UdderlyAwesome Stamping From The Heart

Inspired by Nature and the Scallop Square Punch

I have not used the Inspired by Nature set in quite awhile.

I took some inspiration from Georgia Giguere and created this card:

It will be one of the five cards that we make in my October Stamp-a-Stack.

Supplies:

# 111656   Inspired by nature ( On dormant List but available) $23.95, #115068 Sincere Salutations page 143 $23.95

Soft Suede and Old Olive Inks and card stocks page 155-156 Very Vanilla card stock

#115617 1 1/4" Chocolate Chip Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (I used 7". I pulled each end around to the front of the card and fasten the ends down directly onto the Old Olive card stock under the Choc Chip layer)

##105089 The Horizontal Punch page 187, $5.95 is used for the cattails

#115950 Stampin' Up! Scallop Square Bigz Die (I folded a 10"x 5" piece of Old Olive card stock and laid it onto the scallop die.  On the folded edge, pull the card stock into the die-just barely out of harms way- so that it will not get cut when the die goes through the BIG SHOT and you end up with only three sides of the card stock being cut with the scallops!)

As i mentioned earlier, we'll be making this card at the Monday, October 16th Stamp-a-stack!

We meet here in my craft room in Duarte CA.

Click here for details about Stamp-a-Stack.

You may sign up for either the 1:00-3:00 p.m. class or the 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Stamp-a-Stack

with envelopes $25.00 without envelopes $23.00

Class

Please e-mail me and make sure that there is room in the class.

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Autumn Days Thinking of You

Inspiration for this almost CASED (copy and share everything) card comes from Gretchen Barron.

I just love the fall feel of it!  When I was young, we lived on a farm in IL and my family would sometimes hunt pheasants.  The beautiful colors in the tail feathers are not easy  to capture in a timely manner so Chocolate Chip is going to half to work!

The little trick that I used for filler is that I stamped a leaf and then continued stamping it a second and third time. (Second generation and third generation stamping is continuing to stamp without reinking the stamp.)  And as I continued the stamping, I twisted the leaf to give it more interest!

It is a pretty easy card, really!

Supplies:

#115452 Autumn Days page 92 $23.95  #115068 Sincere Salutations page 143 $23.95

Inks:  More Mustard, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Bravo Burgundy pages 156-157

#107305 Large oval Punch $15.95, #114889 Scallop Oval Punch $15.95, and #107215 Tag Corner Punch  $6.95:  all punches are on pages 186-187

Card stocks:  Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Very Vanilla pages 155-156

Stamp the pheasant first.  Stamp it an extra time on thinner paper like the grid paper and cut it out to be a mask.  I like to use Dotto adhesive because it is repositionable to hold the mask onto the stamped image of the pheasant.  Stamp the wheat first, the Bravo Burgundy pieces next, and then add the leaves.  I just kept moving the stamps from one pad to the next to get a variety of colors.  When you pull off the mask from the pheasant, then the main image is clean and dominant.

This is another of the projects that we will be making for my November Stamp Clubs next week here in my craft room in Duarte CA.

Click here for more details if you would like to visit. Please e-mail me to make sure that there is room for you to visit Tuesday November 3rd or Wednesday November 4th.

To order supplies for this card, click on the On-Line Order button at the top right of my blog.

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Autumn Tradition Buckle Card

The Autumn Traditions Designer Papers have a variety of interesting prints.

The pine cone print really complements the pine cone stamp from the Autumn Days Stamp Set.

Have you made a buckle card lately?  I decided that it would be fun to design one again.

 

Here is what it looks like when you open it up:

 

Supplies: 

Card stocks:  Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Ruby Red, #115668 Autumn Traditions Designer Series Papers page 160 $9.95

##115452 Autumn Days Stamp Set page 92 $23.95

#101017 Gold Encore Pad pate 190 $6.95

#109129 God Embossing Powder page 188 $4.75

#109867 Gold Elastic Cord page 27 (Holiday Mini) $4.95

#105090 Word Window Punch page 187 $15.95

#109047 Corner Rounder Punch page 186 $6.95

Start with a 9"x 4 1/4" piece of Soft Suede card stock and score it at 51/2".  The Soft Suede Buckle card stock is 8 1/2"x 2 1/2" and it is scored at 3 1/2". I think that you can figure out how to do it from here.

We'll be making this card in my November Stamp Clubs.

You are welcome to visit one time to see if you would like to join us.

Click here for details about the Stamp Clubs.

E-mail me if you are interested in attending next

Tuesday, November 3rd or Wednesday, November 4th.

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Do you think that "Teddy" would have been a Bruin or a Trojan?

Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858

He would have turned 151 years old today with a few more vitamins, possibly!

  Since the Teddy bear was named after him, I'm sharing several Build-a-Bear ideas that are just so much fun to make!

My friend, Rosemarie Diehl designed the UCLA bear and card.

Our household is UCLA all the way!

 

Card stocks:  Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Soft Suede (bear) Old Olive (grass), Ruby Red( football) Basic Gray (main card) (You could also have used Summer Sun for the yellow.)

Use #105021 White Gel Sign pen page 190 $3.95 to draw the white lines on the grass and to make the marks on the football, and to draw the lines on the shoes, and black

Sponge #101731 White Kraft Pad page 155, $7.50 around the edges of the football.

#113453 Naturally Serif (letters for the shirt)

Since I have so many Trojan friends, I decided that I had better take the idea try the idea with USC colors:

 

The card stock changes are Bravo Burgundy and Summer Sun.

Wondering how to make the football?

Rosemarie had a great tutorial idea for this, too:

She used the 1" punch.

