A Little Blue Truck and a Big Red Greeting

 Hello friends! I did a little mix of products for my clean and simple card today. Starting with little truck from Catherine Pooler Design's Sleigh Ride, an exclusive Club Sursee stamp set. I stamped the truck with Hot Tub and a little Skylight ink for shadowing. The street light is from Catherine's Here We Come a Caroling stamp set and it fits perfectly with the truck. Along the bottom I used my favorite Buffalo Plaid Background stamped in Midnight ink and a striped border from the Man With The Bag stamp set. This fabulous bold sentiment is from Scrapbook.com's Big and Bold Christmas stamp set, stamped in Catherine Pooler's Samba ink. That is my all time favorite shade of red!!

Stamps: Sleigh Ride, Buffalo Plaid Background, Man With The Bag, Here We Come a Caroling (Catherine Pooler Designs), Big and Bold Christmas (Scrapbook.com).
Dies: Sleigh Ride Coordinating dies, Here We come A Caroling Coordinating dies (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Ink: Midnight, Samba, Hot Tub, Skylight, Spruce, Twilight, Limoncello (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Accessories: gray Copic marker, dimensional tape.

Keeping it clean and simple makes this an easy card to replicate for quick Christmas cards. Stamping simple details like the Buffalo Plaid and the striped border adds interest without being too complicated.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lisa

A simple card with Minor Stripes and Valentine Red from The Ton!

Hi friends! Here's a little card I whipped up using the Minor Stripe Cling background stamp from The Ton.

I love red and white stripes at Christmas time. It reminds me of candy canes. It also can give a card a great traditional vibe. Here I masked off an oval in the center with the Modern Labels stamp and die set. This created a great focal area for one of The Ton's new Pine Tree Cover diecuts. I topped it off with a simple sentiment from the Holiday Ornaments stamp set.  

Stamps: Minor Stripes Cling background, Modern Labels, Holiday Ornaments (The Ton).
Dies: Pine Tree Cover, Modern Labels (The Ton).
Ink: Valentine Red, Everglade Moss, Hampton White (The Ton).
Paper: white cardstock 80lb and 110 lb (Neenah), black cardstock.
Accessories: Sparkle Premium Glitter in Seahorse and A Girl's Best Friend, Opaque Bright White embossing powder (WOW!) Titanium white acrylic paint (Arteza), Pixie adhesive spray, dimensional tape.

I ink blended this tree from the Pine Tree Cover die with The Ton's Everglade Moss ink. I sprayed Pixie adhesive spray over the top and then covered the whole tree with Wow!'s Sparkle Premium Glitter. Such beautiful sparkle!!

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Lisa

A fresh scenic card using new cover dies from The Ton.

 Hey friends! Today I'm sharing a clean and simple scenic card that is perfect for mass producing. I love working with with The Ton's new Pine Tree Cover die and Deer Cover die. They cut out so many of these trees and deer at once which saves a ton of time.

First, I cut out a bunch of trees and sprayed them with Pixie adhesive spray, then covered them in Sparkle Glitter from WOW!  I did a little ink blending on white cardstock to create a sky backdrop.  After diecutting the blended card panel with The Ton's Double Stitched Rectangle die, I added some red stripes to the card base with the Minor Stripes Cling background stamp.    

I topped this card off with a couple deer and my favorite bow from The Ton's Christmas Wreath Builder stamp and die set.

Stamps: Christmas Wreath Builder, Holiday Love, Minor Stripes Cling (The Ton).
Dies: Pine Tree Cover, Deer Cover, Double Stitched Rectangle, Christmas Wreath Builder(The Ton).
Ink: Valentine Red, Cali Blue, Everglade Moss, Found Topaz, Aspen Cocoa, Noir (The Ton).
Paper: white 110 lb and 80lb cardstock (Neenah), Natural cardstock (My Favorite Things).
Accessories: A Girl's Best Friend Sparkles Glitter (WOW!), Pixie spray, Titanium White paint (Arteza).

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Lisa

A sweet card using the Sweet Sledder stamp by Penny Black.

