Stamping with Michelle

Starry Christmas Ornament

It's hard to believe that Christmas is fast approaching!  At school, we did a Secret Santa exchange.  Each day had a theme, and one of the days we were supposed to bring in something we made.  It was really hard to create something that wouldn't give me away, but I managed to pull it off.  My recipient had no idea it was me!

I decided to make an ornament, and it came out pretty good, if I do say so myself!

You should have seen my desk when I was all done!  I had so many supplies out.  Let's see...I used three different sets of framelits, my Simply Scored tool, and silver ribbon.  Not to mention the card stock, punches and glue gun.

I had a really good time putting this together, and my Secret Santa person really liked it too!

What kind of ornaments have you made?

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Playing with Paper Pumpkin

Have you tried Paper Pumpkin yet?  Paper Pumpkin is our monthly subscription service.  Each month you get a pretty, orange box mailed to you containing all the stamps, ink and supplies you need to create that month's projects.  The cost is $19.95 a month plus tax (shipping is included!) and it's super fun.

Last night, I sat down to work on my kit from November.  This month's kit included an eight piece photopolymer set, an ink spot, washi tape, rhinestones, a small roll of bakers twine and all the card stock pieces to make eight cards and eight gift tags. Once I got started creating, I just couldn't start!  Here are a few of my favorite cards I created:

 

 

If you've tried Paper Pumpkin in the past and let your subcription lapse, you really need to try it again.  Since the inception of the program, Stampin' Up has been working on improving it, and the kits now are absolutely fantastic!  There is a lot more in them and the projects are more versatile than they were when the program first began.  You can subscribe to My Paper Pumpkin by clicking this link.

Paper Pumpkin also makes a fantastic gift!  You can purchase prepaid subscriptions in 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and even 12-month increments.  When you purchase a prepaid subscription, you will be sent a redemption code as well as a printable gift card via email that you can then give to the recepient.  Prepaid subscriptions can be purchased by clicking here

Give the gift that keeps on giving!

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Creating from Inspiration around You

Well hello there!

I truly didn't mean to fall off the face of the blogosphere, but it has been an eventful fall around my neck of the woods.  I *think* I may have found a way that will allow me to blog with some degree of regularity, but we shall see.

So. This is a post that I have had composed in my head for over a month.  It's not Christmas-y, but I wanted to share it with you anyway.

This fall, at my church, we have had this vase of flowers on display behind my pastor.

The color combination caught my eye, and every week I would look at it and think that I needed to design a card around those colors. (Yes, I was still paying attention!)

Here's the card that I finally got a chance to create:

Let's talk about how I was able to use the vase of flowers to come up with this card.

First, I determined which colors I wanted to use.  It looked to me like So Saffron ad Pear Pizzazz were the predominant colors.  When I got closer to take a picture, I realized that the big flowers are actually red, but from my seat they looked like Cajun Craze to me so that is the color I went with.

When you look at the display, the first thing your eye is drawn to is the yellow in the vase, so I knew that my card had to be predominately So Saffron.  The next color that you see is the green of the leaves, so Pear Pizzazz became my secondary color.  I decided to make the card base out of Pear Pizzazz with a So Saffron layer on it.

The flowers form the rest of the display, but only as a compliment, so I knew I needed only a little of the Cajun Craze to give the same effect.  I carried over those colors into my stamping and added just a touch of Early Espresso in the form of the ribbon and candy dots.  The overall effect when you look at my card is the same feeling as the colors in the vase.

How have you drawn inspiration from objects around you?

Happy Stamping,

Michelle