My last September dog card celebrating the season of Halloween and trick-or-treaters.




I like layered cards because I enjoy the dimension and shadow they provide. 

Here are all the supplies I used for the three cards:

Cardstock: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb cover stock, Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Soft Suede (retired), Hello Honey (r), Pumpkin Pie.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Stamps by Judith & Heather - Scruffy Pup, Trick-or-Treat Pumpkin, all tiny “stubby” stamps; Sentiments - Happy Halloween from SU’s And Many More, Autumn Greetings from Autumn Wreath set by Pretty Pink Posh

Patterned Paper: All from My Favorite Things

Die: Mini Slimline Stitched Layers by Popsiclesticks (Etsy store)

Markers: Mostly Copic, a few are Spectrum Noir.

Embellishment: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, black gel pen to add movement lines

These were fun to make, except for the fussy cutting it took to make itty bitty leaf and candy corn masks.

I am entering all three cards in the Sept 11 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge featuring Four Legged Friends, the Tic Tac Toe 256 Challenge, and the As You Like It Challenge

My second Halloween Doggy Card is featured here. 


Here are all the supplies I used:

Cardstock: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb cover stock, Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Soft Suede (retired), Hello Honey (r), Pumpkin Pie.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Stamps by Judith & Heather - Scruffy Pup, Trick-or-Treat Pumpkin, all tiny “stubby” stamps; Sentiments - Happy Halloween from SU’s And Many More, Autumn Greetings from Autumn Wreath set by Pretty Pink Posh

Patterned Paper: All from My Favorite Things

Die: Mini Slimline Stitched Layers by Popsiclesticks (Etsy store)

Markers: Mostly Copic, a few are Spectrum Noir.

Embellishment: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, black gel pen to add movement lines

These were fun to make, except for the fussy cutting it took to make itty bitty leaf and candy corn masks.

I am entering all three cards in the Sept 11 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge featuring Four Legged Friends, and the Tic Tac Toe C256 Challenge and the As You Like It Challenge



Back on the blog after a long while. Just got busy with life stuff over the summer. I know you know what I mean.


I am back with not one, but three cards all for Autumn and Halloween. In between working on birthday and Christmas cards, I’ve continued to play with my Stamps by Judith & Heather. I enjoy adding layers to even a flat design as I just love the dimension and "shadow" it adds to a card. 






Here are all the supplies I used:

Cardstock: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb cover stock, Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Soft Suede (retired), Hello Honey (r), Pumpkin Pie.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Stamps by Judith & Heather - Scruffy Pup, Trick-or-Treat Pumpkin, all tiny “stubby” stamps; Sentiments - Happy Halloween from SU’s And Many More, Autumn Greetings from Autumn Wreath set by Pretty Pink Posh

Patterned Paper: All from My Favorite Things

Die: Mini Slimline Stitched Layers by Popsiclesticks (Etsy store)

Markers: Mostly Copic, a few are Spectrum Noir.

Embellishment: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, black gel pen to add movement lines

These were fun to make, except for the fussy cutting it took to make itty bitty leaf and candy corn masks.

I am entering all three cards in the Sept 11 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge featuring Four Legged Friends, and the Tic Tac Toe C256 Challenge. I am also entering the autumn themed card in the Sept 5 As You Like It Challenge

Whew, June has been a whirlwind. My family was in Denver on June 1 for my niece's lovely wedding. I've attended a scrapbooking convention in Denton, TX and had a fun four days with some dear friends from high school, most recently. 


A little family-run stamp company (at least 35 years old) called Stamps by Judith & Heather is always at these conventions. They make hand-drawn stamps that are all meant for scene building. Many of their stamps are woodblock, especially the small ones that are mounted on the end of a wooden dowel - you know, peg stamps, also known as "stubbies." The fact that you can mix and match hundreds of different images (lots of florals, animals, cute containers, insects, scenery and more) is what makes their stamps so unique and fun. 


You can find some of their videos on Facebook and some older ones on YouTube. The stamping goes FAST, which is fun. Heather does ALL her coloring on 22lb copy paper (later glued to cardstock) and then colors with Tombow water-based markers and a blender pen. 




The first time I bought some of her stamps -- I think it was 2018 -- I didn't know what to do, except for a big Mason jar stamp (which I have filled with images like M&M's). Now, I am much better at Copic coloring, so when I saw the plethora of stamps I could color at her booth last week, I went all in. 



I used a scruffy dog, grass, a tin bucket, leaves, mushrooms, a small green plant, a pumpkin and a little heart to build my scene. I used Post-It masking with the bucket, dog, pumpkins and mushrooms to make them appear layered like I wanted. I colored with Copics, Spectrum Noir markers and Dick Blick alcohol ink markers. I added the dots line at the end and added a Simon Says Stamp sentiment strip along with a tiny strip of Stampin' Up's Poppy Parade CS, with a Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz in the left top corner. 



Cardstock was Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb, plus Stampin' Up's Mossy Meadow. I die cut the card front panels with mini slimline dies by Popsicle Sticks from Etsy. Rest assured, I'll be using more and more of these stamps on my cards. 




I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps & More #471, The Outlawz Challenges, and Double Trouble. 







I made a wedding card for a family member marrying in June. I used a Crafter's Companion (Gemini)  embossing folder that I believe is called Flourish & Linen with 80lb white cardstock. I was able to emboss this with my Sizzix Big Shot by lightly spritzing the cardstock with water, using the multipurpose platform (red tab only down), then the embossing folder, then a silicon mat, then a top cutting plate only. I bartered for this folder when I found a friend owned it. It’s both elegant and a bit boho at the same time.



I used quite a bit of retired Stampin’ Up! materials on this card. The stamp is from So Sentimental and the matching label die is one from the Tasteful Labels die set. The cardstock used for the flowers is Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, and Old Olive. The dark rose mat is actually Red Rose designer series paper from many years ago.

The flower dies are all from the Poppystamps’ Floral Pop Up Easel Set. I stamped the sentiment with Memento black ink and popped it up with foam tape.


Here with another slimline card. This one has all sorts of ingredients in it. I'll go front to back. First up is a leaf created with the Tim Holtz Leaf Fragments die set (awesome set). I cut it from watercolor paper and used first some Uncharted Mariner Distress Spray Stain, then added Winter Frost Distress Mica Spray on top. The three-layer piece beneath the leaf is tied up with some linen thread from Stampin' Up! The layers consist of a piece of orange Core'dinations cardstock that has been dry embossed with a Fun Stampers Journey embossing folder called Wind and Water. Underneath that is a scrap of Stamperia paper from the Cosmos paper pad. Beneath that is a piece of Tim Holtz's Black Kraft Heavystock that was embossed with the Fun Stampers Journey embossing folder called Diamond Netting. I sanded this one a little to bring the kraft part out. 



And speaking of kraft. These pieces all sit on top of a piece of Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake stamped with my favorite Tim Holtz Stamp set called Floral Outlines in black ink. The card base is (I think) Stampin' Up! Dapper Denim. I used some Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot paint to splatter on the card. I enjoyed using this many layers. Thanks for looking. Happy 20th anniversary to Distress inks! #sss20yearsofdistress