Hello my crafty friends!
Thank you for being loyal to my blog. Though I obviously have not been blogging I have totally been crafty! I've been taking pictures along the way with thoughts of eventually sitting down to share some creations with you. Today, I have a VERY long blog that should catch you up on everything I've made sitting in my craft room!
My Stampin' UP! Hostess Club is still going strong. With out them I may not take as much opportunity to create cards and craft projects. These following Halloween pictures are of projects from my last two SU club.
Pumpkin Treat. I always enjoy paper piecing and using my punches to make cutesy figures. So, when I saw this idea on pinterest I knew it was perfect. I changed it up a little to make the pumpkin more 3 dimensional by using both sizes of the SU scallop punches for the pumpkin.
Halloween Card, this card uses the SU Googlie Eye Kit. And, the little mummy moves from side to side. I adore the colors of this card! SU Grey card stock matches with so many colors!
Another project using the SU Halloween Googlies Eye Kit, this one is a Treat Bag. What makes it unique is the goody bag was dry embossed with an embossing folder & the big shot. The SU Kit comes with everything to make this. Total cuteness!
Onto Christmas Cards. I made this card to be a project in my most recent SU Hostess Club. The Christmas ornament is heat embossed & then cut out with the matching framelits die. In fact, there is currently a special at SU for the stamp set & framelit dies. check it out here:
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/juliacmiller/promotions
For the first time ever, we held a card swap with the hostess club. The theme was Christmas cards. And, this is what I came up with (inspired by split coast of course)
Another card I created for the club was this beautiful vintage collage card. Club members decided if the card would be a birthday or anniversary card. I made mine for a friend who will be turning 40 soon.
This card is out of my comfort zone. But, the technique I was playing with was distressing. Which is something I do a lot of in my scrapbooking. But, I tend to make cards with a cleaner look. Also, the flowers are pretty cool. They can be colored, stamped, embossed, distressed, you name it! On this card we stamped in the center.
Also, somehow I found the time to make Easter Cards. I absolutely adore this card. It is so cool that the back ground embossing folder on this card is actually a Christmas poinsettia folder. But, just add a few yellow dots to the center of the flowers and they look like summer daisy's!
Father's Day Card. I did not have a chance to use this card this year, but I certainly will this coming year. It was fun to make and so easy! It's supposed to look like a dress shirt. I love the ties. Which are very versatile. I totally plan on using them as a banner sometime on a scrapbook layout!
And, finally, a birthday card. I enjoy making shape cards. It takes me out of the box from the usual square/ rectangle card. to make the shape card in the below picture, I used the framelits SU die. It was easy to do & I plan on doing it again soon.
Thanks again for visiting, take care & "see you" soon!