October Afternoon

I have two retro-ish cards to share with you using products from October Afternoon.

I will post more info on them later - Heidi

Silhouette Cameo Cards

I have been trying to use my Silhouette Cameo machine more lately.  The cards that I have done haven't been too complicated and the machine cuts very well. I think that I lack patience when it comes to popping all those pieces out of what I have cut.  Take for instance the rope frame on the card below.  That frame is very intricate and even as big as I cut it there were a lot of little pieces to push out.  All in all I don't think it turned out too bad.

This card is a 5 X 7 size.

The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set.  I couldn't find any stamps that I could fit Happy Birthday on the whole banner so I just went with BIRTHDAY.

This is an A2 size card.

The above card is a swing card that I cut out on my Cameo.  I used some old Stampin' Up Christams paper.  The tree flips open to the inside. It is very cool - one that you have to see in person to really appreciate it. - Heidi

Goodwill madness!

I started a new job and am I worn out!  I don't get downstairs to make cards as much as I'd like to.  Here are a few things that I have created.  It would appear that I have a new addiction - washi tape!

I scored these airplane stamps while at Goodwill.  The airplane on the right is a single stamp and the three on the left are a stamp.  I thought they were interesting.  I have other ideas for these stamps so stay tuned!  I used Scotch Expressions tape - love it!

I found this buffalo stamp at Goodwill and made my father a birthday card.  He was out East for his birthday so it didn't seem right to give it to him late.  I'll hold onto it for next year.

My husband spotted this PSX cat stamp when we were at Goodwill.  It is an awesome graphic and I decided to make simple cards with it.  What do you think?

 

While at Goodwill I came across these Endangered species stamps.  I have no idea who makes them, but at 49 cents how could I resist!

This screaming lady stamp is another Goodwill find. Again I have no clue who made her, but I love her expression.  I printed the sentiment and die cut it for the card.  I think it works out great!

Nothing here from Goodwill.  Loving the Scotch Expressions tape.

I bought this button at Goodwill.  Thought it was cute and that I'd make a simple card.  Not my favorite, but it'll do.  Have a great day - Heidi

Perfume and Girly

I am not very girly.  I am not a bling person either.  I don't like working with glitter because it gets everywhere!  Here is my attempt at some girly cards using my Cameo Silhouette for the perfume bottles.  The sentiments are from Papertrey Ink.  Have a wonderful evening - Heidi

I like the above card the best!  I think the bottle on the lower right looks like a salad dressing bottle.  Oh well.

 

Three horses - five ways

I broke down and bought a Cameo Silhouette.  The first thing I cut was ruined probably because the mat was so sticky, but these horses here are awesome!  I used three different colors plus two of the negatives left-over.

This first set of horses use, Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze and River Rock cardstock on Black.  Maybe I needed some shading on the horses to make them pop.

On the second card I embossed the first and third horse to give it a different look.

On the third card I embossed all of the horses for another look.

I used the River Rock negative part and made the above card.

Then I used the Cajun Craze negative part and made this last card.  I think I am all horsed out now.

- Heidi

Four Flowers - Two Ways

I picked up this stamp at my local Goodwill because I thought I could make a card with it.  The stamp is from PSX.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up and the set is called Something to Celebrate.  I think I like the Baja Breeze card better because of the extra layer on the front. - Heidi

A Hunting we will Go!

Our Hobby Lobby moved about two months ago and they had all paper stacks for 50% off.  I guess they'd rather sell it than move it, but I am good with that!  I found this hunting/manly/outdoorsy stack of paper and of course I had to have it.  The designs are nice, but the paper is textured.  This makes it difficult to emboss on and photograph.  See what you think.

I messed around with a couple of different dies and some different birthday stamps and embossing powder.  The cards are A10s - so they are big.  I don't think they turned out too bad. - Heidi

Happy Hexagons

I saw this DCWV paper stack at JoAnn's and it has foil designs over kraft paper.  It's only 6 X 6, but very cool!  Combine it with the hexagon background die from Papertrey Ink and you get the following cool cards.

Just line all those hexagons up the way you want and stamp your sentiment and emboss with silver.  Simple yet oh so nifty! - Heidi

Ciao Bella - literally!

I said I would make a bunch of cards using the Ciao Bella stack that I bought at Michael's and I did.  Now the paper is gone except for a few sheets that I didn't like so that will go in my rummage sale this Summer.  Here are the cards I made from the DCWV stack.

Above & below use Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink for their card bases.  The remainder of the 12 X 12 sheet was cut up and used inside the card.

The card below is my favorite as I just love the color scheme.  The Baja-like blue and Pumpkin Pie look awesome together!  The bird is fussy cut and popped up, but the picture doesn't show it well.

The base for the next two cards is Plum Pudding from Papertrey Ink.  I am almost grateful that I could no longer afford to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator.  I hated being limited to what supplies I could use!  I have a love of papercrafting and want to use it all!

The bird on the left is fussy cut and popped up.  The sentiment is from the paper stack.

All of the dies used here are from Provocraft.  They are the dies that came with Cuttlebug embossing folders in a pack.  They are great for quick words!

The card bases below are Real Red.

The card bases for these cards are So Saffron.  I love how the words POP out on these cards.

Card bases below are Primrose Petals, Regal Rose & Pretty in Pink.  The first two cards are one sheet of paper split and the next card is the flowers all together.

Ruby Red, an oldie, but goody rounds out the card base for the next two cards.

A Real Red card base on this last card.

To see the other Ciao Bell cards I made click here, here or here.  Thanks for looking - Heidi.

Multiple Super Mario characters

My children each got a 5 pack of Super Mario Brothers plushies for Christmas.  On the back of the cardboard were these great circles with the characters in them.  I am certainly not one to throw away any good items that could be recycled into something useable.  So I made some cards, naturally!

Koopa Troopa Koopa

Yoshi.  Visit here and here for more Yoshi cards I made.

Luigi - Let's a go!

Mario

and Toad.

Card Sizes: A2.

Cardstock: YoYo Yellow, Real Red.

Ink: Real Red.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Other: embossing folder from Cuttlebug, circle die from spellbinders, word window, label punch and corner rounder punch.

Happy New Year! - Heidi