TST #130

This week is has been a shocker.  First we lost a dear neighbour and dear friend and then I go to work and a co-workers husband passed away from Stage 4 cancer, diagnosed only a short time ago. With the saying that things come in three's we are hoping with fingers crossed that we do not have another loss too soon.

My card this week pays tribute to my co-worker.  Although we do not work in the same department we  do see each other on a regular basis.

The sketch this week at Try Stampin on Tuesday lends itself perfectly to this card.  I decided to give my MDS program a bit of a workout.  I don't use it enough so I just played with it and came up with this.

I started this card with the three small pieces of DSP in the upper left corner.  Then picked my stamp.  I have the Hello Doily stamp itself but it is big and I wanted something a little smaller. After playing around with the MDS program I came up with my design.  

Originally I was going to print the doily image on the turquoise CS but decided to use that as the main piece and print on white.  The embellishment came from a necklace that another co-worker had given me.  She didn't like the necklace, but liked the pendant that was with it.  So it was a win-win situation.

We never know what life with throw at us.  Sometimes it gets spread out and other times it comes at you full force.  This is one of those full force weeks.  Our Thoughts and Prayers are with both families and their remaining loved ones.  

Check out the other Designers at TST to see what they have in store for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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TST #107 Special Day

Today is Tuesday.  It's Try Stampin on Tuesday day.  But more importantly it is a Very Special Day for my Dear Hubby and me!  Today is our 36th Wedding Anniversary.  With that in mind I decided to use today's sketch and make my card for him.  I have also tried to combine it with the colour challenge over at The Dynamic Duos.

 I quickly figured out the amount of days that we have been together and then using the MDS program I made my own sentiment both on the outside and inside.

My sentiment is true!  I have been blessed to be married to as he puts it "My Best Friend, Lover and Companion" for 36 Years, and it does seem like just yesterday.

Happy Anniversary Peter.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope on over to the Try Stampin on Tuesday site to see what the other great designers have in store for you.

Nancy

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Twisted Thursday Challenge - September 27th: "Wheels"

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I was scouting out the different challenges available for today to come up with a card for my boss who is celebrating 35 years with the company...however I came across a challenge over at The Outlawz and decided to go in a different direction and create a birthday card for an avid mudder!

The challenge was to create anything but it was to incorporate wheels into the card.  I put a twist on it and decided to go with tire tracks.  This was created using my MDS along with a great image put together by another great card maker, but my brain is fried and I just can't remember her name...sorry!  

I hope you like what I have come up with.  I know it's stretching the "wheels" part a little, but I thought is still worked.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday - Father's Day

Today I have a special card for Father's Day.  In our recent session of Stampin Fun and Friends we celebrated Mother's and Father's with projects for these upcoming events.  My submission was geared towards the first Mother's and first Father's Day.

I used the Tool Shed stamp set and cut out the tools to form the word "DAD".  I thought that this was a rather different way of using the tools.  Then I framed them with the Framelits Labels Collection.  for the background I used a piece of Very Vanilla CS and masked the areas to make a barn board look and stamped over it with the woodgrain stamp.

For the inside of the card, waste not want not!  I used the pieces of left over Framelits and framed the "Happy first Fathers Day" on the Very Vanilla CS.  The saying was created using my MDS.  I am not the greatest at using my MDS and really do not use it to its fullest potential, but I modified the stamp set and added the word "first" in the middle.

For my project I must admit I had a little help with the idea from CherylAnn Robinson. Once she mentioned the idea to me I knew exactly what to do.  Being a new parent you have lots and lots of baby food jars so thinking back to my Dad and my Granddad I used the baby food jars to create a storage containers for nails, nuts or bolts. I'm sure you all will remember this type of storage from your younger days.

As a side note the barn board used to create the project came from my late Father-in-laws farm and the tools used belonged to my Grandfather.  I thought it would only be fitting to use them in the projects.

I hope that all the Dad's out there, whether they are new at this game or seasoned veterans, have a great Father's Day this Sunday coming.

I hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday 23/04/12

Good Monday Morning to you.  Today's Masculine Monday card uses a new technique for me.  Ink embossing.  I have seen this done on several cards before and was always afraid of ruining my embossing folders with the ink, but I have found that it is very easy to remove and I am having a blast with it.

I started with a manilla tag from Staples, but you can easily cut your own tag.  I used Soft Suede on the inside portion of the embossing folder and ran it through the Cuttlebug.  Once that was done I accented it with Marina Mist and Old Olive to give an aged look then sponged the edges again with the Soft Suede.  This piece was mounted onto a piece of brown CS 1/8" larger than the tag.

My card base was a piece of grey CS.  My final layer was a piece of CS that I made with my MDS program and it again was cut  to 4" x 5 1/4" and mounted again on a piece of brown CS cut  to 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  The edges were sponged using the Soft Suede.

The large clock from Sense of Time was stamped to the side and the tag was placed on top using dimensionals.  My sentiment was stamped and the ends were punched using the Round Tab Punch and then again mounted on a piece of brown cut slightly larger.  The cogs were punched from brown CS but before punching them I sponged the CS with the Marina Mist and the Old Olive to give a more aged look.  These were then adhered to the front of the card.

I really enjoyed the embossing technique and the finished product actually looked metallic.

I hope you enjoy todays card.

Nancy

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TST #59 Cute as a Button!

The days are going by so fast.  I can hardly believe that a week has gone by and it's time for Try Stampin on Tuesday again.

