Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Oh for the love of penguins.....

Here is the project that I wanted to share with you guys! It's a tri shutter card that I made on Sunday using the new Penguin Love stamp set. I have had so much fun with this set! There are a ton of stamps in this set and I wanted to make a project where I could incorporate as many of the images as possible. Not only was I able to do that but this folds up nicely into a standard 5.5x4.25 size card!! I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to part with this bad boy after all of the time I put into it but it's the thought that counts right?? ;)

I created the card base first in Ruby Red, added the white layer to each of the sections then added DP by SEI and 3 Bugs In A Rug in alternating sections. All of the images were stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black onto white card stock and colored with a blender pen and various SU inks. I then added some sparkle to all of the ice with my favorite Stardust Gelly Roll pen. All of the images were cut out and adhered to the card base using dimensionals.
Here are some close ups of the different sections-




Card Recipe:
Stamps- Penguin Love
Paper- Ruby Red, White, DP by SEI and 3 Bugs In A Rug
Ink- Momento Tuxedo black, various SU inks for coloring
Accessories- Blender Pen, Dimentionals, Stardust Gelly Roll Pen, SU Punch, Nestabilities, Adhesive Pearls, Quikie glue pen

Monday, November 9, 2009

TSG28- Chipboard Fun!

It's Monday again and I hope that you all got to enjoy your weekends. I was hoping to have at least one day to sleep in past 8:00 but not this weekend lol! Guess I'll just have to start the count down to next weekend ;)

This week TSG has a fun challenge for you and it's all about chipboard! Chipboard comes in all shapes and sizes and you can either make it yourself or buy it already decorated for you. For all the details on this challenge you can check out the TSG Blog! For my card today, I made my own simple chipboard embellishment to go behind my sentiment.

I stamped my background in Sahara Sand on Kraft CS. The penguins were stamped on white CS and colored in with a blender pen and ink from SU ink pads. I cut each of the penguins out and adhered the to the card base with dimensionals. I used an SU punch on white CS, stamped my sentiment, and added two rhinestones before I added it to my chipboard embellishment with dimensionals. I then added that to the card base with more dimensionals.

This is one of my holiday cards (I am trying desperately to build up my Christmas card stash early lol!) so I made a Knutsen family of penguins :) We love fishing in our house so it was only natural that papa penguin is holding his fishing pole!
To make my chipboard embellishment I ran a thin piece of cardboard through my Cuttlebug with a Nestablity circle and did the same thing with a piece of DP before I adhered them together. I then made a scallop circle with white CS and Nesties. I wanted the scallop layer to match the color of the penguin's hats so I colored it with my blender pen and ink :)

Card Recipe:
Stamps- Penguin Love
Paper- Kraft, white, DP by SEI
Ink- Momento Tuxedo Black, Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories- Blender Pen, SU Punch, Nestabilities, Rhinestones, Dimensionals

I hope you'll come back tomorrow to check out a fun project that I worked on this weekend that took me HOURS to finish!

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Saturday Inspiration

I made this card for today's SCS Inspiration challenge. I chose this cute little penguin king as the inspiration for my card. I really liked the card that I made earlier in the week with the subtle background scene so I decided to make another one. The fun thing about the Penguin Love set is that there are so many stamps (55!!) that you can make a ton of different scenes. Even though the card is similar to the one I made earlier in the week, the scene is completely different :) How cute are those little penguins waiting for Santa penguin to give them their gifts??

I stamped my background in Mellow Moss ink on the same color card stock. The santa and bag image were stamped onto white card stock, colored with a blender pen and SU inks, cut out and added to the card with dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of white card stock that was punched by my new favorite SU punch. I also added some adhesive pearls to the bottom of the sentiment.
Card Recipe:
Stamps- Penguin Love
Paper- White, black, Mellow Moss
Ink- Momento Tuxedo Black, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron
Accessories- Blender pen, dimensionals, SU punch, Adhesive pearls


Make sure you stop by the TSG blog today to check out the Stampbook Saturday page I made :)

Friday, November 6, 2009

Happy Friday!

Join us tonight for the Friday Night Chat at 7 PM Pacific time! I always look forward to chatting with my stampin friends at the end of a long week and I would love for you to stop by :) The chat has been started HERE, feel free to stop in at any time during the day to say hello. 'See' you tonight!

