Wednesday, October 21, 2015

SERENDIPITY STAMPS CHALLENGE #48~2 NEW PRODUCT OCT 21


There is still time to play along in the Serendipity Stamps challenge.
For the whole month of October the challenge is to use your New Product.
Join in the fun for a chance to win a $20 SS gift certificate. Use anything new to you from Serendipity and link up! 
You can find all you need to know to play here on the SSCB

Our guest designer for October is Pam Simpson.
Check out her awesome blog at Pam's Crafts

Here's what's new for the gals on the DT!
Karen Amidon...that's me!
Pam Simpson...guestie!

My newest stamp is October's stamp of the month!
It's 50% OFF all month!!


The Twig Wreath is NEW from the September release. It's been colored with Copics and Viva Gloss Gel was added to the berries. The background was made with E42 and using the 0 Blender to make the dots.

Serendipity has some great word dies. They make it so easy to complete the inside of a card. Here the Blessings Die was cut and an inlaid. 

Thanks for looking!

  • Stamps: Serendipity-1370 G Twig Wreath
  • Dies: 066ED Blessings Die
  • Paper: Neenah 110, Bazzill, Carta Bella- Fall Blessings
  • Other: Copics, Viva Gloss Gel, Little B-Gold Foil Tape, 3M foam tape, twine, metalic thread, Spellbinders- Labels 22


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Thursday, October 15, 2015

IMPRESSION OBSESSION~ FEELING BLUE!

This has already been a busy month for IO and it's time again for another challenge!
The theme is Feeling Blue. Use anything from IO that has something to do with blue, or mostly blue! Play along for a chance to win a $25 IO gift certificate.

New to our challenges? It's easy...you don't have to have a blog to join in the fun. You can find all the details here on the IO Blog.

Lets see how blue the IODT can get!

If you are feeling blue, this card should help to make you smile!
The funny saying is from the Smile Cling Set. It was stamped in Memento's Zeal Teal.
The Balloons are NEW and they were die cut with dp and craft foam.
I love the simplicity of this card and it's been framed with the All-in-One Rectangles 2.

Inside

Thanks for looking!

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Monday, October 12, 2015

IMPRESSION OBSESSION DT THURSDAY on MONDAY!!

Happy Monday!

 This post would normally run on Thursday but since we just had our blog hop, I have been bumped to Monday!
If you missed last weeks hop, be sure to go back and check out all the NEW dies from IO.

 For my project, I have taken the 2016 calendar for each month and made cards. Each month has been embellished with all IO dies. Since there are 12 cards I will list and link up the dies used after each one.
Hope you enjoy them!


JANUARY 
FEBRUARY 


MARCH


APRIL


MAY


JUNE


JULY


AUGUST


SEPTEMBER


OCTOBER


NOVEMBER


DECEMBER

Thanks for looking!
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Friday, October 9, 2015

IMPRESSION OBSESSION FALL DIE HOP~DAY 2!

Welcome to day 2 of the Impression ObsessionFall Designer Die Hop!


Impression Obsession has released NEW dies and is having a two day blog hop to share some ideas and designs. Join in and play along for a chance to win an IO $25 gift certificate. 
The more blogs you visit and leave comments on each day...the better your chances for winning are!

There will be a prize for each of the two hop days (comment entries open until 10pm CT each day) and a bonus prize will be awarded on the final day of our hop from all the comments left for both days. Comment entries will stay open until Friday at 10PM CT. Winners will be announced the following day. Good luck! 

So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!
All the dies you'll be seeing on the hop are available NOW!
www.iostamps.com 
I have three cards to share using the same die but different techniques. 
I think the Poinsettia has become one of my many favorites!


The Poinsettia comes in two sizes, large and small. 
I love the deep veins on the leaves. The Berry Branch was die cut in a matt bronze hw paper.
The Peace die cut was inlaid onto the embossed vellum and Neenah.


For this Poinsettia I have combined both sizes, large and small and die cut them onto watercolor paper. For this technique I've used Ken Olivers Color Burst in Crimson for the leaves. It reminds me of the Jingle Bell Poinsettia. The greenery is a mix of the Berry Branch and a new Pine Sprig Set.


Card inside
Merry Christmas was die cut in gold metallic.



The leaves on the Poinsettia were colored with Zig water color brushes.  Distress Inks were used on the Berry Branch and Foliage. I love the graceful lines on the Ornament Flourish dies. The set comes with three beautiful ornaments and two gorgeous flourishes. 

Thanks for looking and enjoy the hop!

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

IMPRESSION OBSESSION FALL DIE HOP!


