Let It Snow!

It's been awhile! Don't worry. I'm not secretly stamping and not sharing. I truly have not been stamping in weeks. I thought I had better stamp something before I forget how to!

I had been wanting to try out my homemade Flower Soft (shaved Styrofoam). I had bought the least expensive piece of Styrofoam I could find and shaved the whole thing and put it in a jar. Now all I have to do is stain some of it with re-inkers if I want colors (as I was experimenting with it I found that it was very important to let it thoroughly dry before applying.).

This go-round is easy since I wanted to use some for snow. So I just glued some down, no dyeing needed. It's a lot messier than real Flower Soft, but it's so much cheaper that the hassle is worth it, IMO. If you'd prefer the real thing you could just get the white Flower Soft and dye it. I presume you can anyway. Can't speak from experience, though.

I know it's snowing in many parts of the country, but we've not had any yet in my part of Northern Georgia. There was the threat of it this past weekend, but none fell in our area. I was actually thankful for that as our two youngest daughters were in a local Christmas parade Saturday and I was a tad worried they'd get damp. It was quite cold with a blasting wind, so that would not have been good. Instead, we got to enjoy beautiful sunny weather, albeit a bit frigid.

So snow is on my mind - fires in the fireplace, hot chocolate, the smell of wood smoke, bundling up - I love these things. But I neglected to bundle up my little cuppy on my card, I'm afraid. Should I make him a little scarf? I hope he's not too uncomfortable surrounded by all that fake snow! ;)

Did you catch the reindeer theme? I used some reindeer paper from Basic Grey's Blitzen collection and carried the theme with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Cuppy. hee Wish I had some tiny bells I could add. Wouldn't that be cute?

So, are you done with your Christmas shopping yet? Me, neither. But I am pretty much done with the gifts I have to mail. So I feel fairly accomplished there. This Christmas seems to be bounding up at breakneck speed! I won't remind you about how many days away it is because I doubt you want to know either!

Well, hope you have a lovely Tuesday, and if I don't get any more posts put up before Christmas, may it be a merry one for you and your family! TFL!

Recipe

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Season's Sweetings and Home Sweet Home

CS: Ruby Red, Basic Grey Blitzen collection, black, white

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Nestabilities Labels Four, Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder, homemade white Flower Soft (shaved Styrofoam), Flower Soft glue, black gingham ribbon, 3D-Dots, red gem, sponge mat, paper piercer, ticket corner punch

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Happy Autumn!

This card was made using this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

I couldn't let autumn go by without pulling out my favorite autumn stamp set. It wouldn't be right. SU Lovely Leaves is a classic and I was surprised and disappointed when Stampin' Up! retired it. Maybe they weren't aware of its versatility.

Real fall leaves don't have just one color in them. They're a symphony of colors. So when I use my Lovely Leaves set I generally stamp them in a main color (largely from the Earth Elements color group) and then sponge other colors, including black for a little character, right on the stamp. Then I huff warm air on them and stamp. It produces a lovely effect.

That's what I did on the white background of this card. Then I finished it off using a Basic Black marker in an Inkworx Air Art gun to get a splattered effect. Once that was done I ran it through the Cuttlebug with the Distressed Stripes embossing folder and then clipped the corners with the ticket corner punch and then sponged black ink around the edges using a sponge dauber. Then I sewed around the edges. I really did a number on that poor old white piece of cardstock, didn't I?

It's not easily visible, but I used the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder on that dark piece of paper in the center. The dark paper has the pattern of tree bark on it from the Basic Grey Granola collection. I sponged it with black ink after running it through the Cuttlebug. A lot of work for something you can barely see! lol

For the words, I stamped the "happy" stamp from SU So Very in Pumpkin Pie ink and then lightly sponged it with black ink to burnish its appearance. I stamped the "autumn" stamp from the Purple Onion Designs' 4 Seasons set in Pumpkin Pie and then stamped it in black ink very lightly. Unfortunately, you can't see the cool, subtle effect that it produced in this pic.

