SU Stars November Blog Hop

This Month's blog hop is where we give  Gratitude/Thanks . I decided to do a Thanksgiving card. There are so many things that I am grateful for this year. Mostly my family, friends who have given me a lot of support.

If you came from Robin Messenheimers blog then you are in the right place. Wasn't her card just awesome. If not you can start at the beginning at  http://www.su-stars.blogspot.com/.


Here is my card:

Supplies:

Card Stock                           Cajun Craze, Natural Ivory, Crumb Cake

Stamp Set                             French Foliage

Ink                                        Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede

Markers                                Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Always Artichoke

Punch                                    Modern Label

Embossing Folder                Argyle

Accessories                         Bronze buttons, Line Thread and Big Shot

Directions:

Cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock 51/2 x 41/4 for the base, then cut a piece of Cajun Craze 51/4x 4, then cut a piece of Natural Ivory 5 x 37/8.

Then I placed the Natural Ivory in the  Argyle embossing folder and ran thru the Big Shot.

Next I sponged starting with light to dark. More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Chocolate Chip( to give a distress look)

Then I stamped the words down the left side using Chocolate Chip. Then I stamped the leaves random using Soft Suede.

Next I colored the leaves in using my markers with all the colors.

Then I stamped the water mark.

Assembled the pieces and tied Linen thread thru a Bronze button.

Your next stop on the hop will be to visit the very talented Dawn Hoffman and you can see what she has created for you here.



Thanks for stopping by. I love comments, so be sure to leave one. I hope you too find some time to create something fun for yourself...Enjoy!

And the winning Project is!!

Fancy Friends Kit is now available

Customers and Demonstrators alike asked for Stampin' Up! to offer kits for sale. Well, Stampin' Up! has done just that. About two weeks ago (or so) Stampin' Up! asked for customers and demonstrators to vote on their choice of a new kit and the RESULTS are in. It is gorgeous.

 

 

  

You can purchase the new Fancy Friends Kit, Item No. 132319, for $15.95.

If six cards are not enough, you can order additional note cards, Item No. 107311, for $5.95 (20 cards and envelopes). NOTE: Fancy Friends Kit has extra rhinestones for those needed more than six cards.

 

To assemble the cards:

1. Stamp the doily image in Daffodil Delight or Old Olive ink three times on the card and once on the envelope, re-inking between uses.
2. Stamp "Friends" in Daffodil Delight or Old Olive ink on the front of the card.
3. Adhere the flowers to the card. Adhere Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the center of the flowers.

Visit my On-Line Store to order your kit today.

Friday's Tip of the Day

Shading using Markers and Reinkers

Today tip is how to use our markers and reinkers in shading. I don’t know about you, but I always have a hard time with shading. Getting the colors to blend correctly and placing the highlights where they belong. A couple of years ago I ran across this pictorial on how to do this amazing technique!
 This technique made it a lot easier for me.  So to give credit where it belongs I saw this on Jennifer Foley's blog.   Her card was amazing,  I decided to share with you what I had done. Now I also will include step instructions.

So let's get started, first here is my card done, I love the way it came out. This is the easiest shading effect that I have ever done.

Supplies

Card Stock                            Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Vary Vanilla

Stampin Ink                           Stazon Black, Eary Espresso

Markers                                 Only Orange

Re-Inkers                               Soft Suede

Ribbon                                   Daffodil Delight Stitched(I colored it with Only Orange)

Button                                    Neutrals Designer Button in Early Espresso

Stamp Set                              Blooming in Kindness

Here is how to do it: 

1. Choose the colors that you want or use the color coach to choose a Dynamic Duo color combination.  
2. Choose one of  the re-inkers for the dark color, and the marker for the light color.
3. Squeeze one drop of ink into a color palette or a plastic container or paper plate.
4. Place the brush tip of the marker into the ink until it absorbs the desired amount of ink that you want. 
5. When you color an image with the side of your marker, you will get two colors for a shaded affect. 

When you are done to get rid of the re-inker on your marker just color on a scrap piece of paper until the darker color is gone.

I did have to play around with it for a few minutes, but once I got the hang of it I was in love with the results!!!  I also tried some added effect by taking my aqua painter and only orange marker and did additional highlights. This is optional.

 Here what mine looked light before I finished the card.

 That’s it! I hope you like it. It looks like it took a really long time to make, but in reality it only takes about 5 minutes to make, if that!
Adding additional card stock, ribbon and button. All together about 10 minutes. I don't know about you but I like quick cards. I love this technique.

Let me know what you think of it, and if you try it send me a picture and I will post it on my blog.  Just email me at jackielwatson2009@hotmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by,
Jackie

SU Stars Halloween/Fall Blog Hop

It is that time of year again, where the air is getting cooler and the trees are changing. This month at SU Stars our host Loni Holt and let us choose between Fall or Halloween. I choose Halloween done in a Vintage way. I have made allot of the traditional Halloween cards and wanted to do something different.

If you came from Michele Tinsley, blog  then you are right on track. Wasn't her project just adorable! If you just got here and want to start at the beginning go to  http://www.su-stars.blogspot.com/.


Here is what I came up with. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

Supplies
Card Stock                            Basic Black
Stamping Ink                         Basic Black, Versa Mark
Designer Series Paper          Howlstooth and Scaringbone
Stamp Set                              Toxic Treats
Stamping Markers                 Basic Black
Embossing Folder                 Spider Web
Embossing Powder                Dazzling Diamonds
Brad                                      Antique Brads (Cut out Rose)
Framelits                               Apothecary Accents
Tools                                     Color Spritzer Tool
Bling                                      Rhinestones

The lace, Ribbon came from my scrap box and the spider came from the Halloween Printer's Tray Kit.
I know it is hard to see with the photo I have, but the spiders web is done with Embossing Powder to give it the webby feel. I love the texture of this and overall feel of this card.