 Hi friends! Today I'm sharing a sweet little card I made using this adorable Sweet Sledder stamp by Penny Black.

.I fell in love with this stamp and couldn't wait to color in the image with my Copic markers. I cut around the upper half of the image and created a snow drift all in one piece to pop up on the lower half of the card. I used the big pine tree from Penny Black's Woodland Beauty stamp set. That's my go-to pine tree for a lot of my scenic cards. I topped it off with the Believe die, cut from a brushed gold cardstock.

Stamps: Sweet Sledder, Woodland Beauty (Penny Black),
Dies: Believe (Penny Black).
Ink: It's A Boy, Spruce, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs), clear emboss (Versamark), Copic Markers.
Paper: white cardstock (neenah), brushed gold cardstock (My Favorite Things).
Accessories: white superfine embossing powder (WOW!), dimensional tape.

I added some little spots of snow all over this image using superfine white embossing powder. You can see I wasn't precise at all because I wanted it too look like a flurry of snow falling. I added it over the images also. Then I ink blended a blue sky over the top using my favorite blue, It's a Boy by Catherine Pooler Designs. It's the perfect hue for a sky! You can see here where I cut around the image and created a snowdrift all in one long piece for the front of the card. The tree is stamped on the card base so that it looks like it stands just over the snow drift.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Lisa

Holiday cards using the Nice List elves from Catherine Pooler Designs.

Hello friends.  I'm back with a couple more Christmas cards, this time made with an adorable stamp set from Catherine Pooler Designs.    I know a lot of people who are on the Nice List this year and one of these adorable little elves will be in their mailbox in December.

The little hats and elf shoes are so whimsical and fun. I whipped up 6 of these little cards, all in different colors and it was quick and easy. I did some coloring with Copic markers using traditional colors on one of these and a cool mix of pinks and blues on the other. I'm a traditional gal myself, what colors do you like for Christmas?

Stamps: Nice List, Holiday Charm, The Man With The Bag, The World Awaits (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Dies: Nice List, Holiday Charm, Stitched Squares (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Ink: Midnight, It's a Boy, Samba (Catherine Pooler Designs), Copic markers.
Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Accessories: Crater Lake Sequin mix (Catherine Pooler Designs.

The little candy cane is from Catherine Pooler's Holiday Charm Stamp and coordinating die set. I also used the Stitched Squares dies to create the little sign.

Stamps: Nice List, Holiday Charm, Springtime Elements, Holiday Trimmings (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Dies: Nice List, Holiday Charm, Stitched Squares (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Ink: Be Mine, It's' a Boy, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs), Copic markers.
Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Accessories: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs).

At the bottom of this card I used the polkadot border stamp from the Springtime Elements stamp set. I also used the candy cane border from the Holiday Trimmings stamp set.

For this next card I just stamped hats and elf shoes across the entire card front, leaving a corner free for a small sentiment tag.  

Stamps: Nice List (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Dies: Nice List coordinating dies, Spiral Border, Circles (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Ink: Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs), clear emboss (Versamark), Copic Markers.
Paper: Premium White Cardstock, Midnight Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Accessories: natural twine, white embossing powder (WOW!), Fun Foam.

The border along the bottom is cut from the Spiral Border die.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Lisa

It's holiday card time again!

 Hi everyone, welcome back to my blog.   I've been MIA for a little while this year because let's face it, 2020 has just been a roller coaster ride.   I've missed blogging though so today I thought I'd share a card I made turning little trees into tree tops, using some new dies from The Ton.

First can I say I love this fabulous new Merry Christmas Sentiment die? I stamped it like a candy cane using The Ton's Minor Stripes Cling background stamp and Valentine Red ink. I then layered it over a black diecut for a shadow affect that really makes it pop. And on to the awesome Pine Tree Cover die. Cutting out all of these different size trees at once really makes the process easy and quick with one die. I cut these out in white cardstock, then ink blended with The Ton's Everglade Moss ink. To add some sparkle I sprayed some Pixie Dust adhesive spray over the trees and then sprinkled on some of

WOW!'s;

A Girl's Best Friend Sparkles Premium Glitter. I love that glitter! It looks silver in the jar but when the light hits it just right it picks up little particles of color. Great for Christmas trees!

