Poinsettia Inspiration

This Christmas card (#56) was created for Inspiration Challenge #204 at Splitcoaststampers.

It was stamped with Poinsettia Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Here is how I stamped it:

Layer 5 - SU Bravo Burgundy
Layer 4 - Rhubarb Stalk by Memento
Layer 3 - Rhubarb Stalk stamped off once
Layer 2 - Lady Bug by Memento
Layer 1 - Lady Bug stamped off once

The centers of the blossoms were added using yellow acrylic paint dotted on with a stylus.

Leaves

Layer 1 - Bamboo Leaves
Layer 2 - Cottage Ivy

Free Standing Pop-Up Christmas Pup

Today members of the Angels Landing Design Team are sharing cards of all kinds! I love this adorable little pup from Ho Ho Hollydays and thought he would look precious on a free standing pop-up card since he is sitting up so sweetly!


I created this card for a friend who loves displaying her cards on her kitchen windowsill. This design is absolutely perfect for that!!


If you have never made a free standing pop-up card, you should give it a try! It really is a simple construction, and it folds flat to fit in an envelope for mailing.


To create this card, I used the wonderful tutorial written by Mary Jo Albright and shared in the resource section of Splitcoaststampers. It's easy to follow with plenty of great step by step photos.






The pup was printed on white Georgia Pacific card stock and colored with Copic markers. I printed him again on BasicGrey designer paper so I could paper piece his Christmas hat. To dress him up for the holidays, I added Fantasy Snow by Delta to the cuff and ball of the hat and a red rhinestone to the holly.


Digital Images: Ho Ho Hollydays by Judi Maddigan of Angels Landing

Stamps: Happy Holidays by EKSuccess

Ink: Riding Hood Red by Stampin' Up

Papers: Riding Hood Red and Pretty in Pink by Stampin' Up, White Georgia Pacific, eskimo kisses by BasicGrey

Tools: Copic Markers, Stampin' Up Punches, Dimpled Corner Punch, Crop-o-dile, Utility Knife, Scor-Pal, Score Tape

Embellishments: Jumbo Eyelet, Ribbons, Rhinestone, Fantasy Snow


After allowing the Fantasy Snow to dry over night, the pop-up card easily folded flat to be inserted in an envelope for mailing!

Be sure to drop by Judi's digi-stamps blog to see the cards created by other members of the Angels Landing design team!

Giving Thanks - SCS252

I mixed images from Pumpkins Multi Step Clear Stamps and  Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps to create this Thanksgiving card for today's sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers.
Color Recipes - All Inks from Memento

Pumpkins:
Layer 5 - Potter's Clay
Layer 4 - Potter's Clay stamped off once
Layer 3 - Tangelo
Layer 2 - Tangelo stamped off once
Layer 1 - Cantaloupe

Basket:
Layer 4: Rich Cocoa
Layer 3: Rich Cocoa stamped off once
Layer 2: Desert Sand
Layer 1: Desert Sand stamped off once

Mums:
Layer 2 - Bamboo Leaves
Layer 3 - New Sprout
Layer 4 - Dandelion
Layer 5 - Cantaloupe
Layer 1 - Dandelion inked only on the top half and stamped off once

Papers: Soft Suede, Whisper White, and Pumpkin Pie from Stampin' Up, mellow by BasicGrey

Tools: Victoria Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Crop-o-dile, Sponge

Embellishment: Ribbon

Autumn Sympathy

I am so in love with my new Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps. It is such fun to layer these gorgeous autumn colors one on top of the other and see what beautiful fall leaves emerge!

For today's sympathy card I stamped the leaves on white card stock from PaperTrey Ink and then added the framed, vellum sentiment from Kitchen Sink's Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps over them.

Stamps: Multi Step Big Leaves and Words of Comfort & Joy by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: White PaperTrey Ink, Really Rust and Card Stock Vellum by Stampin' Up

Inks: Cantaloupe, Dandelion, Lady Bug, Potter's Clay, Rhubarb Stalk, Pear Tart, Desert Sand, Tangelo, and Rich Cocoa by Memento, Versafine Onyx Black

And another one for today's Technique Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. MariLynn challenged us to create Retiforms today and what could be more perfect than leaves??!!

