Festive Favorites in Real Red

Merry Christmas everyone! As I sit here at the computer my son is launching his hovercraft, his first Christmas present of the season, and loving every minute of it. I hope you all enjoy your holiday as much as he is enjoying his new toy right now. Christmas is made so special by children!

May your Holiday be magical!
Brycia

Happy Haunting 2007

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted since October 27th! November just flew by with our two week family trip to Australia, and then the Christmas rush when we got home. Sorry about that!

Anyway, this is a page that I did for my scrapbook clubs in November and December. The base is Pumpkin Pie which I wheeled with the Batty Jumbo Wheel using Versamark in a blank cartridge. I added some Creepy Crawly Designer Series Paper and Batty for You accents, all mounted on Basic Black card stock. The title is stamped on Basic Black with Whisper White Craf Ink using the Well-Worn Alphabet and the year is Short Order Numbers. I added a Jumbo Eyelet and a bit of Black Gingham in the upper left-hand corner to finish it off.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Sweet Shapes 3-D Projects

These are projects I had a group of girls do for a birthday party. The frame in the back is magnetic, so they could use it in their locker. The pencil holder is a green bean can, and the purse is a die cut that was available from Stampin' Up! in a previous catalog. The purse box served as each girls treat bag.

I used Whisper White and Certainly Celery card stock, and Certainly Celery and Old Olive inks for all the projects. The stamps are Sweet Shapes and Everyday Flexible Phrases for the little tag on the purse.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Batty in Black

Boooooo.......! We were "Booed" tonight! Halloween is such fun!

This Batty Wheeled card is the last of my 2007 Halloween Spirits... an unusual one, since I don't often use non-Stampin' Up! supplies. For this card I die cut a white Sizzix ghost and mounted him on diminsionals above a piece of Basic Black card stock texturized with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I wheeled the Batty Jumbo Wheel in black over More Mustard and tied it all together with a bit of Black Gingham ribbon and an "S" clip from the Hodgepodge Hardware Kit.

Happy Haunting Everyone!
Brycia

Lids by Liam Holiday Card Extravaganza

I wanted to share some information about a fundraiser I'm supporting... If you are in Maryland and would like to get a jump on your holiday cards, this is a great deal - and you are helping promote the awareness of congential heart defects in the process. If you would like to read more about Lids by Liam, please visit their website: http://www.lidsbyliam.org/

Lids by Liam is hosting a holiday card extravaganza. Get ahead of the game and make your holiday cards early. What better way of letting your love ones know how much you care by sending them a homemade card.
What: Holiday Cards
When: November 3, 2007
Where: 7909 Trotters Court, Severn, MD 21144
Time: 10am - 4pm (Stop by when it’s convenient for you!)
RSVP: Please let us know if you would like to attend so we can reserve your materials.
Email heather@gonflex.com or Call 410-551-5547
Pass along our Flyer to your friends, the more the merrier!

Touch of Nature with Cracked Glass

This is one of the cards we'll be doing next week in my Techniques Classes. I still have room for both Monday and Thursday's class, so if you are local and would like to attend just email me at bryciak@yahoo.com.

I was happy how this card turned out, even though it is a simple layout. I think simple lets the eye focus on the interesting part - the "cracked glass".

I used the Touch of Nature and Define Your Life stamp sets on this with More Mustard, textured Always Artichoke, Basic Black, and Very Vanilla card stock. The flower was stamped with black Staz-On and watercolored from the ink pad lids with the Aqua Painter. Then the "perfect" definition was stamped over top with Always Artichoke. I think next time I'll go lighter on the green on the stem, and then darken it up above and below after stamping the definition. I used Versamark and Glassy Glaze for the Cracked Glass finish and then sponged the cracks after. I also sponged the Artichoke and More Mustard with More Mustard ink to give it a more aged feel overall. Likewise, I dyed the Black Gingham ribbon with More Mustard ink. I stamped the ferns in More Mustard, added three Mustard eyelets to the black layer, and assembled it all.
Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Batty for You Circle Punch Closure

This card design was popularized at the 2006 Stampin' Up! Convention and is still a favorite of mine. Basically, just take any size card and score the top 1 1/4" in from the edge and fold it back over the front. Then use a 1 1/4" circle punch and punch half way over the fold to create the notch. Attach an image stamped on a 1 1/4" circle layered to a 1 3/8" circle punch to the inside of the card using dimensionals positioned just slightly over the edge of the notch to hold the card closed:

There are so many possibilities with this design. It is easy and fun when you are bored with a "normal" fold card. And, it is a great way to show off all those little images and circular stamps that are so popular now.