I pressed the Old Olive cardstock behind the white piece onto the SU Just Jeans background stamp which was inked up with Old Olive ink. It gave a nice patterned but not too distinct appearance. I did the same on the greenish piece under the jumbo brads before running it through the Cuttlebug.

I always enjoy making cards with Lovely Leaves. It's one of my favorite sets.

Thanks for coming by for a look! Have a blessed day!

Recipe

Stamps: SU Lovely Leaves, SU So Very, SU Just Jeans, Purple Onion Designs "4 Seasons"

CS: Black, Old Olive, white, Basic Grey Archaic, Basic Grey Granola

Inks: Ruby Red, Old Olive, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Nestabilities Standard Circle Large, Large Classic Inverted Scalloped Circles, Curved Rectangles, ticket corner punch, Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes, Tiny Bubbles and D'Vine Swirls embossing folders; sewing machine, paper piercing tool, sponge mat, sponges, sponge dauber, jumbo brads, 3D-Dots, Sticky Doos, Basic Black marker, Inkworx air art gun, Black gingham ribbon

Make your own Flower Soft

I thought this was too cool not to pass on. Holly at Hog Wild About Stamping figured out a way to create her own Flower Soft equivalent with shaved Styrofoam balls! You can read her post and see her video here. The lovely thing about this is that you can make just enough of certain colors for your needs rather than buying a lot and only rarely using it. You could even mix colors like you get with Flower Soft just by coloring them separately, letting them dry and then blending them together.

Thanks Holly for this great discovery!

Flaky Friends

I finally got some stamping done! It's been, what, a month? My days are already full with homeschooling and chores and such, but for the last few weeks I've also added canning tomatoes and apples to the pile. I love the taste of homemade applesauce. If you've never made it, let me tell you it is so easy! You peel, core and chop the apples, cook them in a little water until they're fully cooked, blend them to break them down (like you would for mashed potatoes) and sugar and cinnamon them to taste. That's it! So much better than store bought.

After having processed 2 bushels of apples, I'll say I am so glad to be done with it all! Maybe 2 bushels is one bushel too many? Saturday I spent the entire day on my feet making 7 more quarts of applesauce, some apple leather (dehydrated apple sauce) and 2 apple pies. My hubby and younger daughters were off on a Heritage Girls field trip for the day, so my son and I enjoyed some peace and quiet while he played video games and I canned and baked. I love putting a video on while I work in the kitchen, and it being Saturday, I decided to put on some cooking shows. So I popped my Jacques and Julia dvds in and listened to their friendly banter and advice while I cooked. A cold front was coming in with chilly temps and a good, strong breeze, so I opened the door to the back deck to let the lovely fresh air into the kitchen. It helped me go a lot farther than I would've in that hot kitchen!

Hubby and the girls and I were so exhausted after our busy days that we decided to stay home from church. I slept until 11am! I guess I was pretty pooped! It had been so long since I stamped, I was determined to get some stamping time in on Sunday.

I wanted to do something wintery, so I pulled out a set I haven't used in a long time: SU Flaky Friends. But I wanted to use colors that weren't standard winter/Christmasy colors, so I pulled out the Basic Grey Archaic 6X6 pad and chose my colors from there. I picked out markers that would match and set to coloring. For the snowmen's bodies I used a water brush and swiped the Bordering Blue marker with it and lightly dusted them along the edges to differentiate between them and the background. I could've done the opposite and darkened the background a bit instead, but I chose to do it this way.

After stitching around the edges, I used white Liquid Applique very thickly along the bottom and added Crystal Snow glitter over it. I let it dry for a bit and then heated it with my heat gun. The glitter stuck to it and looks really neat, although the pics don't show it very well. I also added a bit on the hat of the far left snowman.

Although it's not very easy to see, I used the Martha Stewart Double Scallop border punch on Swirl vellum and added it as a layer under the designer paper with the blocks on it.

I think everything else is pretty self-explanatory. I appreciate you coming by for a look! I'll try to get more stamping in now that the apples are done and my free time is a little freer. Gotta get going on designing our Christmas cards if I'm going to make them this year!

Take care!



Recipe

Stamps: Stampin' Up! Flaky Friends

CS: Chocolate Chip, white, black, Basic Grey Archaic, Swirl vellum

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Markers: CTMH Lilac Mist, CTMH Garden Green, SU Creamy Caramel, SU Close to Cocoa, SU Ruby Red, SU Pumpkin Pie, SU Bordering Blue

Other: Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Squares Large, Classic Squares Large, Classic Scalloped Circle Small, Standard Circle Large, Martha Stewart Double Scallop border punch, sewing machine, Dutch blue grosgrain ribbon, pearl gems, Sticky Doos, 3D-Dots, white Liquid Applique, Crystal Snow glitter, water brush

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I'm not getting any stamping in as I'm spending my energy on canning applesauce and making fruit leather and such right now. This is the time of year to get the freshest apples, ya know!

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Cheerio! and happy tea drinking!

Music to stamp by - FREE!

Hey ladies, many of us stamp as a form of creative therapy, and I know I often stamp while either watching a favorite movie or listening to some soothing music. Here's an opportunity to get some lovely tunes for your stamping sessions absolutely free! If you love classical or just peaceful music, Amazon is offering a big album of relaxing classical songs you can download for free! Get it while you can right here!

Sing and Make Music in Your Heart to the Lord!

Well, I got some fun stamping in yesterday since it rained the whole day and I felt a need to create. This card started out with lots more green in it and little black, but transformed over time to this heavily blue and black creation. With as much ribbon that I have, you'd think I'd use more variety. What can I say? I just can't get enough of the black and white stuff!

The inspiration came from Angella's card with her button flowers. I loved the tied ribbon in the button holes idea. Despite having a rainbow of buttons, what did I pick? Black! I'm hopeless!



Anywho...I wanted to play with my new Shapeabilities/Poseabilities Flower Creations 3 set. So that was where I started. I figured I could use a button for the center and add the ribbon. It's really tricky getting ribbon through a button hole, but I just used a small embroidery needle with a large eye and folded the ribbon in half lengthwise on the end to fish it through the eye. The needle with the ribbon took a bit of pulling to get through, but it did make it through. If you have one of those rubber grabbing pads you use for opening jars, I think it would work well in helping to grab and pull the needle.

For the holes around the oval, I used the same oval nestie die, placed the cut paper oval back into the die, front facing down and then turned it to face up and held it down on my sponge mat while I punched the holes. The inner edge of the die worked well as a template. For the flower, I just did it freehand, punching in the corners and ends first, then in the centers of the rows and then filling in evenly the rest of the spaces. Does that make sense?



For the blue bird on the oval I stamped in SU Bashful Blue ink and then in CTMH Crystal Blue ink to get the color as close as possible to the blue in the Basic Grey paper. I sponged the edges of the oval with CTMH Blush ink.

You'll notice I used Cuttlebug folders on this card. I used Script and Perfectly Paisley.

Although it's barely noticeable, I will point out that I stamped SU Canvas on the SU Soft Sky cs in VersaMark ink.

This card fits in an envelope like the ones in this post. The size of the envelope is 4.75"X6.5".

This was a fun and enjoyable card to make. I hope you enjoyed looking at it! Have a blessed Sunday!

Recipe

Stamp: Our Daily Bread Designs Sing to the Lord, SU Canvas

CS: Black, SU Soft Sky, Basic Grey Lemonade 6X6" pad, white

Inks: SU Bashful Blue, CTMH Crystal Blue, CTMH Blush, Versafine Onyx Black, VersaMark

Other: Cuttlebug Script and Perfectly Paisley embossing folders, Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Oval Small, Classic Oval Scallop Small, Poseabilities (Shapeabilities) Flower Creations 3, paper piercing tool, sponge mat, black button, black gingham ribbon, 3D-Dots, sponge dauber

Flying Cupcakes

Hello all! My apologies for the picture of this card. It was hard to stand up to photograph because it's 5.5" X 8.5" - a whole sheet of cardstock folded in half. Actually, what I meant to say was that the black base is only on the back, so the front does not have support. So I had to lean it against something to get a pic of it.

