Prickley Pear memo pad

Hello all. This will be the last post for a week.

Thursday is my 10 year anniversary

(10 YEARS! WHOLLY COW)

and we are going to take a little vacation.

Going up to Duluth and to the "Lake".

So before I go here is a fun project

for Prickley Pear.

Supplies:

Prickley Pear Cool 50's Mom Stamp

Mono adhesive

Circle punch

scallop punch

PP-cosmo cricket

A note pad cut in half

magnet

Mark Richards pearls

Directions

Cut PP for backing, score and glue to notepad.

Stamp, color, punch and adhere lady stamped image.

Add magnet to back to hang it on the fridge.

Some Vintage!

On our way to the retreat last weekend Kathie and

I took the long way there and we hit quite a few garage sales.

I did not find a whole lot, but what I did, was wonderful.

Recently I have been into buying the toys that I had as a child.

So when I saw this... I had to have it. And at $5.50 not bad.

And I totally remember having this too. When I saw it

it brought back so many memories. $6.25 I know this is a lot but

it was just one of those things.

And then this for only $1.00!

I think I might alter the outside, but this inside is

so wonderful. The green silk is beautiful!

I am going to store all of the cards I made inside it.

What are some of your favorite thrift/garage sale finds?

It's OCCSC Thursday!

Here you go!

It's the sketch for this weeks Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge.

This ones a simple one.

One that you can use over and over again.

Why don't you give it a try this week.

HERE

Here's what I did.

Recipe:

Mo Digital Image

October Afternoon Pattern Paper

Copics

Stickles

American Crafts Ribbon

String

Vintage Buttons

DCWV Solid Blue

Neenah White

Sweetness stamp is from Unity

One problem I had with the stickles was that they started to

bleed when I applied it. It did not make the Copics run but it

did make the computer print of the digi stamp run. YUCK!

So I had to think of something to cover up the

worst part that run.... so hence the strawberry round cover-up.

Now I know NOT to use stickles on a computer printed piece, only

on something I actually stamped myself.

Vintage Prickley Pear

Wonderful collaboration between PK Glitz and Prickley Pear!

Glitter + Prickly Pear Stamp= Beautiful Card

I wanted to do a vintage card for my next card and

this is what I came up with. I LOVE this card

I did not want to send it to Mary.

Oh well I'll have to make myself one.

You can find this stamp here.

Supplies:
SU make-a-brad
May arts ribbon
PK Glitz glitter
prima flowers
sewing
embossing folder
DCWV and archivers solid paper
Alpha and dots paper-PTI
Versa color pinecone
Momento black ink
linen distress ink
quickie glue
glossy accents
pop dots

Directions:
Emboss alphabet paper, age with distress ink. Stamp and color image. Mat and sew that on brown paper that has been folded to make the card, distress edges. Mat that entire panel with pop-dots on the lace looking paper, that has been mated on brown. Pleat and sew ribbon to the left of the page. Use the make-a-brad put a small amount of quick-drying glue in the top and dip in glitter. Coat that in glossy accents to seal it. Add it to the middle of 3 stacked brown flowers. Glue flower to card.

Brand New Release!

Look! A new release from Stamps & Smiles.

Visit the blog to win this adorable set.

So beautiful!

Day 1 at the retreat.

This place is much more beautiful in person than
the pictures show. I have been taking a lot of pictures
but I'm not familiar with this computer, so I'm
not sure how to upload them.

Maybe later today I will investigate it a little more.

I have not gotten much done.
But do you really get much done
at a retreat? Not that I expected to.

Later today the girls (all 12 of us) are going
to go "into town" and go to a scrapbooking
store and out to eat. That will be a lot of fun.

I have met a lot of really wonderful fun girls at
this retreat. Now when I do swaps and other things
with them online, I will be able to put a
face to the name.

Kathie and I went to garage sales the whole way here.
We left Maple Grove at 7:00 Friday morning
(knowing it would take us only about
1.5 hours to get to the retreat).

We were following what the GPS was telling us.
Finding out 3 hours into the trip, she was telling us wrong.

Oh well....we found a lot of garage sales and ended up getting
to the retreat house about 3:00...YES for a 1.5 expected route.

We'll breakfast is ready. Gotta go eat, like
I have not been eating every half an hour.

Retreat time!

I can not wait, only 2 more days

and then I get to go on a SCRAPBOOKING retreat!

I have not been on a retreat for at least 5 years.

Look...

I get to go here!

It is the Wild Wood Retreat in Wisconsin.

We have actually planned this retreat for over a year.

12 of us from the ISC (Inspire Swap Chat) forum are getting together

to meet for the first time. We even have girls flying in.

So this will be my last post until next week.

Unless I can blog from there (I will try).

Prickley Pear has done it again...

Another awesome sketch challenge.
I hope you'll play along. Start making your card now,
and get ready to post it to the PP blog on Wednesday.

Remember, the next couple of months we will
be teaming up with PK Glitz to showcase
their wonderful glitters!

Link to Prickley Pear here
Link to PK Glitz here

Here's the sketch:

And here's mine:

It says... "I'd like one in every color please."
Isn't this shoe stamp adorable?

Supplies
Solid paper-DCWV
sewing
white pen

copics
PK Glitz glitter
American crafts ribbon
Mark Richards Blue stones
Lace corner punch
Fiskars edge punch

Directions
A2
Create pattern to cut out the back paper. (from sketch) Adhere black paper and sew around it. add white faux sewing around that. Glue down blue strip. Add a strip of double stick tape to the middle and add glitter to it. glue that down. Stamp and color image add glitter, mount on blue paper. Add ribbon to the back and black punched corners to the top corners. Using scrap red paper, punch , add white around edge, and write in saying.

It's Thursday, you know what that means...

It's Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge Day! and
today is extra special because I am going to start to showcase the
cards I made for Prickley Pear and PK Glitz vendor showcase.

So here it is, I used Prickley Pear stamps, PK Glitz Glitter and the
sketch from Our Creative Corner.

This one was very fun. It has been a long time since I made a masculine card.
This one is still masculine even with the shape of a flower in the
middle. At least all of the petals have fish on them, right?

Those wooden fish I have been moving from house to house for about
3 moves now. Glad I finally could use them for something.

Recipe:
Pattern Paper-Basic Grey and Sassafrass
Solid Paper-Archivers
Ink-Copics, Clear embossing powder, and Anirondack embossing powder
Stamp-Prickley Pear
Ribbon-May Arts
Gems- Mark Richards
Other- Sewing, Glitter, String and Wood fish

New Fun Embossing Folders!!

I can't wait to play with them!

(found them at Craft's Direct over the weekend. One of the BEST places

to shop in St. Cloud Minnesota!)

A wonderful partnership

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a great partnership

For the next couple posts I will be showcasing PP stamps along

with PK Glitz glitter! They are a preferred partner of Prickley Pear!

The glitter is so beautiful and I love how fine it is.

You can use it for detail and it shows up great!