Stamps: Minor Stripes (The Ton).
Dies: Pine Tree Cover, Merry Christmas Sentiment (The Ton).
Ink: Valentine Red, Everglade Moss (The Ton).
Paper: white 110 and 80 lb cardstock (Neenah), Black (Simon Says Stamp).
Accessories: A Girl's Best Friend Sparkles Premium Glitter (Wow!), dimensional tape, Pixie Spray adhesive, Titanium White paint (Arteza).

I'll be back soon with more Christmas card fun thru the end of the year. Thanks for stopping by!

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Building your own ink pad storage unit.

Building your own ink pad storage unit. (reposted from 07/16/2016)

Hi everyone!  A while back I posted photos of an ink pad storage unit that I made out of foam board to fit into my  Expedit shelving from IKEA.  A lot of you asked me to post details on how it was made.  Well, I was finally in need of another one so as promised, I snapped a few pictures (ok...a LOT of pictures) of the process and jotted down some measurements for you.  If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comment section below.

As you can see this fits perfectly into my shelving unit.  It houses 32 standard sized ink pads such as ones from Catherine Pooler Designs, The Ton and Hero Arts, etc.

Tools needed for cutting:  

t-square ruler

craft knife or utility knife

measuring tape

pencil.

Tools needed for assembly:

glue gun

glue sticks

2 sheets of Foam Board:

20 x 30 x 3/16 in 

First I cut all of my pieces out.  I have to say  my t-square ruler was the key tool to making this task quick and easy.  I don't think I would attempt this without one. There is a lot of cutting involved but it only took me a little over an hour to complete this task.  Here are my measurements:

1 back piece:  13 x 12 1/2"

2 sides and 1 middle piece:  4 1/2 x 12 1/2"

1 top and 1 bottom piece:  13 x 4 5/8"

16 shelves:  4 x 6 1/8"

32 shelf glides:  4 x 1 1/4"

front moulding piece:  13 x 1 1/16"  

First thing to do is fire up that glue gun and get it nice and hot.  Then, start with laying out your pieces where they're going to go, starting with the back, the bottom, the two sides and the middle piece.

Begin by gluing the back piece to the top of the bottom piece.  This is the tricky part that can throw off your whole project so make sure you put the glue on the side of the back piece and then butt the bottom piece up to it.  DO NOT put the bottom piece on top of the back piece.  I hope that makes sense.  But if you look closely at this picture you'll see that the side piece is sitting on top of the back piece and the bottom piece is not..

I then measured and marked the center of the back piece and glued the middle piece in following the marked guide.  Then the other side piece was glued on.  This picture shows better that both side pieces and the middle piece are glued to the top of the back piece and also to the bottom piece.

Now to start building the shelves you start with a shelf glide.

Start by gluing two in place

Then I just set the shelf in next to the glides but DO NOT GLUE!  None of the shelves will be glued into this shelf.  They will all be removable.  This makes it adjustable but also makes it a lot easier to assemble.  Now glue in two more glides.

See how easy it slides in and out of place?

Keep gluing on the glides until all of the shelving is in place.

Standing the shelf upright, you'll be amazed at how sturdy it is.  I needed to make this unit fit into my shelving cubby so there will be a small area at the top that will be empty space.  You could totally make adjustments to the sizes to fit your own needs though.  I just chose to cover up the space and call it a day.

Now you can glue the top onto the shelf.  To cover up the small gap at the top I added a piece to act as moulding.  I actually kind of like the finished look that the moulding piece gives it.  Check out those sliding shelves!

And here are my matching ink pad storage units side by side.  I slide mine to the back of my shelf to leave areas to display my cards and other things.  This shelf was really an easy project that took about 2 hours to make and cost under $10.

Update 07/02/2020 :  As my ink collection has grown, I have added a couple more of these storage units.  They are still holding strong!

I hope this tutorial was helpful and that I've assisted in a lot of little ink pads finding a new home.

Have a great day!