Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Mr. Bones


Can Halloween really be just around the corner? Yikes, but this year has sped by.

For today's Serendipity Stamps challenge we were to create a Halloween card and use embroidery floss, yarn or (and I fudged a little bit here) baker's twine. I created my card with Mr. Bones as my focal point. Love this crazy guy! I used a die-cut frame from My Mind's Eye as his backdrop. I created the cross stitch pattern with We R Memorykeepers Sew Easy tool and then used the baker's twine as my thread. This was my first attempt with this new tool and it worked out really well.

I finished by wrapping the frame with more baker's twine and then added a few I Am Roses black rosebuds as an embellishment.

Visit Anya, Lynda, Amy, Jenny and Miriam too. You're going to love their creations! So be sure to go check them out!

All for now, thanks for stopping by.






It's all about the details:
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps
Cardstock: Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, KI Memories
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: I am Roses black rosebuds, Baker's Twine, Dimensionals
Tools:
Copic Markers, We R Memorykeepers Sew Easy

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Snowman and Friend


It's a bit of the "Best of Christmas" for this week's Serendipity Stamps challenge. We had the option of using some of the all time best selling Christmas stamps to use on our project. I chose the "Snowman and Birdhouse" stamp. I just love this guy and his adorable friend! I decided to make a Z fold card for a change of pace and broke out some of the new fun papers from My Minds Eye called Darling Dear. I went crazy buying all of the new 6 x 6 pads. I think I have enough paper to make cards for the 5 years!

The image was colored using Copic Markers. Such a simple and easy card and I love the end result. You will find other great stamps used by Anya, Lynda, Amy, Jenny and Miriam. Be sure to go check them out!






It's all about the details:
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps
Cardstock: Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: None
Tools:
Copic Markers