Your next stop on the hop will be to visit the very talented  Dawn Hoffman and you can see what she has created for you here.
Thanks for stopping by. I love comments, so be sure to leave one. I hope you too find some time to create something fun for yourself...Enjoy!

Friday's Tip of the Day

How do you fix the cracking caused when using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder?

I know allot of us have had this problem since the Woodgrain has come out and thanks to Kay Kathoff and Linda Heller there is a way to fix this.

All your cracking issues will be solved when you place a card stock Vellum panel inside your folder. You can adhere it with snail and keep it there permanently. Sounds Great!! Can't wait to try it out.

These two ladies even made a video so we can see the before and after pictures. I posted it to my tab under videos. 

I am going to try this technique on some other embossing folders that I have issues with and will let you know how that works out.

I want to thank Kay and Linda for sharing their great video with all of us.

Until next Friday when I post another great tip!

Jackie

Halloween Dual

I have been  working on Halloween cards to send too my daughters and their families this past week. Our family gets into Halloween.
Case in point here is my daughter Kari's bathroom. Isn't she just the coolest and all for $4.50 now that girl can shop.

I think my card will fit right in. What do you think?

Here is the inside

Supplies
Card Stock                            Basic Black and Tangerine Tango
Designer Series Paper           I used some of the left overs from my Halloween Printer's Tray Kit
Stampng Ink                           Basic Black
Stamp Set                               Googlies Ghouls
I also added Rhinestones for Bling. 

The card is simple and spooky all at the same time.

My next card for my other daughter Shelly is a little more Toxic if you know what I mean.

Witches and Goblins and Spooks  Oh My!

Inside of card

Supplies

Card Stock                              Basic Black
Stampin Ink                             Stazon Black
Stamp Set                                Toxic Treats
Designer Series Paper             Howlstooth and Scaringbone
The Bats are from the Halloween Printer's Tray and the red eyes are from Cherry Cobbler  Dazzling Details.

Thanks for stopping buy and sharing in my Spooky Halloween Day. Which card is your favorite Kari's or Shelly's?

As always I would love to hear from you so leave a  message and let me know what you think.

Jackie  

                                              

French Foliage in Triple TIme

I saw this card on The Stampin Schach awhile back and loved Ann's card so I cased it my way.

Ann used a little more texture than I did, but I love the way it came out.

Here is the inside of my card.

I am posting the edge to show you the Triple edges

It looks harder than it is. I am playing around with doing a tutorial, what do you think?

Now on to the supplies:

Card Stock                                 Cajun Craze, Early Expresso, Very Vanilla
Stampin Ink                                Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Early Expresso
                                                   and Crumb Cake
Ribbon                                       Always Artichoke seam binding
Marker                                       Cajun craze, Soft suede
Stamp Set                                  French Foliage
Accessories                               Spritzer Tool and Antique Brads

As you can tell there is not allot of supplies needed. You cut your sizes, stamp them and mat them, add Bling.  I will post a tutorial and will let you know when it is done. I am waiting on my order to do a Christmas one for Thanksgiving.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog today. Won't you let me know what you think in today's comment? Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one.


Don't forget that the Treasure Hunt Late Night Stampers are having is about to close.

To learn more about the Treasure Hunt  click on the UPS box at the top right of my page or go too the tab at the top Labeled Late Night Stampers, too see the list. Collect 50 items and send them off to me at jackielwatson2009@hotmail.com. I will check them and send them off for big drawing and also add you in my blog candy drawing.  Happy Hunting!!


Jackie





  

Creative Sketches Challenge-CS49H-Fall/Thanksgiving

Welcome to this Thursday's Creative Sketch Challenge! The challenge this week was to make a card for Fall or Thanksgiving  as show by the sketch below:

Pretty cool sketch and here is my card.

I love this time of the year with the trees changing colors and weather changing. Opening up the windows and letting the gentle breezes come in clear the air. I start baking again and house fills up with the smell of cinnamon and other spices. Oops got off the subject there.

Supplies:
Card Stock                        Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla
Stamping Pads                  Versa Mark
Punch                                Lace Ribbon Border
Embossing Folder             Square Lattice
Embossing Powder           Classy Copper
Ribbon                              Always Artichoke
Brads are from one of Stampin Up retired Hodge Podge sets and the Happy Thanksgiving stamp is from another retired set.

Creative Sketches Challenge-CS45H

This week challenge was  a sketch with a holiday theme. We could choose from Halloween or Fall. This time a year gets me thinking about Fall, Thanksgiving and yes Christmas. So I chose a fall card, since I haven't received my new Halloween goodies yet.

  Here is my sample,  I had a lot of fun designing and making this one.

Let's get started, here is a list of supplies I used.
SU Markers                  Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron
Card Stock                    Lucky Limeade, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Natural White, Very Vanilla
Ink Pad                          Soft Suede
Stamp Sets                     Lovely as a Tree, Season by Season
Punches                         Eyelet Border, Scallop Oval and small oval
Other accessories         Hemp Twine, Victoria Lace and some yummy Chocolate Pearls

I hoped you enjoyed my card this week, I know I had fun making it. If you would like to join us this week go to: http://wwwcreative-sketches.com/ and submit your card by clicking on linky tools. I will be waiting to see what you come up with.