Impression Obsession has released NEW dies and is having a two day Fall Designer Die Hop!
We have some beautiful new dies to share and Gift Certificates to give away!
The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST.
The more blogs you visit each day...the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!
You can find all of the details on the IO BLOG


There are so many great dies on this release it's hard to show only a few! 
All of the new dies you'll be seeing are available NOW!


IO has several NEW Landscape Layers. 
This spooky scene was created using the Halloween Landscape Layers. 
The layers have been built up and then framed with the Rectangle 6-in-1 Frames. 


Isn't this Reindeer Flourish beautiful? 
He was die cut in metallic gold and inlaid. The sweet stars are from the Peter Pan Collection and were stamped in Ultimate Metallic Champagne. Heat embossed in gold was Christmas Wishes from the Christmas Words cling set.

Thanks for looking!



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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

SERENDIPITY STAMPS CHALLENGE #48 NEW PRODUCT


Are you ready to play along in the Serendipity Stamps challenge?
For the whole month of October the challenge is to use your New Product.
Join in the fun for a chance to win a $20 SS gift certificate. Use anything new to you from Serendipity and link up! 
You can find all you need to know to play here on the SSCB

Our guest designer for October is Pam Simpson.
Check out her awesome blog at Pam's Crafts

 Here's what's new for the gals on the DT!
Karen Amidon...that's me!
Pam Simpson...guestie!

My newest stamp is October's stamp of the month!
It's 50% OFF all month!!


The Wheel in Snow image is beautiful all on it's own. I love to color but sometimes you need something fast! How easy is that? Stamp, emboss, a few die cuts and you are good to go! I used just the "Greetings" from one of Serendipity's new dies, "Season's Greetings".

Thanks for looking!

  • Stamps: Serendipity-129G Wheel in Snow
  • Dies: Serendipity- 068FD Season's Greetings Die
  • Ink: Memento- Rich Cocoa
  • Papers: Neenah 110, Bazzill hw, American Crafts- Hot Cocoa
  • Other-Mini perfect Layers, Bow Easy, Ribbon- May Arts, twine, ef- Darice-Snowflakes, Die base and layers- Quickutz Nesting 7
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Monday, October 5, 2015

WIGGLE, GIGGLE, SHAKE and SMILE!



Over at Art Impressions they are having the Shake It Off Challenge.
I'm playing along using one of their NEW Shakers!


This little guy is from the My Feet Set.  He actually comes holding a pumpkin for Halloween. When stamping, I masked it so he would be without the pumpkin.


This is his shaker feet in action, they are on a wobble! The, "smile" has been die cut and inlaid.


Isn't this precious? You can't help but smile and giggle!
Thanks for looking!
  • Stamps: Ai- 4680 My Feet Set, Impression Obsession- CL395 Smile (inside)
  • Dies: Impression Obsession- DIE175-W Instant Photo Frame (smile), MFT- Pierced Rectangles, Lawn Fawn-Stitched Squares, Spellbinders- Matting Basics A&B
  • Papers: Neenah 110, Bazzill hw, 12x12 Bella BLVD
  • Other: Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Cuttle Bug -ef Swiss Dots, Wobble
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Friday, October 2, 2015

SSCB OCT BLOG HOP


BOOOO to you! It's time for the October Serendipity Blog Hop!
Join in and play along by commenting on all the blogs.
Leave comments through Sunday October 4th for a chance to win a $20 SS Gift Certificate. Mary will announce the winner on Monday October 5th.

 A little bit of news before we get started. Mary has added a NEW feature to the store...you can now start a wish list!

 SPECIAL: 40% OFF the highest priced item in your cart when you use code  "40fromhigh1015". Offer good Friday Oct 2-Sunday Oct4th.

 The October stamp of the month is 50% OFF
Wheel in Snow
You should be arriving here from
JULIE WARNER


I have used the Creepy Wreath die for my card. It's adorned with a few of the halloween icons that come in this set. The wreath was die cut twice, placing them on top of each other.
It was designed on PPP Stitched Banner Duo tag.
The BOO die was cut three times out of colored paper. I die cut it once more with craft foam and popped up the other Boo's onto this!


On the inside, Happy Hauntings was stamped from the Halloween Pops.
The cats and ghost are in the Creepy Wreath set.

It's all a bunch of Hocus Pocus! This funny saying was heat embossed onto a bg made with Distress Ink. I have added bats from the Creepy Wreath die.

A simple inside made using the stamped cauldrin which is from the Halloween Pops.
Thanks for looking and enjoy the hop!

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