Season of Friendship

Happy Holidays!
I'm sorry it took me so long to post again. My husband tried and tried to fix the USB without any luck but he bought something that helps us connect our camera and printer/scanner to the computer. And now that the holidays are almost over I should be able to do a little bit more crafting. I've been working extra and had put all my stuff away. I'm working extra this week too and we'll be driving to Tennessee after work on Saturday. We usually spend New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with our friends in TN but I'll be working both days so we postponed it to the weekend instead.

The first card I used as a Christmas card, I decided to try a different kind of fold. I stamped the image on Whisper White, stamped the tree in Chocolate Chip and the snowflakes in Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette. I then stamped snowflakes in Baja Breeze on a different sheet of paper and cut them out. I stamped the bird in Riding hood Red and added dazzling diamonds and crystal effects, I did the same to the blue snowflakes. I sponged the edge of the image with Baja Breeze.

This is more of a spring card even if the colors are similar. I used Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette. I cut the flowers by hand and the bird is done the same way as the one on the first card. I wanted the tree to look a like the trees here in the mountains in the springtime. Everyone talks about how pretty the fall colors here are, and I agree, but I also think the spring colors are beautiful.
My DS actually fell asleep early tonight so I'm going to work on a couple of cards. I got a couple of new sets right before Christmas and haven't had the chance to try them out :o

TFL

Christmas Classics

Here's the first card I made with the Christmas Classics stampset. And the first and only time I've made a card like this. It's a free standing pop-up card. There's a tutorial HERE.

I think I did OK, it's pretty simple, not much embellishing. The colors are Always Artichoke, Real Red, Chocolate Chip and I think So Saffron, it's been a while since I made the card.
Here's a simpler card. I wanted to try the Dryer Sheet Technique. And I bought dryer sheets for the first time *lol*, we don't have those in Iceland :o

I used the Holiday Treasures designer paper.
the punches I used in these two cards are the Scallop Edge Punch (second card) and the Round Tab Punch (first card).
I think I have a curse on my, every time I buy a background stamp (2 out of 3 stamps) the same stamp end up on the retired list, like just a month after I buy them. Maybe I need to order background stamps just after I see the retired list, so I can use them longer :o
But yes, the retired list is up, you can find it by clicking HERE. I've got 4 stamps/stampsets on this list :(
We've got FREE SHIPPING going on, if you order for $70+ and 10% OFF RETIRED SETS.

And remember you can order online (US residents only), my website is http://huldap.stampinup.net

TFL

Punch Pal Penguins

Happy Holidays everyone! This time of year sure gets busy at a retail store, I tell yah! I've already gotten plenty of extra hours where I work. Even went a little bit over the limit (they have a limit for part time employees), but only because a teenage girl made one too many mistakes and lost her job. I know it's sad that she lost her job....I sure hope she learned something from this because if I'd been her boss I'd have sacked her a while ago! I don't get how some people think they don't have to follow orders and rules like everyone else, think they don't have to a thing and still get paid! Well, enough of that....and to my card:

I actually made this card I think last July. The card base is Bashful Blue. I stamped the images on watercolorpaper and used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons to color them. Crystal Effects is something I just can't seem to live without. I added CE to the penguins and the sentiment. The striped background I made by using a white WWC on Whisper White cardstock and then used my brayer to cover it with Going Gray. And sponged a little bit of Bashful Blue around the edges.The "brads" are actually just punched out paper, I just added CE to make the dots look more like brads.

We still haven't been able to fix our USB but I've just put pictures on a CD at CVS and hopefully I'll have time to post soon again.
Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend and Thanksgiving!
TFL

Scandinavian Season

I have to admit that the stampset Scandinavian Season does not remind me of Scandinavia (I've lived in Norway and Sweden and have been to Denmark a few times), but I like the set :)

Here's the first thing I came up with, using the Christmas tree from the set. It took me a while to come up with something I liked. I stamped the trees with Jet Black Stazon on Whisper White. I then brayered Old Olive over the images. Added a little bit of white with my Signo pen and cut out the trees. I then masked the bottom half of the card base before I brayered Baja Breeze for the sky. The card base is Naturals White cardstock. I then got the snowflake and Whisper White craft ink and stamped snowflakes all over the card, stamped red stars and Very Merry. The trees are on 3D tape.

Here you see my favorite stamp from the set, the mitten. I stamped the card base (Kraft) with snowflakes in Chocolate Chip. And stamped the mittens on Baja Breeze card stock in Chocolate Chip. I cut the mittens out and stuck them on Whisper White card stock with 3D tape and made sure the hemp cord would stay in place by using just a little bit of Crystal Effects. The bottom part of the card base is from Baja Breeze Designer Paper.

