Notes of Whimsy: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Some New Holiday Tags

Hi Everyone!

I'm finally getting a chance to get these posted. I made them over the last few weeks but life has been crazy, including having 2 wisdom teeth removed this past Friday, so here I am.

I really like how these turned out. This is my first holiday season doing paper crafting so it's been fun to say the least. The top 2 pics are of large tags and the rest are small.

Enjoy!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Christmas Carols & Reindeer

For my 2nd post tonight I've got 2 more holiday cards. Enjoy!

Stamps: Tim Holtz Mini Holidays
DP: white card stock, music paper printed from internet
Ink: Ranger Distress Ink in Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye and Fired Brick. Also Versamark.
Misc: vellum die cuts, gold & clear embossing powders, gems & brads

Stamps: Tim Holtz Mini Holidays, A Muse Cityscape, A Muse Elegant Winter
DP: Memory Box
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink, Ranger Distress Ink in Fired Brick & Peeled Paint, Memento Tuxedo Black
Misc: ribbon, gems, buttons, Copics

A Cozy Christmas

Good evening everyone! (well, very early morning)

I have a few posts for tonight of holiday cards so let's get started.

I love how this one turned out. This is definitely one of my new favorite stamps.

Stamps: Hero Arts Snowy House, A Muse Elegant Winter Set
DP: Basic Grey, white card stock, navy card stock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Misc: Ranger Stickles in Crystal, Copics, Ranger Perfect Pearls, ribbon

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Spookiness!

Hi everyone! It's early morning here in Upstate NY, 1:05am to be exact and I didn't start to get tired until a few minutes ago but I had made 3 new cards recently that I hadn't had a chance to post so I thought I should get them up. They are Halloween cards so I figured I should post them before Halloween goes by!

Card: Boo
Stamps: Sugar Creek Hollow
Paper: Memory Box
Ink: Ranger Distress Tea Dye & Vintage Photo
Misc: bats - free clipart found on internet, fence is hand-drawn

Card: Haunted Autumn Goodies
Stamps: Sugar Creek Hollow, house and bat are from free clipart from internet
Paper: Memory Box
Ink: Ranger Distress Tea Dye & Vintage Photo
Misc: Copics, Tim Holtz Grungeboard, brushed metal brads, gold gems, fence is hand-drawn

Card: Happy Owloween with Skull and Crossbones
Stamps: Sugar Creek Hollow & Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous
Paper: Graphic 45 & Memory Box
Ink: Ranger Distress Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Orange Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters & Peeled Paint
Misc: Prismacolor colored pencils, Tim Holtz Grungeboard, Ranger Tea Dye Distress Embossing Powder, gems, sentiment printed from my computer

Saturday, October 23, 2010

New Cards for Saturday

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday so far. I've made some cards and tags recently that I haven't had a chance to post so I figured I would start today.

The first one is a Halloween one I made for a friend.

Stamps: Sugar Creek Hollow, Inkadinkado
Paper: white card stock and a page from a book
Ink: Ranger Archival ink, Ranger Distress in Vintage Photo & Tea Dye
Misc: grungepaper from Tim Holtz, brads, Prismacolor colored pencils, Ranger Distress embossing powder in Tea Dye

The next one is also for a friend for the holidays.

Stamps: Sugar Creek Hollow
Paper: white card stock
Ink: Ranger Distress Ink in Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Tea Dye & Vintage Photo
Misc: Ranger Stickles, gold ribbon, Country Crinkle Ribbon by SCH, sentiment was printed from a computer

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Peace On Earth

Happy Saturday!

Today's card is another one for Sugar Creek Hollow. The Design Team was asked to follow a specific color combo of brown, tan and bluish-green.

Here's what I used:
Stamps: SCH Peace On Earth, Silent Night Tag and Dove. Tim Holtz Mini Holidays cling.
Ink: Ranger Distress Ink in Broken China, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo. Memento Tuxedo Black.
White cardstock
Misc: Ranger Stickles in crystal, Copics, K& Company textured brad, brown satin ribbon

Enjoy!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Sugar Creek Hollow Autumn Yummyness!

Good morning (or afternoon or evening depending on where you are) everyone! Happy Saturday!

Today's card for Sugar Creek Hollow (SCH) is one I made using a layout sketch that was provided to the Sugar Creek Hollow Design Team. I really enjoy creating cards from layout sketches. It's a great way to think more about the different elements you are going to use in a card instead of focusing on a layout. I highly recommend using layout sketches for any level papercrafter.

Along with the Design Team being asked to use the layout sketch, we were also asked to use any of the SCH Fall or Holiday digis. What an amazing, creative assortment!! While you are out and about on the 'net today, head on over to the SCH store and don't forget to visit the blogs of the other Design Team members. The ladies that are on this Design Team are incredibly talented and generous. Why not head on over to their blogs and leave them a comment. It will make their day, just as it has made mine to have you stop by here!

We also have a new Design Team member. Her name is Dawn and you can visit her wonderful blog here. Welcome Dawn!

Last but not least, if you are on Twitter, head on over to SCH's Twitter home and become a follower. I'll be posting some fun and interesting links up there.

Here are the details about the card:

Stamps: (SCH) Shabby Owl with Baby Punkins', Lord of the Harvest Tag and Autumn Goodies sentiment.
DP: Graphic 45 and Basic Grey
Ink: Ranger Distress Ink in Antique Linen, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo
Misc: Prismacolor colored pencils, Copics, ribbon and gold gems

Here is the sketch layout:

This is my card and a close-up below it.

I hope these cards inspire you to be creative in any way you enjoy. Whether it be paper crafting, needlework, knitting or any kind of hobby, ENJOY IT!