Happy Halloween Cards

I have been binging a bit on making Halloween cards. Here are a few:

I had lots of fun using dies and my Scan n Cut machine to make the elements for these cards. I also got a chance to do some graphics creations! All and all it has been a very fun experience and I learned a lot about using SVG files with my Scan n Cut. I will have a few more to show you before Halloween.

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Creative Card Chics is LIVE this month!

Creative Card Chics is hosting a LIVE stamp camp and SALE this month at the Adams County Fairgrounds. Here is the card the campers will be making at my table:

The card uses some retired designer series paper called Texture Chic and a retired paper color called Soft Succulent. There is also some gold foil paper and Petal Pink card stock. I love Soft Succulent and was so sad when it retired. I have plenty though so I can still use it. I also used the Stylish Shapes dies and I really hope that SU doesn't retire those any time soon.

I will have a ton of paper, cards and ribbon to sell and the other campers will have lots of various stuff to sell including stamp sets and dies! My granddaughter Isabella will be coming along tomorrow and that always makes for a super fun day.

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A couple of fractured cards

I have been playing with a new technique called "fractured" cards. It is addicting! There were a couple very basic ones here but I wanted to try a couple using different shapes. Here's the result:

The top one used a hexagon shape and the bottom one used the Tailored Tag punch. These look much harder to make than they were. For the top card I used a card base and strips of Pretty Peacock. The dsp is from the new All About Autumn pack and is the reverse side of one of the leaf prints. The bottom one uses a card base and strips of Night of Navy. The dsp is from the Countryside Inn pack. These were great fun to make, but I may have run out of appropriate shapes to use as a starting point.

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CAS (Clean and Simple) Cards

I have been following a FB group for a while now and they have some of the most talented ladies contributing cards every day. They are all so very inspirational and I have been experimenting with making some myself. Here are some of them:

It's kind of the best of two worlds for me - I get to play with all my computer graphics learning a lot of new things AND I get to play with a style of card that I have not explored before! It's a challenge for me and I am becoming pretty addicted!

I will be back soon with a card for Crazy Card Chics. We are having another LIVE camp this month. We will also be having a sale and I am really looking forward to getting rid of some of the DSP that I have been hoarding hanging around.

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Stamp Camp North - September 2023

This month's Stamp Camp North is going ahead in spite of the fact that the basement level (where we usually are) is not quite ready for us. Here is the card the campers will make at my table:

I also used this card for a get together of demonstrators for a shoebox swap. I will have the other cards from that day to show you soon. Needless to say, it was a great day and it was so good spending time with other demonstrators in a casual atmosphere.

The card base is Boho Blue and the elements are layered on Night of Navy. The designer series paper is from the Countryside Inn collection and I am really loving this paper. There are so many different ways you can combine colors!

Here is more information on this very fun camp:

This camp is so much fun and I do hope you find a way to come and enjoy it for yourself!

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Sassy Stampers - September 2023

Due to the Labor Day holiday in the US, Sassy Stampers moved their camp date to September 9, 2023. Stamp Camp North is also on tap for September 16, 2023 although we will be upstairs as the basement is still not ready for us. Here is the card I am making at Sassy Stampers this month:

The card base is Very Vanilla and once again I used the dsp paper pack Inked Botanicals. The flower is from the Sending Smiles stamp set and I also used the Sending Dies. Our theme this month is Thinking of You or Get Well and the campers will have their choice of sentiments for the inside. I used Lost Lagoon to layer the outside and inside and I really love this combo!

Here is some more information on this camp:

We really have fun at this camp and I hope you can join us!

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August Recap - it's been a very busy month!

I will start out by saying that the Captain sold the boat and is back from Massachusetts! Once home though, we did end up buying another boat, this time just a wooden day sailor. He is trying it out this afternoon, so stay tuned!

I made a ton of cards this month. Here are just a few:

Crazy Card Chics - August 2023

Sassy Stampers - August 2023

Demonstrator Swap

Demonstrator Make & Take

And a few more, just for fun!

In case you couldn't tell, I really fell in love with the new Inked Botanicals designer series paper from the new SU Annual Catalog. It pairs so well with Lost Lagoon and the combo of Calypso Coral and Petal Pink.

I will make a concerted effort to share in a more timely fashion for the September cards, but ... no promises. I tend to get caught up in the making and don't spend enough time sharing.

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Crazy Card Chics - July 2023

Well due to plumbing issues, there was no Stamp Camp North in July and we are taking the month of August off, so no cards for that camp for 2 months.

Crazy Card Chics did our virtual kits though! Here was mine:

I used a graphic I purchased from Etsy and a sentiment from Technique Junkies and created this card.

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Happy Fourth of July!

To all  my readers in the USA - Happy 4th of July! Celebrate safely everyone.

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Sassy Stampers - Christmas in July 2023

Sassy Stampers has it's annual Christmas in July camp next month. There are not many options for Christmas cards available right now, so I improvised! Here is the card the campers will make at my table:

The card base and first layer use Shaded Spruce. The embossed layer is Cherry Cobbler and it is embossed using one of the trio of embossing folders available in Online Exclusives. There is a layer of Gold Foil and a layer of Basic White that is stamped with Shaded Spruce ink using various sentiments and the leaf cluster from Layering Leaves. The layered panels were cut using the Nested Essentials dies and some Brushed Metallic dots were added as embellishment. I used some Metallic Edge Ribbon between the bottom layer and the top two layers.  

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Crazy Card Chics - June 2023

Well we had our super fun live event last month and now we are back to card kits by mail until September. Here is my card that the campers got in their kits this month:

I used up some very old designer series paper called Something Borrowed. I don't know which catalog it came from, but it is lovely! The card base is the retired Sahara Sand and I got to use my computer skills for the sentiments, front graphic and inside graphic. The front panel was cut using the Split Card Textures dies and the sentiment was cut using the Stylish Shapes dies. The dsp was adhered to the back of the die cut panel and then mounted on the card front. The sentiment was attached to the card front using dimensionals. This is a super easy card for the campers to put together and all that will be required is an inside sentiment that expresses whatever they chose for the outside. I embellished using Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

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New Catalog Swap - May - April 2023-2024

Each time we have a new catalog issued, Cathy Hansen organizes a catalog swap. Participation in these swaps is great fun and you get to see some of the new products in use by some very talented demonstrators. Here is my card for this swap:

It is a gatefold card that uses papers from the Fresh as a Daisy pack. The card base is Crushed Curry with an embossed panel of Garden Green embossed using the Basket Weave embossing folder. The panels were created using the Countryside Corners dies with the main panel strategically cut so that the folds did not get cut. The dsp panel was cut in half and mounted on the two side panels. The sentiment is from the new Layering Leaves stamp set and the inside sentiment is from the Framed Florets stamp set. The outside circles were cut using the Stylish Shapes dies and then decorated using the Brushed Brass Butterflies. Very fun card to make!

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Stamp Camp North - June 10, 2023

This month's camp was once again a really fun one. I really enjoyed spending time with the campers and with my fellow demonstrators. It's a great group! Here is the card the campers made at my table:

I used up some Wonderful World designer series paper from last year. The individual flowers were punched from one of the sheets and the leafy background is from that same pack. The campers sponged some Mossy Meadow ink on the ovals to make them pop a bit from the background. They were punched using the retired large oval punch. The card base is Mossy Meadow as is the large banner under the sentiment. I die cut the computer generated sentiments using the smaller banner die in the Stylish Shapes die set. 

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