A Special Thanks

I received a box the other day from my sister and she had included a couple of extra items.  I now have 2 new Thinlits dies that make fold out cards.  Before I put them away I decided to make a card for my special Sister.  It was very easy and it has many little extra dies included.  

I hope you like it, JO and it will arrive in your mailbox soon.

card front

inside of card with it opened

I thank my sister once again for the present and hope you enjoy the card.

Nancy

Halloween Treats for You

I wanted to share a couple of treat ideas with you.  These have been inspired by the Amuse Studio Catalog and their facebook page.

Having most of the supplies, I made a small candy/treat box and then the fun broom sack for treats or a sucker.

The printed straws are everywhere today and they come in all colors.

The spider, bat and pumpkin are die accents pieces from the Candy Box set.

The box is the base of that set.  Just add accents to decorate.

For the broom sack, I first cut slits down the sack and stopped about 1 inch from the bottom. I put the straw over the sucker stick and placed in the bag. Using some twine I tied the bag around the straw, then added accents.

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Making Special Backgrounds

I am extremely fond of the 6 X 6 background stamps from Impression Obsession.  I recently picked up a new addition to my inventory and today I am featuring a CAS card using the background.

CC161 Mesh Circles

I used Ranger Distress inks and stamped the image multiple times using different colors.

I love the effect and decided to make a Clean And Simple card by just adhering flowers over a doily.

The sequin border is sewn in a row, so very easy to attach with line tape.

Simple sentiment on a banner, finished!

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

Orange Blossom

My final card featuring the Stampendous fruit stamps will be "Orange Blossom"

I must admit this is probably my favorite because of the orange, but it was just overall fun.

I have been using a little dot method of shading on these three card which has worked very nice.

I enjoy this type of coloring with my Copics, but you have to have the correct type of image to make it effective.  These fell right in that category.

Image #CRW086

Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate all comments on how you like these cards.

Nancy

Pomegranate

Today I want to feature the second of my cards from the collections of fruit stamps.  

This is the Pomegranate stamp from Stampendous (CRP190)

This image was simpler than the other two so I used a frilly Spellbinder die as the background.

I added a few pearls on the little flowers and a black checked bow.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back for my final card.

Nancy

It's a Dog Theme...

   It's Monday and time for a new challenge over at The Outlawz.  I must admit that I was really looking forward to this week as our challenge was something to do with Dogs!!!! Yippie.

Our Sponsor is Bugaboo, so I have selected, Pretty Puppy 4

I enlarged the digi so that he was almost full card size and the BIG focal point.I hand cut the large bone in back and then fussy cut the smaller brown bone. I added ribbon, brads, a paperclip and quite a few rub-ons.

Oh, I can't forget those googly eyes.

I had a great time with this card and thanks for stopping by to visit.

Don't forget to hop over to The Outlawz and play along this week.

Nancy

Anything Goes over at 613 Avenue Create

This week at 613 Avenue Create the DT's had an anything goes challenge.

I used an image from The Paper Shelter (How Ya Doin'). I thought this was such cute image, so I colored it up and started the process of putting it together.  I chose a front step card as my base and then added several papers.  

We did have a few requirements for the project and I have included the graph below.  You must include at least one thing from each column, but can use up to 3.

Here's my card

Items used: Image,sentiment,patterned paper, shaped card, die cute, paper punch,embossing, 

glossy accents, bling, ribbon, faux stitching.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you hop on over to 613 Avenue Create and join in the fun.

Nancy

I will be entering this card in the following challenges

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca/

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/