TechnoStamper Sketch Challenge - Serenity

Happy Sunday, I hope you've been enjoying your weekend. We've had some warmer weather come through for this time of the year, it's been in the mid 60's - quite enjoyable! This week MJ issued this sketch challenge. Taking a few creative liberties, I rotated the sketch and added an extra panel on the right side to fill some empty White space.

The sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs Serenity Prayer was stamped in Black Archival on White card stock. I paired it with the beautiful Night & Day Specialty Paper from Stampin' Up! for a classy Black & White look. The Scallop edges were created with the Scallop Edge Punch, the Silver Bling are Kaiser Stick on Gems.

Details:

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs Serenity Prayer

Ink - Black Archival

Card Stock - Black, White

Other - Black Grosgrain, Scallop Edge Punch, Kaiser Gems

Mega Recipe Blog Hop - Sneak Peek

I'm thrilled to be joining Creative Cuts and More and the other talented designers for the Mega Recipe Blog Hop on Monday and Tuesday of next week featuring the new 8" x 8" Treasured Family Recipe Kit and Apron Holiday Treasures Recipe Kit from Creative Cuts and More. There will be 24 designers sharing their favorite recipes each day along with their Kit creations. You'll also have a chance to win one of these new kits! Be sure to check back on Monday and Tuesday to see what I've created with these wonderful new kits!

Here's a little peek at my recipe for Tuesday's Apron Holiday Treasures Post

Bloggers Challenge - Pick a Technique

Happy Friday! This week I asked the Bloggers Challenge Players to pick a technique to use with their post. If you'd like to play along, just leave a direct link to your post in the comments section. You can use any technique, and if possible, link to or give directions to the technique you use.

So many techniques....So little time! I just received the new Multi Step Pine Trees from Kitchen Sink Stamps and was itching to ink it up for my post. Aren't they beautiful! I stamped them on White, added my sentiment from the Multi Step Lights Mini using a SAMJ and the star from the Multi Step Ornament & Stars Mini . The panel is layered on Real Red and adhered to the inside of my card. For the outside, I layered a Real Red panel on a Mellow Moss panel, then cut an Oval using Spellbinders Nestabilities. I embossed the Red panel with the Snowflakes Folder and used the CuttleBug Highlights Technique (past TJNL Tech) to add dimension to the embossing. I cut a smaller Oval from the Hunter base card, than layered my embossed panel onto the base card.

Details:

Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Lights Mini, Multi Step Pine Trees, Multi Step Ornament & Stars Mini

Ink - Memento Lady Bug, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Stampin' Up! Handsome Hunter, Riding Hood Red

Card Stock - Stampin' Up! White, Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Mellow Moss

Other - Big Shot, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities, Sponge Dauber, CuttleBug Snowflake Folder

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Stamp Multi Step Pine as follows using: #1 Memento Bamboo Leaves, #2 Memento Cottage Ivy, #3 Stampin' Up! Handsome Hunter, #4 Handsome Hunter. Star from Multi Step Ornaments & Stars: #1 Memento Cantaloupe, #2 Memento Dandelion, #3 Brilliance Gold. Sentiment from Multi Step Lights Mini: Memento Cottage Ivy, Memento Lady Bug.

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out the other Bloggers Challenge Players card by clicking the link on my sidebar. Have a great weekend!

Vintage Christmas

Happy Thursday! If you're here for my Three Clover Thursday Challenge, we're taking the week off, as Kerry's a bit under the weather, we'll resume next week! But don't go just yet, I've got another Holiday card to share with you today.

I love the Vintage images from Artistic Outpost, and the Old St. Nick from Snowy Woods makes the perfect Vintage Christmas card. Here I used the Spritz 'N Flick Technique to add a bit of an aged look to my image. The image was stamped in Black Archival on White, then I used an Ink Blending tool to add some Frayed Burlap to all areas but Santa, crinkled the card stock, then blending on more ink, then came back in with Fired Brick Red, adding it to Santa's hat and coat. Finished with the spritzing, let dry and assembled my card.

