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STARTING TO GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS

I'm starting to think about the holidays. For World Card Making Day October 2nd I'm going to be doing a Holiday Card Class. Although this will not be one of the cards, we may use this punch and stamp set. I was just dying to try out the new ornament punch by SU! I love it. What I did was to stamp serene snowflakes onto silver card stock and vellum. I used silver embossing powder on the silver card stock and white embossing powder on the vellum. I then punched out the ornament punches and adhered them to red card stock. I used silver elastic cording to hang the ornaments (I'm so glad SU! brought the cording back). The sentiment was embossed in silver. I think the holidays are about the glitz and the glitter and the embossing so there will be lots more of that in the upcoming weeks. Enjoy today's sample.

TASTY SWEET

First, I want to thank everyone who commented on my blog. I'll be announcing the winners of the tour tomorrow so make sure you come back to see if you are a winner. You will have 5 days to claim your prize. If I list your name you need to email me your name and address. OK, now for today's post...

We made this card at Katie's Friday night. It uses the stamp set Tasty Sweet. Isn't it a cute set? I actually cased this card from Ilina Crouse. I changed mine a little and really love coloring the candy corn. The words trick or treat are so cute and really make the set. The card stock used was rich razzleberry, old olive, only orange and whisper white. Here are the favors that Katie made for everyone. She used the designer paper Cast a Spell.

Inside each matchbox were Rolo's candy that she turned over and added different sized circle punches to make monster eyes. These are just fabulous and yet another idea for a great Halloween treat. This is so cool.

BUILD A BEAR STAMPS

Without a doubt the cutest stamp sets in the new mini catalog are the Beary Best Friends and the coordinating set Beary Nice Wishes. If you love bears you will love this set.

I started out by stamping images and then watercoloring them with my aquapainter and watercolor crayons. I added the new Pawsitively Prints designer paper which is gorgeous. I used the texturz plates by SU! on this card and actually cut the little girl bear out. She is so cute. Her shopping bag is adorable.

This one also uses the Pawsitively Prints designer paper. Here the bear is holding a flower. If you notice in each of the bears I have added rosy cheeks. This is the beauty of watercoloring in that you can add these types of subtle details.

I just love Build a Bear. I have made 2 real bears my self and I've gone with my son to make one. They are so much fun to make and the results are great. I will need to show you all my scrappinbeary bear. She is a scrapbook bear I made at CKU in Utah several years ago. Also,
I have a few more of these cards that I will show you in a future post.

REMARKABLE BLOG TOUR DAY 4 - SWEET TREATS and ANOTHER BUILD A BEAR COSTUME

Today is the last day of the Remarkable Blog Tour. Don't forget to post a comment on today's post so that you will be eligible for a prize. I will be posting winners in the next couple of days, so stay tuned. You will need to see if you are a winner. I do want you to know that I try to post almost every day if I can. I have so many cute ideas to share and my personal team is really talented. If you are in the local Baltimore, Maryland area check us out. We have at least 2 classes a month and our next class is at my house on the 23rd. We're going to be doing a card featuring the autumn splendor stamp set that I featured on day 1 with the embossed leaves, plus lots of other cool ideas. I live in Lutherville which is northwest Baltimore. Look me up and join me some time.

For today's post, I chose to highlight the sweet treats stamp set. I think this is one of the hit sets of the season in the new holiday mini catalog. For class on Friday night I asked my downline, Hsiao-hui to create and she came up with these 2 great card ideas. The first uses the new Christmas papers in the main idea book called Merry Moments. The paper is double sided gorgeous for the holidays. She used the ornament stamp for this card and also used the Big Shot to cut out the joyful sizzlit die. It is only $5.50 US and quite a bargain. I also love her use of the new real red stitched ribbon. This sweet treats card has another ornament on the inside that moves so that
you can get the treat out.

I love how Hsiao-hui used the ornament for the back. Great idea.

Here is Hsiao-hui's Halloween card using the sweet treats set.

This card has a bookmark that is removable to get the treats.

The back of the bookmark covering the treats is stamped with the under $10 stamp little boo.

Remember how I did the bear the other day with the pumpkin costume? Well the same die has a witches hat and broom. Way too cute. I did this bear as the pumpkin costumed bear's companion. Tomorrow I'm going to show you some build a bear cards that use the coordinating stamp set.