This week I decided to take the sketch and turn it into a landscape card.  Once I saw all the circles all I could think of was buttons!  So that is what I decided to run with.  Plus the fact that my daughter needed a shower card for a baby shower she was attending this past weekend.

I started off my using the MDS program to print the front and inside sentiment.  You could also use your regular computer and a word processing program to do the same thing,  I just happened to have my MDS running at the time.  Then I ran the 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" cardstock through the Cuttlebug with the Spellbinders Border Die.  This gave the scalloped edge on the bottom of the card. I was then able to fold the card in half. Using the Bigz Fun Flowers die I die cut one of the flowers and sponged the edges and curled them up.  The rest of the card was a matter of arranging buttons in various shapes and sizes around the card. 

We knew that the baby was going to be a girl and that is why I chose to use the flower and the lavender colours.  I'm sure if it had of been a boy we would have been able to easily change the flower to something that was a little more masculine.

So now it's your turn.  Let's see what you can come up with.  Don't forget to post your picture on the Try Stampin on Tuesday site.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

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Masculine Monday 26/03/2012

I was checking out some of our other designers over at Try Stampin on Tuesday and found another sketch callenge site on Jen Picards blog, so I decided to check it out.  The site is called Stampin Royalty and this week I thought I would use it for my Masculine Monday card.  

I have the MDS program from Stampin Up but have not used it to create digital scrapbooking pages.  Just to scared to mess it up, don't know why, but I do use it to get my DSP and some images that I don't have the stamp sets for.  This card is just that.  I do not have Extreme Elements nor do I have the motorcycle stamp but I do have it on my MDS so I have modified both the colour and size to fit this card.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

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Techostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Go Confidently...

Well I am back from a great 7 week vacation in Florida and ready to take on some new challenges.

I saw this challenge over at Technostamper for their Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge and thought I would give it a try

I used my MDS to print out the cardstock for this card. That is one of the great advantages of using MDS.  Once I had the paper printed out I distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and stamped the remaining images.  After it was all layered I added the string for a little something extra.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

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We BELIEVE in you!

My daughter is visiting us for her Spring Break Reading Week from College.  Although she is a Licensed Stylist and Esthetician she has returned to school to pursue Dental Hygiene.  She is now in her second semester and is one of those people that if it she does not achieve 90% or better is very hard on herself.  She is doing quite well but needs a little encouragement right now. 

Some Spring Break!  When you see most kids out playing and partying, her week with us has been spent working on assignments and studying for exams when she returns.  So I have put together this card for her to take back home with her so that whenever she looks at it she can remember that we love her and Believe in her.  Plus I'm sure that she will learn to believe in herself! 

I started with my MDS and printed out the Believe and the sentiment and then once that was printed out I added in the remainder of the embellishments.

We love you Ash!

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy (MOM)

You Complete Me!

This card was inspired by my Mother.  She was a very smart woman and always told me that when you meet the right guy it would be like putting the last piece on a puzzle and I would feel complete. 

35 years ago today I married my best friend.  We had one date and he asked me to marry him!  There was something about him that made me feel complete, so of course I said yes.  But at the same time I didn't think he was serious...until he purchased a ring to seal the deal.

When I purchased the Sizzix Puzzle die on clearance I knew exactly what I would use it for. 

The puzzle piece necklace was given to me by my Husband at Christmas time.  On one side it says Love... on the other side it reads Completes Me!  So appropriate.

It doesn't seem like 35 years but it has been the best 35 years anyone could share with that someone special. 

Happy Anniversary Peter!

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

TST #47

This week on Try Stampin on Tuesday's the challenge was very similar to the card I had just made for a co-worker, so I decided to repeat it to fit the sketch challenge background.  

Using Whisper White as the base of the card I scored it at 2 1/8 from either side to make a centre opening card.  

Cherry Cobbler was the accent colour used along with Love Letter DSP from my MDS program to make the rosette.  I love how you can print your own DSP's with this program.   Some say that the colours are not true to form unless you have a good printer, but really unless you know exactly what the original looked like who would really know! I have an Hp and it works just great for me.  Daisies #2 die was used again to make an accent on top of the rosette, and birthday wishes were stamped using the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set. 

Very Vintage wheel was used on a piece of Whisper White and cut to size for the left side panel.

Don't forget you envelops.  They are a very important part of your card as well!

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

Inspirations

I find my inspirations in the strangest places sometimes.  Luckily I had my camera with me when this one came up.

The background was created using the SU MDS program and Extreme Elements.  The nice thing about the MDS is that when you don't have the stamp sets you can modify what is existing on the MDS and Extreme Elements is one of the preloaded stamp sets.

I punched out three small cogs and two large cogs from the SU Cog Punch and adhered them to the front of the cardstock and then stamped the sentiment on the bottom using SU Bring on the Cake.

My latest toy from SU is the Cool Spritzer Tool.  Using my black SU marker I spritzed randomly around the page.

So next time you are out and about don't forget your camera because your next card is only a "click" away!

Nancy

Picture? or Picture Frame?

My first post is one that comes from being a Guest Designer on Stampin Fun and Friends - Christmas Dreams Session.

My contribution to the Christmas Dreams was the Thank You Card.  This thank you card has a little bit of a twist to it.  It can either just be a thank you or you can add a photo and make it a photo frame that can be used over and over. 







I encourage you to check out Stampin Fun and Friends.  You never know where your next inspiration will come from.  We have lots to share with you.  Try the challenges and don't forget the chats.  I have made some great new friends from Australia, New Zealand and of course the USA.  I'm certain you will enjoy their work as well.   Sign up now for our next session "Sweet Spring" starting in February.  See you there.

Nancy