Stamps: Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps, Words of Love Clear Stamps, and Big & Bold Swashes Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Glossy White, Creamy Caramel, Soft Suede, and Naturals Ivory by Stampin' Up

Inks: River Rock, Creamy Caramel, Soft Suede, and Chocolate Chip by Stampin' Up

Tools: Brayer and Sponge

Embellishments: Dimensionals

The entire Kitchen Crew have prepared new designs to inspire you today. Be sure you check out each and every one!!

Lisa**Makiko**Connie**Dee
Angela**Maria**Lori**Julie

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Seeing Stars - EjoyVC7

I created this clean and simple holiday card (which happens to be number 30 for those of you who are helping me keep count of my Christmas cards this year) for Trish's EjoyVC7 challenge.

The only requirement was to use a star! This delightful set was part of the door prize I received from spicygingersnap (thank you, Linda!! I love it!) at the 2nd Texas Gulf Coast Shoebox Swap in Brazoria on Saturday. What a fabulous day that was!!

Stamps: Holiday Collection by Stampin' Up

Papers: Real Red, More Mustard and Whisper White by Stampin' Up

Inks: Cantaloupe and Lady Bug by Memento

Embellishments: Ribbon and Gold Cord

Tools: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Happy Holidays

I am hard at work on getting my 2009 Christmas cards ready for mailing and today you get to see card #28. This precious penguin is from Angels Landing's Penguin Chicks released last week. The faux stitching is from Faux Stitched Borders.

The penguin was printed on white Georgia Pacific card stock and colored with Prismacolor Pencils blended with GooGone. The torn snowflake sky is from the Paper Studio and was mounted on a white Papertrey Ink cardfront. The penguin was cut out and popped up with dimensionals.

For a little added bling, I applied Star Dust Stickles to the snowflakes.

I printed the faux stitching on computer paper, laid it over the edge of the card, and pierced it. After discarding the computer paper, I used a red marker to add the faux stitching.

The sentiment from Kitchen Sink Stamps was stamped in SU Real Red.

Drop by Judi's digi-stamps blog to see projects created for you today at other members of the Angels Landing design team.

Burgundy, Coral, and Artichoke Leaves

My card today was created for Color Challenge 241 at Splitcoaststampers. Thanks, Betty, for these gorgeous colors!

Stamps: Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Bravo Burgundy, Cameo Coral, Always Artichoke, and Very Vanilla by Stampin' Up

Inks: Bravo Burgundy, Cameo Coral, and Always Artichoke by Stampin' Up

Embellishment: Ribbon

Tools: Sponge and Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing Folder

Big Leaves

I'm playing today with my newest Kitchen Sink Stamps Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps. This leaf is one of four in this fabulous set!! They are all absolutely gorgeous in a fabulous array of autumn colors, and I know I'll bring them out again in the spring done in glorious greens!

Stamps: Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps. Big & Bold Swashes Clear Stamps, and Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps

Papers: Real Rust, Whisper White, and Chocolate Chip by Stampin' Up, indian summer by BasicGrey

Inks: Ruby Red, Only Orange, and Creamy Caramel by Stampin' Up, New Sprout and Rich Cocoa by Memento

Embellishment: Ribbon and Pearls





This sympathy card was created for the Clean and Simple Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.

Stamps: Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

Paper: Certainly Celery by Stampin' Up

Inks: Ruby Red, Only Orange, Creamy Caramel, and Chocolate Chip by Stampin' Up

Embellishment: Ribbon

Today's Monday so all of the Crew will be posting new projects! Don't miss a one!!

Lisa**Makiko**Connie**Dee
Angela**Maria**Lori**Julie

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Christmas Cardinal by Angels Landing

Hello, all and welcome to the October Angels Landing Blog Hop celebrating the release of Judi Maddigan's two new fabulous holiday sets of digital images. Members of the design team have created projects to share with you today from Season's Tweetings and Penguin Chicks.

This is not the first stop on the hop so if you didn't arrive here from Cindy Royal's Royal Things, you need to head back to Judi's digi-stamps blog and check out the lineup so you don't miss a single thing!



This cheerful Christmas cardinal is one of the delightful digital images which is a part of the Season's Tweeting collection. I printed him on white Georgia Pacific card stock and colored him with Copic markers. I added red rhinestones for the berries and cut out the image using my Nestabilites Labels 4. The card front and mat are Handsome Hunter from Stampin' Up. The designer paper is Classic Holly by the Paper Studio. The sentiment is computer generated and punched with Stampin' Up punches.

