Shoebox Swap Updated!

Ok, a day late but here are some more from our Shoebox Swap. I went to take pictures of the rest of the swaps and realized my phone was full and now I need to remove pictures so I can take some more photos. The dilemma is what photos to remove! Oh well, give me a few days to figure that one out. In the meantime here are some of the swaps.

This first one was designed by Louise. Nice and simple. Love the colors. What a great embossing folder. Embossing folders are such an inexpensive way to give so much to a card. Love it! What more can I say.

This next card was designed by Kathryn. Another simply card. Love it! We used the Blendabilities to color in the glass and highlight bright. I have the embossing folder and glad to see it used with a different stamp set then the Cheerful Christmas set.

This card was designed by Pauline. I first made a card using this technique at a shoebox box at convention. This really is easy. You take a rectangle piece of card stock and fold it in half and then bring each edge into the fold, ending with three folds. You're making something like a screen people used to use way back when. The bottom is using a punch, in this case the Decorative Label and the top we used the new Confetti Stars punch. Also used was the Holiday Home bundle. What a lovely card!

This was an extra that I had brought the sample. I've seen this on several websites. It's using the new Curvy Keepsakes Box thin lit. It's been on backorder and mine had just come in. I've only had time to use it a couple of times and thought everyone would enjoy this one. We used vellum card stock and sponged on the color and for the lines, was a piece from Work of Art stamp set. A couple of punches for the eyes and mouth and done! You can use those LED tea lights for inside. Now how stink in cute is that!

There are more swaps to follow, but as I mentioned I need to take some pictures off my phone so I can get the rest on there and onto this blog! So enjoy for now!

Happy Stampin!
Cyndy

Weekly Deals

Shoebox Swap

Well Saturday we had a our Shoebox swap. It was a small group but lots of ideas were flowing! Everyone had great samples and now I'm all set for the coming holiday with card ideas. If you don't know what a shoebox swap is, it's making a sample and you cut and prepare everything for each participant to make the sample. It's a great way to learn a new technique or idea. Here are the tags that I did.

 This one I copied right out of the catalog! I did change it up just a bit. I used some linen thread and the clay. With the clay I took a tiny piece and made a ball, flattened it and stamped the bird in cherry cobbler. In the catalog they used a button, which I did have but liked the white with red. Since the stamp set is photopolymer, it's much easier to stamp through the punch, although some did have a bit of difficulty. On the back has a to/from so you can use it as a gift tag and then later or instead of an ornament! Hope you like it!

This tag I found on Pinterest, sorry I don't remember the name, but they weren't SU. It used other product and I thought this could easily be a SU tag! Again on the back has the to/from. I punched six 1 1/4" circles from the DSP stack in the holiday mini. Sorry I don't remember the names, and folded them in half and burnished with a bone folder. You then attach the folded circles to each other but two. You don't want to make a full circle because those two get attached to the tag, which was made with the scallop tag topper. There are also holes along the right side of the circles to add some interest. To do that I used the piercing template and piercing pad and paper piercer, you know that pointy thing!

Ok, I just realized I haven't taken pictures of the other swaps, so that will have to wait until tomorrow. Have to keep you coming back for more!

Please post a comment and tell me what you think.

Happy Stamping!
Cyndy

Weekly Deals

Yes, I'm a little late posting, but it does show up under the tab for weekly deals each week, so I'm not always in a rush to publish it. But there are several items this week that you might be interested in. The Truly Grateful stamp set is perfect for this time of year. Also the decorative window box is a great box to put some treats in for any time of year. I could go on about each item, but here just let me show you all of them! To make any purchase, just click on the "shop now" button at the top.

Happy Stamping!

Cyndy

Tissue Box

Well as promised, here are the other two sides of the tissue box we did this past weekend. We had a lot of fun and they learned several new techniques.

 I loved making all the sides for this box and wanted it to be good for not just Halloween, but for the entire fall season. This ghost I think took the most amount of time. The background was the masking technique. I started with a piece of Whisper White card stock and die cut one of the smaller circles. I then sponged on Daffodil Delight, then added Elegant Eggplant, and ended with Night of Navy. After I took off the mask I gently rubbed over the moon with the Elegant Eggplant. The stars are from the new star border punch and adhered with the two way glue. The bat is the larger butterfly punch and 1/2" circle punch. The "tomb stones" are made from the Modern Label punch. The grass is cut with the fringe scissors. I did sponge it before I cut it and then crinkled it to add more texture. I also added some leaves from the new fall frame lit, which is the same one that has the ghost.

This side was pretty simple. I used the woodgrain stamp and Early Espresso ink and stamped on Soft Suede card stock. The wreath I used the baby wipe technique. I used the same inks as the DSP. The phrase inside is from the new Hostess set you can earn for FREE! It's called Good Greetings. It's a great set that is so versatile. The promotion ends on the 31st. You do need to host a workshop with sales of $300 (before shipping and tax).

Well I hope you enjoyed this box. I've already made, a very simple, box for the Christmas season. If you need any of the measurements or directions, please contact me.

Happy Stamping!

Cyndy

Weekly Deals & Stamp A Stack

Here is my INK swap from convention I made using the Apothecary Accents Framelits. This is such a versatile die. I also used the mosaic embossing folder which the punch that is also part of the weekly deals would coordinate very nicely with the folder.

Are you in need of holiday cards? Well I can solve that problem! I can do a Stamp A Stack in your home! How convenient is that! Get a group of your friends together for an evening out or during the day and I'll do the rest! You will make 12 cards in total, three each of four designs with envelopes. All for only $25.00! I'll have everything cut and ready to go. Everybody loves getting a handmade card. So why not make some great easy fun cards for those special in your life!

Happy Stamping!
Cyndy

Pumpkins, Pumpkins! Where are the pumpkins?

They are here! My husband likes to plant pumpkins, tomatoes, and watermelons each year. He has a couple of small gardens and likes to get as much as possible planted. His tomatoes were late this year, but boy are they coming in now! The watermelon didn't fare as well. We think the horses or deer kept eating whatever was growing outside the fence line. These vines would take over everything! But the pumpkins did great! He did have a few jumbo pumpkins going but only one survived. We do have many small pumpkins which are great for making pumpkin pie and bread.

Over the weekend my son and his girlfriend picked the pumpkins and gathered them up. Here is a picture of all the pumpkins. Surprisingly his girlfriend had never gone pumpkin picking as a kid so this was a real treat for her.

Then they carved one of the pumpkins. What a great job!

Here are some gourds I plants along with more tomatoes! The grape size tomatoes, I think there is at least 2 lbs in that basket!

Happy Stamping!
Cyndy