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Fall Magic WCMD 2011

Happy Monday, everyone!  It is a beautiful fall day, the leaves have changed, the mums are blooming, and the scarecrow is the next thing on my to do list :-)

 

It is the perfect day to announce the winner of this Fall Magic Box Kit!

Drumroll please.....

 

The winner is Pamela Young!  Your name literally fell in my lap during the drawing, lol.  Please e-mail me at donya at backroadsplumcrazy.com with your contact information by October 17th, 2011.

 

I taught this as a class this time last year at Door County Rubber Stamps in Egg Harbor.  We had so much fun!  Everybody made such beautiful boxes.  I think the most popular part was making the paper rose and coloring it with Twinkle H2Os.

 

Here are the instructions for everyone who wants to try this at home:  

 

Fall Magic Box

Well I hunted and hunted for the diagram I had made for folding the sturdy little origami box that makes up the heart of this project to no avail.  But hurrah! Splitcoast Stampers are the best :-) they had a step by step list of how to make it.  

Just go here: 

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/origami_box/

 

Supply List Details:

• Stamps are all available at Backroads Plum Crazy or directly from Door County Rubber Stamps
• I used decorative paper from Cosmo Cricket Flueriste Paper (Vineyard & Dew Drops) & Cosmo Cricket Flueriste Cardstock Stickers on the inside of each notecard
• I used the Marvy Embossing Oak Leaf Punch and the McGill Designer Series punches to make the foilage out of vellum.  Since then Spellbinders has come out with some really excellent foilage dies that I would highly recommend.
• I stamped my main image, cut it out with Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaves (S4-228), colored the girl and branches with Copics, then created sky and leaves with a blending tool and distress ink.
• Brown Vine & the Antique Gold Silk Ribbon are from May Arts and are to die for.  Swoon.

 

That's all for today folks!  If you have trouble with any of the steps or questions, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. Have fun and thanks for visiting!

 

 

World Cardmaking Day 2011

 

Yay! It's World Cardmaking Day! Time for some swag! I'm on the road this weekend, so no card making for me, bummer! I was up until the wee hours making these card kits. Leave a comment for your chance to win a kit and the stamp I used on the top of the box!!!

 

Each kit contains materials to make a beautiful one sheet wonder gift box and a handful of 4x4 notecards. Everything you need is included (well, except glue)

Tune in Monday morning and I'll post the winners names plus instructions for making your own!

 

Harvest Glow

It is another rainy Monday, but the leaves are starting to change, and I have a bushel of honeycrisp apples and a gallon of apple cider.  Things to be thankful for.  I think I'll go heat a cup of that cider while I tell you about this pretty thing.  

 I taught this card Sunday as the September Copic Class.  I've got 3 extra kits for $4.99 each, if any one would like one, just leave a comment :-) and I'll get right back to you.

 

It's hard to see in the cloudy gray light, but the card base is a deep plum.  The rest paper is from the Harvest Glow collection by Reminisce.  I love Reminisce because #1 they are from Iowa, like me, and are therefore super cool, and #2 Reminisce is eclectic.  They have more than one style in their bag of tricks so you never, ever say Oh, yep, that again.  #3 and final is that Reminisce made this Harvest collection.  People just about fall over when they see this one in person at Backroads Plum Crazy. It is so beautiful!!! Now there's pretty paper and beautiful paper, this is the latter.  It glows (hence it's name) and is just lovely, classic, and warm like apple pie.  Ach, just impossible to describe so you better just go look here at Reminisce's site. Or better yet, go buy some.  Because it's better in real life, believe me. 

 

 

 

The stamp is of course, my favorite Door County Stamp.  I used Memento Cocoa Brown to stamp her so the lines wouldn't be so prominent after I colored her in with copics.  I think if I make more of them for card club, I'll try it in Potters Clay so she just looks painted.

 

To make the frame cut and emboss Spellbinders Classic Frame, but leave it in the die.  Stencil Aged Mahogany distress ink through the openings in the die, then pop it out and go over the whole frame with Vintage Photo.  Looks like the Classic Frame must be discontinued since I don't find it on the Spellbinder site.  Pity, it's very useful.  Hope you have one already :-)

 

Supplies used:

Memento Cocoa Brown Ink

Copic Markers

Kaisercraft mint flowers

Door County Stamp- Blowin' in the wind

Spellbinder Classic Frame Die S5 012

Glitz Teeny Letters

Reminsice Harvest: Harvest Plaid (just one sheet front and back)

 

 

Mmm, warm spiced cider and crunchy maple leaves.  Hello fall!

