October Goulish Door Prizes

Our stampers were delighted with our spooky Halloween door prizes complete with a sweet treat!!!!

Templates for these designs can be found at The Woman's Day Magazine along with other holiday templates.  A little bit of snipping, some velcro and googly eyes and there you are!

Homemade Stamp Cleaner

What a money saver!!!!!

We're sharing this with our stampers this month.  To see the complete post for this recipe you can go to our friends at Pinterest.  http://pinterest.com/pin/144537469261270189/ (just one of many!)

Here is our version:

Homemade Stamp Cleaner

The cleaner is easy to make, very inexpensive, and it works great.

I N G R E D I E N T S

·         8 oz spritzer bottle

·         2 Tablespoons of liquid glycerin

·         1 Tablespoon of baby shampoo

·         Distilled water

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1.      Pour glycerin and shampoo into the spritzer bottle.

2.    Pour distilled water into the spritzer bottle – up to the top of the patterned paper (see picture).

3.    Shake well.

You’re finished! Wasn’t that easy?  This works great and the cost is about $.30 per bottle.  Go crazy!!!!

Here is a really nice use of the Merry Minis from the latest Stampin' Up© Holiday Catalog.  We found this card while we were hanging out at Pinterest.  This card is easy, fun, and really impressive.  Here's hoping you like it!

Merry Minis Good Cheer

We used the Quint-Essential Flower, Merry Minis, and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamps for this card.  The papers needed to complete this project were Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, and Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper.  Inks used were Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler.  The only way to make this card happen was to make use of the Scallop Circle Punches and the Merry Minis Punch Pack.  What fun!!!  Use the 3/4" circle punch to fill in the center of the flower.  Our message was punched out with the Word Window Punch and mounted on the Modern Label Punched Cherry Cobbler.    Gumball Green 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon accents the piece.  What a beauty!  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin' Up©.

Wow!!!  Everyone's card will look a little different when they use an acetate and tissue technique to give it their own special touch. We love everything about it-- even getting a little messy.  We just put on our vinyl gloves and get creative!

 

French Foliage Acetate and Tissue

This card uses Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, and Basic Black Card Stock along with Autumn Spice (retired) Designer Series Paper.  The image is stamped with Black Stazon Ink with a background stamp of Early Espresso Ink.  We chose reinkers in So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, and Wild Wasabi to do our card.  All leaf and background images are from French Foliage and the sentiment comes from Day of Gratitude.  All card stocks, inks, and reinkers are from Stampin Up©.  Accents include a button and DMC Crochet thread.  The beautiful acetate and tissue technique can be found in this Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/acetate_tissue/

          October is a fun month for card making.  We love featuring the leaves of Fall.  Here is our almost monochromatic attempt at something different.  It is a beautiful twist on the traditional.

Monochromatic Autumn Accents

We used Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla Card Stock embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots and Delicate Designs Embossing Folders.  The leaves are cut out using the Autumn Accents Bigz Dies, and embossed with the Square Lattice, Perfect Polka Dots, and Woodgrain Embossing Folders.  Ribbon and thread accents feature Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding and Linen Thread.  All materials are from Stampin' Up©.

Our September Creations

All cards use Stampin' Up papers,

inks, and stamps.

"First Edition Floral Card"

"Wicked Cool Witches Card"

"Christmas Lodge Card"

Welcome to our blog.  We will be sharing our adventures in card creation and talking about our passion for paper and ink.  Pictures coming soon!