Rosemarie also came up with a cheerleader that of course, I wanted to CASE:

Her explanation of how to make the pom poms worked great:

Stack three layers of tissue paper. Add a layer of white card stock on the bottom and the top.

(If you try to punch through the tissue paper without the "card stock sandwich" it will not punch.)

Put one dot of the Tombo glue in the center of one of the 1" circles.  Add the next 1" circle.  Repeat the dot of Tombo glue again and add the third circle.  Once the glue has dried, you can fluff up the "pom poms" and add them to the card.  

If you try to mail the pom poms, they will flatten!  Better to use her as a center piece  or at a place setting.

If you haven't added the Build-a-Bear to your collection, you can do it now!

#117977 Stampin' Up! Bear page 35 (Holiday Mini) $23.95

#117978 Stampin' Up! Beary Essentials  page 37 (Holiday Mini) $23.95

#117982 Stampin' Up! Beary Girl page 37 (Holiday Mini) $5.95

Just click the SHOP NOW button at the right upper side of my blog to order!

Please e-mail me if I can help you in anyway!

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Fun at Santa Anita with Gabe, Shelly, and the boys

Gabe and Shelly invited me to join them Saturday afternoon at the race track. Joshua and Jeremy had such a great time at the carnival.  It felt so good to be with them.  Joshua is waiting for the horses to race by.

How about a potato sack slide:)

 

Joshua took Jeremy down the slide many times!

Spending time with family is so sweet.

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Lake Arrowhead Weekend

October 16-18 two care givers were here with Dave so that I go to Blue jay/Lake Arrowhead with friends for the women's retreat through our church:  Sue, Debbie, Linda, and I enjoyed the beautiful weather by the Lake on Saturday afternoon.

The day seemed to just call for ice cream!

Linda and Debbie were certainly enjoying it!

 

Such a beautiful day!

The weekend was refreshing in every way!

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Family and Friends Make a Difference

October 21 my dad turned 92 years young!

Of course, Joshua always loves to help blow out candles!

Remember the apple pie saga from last year?

This year, dad had one piece of pie for lunch just to test it out before family arrived that night to celebrate.

Saddest Day of my Life

Yesterday our daughter and son-in-law went with me to take my husband of thirty five years to an Alzheimer's facility about 15 minutes from our home. (Our son works graveyard, so this was a bit too much for him.)  As we have gone through this Alzheimer's journey since 2003, I have never understood more clearly why life is all about loving the people around us.

Life's challenges are not meant to be faced by yourself.  People really want to help and love and care for you.  The challenge is being willing to receive.  The beauty of learning to receive, is that then we are so full, we have much to give away.

I could be angry and bitter about my husband having Alzheimer's at age 59.  Where would that get me?

What I have learned is how to be a servant, how to receive, and more of how to love.  Would I have signed up for learning it in this way?  Not ever!  Would I trade the experience?  Not ever!

So now, I will begin to see what the next chapter of life will look like.  Dave is close so I will have many opportunities to spend time with him and get to know the people who live in and work at the Alzheimer's facility.  I am so impressed with the sweet spirit in that place. 

In this world we are know that we will all have tribulation!  So it's not about "why could this happen to me?"  It's all about getting to know a loving God who has promised to be our strength through every trial that we face and has also promised to work all things together for good for those who choose to trust Him. 

Yes, I am tired. 

Yes, I got a good night's sleep last night. 

Yes, I am looking forward to my future as i continue walking with the Lord each step of the way!

Yes, I am going to stamp again...but maybe not today!

Thank you for stopping by!

p.s.

If you would like to send Dave a card, you can send it to me and I will take it and read t to him:

Dave Hancock

C/O Sandy Hancock

523 Greenbank Ave.

Duarte CA 91010

Sweet Treat Cups Video

 

Have you seen the new Sweet Treats Cup holders in the new Holiday Mini Catalog?  Well here is a great video from Stampin' Up! to show you some of the adorable things you can create for Halloween.

 

Cutest Snowman Christmas Card!

At our last Spaghetti Factory Meeting here in  Duarte CA, Cheryl Braney was one of the winners of the card contest.  She came up with this cute idea and used our Melon Mambo card stock for the main card and for the ribbon.  I decided to try her idea out with both Real Red and Ballet Blue card stock just to get a different "flavor" of the same idea.

Here is the Real Red:

And here is the Ballet Blue:

 

Supplies:  Just a note about the word "grosgrain".  This is a French word that is pronounced  "Grow grain".  the "s" is silent.:)

#112004 1 3/4"  Circle Punch, #104401 1 3/8" Circle Punch, #104403 1 1/4" Circle Punch ea: $15.95  

Buttons:  1/4" circle punch   Eyes:  1/8" Circle punch

#102023 Dazzling Diamonds Glitter page 180 $4.50

#100425 Two-Glue Pen page 192 $3.50

#116586 Many Merry Messages page 33 #34.95 "Merry Christmas"  or "Happy Holidays", or "Noel", or Season's Greetings" etc.

#109034 Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon or #109057 Brocade Blue 5/8" Grosgrain

The 5/8" ribbon is a perfect color but a little large.

Zig Painty Pen to make the "snow" on the black card stock.  Stampin' Up! no longer carries that pen. Of course, when we carried it, I never used it!

Black, White, Brocade Blue,  Real Red, and Pumpkin  card stocks page 155-157  

I started out with one 1 3/4" x 3 1/2" and one 2 1/2"x 3 1/2" piece of white card stock.  Then tear one of the 3 1/2" sides of each peace and add the glitter to the edges.

Please e-mail me if you have any questions or would like to order any of the supplies to make these cards!  

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