Wahoo My Paper Pumpkin Kit Part 1

Before we get to my cards today I just wanted to inform you I am going to try to post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I hope by telling you this you won't be frustrated when I don't post on the other days of the week.

Last week I got together with my mother and sister to Scrap and Skype and we decided to create with the Wahoo Kit we received back in October. As usual I like to make at least one card the way it was intended but then create some cards out of the box.

Since we are creating months after the kit was sent to us there were some great ideas pinned on Pinterest. Below are cards I cased from others. Wednesday I will share with you the cards I made with the other half of the kit.

Original Design from Kit

 This card was cased from Valerie Duram

Stampset: Delightful Dozen, Good Life My Paper Pumpkin

Paper: Real Red, Silver Glimmer, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red

Punches: Heart

Bigshot: Hearts a Flutter Framelits

This card was cased from Mercedes Weber

Stampset: Delightful Dozen

Paper: Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Tangerine Tango

Punches: 1" Square, 1" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, Owl Builder

Accessories: Bakers Twine from Wahoo Kit

This card was cased from Heather Heroldt

Stampset: Wahoo My Paper Pumpkin, Happiest Birthday Wishes (Retired), 

Paper: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze, Old Olive

Ink: Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze

Punches: Owl Builder

Accessories: Button and Twine from Wahoo Kit

A Fantastic Announcement!!!

I am super excited to tell you I have been chosen to be apart of the Friday Mashup Design team. I have known for almost a month and have been dying to tell you but had to wait until today to make the announcement.

I will officially start as a designer November 1st but today they are introducing me as a new designer. Please head over the the Friday Mashup blog and join us in this challenge.

This is my first card as a designer of the Friday Mashup blog. The challenge was to:

1. Make a project using the sketch

2. Make a spooky project

3. Mash them up and do both challenges

Friday Mashup Challenge 131

To make the punch art spider I used the 1" square punch to create the legs. For the spider web I tied knots so the web would stay in place.

Stampset: Delightful Dozen

Paper: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Basic Black, Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie

Punches: Modern Label, 1” Circle, ½” Circle, 1” Square, Owl Punch, Crop-a-Dile

Bigshot: Chevron Embossing Folder

Accessories: Bakers Twine, Witches’ Brew Designer Washi Tape, White Gel Pen, Stamping Sponges

Don't forget about the LNS Treasure Hunt. You can win over $40.00 of free Stampin' Up product!!!

Check out my LNS Blog Hop page for all the details!!!

Halloween Banner Class

I have a new class coming up on October 26, 2013. 

I have never been one for making Halloween Cards or scrapbook pages because I don't have any children. However, I do love to make house decorations for when the children come for candy. I love this banner and I hope you will join me in creating one for your house.

Deadline to register is this Wednesday October 9th at 6:00pm.

When: Saturday October 26, 2013 1:00pm
Where: New Brighton, SE Calgary (address will be given upon registration)
Cost: $20.00

Washi Washi Washi Halloween Close up Part 2

It is very crazy how fast a weekend can go by. It feels like I blinked and I am heading back to work. It went by so fast I cannot even remember what I did this weekend.

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Here is the last of the close up's for my 3X3 Halloween washi note cards. 

Stampset: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Basic Grey, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Ink: Pumpkin Pie

Punches: Owl Builder, 1/2" Circle, 1" Circle, Large Oval, Word Window, Petite Pennants Builder, Retired Oval, 

Accessories: Witches Brew Designer Washi Tape, Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen

Washi Washi Washi Halloween Close Up

What a relief it is to have my class presentation over with. I think it went fairly well but as predicted my voice got extremely shaky. I just hope everyone was able to understand what I was saying. Unfortunately I won't know how well we did until the end of the class. My teacher said he won't grade us until everyone has presented. Do you think that is fair? I don't, I am worried he will compare us to everyone else and they will have had a lot more time to prepare than we did.

As promised here are some closer up photos of the 3X3 Halloween Washi cards I made a week or so ago. These cards were chosen as runner up in the Friday Mashup challenge.

Make sure to keep coming back because I will have the other cards for you. 

I will also have a very exciting announcement to tell you about October 1st so stay tuned for that as well!!!

Stampset: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Basic Grey, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Ink: Pumpkin Pie

Punches: Owl Builder, 1/2" Circle, 1" Circle, Large Oval, Word WIndow, Petite Pennants Builder, Retired Oval, 

Accessories: Witches Brew Designer Washi Tape, Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen

Friday Mashup (FM128) - Sock Monkey Halloween

Here's an early Tuesday post...

