Money Tree

Who say money doesn't grow on trees?
This is another project I did using the Wishing Tree stamp set. I made a Checkbook cover. I thought about how cool is this when you write a check and you have this checkbook that has dollar signs on it. If you are interested in this stamp set-check out this link:
http://shop.pinkpoison.net/wishingtree_gallery.php


RECIPE:
Stamps: Wishing Tree
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss DSP, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Grosgrain Chocolate Chip ribbon, brads
Tools: dimensionals

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Love, Paece, Joy

Hello everyone !!!
I can tell it's getting close to the holidays. You know why?
My work is never done-lol !!!
I finished this card last week and I am just posting it now.
I had this design from an SCS challenge-using Pearls. If you happen to notice the background-I did a little bit of brayering and it came out really nice. The stamp I used is from Pink Poison- Wishing Tree.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Wishing Tree
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Pearls, striped grosgrain Kiwi Kiss ribbon
Tools: piercing tool, oval punch

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Seven !!!

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to you all !!!

I was really strucked by an e-mail that I got from a friend of mine. Nothing out of the ordinary but the content was totally awesome.
To make the long story short, it was about a teacher asking a group of students about writing a list of what they think are the Seven Wonders of the World ( Great Wall, Pyramids etc) and this girl in the group said that she was having trouble with her list because there were so many. When the teacher asked her what she has on her list, this is what she came up with:



1. To SEE...

2. To HEAR...

3. To TOUCH...

4. To TASTE...

5. To FEEL...

6. To LAUGH...

7. To LOVE...



The things we overlook that are simple and ordinary and sometimes taken for granted are truly wondrous-which only means that the most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man. How touching !!!
I thought this would be a nice way to pass on being Thanksgiving and all- We have a lot to be thankful for especially the family and friends that surround us.

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HAPPY TURKEY DAY !!!

Dear Friend

Color Challenge #194
Happy Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!
I love today's colors on SCS, so I decided to play and not go to bed as yet. I used this set that I have not inked up in a long time. I stamped the sentiment on my main panel and just added the circle flower for my design, then embellished with stickles, ribbon and the filligree brads.

RECIPE:
Stamps: True friend, All Holidays
Paper: Really Rust, Very Vanilla, Going Gray, DSP
Ink: Really Rust
Accessories: Filligree brads,tafetta ribbon, stickles
Tools: circle punches, dimensionals, glue dot, oval punch

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5-Petal Poinsettia

Class Project # 1
It's that time again to share my Class Projects and hope that you find inspiration and ideas to your own projects.

I am loving this set Spotlight on Christmas.
You can use your punches on every single stamp
image. Int his card, I used my 5 -petal punch to make this poinsettia flower. The main background is raised, so is the poinsettia. The ribbon is glued to the back of the main background. Using your Rose Red marker, I added the dots to the scallops. Using the 1/4 inch Kiwi Kiss punch paper, glue it below the sentiment and used CE to adhere the dew drops. It just helps to bring the color of the dew drops.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Spotlight on Christmas, Best Yet
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, DSP Kiwi Kiss
Ink: White Craft, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: dew drops, striped grosgrain Riding Hood Red ribbon
Tools: Wide Oval punch, 5-petal punch, glue dots,Crystal Effects, 1/4 " punch

Snowy Trio

Class Project # 2

I love these color combo together, so I used it in my class. Using my circle punches, these stamp snowflake images I think turned out to be sweet and cute. The 3 circle snowflakes were raised with dimensionals.


RECIPE:
Stamps: Snow Swirled, SA Snow wheel
Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze
Accessories: striped grosgrain Baja Breeze ribbon, silver brads
Tools: Circle punches, SA handle, dimensionals

Birthday Cupcake

Class Project # 3
I wanted to play with my Crazy for Cupcakes set, so this is what I came up with in class. The main image was stamped then I used the DSP Sweet Always for my paper piecing. The DSP was mounted in dimensionals. I added stickles on the sprinkles and on the wick. The ribbon is glued with glue dots. The circle stamp was donw using the Time to Party set.



RECIPE:
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Time to Party
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip,Tangerine Tango
DSP Sweet Always, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Brown, Pretty in Pink, Summer Sun
Accesories: Tafetta pink ribbon, stickles
Tools: 1",1-1/4", 1-3/8" Circle Punches,dimensionals

Season Of Giving

Class Project # 4
The main image was stamped in Staz-on black, and colored with light markers first then the dark ones. I used the blender pen after.The panel strip was raised, so was the circle leaf punch. I added the ribbon and adhere it with glue dot.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Harvest Home
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, DSP Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Staz-on Balck, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Old Olive
Accessories: gold brads, Striped grosgrain Tangerine ribbon
Tools: Circle punches,blender pen, dimensionals, glue dot

Holiday Peace

Class Project # 5
Here is another card using the Snow Swirled.
This 2 colors are so good together and I love the
gold brads in the Kiwi Kiss Tree.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Snow Swirled, To You and Yours
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, baja Breeze, Very Vanilla
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze
Accessories: gold brads
Tools: dimensionals

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Chocolate Cupcakes

Limited Supply Challenge #195
Ways to Use It #193
Happy Friday to all !!!
I made this card for today's SCS challenge-make a card with some sort of a chocolate theme. My main image was stamped twice. I cut each cupcake individually (for a 3-D look). I colored using Aqua painter , added white gel pen as my sprinkles.
I added some pearls for the WT challenge-using
pearls in your card.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Time to Party
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, DSp
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, White gel pen
Accessories: Tafetta pink ribbon, Pretties kit
Tools: Circle punches, dimensionals, glue dots

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Birthday RAKS

I am sharing a few more Birthday RAKS from
stampin' and SCS friends. Thanks for your thoughtfulness.


This is Birthday RAK from Mercy
(Lord Have Mercy)
















This is RAK from Vera
(Great Swap Girl)
(Vera Stamps)

This is a Birthday RAK from Nancy.

(Great Swap Girl)
(I Stamp)

This is a Birthday RAK from Pam B.

(Sassy Stampin' Sisiter)

Pearly Whites

Ways To Use It #193
Color Challenge #193

Good morning to you all !!!
I looked up the color challenge last Tuesday and came up with this card for today's WT on SCS-using Pearls.
I popped the circles for added dimensions and I also used white gel pen around the circles. I found this ribbon in my stack and decided to use it.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Snow Swirled
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black,Real Red, Kraft
Ink: Basic Black, White Craft
Accessories: Pretties kit,polka dot ribbon
Tools: Circle punches, dimensionals, CE

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Christmas

Sketch Card #203
Hello everyone !!!
I have been having too much birthday celebration lately that I have been slow in posting. This card is done using the sketch on SCS.

RECIPE:
Stamps: To You and Yours, Snow Swirled
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Riding Hoos Red, Kiwi Kiss, Gelly Roll glitter pen
Accessories: Brads,Striped grosgrain Kiwi Kiss ribbon
Tools: Circle punches

From This to This ( A Second Look at ATC)

Christmas Postage
Good morning !!!!
I did this Artist Trading Card on our last class.
I used this postage design but forgot to change
the denomination to 42 cents( duh).
Anyway, the main image was brayered first,
then I stamped the image and used the Aqua Painter to color.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Season's Greetings
Paper: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
Ink: Wild Wasabi,Real Red, Basic Black
Accessories: ribbon
Tools: Horizontal punch, Crystal Effects, deco scissors, Brayer

Here is the finished card using my new CB folder.

I punched the River Rock paper to highlight the

Real Red paper.

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More Birthday RAKS

Birthday RAK from Michele.











Birthday RAK from Cheryl.

Birthday RAK from Rose.

Birthday RAK from Stephanie.

Birthday RAKS

Yes, I will be another year older...again !
My dear, dear friends celebrated November birthdays last Wednesday. You should see the birthday treats I got not to mention these beautiful cards that I get to share with you today.


Birthday RAK from Diane.

Birthday RAK from Heidi.

Birthday RAK from Vicki.

Birthday RAK from Colleen and Faye.

Birthday Treat

Vacation pics to share...

I have just come back from a great and

very refreshing vacation last week with my DH and kids.

I have been looking forward to coming back to

Napa Valley since we were there 4 years ago.

I fell in love with the place again. Visiting the

towns and vineyards, dining, enjoying the scenery

and the beautiful accomodation was more than

I hoped for. It was heightened by a 2 day trip in

San Francisco-where we did more dining and

crusing by the bay. I must say it was a real

birthday treat.

Here are some pics that are worth sharing

pic.1 Taken at the Meritage Vineyard in Napa Valley

pic.2 Beautiful Napa countryside

pic.3 Just driving around towards Geyserville and saw these beautiful row of trees.
pic.4 Old Geyser in Calistoga

pic.5 Took this pic while we were crossing the bridge.

pic. 6 Captured these 2 birds with

view of San Francisco.

