November Club Cards

These are the cards we made for Nov Club. The first card used the Big Shot and the pumpkin sizzlit, placed on the watercolor vine wheeled image over a saffron card. The second card used the Autumn Splendor set or the Gobble Gobble stamp, both from the Holiday mini catalog. I don't have all the photos of the Secret Card Pal cards, but I'll post the ones I do have tomorrow. Post a comment or e-mail me if you'd like the recipes for the club cards we made.

October Club

The sweet treat cup is adhered to the eggplant layer. The mustard "bookmark" bear layer just slips between the eggplant layer and the olive card to create a "garage door" of sorts. That way one can get at the candy without tearing apart the card!

Supplies:

sets - under the stars, grateful greetings, button bear accessories (retired), halloween bkgrds (retired)

cs - old olive, elegant eggplant, very vanilla, more mustard, pumpkin pie

ink - versamark pad, pumpkin pie pad, basic black pad

access - horizontal slot punch, 1-3/4" circle punch, corner rounder, 5/8" wide gg ribbon, narrow delphinium gg ribbon, sweet treat cups and candy corn, sticky strip

Supplies:

sets - grateful greetings, the more the merrier (hostess L-3)

cs - elegant eggplant, whisper white, pumpkin pie

ink - elegant eggplant, whisper white, frost white shimmer paint, black ink cartridge

access - arachnaphobia wheel, sponge daubers, dimensionals

We made the two cards above in club. The cards below are the ones sent by secret card pals.

This z-fold card was made by Shelagh and uses the cottage wall dsp.

This card was made by Billie using the Manhattan Flower embossing folder.

The final card was made by me and is similar to the one we made in Technique class last month.

Happy Stamping! Mary

Phase II ~ Master Bath Gutted

Well, the first time they were installing the granite, it snapped in two! The second time, things went smoothly. Here's a photo of it, with some things not in place yet because the wood floors still had to be layed. Things are progressing with hidden little "hiccups" every step of the way. Budget? What's that? The wood floors were installed and look beautiful. They have finished putting crown molding up in the den and painting it. The wood floors in there were refinished. Dave just needs to put the curtains back up and hang pictures. One room is almost complete Wohoo! They tiled the kids' bath and the hall bath. Today they finished installing crown molding in the hall and kids' rooms. They will finish patching and mudding and then paint - Wohoo again! They have gutted our bathroom as shown above. Under the subfloor was black tile! I can't wait for this whole project to be done. Dave and I aren't patient and are learning quickly what a pain house renovations are. I keep my eye on the end result and know it will all be worth it!

Maybe tomorrow I'll find some time to stamp! Mary

Deal of the Week - Big Shot Dies

Flower Burst Stampin' Up! Embosslits Die
Regular price: $11.95, Deal of the Week Sale Price: $5.99

Perfect Setting Stampin' Up! Bigz Xl Die

Regular Price: $42.95, Deal of the Week Sale Price: $25.99

Three Tier Cake Pop-Up Bigz Xl

Regular Price: $39.95, Deal of the Week Sale Price: $25.49

Here are SU's deals this week! These deals expire next Mon morning, 10/19/09, so contact me today if you are interested in any of them!

p.s. Our house renovations are coming along slowly but surely. I should be able to post pictures form my Oct Club by Wed, so check back!

Happy Birthday to Me! Happy Birthday Box, final one

Yes, today is my birthday! So I am showing my final Scallop Envelope Box. Ooo, I was just thinking that maybe I should add some glitter to the cupcake frosting and candle flame. What do you think? Leave me a comment and tell me if you like these fun little scallop envelope boxes and I'll send you one! ALSO, Don't forget my birthday special (click and scroll down). I will be putting in the order on Monday!

Supplies:

set- crazy fro cupcakes

cs- pixie pink, white, sweet always dsp

ink- blk pad, markers

access- big shot, scallop env die, sticky strip, mambo polka dot ribbon, dimensionals

Happy Stamping! Mary

Butterfly Box

This is almost the last of the scallop envelope boxes. Hope you're enjoying them! Would you like to learn how to make these boxes? I had this leftover bashful blue five petal flower punch out and decided I would work it into the focal image since the dsp had bashful blue in it's color scheme.

Supplies:
set- flight of the butterfly, SAB punch set(don't remember the name)
cs- real red, wh, bashful blue, pumpkin, retired dsp (summer picnic?)
access- big shot, scallop env die, sticky stripfive petal punch, red gg rib.

Happy Stamping! Mary

Flowers in Silhouette Boxes

These two boxes were done basically the same, but with different colors. Aren't these little boxes adorable? I have two more to show in the next two days. Hope you aren't getting bored.

Supplies:

set- flowers in silhouette

cs- real red, kiwi kiss, rasberry tart dsp, vanilla

ink - markers, kiwi pad

access- big shot, scallop env die, sticky strip, red hemp, sponge

Happy Stamping! Mary

Christmas Box, practicing

This was actually the first box I made with the Big Shot and my scallop envelope die. I was practicing and made it without the dsp. I wheeled an image instead, after embossing the tree image on the front. The embossed image resists the wheeled ink.

Supplies:
set- patterned pines, x-mas chatter jumbo wheel
cs- confetti white
ink- nqn, ruby red and garden gr craft pads, red jumbo ink cartridge
access- clear ep, red hemp, big shot, scallop env die, sticky strip

Happy Stamping! Mary