Easel Cards

I saw other people doing these cards and thought they looked gorgeous and easy so I decided to try my hand at them. They didn't turn out so bad.


This card was the first one I made. I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four for the label. The phrase is a stamp that I have from Inkadinkado's autumn stamps. I found the pumpkins I found on a coloring page on the internet. I used my prismacolor pencils and baby oil to color them. Then I used Glossy Accents on the leaves and Scattered Straw Distress Stickles on the bottom of the pumpkins.






The card below I used my Swiss Dots CB embossing folder for the background strip. I used my Lattice Nestabilities because I just love how beautiful those are. The apple basket was another image I found on a coloring page site. I just love those pages. I used my prismacolor pencils and baby oil to color it. I used Burgundy stickles on the apples in the basket. I used Eucalyptus Stickles on the leaves. I used Walnut Stain Distress stickles on the branch. I used my tags from Spellbinders for the label. The ribbon is one I found on sale at Michaels as was the big crystal brad. The paper is just cute with all the apples. It was part of an autumn pack that I found on sale at Michaels as well.





















As you can see, I rarely pay much attention to what paper I use from where. I have so much of it and take it out of the packs so quickly that I hardly ever remember. I do know that I have been purchasing Recollections cardstock because I really like the colors they have out now. You can purchase it at Michaels.

Well toodles for today, people!

Michele

Purse Box and Stand up Card for a friend

My coworker and friend had her 50th birthday last Friday. Over the weekend I had found the directions for this cute little purse box in one of my Papercraft magazines and I wanted to try it out. I think it turned out very nice and she loved it. She also loved the card as well.
This is another picture of the both of them but with the reverse side of the card.













This is a close up of the card itself. I used Ranger Ink Crackle Paint on the chipboard numbers. I got the free digital stamp from a post on SCS where someone had this beautiful vase of flowers and was offering the free digital stamp. I colored it with prismacolors and used baby oil as well. Then I took Glossy Accents to make the image plump up and shine.

Fall has come!

At last, fall is finally here! The leaves are turning color and I am blessed to be surrounded by family. Well all my family except one son is here. I have a son that lives in New York City. It's been almost a year since he's been home and I miss him like crazy. But he will be home soon so that's something to look forward to. I've been making some things. I have been reading others' blogs like crazy and getting ideas that are filling my head. Now to find the time to sit at my crafting desk and go with the flow. I did make a card and a little purse box for my coworker's 50th birthday. I am taking them to work tomorrow, but I'm fixin' to take a picture of them so I can upload them on here. The purse box was made from directions I found in PaperCrafts magazine. I love that magazine. One of my favorites now. Hope everyone enjoys the cooler weather and the lovely colors of this gorgeous fall season. It is my favorite time of year!

Well, it's so sad. I had to drop out of all swaps that I was in at SCS because swapping was taking away the joy I get from my papercrafting.
So in order to get back into the mood to do papercrafting, I have been reading blogs all over the place. There are some amazing crafters out there. I would love to be as good as they are. But you have to invest time into it and not lose your enthusiasm for the craft and right now, that's what has happened to me. But I feel the urge to papercraft coming back.
October 3rd is World Cardmaking Day. Papercrafts Magazine is having a contest and I plan on entering it. I hope I can win. That would be nice to get one of those prize packages.
Have you ever just wandered around online looking at stamping stores and other papercrafting stores online? It's amazing. I finally got a book and started writing down my "wishes". Hopefully I will be able to afford to get some of the things I would like to have. I don't necessarily need them. I'd just like to have them.
Well, later gators!

Been a very long time

Well, I haven't been around on my blog in months. I know, it's very sad. But first of all, I found myself bogged down by too many swaps. Now I've removed myself from all of them. It was taking the joy out of my hobby---papercrafting. I didn't like having a deadline for doing something I love to do. So I had to think about getting that joy back instead of feeling like I just HAD to do this.
I got my issue of Paper Crafts Magazine and found that World Cardmaking Day is on October 3rd. Not only that but they have a contest where you can choose to make an original card and submit it by October 12th and win prizes. 20 lucky winners! Looks like they have a fantastic prize pool there as well. So that's what I will be doing.
I'll also be posting more on my own blog. I've signed up to read so many blogs and am getting so many ideas for cards and other things, that the joy and anticipation is slowly seeping back into my tired old bones.
Yesterday I had another birthday. I think I quit celebrating them a few years ago but the family keeps insisting on telling me Happy Birthday. Well, I can't take that away from them. I love them so much.
Look for me to start posting my crafts in here. I hope you will like them.

Michaels is adding so many new things!

I was so excited when I found out that there were tons of new clear stamps at Michaels. Inkadinkadoo and others. I already have a list of the ones I want to purchase. On top of that they had two new 3 bottle sets of the Brights Ranker Alcohol Inks. I got those with a 50 percent coupon. I'd like to try using Perfect Pearls and get some Tim Holtz clear stamps. But you know, you have to budget for things like this. You can't just go running into a store and buy it out.
Now if they would only get new Cuttlebug embossing folders and new Sizzix dies, my Cuttlebug would be very happy. I will be uploading more pictures of things I complete as I get them done. Right now I'm very involved in watching Big Brother both on TV and on Real so my crafting has kind of fallen by the wayside.
So I hope you're getting more done than I am. Later gators!

I had a wonderful 4th of July with my family, but we were missing our second oldest son who lives in NYC. The neatest thing happened though. We happened upon the Macy's Fireworks show in NYC on television and started texting our son. He was watching the show on a friend's roof. He took a picture with his cell and sent it to us. Now at least that was really like he was sharing it with us as dorky as that sounds. This is going to be quick. I have more ATC cards I want to get up on my blog but just haven't taken the time to take a picture during my vacation. Maybe tomorrow. It's my last day before returning to work.