Just a sampling of some of the occasion catty sets as well as some Sale A Bration sets. These sets will all be available starting Jan 5. I have a few more coming soon so be on the look o...
BSU123015 3D Theme
Hello Everbody! LOL How was your Christmas? Mine was fun but slightly exhausting. I had a houseful and still had to work each early morning so late late nights and early early mornings make for a very tired me. LOL But the goodnews I get a day off tomorrow. so the couch and movies sound really good for a Thursday! I am looking forward to the new year and all the upcoming...
BSU122315
Hello, it's time for another BSU challenge. What a week, well for that matter what a month. It's been a strange month for me. Many Ups and Downs, dealing with joys and losses, but on a good note it's almost over so yaaaaaay!! I'm ready for the new year.....I'm ready to leap forward and embrace all the new stamps and things coming up for the next few months. But first I must...
BSU121615 COLOR
Hey everyone, time for another Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. Well this week we are doing a color combo challenge. Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky, and Tip Top Taupe.
I used Thoughts and Prayers and Sheltering Tree for my stamps. I based my card with TTT and added layers of NN and RR. I stamped my image of the flower in TTT and added a ground effect also in...
New Toys....
Getting to know some new products. Loving them!!!! You will learn more about these in the coming wee...
BSU120915 Fancy Fold
Hello and welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. This week the challenge is Fancy Folds.....and let me tell you for me it's a challenge lol. I love straight stamping, not too many layers, clean and simple. Fancy Folds give me the hives lol. But I did manage to pull off a double gate fold....I think that's what they call this lol. Above is the card...
BSU:120115
It's time for another Broke Stampers Unite challenge. This weeks theme is Winter/Christmas
I played around with a few ideas and decided to go with some non traditional colors. So I pulled out come Rose Red, Blushing Bride, and Crumb Cake cardstock. Paired that with with some Very Vanilla and below is what I came up with. The stamp sets I used are Festival Of Trees and Reason...
A couple of Christmas Cards
I was tooling about the house the other day with my family here visiting and was able to steal away and make a couple cards. I'm not sure yet what happened to November.....I seemed to be off kilter all month. Hoping to head into December with a better drive. Hope you enjoy these cards....Thanks for stopping ...
BSU Sheltering Tree
Hello and welcome to another Broke Stampers Unite post!! This week we are featuring a stamp set. The stamp set is called Sheltering Tree. This week I layered a base of garden green with a layer of Sahara Sand. I then added a layer of whisper white and stamped the tree base in Sahara sand the middle image is full strength the other two are stamped off to give a faded...
Broke Stampers Unite
Hello and welcome to this weeks BSU challenge. This week we are featuring a technique. The Bokeh Technique. This was way new to me....! I had to research it and look it up for how to's. BUT, I found an easy tutorial and faked my way through it. Then today I found out that one of my Fellow BSU members has actually already done a really good tutorial and I'm going to share...
BSU.....yes I'm a lil late......
I know I know....I'm a lil late....But better late than never right??? LOL
Broke Stampers Unite....this weeks theme is Thankful/Grateful.
I love sheltering tree. This stamp set is pretty flexible when it comes to a varied look. I stamped the tree in Early Espresso and then the leaves I stamped in Crushed Curry then tapped in some Tangelo Twist and Early Espresso. I stamped...
More Market Fresh
Here's a couple more I was meaning to send all weekend long but my lil goblins were here and well I never had a chance ...
Market Fresh
Here's another card made with the Market Fresh stamp set. I pulled out the matching DSP called Farmers Market and it has this really cool wood grain print. LOVE IT! I used a base of Soft Suede and a panel of the DSP I used a square of Whisper White to stamp my image in Basic Black. I colored it in with the retired Blendabilities markers. (I need to use them before they...
Thoughts and Prayers
I finally broke down and ordered a sympathy style set. I liked this one for its versatility, and it comes with a lot of sayings and sentiments. I like that. I can also use the tree or the flower stem for other non sympathy style cards by just changing up the sentiments. I'm all about getting the most from one set.
I started with a base of Cherry Cobbler, and added a...
Broke Stampers Unite
Hello and Welcome to another posting for the Broke Stampers Unite.
This week we are featuring a stamp set. The chosen stamp set is Wonderous Wreath. This set is in the current annual catalog. It debuted as a very popular set in the 2014 Holiday catalog. I fell in love with it back then and have to say it's still a favorite for me, and the matching framelits, are such a...
Some Cricut Action
Pulled out my Cricut last night and made up a few cards. The card bases and pattern papers are Stampin'Up! The images are print then cut from Cric...
More Scary Treats
Playing a bit more with the Howl-o-treat set.
A fun card and a some treat containers. Had to add the green googlie ey...
Howl-O-ween Treat
Here's a card I did for my last Sketch Frenzy Friday.
I have sadly decided to move on from their design team. It was a fun year of weekly sketch challenges. But it was time.
I didn't get this set from the Holiday Catalog, but my friend Terri was nice enough to share with me some images from this cute set that I probably should have gotten lol. So the next few posts...
Broke Stampers Unite
Hello, it's time for another BSU post.
This weeks post is a color challenge.
Mossy Meadow, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip, and Pumpkin Pie. What a bunch of wonderful fall colors!!!! So the two cards both host each of those colors collectively. I hope you enjoy what I've done. I used different stamp sets on each card. On the left I used Thankful Forest...
BROKE STAMPERS UNITE
Hello and welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite post. This week the topic is Techniques, and for this technique we are doing masking tape/painters tape technique. It was a new thing for me. Hadn't heard of it and had to look it up. What I learned was that you take strips of masking/painters tape and gently apply sticky side down to your ink pad. Give it a light tap...
