Lexie

I made my niece Lexie's birth announcements this past week. I made them into z-fold cards. Cut a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 paper at 4 1/4". Turn and score at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2". Welcome, little Lexie!

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Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Jumbo Outline Alphabet, Hearts O' Plenty Wheel, Inside--Bundle of Joy (Retired)
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Champagne Mist Shimmer Mist (rubbing alcohol mixed w/ shimmer paint sprayed out in a fine mister bottle, Inside--Heart-to-Heart, Dimensional

Birthday Train

We're giving my three-year-old nephew a train set so I made this card to complete his gift. I used a train of my son's for inspiration as I created this train.
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Cardstock: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray
Stamps: Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Right on Track
Accessories: Trio Flower Punch (on SALE now!!!), 1/2" circle, 1/4" circle (retired), Paper Cutter (all rectangles and squares were cut w/ the paper cutter)

Happy Birthday Flowers

October is the month for birthdays the Hurdsman extended family! We have 3 nieces and 1 nephew with birthdays. I still was in the mood to play with the shimmer paints. I wanted to use this flower designer paper (Tall Tales DSP). I painted the centers of the flowers with the Champagne Shimmer Paint using an aquapainter. I used the excess of the shimmer paint from the inside of the lid so I wouldn't add water to the bottle. I love the glittery effect this added to the flower centers.
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Cardstock: Rose Red, Tall Tales DSP
Ink: Rose Red
Stamps: All Holidays
Accessories: Champagne Shimmer Paint, Aquapainter, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, 5/16" Chocolate Chip Jumbo Brads

Pumpkin Treat Holder

I first saw these cute pumpkin treat holders on Kelly's blog. She sent me the directions to this SIMPLE pumpkin box. I thought they would be PERFECT for our Thanksgiving table this year. I'm just going to die-cut the first initial of those at our table this year and add it to the front of the pumpkin.

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Cardstock: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Ink: More Mustard
Stamps:
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Paper cutter with scoring blade, Sticky Strip, Crimper, Stylus

Shimmery Green

This card will be available to make at our November stamp-a-stack on Nov. 21. How can you not add shimmer to your Christmas cards this year when the shimmer paints are so easy to use? For this card, I used Champagne Mist on a dauber. I first rubbed the dauber in a circular motion all over the Always Artichoke CS to create a shimmery green background. I inked the ornament in Always Artichoke and then daubed on some Champagne Mist and then stamped it on the Whisper White CS. Before adhering the Whisper White piece, I sponged the edges with the dauber that was inked with Always Artichoke and Champagne Mist. I decided to rub the dauber on the ribbon, too. This card was too fun to make...I love all the extra sparkle!
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Cardstock: Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Ink: Always Artichoke
Stamps: Delightful Decorations
Accessories: Chamagne Mist, Sponge Dauber, Basic Black Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon

Shimmery Ornament

Of course, I can't use the shimmer paints without trying a few Christmas cards. On this card I rubbed the Frosted White Shimmer Paint over the Petals-a-Plenty flowers with a sponge in a circular motion. After I stamped the ornament and punched it out, I also sponged Frosted White shimmer paint on it to sparkle. What ornament doesn't sparkle at Christmas? The greeting was stamped using the Platinum Shimmer Paint applied with a sponge dauber to the stamp.

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Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red
Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Accessories: Big Shot, Textured Impressions Folder Petals-a-Plenty, Ornament Punch, Dimensional, Frosted White & Platinum Shimmer Paints, Sponge, Basic Black Grosgrain

Happy World Card Making Day!

Today is World Card Making Day! I'm posting a Halloween card that I'll be making more of to send for the upcoming holiday. I used the shimmer mist I talked about yesterday to create the sparkle on the Basic Black CS. I just can't get a good picture of the sparkle...it's so fun in real life! Happy stampin' today. Make a card just for fun today and enjoy the day.

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Cardstock: Basic Black, More Mustard
Ink: Whisper White Craft, Basic Black
Stamps: Haunting Hill Jumbo Wheel, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Accessories: More Mustard Grosgrain Ribbon, Jumbo Wheel Handle, Champagne Mist, Rubbing Alcohol, Fine Mister (I used travel-size hairspray bottle)

Sparkly Pumpkins

Last night at technique night we made shimmer mist. The formula is about 10-12 drops of shimmer paint (we used Champagne Mist) in about 1 oz. of rubbing alcohol. I used a travel-size hairspray bottle to store my mixture. Be sure to shake it up well and spray off your project before spraying your project. I also like to put my project in a box and then spray it with the mist so you don't make everything around you sparkly as well. We added sparkle to the Whisper White CS after stamping the pumpkins. When I was testing out this technique, I sprayed it immediately after stamping, and it smeared. So when I stamped it the second time, I let the ink dry a few minutes before spraying it. It didn't smear the second time.


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Cardstock: Basic Black, Only Orange, Whisper White, Night and Day DSP
Ink: Only Orange, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Whisper White craft
Stamps: Pumpkin Patch
Accessories: 1" circle punch, dimensional, Designer Label Punch, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Rubbing Alcohol, Fine Mister (this was the travel-sized hairspray bottle)

Deal of the Week...PUNCHES!

Now through August 12 you can purchase three punches at a discount...

109183 Trio Flower punch ONLY $10.99

109041 5-Petal Flower punch ONLY $10.99

110709 My Way punch ONLY $11.99

E-mail me your order or place your order here. Stamp club members can order these punches with their club order this month.

Sparkly Bermuda Bay Cupcakes

Tried the same card as yesterday...just different colors! On this card, I mixed two drops of Champagne Mist shimmer paint with one drop of reinker. (I just mixed them in a lid of an eyelet container.) I stamped the cupcakes in Basic Brown and then added the sparkly ink to the cupcakes with an aquapainter.

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Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Brown classic pad, Bermuda Bay classic reinker, Chocolate Chip reinker
Stamps: The More the Merrier
Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Aquapainter, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Lid of eyelet container for mixing