Halloween Wheel Card

Have you tried making "wheel cards"? I decided to try making one for this Halloween card. This is the first one I have tried. I did a search to find a tutorial, I found several to watch before I created this card. I was happy with the way it turned out, but already know some things that I will try modifying with another wheel card.

This is the Stampin' Up! Holiday Home stamp set and it has items for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Halloween. The Christmas and Thanksgiving are my favorite, but I had to see if I could do anything with the Halloween ones and I came up with several cards.

I used Basic Black card stock, Wild Wasabi card stock, Crumb Cake card stock and Cajun Craze card stock. The ink is Jet Black Stazon and Craft White. The stamp sets are Holiday Home and Hardwood.

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Have a Blessed Day!
Trude

The Paper Players Spring Thank You Card

Okay, so maybe the ship card wasn't the best example of a spring thank you card. When you think of spring, you think of colors that are light and bright, not browns and blues. So, here's another go at the spring thank you card for the Paper Players Challenge.

What do you think; is that better?
I Used the Hardwood stamp (again) to create the 'planter' for the poppies. The poppies stamp is called Pleasant Poppies. Both the Hardwood stamp and the Pleasant Poppies are by Stampin' Up!

I chose to color these poppies with colored pencils. It has been quite a while since I pulled out my colored pencils. I should use them more often. I've always enjoyed coloring. I can still remember my first color book and pack of crayons. I think I got them for Christmas when I was 5 years old. It was a Disneyland color book with pictures of Mickey and all his friends. That was a few years back, but that's what an impression it made on me!

Hello, Sailor Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge

Sunday Stamps has a fun sketch challenge today.
I decided to pull out a couple of my newest Stampin' Up! stamp sets that I haven't had a chance to play with yet. The combination makes for a real masculine card that I believe my husband will appreciate. He likes nautical themes even more than I do. Plus he was a Sea Scout as a teenager and went on many sailing excursions on the Columbia River.

At first glance it may seem that my card does not fit the sketch because the sketch has 4 panels at the bottom. But if you look closely you will see that there are indeed 4 panels on the bottom of this card. I used Early Espresso card stock on two panels and embossed them with Tempting Turquoise embossing powder. The other two panels are Tempting Turquoise card stock embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder. Now do you see it? ☺ It looks a bit like the weathered boards on an ocean-side cottage.

Products I used:
Early Espresso card stock
Tempting Turquoise card stock
Whisper White card stock
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' ink
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' ink
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' ink
VersaMark ink
Hello, Sailor stamp set
Hardwood stamp
Brights Candy Dots
Stampin' Sponge
Early Espresso embossing powder
Tempting Turquoise embossing powder
Snail adhesive
Heat tool

 Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration is here and we are Sale-a-brating! When you order $50.00 of merchandise (not including shipping and taxes) you earn a star, for my Star Crafter Program (find out about it here).
You also get a reward from Stampin' Up! because it is Sale-a-bration. You can choose a free product for EACH $50.00 you spend. And, in addition to those perks, this week I will send you a package of Dimensionals for FREE! (Offer good only on sales through my online Stampin' Up! store between 2/23/14 and 3/1/14 only).