Tamarra's Stamping Spot

And the winner is..........

Sorry for the delay. The flu ran through out house last weekend and it got me behind. Hopefully this is the last round my kids go through. I think this is the 3rd time it has run through the 3 of them. Anyway, My girls favorite thing about my Blog is getting to choose the winner for the Candy. So what I do is print out all the responses (removing the duplicates) then let each of them choose one slip. Those 2 slips go in a basket and my son chooses one of them. And this time they choose Janell Wickersham. Congratulations Janell!!! Email me and let me know you street address and I will get your items in the mail. And Congratulations again!

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

Final Pages and a reminder....

Ok so here are the last of the pages. Also don't forget to leave a commit for the Blog Candy. I am hoping to get the candy inside the small can posted tomorrow (Friday) before the close of the contest.

Ok so on to the pages..... 

Stamp Sets: Autumn Harvest

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie DSP

Inks: Basic Brown and Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Watercolor Pencils and Blender pens

 

Here is page 2 of the layout

 

 

Here is the second layout using the same sketch.

Stamp Set: Party Hearty

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Rose Red and Whisper White

Inks: Bashful Blue IP and SWM, Certainly Celery SWM andRose Red SWM

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Tag Punch, Small Tag punch and Bashful Blue Grosgrain

Here is page 2 of the layout.

Here is another set of layouts

Stamp Set: Autumn Harvest and Journaling Fun

Card Stock: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Carmel and Naturals Ivory

Inks: Basic Brown,Creamy Carmel, Close to Cocoa IR, Pumpkin Pie IR and Only Orange IR

Accessories: Aqua Painter

Page 2 of the layout

 

 

And the other layout which is also the last set they did.

Stamp Sets: Carved and Candlelit, Headline Alphabet and Journaling Fun

Card Stock: Mellow Moss, Really Rust and Very Vanilla

Inks: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust

Accessories: Paper Snips

 

The 2nd page of the layout.

So that's it for them. I know some of you haven't stamped your pages yet this month but at least now you know what you might be in for....LOL

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

More pages.......

A few of you asked where it is that I get my ideas from. Usually they come from other layouts that I see and like so I sketch out the layout to use later. Others come out of my head, usually while I am working on something else I will get an idea, but isn't that how it usually works. When you don't have time for something is when it comes to you. And the funny thing is some times the idea comes from something I saw on a card. So basically that is where I get them. I have also used page maps from website's but I tend to change them once I get going because they don't work with what I haven in my head at the time. Not a very exciting answer but there it is....LOL

Anyway, here are a few more layouts from October and November Classes.

Stamp Set: Sweet Stars

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White

Inks: Bashful Blue

Accessories: 1 3/8 inch Circle punch, 1 inc circle punch, 3/4 inch circle punch, 1/2 inch circle punch, Real Red Grosgrain and Mini Glue Dots

Page 2 of the layout

 

 

The next layout using the same sketch.... 

This one doesn't involve a lot but here it is.

Card Stock: Garden Green, Really Rust and Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Prima Leaves and mini glue dots 

This is page 2 of the layout.

 

 

Here is another set of pages.

Stamp Set: Headline Alphabet (retired) and Spooky Skyline (retired)

Card Stock: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie and Ghostly Greetings DSP

Inks: VersaMark and Whisper White

Accessories: Sticky Letters, Chunky Glitter, Stampin' Sponge, Crystal Clear Embossing powder

Here is page 2 of the layout.

Here is the second Layout done with the same sketch  

Stamp Set: Big Deal Alphabet and Nature Hike (Retired)

Card Stock: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Naturals Ivory and Holiday Treasures DSP

Ink: Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Silver Brads and Metal Frames (not from SU!)

  

This is page 2 of the layout.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

October/ November pages

Hi Guys,  I said I would get some of these up today so here are the first 2. I hope tomorrow to get the other 8 up by noon. Typepad is giving me issues and I keep having to retype my messages so I am playing it safe tonight and only posting 2. Tomorrow when I am happy and not so tired I will play until I can get them all posted. Until then.... as usual all items are from Stampin' Up! unless other wise noted. 

Stamp Sets: Batty for you, Girlfriends Alphabet Upper (retired) and Rough Edges Alphabet (retired)

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White and Ghostly Greetings DSP

Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Basic Black

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Crop-A-Dile and Orange Triangle Brads (retired) 

Second side of the layout.