Details:

Stamps - Artistic Outpost Snowy Woods

Ink - Ranger Distress Ink Frayed Burlap, Fired Brick Red, Black Archival

Card Sock - Black, Riding Hood Red, White

Other - Basic Grey Wassail, Ink Blending Tool, Craft Mat, Spritz Bottle, 1/4 Circle Punch

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Blog Candy Winner and TJNL Special

Thank you for all your kind words on my posts! It was fun to read about your favorite Halloween costumes! I was surprised that so many of you liked Candy Corn, glad to know I'm in good company! I had the random number generator pick the winner of the TJNL CD#7

True Random Number Generator Result: 12

Connie Gage said...
Loved the coffin, seen a differnt coffin at our scrapbook store in town and was so neat. I need to make one. haha. Favorite candy is snickers, kit kat's and reese's , oh heck I like any and all candy. ha. Costumes we never bought any, always had to make mine as a kid.

Congrats Connie! Please email me by November 11th to claim your prize!

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Decorative Frames Borders - Just a Note

Have you seen the new JustRite Stampers November Releases? JustRite has done it again, it's Hip to be Square with the new 2" Square with coordinating Decorative Frame Borders. Don't have Monograms to accessorize, no problem, there's also a Deluxe Square Monogram Kit! Today, I'm sharing a project made with the new 2" Wood Stamper, Decorative Frames Borders - Square and the new Just a Note Centers & Borders.




To create the border/sentiment, I placed my Decorative Frames Border on the 2" Wood Stamper, added my sentiment from Just a Note Centers & Borders (note - don't be afraid to trim your centers, you'll get more mileage out of them, here I trimmed the round center and placed it on the Square stamper), then stamped in Black on White card stock, cleaned my stamp, then stamped in Riding Hood Red on White card stock. I punched the sentiment from the center of the Red stamped image using a 1" square punch, stamped the Aged Sheet Music from Cornish Heritage Farms in Going Grey, sponged the edges in Grey, then layered it on a 1-1/4" Black square, I finished by layering it onto my stamped border which was sponged in Grey, then onto the Black Panel. To complete my card I stamped the Aged Sheet Music in Grey on Grey card stock, layered onto a Black panel then adhered to a White card stock base. I adhered some Night & Day Speciality paper from Stampin' Up to my panel and a piece of Riding Hood Red Organdy Ribbon, then attached the sentiment/frame panel.

I created the beautiful coordinating One Card Organizer using Grey and Black card stock, accessorizing with the Night & Day Specialty Paper. You can find the template for this wonderful organizer on Adela's Blog.

Details:

Stamps - JustRite Stampers; Just a Note Centers & Borders, Decorative Frames Borders - Square, Cornish Heritage Farms Aged Sheet Music

Ink - Stampin' Up! Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey, Going Grey, Archival Black

Card Stock - Black, White, Basic Grey, Night & Day Specialty Paper

Other - 1" Square Punch, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Sponge Dauber, Riding Hood Red Organdy Ribbon, Filigree Brad, Rhinestone, Sticky Strip, Cutter Kit

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out the JustRite Blog each day this week as they reveal the new releases and offer Blog Candy.

Getting Ready For Christmas

It's that time of year, the mad dash is on to get my Holiday cards created, if I start now and make a couple a day, I should be good to go. I still had my stamps out from yesterdays Kitchen Sink Stamps Holiday Release post, so I reached for those again today!

I'm just loving the Multi Step Build a Garland, so I incorporated it into today's card, taking creative liberties with KSS Challenge 19, stringing my garland across the beautiful Wassail pattern paper from Basic Grey. The sentiment from the Multi Step Hanukkah set is stamped in Black on White card stock.



Details:
Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Build a Garland, Multi Step Hanukkah
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Potters Clay, Desert Sand, Black, Adirondack White
Card Stock - White, Chocolate Chip, Paper Temptress Haute Red Brawny
Other - Hemp, Dimensionals, Spica Glitter Pen, Clear Glaze Pen, Heat Gun, Basic Grey Wassail

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The gingerbread stamp on Caramel card stock: #3 Memento Rich Cocoa, #2 Memento Potters Clay, #1 Memento Desert Sand. Add White lines with Gel Pen and buttons with Spica Glitter Pen. The Berries as follows on White: #1 Memento Rhubarb stamp off, #2-3 Memento Rhubarb. The Pop Corn as follows on White: #4 Stampin' Up! Close to Cocoa, #3 So Saffron, #2 Apricot Appeal, stamp off repeat, #1 Barely Banana, stamp off and repeat, #1 Adirondack Snow Cap (heat set).


This next card also features the Multi Step Hanukkah set, here I stamped ala Warhol Style, in shades of Memento Blue Inks. The beautiful Silver card stock is the Smoothie Silver Lustre from Paper Temptress, embossed with the CuttleBug Snowflake die. The card stock embosses wonderfully and has a beautiful shimmer!



