2016 Calendar

I have finally compiled all the pages that I would like to showcase for my 2016 calendar.  These are all the things we did throughout the 2015 year.  I created the calendar in My Memories Suite, and had them print it as well.

Here are many of the pages you have already seen -- but wanted to showcase them all here for you to see.
Enjoy!

Thanks for a wonderful 2015!

Many Blessings in 2016!

Subway Art Christmas

I cannot take credit for the subway art... it was a downloadable printable from the Blog 'Eighteen25'. You may view their blog here: http://eighteen25.com/2012/11/subway-art-new-colors/

I printed the subway art on Whisper White cardstock and then attached it to Basic Gray. The red closely matched with the color Poppy Parade (which is now retired), so I used that as the base. I then finished my card with the white ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Paper - Whisper White, Basic Gray, Poppy Parade
Accessories - White Organza Ribbon, printer, subway art

Snowy Wishes

Here is my card based on a card that I found in the Cardmaker magazine. My card doesn't have all the frills that the magazine one does.... but it was designed using this card here:

I created the sentiment piece in my digital software... My Memories Suite and printed it out on Whisper White cardstock. Then, I designed the rest of my card the traditional way (instead of digital).

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Endless Wishes

Ink - Night of Navy

Paper - Whisper White, Night of Navy

Accessories - My Memories Suite software, Navy Satin Ribbin, glue dots

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Snowman Moneyholder

I needed a money holder and thought to create a cute snowman out of it.

Taking a piece of Whisper White cardstock, I cut it to 8.25" by 7". Next, I scored it on the 3" and 6" mark. To create the circles, I used the Two-Step Owl punch. For the carrot nose, I used the Flower Fair Framelits and just cut out a petal in the shape of a carrot. Cute!

I closed the moneyholder by wrapping it with the Ruby Red ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories - glue, Ruby Red Ribbon, Two-Step Owl Punch

Merry Pearls

I just think this card is so very elegant! I cannot take credit for this card either, as I found Kylie's card on Pinterest and just had create one of my own.

Here is Kylie's card:

I used the Balloon Framelit to set my pearls to make sure it was circular.  I used my tweezers to place each individual pearl... it took a lot of time and I'm sure I lost of few in the process. Haha (that's what vacuums are for - right?) But... I know I will only create one card like this -- those pearls aren't cheap! BUT... I fell in love with Kylie's. Just Beautiful!

I white embossed the sentiment on Night of Navy cardstock, then added my pearls using the balloon framelit as my template. Next was adding the ribbon - silver for the "string" and white for the bow. The center of the bow did look a bit plain, but I didn't have bells to place there.  I instead used some Frosted Finishes Embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Many Merry Messages

Ink - Versamark

Paper - Night of Navy

Accessories - Basic Pearls, White Organza Ribbon, Silver Ribbon, Frosted Finishes, glue dots, tweezers, Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder

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Lovely Wishes

I needed a moneyholder for my adult niece for Christmas.  I saw a similar layout on Pinterest, so wanted to use the same layout... with my own stamps and supplies. Sponging is not my strong suit, but wanted to create a winter scene with what I had. I used a mask to space out my snow mounds, and then I stamped the tree from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set. I think I did okay with the shading, but... I know with practice I could do better.

I know my niece will like it anyway... it's green - her favorite color!

I cut my 8.5x11 paper to 8.25x 7.  I then scored along the 3" and then 6" marks to get the moneyholder size.

Thanks for looking.

Supplies Used:

Stamp sets - Lovely As A Tree, Watercolor Wishes

Ink - Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky, Smoky Slate, Illuminate

Paper - Mossy Meadow, Whisper White

Accessories - Dazzling Details, Smooch Illuminate, Mossy Meadow Stitched Satin Ribbon, glue dots, sponge daubers, Ovals Framelits, Big Shot, Northern Flurry TIEF

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Joyful Wreath

I have wanted to use my brick wall TIEF for quite some time now... I just hadn't figured out what to do with it yet.  Well... here it is!  I love it! I hope to create more cards using this texture background.

I also used the 'Joy' framelit from the Wonderful Wreath Framelit set with my gold foil sheet. Beautifully elegant!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Wondrous Wreath

Paper - Cucumber Crush, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink - Pear Pizzazz, Cucumber Crush, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories - Big Shot, Brick Wall TIEF, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, dimensionals, glue dots

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Good Tree

I needed a quick Christmas Card for a wonderful friend (of my Mom's) who sent me a Christmas card for the first time. She has been a great listener and friend to me ever since my Mom passed away (Feb 2014). I was so touched that she thought of me (and my husband) this Christmas.

