What is it?

My son has always been my go to guy. If I made something and I needed a second opinion, he always helped me out. No w he is away at college, and that means my husband has to give me the second opinion. I showed him the banana split and he didn't know what it was. He thought it was people in a boat. I really miss my son....

Punches Used:
Hole Punch
3/4" Circle
Stampin' Up Scalloped Border
Stampin' Up Large Oval
1 3/4" Circle

Another Punch

Here is another punch creation for you. I snagged this one from DOstamping with Dawn. I will have a few more as the days go by. I have a few Halloween, Fall, Thanksgiving and Christmas to work on.







Punches Used:
Stampin'Up Wide Oval
Stampin'Up Large Oval
Stampin'Up Small Oval
1/4" Circle
Stampin'Up Horizontal Slot

Punches

When I am not making cards, I love to play with my punches. Actually I don't have as many as I would like so I always end up borrowing some from my stamp buddy. I am not creative enough to come up with my ideas so I am always surfing the web to get ideas. So thank you to all of those wonderful punch addicts.

Here are some of my favorite sites.

LeeAnn Greff at Flowerbug's Inkspot
Ellen Kemper at Blinkin', Thinkin', & Inkin'
Kim Score at Paper Punch Addiction

I have a 6X6 album that I keep all of my patterns in. The picture for today's creation doesn't come out as well as I would like it to, but I think you will get the idea. I snagged the idea from Flowerbug's Inkspot. I didn't have the correct punches so I used what I had.I used the following punches....
Stampin' Up Boho Blossom
Spellbinder Label 1
Spellbinder Large Scalloped Octagon
1/4" Circle
1/2" Circle
1 3/4" Circle
Stampin' Up Heart to Heart
Stampin' Up Scallop

Back to my stamping table. I will try to post more of my pages once I get a new printer/scanner.

Holly Berry House

I started these earlier in the week and I finally sat down and finished them. The main stamp is by Holly Berry House. I have looked at their stamps several times but I just never picked one up. I brought this at the Novi Stamp Convention. It has a lot of straight lines so I thought it would be easier to cut out. I think I am going to make a sample sheet and try out some different color combinations. Red and green will be first, but I think light blue and white glitter would be pretty for the winter months, and then red and pink for Valentines. I will post the sample sheet when I finish it.

Supplies:
Stamps: Holly Berry House Stamp 1707-N, Embossing Arts 403-F Proud to be American
Papers: The Paper Patch B593 Navy Brush Strokes and Red Stars, Colors by Design SQ107
Copic Markers: R27, B26

Belated Birthday Bag

I went back to work this week. I always make a card and a treat for everyone's birthday and I missed two during the summer break. I love the Stampin' Up Top Note Die and I saw this watermelon on Prairie Paperie and I just had to snag the design. The box is a dark green, but it looks black in this picture.

I have seen so many boxes using the top note. I just adore them. I have seen a flag I want to make with it next.

Cuttlebug Machine

I have the Sizzix Big Shot. My mother has the Cuttlebug machine. I like both. My mother is always asking how to stack her machine for the various dies and embossing folders. I found this chart and I told I would share it in case someone else needs it.

You will need to be able to open pdf files on your computer.

Sleepless Night

I couldn't sleep so I decided to get up. I had something totally different in mind when I sat down at my stamping table but when I stamped out the scallop it was just too big. I wanted to do a card for the Denami Birthday challenge so this is what I came up with.

Simple but I think it is really cute. The little chickie has fun fluff on it.


Supplies:
Stamps: Denami Chickie with Flower (C72), Denami Small Dot Circle Frame (E114), MorningStar Circle Birthday (I02)
Copic Markers: Y11, G21, E97, YR02, R81
Paper: Paper Pizazz Pink/Yellow Plaid
Ink Pads: Colorbox Chalk Rouge
Accessories: Spellbinder Scallop Circles, Spellbinder Circles, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, Denami Fun Fluff