Stampin' Royalty Challenge #47

I've been following the blog of one of the Goddesses from the Stampin' Royalty Challenge Blog.  Her name is Angela McKay and her blog is called North Shore Stamper.  She is a very talented paper crafter.  I love her clean, crisp and elegant style!  Today I decided to get my feet wet and participate in the weekly Stampin' Royalty Challenge.   This week's challenge is a sketch challenge and here is the card I designed:    

Card Ingredients:

CS:  chocolate chip, very vanilla, real red
DSP:  Merry Moments (retired)
Classic Ink:  Red Real, Garden Green (for sponging around the very vanilla piece)
Stamp Set:  Contempo Christmas
Accessories: Snowflake Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Sparkly Silver Brad,  Sponge, Poly Twill Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Ribbon (retired), Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

I really enjoyed participating in this challenge.  You can definitely see more sketch challenges on my blog in weeks to come! 

Happy Stamping!

~ Angie

Button Snowman

Today I found a really cute card that I wanted to CASE.   It is from Stasia Sloma's Blog - Stampin' and Scrappin' with Stasia.  She has a great blog and I loved the card she made with the new Big Designer Buttons that Stampin' Up introduced in the holiday mini catalog.  Stasia used the colors baja breeze with blushing bride and I wanted to try out a non-traditional color combo.   Here are my card ingredients:

CS:  old olive, whisper white, melon mambo
DSP:  Ski Slope (retired)
Ink:  melon mambo (use a sponge to ink the edges of the hat)
Accessories:  big designer buttons - Deck the Halls, melon mambo ribbon, basic pearls, stampin' dimensionals,  lattice embossing folder, glue dots, mono adhesive

Thanks for stopping by today!

~ Angie

Fall Journal

A few weeks ago I attended a women's retreat with some girlfriends from my church. As part of the retreat, the group leader asked me if I could bring some SU! supplies so we could each decorate a composition journal. So I dug through the many layers of DSP that I have and found some retired DSP that would be perfect for decorating a fall composition journal. Here is my finished product:

Journal Ingredients:

1 composition journal

Autumn Vine DSP (retired)

chocolate chip textured CS

sage shadow textured CS (retired)

more mustard textured CS

really rust CS (retired)

Falling Leaves stamp set

Define Your Life stamp set (retired)

ink: chocolate chip, sage shadow, more mustard

Versamark

scallop circle punches

hodgepodge hardware (copper, retired)

chocolate chip and more mustard 1/4" grosgrain ribbon

white embossing powder

buttons

linen thread

sponge

heat tool

chipboard leaves

Happy Stampin!

~ Angie

Christmas Projects!!!

Anyone that knows me knows that I LOVE to make Christmas cards. I took in another class last week at Frozen in Time and we made these great holiday projects! They have a lot of classes to choose from, call 978-9500 for more information or check out their website: http://frozenintimeks.com

inside of gift card holder

outside of gift card holder

Reindeer Fun




Snowflake Magic

Vintage Santa

Thanks for stopping by today!

~ Angie

Christmas Card Sneak Peek

Okay, here it is... the sneak peek for the Christmas card class I'm hosting on Saturday, November 6th from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. This pictures shows 3 of the 5 cards we'll be making. Cost is $20 per person and you will go home with 20 hand-made Christmas cards, including envelopes.

Have a great week everyone!

~ Angie

Fabulous Fall Card Class!

Last night I attended a card class at Frozen In Time, the newest scrapbook store in Wichita. We made four Fall/Halloween Cards. I was so excited about the evening because I learned 1 new technique (Gamsol Magic) and used 3 products that I had never tried before: a Tim Holtz stamp, shaker cards and Flower Soft. The card with the witch used the Gamsol Magic technique. The thank you card used Flower Soft around the base of the pumpkin. The skull card and spider card are the shaker cards. The class was small - 4 participants and I came home with some new clear stamps! I'll definitely be attending another class in October.

Happy Stamping!

Angie

The New Catalog has arrived!!!

The 2010 - 2011 Idea Book and Catalog

It's chock full of new stamp sets, new papers, new colors, and new accessories!

To view the new catalog click here

Happy Thoughts

Today's inspiration came from one of my favorite blogs, Crafty Girl Designs, by Tessa Wise. She one of the newest Artisan Award Winners for Stampin' Up and is very talented! I used one of the new hostess stamp sets from the 2010 - 2011 IBC - Apple Blossoms, as well as some of the new colors that became available July 1st: Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Confetti White, Pear Pizzazz, Textured Perfect Plum

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum, Early Espresso, So Saffron, Marina Mist

Stamp Set: Apple Blossoms

Accessories: snail adhesive, hemp twine, paper piercing tool, stamp-a-ma-jig

I hope you all enjoy a wonderful 4th of July tomorrow!

~ Angie