A Vintage Christmas

Hello, Hello!! I'm excited to show you the card I made with this sweet Sarah Kay image called Noel Charity. I just love her winter outfit. Since it appeared vintage to me, I decided to stay true to the style....I know a far stretch for me. *grin* Anyway, the image is stamped with Tuxedo Black (Memento) onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White. It's colored with Prisma color pencils and Gamsol. The background was created with a corner punch by allDeco. I framed the image with a Standard Oval and Labels 1 Nestabilities (Spellbinders).

The gorgeous paper is Spiceberry (Memory Box), the blue lace is Making Memories, the buttons are PTI, and the Burlap String in the buttons is May Arts.

Of course I had to ink distress, seeing as the card needed to be vintage...*grin*. So I used.....what else....Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress).

That about sums it all up. Thank you so much for stopping by.
Have a fabulous rest of the week!!
Happy Stamping!




Stamps: Noel Charity (Sarah Kay - Stampavie)
Paper: Spiceberry (Memory Box), Suede Brown Dark (Prismatics), Neenah Solar Crest and Natural White
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Prisma Color Pencils, Gamsol, Labels 1 and Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Buttons (PTI), Lace (Making Memories), Burlap String (May Arts), Corner Punch (allDeco), Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

Picnic Time

Okay...I recently just got some dp in the mail from Stamper's Dream. If you follow my blog, you know that I'm a HUGE My Mind's Eye fan. LOVE their paper. Well, I thought this new line Breaking Free fit wonderfully with this sweet Sarah Kay image called Picnic Time. She's perfect for any little girl who likes to play with dolls, or play dress up.

The image was stamped with Tuxedo Black (Memento) onto Neenah Solar White, and was colored with copics. The frame was cut with my Curved Rectangles Nestabilities (Spellbinders) and the flower poking out of the side is one of Spellbinder's new (released this spring) Nestabilities called Blossom.

The corners were made by using a Martha Stewart border punch at an angle. And the pearls in the Carl CarlaCraft flowers are Blush Pearls by Kaisercraft. The Button and Twine are PTI.

eta: There's a trick to getting the corners to look the way I did. I totally forgot to include that earlier. Before using the MS border punch, I punched the corners with my Ticket Corner Punch (Stampin' UP!)...otherwise you won't be able to fit the 3 little lacy punched teardrops on the corner. It will cut them off. Does that make sense? You probably can just trim off the corner a bit to fit it in too. That's just how I did it.

That about covers it!
Have a fantastic weekend my blogging friends.
I will be cleaning up my Stamproom...I literally have no room to work any more. So sad. I'm pathetic. Everything has a place, it's just not in it. And when it's not in it, it takes me all that much longer to make a card because I can't find it!! Grrrr...so no more fun for me today...it's work, work, work. *groan*.

Happy Stamping!!
Tosh

Supplies:
Stamps - Picnic Time (Sarah Kay - Stampavie)
Paper - Kraft (Prismatics), Neenah Solar White, Breaking Free dp (MME)
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics
Accessories - Curved Rectangles and Blossom Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Border Punches (Martha Stewart and Fiskars), Ribbon (Chatterbox), Button and Twine (PTI), Flower Punch (Carl CarlaCraft), Pearl (Kaisercraft)

Scrap Happy while sewing a wavy border

It's time again for my weekly CCEE challenge. This week Cindy Haffner picked Scrapgirl as our CNFS (Catchy Name Featured Stamper) from SCS for us to make a card for. We were challenged to make a card with a girl image and scraps.

I thought it would be fun to sew my scraps together and thought the new Wavy border punch by EK success would be fun to use. The border shape and the holes make it easy to sew together. I just lined up the waves, linking them, glued them to the Papaya Puree Light cs, pierced the holes and hand sewed with embroidery floss. I love the look and feel of the finished panel. (All the edges of the panels were ink distressed with Old Paper before assembling.)

I chose this darling Sarah Kay Image called Precious Moments, stamped it with Tuxedo Black (Memento) onto Simply Smooth cs (Prism), and colored it with copics. I gave it some dimension with layers and dimensional tape.

I made the sentiment Medallion with the Times Roman 25pt upper and Lowercase fonts. I then used the Long Rectangles (Nestabilities - Spellbinders) to frame my image, and the circle and circle Scallops (Nestabilities - Spellbinders) for the medallion. The flower was made with Martha Stewart and Carl CarlaCraft punches. The flower center is a Black Pearl (Kaisercraft).

If you'd like to see what the other girls have come up with for this challenge, head on over to our CCEE Stamper's blog. We'd love to have you participate in the challenge too. Just make a card with some scraps and a girl image and link it with your comment HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you all had a Blessed Easter!!
Happy Stamping!!
Tosh


Supplies:
Stamps - Precious Moments (Sarah Kay), Times Roman (JustRite)
Paper - DCWV, Papaya Puree Light, Iced Teal, Simply Smooth, Cryogen White (Prismatics)
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Piercing Tool, Mat Pack (SU), Embroidery Floss, Flower and leave Punches (Martha Stewart and Carl CarlaCraft), Wavy border Punch (EK Success), Black Pearl (Kaisercraft), Dimensional Tape

You Brighten My Day!

Hello!! Happy New Year's Eve!! I don't know about all of you, but I'm looking forward to the new year. It might have a little something to do with the fact that I'm going to CHA in a little over three weeks though (grin).

Well, today I made this card for SCS's Sketch Challenge found HERE. I loved the sketch. Probably because it involved layers, and I LOVE layers.

I just had to haul out this sweet little Sarah Kay image again. You can get it at Stamper's Dream (Michelle has Sarah Kays from both sets, and some darling Rachelle Miller images...you really should stop by and check them out!! They're ultra cute and so much fun to color!) This one's called Precious Moments. I love her sweet hat and those darling chicks. I thought the sentiment from the set Charming Gardeners (Impression Obsession), fit perfectly with this image. Michelle just got in some new Impression Obsession images too!! Oh, how I love new stuff!! *grin*

I stamped her with Tuxedo Black (Memento) onto Neenah Solar White cs, and colored her with my copics. The sentiment was stamped with the same ink onto Sugared dp by Basicgrey, and embossed with Detailed Black ep (Judikins). I rounded the corners with a corner punch.

The bow is attached with some darling scroll and toggle pieces from the jewelry making section of Michaels. I love the heart shapes. I just attached them with brads on the one end, and tied the ribbon through the holes on the other. I think they give a really nice elegant touch to a card with a country feel. I like to mix the two styles. The border is a Martha Stewart border punch, and the flower is from SU's Spring Flower Bouquet punch. I added a dew drop to the center.

Supplies: Stamps - Precious Moments (Sarah Kay), Charming Gardeners (Impression Obsession) Paper - Sugared (Basic Grey), Birchtone Dark, White (Prismatics), Neenah Solar White Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress) Accessories - Scroll Toggle (Michaels), organdy ribbon, sewing machine, copics, Martha Stewart border punch, Corner tag punch and Spring Flower Bouquet punch (SU), Dew Drop, brads, dimensional tape

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
I hope your new year is filled with blessings!!
Happy Stamping!
Tosh

No One LIke You!!

Hi everyone!! It's Christmas Eve day, and I'm looking forward to going to our church's Christmas Eve service and opening presents this evening. But before I have to get everything ready, I wanted to share this card with you.

It's my SIL's birthday today, and since it's usually overlooked due to all the busyness of Christmas, I made sure it had no colors or feel of the season. Thus the summer image with the butterflies. Also, she has 4 boys from the age 8 to 15, so I made this card very girly.

My SIL is very special to me. We were roommates in college and married brothers and our kids are closer than close. It's such a blessing since we both live so far away from our families (midwest). Anyway...about the card. I stamped this precious Picnic's of Daisies (Sarah Kay) image onto Neenah Natural White cs with Tuxedo Black (Memento), and colored it with my copics.

