A Peek Into My Stamping Room

A Webster's Pages Layout + Video!

Happy Halloween!  Today I have a halloween layout to share with you using supplies from Scraptownlady!  Last night was the annual chili cook-off put on by my daughter's school band program.  So I made about 14 quarts of chili and won second place in the cook-off and my girls dressed up in their halloween costumes!  I took pictures to add to this cute layout I created using papers from Webster's Pages Once Upon A Halloween collection.  

 

 

Here is a short video showing how I put this together.  I just fast forwarded me making this and added some catchy music.  No talking on the video makes it shorter!  LOL

 

 

Hope you enjoyed my video!  Be sure to check out all the great supplies over at the Scraptownlady store!  Have a wonderful Halloween!

Everyday Cards!

Hey Friends!  Hope you are having a great week!  Here in Missouri where I live, its cold and gloomy but I am enjoying the cooler weather and the beautiful leaves that fall brings.  Today I have a couple of everyday cards to share with you.  I have a box that sits in my crafty room that my family knows has cards in it for their use.  It was getting very empty so the other day I sat down and started making some cards to put in our card box.  Here are two of them!

For this card, I used the Authentique Natural collection and a stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs.  This was a super simple card.  The only thing that took alot of time was die cutting the square!

This card was made using the Graphic45 Bohemian Bazaar 8x8 paper pad.  Everything on the card except for the key and seam binding is from this 8x8 paper pad.  How easy is that?

Hope you have enjoyed my cards today.  Be sure to check out all the great supplies in the Scraptownlady Store!

Scraptownlady Supplies Used:

• Authentique - Naturals collection - Beaming and Daydream papers
• Kaisercraft -  Champagne Pearls
• Snug Hug Seam Binding - Scarab
• Graphic45 - Bohemian Bazaar 8x8 Paper pad
• K & Company - Metal Key
• Adhesives - Zip Dry Glue, 3d Foam Squares

Other Supplies:

• Spellbinders - Marvelous Squares, Classic Squares Lg.
• Our Daily Bread Designs - Stamp

 

Christmas Card Time!

Yes you read that right!  Now is the perfect time to start making Christmas cards.  If you make 4-5 a week and there is about 8 weeks until it is time to mail the cards, you could have 32-50 cards made and not have to pull a late night marathon just to get your cards done BEFORE Christmas!  

I received the Authentique Tradition collection in my goodie box from Scraptownlady a few weeks ago.  The colors aren't real traditional but I picked two of the sheets I liked best from the collection plus I used a sticker sheet and the Enhancement sheet to make these cards!

I used some really red and whipped cream cardstock for the bases of my cards.  Plus included some of these cardstock on the actual cards.  Here are a few close-ups!

Whipped cream cardstock is the base of this card.  I used the really red as a layer.  I used a scalloped punch along the edge.  The sentiment is a sticker from the Authentique Tradition collection.  I added alittle bit of ribbon but hopefully it won't make the cost of postage too much!

I cut 1 1/2" strips of these two patterned papers and measured them for my cards.  I have plenty of strips left to make more cards, too!  I will run out of stickers but I am sure I can find a stamp in my collection that will work with this card!

This is a one-of-kind card because there is only one of these stickers on the Elements sheet.  But you could use just about any decoration in the middle of this card like snowflake die cut or tree die cut!

This is a simple card using the sentiment panel from the Enhancements sheet included in this collection.  Like one of the other cards, you could replace this with a die cut or cute stamped image to make this card.

All of the seam binding came from the Scraptownlady store, too!  Like I said, I don't want to pay extra postage and I think I did it.  I am going to put them in an envelope and take them to the post office to be sure.  But I will say that during the Christmas season, the post office is a little more lenient...shhh don't tell on me!  LOL

Hope I have given you some great ideas for making your cards.  Even if you wait until the last minute, you can whip these out quickly!  

Supplies Used:

• Authentique Tradition Collection - Customary, Tinsel, Enhancements, Elements
• Snug Hug Seam Binding - Basque Red, Green  
• Beacon Zip Dry Adhesive
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares
• Really Red, Whipped Cream cardstock - Discount Cardstock

Graphic45 French Country Cards

Hello Friends!  Today I have a couple of cards to share with you that I made using the Graphic45 French Country 8x8 paper pad that I got at Scraptownlady.  While I have tons of 6x6 paper pad, I have to say that I prefer the extra inches that the 8x8 pad gives you!  I got out my box of scraps to make this card because it is overflowing!  Don't you hate to throw away cardstock?  I know I do!  So here are my cards!

Here is another view.......

The base of this card was created using the Grands Labels 23 die template and it was just sitting in my scrap box waiting for me to make it into a card!  LOL  I think the cardstock is actually from Stampin' Up! but I think this color is retired!  I stamped the "thankful" sentiment (The Rubber Cafe') onto a scrap of ivory cardstock using Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and hand cut it into a banner.  Even the ribbon is retired but it is very beautiful with these papers!

Here is my second card!

Here is another view of this card.......

