Four Pack of Hershey Nougats

 

Using Stampin' Up's candy wraps, I put four wrapped Hershey Nougat bars into a small cellophane back.  The red card stock is folded over and stapled.  Then I layered the white with a stamped, punched, and sponged tree from the pendant set.  The merry sentiment is also from the pendant set.  Very fun set.

Dude Truck

This was a fun card! The truck and the dude just screams "guy" the whole way. The cogs were punched from Stampin' Up's cog punch using a silver metallic paper. The truck and sentiment were stamped on white card stock using Not Quite Navy ink and ticket punched with brads.

Extreme Guitar -- You Rock

Another extreme guitar card. This is done on not quite navy and whisper white card stock. The image was stamped, layered, and ticket punched. The stars were punched and put on dimensionals. All edges were sponged.

Christmas: Peace Joy Love

A Stampin' Up retired set was used for this card. I stamped the tree and the sentiment in green. I colored the tree with my water markers. I then ran it through the Cuttlebug, ticket punched it, and added brads.

Thank You: Spinning Wheel

I received this beautiful stamp from my friend Sue for Christmas. Of course, I had to use the stamp for her thank you note.

Thanks a Bunch with Asparagus

I received a set of vegetable stamps from my friend Julie at Christmas. Thanks a bunch just seemed to fit the bunch of asparagus. I used the monochromatic wild wasabi theme to make the card more elegant.

What a challenge it was to design a card using vegetables!

Baby Shower Invitations

My daughter Aaron and I made invitations to her baby shower. We used Whimsical Words from Stampin' Up for the sentiment. The four other stamps were Barrel of Stamps from the Paper Studio bought at Hobby Lobby. We had a difficult time finding stamps that worked for what we had in mind. In fact, we spent as long planning and deciding what to do as making all of the invitations.

The three stamped images were punched with a 1" square, then attached to the blue scalloped square. The hand brad was added to the middle square; the rattle was added to the bottom corner. Only the middle scalloped square was put on dimensionals. The envelope and the back of the card had Stampin' Up's Itsy Bitsy Baby stamp. We sponged around the card with dark blue ink. The inside of the card had the specific information for the shower; this was printed on the computer.

25 Christmas Cards - A Donation for the Montana Professional Teaching Foundation

Each year at the MEA-MFT Educator's Conference, there is an auction for the Montana Professional Teaching Foundation. My daughter Aaron and I made twenty-five cards, 5 each of 5 different layouts. I put them in 5 packets, with one of each layout in the packet.

The cardinal on a branch uses Cuttlebug's embossing folder. I punched the white snowflakes and put a red jewel in the center.

The brayered tree scene used a post-it note for the moon and a cut away for the snow. I used bashful blue with the brayer. A Merry Christmas stamp finished the front.




The hanging ornaments used Cuttlebug's embossing folder. Bling was added to each ornament. The poinsettia corner stamp filled up the white space to complete the front.

I used Stampin' Up's Jingle All The Way for the sentiment. I layered the white on red, using the ticket punch and white brads for embellishment. A red ribbon finished the front.




The last card used another Cuttlebug embossing folder. Using the Stampin' Up! ornament stamps and punch, I put the ornaments on dimensionals. A brad at the top of the ornament and a punched snowflake finished the front.



The envelopes for each card are stamped with a matching stamp from the card.

Strong Women

The return trip from DC was an adventure. There were severe thunderstorms in the area, which meant no air travel coming or going. There were five of us trying to get out of DC. We waited for hours in the airport. Of course, by the time our flights were allowed to leave, all of the connecting flights were long gone. All of us were stranded in different cities; all of us survived the ordeal. Thus, the theme of what women can do in tight situations.

I printed the Eleanor Roosevelt quote on the computer. I used the ticket punch with matching brads. The butterfly on the front was stamped on the card front; the punched butterfly was adhered on top of the stamped image. The teabag on the inside was held in place with snail tape. The card stock was adhered with red sticky tape, just to make sure it held.