Dragonfly
Happy Sunday....
I was playing around with different looks and this one came out! It wasn't good for what I was needing at the time but I thought it would make a nice daily post submission. It's all straight forward stamping. I used a bit of marker on the background flower, then I used markers for the dragonfly. Sorry for the short post......I'm running on a crazy...
Thanks
Hello and happy Saturday hope you are having a good weekend. For today's card I was playing with the set called Awesomely Artistic. This is a fun versatile set. It only comes with one word stamp. But when combined with a greeting set you have so many possibilities to make all sorts of any occasion cards. For the base here I used very vanilla card stock. I stamped...
Sketch Frenzy Friday
Hello and welcome to another Sketch Frenzy Friday post. I failed to track down the photo of the sketch but I can tell you that I followed it to a T lol. So I think you can figure it out. I used crumb cake for the base and the large dots embossing folder ...one of my favs. I pulled out my Merry Moments DSP for the circle and the back stripe. I used the note tag punch and layered...
Just Sayin'
This was another card from the color combo discussion. Smokey Slate and Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White. I used Sheltering Tree stamp set and the Crazy About You set for the sentiment. I found a small bird from a different set and I remember not which one lol. I used a length of smokey slate bakers twine to finish it off.
It's a pretty combo. My photo doesn't quite...
Broke Stampers Unite
Welcome to this weeks edition of Broke Stampers Unite. This weeks topic is Fall or Halloween. I went for more of Halloween. The stamp set I used is called Sweet Hauntings, and again this was a challenge for me because it's not really a traditional Halloween set but more of a treat packaging set. So I have to try or stretch a bit harder to make cards with this. Soooooooo...
A lil Kindness
Hello, and Thank You for stopping by. I was on a group discussion on my up lines group talking about favorite color combinations. This combo was suggested and it really stuck out for me. I think because I'm not sure I would have stumbled onto it on my own. Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky and Elegant Eggplant. So of course I had to stop reading and try it out! It's a pretty combo...
Monday
I have migrated back to the Lighthearted Leaves stamp set again. With this card I used a base of Island Indigo and on a layer of Whisper White I stamped a single leaf repeatedly in Chocolate Chip ink. I then used some Stamp n Write markers......lets just say the whole of the Rich Regals color family and added a touch of color throughout the leaves. I then just stamped my...
Sunday and WCMD
Good Sunday to you. Hope your weekend is going well. Yesterday I almost forgot that is was World Card Making Day. What was I thinking??? Anyway I jumped in and made some cards even though I was feeling very challenged... Lol.
With this ca d I started with a base of Soft Suede and with some Whisper White I stamped some images from the Work Of Art stamp set....
Believe
Hello and Happy Saturday
How's your weekend going?? Today's post is made with Vintage Leaves and Leaflits Framelits. On this card I stamped and heat embossed the leaves on Whisper White. I then used sponge daubers and randomly sponged Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, and Early Espresso ink. I then cut them out with the framelits. The black medallion was made by snipping out the...
Sketch Frenzy Friday
Its time for another Sketch Frenzy Friday Post.
I was fishing around on on Pinterest for some inspiration and found this fun color combo. Basic Black, Whisper White, Old Olive, Real Red and Soft Suede. Love love love this combo. I started with a base of Basic Black and covered it with a layer of Whisper White. I used the splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge in Old Olive,...
Tip Top Taupe
Today's post will be short and sweet. I chose to play around with another In- Color called Tip Top Taupe. First card I used the bird from Joyful Season to make a just because type card. I stamped the outline in Soft Suede and the inside in Tip Top Taupe. I used Delightful Dijon for the beak. I then added some DSP and Dotted Lace ribbon in the TTT color. The second card...
Broke Stampers Unite
Hello it's Wednesday.......yup that means it time for another Broke Stampers Unite project.
This week we are focusing on 3D projects. So for mine I chose to do a pillow box using the Stampin Up Square Pillow Box Thinlits Dies. Such a cute and easy lil box to put together.
I used Garden Green for the box and then added a belly band of Merry Moments DSP. Love the plaid...
Cucumber Crush
Hello and good day,
Todays post is all about Cucumber Crush. This is one of the In-Colors for 2015-17. I decided to take it for a spin and focus on just this color. It's such a pretty shade of green. With the ink color, the card stock color, the beautiful dotted lace ribbon (that I just finally broke out by the way....gasp!) why did I wait so long? All in the perfect matching...
Warmth and Cheer
Hello, and Thank You for stopping by. Todays post is a bit of an alternative style Christmas card. Just an idea that has been rattling around. I started with a piece of Basic Black card stock and i used the white craft ink pad and rubbed it on the inside of the softly falling TEIF. I placed my card stock inside the folder closed it and then gently rubbed the outside of it,...
Thanks For Being You
Hello and welcome to todays post. This sweet card was inspired by a card I found on Pinterest By Susanne Jordan. I changed it up some but the basics are there. I just love the clean sweet look to this.
I started with a base of Pink Pirouette and stamped the lines from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set in Pink Pirouette. I then added some splatter marks also from the Gorgeous...
Friend
Hello and Happy Saturday,
As the Thunder is rolling this evening and I'm prepping for today's post, I grab for a beautiful flower set. Awesomely Artistic.
I began with a base of Pink Pirouette and with the lovely vellum card stock I used a versamark pad and stamped my image. I then used White embossing powder and heat embossed my image. From the back of the vellum I...
SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY
Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday!!! This weeks sketch comes to us from Kim Innis. This was a challenge for me because I don't really do ovals. I don't have any ovals. Ovals are just not my thing. So I took a bit of creative license and substituted a leaf for an oval. Hmm wasn't sure at first if it would work but I think it worked quite well!!! Hahahaha I started...
