Just A Note

Good Wednesday to you all! Hope you are having a great week so far! I have been playing with some of the new November release JustRite product! Have you been over to the JustRite BLOG this week? JustRite designers have been busy! And the creations are out of this world! ALL NOVEMBER JustRite release product will be available for purchase at the JustRite website on Friday, November 13.

For my creation today, I altered a notebook I bought at Michaels for one dollar! Yuppers, that's correct! And the clip you see on the book was one of two in a package for a dollar...my new notebook is similar to items I have decorated my new studio with, so perfect!

I stamped my center from the new Just A Note Centers & Borders set. All stamping was completed using Memento's Tuxedo Black ink. Adhesive pearls, bit of ribbon, and I have a wonderful notebook, (that matches my room decor!) to write notes, keep sketches, and house all that important info I need at my fingertips!

I angled the stamped image to fit a square punch so I could place it off center atop my stamped square from Decorative Frames Borders- 2" Square set. The letter "B" is from JustRite's Curlz font set. It is 95pt, spellbinder die cut to fit atop a punched circle and adhered to the circle tab of the clip. I can fold in the tabs of the clip as well if I want to carry this notebook with me in my purse, suitcase, etc. I am enjoying outfitting my new stamping space! It's been at a slower completion pace than I like, but slow and steady, steady and slow! Not necessarily how I like it to go! LOL...I have been working on a piece of wall decor too. Almost complete!

Take good care, thanks so much for stopping by! Sure do appreciate it!

Flower Soft Favorites

Good Tuesday Morning! Thank you for the Flower Soft wishes! I have been using Flower Soft to create dimension on my cards for some time now and picked a few favorites to show you. So excited I am, now to be part of their design team!

Just a touch of pink added to the butterfly! Perfect!

This is probably my favorite...Love the colors... and how the mitten fur looks so real! Just a sprinkle or a solid area of Flower Soft can add so much to your creations.

And how cute is this card? LOVE the button too!

And the subtle flower soft on Santa's beard and eyebrows is wonderful here!

The brown flower soft here is so natural...makes this caroling hedgehog look so adorable! Hope you enjoyed the walk down memory lane of a few of my favorite Flower Soft creations!

Flower Soft info to note:

• The Flower Soft website
• The Flower Soft BLOG site (there is still active BLOG CANDY!) (Be sure to favorite the sites...as I could not see where you can access the blog from the website!)
• The first of each month is typically Flower Soft's design team Blog Hop!
• Flower Soft Design Team: Sharon Johnson, AJ Otto, Jeanne Streiff, Deb Saaranen, Charmaine Ikach. Serious talent here, folks!

Take good care! Hope you are enjoying your Tuesday! JustRite is revealing new product this week! Check it out! I'll have a little JustRite creation tomorrow to share! Thanks for stopping by, it is so appreciated!

Cute Christmas FlowerSoft Blog Hop!

Happy November 1st to you! Yes...Christmas is next month! It doesn't seem possible but here we are! And it's our grandson's first Christmas too! Super excited I am...not only for the holiday season but to have the opportunity to work with Flower Soft and their super talented design team! Today is Flower Soft's design team Blog Hop and blog candy waiting for you too!

Now onto my creation! Have you seen Flower Soft's card toppers? For today's project, I used the "Cute Christmas - I Love Santa topper set. A two window frame is perfect for the Santa design on the left side, and a photo space on the right for our grandson's first Christmas photo! (photo yet to be taken, of course!)

You can see in this photo the faint pencil line to trim down the topper to fit the frame opening. This left the little bear from the decoupage sheet, so I added him onto the frame! So cute!!! Flower Soft card topper packs come in two designs, with their own decoupage sheet that creates stunning dimension. Use Flower Soft glue, add a sprinkle of your favorite Flower Soft, and just look at the cuteness!

Polar White Flower Soft is perfect for Santa's fur and mustache! A little on the stocking fur, red Flower Soft to Rudolph's nose and the mantle bow create loads of dimension! So fun! Here is what the card topper packet looks like, along with the glue and container of Polar White Flower Soft! Sorry forgot the red color...same container, just different color! To make the frame creation even more memorable, I chose to create a tag with my JustRite Times New Roman Upper and Lowercase Fonts. 2009 is 95pt. font and is stamped with Memento London Fog ink. My First Christmas is 50pt. and stamped with VersaMagic Red Magic ink. Tag is cut using my Spellbinders Tags 5 die. After edging the tag sides, I added a loop of decorative ribbon from Michaels. The JustRite finishing touch creates such a great piece to remember the treasured memories! Be sure and check out these talented design team creations! Visit the Flower Soft BLOG for some yummy candy too! Sharon Johnson Jeanne Streiff Charmaine Ikach Deb Saaranen AJ Otto Barb Schram (that's me!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Take good care!

Santa, Take A Bough...

