Friendship cards

I made some friendship cards with the same sentiment but different colors. The sentiments are from Inkadinkado Baby Dear set. The papers are pieces from my scrap stash. The rose/flower is made from a small scrap of the Frosted Filter technique that I just simply crumbled up and shaped.  I used florist tape to wrap a paperclip for the stem and tied a tiny piece of green ribbon to it for the leaves.

Iv'e been bust last night as I have to stay up all night to sleep during the day so that I can stay awake at work tonight :)  I have made another doll dress, wardrobe dress, 9 ATCs and an extra postage holder.  The dress is a simple white with silver floral design. I added white gathered lace trim and a pearl brad at the neckline.

I made a special Halloween dress/card for a very good friend of mine who just LOVES the holiday :)

For the Designer's Challenge at InspireSwapChat, I made this extra postage holder. It's a siple folder with pockets. There is a folded piece of patterned cs that pulls out to slip the stamps into.

And finally, I made 9 ATCs for a swap on ISC "Ladies and their Boudoir".  Had to use pink as the base color. The small face image I got at an online garage sale at ISC. The woman holding the powder puff (aka pompom) is an image from Scrollswork Stamps.

Thanks for dropping by and wish you all a great day!

Artchix ATCs

A long time ago, a friend sent me some Artchix photo sheets.  Now, things like that are something I don't normally do since I love stamping so much.  I joined a swap for which I had to make altered Artchix ATCs.  So, I said to myself "Self...you got the stuff, and you love ATCs, so give it a shot!"  Using old bits and pieces of old jewelry, feathers, homemade flowersoft, and other embellies that I've hoarded...er, collected, I mean... over time (you know the ones..."I-love-it-but-don't-want-to-use-it-cuz-I-can-use-it-on-something" but you don't ever?)
ANYway, here are my efforts.  Had to make five.

Candy ATCs

Made some ATCs for a swap on InspireSwapChat.  Favorite candy was the theme.  I made 2...Hershey kisses and M&Ms.
I used the Cuttlebug embossing folders and scalloped oval dies from Spellbinders.  The chocolate drop is a Quickutz die.  I wrapped one with aluminum foil and added a little piece of vellum for the tab.

This M&M atc is using images from Stampitcrazy.  I stamped on white and colored in with watercolor pencils for the background.  Used different watercolors for the M&Ms on front.  Again, Spellbinders scalloped oval die and Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder.

This one is for favorite beverage...COFFEE!!!!  Is there any other!?  The background is a stamp from RubberStampAve. The sentiments are from RiverCityRubberWorks.  I believe the coffee cup came from there, too.

An Initial ATC with a twist for a swap on Inspireswapchat.  Had to add things that begin with the letter...in this case "K".  Working on one for the letter "W"

Designer's Lottery Winning Door ATC

On ISC, there are bi-weekly ATC challenges in an area called Designer's Lottery.  The winner wins the other entries.  This past lottery was for an ATC featuring a door or window in some way, shape or form. I won the lottery with this ATC: 

Stash projects

I am in several swaps for 8x8 pages and ATCs.  When I join a swap, my first response is to go shopping for supplies.  As a result, I have tons of papers and embellishments that I'd forgotten I have (sound familiar?).  My self-challenge is to make my seap items with supplies I already have on hand.  I have made 6 8x8 two-page layouts and 20 ATCs...so far.  I'm working on 12 calender pages and will post them when I finish them :)  The Paisley shapes on the Minnie ATCs are cut with the Spellbinders sets.

First I have a Thanksgiving Bounty swap...I chose Recipe Traditions:

Movable ATC

I've been away from my blog for a while, my apologies.  My dh had surgery...deviated septum and chronic sinusitis.  He had to have his nose rebroken and the sinus cavities scraped and extra sinus pockets cut out, tubes up his nose...He's doing much better now and can actually breathe now!  So, now I'm back in the crafting circle :)
I made this ATC for the DL Lottery Challenge on ISC .  It's one ATC with a little circle that is held in by a brad designed to look like another ladybug. There is a little edge of the circle that shows above the "seed packet" that turns with your thumb and the different flowers show through the round window. 

Pumpkin ATCs for Swap

These are 2 of 9 ATCs I made for a swap on InspireSwapChat.  I used a jack-o-lantern stamp and covered the faces with double stick tape, which I removed before stamping on white cs, coloring with water color pencils and cutting out.  The fence is Sizzix; the bare tree is stampendous. I used acrylic paints (red and yelow) and stippled in the leaves.