 

 

Here is the second Layout with the same basic map.

 

Stamp Set: Girlfriends Alphabet Upper (retired) and Rough Edges Alphabet (retired)

Card Stock: Really Rust, More Mustard, very Vanilla and Bella Rose DSP

Inks: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip IP and SWM

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Crop-A-Dile, Turkey brads (not from SU!) and Pumpkin brads (not from SU!) 

The second side of the layout.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

TIME FOR SOMETHING SWEET!!!

UPDATE: It was asked if the candy was open to our friends in Canada? Sure, why not!

 

TIME FOR SOMETHING SWEET!!!

 

How about some BLOG CANDY!! Sometime last week My blog counter reached 20,000 hits! I know that is like a drop in a puddle compared to some of your oceans of viewers, but for me it's great!! Anyway, I figured I would celebrate with some CANDY! Here is a picture of what you will be getting if you win. Plus a 5 cards from my stash will be added to the collection.

 

Details about how to win: Since it is the holiday season post a commit about your favorite Holiday tradition (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Etc.) by Friday evening......that's it! I will post the winner on Saturday.

Oh and since it is Blog CANDY, the tin is filled with candy treats. One of which I will be sharing how I made it this week!

So start posting....... and good luck!

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

Thursday Tutorial

Since Tuesday was election day and I missed posting I figured I would post a Thursday Tutorial instead. Since I know tons of you out there needed another reason to purchase something to kill your diet.....but it is for a good cause. The tin I am using is an empty Girl Scout Nuts container. So next time you pass some Girl Scouts on your way out of the store selling Nuts stop and buy a tin! If you don't find any I know where to get them ;-)

I really didn't eat this many; I asked my parents to bring back the empty tins when they were don. We actually have only finished 1 tin out of 4. Not then on to the project. Everything is from Stampin' Up! unless other wise noted.

 

So to get started you will need the following Supplies: Designer Series Paper, coordinating Card stock, Coordinating ink pads, coordinating ribbon, coordinating stamp set, Coluzzle, glue dots, Sticky strip, paper snips, paper cutter, Hobby Blade, SNAIL, a ruler and of course those GIRL SCOUT NUTS.

 

So the first thing I did was remove the label and measure it. The good thing about the Girl Scout Nuts is that all the tins are the same size so once you measured one you are set to go for all of them. And yes that does say Chocolate Covered Almonds! YUMMY!!

 

When you cut your paper be sure to cut a scrap about 1.5- 2 inches because the tin is actually longer around then 12 inches.

 

I ran sticky strip along all 4 sides of both pieces to be sure they would stay.

 

Then start by centering the 2 inch scrap and then put the long one on over it. It seemed to be less noticeable this way.

 

After I got both pieces on I cut a strip to coordinate with the original background paper that I had chosen. The strip I cut for this one was 1.5 inches.

 

Apply Sticky Strip to it and then center it on your can and adhere it down. I didn't use a scrap for this one because I'm going to be hiding the open spot with a stamped image. ~NOTE: The patch in the bats is in the back of the tin, and the blank spot on the smaller layer is on the front of the tin.

 

Next you need to decide on your image. I used Carved and Candlelit which is retired because my daughters choose it over the other sets I have. And since the tins were for their teachers I figured I should go with what they wanted.

After you stamp you image cut it out. My pumpkin need a layer behind him so I layered it on Basic Black and cut it out again. Then I used a Glue dot to adhere it to the tin over the blank area in the strip.

 

Next I used a hobby knife to make a slit on theside to run the ribbon through for a handle. Rock the blade a bit to make the slit just wide enough to get the ribbon through. Repeat on the opposite side.

 

I really didn't do anything special to get the ribbon through except for cut it to a point. After it is through tie a knot in the ribbon and pull the slack back out so the knot is under the lip of the tin. Repeat on the opposite side.

 

Next is get out your coluzzle and measure the inside lip to it and cut out a circle to fit on the lid (this way you hide the evidence that you ate the nuts...LOL). I used Sticky Strip again to adhere it down.

 

Voila...... Now fill it with candy and treats and your done.

NOTE: The different nuts have different colored lids, so you can actually coordinate them to the seasons if you wanted.

So here is what each of the tins had inside them. yes they each got the some things inside.

Hope you enjoyed todays tutorial. Stay toned later I will be posting some BLOG CANDY!!

Thanks for Stopping by! ~Tamarra