to stamp.  Of course I had high hopes of getting a LOT done but that wasn't the case.  BUT, thanks to Rita's sketch and technique challenge over at the Friday Mashup I did make one card and it turned out really well and makes me feel like I'm back in the groove!  Hopefully that continues tonight after work and my run!

I really do love the starburst technique, it just looks cool!  I had lots of ideas for the sketch but finally settled on a Christmas card because I just got this stamp set and DSP (after telling myself I didn't like them at first...you know how that goes)!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  make a mitten, greetings of the season
Paper: Whisper white, crumb cake, cherry cobbler, snow festival DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, whisper white craft, cherry cobbler
Accessories:  Circle punch, mitten builder punch, window frames framelits, whisper white taffeta ribbon, silver dazzling details, basic rhinestones

ACK!  I was so happy with it which was nice because I haven't been too pleased with most of my recent creations.  I really do like the colors and patterns in the DSP after not being too fond of them in the beginning of the holiday catalog.  I really like how the main image came out as well.  I didn't feel like using my stamp-a-majig to stamp the reverse mitten (never mind that I ended up dragging it out to use for the sweater trim pattern along the bottom, ha) so I wanted to make my own mittens.  I stamped the bottom of them with one of the borders from the set and sponged around the edges.  And then since my mittens were white, I couldn't punch my circle in white so I got the idea to use tone on tone with the white sponging and it worked well!  Yay!

Took me a while to decide on the sentiment too.  I ended up stamping a bunch of them on scratch copy paper, cut them out, and used those to figure out what I liked the best.  Anyone else do that?

Ok, gotta head to work and then hopefully stamp the night away!

Happy stamping!