Season of Thanks

Scketch Card Challenge #202
Ways to Use It #192

Good Morning !!!
Yesterday went by so fast, it did not even give
me much time to stamp and post for any challenge.
I have to make up for today and combined 2
challenges.
This is my newest set called Harvest Home and
I just loved it. Using watercolor paper as part of The WT challenge, the image was stamped and colored with markers first, then I used radiant pearls for the pumpkins and leaf for a shimmery look.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Harvest Home, Hugs and Wishes
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss, More Mustard,
Watercolor apper, Very Vanilla, DSP Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Certainly Celery,Old Olive, Summer Sun, More Mustard,
Pumpkin Pie, Basic Brown
Accessories: brads, grosgrain chocolate chip ribbon
Tools: Circle Punches, paint brush, dimensionals

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Greetings

Color Challenge #192
Hello and Good Morning !!!!
Good to be back but I must say, We had a grand time on our vacation. I finally got myself to play with my new stamps set from Pink Poison-Wishing Tree.
Visit the link above to see the new release stamps.

http://shop.pinkpoison.net/

I used the colors on SCS challenge- Certainly Celery, Pacific Point, Basic Gray. I wasn't quite sure about the gray but I made Pacific Point and Certainly Celery my dominant colors. I chose Jen del Muro's Sketch for you to Try which is a great layout for my design. I used the Snow Blossom punch and I found thes thumb tacks that made such cute accessories for my tree and punch. I used a marker to create the dots.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Wishing Tree
Paper: Certainly Celry, Pacific Point, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Ink: Pacific Point, Certainly Celery, Brocade Blue marker
Accessories: striped grosgrain Pacific Point ribbon, thumb tacks
Tools: Snow Blossom punch, dimensionals, glue dots

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Eastern Pacific

Demonstrable Cards
Hello everyone!!!

Here is another card that is so easy and demonstrable.
Using the wide oval punch again, I was able to stamped and cut the butterfly and put it in te center of the oval. I used the DSP Pacific Point on the side, a circle punch with the flower top with brad in the middle. The flowers in the bottom were stamped and stamped off.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly
Paper: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, DSP Pacific Point
Ink: Pacific Point
Accessories: striped grosgrain Pacific Point ribbon, brad
Tools: Wide Oval punch, 1/2"circle punch, 5/8 non SU circle punch

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To You

Happy Saturday !!!
I am awake early, not by choice but to get ready to leave
so we can drive to our next destination. It is about an
hour to get there and hopefully we can get check in
early. We are leaving this beautiful country side but
only to return again hopefully in the near future.

Today's card is one of those demonstrable cards that
you can do in your class. It shows the In-Colors, the
wide oval punch,and new ribbon.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Best Yet
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss,Very Vanilla, DSP
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Versamark
Accessories: striped grosgrain ribbon, brads
Tools: Wide Oval punch, ticket punch, 1/2" circle punch,
5/8 circle punch, horizontal punch

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Big Shot Ideas

Hello everyone!!!!
The weather is so perfect today. We had lunch by the river where the historic old mill was ( I think)and had a wonderful brunch. We walked it off in the downtown district of.... then we drove to this little town where they have this little quaint shops and we could not resist stopping by Cups and Cones for ice cream . Any clue where this place is?

No post today but I have some Christmas ideas to share using the Big Shot machine and die cut folders.
Festive Wraps

These are Ghiardelli chocolates that I wrapped

with DSP's. You might think twice to bite on

these or... not. he!he!

RECIPE:

Stamps: To You and Yours

Paper: DSP Riding Hood Red, DSP Pacific Point,Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point

Accessories: Striped grosgrain ribbons Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss

Tools: Big Shot machine, Birds and Blooms Sizzlits



Gift Card Holders
The envelope die cut makes a real nice gift card holders. You can decorate it as you wish.

RECIPE:
Stamps: To You and Yours
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, scraps for the flowers
Ink: Basic Gray,Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze
Tools: Glue dots,sticky strip




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Snowman Punches

Card Swap
Hi everyone!!!
The view from where I am sitting is spectacular. It does
not take much to pleased me. Just a cup of coffee, a laptop and this gorgeous surroundings. There is a little bit of chill in the air but nothing that my jammies can't handle. Any idea where I am?
Here is a card that I did at a recent swap with our group.
I used this image and incorporated our circle punches and it worked out perfectly.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Two Cool Dudes, Best Yet
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Riding Hood Red grosgrain striped ribbon
Tools: Snowburst punch,1",1-1/4",1-3/8 " circle punches,1/2" circle punch, horizontal punch

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Snowflake Trio

Card Swap
Hello and Good morning !!!
I am doing a little post before we start our day. Yesterday was a bit tiring for me. The plane ride wasn't really that bad but we had to get up early.
By the time we reached our destination, I was too tired to post and was having too much fun and wine (just kidding).

This is a card I did at a swap with a few friends a few weeks ago. The colors on this card is another favorite of mine.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Snow Swirled, To You and Yours
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Whisper White,
DSP Pacific Point
Ink: Baja Breeze,Pacific Point
Accessories: brads, Striped grosgrain Pacific Point ribbon
Tools: Window punch, Small oval punch

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