Think INK Challenge

Hey Guys! I am ready for the Think INK Challenge over at Artful Inkables. We are supposed to make something we have never made before...a 3-D item or a technique that we have never done before. This is my very first "box ornament" and I used Artful Inkables "Paper Snowflakes" stamps on both the card and the box. This set is so versatile that you can really use it on any Christmas card with any other image.

I made my little box ornament from looking at another bigger box. I used four squares of ivory cardstock and silver embossed the images with Versamark Ink and Fine Silver Embossing Powder. I put them on all four sides of the box and then used my Spellbinders Snowflakes to add to the ribbon on top of the box. The card was made with ivory cardstock and DP from Hobby Lobby. I had some silver glitter paper and used my circle Nestabilities for the larger image. The ribbon actually came from a birthday present that I received last year...I collect and save tooooo much...LOL!

Do Click on the picture so you can see the details...I am out the door now to get to work...Here's wishing you all a very safe and happy weekend!! Thanks for your visit!

Timeless Tuesday Flourishes

Hey Everybody! This is a credit card holder that I made for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge at Flourishes. For the challenge you must use punches or borders of any kind. My cardstock came from Michael's and I used my Favorite Christmas Set from Flourishes called A Flourished Christmas! I have used and used this stamp over and over and it still stamps like new. I heat embossed the image with silver embossing powder and put rhinestones around the tree. I used my MS punch for the borders on the sides and Glitter Yarn for the handles. What can I say...Easy Peasy!! This pic leaves much to be desired, but if you click on it you can see the deets better.

Hope you all had a great Halloween...I certainly did! Thank you all for your wonderfully sweet comments!

Happy Halloween From Crafty Secrets

These are made with Crafty Secrets Journal Notes. I bought them from Sharon Johnson at her blog No Time To Stamp. This was very simple and easy. All I did was to take the page I wanted and glued it to a sparkly sheet from Hobby Lobby (two orange and one purple), add a little jack-o-lantern or two. I also added some stickles and moon shape and stars from a punch I have had forever. I laminated them with my Your Story Laminator/Book Binder and added an eyelet to the top. Then I added my tassel...Me thinks they are bookmarks....Done...Wha...La!

I wanted to get this posted before Halloween, because I am going to be quite busy this weekend and I don't know that I will be able to get back here in time. I also bought from Sharon the Christmas Journal Notes and I have a few ideas up my sleeve about what I plan on doing with them.

Be sure to "click" on the picture to get a better view. As always IRL they look so much better.

I wish you all a Very Happy Halloween...Be Safe and Take Care!!

Halloween Hauntings

Hello all! I am excited to share with you one of my very favorite stamps...It is from Artful Inkables and the set is called Halloween Hauntings. I love this image and I think it is just the thing for Halloween! You can click on it to get the deets. This card sold in my office in less than a minute. I will try to give the details, but since it is gone, I may not be very acurate (sp?). The papers came from Michael's. I used Versamark ink and Black Embossing Powder from SU. Heated the image of the house, the ghost and the moon with bats. I used Pumpkin Pie from SU. Square Nesties and orange stickles for the windows and moon. You can bet that I will be using this stamp next year. It is the best image for Halloween. Do click on this...I have got to take photo lessons...This is so much more IRL~ One of these days....right?

Wishing you all the very best of this next week. Thanks for stopping to view!!!

Halloween Hauntings

Both of these cards were made using images from Artful Inkables Halloween Hauntings. On the first one, I used SU's Pumpkin Pie Cardstock and Gable Green Cardstock. I cut the papers using Spellbinders Dies (I don't always remember the number...this is one of those times). I also used Spellbinders Tag Die. I used Versamark Color Black and Black Embossing Powder from SU. I then heat embossed the image and the sentiment. Found some spider stickers in my stash and added a glitter leaf to the tag.

On my second Card, I used SU's Elegant Eggplant Cardstock and Pumpkin Pie using the Spellbinders Blossoms Dies and Spellbinders Circle Dies. I also used Spellbinders Deckled Edge die for the sentiment. I stamped the images using Momento Tuxedo Black and colored the images with my Copic Spica Markers. Ribbon from Stash and Glitter Dotts and rhinestones in the skulls of the gravestones...but you really cannot see them in these pictures unless you click on it! Great fun these images...and I have another from Artful Inkables coming up that is a favorite of mine and when first seen at work, it was sold!

You know, I should be cleaning house right now...but I sometimes just need a day to myself and so I have been lazy today...reading a bit, looking at magazines I haven't looked at...playing with my card stuff. I guess I need to at least get a couple of rooms cleaned today. So, I will leave and do what I need to do, cause if I do not, then I will be mad at myself tomorrow!

Thank you for your visit and I hope your week is a great one!

A Season That Sparkles Challenge

This is one challenge that you do not want to miss out on!

I posted both of these cards on Splitcoast so you can see the details if you go there. Both cards are really self explanatory (sp?). All you have to do is add some sparkle to your card. This "Peace" set is one of my all time favorites from Flourishes. I have used these images over and over again and I have never gotten tired of looking at it...It is just an elegant "Flourish!"

Flourishes has a new challenge called "A Season That Sparkles Challenge." Capture that sparkle on your card and share your creativity. You could win 6 new sets in one of their biggest releases ever!!! Go to Flourishes Newsletter to get all the deets!!!

JustRite Thinking of You

Good Sunday Morning! The weather is finally looking like fall...It began around the first of October and then...bam...hot weather came back. Anyhoo, it is here again and I am lovin it!

I am posting this card that I made for a friend, whose son has a girlfriend who has been going through massive medical issues. She has Non-Hodgkins Disease. I ask all of you to pray for this sweet young lady in the hopes that it will make her future easier and more comfortable.

I used SU's Bashful Blue and some DP that I bought from Hobby Lobby. The ribbon and trim came from my stash (meaning that I have had for a long time and cannot remember where I got it). I used Nestabilities Oval Dies for the background of the sentiment and Silver Embossing Powder, which I heat embossed. Very simple and it did not take long to make. I really love this Thinking of You set as it can be used for a variety of occasions. Please click on the pictures so you can see the detail.

Next I will post some cards I have made using Artful Inkables New Halloween Images...I just adore them!