Holiday Mini Catalog Open House

IT’S AN OPEN HOUSE!

Come and see all the goodies in the new Holiday Mini Catalog, make your own hand-stamped card, and enjoy specials good only at this free event!

I’m offering two dates for you convenience:
Monday, October 5, 2009 7-9pm
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7-9pm
At Katie’s house, 7561 Roselake Dr, Dayton, OH 45414

Bring a friend or book a party & get an extra
entry in the door prize drawing!

Katie Grembowski
(937)898-2851
(937)901-0412

katienroy@yahoo.com

Falling Leaves

This waterfall card uses the new Medallion background stamp and the leaf stamp from Autumn Days set. Colors are Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango and Garden Green.

This is what the card looks like after the leaves have "fallen":

Playin' with my new stamps

I got some new stamps & accessories this week - Medallion BG and 1 1/4" striped grograin from the big catalog and Twick or Tweet and Platinum Shimmer Paint from the Holiday mini catalog. All 3 cards also use the Baroque Border wheel from the big catalog, and all 3 main images are stamped on watercolor paper that was first colored with an AquaPainter to create an "ombre" effect.

I wanted to challenge myself to create very different cards using the same stamps & layout...this is the result:


I used Soft Suede, Read Red and Very Vanilla cs for this card. I used basically the same technique on the Medallion stamp as before, inking it first with Chocolate Chip ink before highlighting with the shimmer paint. The "Peace Love Joy" stamp is from the All Holidays set, and the pine cone image is from the Autumn Days set.

For this card I used the same layout & techniques as the Christmas card, I just changed the colors to Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery and Basic Black, and changed the image to "Ghostly Greetings" from the Twick or Tweet stamp set.
For this card I used Dusty Durango, Certainly Celery and Basic Black cs. I inked the Medallion stamp w/Basic Black ink then dabbed the shimmer paint on to highlight before stamping. I used Blender Pens and Stampin' Pastels to color the pumpkins, and wrapped a punched scalloped circle with silver cord to create the embellishment.

We Wish You a Monkey Christmas!

This is the card we'll be making at the next Christmas Card Stamp-a-stack next Tuesday. It uses Sock Monkey & Sock Monkey Accessories, and Teeny Tiny Wishes. Colors are Real Red, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Kraft. TFL!