Addicted to Stamping

Stitched Stocking Booties

These booties were part of the onstage convention demonstration for the Stocking Builder punch and Stitched Stockings stamp set. I was too excited about having this set in my hot little hands to think about taking photos of the cards they made so here's my version of the baby booties. I stamped the stocking in Pretty in Pink, punched it out and cut it off below the scalloped cuff then reattached it to the stocking. For the background I used one of the doily stamps and stamped the card base until it was covered. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Stitched Stocking Hobby Horse

Here's another card made with the stitched stocking stamp set and punch. This is such a cute set. I can't put it down. I used a So Saffron marker to draw on the horse's mane. The stocking is stamped in basic grey and punched out. I used the heel for the ear.  

Christmas in July

WhoHoo! 3 Cheers for Prize Patrol!!! I won this stocking stamp set and punch at convention. It's in the upcoming Holiday mini and it's the cutest set ever. It's has several patterned stockings and a coordinating punch so you don't have to cut them out. The bricks on this card are punched from the stocking cuff. The flames are the bird wing from the 2-step bird punch and the accents for the flame are the stocking heel. Can't wait to do some more punch art with this punch.

 

Winning Artisan Award Projects

One of my favorite things about convention was seeing all of the Artisan Award projects on display. Here are a couple of my favorites. I can't post them all but here are some more pics if you want to check out more of the awesome projects that were on display Download Winning Artisan Award Projects 2011

And Still More Swaps

I made this card for a masculine swap I was in. I love the black and grey DSP! I cut it into 2" x 4" strips so I was able to get lots of cards from one pad of DSP. The 3D butterflies are made from 2 butterfly punched shapes. I folded them in half, drew the body on the card with a marker and glued a folded butterfly on either side of the body. The wings still stuck out after being squished in my suitcase for several hours

More Swaps

Here are a couple more of my swap cards. I made 430 total. The snowman was for a full card swap I was in. I liked the CAS look of the wreath card but that snowman is just too cute so I brought my snowman stamp, some round tip scissors and my markers just in case. Our flight was delayed so I had time to add snowmen to most of my wreath cards.

To make the punch art wreaths I punched 1/2" circles in a 1" strip of card stock leaving some space around each circle then I punched the wreath out using the largest flower in the boho blossoms punch. The bow is made using the smallest heart in the Heart to Heart punch and a standard size hole punch for the centre.

Convention Swaps

I thought I'd post a couple of the swap cards I made for convention. Both were quick and easy. All you need is a big shot and some great relatives. Here's a pic taken at my family reunion the weekend before convention. From the left...My Aunt Veronique, Aunt Helen, Mom, Cousin Barb and Dad running the big shot (He also does all my punching for me).

We moved the show indoors when some of my mechanically inclined cousins started discussing how they could motorize my big shot. Tool Time here we come.

 

  The cones were cut out of Crumb Cake using the Petal Cone die then texturized with teh latice embossing folder. I cut off the round part on one of the flaps and left about a 1/4" to make the lip on the cone. the ice cream is double punched using the 2-1/2" Circle and Scallop circle punches. The bottom scoop is from the Petal Cone die as well.

I tried a few versions of this mirror card but settled on this one because it was easy to mass produce. I cut 2 circles using the clear circle die from a variety of colors and One circle from white using the 3" Circle die. To make the handle I double cut using the Top Note.

If making this card for a class I would use foil and a window sheet to make it look more like a mirror

Back from Convention

My brain still isn’t firing on all cylinders but I (and my luggage) made it back from convention in one piece. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I got home. We sold our house and business which was supposed to close on Friday while I was at convention so I had to get everything packed and out before I left.  The buyer bailed out on us two days before the closing date. Hubby didn’t tell me until I got home so it wouldn’t ruin my trip. So now instead of enjoying my convention spoils I’m spending the week moving some of our stuff back in. I’m not a violent person but if I happen to run into the buyer again, I might just pull his testicles out through his nostrils.

Well at least I did get to enjoy convention and I won the new stocking punch and stamp set from prize patrol so that should help ease the guilt of leaving my family behind in an empty house for 5 days.  I made lots of new friends. One was my roommate Rita Wright who I met for the first time at convention (Thank you Rita for not turning out to be a weirdo!!!)

Actually Rita was very sweet and look what she made for me...

I got a ton of compliments on my bracelet. she used 18 of the Regals buttons and attached them to one of our simply adorned bracelets with different sized jump rings.

She also made me this cute tag for my convention bag. You can check out some of her other creations on her blog Cards by Rita 

 

More Artisan Award Entries

I was hoping to get the rest of my artisan award entries posted before I left for convention but that didn't happen. I didn't win but I was one of the finalists Yah!!! I was pretty excited to hear my name called. I already have plans for next years projects.  Can't wait to get started. I've kept you waiting long enough. Here's my last scrapbook page entry. I wasn't really happy with it but I ran out of time. BTW the letterpress plates work great on fabric. I inked up the word love with classic ink and ran a scrap of fabric through the big shot.

OK this is a little embarrassing  but I can't post the supplies because I don't know how to copy and paste without my mouse. I'll edit my post when I get home.

 

This is the last of my cards. I don't think this one made it to the display boards at convention but I haven't had much time to check out the boards yet.

My favorite element on this card is the texturized ribbon. I punched a scrap of card stock on both sides with the pinking hearts punch, adhered the ribbon to the strip using Big Shot Adhesive then embossed it with a folder.

Here's another one of my 3D projects. I made a little dress with a matching purse, barrett, hanger and box. Some of the pieces are on display at convention.

Home for Christmas-Project #7

Another card entry for the 2011 Artisan Award Contest. It's hard to tell in the photo but the door is set back about 1/4" from the front of the card. I did a double score line to fold the card so it would close flat. I stamped several layers of the door image and cut out the individual parts I wanted to stand out then lined them up over the background image using dimensionals.

To make the bow, I made three loops and tied the loops together with a length of ribbon. To attach bows to cards I lay the bow on a piece of big shot adhesive, peel it off and stick it on my project. Since this makes the whole back of the bow sticky I'm able to position my bow exactly how I want it.  Even the tails stay where I put them. I do almost all of my bows this way now.

Stamps: Home for Christmas, Elements of Style

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Early Espresso,

 Very Vanilla

Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, Rhinestones,

Real Red Satin Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch,

Northern Frost Decorative Strip,

Northern Flurry Embossing Folder