So... looking through all my lovely creations over the years... I CASED a card using the stamp set Lovely As A Tree -- one of my favorites! The original card was done with Soft Suede and White cardstock.... so I changed it a bit, using Blackberry Bliss. It is as beautiful as my original ... but also unique with the Blackberry color.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Lovely As A Tree, Good Greetings

Paper - Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White

Ink - Blackberry Bliss, Versamark

Accessories - Big Shot, Northern Flurry TIEF, Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Blackberry Bliss Satin Stitched Ribbon

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Lovely Greetings

I LOVE how this card came out.  Although, I cannot take credit for this... when I saw Heather Telford's card, I just had to try and create one of my own.

Here is her lovely card:

Now, I will try and explain how I created this wonderful card. I used the masking technique. So, starting with the background... I masked off where I wanted the snow to start. Then, I stamped the tree stamp and then sponged Blushing Bride, Wisteria Wonder and Rich Razzleberry all over the background. I removed the mask... and re-positioned it down a bit. Now I stamped the big tree. Next, I only used Wisteria Wonder on the snow drifts shading in more toward the masked edge than up. Now... re-position the mask again downward... and sponge with Wisteria Wonder again. Last step was to sponge Illuminating Ink all over the background and snow drifts to bring a little sparkle to the scene. And you're done!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Lovely As A Tree, Good Greetings

Ink - Black Staz-on, Illuminating, Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder, Blushing Bride

Paper - Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Accessories - sponge daubers, White Satin Ribbon, Big Shot, Northern Flurry TIEF

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Snowman Wishes

Isn't my snowman cute! I love snowmen... just not the very very cold blustery days! =)

I saw Sheila Oliver's snowman punch art on Pinterest -- and just had to make one of my own.

Here is her card:

Thanks Shelia for your inspiration.

To create my snowman, I used a circle, cut in half for his head. For his carrot nose, I used one of the Flower Fair Framelits and cut one of the petals to resemble a nose. Next, I used the Two-Step Owl Punch for his eyes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Stamp sets - Endless Wishes

Ink - Night of Navy, Smoky Slate

Paper - Whisper White, Soft Sky, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories - Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelits, Banner Framelits, Decorative Dots TIEF, dmensionals, Two-Step Owl Punch, Circle Cutting System (non-SU), Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon

Santa Moneyholder

This money holder was created using two pieces of inspiration. Both from Pinterest, one is from Amy Koenders for her very detailed instructions on how she created her money holder card using the Stampin' Trimmer, Simply Scored Tool and the Envelope Punch Board.  The other, is from Katie Legge with her lovely Santa belly band closure.

Here are their photos and their links to their sites:

Amy gives very detailed instructions on how to recreate this lovely money holder. You may view the instructions here: http://stampwithamyk.com/2013/09/27/envelope-punch-board-money-holder-tutorial-new-everyday-occasions-cardmaking-kit/

https://rachelleggestampinup.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/gift-certificates-now-available/

Thanks ladies for your wonderful inspiration!

I created 8 of them for a few of our nieces and nephews.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Occasional Quotes, word 'JOY' (non-SU)

Ink - Versamark, Memento

Paper - Raspberry Ripple, Basic Black, Gold Foil

Accessories - Curly Label Punch, Petite Curly Label Punch, Heat Tool, Simply Scored Tool, Envelope Punch Board, Champange Embossing Powder, Sweet Sadie Washi Tape

Christmas Cards 2015

These are the cards we sent out for Christmas 2015. I used my My Memories Suite to create the pages of the card, and had them printed through My Memories. They look fabulous!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

My Memories Software

Stamp Brush Sets - Lovely As A Tree, Hello December Project Life

Paper - Cherry Cobbler

Little Celebration Balloons

My little brother is turning 30!!!! His wife decided to have a "Lego of your Youth" party... featuring Legos.

Now, I originally felt that I wanted to create a card using the Lego stamp (Boys Will Be Boys stamp set), but I wanted his card to have the number 30 on it somewhere (with the Little Numbers Thinlits).  So, I decided to go with the Celebrate Today stamp set with the Balloon Framelits.  I figured I would use the colors of blue, red and yellow (along with Black) to incorporate the primary colors of Legos! Ha!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Celebrate Today
Ink - Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Memento
Paper - Real Red, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Chevron TIEF, Balloons Framelits, Little Numbers Thinlits, Baker's Twine (White), dimensionals.

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Sprinkles of Sea

This card took a while to come together.  I knew I wanted the lighthouse in the oval with the sponged sunset in the background, but that was about as far as I got.  I masked the lighthouse before sponging on the yellow and orange. Then, I removed the mask and colored in the lighthouse light in yellow and the lighthouse in gray.

