This Lily was punched by the *NEW* McGill Paper Blossom Punches. Just punch, color, pinch, bend, cup and assemble to create a beautiful 3-D flower. The pearls are created with the new Viva LePens. Squeeze a pearl shape onto your card and create a brilliant half pearl. This card uses the swirl die and embossing folder from Tim Holtz. On Saturday, Nov. 6th, we will be having make and takes at the Stamp Shoppe in Schofield, WI and this is one of the cards we will be doing. Stop in and try out these new products.
This card is taking an idea that was shown in our Stamp Club. This is a tri-fold card with a twist. I used a Halloween theme. The papers are from Making Memories. The Scary Fence and Spider web punches are Martha Stewart. Franke is a Whippersnapper stamp. The Sentiment is from Northwoods and Bats are stamps from Amuse. The cut out is a die-namics die from My Favorite Things. The Spider gem is from Memory Box. The fence and papers were distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Below is a look at the inside:
Happy Stamping!!
This second card uses the Tattered Florals die again. I like to add texture to the flowers with the Texture fade plates. Here I used the Swirls and Dot Matrix embossing folders for the flowers and then cut out an Oak leaf from the Tattered Leaves die and embossed it with the Gridlock folder. I again sponged some of the Distress ink onto the embossed elements. For the the green border pieces, I used the Ornate and Scallops On the Edge dies. I then made two parallel score lines with my ScorBuddy on the Scallop paper. I stamped some flourishes with Memory Box stamps. Then I used the blue Liquid pearls to add some accents to the card. The "note of Thanks" sentiment is from Printworks and stamped on the Lacey Circle Nestiablities. The Cardstock is a textured paper from Bazzill. When the edges of the card is inked with Vintage Photo ink, the texture becomes more apparent. If you like these cards, call or email to register for our Make-and-Take Saturday at the store Oct. 16th. We will be featuring the Tim Holtz Texture Fades and On the Edge Dies. 
Winter: I stamped the bench from Whiff of Joy and colored it with Copic Markers. Then I added "snow" with the Snow Marker from Marvy. Add glitter while wet, then heat from the back side to dry and cause the snow to puff up. I used new Christmas paper from My Mind's Eye. The Layout was inspired from a Mojo Monday Sketch. The cardinal was cut out from the decorator paper.
Spring: Here I stamped the bench and colored it with Copics again. Then I used the Art Impressions grass to stamp around the bench. Then stamped the flowers on white cardstock. Masking the flowers, I then stamped the pot from Art Impressions to make it look like the flowers are in the pot. After coloring the flowers, I cut it out and popped it up. The Sentiment was stamped on white cardstock and then cut with a nestabilities die. Leaving the nesties on the paper, I sponged some pink Distress Ink over the center. After I removed the nesties, I stamped the sentiment on the oval.
I stamped this Sugar Nellie stamp and colored her with Copic markers. I used a new nestabilities label die for the blue matting. This is a square and I wanted to use it for a rectangle shape, so I used it as a mat on the top of my image and then used an emboss strip of paper to cover the bottom. I used the poinsettia folder to emboss the green strip of paper. The red dot flurry paper is from Cloud 9. Then I punched out a Martha Stewart snowflake and used a white glitter dot in the center of the snowflake to add a little glitz. Keep warm! 
Next, I used another cardinal stamp from the stamp set and this time I colored him red. Now he's a cardinal! I stamped the pine branch from another stamp set onto cream cardstock and colored it with Copics. I then cut out the cardinal with the cardinal die set and popped him onto the branch. The sentiment, from the pine branch stamp set, was stamped onto the Cuttlebug Cut and Emboss Labels and sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The card was embossed with the holly cuttlebug folder. It is a 5 X 7 folder so it will cover the entire back of a A2 size card.
Here is one more sample of the holly leaves using the matching stamp and die sets. After the holly was stamped, I used an X-acto knife to cut around the holly leaves. Then I used the oval nestabilities to cut the opening. I used a spring green paper to mat and to show through the window. I then used my stamp-a-majig to line up the sentiment into the window. The sentiments that I used were from Printworks.
For those of you that are interested and are in the Wausau, WI area on Saturday, Sept. 11, we are doing a make and take saturday that will feature these Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies. Come in a make 1 to 4 cards anytime between the hours of 10:30 am - 2:00 pm. If you have any questions...please email us! Have a fabulous Labor Day Weekend!