Thanks again everyone for joining the blog tour. Lots more to come this week so feel free to return here again to check me out. In the meantime, continue on the tour with Michelle.

REMARKABLE BLOG TOUR DAY 3 - TECHNIQUE CARD AND FUN AT KATIE'S

I am so happy to share with you one of the projects we made at Katie's home last night on this Remarkable Holiday Blog Tour. Remember that if you post comments you are eligible for a prize. I will be giving a few neat things away. Just click on comments at the end of this post and you should be directed to a box to type in a comment. So far I've gotten lots and have enjoyed reading them all.

Last night we had class at Katie's home. Although we featured the build a bear in the post below this one, and several neat cards, I chose to post this great tech card for you to try. For those of you who don't know, Katie Ford is a SU! demonstrator in my downline who is very talented. I gave her the task of coming up with this month's technique card and she chose cracked glass. I just love this technique. Using the twick or tweet set I used she took it to the next level with this card. First, to bring out the skeleton and ghosts, Katie colored the background on watercolor paper with so saffron watercolor crayon.

This is what it looks like after it is colored. Next (not shown) take your aquapainter and smooth it out so it has a washed background. Then (again not shown) apply versamark ink over entire sheet and then apply glassy glaze embossing powder. Heat and emboss and then repeat this step. When hardened, you crack the sheet with your hands to get the cracked glass effect seen in the top photo.

Next adhere the top window sheet that was stamped with the background stamp sanded.

Next apply to the Halloween dsp and base card stock. Notice the colored m and m's that match the card.Here is Pat P. heating the glassy glaze. Katie is looking on.

Here are some other samples. In this next one, Katie applied the glassy glaze to colored card stock to show that there is another application. Doesn't this look like ice?

Here she has applied it to this flower. The background dsp is the new cottage wall.

In the next post, there is another card done for the holidays. The photo didn't make this post. And after you view that one, head on over to Michele's blog for more remarkable ideas.

CRACKED GLASS CHRISTMAS

I couldn't add this to the post above so I am putting this great sample in it's own post. This is another great Katie technique card doing the cracked glass technique. She is using a new set in the Holiday Mini called Yuletide Christmas.

I will try to post more from class later today or maybe tomorrow. Lots more to come.

GETTING READY FOR CLASS TONIGHT

I promised the ladies for class tonight that they would get to make another build a bear using the Big Shot. Since our class is a Halloween/Fall class, I thought I would dress the bear up in the pumpkin costume. At the next event I think I'm going to have them do the witch. If you click on the photo below it will enlarge and you will see that I have colored the pumpkin suit with chalk to highlight it and also added dazzling diamonds with the 2 way glue pen. I will be posting some of the projects from class at midnight tonight as part of the Remarkables Holiday Tour. Remember to leave a comment on my blog so you can be entered to win prizes.

HOLIDAY BLOG TOUR DAY 2 TWICK OR TWEET

I am so excited that we are able to present so many wonderful ideas from the new Holiday Mini catalog by SU! We at Remarkable Stampers have quite a bit of talent. Also...I'm giving away blog candy to some lucky winners who make comments on these posts. Post a comment daily and you will be entered into the grand prize. I've got some great prizes so it is worth it to comment.

Today, I chose the Halloween theme using Twick or Tweet. I love this set. It has some great stamps in it as you can see in each of the samples below. The only stamp in the set that I didn't use was the pumpkins stamp. If you view the holiday mini (see icon on right of blog) you will be able to see everything in this set and all of the sets in the mini. The sentiment is from grateful greetings.
This next card uses elegant eggplant as the card stock base. I love this new wide striped ribbon by SU! and had to use it on this card. Isn't this chick adorable with her mask? If you look closely I have embossed the white card stock with the Big Shot texturz plate that is a new one from the main idea book this year. The chick is embossed with crystal effects.

This next card uses the background stamp sanded in white craft ink on basic grey card stock. The gravestone and the raven is from the stamp set graveyard gala in the main idea book. I've used my favorite taffeta ribbon also.

ok, for more great ART from the Remarkable Stampers visit the next stop on the tour

Michelle Rahal's blog.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATHY WEIR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR FRIEND CATHY WHO WAS BORN 9/11. She is a sweetheart and I wanted to make sure she knows it. My card is in the mail to you dear Cathy! Happy Birthday Cathy!