For this card I used Batty for You and three designs from the Creepy Crawly Designer Series Paper. The base card is a 4 1/4" by 11" piece of Whisper White folded in half. The only stamping is the little spider in Basic Black. I used the 1 1/4" circle and 1 3/8" circle punches as explained above and some black brads, Black Gingham, and Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain ribbon add a bit of detail.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Batty for You with Basic Gray

Another Spirited card... This is the project my stamp club made last week.

I used five punches on it: the Scallop Circle, the 1-3/8" and 1-1/4" Circles, the Round Tab, and the Spiral. The base card is a 4"x12" piece of Basic Gray Textured card stock folded in half to form a 4"x6" card. Then I added a 1 1/2" strip of Creepy Crawly Designer Series Paper, and a 1/2 strip of Basic Black The ghost is from Batty for You and the "Boo!" is the Rough Edges Alphabet. I also used a large circle Metal Edge Tag behind the focal point, and some Black Gingham, and Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain ribbon, a silver brad, and a regular paper clip to add a bit more detail.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Carved & Candlelit Boo

October already... time for stamping those ghosts and goblins!

This simple card uses Carved & Candlelit, All in a Row and the Big Deal Alphabet. The base card is Kraft, with Basic Black and Always Artichoke layers on top. The inks are Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke and Basic Black. A bit of linen thread added to the stem finishes it off.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Eat Cake Long Note in Saffron

Here is another card using the Cutie Pie Designer Series Paper. This time I used a So Saffron Long Note and the Eat Cake set. The circle is half of a 4" diameter circle in Rose Red. The present is stamped on Whisper White and punched out with a 1 1/4" circle punch then mounted on a Scallop Circle punched from Bashful Blue. I finished it off with three Saffron eyelets and some Bashful Blue Taffeta ribbon.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Wild Wasabi Love Note

There is very little stamping on this quick 3"x3" Textured Note Card. The card is Wild Wasabi. I used a small piece of the Cutie Pie Designer Series Paper, the Double Stitched Grosgrain in Pure Pomegrate, and a flower punched from Pure Pomegrate with the 5-Petal Punch. The Jumbo eyelet in the center and a bit of sponging really finishes off the flower. The "For You" is from the Happy Everything set.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Purse Card with In the Spotlight

Wow, it's been a week since I posted anything... sorry!

This is one of the quickest, most fun cards you can make! And, there are so many ways you can decorate your "purse"!

To make this card, take a 4 1/4" by 11" piece of card stock and score it 3 7/8" from one end and 2 7/8" from the other. Mark 3/4" in from each corner on the 2 7/8" flap (along the 4 1/4" side). Fold the 3 7/8" flap in and then cut from the corner at the fold to the mark 3/4" in on the top flap on both sides. This gives you the tapered sides. Fold the top flap and decorate as desired.

For this purse card I used Pretty in Pink card stock with Petals and Paisleys Designer Series paper and In the Spotlight Hostess set. This card was made super quick by punching out the flower with the 5-Petal Flower Punch. Pretty-in-Pink Grosgrain created the purse straps.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Baroque Motifs with Shaving Cream

This is one of the two cards we are doing in my Techniques class this month. I'll be doing the class again on September 24th., email me at bryciak@yahoo.com if you'd like to join us.




For this one I used Baroque Motifs with River Rock and Always Artichoke. I did the shaving cream marbling technique on River Rock card stock using Always Artichoke and Sahara Sand refills. The card is a 4 1/2" square of River Rock with the swirl from Baroque Motifs stamped in River Rock. Then I layered the Artichoke card stock stamped with Always Artichoke ink and then punched squares of the marbled River Rock to layer on top of the Always Artichoke. The center medalion was stamped with Versamark and embossed with gold EP, adorned with a half pearl from the Pretties Kit and attached with Stampin' Dimensionals .