I'm sure others have discovered this before me, but I was really excited when I figured out that the Martha Stewart border punch I used looked like a picket fence when used upside down and with the striped paper!! That's how my layout came to be. I started out trying to do SCS's sketch like I normally do, but I couldn't get the look right. I turned my border panel upside down, and woila!!! The sentiment is from my favorite versatile set called Thinking of You Clear Design (Hero Arts). It has such a variety of fonts and sayings that I find myself turning to it time and time again! *grin*

The charming butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch that I got from my dear friend Laurie. I know I'll be using this punch often. Thanks, my friend!

Finally, I added the gorgeous SU Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon with a blush pearl.

Supplies: Stamps - Picnics of Daisies (Sarah Kay) Thinking of You (Hero Arts) Paper - Tres Jolie (MME), Suede Brown Medium, Desert Coral Light, Island Mist Light, Neenah Natural White Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Old Paper (Ranger) Accessories -Pearls (Kaisercraft), Copics, Nestabilities Labels I, Martha Stewart Border punch, Corner rounder, taffeta ribbon, sponge, dimensional tape

I won't be posting for a couple of days, but I'll have a couple more cards to show this weekend.
I wish all of you a safe, healthy and blessed Merry Christmas!!
Tosh

Time for Apple Pie

Okay, I loved Paula's gallery so much I just couldn't choose one card to case. So, I made another card based on THIS CARD of hers. I loved the soft yellows, the sewing, the charm, and the simple sketch. So, all I changed was the image. I added Candy Dots that I got from Taylored Expressions (Love these), and I layered my image (Paper Tole). I also changed the charm to fit the theme of my card.

I stamped this darling Time for Apple Pie image (Sarah Kay), that I got from Stamper's Dream, 3 times with Tuxedo Black (Memento) and colored her with my copics. I layered the girl (minus her legs and shoes), and the basket. Here's a closer look so you can see the dimension.

I sewed around the edges, and added the apple charm that I got from Stamping bella. Oh, the image is cut out with my tall rectangle nestabilities.


Supplies:
Stamps - Time for Apple Pie (Sarah Kay)
Paper - Chatterbox, White, Apricot Appeal (SU)
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories - Charm (Stamping Bella), Candy Dots (Pebbles inc. - Taylored Expressions), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Copics, Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape, Organdy Ribbon

That's about it. Have a blessed Sunday!!
Happy Stamping!
Tosh

A Precious Birthday Wish

I fell in love with Sarah Kay images the very first time I saw them. They capture the sweet innocence of children and are so charming!! And of course...they're so much fun to color. I was sooooo excited when Michelle at Stamper's Dream decided to carry these!! Woo-Hoo!! This one is called Precious Moments. How darling is that little chick?

Well, one of my nieces had a birthday a bit back (hanging head in shame), and I'm late with her card. So I put a bit of time and detail into this one.

I stamped this Precious Moments image onto Neenah Solar White cs with Tuxedo Black (Memento) and colored it with my copics. I added a bit of sparkle to her hat, bow and some patches with my Quickie Glue Pen and Ultrafine Transparent Glitter. The Gingercake (Memory Box) paper was ink distressed with Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink).

I love how this paper flower turned out. I blinged it up a bit with SU's filigree brad jacket behind the rhinestone brad, some Frosted Lace Stickles and some gorgeous Spellbinder Swirls (Doodle Parts Dies) cut out of Prism Metallic Champagne cs. I added a flower to the corner too, and some Petal Pink Liquid Pearls. I created a little belt with my SU Word Window punch and an EK Success Fastenator staple. I sewed around the back two panels, mounted each with dimensional tape, and added some Dew Drops.

That's it. Thank you so much for visiting today.
Have a blessed Christmas season!!
Happy Stamping!
Tosh


Supplies:
Stamps - Precious Moments (Sarah Kay)
Paper - Gingercake (Memory Box), Suede Brown Medium (Prismatics), Neenah Solar White
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Doodle Parts, Dew Drops, Liquid Pearls, glitter, quickie glue pen, sewing machine, filigree brad (SU), Fastenator, piercing tool, Word Window and Corner Tag Punch (SU), Frosted Lace Stickles