PaperCrafts Magazine Challenge 10, Make your own Buttons

Continuing on my quest to complete the challenges posted in THIS magazine, today's card features home made buttons. Easy peasy to do...punch circles from DSP, apply Crystal Effects, let dry, adhere circles to punched out card board for thickness, and punch holes in the centre with your Crop a Dile. Voila, simple, coordinating home made buttons to adorn ANY project!

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Primrose Petals DSP and Dtampin' Write, Whisper White DSP, Print Poetry DSP, 1 1/4" Circle Large Punch, 1" Circle Medium Punch, You're Amazing Stamp Set, Bakers Twine, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit Stampin' Writes.

PaperCrafts Magazine challenge 2-Make a Creative Handmade Flower

Hi everyone! Welcome back to challenge #2 from THIS mag! I'm lovin' it!!! Todays flowers were made from doilies I brayered with So Saffron Classic Ink to give them an even, soft coloring. I cut out the centre circle of the doily, added Sticky Strip to the cut edge, and loosely rolled them into a flower form. Although I won't be ale to mail these cards, I will definitely be making flowers like this again...that's the neat thing about these challenges. I'm learning different techniques I would never have normally tried!

And this card is the WHOLE reason I bought this magazine! Seriously! I've adapted it to my punches and used Stampin' Up! products to CASE it,  but I loved the original version so much I had to copy it!

Please join me in these fun challenges, and add your card below using the linky!

Ingredients: (all SU! unless otherwise noted)
Family Reunion Stamp Set, Baja Breeze CS and Classic Ink, Whisper White CS, So Saffron CS and Classic Ink, XL 2 step Bird Punch, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Brayer, Doilies (non SU!)

Tonight's Christmas Card Class

Good morning everyone! I hope you'll be attending this evening's Christmas Card Class with me! It's one I am very excited about. About 2 years ago (seriously) I bought a package of acetate. I was very excited about it. Excited and intimidated. So it sat. And sat. And sat. So.....I finally pulled it out and started to play, and I must say, I am in LOVE with the results! I think you'll be seeing a lot more acetate around here in the future! Hope to see you tonight, but if you've missed this class be sure to check out the sidebar for my class listings. Maybe you can join me at another class?

You're Amazing!

Hi there friends! Here is another card using some of my new stash, and I'm loving it! Looking for that DSP? It's from the Christmas Set, Be of Good Cheer. Love how versatile it is, doesn't look Christmassy here at all, does it? The triangle flag was stamped with the corner of the "You're Amazing" stamp to give it some interest. Congratulations is from the Family Reunion Stamp set, and fits perfectly into the largest banner from the Bitty Banners Framelits die. Oh, and lastly, "Winner" was punched out using the new Ticket Duo Punch! Ahhh...thanks Stampin' Up! for all your fantastic coordination, it sure makes creating beautiful projects a snap!

Ingredients: (All SU! unless otherwise mentioned)
Midnight Muse CS, Classic Ink and 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Marina Mist CS and Classic Ink, Very Vanilla CS, Be of Good Cheer DSP, You're Amazing Stamp Set, Family Reunion Stamp Set, Bitty Banner Framelits, Ticket Duo Punch, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Gems from my crafty stash

A Midnight Muse and Gumball Green Christmas!

Hi everyone! Once I saw these cards, the original created by Jamie, and the stepped up version created by Dawn, I knew I wanted to get out my underused Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies and start to play with them. (Thanks Jamie & Dawn for the idea and layout :o) I'm loving the punched out window with the sentiment popped out behind it, and the 2012-2014 In Colors Gumball Green, and Midnight Muse featured on this card (with a touch of Marina Mist)!

Ingredients: (All SU! unless otherwise mentioned)
Midnight Muse CS, Classic Ink and Stampin' Write, Gumball Green CS and Classic Ink, Marina Mist Classic Ink and Stampin' Write, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Argyle Embossing Folder, Ornament Extra Large Punch, Delightful Decorations Stamp Set, Merry & Type Stamp Set, Stampin Dimensionals, gold twine from my crafty stash.

Imagining CAS...

Hi friends! I bet you won't believe the length of time I thought about this card. Seriously, yesterday as I drove around for work all day, I had it rattling through my brain! I bought the Chevron Embossing Folder on pre-order, and had yet to use it. I wanted to showcase it in a very CAS manner, and so thought white on white would be perfect. A little Crumb Cake Classic Ink to avoid any thing too harsh, a pretty Apothecary Accents Framelits and 2 mini silver brads round it all out....oh....and LOTS of Stampin' Dimensionals to give it some depth! It took less than 5 min to put it all together, but boy was it fun planning all day :o) Hope you like!

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Chevron Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Crumb Cake Classic Ink, 1/8" Mini Silver Brads, Word Play Stamp Set, Stampin' Dimensionals, Whisper White CS.

Thank you to the best horse back riding instructor!

These photos do not do the projects OR products justice. Sorry all! I was literally waiting for the UPS guy to come so I could stamp the horse, and emboss the pink framelits to assemble and give away. I snapped the pics on the way out the door to L'il C's last riding lesson of the year.

Ingredients: (All SU! unless otherwise mentioned)
Whisper White CS, Pretty in Pink CS, Watercolor Paper, Woodgrain Background Stamp, Horse Frontier Stamp Set, Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set, Argyle Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Naturals Designer Buttons, Old Olive Stampin' Write, Early Espresso Classic Ink, Stampin' Dimensionals