Confession time. I bought cards at the store for almost everyone I needed a card for this month. And you know what? I was so glad I did because the one thing I always feel is lacking in my cards is sincere sentiments. I found the perfect cards for everyone I bought for! I mean the words spoke so deeply about my feelings. And it felt good to accomplish such a goal. It's not that my own handmade cards aren't appreciated, but sometimes I want it to be more than just a pretty card. I want it to speak from the heart.

I am not a poet and I am no good at saying how I feel in my cards. I try, but I don't really have that gift. Others do, and I'm so thankful for that because they can put to words just how I feel and set those words right in the perfect card, and all I have to do is buy it. Yeah, I could probably make a more glittery, splashy-looking card, but it's what is said inside (or outside) that really counts.

While I know there are sites out there that give free prose for the taking, my printers are very limited and buying a new one just to print on my cards seems wasteful. So I stick to the stamps I have. But they are so limited. And I'm trying to avoid wasteful spending right now. The Lord knows how much money I've already sunk into this hobby!

Anywho, I did want to make a dear friend a card because she is also a stamper and today's her birthday! So this one is for her. Teresa has a dream about baking cakes for a living. She's very good at it! I'm so hopeful that God may be directing her very soon in that direction. This being the case, I had to make her a card with some kind of cake on it! So I pulled out the Inkadinkadoo set, Birthday Cupcake, and did a nice scene of flying (or dancing, if you will) cupcakes in her favorite color - pink.

I wanted it to have a soft appearance, so I used Swirl vellum over Blush Blossom cardstock like I did for this card. The design is really simple. The most elaborate work I did was on the cupcake scene. I stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black ink on Canson watercolor paper. Then I colored it with markers. Then I put the glitter on and THEN decided to cuttlebug it. That was a slight mistake, but it still turned out fine since the glue was dry under the glitter.

Oh, btw, I used SU Basic Black ink on the saying because it dries on vellum quickly, unlike the Versafine.

I appreciate you having a look. Be well!

Recipe

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo Birthday Cupcake, Stampin' Up! Birthday Greetings

CS: Black, Blush Blossom, Swirl vellum, Canson watercolor paper

Inks: SU Basic Black, Versafine Onyx Black

Markers: Blush Blossom, Cameo Coral, Pixie Pink, Pretty in Pink, Mellow Moss, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana

Other: Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, clear glue, fine white Crystal Snow glitter, black polka dot ribbon, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 3D-Dots

Mousy Birthday Cupcake

Hello there!

Wow! You wouldn't believe how much trouble I had with this card! I finally wrestled it to the ground today and won! My mojo was nowhere to be found and every way I arranged the card elements just did not appeal. I think I've gotten into a creative rut. At least I finished the card, though. This will be for my mother-in-law's birthday. I thought she'd enjoy the sweetness of the Penny Black mice. So cheerful!

The designer papers I used were from the Basic Grey Lemonade 6x6 pad. Such cheerful papers! They're some of my favorites.

I tried something new with my hole punching. I used the sewing machine without thread to do around the edges of the Rose Red base and along the edge of the white vertical piece. It certainly was easier, but I wouldn't say it was straighter. In the right situation this could be a nice shortcut.

For the mice scene I used watercolor paper to stamp the image on because I feel it lends itself to far more flexibility in coloring. I used SU markers to color with and blended mostly with them - with a bit of water brushing here and there to remove color or wash it out a bit. What fun it is! I don't crave Copics anymore since finding this method. I'm sure they're superior in every way, but their price just stops me dead in my tracks every time I have a notion to buy some. And then where to start? There are so many! SU markers will happily satisfy me for now.

I glittered the cupcake frosting and the candle flame to make them stand out some. I used Crystal Snow fine white glitter on the frosting and yellow Stickles for the flame.

I actually had the mice scene done weeks ago. I just had to build the card around it. I've been working on this card for almost 2 weeks, off and on! Phew! Talk about frustrating!


I have so many cards to make this month. September and May seem to be the big birthday/anniversary months for us. Hopefully, my mojo will return and I will have cards made for everyone! I've got to get busy!

Hope all is well with you! TFL! God bless you all!