I decided to have the background piece mimic the lighthouse stripes with the Irresistibly Yours DSP. I first tried to use Black Staz-on with my brayer to color in the stripes... OOPS! The extra color did not come off...and now my brayer was yucky too. Ugh!  Luckily, I had the Staz-on Cleaner... worked like a champ.  I got another piece of the Irresistibly Yours DSP and colored the black with my Memento Ink with the brayer.... whew!

I like the flag sentiment, as it reminds me of sailing. Goes perfectly with the lighthouse image (in my opinion). 

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used

Stamp Sets - Sprinkles of Life, From Land to Sea

Ink - Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Memento, Smoky Slate

Paper - Daffodil Delight, Irresistibly Yours DSP, Whisper White

Accessories - Big Shot, Ovals Framelits, Banners Framelits, brayer, sponges, scissors

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Happy Leaves

I was inspired by Stephanie Wincott's card with the soft colors of the leaves with the bold black sentiment, so with the supplies I had... I tried to create a card that was similar to her's.  

Here are Stephanie's cards:

Thanks Stephanie for your inspiration!

I chose the colors very similar to her's - Smoky Slate and Pear Pizzazz.  I did notice that the Pear color was a bit too dark, so I stamped off once and then stamped again on my Whisper White card (gives the color a softer feel). The Slate is direct to paper.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Vintage Leaves, Happy Birthday Everyone

Ink - Pear Pizzazz, Smoky Slate, Black Staz-on

Paper - Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories - Corner Round Punch

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Remarkable Card

I cannot take full credit for this beauty of a card.  When I saw Marika Rahtu's card layout and colors... I just had to try and create a card that was very similar.
Here is Marika's card:

Marika's work is so lovely... thank you for your inspiration!

As you can see in my card, I decided to color in the bottom layer too.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Tin of Cards, Remarkable You

Ink - Blendabilities (Coastal Cabana and Smoky Slate), Memento

Paper - Soft Sky, Smoky Slate and Whisper White

Accessories - Silver Ribbon

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Harvest Leaves

I saw a card on Pinterest that had a flower on top and bottom with writing in the middle.  I liked that look a lot, so decided to create a Thanksgiving card with the same placement.

I stamped the leaf print around the border of the Cajun Craze background piece.

Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Thanksgiving!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Harvest Home, Vintage Leaves
Ink - Early Espresso
Paper - Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Naturals Ivory
Accessories - Seam Binding Ribbon (Very Vanilla)

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Veteran Thanks

I found inspiration for this card from Pinterest... I really liked how the placement/layout of the circled sentiment was on 'Scrapaholicbond26's' (Splitcoaststampers member name) card.

Here is her card:

In trying to create the circled sentiment piece, I used My Memories Suite digital software. I did find that it's easier to create sentiments that curve in MMS rather than in my old MDS (My Digital Studio).  With MMS, you just create your text inside a text box and then.... select a button on the right-hand side of the screen that says "Curve".  Once this button is selected you can choose 'Inside Circle' or 'Outside Circle'. So much easier than 'Attaching it to Shape'.  Although, if you look closely... the text isn't as smooth curving as I know it is when you 'Attach to Shape'.  But... it still looks great!

I chose to use a Patriotic flag image behind the sentiment in the middle. I did this by bringing down the opacity of the image... thus the words stand out.

Once complete in MMS, I printed it out on Whisper White cardstock and finished the card the traditional way.  I used the Square Lattice TIEF for the embossed background and adhered the stars and circle sentiment with dimensionals and glue dots to make them 'pop'.

Happy Veterans Day to All Who Serve/Have Served! Thank You!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used

MMS - Patriotic Tissue (flag); Font (bookman old style, arial and cordial in Black); Star punch

Paper - Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories - Star Punch, Taffeta Ribbon (Soft Suede), dimensionals, glue dots

Happy Sprinkles

My niece LOVES ice cream and pink, so I incorporated that in this card! =)
I used the new Curvy Trio Punch to create the tag and used the Tree Builder Punch to cut out the ice cream scoops.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp Set - Sprinkles of Life
Ink - Memento, Watermelon Wonder
Paper - Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Basic Gray DSP, Blushing Bride
Accessories - Tree Builder Punch, Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Organza Ribbon (Whisper White)

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Woodgrain Blossoms

I wanted to create a card using my new stamp set 'Birthday Blossoms'.  And how appropriate it is for my Aunt's birthday!
I embossed the top and bottom of my white paper before stamping the sentiment in-between. Not sure if you can see it in my photo, though.
At first I stamped each flower with the corresponding ink that went with the paper, but thought the flowers didn't really 'pop' off the paper.  So, I finally stamped them all in Early Espresso to make the definition stand out.
I punch each flower out using the pansy punch and cut each leaf with scissors.

Thanks for looking!

