Halloween Box

Here's the first of several boxes I made that I will post over the next few days. They were fairly easy to do and easy to get different looks. You start with four scalloped envelopes (from the Big Shot). I cut off the little tabs on two and added sticky strip to the little tabs on the other two. Then you line them all up side by side and attach them together. Adhere a 2-3/16 x 12" strip of dsp to cover the sides. Add ribbon as desired and a focal image to cover the front portion of the box (because the dsp doesn't quite go all the way around). I also added a square of cs inside the bottom of the box (sometimes in the same color as the box and sometimes in a contrasting color). It's a nice sized box.

Supplies:
set- Booglie Eyes
cs- retired halloween dsp, eggplant, olive
ink- black pad
access- white gel pen, olive gg ribbon, black hemp, big shot, scallop env die, sticky strip

Happy Stamping! Mary

Halloween "moving bear" Card

In between 4 soccer games in extremely hot weather, I made this fun card. I'd been wanting to make one since I saw Brent Steele show his "Flying Bear" card at Convention 08. In fact, it's one of the main reasons I bought the "Under the Stars" set! So, almost a year later, I finally made my own version. If you pull the tab at the bottom of the card his arms wave up and down (I attached a pumpkin to one of his arms). It was a little tricky trying to remember how the card was done, especially since I waited so long! Lol. Tip: I colored the bear with colored pencils and then blended them with a creamy caramel marker, it's a little trick I sometimes use.

Supplies:

sets - under the stars, halloween bkgrds, the more the merrier, button bear accessories

cs - blk, vanilla, pumpkin

ink - blk pad, pumpkin pad, creamy caramel marker, wc pencils

access - ee eyelet, crop-a-dile, pumpkin gg ribbon, dimensionals, 1" circle punch, silver brads, 1/16" handheld punch, hobby blade, mat pack & paper piercer, sponge

Happy Stamping! Mary

p.s. My son was in the championship game today, but they lost. They played hard and were 2nd in the tournament! Way to go Ray!

jeanne's b-day card

jeanne's b-day card, originally uploaded by mtmuhl.

This is a card I made for my husband's friend's mother. He attended her 80th b-day party Sat up in Sacramento while I took our son to his soccer tournament. The rose on the front of this card uses a really cool technique that my friend Cheryl and I were trying out the other day. I was trying out some unusual colors and didn't want to use this one for a sample, but didn't want to throw it away either. When our house renovations are done and I can host classes again I will have a class showcasing this technique. It's so awesome! Cheryl already held her class and everyone loved it.

Supplies:
set - fifth avenue floral
cs - shimmery white, nqn
ink - various reinkers, nqn & bemuda bay pads, bermuda bay marker
access - big shot, manhattan flower die, aquapainters, scrap organdy ribbon, dimensionals, paper snips, corner rounder

Happy Stamping! Mary

p.s. Do you see the countertop under the card? That's our new granite

Granite Ups and Downs

Here are the workers installing granite on the small counter.

Here's our small counter/corkboard wall after the tile was removed and before the wallboard was fixed and the granite installed. Once the granite was installed, it looked beautiful! I didn't get a photo, yet, because. . . .

We had a little fiasco with the counter where the sink is. The workers layed the granite down and it snapped! Ughhh! So, now we still have no sink and no countertops. They are going to fabricate it again and call us Mon to let us know when they will install it.

Tomorrow I'll photograph those boxes I made with the scallop envelope die and the Big Shot and post it. They are too darned cute!

Happy Stamping! Mary

Tie Dyed Petals

This card of Cheryl's uses the Playful Petals set. You won't find it in the catalog, but it is still available; it's on the dormant list. There's a layer of vellum which subdues the background image and really makes the focal image pop! Doesn't it look like it's tie-dyed?

House Renovations - Plumbing Surprises!

We are getting new granite countertops and new wood floors. When they demolished the tile countertops and pulled the sink, they found that the hotwater pipe was corroded. When they went to fix it the pipes, they found the wallboard was mouldy and wet. When they pulled off the wallboard, some of the floor boards had dryrot. Then they found the floor needed jacking up.

Isn't this pretty? Haha. We have a huge hole in the middle of our kitchen!

Well, they fixed the plumbing and the dryroted beams in the walls last night by 8:30pm. This morning they were here at 7:30 am to jack up the floors and put in new subflooring. They also need to add sheetrock to the walls and put the cabinets back so the granite countertops can be installed this afternoon. Hopefully I'll have a picture of the granite countertops tomorrow!

In the meantime I have been making some really cute boxes with my new Big Shot. I hope to post a picture of that soon.

Life is Good. Hope yours is going well! Mary

Eastern Blooms with Micro Beads

I love this card by my friend Cheryl because of the texture. She added clear micro beads to the center of the main flower and to the four corners of the diamond layer.

Blue Medallion

Here's a gorgeous card. It's another Cheryl original. She used the medallion stamp in shades of blue and I just love it!