Happy Thanksgiving

Jenn, over at Jax Bean Stalks is hosting the final challenge of the year for the blog group Tangled Up In Creativity. The challenge is to:-

1. Have a turkey somewhere on the card.
2. Have either sewing or faux sewing somewhere on the card.
3. Have ribbon somewhere on the card.

I love sewing and ribbon so that was easy...the turkey was a different story. I don't own a turkey stamp and although I've seen lots of turkeys made with paper punches I never have the same punches to make them. So, you should have seen me make this card...my craft table was covered with all my paper punches trying to figure out which ones would make a turkey...in the end I used eight different punches to make this turkey! When I asked my family what it was they all guessed "a turkey"...perhaps the Happy Thanksgiving gave it away!

Just a quick reminder that all {Ippity} orders placed HERE from now until the end of November will receive a few little surprises in their order and the chance to win an {Ippity} set of your choice!

Supplies:-
Stamps - Stampabilities
SU coloured cardstock
K & C Co DP
SU punches
Color Box chalk
SU ink
SU marker
Ribbon

Washing on the line...

I made today's card for this week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge...use real or faux stitching somewhere on your card/project. I purchased this lovely stamp by Print Blocks Australia about 15 years ago but have never used it on a card...I'm not sure who I would give this to...I think it would be nice framed and given as a gift.

Growing up in Australia we always hung our clothes on the clothesline to dry but I now live in New Hampshire and I don't even own a clothesline...I guess it's not very practical for the weather here! Anyway, I thought it was the perfect image to incorporate stitching...I stamped the image twice, airbrushed one with Copics and coloured the details on the other before cutting them out and gluing them onto the airbrushed one...I would normally mask the details before airbrushing but those little chickens would have been very fiddly...I nearly lost one cutting them out!

Supplies:-

Stamp - Print Blocks Australia

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics

Hanging by a Thread?

This week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge is to use the talents you have been given to create a card or project that is knit together (stitched - faux or real). The inspiration came from Psalm 139:13 "For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made: I know that full well."

I love sewing on my cards...probably because I love to quilt and so I feel like I'm quilting and making cards at the same time! When I saw the thread spools and sentiments in last month's Unity KOTM I knew it would be perfect for this card!

The Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge was issued on Sunday and I was nearly finished with the card when I read on Monday that this week's {Ippity} challenge is also to use sewing (either machine or by hand) on a card/project with {Ippity} stamps. So, for this card I decided to try some hand sewing and embroidered some little red French Knots on the mistletoe.

Supplies:-

~Hanging by a Thread?~

Stamps - Unity KOTM

Gina K luxury cardstock

SU coloured cardstock

SU DSP

Sewing machine

SU ink

SU markers

Pinking shears

~Under the Mistletoe~

Stamps - Kissmas & Mistletoe by {Ippity}

SU markers

SU coloured cardstock

SU DSP

SU ribbon

Embroidery thread

SU scallop punch

Nestabilities dies

Eyelets, Ribbon, Paper...Oh, My! Challenge #2

Time flies and Lynn over at Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper has issued Challenge #2 for members of Eyelets, Ribbon, Paper...Oh, My! Our challenge this week is to look through our patterned ribbons and select one to use as the inspiration for the design of our card. For those of you who know me, you know I love ribbon...it's my favourite thing to use on my cards and I have a nice stash of ribbons. I do, however, buy mostly plain ribbon and not so much patterned because I use lots of patterned papers and I find the plain ribbon works better. I do own a few patterned ribbons...I just haven't used them too much so this was a nice challenge to dig them out and use them!

I love the combination of pink and brown and when I came across these ribbons by American Crafts I couldn't choose just one so I made the background with all of them....I hope that doesn't mean I fail the challenge!

Supplies:- Stamps - Because of You and Just Wanted to Say by Ippity
PTI white cardstock
SU coloured cardstock
SU ink
American Crafts ribbon
SU markers
Prismacolor Pencil
Foam Dots
SU button
Sewing machine
Brad

Happy Birthday Chick

I always seem to run out of birthday cards so today's card was made to rebuild my stash! I used scraps of cardstock and patterned paper to make the background and sewed them together on my sewing machine....a great way to use all those scraps!

Supplies:-

Stamps - Happy Birthday Cursive by Savvy Stamps and Girlie Chick by Stampendous.

Georgia Pacific white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics - Y02, Y08, C1, RV21, RV25, YG05, G17, V15, V17, B02, B04, YR12, YR04

Brads

Ribbon

Scrap patterned paper

SU coloured cardstock

Foam Dots

Happy

Now that Valentine's Day is over and Easter is right around the corner I can dig out all my Easter and Spring stamps to play with....yay! Today's card could be a birthday card or a note card or a happy anything card! The stamps come from Unity's kit of the month February 2009 and I coloured the actual stamp with Copic markers and then sprayed the stamp with rubbing alcohol before stamping the image. It sort of gives a watercolour effect which is great for flower stamps.

The background paper I pieced together using scraps of paper and different border punches and the sewing machine. Instead of tying a bow...which I always seem to do...I do like a nice bow...I pleated the ribbon and secured it by sewing on a little black button. Have a happy day!

Supplies:-
Stamps - Unity KOTM February 2009
Ink - Copic markers
Georgia Pacific white cardstock
SU coloured cardstock
Assorted patterned papers...mainly SU
SU border punches
American Crafts ribbon
Button
Foam Dots
Sewing Machine

Valentine's Patchwork

Another Valentine's Day card! This was my very first attempt at sewing on a card....something I've been wanting to do for ages but had never got around to trying. I love to quilt and so I quite like the idea of combining my sewing with my card making. I started this card by punching out 1 1/4" squares from different patterned papers and then adhered them to a white background. I then had fun zig-zagging over the edges with the sewing machine. The stamp is from Stampin' Ups 'Love You Much' set and I coloured it with copics to match the rose red paper and cardstock.