Stamp Set - Birthday Blossoms
Ink - Early Espresso
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Hello Honey, Whisper White, Always Artichoke
Accessories - Big Shot, Woodgrain TIEF, Pansy Punch, scissors, glue dots

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Tin of Boys

My nephew LOVES Legos, so when the new stamp set 'Boys Will Be Boys' came out... I knew I had to get this set.  Who doesn't like playing with Legos?

I stamped the image and sentiment in Black Staz-on and colored the Legos in with the Aqua Painter.

The strip of striped paper is from the Brights DSP collection.

Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Boys Will Be Boys, Tin of Cards
Ink - Black Staz-on, Real Red, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight
Paper - Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Real Red DSP
Accessories - Aqua Painter, Taffeta Ribbon (Real Red)

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Irresistible Pennant

When I saw Becky Jensen's card... I just had to create one for myself using the stamp sets and supplies I had.  Thanks Becky for your inspiration!

Here is Becky's fabulous card:

Now, as you can see I changed just a few things, but kept the general layout the same.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Perfect Pennants

Ink - Versamark, Lost Lagoon

Paper - Basic Black, Irresistibly Yours DSP

Accessories - White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stitched Satin Ribbon (Lost Lagoon), Baker's Twine (Whisper White), Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Brayer

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Best of Spring

I saw a similar card (in blue) that used white embossing on a light blue cardstock and watercoloring in dark blue.  I wanted to try to create one using pink.

I stamped the image with Versamark and used White Embossing powder on Pink Pirouette cardstock.

I then used my Aqua Painter to watercolor the leaves (Old Olive) and flower (Melon Mambo).

I got the chance to use my Curvy Corner Trio Punch for the first time -- makes for a more feminine card.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Best Thoughts, Circle of Spring
Ink - Versamark, Old Olive, Melon Mambo
Paper - Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Melon Mambo
Accessories - White Embossing powder, Heat Tool, Aqua Painter, Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Corner Round Punch, Taffeta Ribbon (Melon Mambo)

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Tualatin Crawfish Festival

 

Continuing my work on our 2015 photobook with our visit to the Tualatin Crawfish Festival. It was a great community get-together with food booths, live music, a marathon, business vendors... and of course.... Crawfish!  It was our first time for trying crawfish, so it was a bit unsettling for me to see the heads and feet still on.  BUT... once you get the feet and heads off -- the meat tasted good. I do have to say that it was a lot of work for the little bit of meat that you do get.  Not sure if we will go back next year. At least we can say 'Yes we tried it!' =)

Supplies used:

background - Crumb Cake

Stamp Brush Sets - Natural Composition Overlays

Embellishments - Country Sunflowers (twine and tag); Life's a Beach (crab)

Punch - Square (filled w/July Blog Train DSP); Tasteful Trim (filled w/blue)

Font - Beach and Beetle (brown)

Wonderful Day

Here is the card I created for my sister and her family -- who just moved into their new home in Colorado! I have to say, this is not my own creation.  When I saw Heather Klump's card, I just new I had to CASE it.  Thanks Heather for your wonderful creation!

Here is her card:

Now that I see her card again... I notice that her houses do not go off the edge.  Hmm... does mine look bad with that one house being cut off.  Maybe I should add another house to the right side. Hmm... decisions, decisions.

I know my sister will love the card! So excited for her and her family to start a new chapter in their lives.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - You Brighten My Day, Simply Wonderful

Ink - Versamark, Lost Lagoon

Paper - Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler DSP, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories - Twine (Cherry Cobbler); Two-Step Owl Punch (heart), scissors; White Emboss powder, Heat Tool, dimensionals

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Sea

 

Continuing my work on our 2015 photobook with our trip to Seaside, Oregon with Mike's parents.

I used the October Progressive Digi-Scrap Challenge to complete these two pages, you may view the 4 steps here:

Task#1 - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/october-2015-progressive-scrap-challenge-task-1-10-06-15-a-t603782.html

Task#2 - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/october-2015-progressive-scrap-challenge-task-2-10-13-15-a-t603971.html

Task#3 - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/october-2015-progressive-scrap-challenge-task-3-10-20-15-a-t604144.html

Task#4 - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/october-2015-progressive-scrap-challenge-task-4-10-27-15-a-t604993.html

Supplies Used:

Background - soft blue
Stamp Brush Sets - Vintage Overlays (#7 - gray, #8 - dark blue twice); Texture (light brown); Natural Composition Overlays (#9 -light brown); French Foliage (dark blue)
Embellishments - Dreams4EverDesigns (leaf); Seam Binding Ribbon (Crumb Cake);Like Sunshine (twine recolored blue);Sycamore Street (button recolored light blue); Basic Rhinestones; Monogram; Vacation (starfish)
Punch - Flag (tan)
Font - Beach (blue)