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Scrapbook in Saffron

Last night was the last meeting of my current scrapbooking club. This is the spread we did. Of course, everyone else does 12" x 12" but me, but you can get the idea. This layout actually works much better for 12" x 12".

I used So Saffron as the base, with Petals and Paisleys Designer Series papers with the It's All Good, Short Order Alphabet and Short Order Numbers stamp sets. Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive were used for stamping and matting the accents. I also did the "embossed brad" technique with the Crop-a-Dile around the edges. You can read how to do the embossed brad technique at the Stamp Lounge:
http://stamploungeprojects.blogspot.com/2007/08/crop-of-love-dile.html

I will be starting another scrapbooking club in November, if you are local and interested in joining, email me at: bryciak@yahoo.com.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

River Rock and Le Jardin Square

I have been really into the new River Rock color lately, and also making the "long notes" size card. This card is one I made from the leftovers of one of my club's projects (soon to come) and I think I like it more than the long note card now.

It is a 4 1/2" square of River Rock with a 1 3/8" square of Always Artichoke and 1 1/4" square of striped paper from the Le Jardin Designer Series Papers. I punched the flower with new Five-Petal Flower punch and stamped it with the Polka Dot background stamp in Always Artichoke and sponged the edged. The "stitching" is from the All in a Row set and the dimples are "embossed brads", a great use of the Crop-a-Dile that I got at the Stamp Lounge blog. There is a great tutorial on how to do it, so I won't reinvent the wheel. Check it and all the other ideas out at: http://stamploungeprojects.blogspot.com/2007/08/crop-of-love-dile.html

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

All About U Pocket Card

This is a pocket card that I did some time ago and never photographed. I used the All About U set with Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke and Naturals Ivory card stock. Inks are Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke, and So Saffron for the flower. Brass Hodgepodge Hardware and Eggplant Grosgrain ribbon add details.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Three for You in Purely Pomegranate

This is cased (Copy And Seal Everything) from the Fall-Winter Collection Preview Brochure with the exception that I punched holes for the stems - no stitching.

This is one of the Purely Pomegranate 3"x3" Love Notes that you can still get free with the purchase of a Three for You Punch Box. Today is the last day for the free Love Notes though, so hurry! The green is the new Wild Wasabi and the neutral is Very Vanilla.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Punch a Bunch in Saffron

This is a variation on one of the samples from the Punch a Bunch Promotion. I used the Saffron Love Notes with th new In Color Soft Sky.

These Love Notes are available free through the end of August with the purchase of a Three for You Punch Box.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Double-Line Doodles in Amethyst

This is a color variation on a card we did at the Atlantic City Regional Seminar.

I used Almost Amethyst for the base card with a small strip of Certainly Celery card stock and Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series Paper. The images were stamped in black on Whisper White and watercolored with the ink pads and blender pens. Of course it needed a little ribbon, so I finished it off with the Black Gingham.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Heartfelt Thanks Shopping List

This is a shopping list and pen we did in my clubs a while back.

We used Heartfelt Thanks with Brocade Blue and Apricot Appeal inks and card stock. Certainly Celery ink was used for the flower stem and Apricot Appeal grosgrain was cinched around it.

The pad is one-third of a standard legal pad purchased and cut at Staples. The pen is a non-retractable Pentel RSVP pen. The end of the pen can be unscrewed and a small strip of stamped copy paper inserted to decorate the pen.

Happy Stamping-

Brycia

Pick a Petal Jar

With so many cute containers and jars decorated in the new Stampin' Up! catalog I decided to try my hand at it. This is my first - I've been into black and white lately.

I used the Pick-a-Petal set with Versamark and black embossing powder for the petals. I also black embossed the "c" on the front. The "chipboard" label was printed on the computer on white card stock and then pressed into Versamark and embossed with clear powder. I stamped white dots on the glass with the White Staz-on. Lots of Black Gingham, clear buttons, and Brass Hodgepodge hardware finish it off.