Pizza, Music and Stampin'!

OK, so we never did turn on the music, but the company and conversation was too good to interrupt!

Here are the three cards we made last night.

This first card uses stamps from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set. It dawned on me that I have never used this stamp - I usually use the pine tree and the stand of bare trees for winter projects.

For this card, we used the "thumping" technique. I inked the image in Crushed Curry, used my Stampin' Write marker on the trunk and thumped other colors over the leaf areas. The main colors are Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Naturals Ivory.

This is a simple, yet elegant Christmas card. The template can be used for any occasion, though. Just use the eyelet scallop edge punch on a piece of Designer Series Paper, add some ribbon and a sentiment... Viola! There's a lovely, hand-made card.

Colors here are Night of Navy, Soft Suede and Shimmery White card stock. The Designer Paper comes from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP featured in our Holiday Mini.

This final card pairs the colors featured in the Holiday Lounge DSP - Taken with Teal, Kraft and Real Red. We stamped the Merry Christmas from our Level 1 Hostess set (Holiday Best) in Craft Whisper White Ink and heat embossed it. Other products used are the Ticket Corner punch, Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP and Whisper White Satin ribbon.

Quick, easy and doesn't take too long to assemble!

I hope you can join us for the next PMS (Pizza, Music & Stampin')Night: November 17th from 6-8 pm

Lots of Bots

Stamps: Lots of Bots

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Real Redm Crushed Curry, Brushed Silver.

Ink: Encore Silver, Craft Basic Black, Basic Gray.

Accessories: Movers and Shapers die, Sizzix Big Shot, Curly Label Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Crop-a-dile, Silver Eyelets, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Write Markers (Bashful Blue, Crushed Curry, Real Red).

I think these robots are adorable! So many possibilities, too! Just be sure to cut off and mount the words to the end of your block (instead of having them directly beneath the image). This allows you to use the different sentiments with alternate robot images.

Top Note Purses - Faux Alligator

Aren't these adorable!!?!?
My upline, Lynda Glassmoyer, surprised me with a very thoughtful gift when I promoted to Manager. She sent me 3 fabulouse tutorials from Gretchen Barron.




Here are the Top Note purses I made from one of those tutorials. They are not too difficult once you master the Faux Alligator Skin Technique - after you use your Sizzix Big Shot and Top Note die with your chosen card stock, ink the entire surface with Versa Mark ink, and clear embossing powder. Use your bone folder or similar implement to drag wavy lines through the powder until it resembles the cracked surface of an alligator. Tap off the excess embossing powder and use your heat gun to set the embossing. The possibilities are endless... you can use this for more purses, belts, shoes, boots, or just a very cool background!

Here is a side view of the purses. they are just big enough to hold a gift card, lip gloss, or a few chocolates! Check out the tutorials offered by Gretchen and give it a try!