As you can see I used the Graphic45 French Country 8x8 paper pad for everything on this card.  It even had a little card I cut out that said Good Luck!  Perfect for the person I am sending it too!  Hope you having a great week!  Looking forward to this weekend because it's Homecoming.  My middle daughter is a senior this year so its her last Homecoming dance.  Bittersweet for me but she is very excited!  Talk to you soon!

Supplies including links:

• Graphic45 French Country 8x8 Paper Pad
• Cardstock - Kraft, Ivory, Not Quite Navy
• Adhesives - Zip Dry Glue, 3d Foam Squares
• Ribbon - Not Quite Navy Ribbon
• other supplies - Sentiment Stamp - Harvest Time stamp set (The Rubber Cafe'),  slot punch, Grands Labels 23 (Spellbinders)

 

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Hello friends!  Today is a great day!  It's World Cardmaking Day!  To celebrate, I have posted a card over at the Scraptownlady blog.  It's a special blog post because some of the Scraptownlady designers are participating in this:

 

 

Hope you have a great World Cardmaking day!  I know there is tons of blog hops and contests all around the internet so have a great time!

 

 

 

A Poisonous Card!

Hello Friends!  Hope you are having a great week so far.  Just think....today is Thursday so its almost over!  LOL  

Today I want to share with you a Halloween card I made for my oldest daughter who is away at college.  I try to get a little goodie box together to send to her if she can't be home around Halloween.  So this will be the card I include in her goodie box!  I used some papers and other goodies I got from Scraptownlady.  All the papers on this card are from the Thrilling Collection from Authentique.

 

To make this card, I cut a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" paper to 5 1/4 x 10 1/2" and scored it at 5 1/4".  Once folded this created the base of the card.  I used the Superstition, Frenzy and Antidote paper on the front to create my layers.  The spider web die will be available very soon in the store so check back! I tied a piece of black seam binding into a bow around the card and added the spooky label from the Forewarn paper.  Because this is a black card, I finished the inside of the card with a piece of ivory cardstock and a strip of Antidote paper.  Plus I added little black pearls in the corners and some Crystal Stickles to the skull/crossbones!

 

Here are a few more pictures of my card!

 

 

Hope this "spooky" card gets you in the mood to make some Halloween themed projects!  Thanks for stopping by Scraptownlady today!   

Scraptownlady Supplies:

• Authentique - Thrilling Collection - Antidote, Forewarn, Frenzy & Superstition papers
• Black Seam Binding
• Kaisercraft Black Pearls
• Adhesive - Beacon Zip Dry 

Other Supplies:

•  Crystal Stickles, 3d foam squares
• Cardstock - Posh True Black Linen 80# Cardstock; Simply Smooth Ivory Cardstock - Discount Cardstock

 

 

Some Vintage Summer Projects to Share

Hello Friends! Hope your week is going well.  Where I live the feel of fall is definitely in the air with some nippy mornings and cool afternoons.  That is why I looked forward to creating some projects that reminded me of summer.  Today I have two projects for Scraptownlady to share with you using Little Yellow Bicycle Vintage Summer Collection - both the 12 x 12 papers and the 6x6 paper pad.  Here is a scrapbook page I created with both sizes of paper.

To create this scrapbook pages, I used a 12 x 12 paper from the Vintage Summer collection.  For all the other layers, I used the 6x6 Vintage Summer paper pad.  Sometimes its nice to just purchase the 6x6 or 8x8 sized paper pads because they don't take up much room and are easier to use when making cards.  But as you can see here, the smaller size papers do still work for layouts!

Here is my second project using this same paper line and a cut file from my Silhouette.  

 

I don't normally use stickers so I found this a fast and easy way to complete a great card!  Hope you have enjoyed my projects and I gave you some ideas on how to use 6x6 paper in other ways besides card making!

Thanks for stopping by today!  

Scraptownlady Supplies Used in these projects:

Little Yellow Bicycle - Vintage Summer Collection - Navy Tiny Floral
Little Yellow Bicycle - Vintage Summer Collection - 6x6 paper pack
Little Yellow Bicycle - Vintage Summer Collection - Vintage Summer Stickers (both packs)

Other supplies used:
Simply Smooth White and Kraft Cardstock (Bazzill Basics); Little Yellow Bicycle-Vintage Summer Collection - Fabric Favorites

Vintage Summer Mini Album and a Fun Announcement!

Hey friends!  Today I am posting as a official member of the Scraptownlady design team!  I was so excited when Cheryl called and asked if I could join the team and of course, I said Yes!  Well when I found out I would have to start posting right away, I knew just what I wanted to show you.  I had started this mini album last week so I sat down and started decorating it with Little Yellow Bicycle's Vintage Summer Collection.  This is a favorite paper collection of mine and I wanted to make this mini album for my daughter to use this album to record all the memories she made this past summer attending a bunch of different camps plus we went on a couple of college visits.  Here is my mini album!

To find the instructions on how I made this album, just visit the YouTube channel of My Sisters Scrapper.  She had the best video instructions ever!  For the front of this album, I used Patchwork Quilt and Cherry Curtains from the Vintage Summer Collection.  I also used stickers from this collection.  The doily and label shape were created on my Silhouette.  Here are two other views of my album.

 

To see the inside pages and the supply lists for the products I used, please visit the Scraptownlady Blog!  Thanks for stopping by!