This is for today's limited supply challenge at SCS and here are the perameters:
Let's make some sensational snowflake cards. Use mostly neutral colors: choose from shades of brown, shades of gray, or black & white. Then add just a teeny tiny bit of color with ink, watercolors, and/or embellishments. Please see the list.Keyword: LSC143
Stamps
snowflakes
sentiment optional
Cardstock
2-4 layers
only the neutral colors
Ink or coloring tools
mostly neutral
just a teeny tiny bit of color
Embellishmentschoose one kindmostly neutral, just a bit of color
Tools
one specialized toolI don't know what it is, but I LOVE creating within parameters. I find all of the choices I have around me (tools, papers, colours, ribbon, stamps.... AHHHHHHHH) claustrophobic. So here's the card I made with the neutral being brown/kraft, and the touch of colour (ribbon and tiny piece of c/s) is pink! I used my Cuttlebug for the "specialty tool." Stamps are by amuse, and the large snowflake is by Stampendous.

The challenge is to make a Christmas card using Amuse stamps! How easy is that?!?! I actually made this card while sitting around waiting for the colour challenge to be posted on SCS. I also just acquired my TAN POLYMER MAT today from Precious Memories, so I'm finally able to emboss with my Nestabilities dies and my Cuttlebug. YAY! I LOVE the embossing capabilities of those dies, it makes them a must-have tool, and I MUST HAVE MORE, that's for sure...

*Edited to add ONE MORE CARD!


Here's her card that I cased.
Supplies: Basic Grey "Dasher" paper, Bazzill, Great Impressions (Sentiment), Nick Bantock Lamp Black ink (Ranger), Burnt Umber (Palette), Heidi Swapp ghost shapes.

-money
-groceries
-teaching stuff to do
-projects on the go
-projects to do
and around Christmas time is possibly the busiest list-making time for me. I picked up a cheap note-pad from M's, and thought it would be the easiest way to make a book with my bind-it-all! All I would need to do is decorate the front cover.
I initially picked out some paper to cover the whole front cover, but since I'm totally into the kraft/white thing, I left it au natural. I stamped various snowflake images in Cloud White (Versamagic) and a cute Amuse sentiment directly onto the chipboard cover. I then glued the rik rak with Zip Dry liquid adhesive and made a little pull-tab at the bottom with a snap (WeR). I punched the squares out of some Around The Block paper with my giga scallop square punch (Marvy) and adhered them to the chipboard with Zip Dry. I then bound it all together with my Bind-it-All. Finished size is 4x8.
This will be a permanent fixture in my purse from now until Christmas. Do you think this would be a good gift for my son's teachers? Maybe I'll run to M's and pick up some more pads.
Anyway, happy list-making, and thanx for visiting!

This will be a permanent fixture in my purse from now until Christmas. Do you think this would be a good gift for my son's teachers? Maybe I'll run to M's and pick up some more pads.
Anyway, happy list-making, and thanx for visiting!
Another reason I {heart} Starbucks...
- November 14, 2007
- By Tobi Crawford
- 11 Comments

I purchased some VERY expensive paper for this project (Heidi Grace glitter embossed paper at $3.25 a sheet), clear opalescent snowflakes, got my glue gun out, and started cutting, gluing, and consequently burning myself. OUCH!


The base is a tiny terra cotta pot that I painted with white acrylic paint, covered in glitter, and embossed with UTEE. It has this really cool frosted glass look. I then glued it to the bottom of the cone.
To finish of the tree I glued the plastic snowflakes on with the hot glue in random places.
All in all this was an expensive project ($6.50 for the cone, approx. $6 for the paper, $7 for the snowflakes), but I know where I can cut expenses if I will replicate this for gifts. I encourage you all to try this, it's an AWESOME look. THANK YOU STARBUCKS MERCHANDISING PEOPLE!!!!
Supplies: Paper: Heidi Grace; Snowflakes (Dress it Up); Styrofoam, terracotta pot, glue gun (Michaels).
I haven't posted for a week, and I feel AWFUL, but I have undergone some recent changes in my personal life, specifically in my LOVE life. hee hee.. Yes, I am no longer listed as "single" on facebook, I'm officially "in a relationship." His name is Ian and he's an education student (like I was not too long ago) and for his practicum he's teaching the 5th grade. It's SO cute.. anyway. Enough about my new man...
I finally got some time last night to putter around on my scrapbook table and made this little ditty for the Featured Stamper Challenge. The challenge was to case one of Stampowl's cards, and I chose this one. I changed the following:
~ She did a Cami tri-fold, I did a 4.75 square card.
~ She punched the sentiments with a word-window punch, and I stamped it DTP.
There are many other little things I did differently, but I think it's obvious her card inspired me...
Supplies: Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Amuse; Paper: Basic Grey, Bazzill; Ink: Ranger Inks (Nic Bantock) Lamp Black; Copic Markers, Rub-on (American Crafts), Marvy Punches.
Oh yah! Did I mention I got a digital SLR for my grad present from my parents? This pic was taken with it, and can I say, I'm in LOVE... Here's a pic Ian took of me over the weekend while I was performing at my school's swing dance fund-raiser.

~ She did a Cami tri-fold, I did a 4.75 square card.
~ She punched the sentiments with a word-window punch, and I stamped it DTP.
There are many other little things I did differently, but I think it's obvious her card inspired me...
Supplies: Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Amuse; Paper: Basic Grey, Bazzill; Ink: Ranger Inks (Nic Bantock) Lamp Black; Copic Markers, Rub-on (American Crafts), Marvy Punches.



I had originally picked out some American Crafts paper for this class, but once I saw the new Basic Grey FIGGY PUDDING paper I fell in love..... (What can I say, I have a thing for Basic Grey).

I designed this class so we would only use 1 sheet of 12x12 paper for all 12 cards. It was a tight fit, but I love to save on scraps, and hoard my good paper whenever possible!
