Make it Take it cards

Last Friday I ran a Make it Take it at the Stamping Studio in Spring Hill. Here are a few of the cards. My Cuttlebug really helped out.
I love this wreath. It is a 2 part set. First you cut out the wreath and then you emboss it.

This card was part of a 4 card set. We took a 6x6 piece of double sided paper and cut it up to get our pieces.

This has to be one of my favorite folders. Makes a lovely card.


This next card was a mistake which turned into something. I have one of those small red brayers. Just can't make it work right. Added a little gold, stamped my image in black and colored it in. It has a real sparkle to it.

Put those Fall stamps away

It's time to celebrate the snowman. I love snowmen. This stamp I bought a couple of weeks ago. Could not resist it. Aren't they a cute couple?.LOL The snowflakes are a Fiskars punch. I pushed them into my Essentials Glue pad and covered with glitter..



This last card was one from a 12 card Make it Take it I ran last Friday. Isn't that a cool border punch. I got it at Michaels. It's a martha Stewart. Embosses and cuts. I really liked how this card turned out. Everything is accented with Silver Brilliance.

I'm still here

Well it's been awhile since I have written anything. It's just been a few rough weeks here. Computer died and was without it for over a week. Worked at cleaning my mom and dads house for them before they got here. They were pleased and it's nice to have some family here for a little while. Took us a few tries to get the house in our names but that is done. Robin is looking forward to Turkey dinner. We don't cook a lot beause it is just the 3 of us. My classes have been off and then back on again. So have those all ready to go now. My Christmas card orders are finished and delivered. This card is one of them. The snowman stamp is from Close to My Heart. Got snow? is from Sparkle and Sprinkle. Cuttlebug piece real easy. Just rubbed a little white chalk ink from the pad across it. Today when I got home from work found my goats had been mauled by the neighbors dogs. So this was like the last straw. Called the Sheriff. Husband came home and the vet is just arriving now. We're probably going to have to put one down. Have some pictures to take to give to the sheriff tomorrow. Not sure what happened at the neighbors but another car was called. Hope they took all the dogs. We've had enough. So I'm off to the barn to see what is happening but I wanted you to know I hadn't fallen off the earth. Hope to get a few cards and tutorials up next week. Until then, enjoy.

Snowman fun

I saw this guy on Dawns Stamping Studio last night and had to make him. Snowmen are my weakness. He is so cute. I will have to add him to my Christmas card to make list. He's sure to make you smile.

I learned something yesterday

I was teaching my wax class yesterday and we were edging our waxed napkins with gold leaf pens. Well mine our old and the tips not too good. One was drying up. Well the ladies weren't thrilled with my pens and one of them said have you changed the tip? I said what????. I'm sure some of you know this but I have never heard it. She took my pen and pulled out the tip and turned it around and put it back in. Good as new.!! I had no idea. After our napkins they tried free form Encaustic Wax. They loved it. Their backgrounds were turning out really really nice. Here is mine.

It was an enjoyable class. We all had a great time and they were inspired to go home and try it some more. That's a good thing.

It's World Card Making Day!!

Did you make a card today. I've had a great day. Tried some new techniques. Made some cards. But my fun is over. Hubby will be home in 30 minutes and we are going out to eat. But that is fun too now isn't it. He's feeling like a Calzone and we have the best place around to get one. And I like the Stromboli and sneeking bits of his. So before he gets here these are the cards I completed today. My order from I Brake for Stamps arrived this morning also and I put them right to use. First card has a chalked sky. The second card uses a TJ Technique called Snake Skin and I put the Cactus on acetate. Excuse the glare. I took a picture without one but the colors are more vibrant on the card with the glare. The third card uses Snake Skin also but I tried to distress it a little and hated it. Brought out the webbing and Wallaa I'm liking it. The fourth card is another TJ Technique called Polished wrinkles. The last 2 cards are the Dahlia Fold flower. I hope if you got a chance to enjoy yourself today that you did. I have a few more techniques that I tried but did not make use of them yet so maybe tomorrow I will show you a few more.

Wax Project

I'm getting ready for my waxed napkin class next week. I'm also going to show them how to use Encaustic Wax to make backgrounds. One of the ladies coming wants to do a landscape. I told her I'd try. Please tell me you can see the mountains and the sky??? LOL At least I tried.


Think I'll stick to what I do best. Squiggling and Smooshing. I was looking for an image to put on this one when I ran across this ATC I received in a swap MANY MANY years ago. It matched perfectly. Guess who made it. Cmon guess............Pat Huntoon. Here I was swapping with the Technique Queen way back before I knew she was Queen. I'd like to know what technique that is. I really like it. Well hopefully the landscape wanting woman will be happy with my backgrounds.