Recipe

Stamps: Penny Black Critter Party

CS: Black, Rose Red, Basic Grey Lemonade, white, Canson watercolor paper

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Markers: Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Yoyo Yellow, Pretty in Pink, Rose Romance

Other: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Oval Scallop Small, Classic Oval Large, Blossom; Cuttlebug Traffic Jam and Swiss Dots embossing folders, large and small oval punches, Martha Stewart Embossed Zigzag border punch, sewing machine, paper piercing tool, sponge mat, large pale pink gemstones, black polka dot ribbon, pale green satin ribbon, 3D-Dots, water brush, Crystal Snow fine white glitter, yellow Stickles

Creating, but not stamping

As you can see I'm shaking it up around here a bit. I'm playing with my FREE GIMP program and having lots of fun getting familiar with it. You can download it here if you like. It's been a godsend to my so-so photo taking skills.It's similar to Photoshop, but it's FREE. I made my banner with it and have been improving my photos, too, for some time. Fun stuff!

But no stamping, I'm afraid. Actually, what I'm afraid of is all the stamping I NEED to be doing for this month! It's a huge birthday month for our family. But I've got school starting up again (we homeschool) and the garden is still pulling at me, so I've not had much energy to stamp. But I did waste a lot of time tonight playing with GIMP!! ;) What can I say? But I MUST stamp! Birthdays await!

So, I hope all is well with you and I hope the new look is alright. Not as flashy, but hopefully, more classy.

Have a blessed week!

Whale Birthday

Wow, has it really been 17 days since I last posted here?? Well, my mojo just wasn't moving much in those 17 days and the only thing that got me stamping was my littlest's upcoming birthday. I just haven't been in a creative mood lately. I've not even been crocheting much which is odd for me because I love it. I think this whole national health care situation has been weighing so heavily on my mind that it's been hard to relax and do anything fun. Plus, it's so hot and huuuuumid. And the garden has been keeping me busy with the little energy I have in this heat. I canned tomatoes and homemade pizza sauce yesterday. It about did me in! I wish the garden didn't flourish in the hottest part of the year!

So anyway, I made this card for my littlest who just LOOOOOVES fish of any and every kind. When she checks out books at the library, they are almost all about fish and the sea. I knew that I would use either SU Fishy Friends or SU Silly Sealife on her card. I went with Silly Sealife's whale. He's always fun to color.

And for once, I actually stamped the background rather than use a designer paper. I used to use VersaMark ink on pretty much every card I ever made until I fell in love with designer paper.



For the whale, I used Canson watercolor paper and stamped the whale with my favorite black ink: Versafine Onyx Black. Then I colored with SU markers and a few CTMH markers. I started with a darker color (Pumpkin Pie) on the edges. Then I used Summer Sun to blend toward the center. Then I recolored the edges and the inside to strengthen the colors. No water brush. I just used the markers to blend. Works perfectly on watercolor paper!

I used a Post-It note to block the whale while I sponge-daubed Bashful Blue and Ballet Blue inks on the "sea". Then I rubbed a glue stick over parts of the sea and sprinkled blue glitter here and there. I colored the water spouting out of his head with a Bashful Blue marker and glued a bit of blue glitter there, too. "Glued a bit of blue glitter". Say that 5 times fast! lol



The cake is from the Taylored Expressions set "Sweet Celebration". I also used the cake on the inside (see above). I blocked the cupcake part of the image so I could just get the cake inside.

The dimensions of this card are approx. 4.5" x 6". It was made to fit an invitation envelope measuring 4.75" x 6.5". I bought some at WalMart just to have a different size to create with.



Can you guess where our littlest wants to go on her birthday? The Georgia Aquarium, of course! We'll probably go by The Varsity for lunch beforehand. Can't wait!

TFL and have a blessed week! I hope my mojo returns soon! This place has been too quiet!

