Recess! School is almost out and it is time to play!

School is almost out for the Summer Break and I am excited to share one of the teachers gifts I made up for Tommy's Speech teacher! When we moved from Colorado last Summer I was really worried about Tommy starting at a new school. But I was so excited when I found out that a previous customer and friend would be his Speech Therapist at school! What a blessing she has been to our family this school year! I am just praying that she will be at our school next year to continue working with Tommy and his little sister Paige who is starting Kindergarten! Hmm... what will I be doing alot more of this Fall? Stamping of course!

So I created this fun little scene using the new stamp set Recess from the Summer Mini Catalog! I really love all the techniques you can do with the brayer! It is especially fun to create landscapes and backgrounds to stamp on!  On this card I brayered the background with Marina Mist in the sky and Garden Green for the ground.  I took the tree from the Nature Silhouettes stamp set in the big Stampin'Up! catalog.  I chose the sentiment from Full of Life, also found in the Big Cattie ;)  Other products I used:  

• 119882  Scallop Edge border punch
• 120906  2 1/2" Circle punch
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Real Red CS, ink pad, marker
• Marina Mist CS, ink pad
• Chocolate Chip CS, ink pad, marker
• Daffodil Delight CS, ink pad, marker
• Blender pen
• Brayer

The next Teachers Gift I made was this Notebook Tin on the left.  I really love the sentiment that I stamped from the Word Play stamp set, "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams"! Love that! I used Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper, Baja Breeze cardstock and ink to decorate this tin, along with the coordinating stamp set Friends Never Fade, found in the Big Catalog.

On the inside of the Notebook Tin is a notepad, pen and storage for little notes, coupons, postage stamps, etc.  I really love how this project turned out.

Last but certainly not least is the adorable hand santizer I made! I used a retired stamp set for the A+ and the apples stamped across the bottom.  I used the following supplies:

• Real Red cardstock, ink pad, marker                              
• Garden Green cardstock, ink pad, marker                      
• Whisper White cardstock                                              
• 119275  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch               
• 119861 1-1/4" Circle punch                                           
• 119860  1-3/8" Circle punch

If you are interested in purchasing any of the above products, please contact me directly by email: stamptramp@hotmail.com or purchase online at: http://www.cmhollingsworth.stampinup.net/

Have a great Tuesday!

Charlotte

aka Stamptramp

Sail Away with me!

As some of you know I like to brayer my cards and here are three cards from the Sail Away stamp in the new Summer Mini. 

This first card I used the masking technique to get that sun in the sky and then brayered Bashful Blue, Marina Mist and Not Quite Navy for the sky and water.  I really love the new Baker's Twine, it comes in three colors: Early Express/White, Cherry Cobbler/White and White. 

I also used The Open Sea stamp set from the new Summer Mini catalog!  I love the anchor, the compass and everything else from this wonderful new set!  We also have new Designer Series paper that coordinates with this set called Nautical Expedition.

I hope to sit down and play with this set again soon!  I have some pictures from our trip to Hawaii a few years ago that would be great to use it with.

I hope you enjoy my projects!  I am very happy to share them with you ;)

~Charlotte Hollingsworth
aka Stamptramp

Brayered Fall Deer card

I brayered this lovely card over the weekend with no real plan in mind for it.  I haven't brayered in a while and ended up doing 3 different designs, I will share the others with you over the next several days.  Winter is finally starting to hit us here in southwestern Illinois and the trees are turning brown and it is wet and chilly out.  Anyways, I wanted to make a card representing what I really love about autumn, most of all the changing of colors.

Here's what I used:
Lovely As A Tree stamp set #115026
Winter Post stamp set #111780
Whisper White Cardstock #100730
Crumb Cake Cardstock #120953
Bashful Blue Ink Pad #105209
Marina Mist Ink Pad #119668
Black Stazon Pad #101406
Early Expresso Ink Pad #119670 and marker #119680
Chocolate Chip Ink Pad #100908
More Mustard Ink Pad #103162
Old Olive Ink Pad #102277
Real Red Ink Pad #103133
Blender Pens #102845
Sponges #101610
Brayer #102395
White Gel Pen #105021
Decorative Label punch #120907

If you love this card and want to make it, let me know, I teach classes! If you want to purchase supplies to make something like it you can order directly off my Stampin'Up! website:
http://www.cmhollingsworth.stampinup.net/

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day ;)
~Charlotte

From the Crypt Brayered Card and Spooky Candy Wrappers



From the Crypt Brayered Card and Spooky Candy Wrappers

I had alot of fun creating this brayered card! I started out with a 4 3/4" Square piece of Whisper White, punched out my circle and brayered over it (masking technique).  Next I stamped the trees in the background and masked then sponged the hills in.  I put this thru my Big Shot tucked in the new Spider web embossing folder and sanded the top of the embossed spider web, popping the white for the web. Next I stamped the spider from, From the Crypt stamp set, and went back and colored it in. 

Supplies:


115026 Lovely as a Tree stamp set $27.95

115460 From the Crypt $22.95

100730 Whisper White card stock $8.50

102395 Brayer $12.50

119850 1 ¾ Circle punch $16.95

105216 Pumpkin Pie ink pad $5.95

111834 Tangerine Tango Ink Pad $5.95

101179 Basic Black Ink Pad $5.95

120889 Spider web embossing folder $7.95
103301 Sanding Blocks $3.50

100082 Basic Black Marker 3.50

121045 Basic Black cardstock $6.95

The Spooky Candy Wrappers were fun to play around with.  I had tried a few different things and this is what I came up with.  I started out with an 8 1/2 x 11" piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock.  I cut it at 5 1/2" on the long side, giving me two pieces to run thru the Big Shot with the Candy Wrapper Bigz Die. After I ran them thru, I embossed one with the Perfect Polka Dot folder, the other with the Spider Web folder.  I scored the creases and rubbed the embossed parts with my Basic Black ink pad.  I assembled it and embellished one with a So Saffron Circle and Bitty Bat in Black, the other with the Spider from, From the Crypt and a Black circle behind it.

 

105117 Pumpkin Pie card stock $6.95


120890 Candy Wrapper Bigz Die $32.95

120889 Spider web embossing folder $7.95

101179 Basic Black Ink pad $5.95

115460 From the Crypt $22.95

117335 Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder $7.95

101179 Basic Black Ink pad $5.95

119860 1 3/8 Circle punch $15.95

119279 Bitty Bat punch $15.95

I hope you enjoy my spooky treats I made!

~Charlotte