Magic of Oz

 

I grew up in Kansas.  It wasn't black and white.  Sometimes it felt pretty sepia toned, especially when I was in high school.  I have to say I'm glad to be living in full technicolor now.  I think that Iowa (where I live now) might still be stuck in an episode of Green Acres. That isn't all bad, what with quirky characters and the occasional adorable pig.  But sometimes, just sometimes, it's time to run away to Oz.

Handily, I ust got the new Graphic 45 Magic of Oz paper.  Sometimes you need one of everything.  Especially Graphic 45 anything.  In which case you might need two of everything :-)

I made me some home decor.  I think Dorothy is your happy medium of happiness and good wholesome Midwesterness.  And then like little good and bad angels on each shoulder, you've got your witches.

 Glinda makes my teeth hurt. But you have to give her points for character.  Not just everyone can carry off a crown that big.  Takes serious Personality (with a capital P)

The Wicked Witch rocks.  Everybody loves a bad ass :-) and the flying monkeys.  That's just genius.

And of course you must have fabulous shoes.  Must.

Supplies Used:

Graphic 45 Magic of Oz Collection-

• Parcel Post
• Goblin Gazette
• The Magic of Oz

Door County Rubber Stamps-

• Trick or Treat Witch
• Trick or Treat Fairy

Misc.-

• 8x10 Oval Mat
• Tim Holtz Rosette Die
• Ruby Stickles
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink

 

Made with Love

The challenge is use only cardstock and the papers from a Basic Grey paper pack I've had in my stash for about a year.  A friend of mine was also feeling uninspired by the Scallop Heart Nesties she had bought, so to make things interesting, use this set of dies on every. single. one.   Turned out limiting your supplies is a great way to get inspired.

I stamped the my little baker twice.  Once on the oval and then on a scrap so I could cut her out and layer her over everything with foam dots, making it look like her little kitty is behind her skirt.  Ah, I love dimension.  Speaking of dimension, if you haven't used liquid pearls may I highly recommend them to you.  The red makes great little holly berries, or in this case, cherries and the other colors have a ton of uses too (perhaps a line of ivory pearl buttons marching down the back of a Victorian girl's gown, which you can see larger if you click on the image below).  I don't empathize with this stamp, nope.  Have you checked out Joy the Baker today?  Or the Cupcake Bakeshop?  Stamping and complex carbohydrates, there really is no better combo in my book.  Plus the occasional adorable cat trying to trip you and make off with the goodies.

Card number 11:

Supplies: 

Door County Rubber Stamps Holiday Baking

Inkadinkado Sentiment

Ranger Ivory & Red Liquid Pearls

May Arts Burgandy Silk Ribbon

Copic Markers

Kaisercraft Pink Rhinestone, Rhinestone Strips

Basic Grey Bittersweet Paper Pack

Spellbinders Classic Ovals, Scallop Ovals, Classic Hearts & Scallop Hearts

Hay

The challenge is use only cardstock and the papers from a Basic Grey paper pack I've had in my stash for about a year.  A friend of mine was also feeling uninspired by the Scallop Heart Nesties she had bought, so to make things interesting, use this set of dies on every. single. one.   Turned out limiting your supplies is a great way to get inspired.

Here's one for all my rural homies especially the ones who've ever bottle fed a calf.  There are few things sweeter than those big brown baby cow eyes peering up at you.  Except for maybe if those big brown calf eyes are peering at you out of George Clooney's face ;-)

This pun is courtesy of River City Rubberworks, makers of probably some of the funniest sentiment stamps ever.

Card number 6:

Supplies:

Basic Grey Bittersweet Paper Pack

May Arts Two Tone Ribbon

American Crafts Thickers

Door County Rubber Stamps Best Pals

Spellbinders Doodle Parts, Classic Ovals, Classic Hearts & Scallop Hearts

Kaisercraft 12" Pink Rhinestone Strips