Recipe

Stamps: Stampin' Up! Silly Sealife, SU Collage Alphabet Numbers, SU Simply Circles, Taylored Expressions Sweet Celebration

CS: Black, Pumpkin Pie, Ballet Blue, Canson watercolor paper, white (inside)

Inks: VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue

Markers: Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal, Yoyo Yellow, CTMH Bubblegum, CTMH Citrus Leaf

Other: Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, Nestabilities Classic Oval Scallops Large, Classic Oval Large, Stamp-a-ma-jig, googly eyes, blue glitter, Frosted Lace Stickles, sewing machine, black gingham ribbon, 3D-Dots, ticket corner punch, sponge dauber

Sweet Pots of Herbs

Good Saturday to you! And good August!

I have gardening on the brain these days. And I love it! I wish it wasn't so hot and muggy, especially muggy. But that's the price we pay for rain. And I want rain! I was born in a deserty state (southern California), but I'm not happy unless I am surrounded by green. Must have green.



I pulled out the Stampin' Up! Sweet Herbs set (retired) because I love the big image in the set for coloring. And this time I educated myself on what colors the flowers on the herbs I'm not familiar with (bay and marjoram) are supposed to be. The rest I have grown myself, so I know what colors they are. Interestingly, both bay and marjoram have white flowers. Marjoram and oregano are very similar. In fact, oregano is sometimes called "wild marjoram", so that will help me remember its color. I'd love to grow my own bay leaves! Imagine fresh ones at one's disposal!

One thing I love about using markers on watercolor paper is that the ink is almost always removable. You wet the spot you want to remove ink from and dab with a rag. It makes coloring all the more fun!

What I did was draw a line around the inner edges of the pots with Really Rust ink. Then I used the water brush to pull the color inward. Then I used a bit of Close to Cocoa and did the same thing, taking care to leave some areas only lightly touched by ink. I used water and a rag to dab away color here and there.

On the signs I used Mellow Moss, Pale Plum and Creamy Caramel in a splotchy pattern, going over the whole thing with Creamy Caramel to finish.

For the saying, I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig and made it into 2 long lines rather than 5 short ones.

For the white flowers I used an opaque white gel pen to make them stand out a bit and used the Bordering Blue marker, watercolored, around the plants to also set off the white flowers.

I popped out some of the pots and signs just for fun.



You know, it's not until I take pictures that I see all the flaws! Ugh! Try not to notice them!

Hope your weekend is going well! We cleaned out the freezers today and inventoried all that was in them. I have some meal planning to do!

Be well!

Recipe

Stamps: SU Sweet Herbs

CS: Black, Basic Grey Lemonade paper, Carson watercolor paper

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Markers: Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Sage Shadow, Old Olive, Mellow Moss, Garden Green, Pale Plum, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lace, CTMH Dutch Blue, Summer Sun, Bordering Blue

Other: Spellbinders Nestabilities Long Classic Rectangles Large die, Martha Stewart Embossed Zigzag border punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 3D-Dots, opaque white gel pen, water brush, rag to dab away color

Thinking of Coffee and You!

Hello again! Hope your week is going shwell! I am keeping busy with blackberries and veggies in my garden. It's a small garden, but it still has me hopping!

This is the second card I made last week. Once again, I was just playing with some coloring and ended up with this. I was inspired by Betty Wright's card here. Her's is far superior to mine! I loved the way she lined the cups up, so I did that on mine. Maybe next time I'll do what she did and use designer paper on the cups. It's fabulous, isn't it? Mine was just a simple coloring job. I used 2 marker colors on each cup. The darker was for the edges, and the lighter was for the centers.

I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig for lining up the saying on all 4 sides. I used the Scor-Pal on the Rose Red base and then DTP'd the base with Rose Red ink. I think the rest is pretty self-explanatory.

Oh, and I stamped extra cups so I could do a bit of dimension on the card.



We're supposed to get rain a lot this week. We need it! If you're getting too much, please send some our way, ok? ;)

Have a blessed week's end!

Recipe

Stamps: Flourishes Coffee with You, Savvy Stamps "Thinking of You"

CS: Rose Red, black, white

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Rose Red

Markers: Real Red, Pixie Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Garden Green, Green Galore

Other: Scor-Pal, Fiskars Diamond border punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 3D-Dots, black organdy ribbon