Stencil Tile

Happy Friday, stampers! Today's project is decorative tile. I used the stencil Kind Thoughts Brocade (S) found on p.29 from the Definitely Decorative brochure for the design on the tile. If you've never use stencil before you gotta try it out. It is actually a very easy and fun product to use.

Others use stencil paste to do the stencil design but I can't find it here in Canada. I use the paste called Poly filla . It is a filler for filling holes in your walls. You can find this product at any hardware store. I bought mine at Home Depot.

It took half a day for the paste to dry cause my house is so humid. I'm sure it dry faster than that. After it drys I sponged Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue inks to the design. Then added glitter to the design. Isn't this tile beautiful? The hard part is find really nice tiles. I don't like it when there are so many holes in them.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Supplies:
stamp- Fresh Cuts
papers- kraft, whisper white
ink- chocolate chip, bashful blue
accessories- tile, Kind Thoughts Brocade stencil, Poly filla paste, Dazzling Diamonds, 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon, rhinestone brad, jumbo brad, linen thread, sponge

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Merry Christmas Reindeer

Another post for today. The scallop piece was a tag to begin with but ended up to be a card instead. What do you think? I really like how it turned out. I used the Scallop Circle #2 die and the Coluzzle Cutting System for the tag. I didn't really like the big gap between the 2 circles so I cut free hand the whisper white piece smaller after I cut it with the Coluzzle. I really should get the Circle Scissor Plus so I can get the circle very close together.


Supplies:
stamps- Winter Post, Serene Snowflakes, Delightful Decorations
papers- whisper white, real red, chocolate chip, Christmas cocoa DSP
ink- chocolate chip
accessories- #2 circle scallop die, Coluzzle Cutting System, 3/4" and 1" circle punches, scallop edge punch, Corp-a-dile, 1 1/4" striped ribbon, linen thread

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Blog Awards

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I received these two blog awards from Helen. Thank you so much for the awards! Visit her blog! She does an amazing quilling on cards! They are all so beautiful!




Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Treat Cup Gift Card Holder

Happy Tuesday, everyone! What a mouthful for my title, eh? I made this treat cup gift card holder just for fun. I made it for Thanksgiving. One of my customer came over last night to stamp with me and I showed it to her. She love it so much so I gave it to her. She was so happy to receive it. She stayed pretty late cause we had so much fun stamping we forgot it was so late.


If you would like to make this holder you can find it here. The tutorial doesn't show you how to put the treat cup though just the gift card holder.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Happy Birthday Hope!

My baby Hope's birthday is today and she's not a baby anymore! She turns 3. She wanted her nails done on the day of the party. So grown up like.

Got the same birthday cakes for Faith and Hope and it was yummy. We ordered the cakes at Pine House Bakery. It is a local bakery here in Vancouver. I prefer Golden Days Bakery but it was too far for us.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Deanna

Happy Birthday Faith!

Faith birthday is today! She turned 7. We had a party with families for her and Hope on Saturday. Hope's birthday is tomorrow.

Here are the photos of the baskets I made for them to give away at the party.

I used the same Perfect Setting die also to make tiaras for them. Hope was excited when I was making them but when the day came she didn't want to wear it.

Here is a photo of Faith wearing the tiara. She loved it!

Have a great day!

Red Window Treat Box

Happy Friday, everyone! Cute little box isn't it? I used the Christmas Cocoa DSP that can be found in the Holiday Mini and I love this red paper. The design part have a flock feel to it and it is so pretty. And guess what? No stamping to be found on this project! I could've stamp a sentiment but I didn't. Not sure where to put it.

You can find the tutorial to this box here.

I made the lid with the Square Bigz Die. I used the Horizontal Slot punch to punch the holes for the ribbon to slide through. I fold the flap then put the punch only half way in and punch. This makes the hole not so big.


I punch two snowflakes with the Jumbo Snowflake punch and put them together with the Filigree Brad. I adhere the snowflake with a glue dot and then curl the snowflake ends of one of the snowflake. Hope this inspire you to go and make one. It is really fun to make!

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:
papers- riding hood red, Christmas Cocoa DSP, whisper white
accessories- taffeta ribbon, filigree brads, Coluzzle Cutting System, scallop circle punch, jumbo snowflake punch, horizontal slot punch, 1/16" circle punch, glue dot, square bigz die, big shot

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Shimmering Trees

Happy Thursday, everyone! I made this card using reinker and Shimmer Paint found in the mini catalogue to stamp the image. It is really cool technique that Andrea Walford created.