These cards are not too hard to make.

Now, I don't know when I'll post again, I'll have to look through the cards I've got on the computer and see if I have any that I haven't posted yet. I'm working on a few cards but my computer's got a problem, it doesn't recognize our printer/scanner or our camera, or any other USB connections. It worked fine last Saturday (a week ago) but then on Sunday it wouldn't do anything. Since then we've found out that it's a common problem if you have Windows Vista and a lot of people have simple solutions to the problem (that worked on their computers) but we've tried all of them and nothing works for our computer :( So I'm going to try to make a lot of cards this week to make it worth $3.99 to put my pictures on a CD at Target (ridiculous price when you do everything yourself, but we don't have a photolab at our Target).....or I could pay $2.50 at Walmart and wait an hour to get it, but I don't like that choice either. I don't know my work schedule this coming week but I sure hope I'll be creative when I'm at home ;)
Well, I hope someone got inspired by my cards, have a wonderful week y'all and TFL!

A couple of Christmas cards

I've got a couple of Christmas cards to show you. I made them before I went to Iceland and I think I might just do more.

I don't know if you see it, but I was trying to make an ornament and make it look like it was hanging on a Christmas tree. I used Coluzzle to cut the red circle, a scallop circle punch to punch the mellow moss circle and a designer label punch for the little brown piece. The colors in this card are Mellow Moss, Riding Hood Red and Whisper White. The stampset is Baroque Motifs.

Here we've got the snowmen from Holiday Lineup and snowflakes from The Snowflake Spot. The colores I used are Pink Pirouette, Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant. Not the traditional Christmas colors but I think they look good together. I used my blenderpens and inkpads to color in the image.

I just sent off a whole bunch of Christmas cards to my mom yesterday, 30 cards I think. So I've been busy since I got back from Iceland. My DS was sick on the way home but fortunately he slept on the flight from Iceland to Boston. I am so glad I didn't miss the fall colors here in the mountains. We drove around yesterday and looked for good places to take fall pictures. We ended up in Chimney Rock.

Hope you're having a good day!

TFL

Lovely Christmas 1

It's been too long since my last post. I've been so busy and don't have access to the computer as muchas I'd like. I'll head home on Monday and I'm really hoping my DS, who has a bad cold, will feel better by then. Last time I came to Iceland he was sick half the time we stayed here and was sick the day we flew back to the US and it was not easy travelling for hours with a sick child. I hope I wont have to go throught that again, this time we have to spend a night in Boston on the way home.

Anyway, here's one of my favorite stampsets, Lovely as a Tree.

I also used the retired set Snowflake Spots. The colors are Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White. I stamped the trees first and then made the sky. You can use a sponge, a sponge dauber or a brayer to make the blue sky. I used a sponge. I used a sponge dauber on the card insert. If you think it's missing something you can cover the tree image with Versamark and pour Iridescent Ice over it and heat set it and it's sparkle like a fresh fallen snow.

We've got snow here in Iceland now and my DS loves playing in it. I took him to a preschool where I used to work and he played in the snow with the kids while I caught up with my old co-workers.

This picture is from Friday afternoon, it looks likeit's taken at night but it was 6 pm and I had to use the flash because he was moving to fast for my camera.

This'll have to do for now, we're expecting company tomorrow and I've got to pack my things too.

I plan on posting again next weekend :)

TFL

Punch Pals and Monday Mailer

Finally I get a chance to blog. I've been in Iceland for a week and already seen a little bit of snow and we had an earthquake here in my town less than an hour ago, 2.8 on Richter scale. Just a small one and short.
Today's cards are from the Punch Pals stamp set. I've only got two to show you and then a couple of Monday Mailers from Jen.


The card base here is Bravo Burgundy, then we have Naturals White and Always Artichoke designer paper (retired). I stamped the penguins with Stazon and colored them in with my Watercolor Wonder Crayons and a blender pen. I do not color straight on the image with the crayons, I dab my blender pen on the bottom of the crayon to pick up the color and then color the image.

I used the same technique to color the snowman in. Except I used a marker for the holly. I popped up the image and used the spiral punch on the side. The card base is Night of Navy, then Bashful Blue and Naturals White. Stazon and Night of Navy ink. Pretty simple.


Here are the Monday Mailers from Jen. She used the Upsy Daisy stamp set on the first card and Pocket Silhouettes on the second card (third and fourth card for September). She used my favorite Designer Paper on both cards,Urban Garden, and the colors are Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White. She used the scallop border punch on the second card.
Very pretty cards, I think I'm going to have to get the Upsy Daisy stamp set now!

I'll try to post again soon, I've got a busy week ahead but hopefully I'll get a few minutes to use the computer.

TFL