Happy Birthday Big C!

Happy Monday Everyone! Yesterday was Big C's 13th Birthday, (which is crazy all on it's own!) and I wanted to share one of his presents with you all. He loves baseball, and my parents registered him for a Blue Jays Camp this summer as his gift. The coaches are real Blue Jays Players! So, Big C and his Papa needed autograph books and a place to record all the great tips they get while at camp, so I made 2 baseball themed note books, one for each of them. I think they both loved them! ;o)

Ingredients: (all SU!)
Just Baseball (retired), Home Run, Netting Background Stamp, Crumb Cake CS and Classic Ink, Real Red CS and Stampin' Write, Bashful Blue CS and Classic Ink, Very Vanilla Textured CS, 1 3/4" Circle Extra Large Punch, Mini Brads, Stripes Embossing Folder

Pet Sympathy Cards

I don't know if any of you have lost a pet or not, but I can sure attest that it can knock the socks off of you! We lost our sweet little kitten a few years ago, and we all still talk about her and wish she were here. I'm glad I have these cards made, and set aside to comfort a friend if and when the time comes.

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Chocolate Chip CS, Rich Razzleberry CS and Classic Ink, Whisper White CS, Basic Black Classic Ink, Pretty in Pink DSP, C is for Cat, D is for Dog, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Lace Ribbons Border Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Large Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Extra Large Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Summer time blues....

Is it just me, or do you also hate the end of summer vacation? The kidlets go back to school on Tuesday, and I'm already missing them, and the fun times we had this summer! The following cards will be tucked into their lunch bags Tues, alongside a special treat I made them! (come back tomorrow to see that as well)

I did get to do some stamping with a friend yesterday, we worked on watercolor techniques which was super fun. The cards below have been colored 2 different ways. The one on the left was partially colored with Stampin' Write's in several shades, and then blended with a blender pen and an aqua painter was used on the pot and for the shadow since the area was larger, and I was looking for a looser feel. The one on the right was colored with Stampin' Write's only, but I did layer colors on top of one another for some depth. Which do you prefer?

Ingredients: (All SU!)
CS: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Watercolor Paper
Inks: Black StazOn, Bashful Blue Classic Ink
Stampin' Write's: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango, Real Red
Tools: Blender Pen, Aqua Painter
Punches: 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, 1 3/4" Circle
Stamps: En Francais, A Flower for All Seasons

Wish Big

So I've been on holidays for a bit, and one of the challenges I set out for myself, was to take a color combo (Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Cajun Craze, and a neutral of Very Vanilla), a sentiment stamp set (Word Play), a Christmas Stamp Set (Delightful Decorations, and then I cheated and added a second set Tree Trimmings. I justified this with the thought that they are the same "type" of :o), and a set that I didn't think of as being a typical one for the color combo I chose (I {Heart} Hearts) and see what I could come up with! I also took a bevy of accessories and punches along, so here goes! Oh, and I took a copy of July/Aug PaperCrafts Mag, and the following ideas are all adapted from other companies, to Stampin' Up! products. Hope you enjoy!

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Very Vanilla CS, Cajun Craze CS and Classic Ink, Basic Rhinestones, Word Play, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Ornament Punch, Paper Piercing Tool and Matt Pack. LO from pg 63.

ps-wondering how I got the punched out shape in the centre? It's the Ornament Punch rotated 4 times to give that look!

A Totally Tool Thank You!

Hey there....here's a great guy thank you! How many times have I wished for a manly thank you, and not had one??? Too many to count! LOL!

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Always Artichoke CS, Whisper White Craft Ink, Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Very Vanilla CS, 1 3/4" Extra Large Circle Punch, Sponge, Basic Grey Classic Ink, Vintage Trinkets Brads, DSP (retired, and I'm drawing a blank on the name, sorry!)

Pumpkin Poop!

Good morning everyone! Aren't these little Halloween treats super cute? I will be tucking them into the kiddies school bags tomorrow as a special surprise. The poem (it's teensy, I know! If I were making them for sales, I'd definitely make the font larger!) says;

I started to carve a pumpkin,
with my carving knife and scoop.
But the pumpkin got so scared,
he had a little poop!

It looked so cute and funny,
just like a candy treat.
So I'm sharing it with you now,
because you are so sweet!

Most of the pumpkin is made from punches...the eyes are the small circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, the stem (its the birds wing, just trimmed) and leaves come from the Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch, , the pumpkin is the 1 3/4" Circle Extra Large Punch punched out once and cut in half, and again and then hand cut the centre oval from it, and the mouth is half of the 1" Circle Medium Punch, and then teeth cut out of it. The SU! punches sure made this project quick to assemble!

Ingredients: (All SU! unless otherwise mentioned)
Cast-A-Spell DSP (retired), Pumpkin Pie CS, Basic Black CS, Old Olive CS, Always Artichoke Classic Ink, Cajun Craze Classic Ink, Basic Grey Classic Ink, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Extra Large Punch, 1" Circle Medium Punch, poem from Organized Christmas and was printed on office paper.