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A couple of weeks ago, I went to my very first Shoebox Swap. I had such a great time stamping with new friends and I can't wait until we get together again :) I was lucky enough to win a door prize and I chose a huge pack of plain white coasters. They have been sitting on my huge craft desk this entire time just begging me to play with them so I finally sat down (in between when the girls needed me every 3 minutes of course lol!) and got to work.

When I started out, I was originally going to make a coaster box that could be used for holiday gift giving but after I got the box put together I was hit with inspiration- these would make a great desk organiser!

The coasters measure 4 in. square and I used a total of 7 coasters per organiser. I picked up this great Cosmo Cricket paper at my LSS a few weeks ago and it too was just sitting on my desk waiting to be used. I cut my DP into 3- 4 in. strips then cut the strips again so that I had a total of 9- 4 in. squares. One sheet of 12"x12" DP was just enough to alter both organisers and I had one square left over that I used to punch out and stamp a sentiment. There is a great tutorial by Taylor Vanbruggen over on SCS (here) that shows you how to make these cute coaster boxes! After I had my boxes put together, I stamped my images on Very Vanilla card stock and colored them in with a blender pen and various SU inks. I then cut them out (leaving a small white boarder around the image because I love the way it looks) and added them to the box with dimensionals. For the sentiment, I used my new SU punch to punch out some DP, stamped the sentiment and added some adhesive pearls. Do you see the side of the darker organiser?? I glued down a stack of sticky notes! Now I don't have to dig around for them when I need them :)

For the inside dividers I took two coasters and cut a small slit (1.5 in. long) from the bottom (two in. in from the side). I then put the two coasters together by sliding one into the other.

I was surprised by how much stuff I can fit into these! And I have to say that these look way cuter holding my stuff than the clear plastic cups I was using did. I'm pretty sure it's the penguins ;)

Project Recipe:
Stamps- Penguin Love
Paper- DP by Cosmo Cricket, Very Vanilla
Ink- Momento Tuxedo Black, various SU inks for coloring
Accessories- Coasters, blender pen, stardust gelly roll pen, SU punch, ribbon, Crop O Dile, dimensionals

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

SCS sketch challenge

It has been a long time since I've played in one of the SCS challenges and I hadn't planned on stamping this morning but I decided to check out what the sketch was today just in case. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to play! This sketch is perfect for those fireplaces :)

My images were stamped on watercolor paper and I used a Copic Multiliner to draw in the base boards and hard wood floor. I used paint brushes and SU inks to watercolor the image. I really am having so much fun with this stamp set! I have loved all of the cards that I've made with it so far :)

I used a combination of 10 different stamps from the sets Home Sweet Home and HSH Holiday Additions. While I was stamping today, I was wondering how many different scenes were possible with Home Sweet Home and the additions set. It has to be at least a million and two lol!
Card Recipe-
Stamps- Home Sweet Home, HSH Holiday Additions
Paper- Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Ruby Red, white watercolor paper, DP by Imaginisce
Ink- Momento Tuxedo black, various SU ink for water coloring
Accessories- Stardust gelly roll pen, dimensionals, paint brushes, sewing machine, embossing folder, Copic Multiliner

Monday, November 2, 2009

TSG27- Cause a stampin scene

This week's TSG Challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week Dawn! For my card today I chose to use the new set Penguin Love. With 55 stamps there are a ton of scenes that can be concocted lol!

I stamped my scene directly onto by blue panel for a more subtle look so that my cute little penguin would stand out. I added some adhesive half pearls for the snowballs and stamped my sentiment on a punched out piece of CS which was then added with dimensionals.
So are you up for the challenge?? Make sure you stop by the TSG Blog for all the details!!

Card Recipe-
Stamps: Penguin Love
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze
Paper: White, Black, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Dimensionals, Adhesive pearls, SU Punch, Pumpkin Pie SU Marker

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Join us for the party tonight!


Join us tonight for the TSG November release party chat HERE in the TSG Forum! You need to be a registered user before you can view/post on the forum so make sure you do that first. One lucky participant in the chat tonight will win the entire November Release!!!

Don't forget that you have until this evening to complete the Blog Hop Challenges as well :)