Details:
Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Hanukkah
Ink - Memento Summer Sky, Bahama Blue, Danube Blue, Imperial Purple, Stampin' Up! Night of Navy
Card Stock - White, Paper Temptress Smoothie Silver Lustre, Brawny Midnight Blue
Other - SAMJ

Stamp Dreidel as follows using a SAMJ on White Card Stock: First panel, #1 Memento Summer Sky stamp off, #2 Memento Summer Sky, #3 Memento Summer Sky, #4 Imperial Purple. Second panel, #1 Memento Bahama Blue stamp off, Memento Bahama Blue, #3 Memento Bahama Blue, #4 Imperial Purple. Third panel, #1 Danube Blue stamp off, #2 Danube Blue, #3 Danube Blue, #4 Imperial Purple. Stamp sentiment in Stampin' Up! Night of Navy on White card stock using a SAMJ.

Kitchen Sink Stamps Holiday Release and Challenge

Happy Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday! Today in the Kitchen, I'm cooking up some wonderful cards using the new Kitchen Sink Stamps Holiday Release, combined with this months Challenge. I've got a lot to share, so grab your coffee and pull up a chair!

I'm the KSS Challenge Hostess this month, and I've created this sketch for you to use along with your Kitchen Sink Stamps. So grab your stamps, upload your card, then link it here on the KSS Blog for your chance to win some great KSS goodies! You'll have until November 27 to play, but remember your entry must use Kitchen Sink Stamp

This months release is all about the holidays, below are the links for the Kitchen Sink Stamps November Release. Use code LISA10KSS to save 10% on all your Kitchen Sink Stamps purchases!

Multi Step Build a Garland
Multi Step Gift
Multi Step Pine Trees
Multi Step Hanukkah

There's also TWO new Mini Sets - the Mini Sets are the perfect way to try Multi Step™ Stamping, the mini sets also include a Color Recipe inside the packaging. These make GREAT stocking stuffers for the stampers on your list!

Multi Step Christmas Lights Mini
Multi Step Ornament & Stars Mini

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This card uses the Mini Multi Step Ornament & Stars, Multi Step Gift and Multi Step Build a Garland. I used the sketch as inspiration, taking a few creative liberties. I wanted to add some shine to the ornament as they remind me of the ones that covered my grandmothers tree, so I stamped Step #1 in Versamark (after following the steps below) and clear embossed. Pierced a small hole and wrapped some Green Wire Works as my ornament hook. The sentiment is embossed in Gold. The beautiful Gold shimmer paper is White Gold Metallic from Paper Temptress, the base is Haute Red Brawny which matches the Basic Grey Wassail paper perfectly!

Details:
Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Build a Garland, Multi Step Gifts, Multi Step Ornament & Stars
Ink - Memento Cottage Ivy, Rhubarb, Bamboo Leaves, Imperial Purple, Pear, Versamark
Card Stock - Paper Temptress Haute Red Brawny, White Gold Metallic, Stampin' Up! White, Chocolate Chip, Other - Basic Grey Wassail, 1/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Wire Works, Glue Dot, Gold EP, Heat Gun, Clear EP

The pine from Build a Garland was stamped as follow: #1 Memento Cottage Ivy stamp off, #2 Memento Cottage Ivy, #3 Memento Cottage Ivy repeat 1 time, #4 Imperial Purple. The present from Multi Step Gifts is stamped as follows: #1 Memento Pear, #2 Memento Bamboo Leaves, #3 Memento Cottage Ivy, #4 Imperial Purple. The Bow: #1 Memento Rhubarb stamp off, #2-4 Memento Rhubarb. The Multi Step Ornament as follows: #1 Memento Rhubarb stamp off, #2 -5 Memento Rhubarb.

Details for Merry & Bright Card

I stamped the images from the Multi Step Build a Garland, then pierce holes and strung them up using Linen thread and popped them up on dimensionals over the tree branch. The sentiment is from the Multi Step Christmas Lights Mini.

Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Build a Garland, Multi Step Christmas Lights Mini
Ink - Memento Cottage Ivy, Rich Cocoa, Potters Clay, Desert Sand
Card Stock - Stampin' Up! Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, White, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel
Other - Spica Glitter Pens, White Gel Pen, Basic Grey Wassail Pattern Paper, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Piercing Tool

The pine from Build a Garland was stamped as follow: #1 Memento Cottage Ivy stamp off, #2 Memento Cottage Ivy, #3 Memento Cottage Ivy repeat 1 time, #4 Imperial Purple. The gingerbread stamp on Caramel card stock: #3 Memento Rich Cocoa, #2 Memento Potters Clay, #1 Memento Desert Sand. Add White lines with Gel Pen and buttons with Spica Glitter Pen. The Berries as follows on White: #1 Memento Rhubarb stamp off, #2-3 Memento Rhubarb. The Pop Corn as follows on White: #4 Stampin' Up! Close to Cocoa, #3 So Saffron, #2 Apricot Appeal, stamp off repeat, #1 Barely Banana, stamp off and repeat, #1 Adirondack Snow Cap (heat set).

Thanks for stopping by, for more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration, check out the other DT members blogs: Angela, Connie, Julie, Lynn , Makiko, Maria (KSS Owner).

TechnoStamper Sketch Challenge - Got Stuffing?

Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! We started getting trick-or-treaters around 3:30, with the last of them at 7:30pm. The constant ringing of the doorbell drove the dog nuts, the kids were all bundled up as it was cold here, but what costumes I did see were cute.

Trying to stay one step ahead this week, as I've got a few things going on, today's card is for MJ's TechnoStamper Sketch Challenge - using this sketch.

Here's my take....I used the Versamark Resist Technique and Pumpkin Patch ink to create my background panel using the Multi Step Big Leaves from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The Orange panel under my image was created with the Cling and Scrunch Technique using a combination of Color Wash Sprays and Glimmer Mist. My focal image is from the 3 Step Turkey Trot, stamped as follows: #2 Pumpkin Pie, #1 So Saffron, #3 Memento Rich Cocoa. The sentiment is from this same set, stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa on White, then sponged with Stampin' Up! Soft Suede.

Don't forget tomorrow is Challenge Day at Kitchen Sink Stamps, I'm your hostess for this months Challenge, we're also cooking up some great Holiday cards using the new Holiday Releases, and I'll have a special ONE DAY ONLY KSS promotion to share with you. See you then!

Details:

Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps 3 Step Turkey Trot, Multi Step Big Leaves

Ink - Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Memento Rich Cocoa, Pumpkin Patch, Ranger Resist

Card Stock - Chocolate chip, Glossy, White, Watercolor, Old Olive

Other - Color Wash Spray, Glimmer Mist, Brayer, Dimensionals, Sponge Dauber, Scallop Edge Punch

Happy Halloween - Some Trick or Treat Blog Candy

Happy Halloween, no Tricks here, just CANDY! What would a Halloween posting be without a little Blog Candy"! First I'll share my project, then fill you in on how you can win your own copy The Technique Junkies Newsletter CD#7 (the pink CD)!

For my project I used the Coffin Box Die Cut from Creative Cuts and More. After assembling my coffin, I placed the lid on a piece of Stampin' Up! Night & Day Specialty paper, traced it, cut it out, trimmed it a bit, then adhere to the coffin top. The image is from Stampin' Up! From the Crypt done in the Split Negative Technique from a past issue of TJNL. I stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Black on White then punched with the Word Window Punch, layered on a Black panel punched with the Modern Window Punch I adhered this under the Black Grosgrain tied around the coffin box.

So, how can you win your own copy of CD#7? Simply leave a comment on this blog post with with your Favorite Halloween Candy or Costume, by November 2nd, I'll post the Winner on November 3rd - Good Luck! Remember Blogger does not record your email addresses, so be sure to check back, or subscribe to my blog so you don't miss when I post the winner. I don't really have a favorite costume. Each year the boys got dressed up became my favorite costume, now that they are older, I miss those costumes! I asked my oldest who is attending a costume party later tonight what he was going as, his response "myself, Redneck Jim". So what is he wearing? A pair of flannel patched jeans, a cut off flannel shirt, cowboy hat and cowboy boots. As for my favorite Halloween candy, I love Candy Corn and Milky Ways!

Details:
Stamps - Stampin' Up! From the Crypt, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Black, White
Other - Black EP, White EP, Big Shot, Spellbinders Circle Dies, Crop-a-Dile, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Vintage Brads, Sitcky Strip, Black & Night Specialty Paper, Black Grosgrain, Heat Gun, Coffin Die Cut Box from Creative Cuts and More

Have a great weekend!