Here is a Papertreyink card I made last week, utilizing, the set, Take A Bough. I turned one of the branch ornaments into a Santa head! I know...isn't he the cutest? And oh so simple! Here's what I did: I stamped my image on red cardstock with Papertreyink Fresh Snow. While still wet I sprinkled ultrafine prisma glitter for his beard, leaving the little circle for the mouth. Using my glue pen, I also went in and added more glitter. I wanted a solid glitter look for his beard. I think the design of the wave line separated the beard/mustache from the eye region beautifully. I wanted a solid red hat, so after cutting stamped image out, I trimmed off at the stamped line, leaving a triangle, that is turned over revealing solid cardstock, topped it with an adhesive pearl, added a pop dot and Santa now has his hat on!

I used my scorpal to add some interest along the card edges, and ground my sentiment; season's greetings. I LOVE how this turned out! So simple, clean and great use of a set I already had! And that's a good thing since my stamp purchasing has been limited after our move this year! Have you seen all the new PTI sets this year...I have a lot of catching up to do!!!

HOPE you all had a wonderful weekend, a marvelous Monday, and are off on a terrific Tuesday! Fall is here...the leaves are falling and the chill is in the air. Thanks so much for stopping by, I so appreciate it! TAKE good care!

Santa Dear meets Stamp Simply Challenge109

Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Challenge this week is to create a gatefold style card! Gatefolds are cards that fold on each side and meet in the middle (or off center if you like) and open like a gate. When thinking about this challenge, I had a layout pictured in my mind, but translated to paper, it didn't work as a regular gatefold. Mine is vertical, with the folds at the top and bottom of card! I fiddled forever trying! Don't know if we can really call this a gate fold card...but you get the idea! And the great thing about Sharon's challenges is to have FUN...no worries! So I think I'm OK!

Let's talk about supplies. Paper used: Papertreyink Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist, along with designer paper from Jolly by Golly/Cosmo Cricket (purchased from Ellen Hutson). AquaMist ribbon and button are also Papertreyink. My "Dear Santa" stamp is from BoBunny and I purchased this guy from Joan's Gardens. Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, distress ink (old paper) around edges. I colored his suit, with a dauber and chalk! I love to do this, and go back in using an eraser to remove extra chalk or where I went over the lines. I do lightly mist my chalked images with a matte finishing spray (or hair spray works too, remember lightly!) to seal the chalk and prevent it from rubbing off. The aqua mist panel is edge distressed, as are the circle papers on the embellishment.

Take a look at Santa's beard, with my glue pen, I applied FlowerSoft (ivory) to add a little dimension to his face! And a bit around his hairline and eyebrows! This "Dear Santa" card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" when closed. My top fold panel measures 4 1/4" from top edge of card stock. Leaving the bottom fold panel measuring 1 1/4" in from the bottom edge of card stock. DP is adhered on upper and lower panels, machine stitched as is the DP circle of button embellishment. The Santa panel and embellishment extends off the bottom edge allowing the lower panel to catch and stay closed, kinda like a gate latch! No, not really...LOL! I hope you get a chance to play along with this weeks challenge. You can play anytime and as many times as you want. Please upload to your blog or Splitcoaststampers (using keyword: ssnotime109) And let us know so we can take a peek!

Check out the other fantastic Stamp Simply team members to see what they have created for you! Take a look at Sharon's fabulous card on her blog, No Time To Stamp. Take good care! Thanks so much for stopping by, it is much appreciated!

Amy Janine Julie AJ Tammy Deb Barbara Jenny

2Sketches4You and a $100 JustRite Giveaway!

That's right! JustRite is giving a $100 gift certificate to one lucky recipient in celebration of sponsoring this weeks sketch challenge at 2Sketches4You. Here's my take on the sketch. I used my new Crafty Secrets paper, Earthy from their Heartwarming Vintage Collection. (purchased at Joan's Gardens) As you can see, I chose a pretty simple interpretation of the sketch!

And here is the JustRite set, CHRISTMAS JOY I used along with my 1 3/4 x 2 5/16" oval wooden block. I chose to use a circle punch to follow the sketch challenge. That's what I love about JustRite, the possibilities are endless! I Copic colored the bell image after stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Old Paper Distress ink is placed around stamped image cardstock, Kraft paper, and patterned DP. Stampers Select White, Kraft, ribbon and button are from Papertreyink. Teal is SU.

You have until Saturday, October 17 midnight, Mountain standard time to enter! Get on over to 2Sketches4You and check it out! Take good care!

Sweet Candy Corn!

One of my favorite things to do is using stamps for ideas other than what was intended. This card is a perfect example. I was browsing my Papertreyink stamps for a sentiment when I glanced at Take A Bough...I saw candy corn instead of bough ornaments! Maybe it's just that time of year...lol. Super simple 4x4 card. Starting with a Kraft cardstock card base and stamping the "Sweet" sentiment from Piece of Cake with watermark ink adds a bit of interest! I applied three ink colors liberally to the stamp, then went in with a sponge to muddy up where the inks met. Clear as mud? If you have any questions, please email. All products used are Papertreyink! This card will accompany a bag of candy corn for a special neighbor! SWEET!

Are you having a good week so far? I hope so. Tomorrow I will have another out of the box, clean & simple holiday card for you! Take good care! Thanks so much for stopping by!