Stamped Leaves Fall Greeting

Hello Papercrafters,

I'm just relaxing and enjoying a cup of coffee after a long busy day, for me it starts at 7:00 when I get up to get my girls ready for school, then I came home, made a card sample for Saturdays class, love it!, then I did some housework, vacuuming, picking up......where does it all come from.....stuff, and laundry.  Then had something to eat and off to work with my husband shaking raisins, we worked for 4 hours, so now I'm tired and it's time to cook dinner, lol, it never ends :)

So while I was relaxing a bit I thought I would share a card that I will be using in this weeks Stamp a Stack, I saw another similar card, different stamps, and sort of cased it, although I don't know who it was I cased it from :/ I don't even have a copy, just saw and re-created from memory.  I love the idea of stamping in various colors right on the first layer, then just pop up some accents and walla you have a great card.

Here is my version:

I have a sentiment stamp that says 'Give Thanks', which would also work great on the front of this greeting and will be available in the class.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful evening and a great Friday!
Tamara

Boooooo Greeting

Good morning Papercrafters,

I hope you having a good week so far, I am enjoying the fabulous fall weather we are having, looking forward to Halloween.  I saw some good decorating tips on tv and on the web that I want to try out, hope to get some decorating done this afternoon.  I usually have my decorations up by now but I've been helping my husband with raisin harvest and I've been too busy or too tired to deal with it :/
Saturday I have a stamp a stack Class of fall inspired designs.......a little mixture of Fall and Halloween, today I am going to share one of the designs we will re-create.

This card features the DSP Howlstooth and Scaring Bone in our holiday mini, I used the spider web embossing folder and the stamped images are from the Googlie Ghouls stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Tamara

October Class Design

Good morning Papercrafters,
Happy Friday...wow this week really flew by, if the month keeps flying by at this rate it will be Halloween next week, lol, but seriously it really will be here before we know it. I have a card to share with you today that is a design that we will be recreating in my Stamp a Stack class.  I love this little frog with his Free Kisses sign.....reminds me of the quote "You've got to kiss alot of frogs before you find your prince" lol

Here's my card......

Have a great day and Enjoy your weekend!

Tamara

Starfruit Hydrangea Greeting

Hello Papercrafters,
I hope everyone is having a happy Thursday,  my day started out great, I had a card making class this morning, it was alot of fun, anytime I can get together and craft with friends it's alot of fun!  I'm already looking forward to my next class. I have a Stamp a Stack scheduled for the 20th and the 24th of October, there will be Fall and Halloween designs to choose from, today I'm going to share one of the greetings I have available for this class.  For anyone out of the area, I have the option of a class kit that can be sent to you,  email me if you are interested.

Here is today's greeting....

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to stop by again soon, I will be sharing  more of my class designs.

Have a great day!
Tamara

Preserves Class Card Design

Good morning Papercrafters,

Happy Monday to you all, with the beginning of October here we also have some cooler temps, yea, we've had triple digit weather for awhile now so I am soooo ready for fall.  We are already thinking about Halloween, oh what to wear, who will I be :)  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and my girls share my enthusiasm,  we have so much fun.

Thursday the 11th I have a Card and Gift tag class.  We will be doing fall themed designs using the Perfectly Preserved stamp set, so many options with the set, you'll want it it you don't already own it :) 

Today I am sharing one of the designs we will be re-creating in class, throughout the week I will share my other designs for this class. 

For anyone interested I will offer this class to go,  just email me with your request,( I will send you a flyer with all the class design photos), the kit will include all the supplies needed to create 6 greeting cards and 4 gift tags. No adhesives or stamped images are included, you can order the stamp set at my SU shop or use a similar sized image if you do not have this set. (Stampinup policy does not allow me to included stamped images in a kit) The price for the kit to go is $18.00 that includes shipping.


Thanks for stopping by,  Have a wonderful Monday!
Tamara

Day 5- Festive Blog Hop- Gift Bags

Hello Papercrafters,

Welcome Back to our Festive Hop, it's already Day 5, the fun goes by so fast :) I've gotten so many great ideas from the other Glitter Queens, it's going to be fun to try some new ideas out.
For today's hop I was told the theme is Gift Bags, another fun project just in time for the holidays.  I recently bought some plain, undecorated bags from one of those $1. stores, I picked up some in white, purple, pink, red, blue, and the kraft color, I had already decided to decorate my own bags for the holiday season.

For the hop I decorated a pink bag and one of the kraft bags. On the pink bag I used the 'Snow Festival' dsp in the mini, I used one side with the owls for my framed image and made the starry band using the other side. I used the big shop pennant die to create the tag in the upper right corner.

