An "A-Musing" Evening

Tonight I went to my local stamp store and took an A Muse class with Jenn Shurkus. We made 5 adorable Halloween/Fall cards. My favorites are the Owl and Pumpkins. The Owl is especially perfect for New England since it has their signature phrase "Wicked" all over it. It has been rubbing off on me living in MA because I have even caught myself saying it once! Of course I get more attention, though, when I say "ya'll" which I do accidently say, too, LOL. Anyway, just wanted to share these great cards with you!

Mojo Monday #156

I love fall! I'm so glad its here, so I thought I'd use this sketch to make a nice fall card with a stamp set that I hadn't used much yet. The stamp set is from Paper Trey Ink, one of my favorite stamp companies. All paper and ribbon are from SU. Border punch is the new SU ribbon border punch, and the glitter brad is from the SU mini. The sentiment is from another Paper Trey Ink set. I also used one of the PTI dies to cut the little jar ruffles out of some scrap fabric I had. I also worked with my Copics. The pumpkins are shaded and I used BG10 as a shadow around the contents and the inside of the jar. Great sketch!

PPA#59 Color Challenge

Here's my take on this week's PPA Color Challenge. These colors look nice together and include the Old Olive Green that I keep going back to recently, so it was perfect :) The tree is brand new, I just bought the die Die-namics by MFT from my local stamp store yesterday. I tried cutting it from cork, first, but it just didn't work, even running it through the big shot several times, I think the die was just too thin as it is one of the steel dies, or maybe the cork too thick? Anyway, on the paper it shows all the cool woodgrain, so that is a plus. I sponged brown ink onto it to give it a different look as well. The scallop square I cut with a Sizzix die. The button and ribbon and all papers (including patterned paper for leaves) are from SU. The sentiment from Michaels dollar bin and green pearls from A.C. Moore. The little green library clip is from SU. This was also a change for me because it is not a regular sized A2 card! I am enjoying going out of my comfort zone lately :)

2S4Y #60 Sketch Challenge

Tried another cool ribbon technique on this card, making ruffles by using the red sticky tape across the back of the patterned paper and then just folding it and sticking it all the way down. I think it turned out looking pretty cool. The little birdie ribbon I got the other day at Michaels from the dollar bin, too cute! Also, the glittered vine is from the same bin. The stamp sets are both from SU, so are both the large circle and scallop punch. Cardstock and green ribbon from SU, not sure the company of the patterned paper as I got it at a local stamp store yard sale awhile back. Another grandparents day card :)

Mojo #155 Contest

I definitely put my "mojo" into this one, and I love how it turned out! I pulled out my embossing gun for the butterflies. I hadn't used it in forever, but am thinking of using it again in the near future, because it is so neat what it does. I also used some little micro beads that I found marked down at Michaels (4 bottles for 88 cents...whoa!) around the edge of the white circle. I just used Tombo glue to stick them on. The ribbon and all papers are from SU. The label punch with the sentiment (which is A Muse) is also from SU. Both butterflies and sentiment from A Muse. The border punch is from EK Success. The circles were cut with Nestabilities. This will be another grandparents day card for a special grandma. I love this sketch, too, and will definitely revisit it in the future :)

If you live in or near MA, please come to this special event! I am co-hosting a fun Shoebox Swap, See flyer below:

Gathering of Stampers

Fall and Winter Holidays

Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 1-5 p.m.

Hosted by Nola Burkhard and Jessica Davis

Location: Nola’s home in Westford, MASS

Message Me for Address and Phone #

Another fun shoebox event is now open for regisgtration! This

one is for any Fall/Winter holiday (Fall, Halloween,

Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.) for Cards or an ABC (Anything

But a Card) using only Stampin’ Up! products. Limits of 2 per

holiday except for Christmas.

$15 if you bring a project, $20 if you don’t. Payable by Paypal or

by Check to Nola J. Burkhard by NLT Sept. 27. Projects should be

able to be completed in TEN minutes or less. Please specify which

Holiday your project will be for.

Event open to Demo’s and everyone else who just loves to stamp

with SU! products

Door Prizes, Party Favors, Refreshments (brought by YOU!)

For more information, message me

or e-mail: nburkhard@verizon.net (use this for paypal

payments)

Event limited to 12 participants

Paper Craft Star Inspiration Challenge #12

This is the first photo inspiration challenge I've done, and I'm proud of the results :) Even my husband, who is pretty critical of them (I'll show him the sketch and my take and he'll be like well what about that little dot there? That wasn't in the sketch, lol) said that I really followed this challenge. Take notice of the dark blue ball in the background with the lighter blue polka dots and you'll see where I got most of my inspiration. I got to this site from a suggestion in one of my comments on my last card, and am so glad that I went! I am just making the deadline for this card and look forward to their challenges in the future. All supplies on this card are from SU except for the Nestabilities die and the sparkle (again taken from the blue balls in the background) is smooch glitter spray. Great challenge!