To do this, I add two drops (more if you like) of the Frost White Shimmer Paint and two drops of the Soft Suede reinker. Mixed it together with a skewer. Then used a sponge dauber to pick up the paint and dab it onto the rubber stamp. When I finished dabbing the stamp with the shimmer paint I then stamped the image onto a Whisper White cardstock. That's it to it! No layering to this card at all. Very simple to do. The camera doesn't really pick up the shimmer but it is very pretty IRL.

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Perfect Setting Basket

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today's projects is a little basket I made using the Perfect Setting Bigs Die that was one of the Deals of the Week promotion last month. It is such a cute little basket!

I wasn't sure what to do with this die when I got it. I hardly make cupcakes so using this die doesn't work for me. I wanted something more practical than just for cupcakes so I made a base to go inside to make it into a basket. I just use whatever paper that was in front of me. Not a traditional Christmas colour as you can see. I love snowflakes so that was what I stamp this basket with.

To make the base of the basket I used the Coluzzle Cutting template that is retired. You can use the Circle Plus Cutter if you have one. I don't so I'm not sure what size of circle to use. I used the fifth circle from the middle. I then trace the basket bottom so I would know where to cut the notches to form the flaps. Then, I put adhesive around the inside the bottom of the basket and attached the base. The handle was the long straight piece that comes in the die.

Here is a picture of the basket without treats in it. Hope you like this little basket!

Thank you for stopping by! I'm making these baskets for my two daughter's birthday this weekend and I'll show you when I'm done.

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

I've Been iPick

Wow! I've been iPick from Nancy over at iStamp for these cards! That's so exciting! Thanks Nancy! Head on over to her blog and see all the other projects she picked. They are all very pretty.

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Traditional Colours Season's Greetings Card

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a great weekend! We didn't do much this weekend cause it rained everyday.

I made this card using the Serene Snowflakes stamp set. I wanted to do the snowflakes in red and it turned out great. There are still the white snowflakes on the background so it is still kind of a traditional Christmas colour card.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day! Come back tomorrow! I have something really cool to show you.

Supplies:
stamp- Serene Snowflakes, Snow Swirls
papers- whisper white, real red, old olive, Christmas Jingle DP
ink- real red, chocolate chip, whisper white (craft ink)
accessories- grosgrain ribbon, wide and scallop oval punch


Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Merry Christmas Decorations Faux Tearing

Happy Thursday, everyone! Hope all having a great day today! It is rainy and windy here. All the leaves are falling like crazy. I'm glad I don't have to rake the leaves. the complex where I live hire someone to do the raking and they just did it on Monday.

For today's cards I did the "Faux Tearing" technique. It is an old technique but it is fun and easy to do. You take a post-it-note or a scrap piece of paper and tear it. Place it wherever you want on a piece of Whisper White cardstock and start stamping. I used Real Red and Garden Green inks for the background colours. I also did sponging with the same colours. When you are satisfy with the result then start decorating the card.


Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:
stamps- Delightful Decoration, French Script
papers- whisper white, garden green
inks- real red, garden green, chocolate chip
accessories- grosgrain ribbon, elastic cord, Ornament punch, sponge

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Jesus and Family Christmas

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Hope you all had a great week so far. I'm finally done scanning the work samples and send them to the homeschool teacher. Now I have time to create.

I made a bunch of these Christmas cards to give away as gifts just the other day. It wasn't that hard just the colouring. If you have been following me for awhile now you know I don't colour too well so don't look too closely. It'll probably scare you away. lol

Well, I'm off to make some more Christmas cards and some gifts to give away this Christmas.

Supplies:
stamp- Holy Triptych, Christmas Punch (level 2 hostess set), Baroque Motifs
papers- whisper white, kraft, basic black
inks- basic black, chocolate chip
accessories- markers, taffeta ribbon, wide oval punch, corner rounder punch

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Holiday Gift Giving Guide

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Ladies Tea

There is a Ladies Tea today at our church and I made this gift set for the guest speaker. Her husband and her are here for our Annual Mission Conference. He's the special speaker for our conference.


I made this gift set with the retired DSP that I love and been hoarding. I love DSP and purchase every pack that SU! sells. I wanted to do a monogram card but I don't know her first name. i only know her last name. I guess last name will work too. Oh, well! I made these cards already. Hope she likes it. These are very simple cards but very pretty at the same time.


Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for stopping by! I'm off to the tea party and afterwards we'll be at my niece's birthday party.

Happy Stamping!
Deanna