Let's see what sweetness Jennifer Love has cooked up for us over at her Cuppy Cake! That is the next leg of the hop! Be sure to watch out for the blog candy posted at several stops along the way!!!

If you lose your way, just head back to Judi's digi-stamps blog and check the master list.

We are also going to be chatting on the Angels Landing group pages over at PCP and SNR should you care to join us!! You'll be able to meet and chat with owner and artist, Judi Maddigan as well as members of the fall design team! Hope to see you there!!

CC240 Meets KSS Multi Step Harvest

I had fun today playing around with the tiny ears of corn which are part of the Multi Step Harvest set being released by Kitchen Sink Stamps today. I used the colors from Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge 240 to create today's Thanksgiving card.

I stamped the basket first. Masked it and added the corn followed by the bale of hay.

Stamps: Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal and Naturals Ivory by Stampin' Up

Inks: Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Apricot Appeal, and Bermuda Bay by Stampin' Up

Embellishment: Ribbon

Tools: Cuttlebug Herringbone Embossing Folder

New Stamps in the House!!

The set which I am sharing today is Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps I love everything about it from the bushel basket to the sensational mix of sentiments!! Fill the basket with apples, pumpkins and gourds, or beautiful autumn chrysanthemums included with the set. I had such fun filling my baskets!



Stamps: Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Tan Georgia Pacific, Naturals Ivory and Dusty Durango by Stampin' Up, indian summer by BasicGrey

Inks:

Basket Recipe - Layer 3 - SU Close to Cocoa, Layer 2 - SU Creamy Caramel, Layer 1 - SU Creamy Caramel stamped off once, Layer 4 - Versafine Vintage Sepia

Chrysanthemum Recipe - Layer 3 - Memento Cottage Ivy, Layer 2 - Memento Bamboo Leaves, Layer 1 - Memento Angel Pink, Layer 4 - SU Pixie Pink, Layer 5 - SU Ruby Red

Sentiment - Pixie Pink and Dusty Durango by Stampin' Up

Embellishment: Pink Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Crop-o-dile, Nestabilities Labels 2



For this clean and simple version I used:

Stamps: Multi Step Harvest by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Papertrey, Ink White

Inks:

Basket Recipe - Layer 3 - SU Close to Cocoa, Layer 2 - SU Creamy Caramel, Layer 1 - SU Creamy Caramel stamped off once, Layer 4 - Versafine Vintage Sepia

Apple Recipe - Layer 3 - SU Riding Hood Red, Layer 2 - SU Riding Hood Red stamped off once, Layer 4 - SU Rich Razzleberry, Layer 1 - Memento Canteloupe

Hay Bale Recipe - Layer 2 - SU So Saffron, Layer 1 - SU So Saffron stamped off once, Layer 3 - Memento Desert Sand

Sentiment - Memento Rich Cocoa and Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red

Embellishments: Brown Grosgrain Ribbon and Dimensionals

Don't miss the fabulous samples created for you today by the rest of the Kitchen Sink Crew!! I promise, you'll see some breath-taking beauties!!!

Lisa**Makiko**Connie**Dee
Angela**Maria**Lori**Julie

And don't forget, there is still time to play Kitchen Sink Crew Challenge #18 and win some fabulous KSS prizes!!

Autumn Splendor - Angels Landing

Down, down, red and brown, the leaves are falling down to the ground. This simple rhyme I used to sing with my kindergarten students comes to mind as fall begins to arrive in Texas. I love the bold colors and loud crunch of the fallen leaves of autumn. I tried to capture the essence of the season with color and texture today.

This sweet bird is a digital image from Angels Landing's Autumn Tweetings. I printed the image on Stampin' Up's Naturals Ivory card stock and colored it with Prismacolor Pencils blended with odorless mineral spirits.

For texture, I used my new Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing Folder, Prima Flowers, Ribbon, and Martha Stewart punched fern.

Images: Autumn Tweetings by Angels Landing

Papers: Naturals Ivory, Really Rust, and Garden Green by Stampin' Up, Stamped Leaves by the Paper Studio

Coloring: Prismacolor Pencils and odorless mineral spirits

Embellishments: Prima flowers, Ribbon, Flat Back Pearl, Dimensionals, Punched Fern

Tools: Victoria Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug, Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Punch

Don't forget to check Judi's blog to see which of the other Angels Landing design team members have created projects for you today!

Also remember to check back next Wednesday to see the fabulous new release sets from Angels Landing!