For the kraft bag I had an idea to create a poinsettia using the same method as the ornaments on the cover of the holiday mini. I used the ornament dies, 2 different sizes to create the petals, then I felt it needed a little sparkle so I added some dazzling diamonds to the edges. I used the 'Bells and Boughs' set to add a little stamping and used the snowflake die to cut out the sparkly snowflakes.

I hope you enjoyed the hop and are inspired to create some of your own Gift bags for the holidays.

Thanks for your comments and for visiting my blog.
Have a great weekend!

Tamara

And now on to De's Blog.......


Dawn            http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/
Dee                http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Jan                http://www.bearycreativecrafts.blogspot.com
Bridgett        http://www.stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com/
Jennifer        http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy            scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com
Ronnel        http://ronnelsstampingstudio.com/
Tamara        papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com
De            http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.comhttp://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Day 4 Festive October Blog Hop- Gift Card Holders

Hello Papercrafters,
Welcome to Day 4 of our Festive October Hop, I'm so glad you stopped by for todays share. When I learned that we would be making Gift Card Holders I thought oh good, that's something I've been wanting to make...gift cards have really become a popular gift item especially for the holidays, so what better than a fabulous holder to make it really special.

I love my simply scoring diagonal plate and decided to create an envelope out of dsp for my holders. I created a pocket inside to hold the gift card, so it doesn't fall all the way to the bottom of the envelope.  For the first one I used a band to hold it closed and attached the snowman image to the band, on the other side of the band I wrote to / from.

On my 2nd holder I created a tag that I attached to the front, the ribbon hanger at the top could be attached to a christmas tree hook and hung from the tree, on the other side I used buttons and twine to create a closing, simply wrap the twine around the green button.

I'm really pleased with the way they turned out, I have a couple of holiday fairs coming up and plan on making several for my booth, think I'll make some for the family too :) 
I'm going to make a video showing how to make these, but that will have to wait till next week, helping my husband on the farm this week.

Thanks for stopping by, Have a great day!
Tamara


And now on to De's Blog............

Dawn            http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/
Dee                http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Jan                http://www.bearycreativecrafts.blogspot.com
Bridgett        http://www.stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com/
Jennifer        http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy            scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com
Ronnel        http://ronnelsstampingstudio.com/
Tamara        papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com
De            http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Day Three Festive October Blog Hop

Hello Papercrafters,
Welcome to Day 3 of our Festive October Blog Hop! I'm so happy I was invited to join in on the fun. With the holidays soon approaching I have been creating lots of Christmas greetings, I have a couple I will share with you today.
My first card features the tall snowman from the 'Snow much Fun' set, it has become one of my favorites, I use it for cards, favors, gift cards, and gift tags. The snowmen in this set are so warm and friendly they instantly put a smile on your face.

I used Gumball green cs and Snow Festival dsp, the greeting was from the 'Greetings of the season' set both are in the holiday mini. I used SU markers to color the snowman after stamping it with black stazon.
 For my 2nd greeting I used a Very vanilla cs base, then added an embossed band of Real red, the stamped image is a combination of the retired set 'Make merry', it's still one of my favorite sets and I really love the way it looks with the Merry Christmas from the 'Bells and Boughs' set. I framed the image with a little of the 'Snow Festival dsp.


I hope you enjoyed your visit,

Thanks for stopping by and now on to De's Blog your next stop......

Here's a list of all the blog hoppers in case you get lost.



Dawn            http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/
Dee                http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Jan                http://www.bearycreativecrafts.blogspot.com/ 
Bridgett        http://www.stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com/
Jennifer        http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy            scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com
Ronnel        http://ronnelsstampingstudio.com/
Tamara        papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com
De            http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Halloween Treat Box

Good morning Papercrafters,
I can't believe October is already here, this year has really flown by, since the end of July I've been creating and working toward getting ready for the fair, my biggest event so far, 4 days, it ended Saturday and I am still exhausted, lol.  But this month has one of my favorite holidays- Halloween! I still dress up every year and my girls are still young enough that they like to dress up and go trick or treating, yea. Plus they always have class parties and need treats of course.
So for today I'm going to share with you a little Halloween Treat box I created.  I found the pattern for the box in a cardmaker mag.....can't remember which one, but it anyone wants directions let me know and I will share.  It's super easy to create and could be made in any color for any occasion.

I used the Spooky bingo bits to decorate, and I'm going to add the googly eyes to my little green monster(using the Ghoulish Goolies kit), when I first created it my kit was on backorder  it was delivered while I was at the fair :).......omg those googly eyes are the cutest. 
This little box is 2" x 2", treats could be added in a small cello bag or if you added some colorful shredded paper and place the treats on top.
Here is my supply list:
Black CS-#121045
Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP-#126906
Glitter brads-#121006
Spooky bingo bits stamp set-#123944 wood
                                            #123946 clear
I hope you enjoyed my little favor, thanks for stopping by!
Tamara