Tomorrow I have to give my presentation to my class. It has been a very long time (6 years or so) since I have had to get in front of a group of people and talk. I hope I can slow myself down and talk calmly or our presentation will not be long enough. 

After seeing what Friday Mashup was doing for their challenge this week I realized I have very little fall stampsets. In fact I have only two; Lovely as  Tree and Magnificent Maple (from the current Holiday catalog). For their challenge this week I had to go into my retired stamps and this is as close to a Paper Piecing harvest stampset I had. I love this technique but depending on how detailed your stamp is it can take you a while. 

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project with a "Fall/Harvest Food Theme (Preserves, Apples, Pumpkins etc.)."
2. Create a project using "Paper Piecing."
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Fall Food themed project with some Paper Piecing "

In order to paper piece the sock monkey I stamped him once on each of the following cardstocks; Smoky Slate (already stamped with the canvas background stamp in Smoky Slate), Real Red, Whisper White. I also did the same thing for the Pumpkin on; Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar.

Then I cut out the full Smoky Slate monkey and Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin. Then you cut out your smaller pieces in Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive and Baked Brown Sugar and I glued them on top of the full cut out image of the Monkey and Pumpkin. 

One trick is to make sure you are cutting right on the outside line of the stamped image. This way your lines will still appear on your smaller pieces.

Stampset: Seasonal Sayings, Sock Monkey (Retired), Canvas Background (Retired)

Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Real Red, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Ink: Smoky Slate, Black Staz on
Markers: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Baked Brown Sugar

Bigshot: Magnetic Platform, Squared Collection Framelits

Tools: Paper Snips

Accessories: Basic Grey Corduroy Buttons (Retired)

FMS104 Halloween Washi Again!!!...

I apologizing for not posting on Friday! I started going back to University on Tuesday and the homework has already been piled on. I am trying to keep my head above water but that meant I had to stop blogging for a couple days. I will do my best to keep you motivated daily with a new creation.

Onto my latest creation. I am not sure why but I keep going back to making my own DSP with washi tape. It might be because I do not have any Haloween DSP but I am not sure.

As always, I love the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and found this card to come fairly easily (easy for me is a couple hours in the craft room while watching netflix....)

Continue to scroll through my post for photos on how to give you the black highlight around the stamped image.

Stampset: Tags 4 You

Paper: Basic Grey, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Grey, Basic Black

Punches: Label Bracket

Bigshot: Chevron Embossing Folder

Accessories: Witches Brew Designer Washi Tape, 1/8" Mini Brads

Cut both pieces in half  and also cut along the dotted lines as pictured above.

I forgot to mention to also cut the small corners as shown by the white lines.

Adhere two pieces to the back of your stamped and punched image spacing out the pieces. Do the same for the other two pieces.

The back of your stamped and punched image should look like this.

Halloween with Washi Tape

I have been so busy I haven't been able to update my blog with the results of the Freshly Made Sketches and Friday Mashup Challenges. I am super honoured to have been chosen as a Princess on the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge and a Glamette on the Friday Mashup Challenge. Both blogs have posted a new challenge and I hope to be able to create cards for them tonight. 

Stay tooned...

This card was inspired by a pin on Pinterest by Kristina Werner. Using washi tape to make a DSP was a great idea and I love how this card turned out.

Stampset: Tags 4 You

Paper: Basic Grey, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie
Markers: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Basic Grey

Punches: Label Bracket

Tools: Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, Stampin' Trimmer

Accessories: Witches Brew Designer Washi Tape, Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit

Washi Washi Washi Friday Mashup Challenge FM126

I never thought using Washi tape could be so easy and fun!!! I had a great time creating these two sets of cards over the last two nights. I wanted to make sure to complete the cards before the challenge at Friday Mashup closed.

Friday Mashup is great because they give you not one but two challenges!!! You have a choice, take on one challenge or make a project following both challenges.

This week the challenges were, Create a project using Washi Tape, and Create a set of 3X3 quick note cards. I took this challenge head on and below is what I came up with.

Some time this week, when I can take a picture in the sun, I will provide you with a close up of each card.

Stampset: Petite Pairs, Oh Goodie, A Round Array

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Old Olive
Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Big Shot: Chevron Embossing Folder, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder

Tools: Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, Stampin' Trimmer

Punches: Modern Label, Word Window, Artisan Label, 7/8" Scallop Circle, 1-1/4" Scalloped Circle
Accessories: Season of Style Designer Washi Tape

Stampset: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Basic Grey, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Ink: Pumpkin Pie

Punches: Owl Builder, 1/2" Circle, 1" Circle, Large Oval, Word WIndow, Petite Pennants Builder, Retired Oval, 

Accessories: Witches Brew Designer Washi Tape, Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen