Ready For Christmas!

Another year has almost come to an end and Christmas is fast approaching us.  With my baking almost done and packages bought and wrapped, I look forward to time with family and friends.  Again I want to wish you all a Wonderful Holiday Season and A Happy New Year!

Christmas Decoration

This project was so much fun and so fast to make.  This will be a class I have this year.  We can either focus on Christmas for the coming year or do other holidays or whatever you might want to spell out.  As you can see these letters stand up or you could attach them to the wall.  If you are interested in doing these in a class let me know.

Gift Idea

This is a glass block that I bought at a craft store and put the Christmas lights and tinsel inside.  The decorations on the outside are out of the "Definitely Decorative" catalog on page 13.  I posted it both lite and not lite so you could see how pretty it is when plugged in.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Thank you all for your support in the past year and I hope to continue to service your stamping needs in the year to come.

A New Blessing to our Family!

On November 22, 2010, a new blessing to our family was born.  Molly Jo Jensen was born to Dylan and Meghan.  Little Lyla is doing very well with her new little sister.  It is great to be a Grandparent, I didn't realize what it felt like until Lyla was born almost 2 years ago.  We are sure crazy about our girls.

With The Snows Came the Elk

We enjoyed a herd of elk in our front yard for the first few weeks of November.  They were sure fun to watch.  I hope that they will come back again.

This is such a beautiful card but I am having troubles with my camera so it isn't as clear as I would like.

Stamp Sets:  Autumn Days, (Hostess Set) Peaceful Season
Paper:  Wild Wassabi, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Ink:  Old Olive, Wild Wassabi, Chocolate Chip
Misc: Button, Victoria Crochet Trim, Dazzling Diamond Glitter, Gold Embossing Powder, Versa Pad, linen thread, Scallop Trim Border Punch

I love these stencil sets that are found in the Definately Decorative Catalog. 

Stencil Sets:  Vintage Ornaments 1
Paper:  Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White
Inks:  More Mustard, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Misc.:  Clear Rhinestone Brad, Gold String, Scallop Trim Corner Punch

Same card with different colors.
Cardstock: Peach Parfait, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard
Card on Right:  Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, So Safron

Accessories:  Big Shot Die, Lattice; Big Shot Die Blossom Party, Bo-Ho Blossoms Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, brads

Finally Some New Cards!!

I've been slacking on the postings, so sorry about that.  I had a marathon week a couple of weeks ago on a painting job.  It took me all of last week to catch up and get some rest.  Always so much to do and so little time.

There was a lot of work in this card.  My stamp group was pretty tired when they finished it.  But it's so cute.




Stamp Set:  Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Riverstone, Chocolate Chip, More mustard, pumpkin pie, real read, peach parfait, dp
Accessories:  Punches: Extra Large Circle Punch, Medium oval, Two step owl, dotted scallop ribbon border, Two-Step bird, Heart-to-heart extra large, 1 3/4" circle punch, boho blossoms, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Lattice Embossing Folder for the Big Shot, gold brad

Every M

This is a simply card to make.  Alittle stamping and alittle water coloring with your markers.  I got this idea from Stamping with Connie and Mary.



Stamp Sets:  Every Moment, Family Phrases
Cardstock:  Certainly Celery, Early Espresso, Whisper White, DP
Ink:  Markers in Early Espresso, Certainly Celery, Daffadil Delight, Basic Gray, Early Espresso Stamp Pad
Accessories:  Big Shot, Scallop Square Die in the Holdiay Mini Catalog

This weeks events!

Hi Everyone, this week will be filled with some fun classes.  Wednesday I will be having a Christmas Stamp A Stack at the St. Maries golf course at 1:00.
Thursday, Oct. 28 at 1:00 will be a class on 2 different Christmas candy tins, for $12.00 and also I will combine the Christmas Tag class that same day for those of you who had wanted to take that.  It will cost $10.00.  Come and make tags to your hearts desire.
If anyone is interested in any of these classes please let me know via email or by phone by Tuesday, Oct. 26th.  My email is:  dgregoire57@gmail.com or call 208-582-1683.

Gift Box With Cards

 Need a special gift, well this gift box was one I made for my Daughter-in-law for her baby shower.  It was so much fun and below you will see a sample of the cards I made to fill it.

Card Set:  Fox & Friends

Cardstock:  So Saffron, Lovely Lilac, Pink Piroutte and Nursery Suite Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Rhinestones and Pearls, Scallop Punch, Round Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Die, Big Shot

Punch Art is sooo much fun.  These cute little owls take a bunch of work but look how cute.



Cardstock:  Pacific Point, Early Espresso, Real Red, Close to Cocoa (Retired), Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pear Pizzaz, Designer Paper (Hostess, level 1)

Stamp Sets:  Sanded, Page 142

Punches:  Two-Step Owl for the small owls, Large Owl:  Round Tab Extra Large, 3/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, Small Heart, 1-3/4" extra large circle, Boho Blossoms (Feet), 5-Petal Flower (Beek), 1-3/4 Scallop (Wings)

Dies:  Little Leaves ( Page 210)

Time For Christmas Cards

This cute little card is made mostly from punches.




Cardstock:  Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie

Stamp Set:  Word Play, Serene Snowflakes

Punches:  1-3/8" Square Extra Large Punch, Word Window, Scallop Edge Border, Extra Large Oval, 3/4" circle, Heart to heart extra-large, Small Heart

Ink:  Cherry cobler, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black marker

Misc:  Square Scallop Die, Big Shot

Let's Go For Some Blue

Love those embossing folders.  They add so much to your projects.

Stampsets:  Day of Gratitude, Afterthoughts (level 1 hostess set)


Cardstock:  Pacific Point, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Basic Gray

Ink:  Pacific Point, Versa mark

Accessories:  Frost White Shimmer Paint, Clear Embossing Powder, 5/8" Organza White Ribbon, Final Press Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Stamp Sets:  Lovely As A Tree,
Well Scripted

Cardstock:  Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake and Whisper White.

Ink:  Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder,
Extra Large Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch

Cards From the World Card Making Day Class

This was a very quick and easy card to make. 

Stamp Sets:  For All You Do, Herb Expressions

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgandy

Ink:  Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgandy
      

Where Did The Week Go???

Don't you wonder sometimes where the time goes.  I'm so sorry that I have negleted my blog for the past week.  Things have been sooo busy.  I've been down to Southern Idaho for a few days doing some painting and working up here on other jobs and having clubs and workshops.  That's ok with me, I like to be busy.  World Card Making Day was a great success.  I sure hope that everyone enjoyed it.  Thank you so much for those of you that attended.  It's time to schedule some new classes.  We will be doing a Christmas tag class, a Christmas card make and take, Christmas Tins, and at your request we could do a regular card make and take with a couple of Christmas Cards mixed in.

Christmas Chocolate Nugget Tins

 The holidays are approaching us faster than we want to admit so now is the time to start your special gifts.  These little tins measure 3 1/2 X 5 1/2 and hold 12 Hershy's nuggests.

The nuggets are wrapped with Deck the Halls Designer Paper.  The wrap around the tin is a layer of Cherry Cobbler cardstock with a strip of Deck the Halls Designer Paper laying over it.  I then stamped the little labels with the Bells & Boughs stamp set found in the holiday mini catalog.  I used versa mark pad to stamp the images, then embossed with gold embossing powder and colored them in by watercoloring Cherry Cobbler, and Old Olive.  These are great gifts for a special friend, a teacher, or anyone you want to give alittle something to.  I will be having classes on this tin and another little square tin using the peppermint patties next month.  Anyone who is interested please let me know.  Well it's off to work on some more kits.

A Wonderful Day With My Granddaughter

 I love my days I spend with my granddaughter, Lyla, she is the joy in our lives.  She loves sticker books so I found a big one for her and she is enjoying it so much.

It is always fun to put them on yourself too!!  Lyla is bout 20 months old now and she is so smart and learning so much everyday.  What a blessing grandchildern are.

Glistening Trees

The card below is one I found in "Images by Ann."  I thought it was a very elegant project and it would be a nice Christmas card as well.  My picture isn't as pretty as the card actually is.  I'm not a very good photographer. 

Stamps:  Lovely As A Tree, any word sets that would fit
Paper:  Stampin'Up! Gold, Always Artichoke
Ink:  Vera Mark Pad, Old Olive Craft
Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, Clear EP, Black EP

Recipe Book

I've been making these recipe books for the past year on and off.  They make great gifts.  I put my favorite recipes in them.  What fun I've had making them.

Cute Little Box

Oh what fun this box was.  I was hoping that maybe I could do a class in something like this in the next couple of months.  If anyone is interested let me know and I will work on setting up a time and date.
dgregoire57@gmail.com

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

This cattail card is one we are going to make in my Saturday Club.  I found it in Splitcoast Stampers and it was made by Michelle Zindorf.  Such a pretty card for fall.  This is stamped with Inspired By Nature stamp set and the cattails are made with the little horizontal punch.  I masked off the moon and sponged the card with Daffadil delight, pumpkin pie and cajun craze. 

Stamps:  Inspired By Nature
Paper:  Whisper White, Cajun Craze,
Basic Black, and More Mustard

Ink:  Basic Black, Early Espresso, Daffadil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze

Accessories:  Horizontal punch, photo corner punch, white gel pen, peircing tool, gold brads.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Busy getting ready for winter so have to get on the ball and take pictures of my new projects.  I am getting ready for a club, a workshop and "World Card Making Day Make and Take."  I will be setting up some classes in Christmas Cards, Christmas Tags, A Candy Tin and a cute little box.  If anyone is interested in any of those let me know and if a weekday night would work better, an afternoon or a Saturday.  Then I will be able to know how to schedule these classes.

Autumn Cards for September Club

Can you believe the change in the weather.  I guess I'm going to have to retire my summer clothes.  It hardly seems like I've worn them much this year.  Oh well, there's more time for stamping. 



The card above is one we will be doing in one of my clubs in September.  I love the autumn colors.  I was inspired by a card similar by Jennifer Weide to make this card.  This is the new French Foliage Set from the Holiday Mini catalog.  The cardstock is Cherry Cobbler, (yummy), early espresso, and very vanilla.  Ink:  More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Old Olive.  I cut the oval from the Big Shot die, Frame Oval Scallop, and took the oval out and used it to mask off the center.  I sponged crumb cake around the masking and then took it off.  Then stamped the leaves and the sentiment in the center.   This was a quick and easy card to make.

Another card we will be doing this month is from a splitcoast stampers idea.  This one is done with the "Just Believe" stamp set.  Both these cards are very simple but oh so pretty.
I used the oval from the above card to mask this one off as well.  I sponged More Mustard and the bottom with Old Olive.  The masking was removed and the image was stamped with Early Espresso.  An 5/8" Old Olive Satin ribbon was wrapped around the top piece and topped with a border made from the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch out of Early Espresso Cardstock.  The butterflys were cut out of a scrap of More Mustard with the "Beautiful Wings" die and ran through the Big Shot.  I don't think there is a day that goes by that I don't use my Big Shot. I love, love, love it!!!

Autumn Cards for Club

August Stamp Club Card Samples

Isn't this a cute card.  It was a card exchange from my team leader, Teresa.  I thought that is was adorable so it was an extra card we made in our August club.  These are our three new colors, poppy parade and pear pizzaz, and wild wasabi. 

Got to get busy again.  I'm trying to work on some projects for a stamp camp and also World Card Making Day.  So many different ideas, not enough time.  Have a great weekend!

Another card that we made in our August club.  This is stamped with "Natures Silhouettes", in soft suede.  The background papers were stamped with "Autumn Days".  I ran the metal strip through my Big Shot Final Press Embossing folder and cut them to fit.

Oh so easy, yet so elegant.  This was one of the cards we did in our Saturday Club in August.  The stamp set is "Just Believe", a new set in the 2010-2011 catalog.  What  a  versitile set, so many different cards you can make with it.  The ladies really had fun making this card. This was a card that we made at our team meeting.  This card was a project that Melinda brought for us to do at our shoe box swap.

World Card Making Day

In celebration of World Card Making Day on October 2, I will be hosting a make and take at the St. Maries Fire Department.  The cost will be $12.00 to make 5 cards.  

Celebrating five years in 2010, World Card Making Day is a day for the card-making community-hobbyists, retailers and manufacturers to unite and celebrate the connection and creativity that is the heart of card making, "states the World Card Making Day web site.

If you are interested please let me know and I'll get you signed up. 

Summer is fading away and fall is trying to set in.  I like this time of the year because there is more time for crafting.  Time to get busy with my next projects. 

Life like pansy

These sweet little pansies are so easy to make but so pretty. 







This is the same card with pansies painted in different colors.  There is so much you can do with these pretty little flowers.

Morning Cup

Isn't this a cute card.  This is the new "Morning Cup" stamp set and the "Take a Sip" Roller Wheel.  The ribbon and the designer paper are also out the the new catalog.  The designer paper is Sunny Garden and the ribbon is 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon in poppy parade.

Countryside

If you're looking for something that is pretty fast
and easy this is a good card.

Stamp Set:  Countryside
Paper:  Newsprint DSP, Black, and Whisper White
Ink:  Black Stazon, Basic Black, and Poppy Parade Marker

Misc:  Poppy Parade 1/2" stitched poly ribbon, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

Welcome to CatPawCreations by Debbie

Samples from the new holiday mini

Get ready for the holiday mini catalog.  It's absolutely awesome, lots of great new items to get you ready for the holiday season.

Stamp set:  Day of Gratitude
Paper:  Early Espresso, pear pizzazz
Ink:  Versa Mark Pad, pear pizzazz, soft suede, Gold embossing powder
Misc:  Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads

Artistic Etchings

I love the vintage look of this card.  One set is a new set called Artistic Etchings, I think it would be fun to use it on scrapebook covers.

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, Winter Post
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Black and Crumb Cake

Ink:  Early Espresso, black, log cabin smooch spritz, versa mark pad
Misc:  Gold embossing powder, antique brads, top note die, Big Shot, Victoria Crochet Trim

Card #4

Another masuline card.  This is a fun and easy card to make.

Stamp set:  Nature Silhouettes, Short & Sweet
Paper:  So Saffron, Black, Always Artichoke
Ink:  Black Stazon, Always Artichoke, Black
Misc:  Lattice Embossing Folder, sponges

Card #3

The new Countryside stamp set makes a nice masculine card.  It seems like I always have trouble finding anything for the guys.

Stamp Sets:  Countryside (Pg. 115

Paper:  Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso, Newsprint DSP

Ink:  Early Espresso, Black Stazon,

Markers:  Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red

Misc:  Antique Brads, Hemp Twine, Brass Brads

Elements of Style

Here is another card made from
the Elements of Style and the Sense of Time sets.   One thing that I didn't do with this card was put crytal effects on the clock face, that would make it look like a real clock.

Supplies Used:
Stamp sets:  Sense of Time, Elements of Style
Paper:  Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Black and Rich Razzleberry
Ink:  Black Stazon, Soft Suede, Versa Mark Pad
Markers:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Misc:  Gold brads, gold embossing powder, Scallop Oval Punch, Oval Large Punch, Scallop Circle #2 Die for the Big Shot

Elements of Style and Time Stamp

Card #1

I love these 2 sets.  There is so much you can do with them.  I thought this was a cool card.

Card #1:

Elements of Style Stamp set( page 133, 2010-2011 SU catalog)

Sense of Time Stamp set (page 127, 2010-2011 SU catalog)

Cardstock:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Ink:  Black Stazon, Soft Suede

Markers:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive