It’s Review Preview Friday at All That Scraps and today we are reviewing my Country Shelf set and the Otis & Milo Christmas set.  So this time I decided to have Christine’s Heidi image sitting on my shelf. 

You can check out the other DT samples on the ATS blog.

It is also the 20th of the month today which means that it’s time for another Dirty Dozen & Alumni challenge.  This month Kim (blondie090277) set the challenge.  And it fit perfectly with my card for ATS so I combined the two. 

Here’s the challenge details:

Hanging out the Holidays with Ornaments!

The Challenge: Create a project for any holiday of your choice

Required Element: Your ornament must hang from something or have a loop of ribbon so that it can hang (ie: from a christmas tree, door, etc)

Restricted Element: None

You can see all of the DD gals’ submissions for this challenge here. 

I used my ornament pattern again to cut the shape of the card base (the fold is at the top).  Then I stamped and masked Heidi before stamping the shelf.

Here’s the card deets… stamps- Country Shelf by Cookie Crumbs, Swiss Pixie Heidi with Ornament by C.C. Designs; paper- Confetti White, Silver; ink- Memento Black, Artichoke; accessories- Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, silver cord.

Have a great weekend!

Once again, I pulled out my Basic Grey Figgy Pudding paper.  It goes so well with so many different images and I liked it with this one too!  The bird was left “out-of-the-box” when I cut the main image out with the Labels 4 Nestabilities die.  You can see my tutorial on how to do that here.  It really is very easy and it was just what I needed to cut the bear out without having a lot of extra white space around my image. 

Thanksgiving is still a week away here in the US but the stores are already stocking their shelves with Christmas goodies.  I am slowly getting in the holiday spirit…I love this time of year!  :0)  Well, except for the cold weather…LOL. 

Have a wonderful day!

stamps- Gillian F. Roberts Bear and Robin by Stampavie, AmyR Christmas Words; paper- Artichoke, Real Red, Moss, White, dp- Basic Grey Figgy Pudding; ink- Artichoke, Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, Stickles, Liquid Pearls, Labels 4 and Mega Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Holly Leaf, Branches and Ribbon Bow punches.

I was recently thinking about making another one sheet wonder template and I realized that I have only shared my most recent one with you.  I have two more that were posted a long time ago on a different website that I no longer have.  So I thought I’d just quickly post the other ones I did and then they will be available in the archives here for future reference. 

If you are unfamiliar with the One Sheet Wonders, it is just a way to quickly make a set of coordinating cards.  You first stamp a whole sheet of cardstock and then cut it up, following the pattern.  The pieces are then used as if you would use patterned papers on your cards.  (you can also just cut up the patterned papers to use). 

Now please bear in mind….these first two OSW’s that I created were back in 2004.  I would hope that my stamping has improved in the past 5 years!  LOL!  But I will post the card samples that I created with them anyway.  It helps to have a visual of how to use the pieces and hopefully the samples will give you a starting point.

OK, so here’s my earlier templates and samples.  You can click on each photo for a larger view.  I hope you find them useful…please link back if you use them so I can see your creations!

One Sheet Wonder #1

One Sheet Wonder #2

Have a great day!

Also, today the ATS design team is reviewing the Swiss Pixies and Amy’s sentiment set from this month’s release.  I chose to use the Heidi With Ornament image since the card template I made was in an ornament shape. 

Once I had my pattern the way I wanted it, I placed it so that the top of the ornament was on the fold.  After it was traced and cut out, I also traced and cut the top piece onto a scrap of silver cardstock.  I thought about embossing the whole front with a Cuttlebug folder but then I changed my mind.  Instead, I heat embossed it with a retired SU! background stamp and some silver embossing powder.  The Swiss Pixie Heidi image was popped up on dimensionals.

Here’s the pattern if you would like to make it…it’s a very simple one.  be sure to post back if you do so I can check it out!

ornament-card.pdf

Oh, and BTW, this will fit in a regular A2 envelope. 

stamps- Swiss Pixie Heidi with Ornament, SU! French Flair; paper- white, Cool Caribbean, Vintage Violet, Silver; ink- Memento Black, Versamark; accessories- Copics, gel pen, silver EP, Flake 1 Shapeabilities, SU! Scallop Edge punch, Liquid Pearls, Stickles, pop dots, SU! Silver cord, EK Success snowflake punch.

Despite the beautiful weather though, my mojo kinda left for a bit.  I had a decision to make a few days ago and I felt I made the wrong choice so I was pretty mad at myself to say the least.  But last night I made this card and I really liked how it turned out so hopefully I’m getting a little less upset with myself.  LOL.

This is Swiss Pixie Nora from the ATS November release.  She is actually surrounded by snowflakes in the stamp but I cut her out, omitting the snowflakes, and colored her to fit in an Autumn card.   

The template for this acorn card was created by Kim Hughes and is available through the Paper Crafts magazine.  Her cute card was published in the October 2008 issue.  You can find the pattern here.  I just loved it when I saw it and I can’t believe it took me a whole year to try it!  LOL. 

The acorn cap and leaf were embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folders…Tartan and Herringbone.  The Tartan folder can be found here at HSN.  I never ordered from them before, but I was pleased with their service.  And I purchased the Herringbone from ATS…you can find that one here.  I also used the Cuttlebug Squirrel die.  That might be retired??? …not sure.  But maybe you can do a search…it sure is cute!

I guess I have been in the mood for making shaped cards lately.  If you like them too, then be sure to check back on Friday…I was inspired by this card to create a different shaped card.  I made a quick pattern for it to share with you too. 

stamps- Swiss Pixie Nora, leaves from the Autumn Sugarplum Kit- all by C.C. Designs; paper- white, Caramel, Cocoa, Celery; ink- Memento Black, Cocoa, Celery; accessories- Copic markers, Acorn Template- Paper Crafts October 2008, Cuttlebug Tartan folder (HSN), Herringbone folder and Squirrel die, button, linen thread. 

I hope you are having a great weekend!  The sun is shining and the air is cool…a perfect fall day!

Over at All That Scraps, Christine has a few bonus images this month!  She has some super cute pilgrims and a bunch of Christmas images that will only be released in digital form. 

You can see the sneak peeks today and tomorrow on the ATS blog and the digis will be released on Monday.

Here I used the Santa image called Cookie Break.  I haven’t seen many Santas that are eating the cookies left for him so I thought this one was kinda unique…besides, you know I love cookies so I just had to print him out!  ;) 

I used the largest Labels 8 Nestabilities die to cut the base of the card.  I loved how others did this and wanted to try it myself.  And it is hard to see in the photo, but I added a bunch of dots made with Stickles along the lines where the papers met.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

digital image- Cookie Break by C.C. Designs; paper- white, black, Olive, dp- Dream Street; accessories- Ovals and Labels 8 Nestabilities, ribbon, Prima, Martha Stewart Branch punch, cell phone bling, Stickles.

I finally had a chance to try Jay Jay’s sketch for the new Stampavie challenge. You can see the sketch here and be sure to play along for a chance to win a great prize!

stamps- Tina Wenke Mouse-Bird-Ladybug- Cupcake by Stampavie, words- AmyR Birthday Sentiments; paper- white, Cocoa, Regal Rose, Saffron; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, Oval Nesties, ribbons, Word Window punch, buttons, Primas, Stickles.

So how about some candy?  Just post a comment telling me which blinkie is your fave.  AND if you add one of the blinkies in the sidebar on your blog, I’ll add your name into the hat a second time.  AND if you mention my candy on your blog, you’ll get a third chance.  Just help me out please and tell me in your post if you add a blinkie or mention my candy.  Thanks!  ;0)

I’ll pick a random winner on Sunday to receive a Miss Anya stamp set (this was cut and only stamped once for indexing) and some chipboard pieces.   

Here’s some codes so you can just copy & paste…

for the Bumble B. Bear blinkie…

<a href=”http://allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac” mce_href=”http://allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac”><img src=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/data/500/mtw49c.gif” alt=”All That Scraps” border=”0″></a>

and for the cookie mouse blinkie…

<a href=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac” mce_href=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac”><img src=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/data/500/70gm89.gif” mce_src=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/data/500/70gm89.gif”></a><br>

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Halloween!  :0)

a close-up…

stamps- Garden Time Jumbo Rollagraph wheel, retired SU! Sweeter Treaters, AmyR Spooky Sentiments; paper- white, black, Pumpkin; ink- Memento Black, SU! Basic Gray; accessories- Marvy punch (word bubble), pop dots, green bag, Copic markers, Martha Stewart Embossed Zigzag and Spider Web Edge punches, square Nestabilities, ribbon, computer- words in bubble.