Super Gary!

I made this card for Gary, my husbands supervisor as part pre-thank you and part bribe. He is in charge of approving vacation schedules. Even though John has 13 years at his job unfortunately he will never in his entire career have seniority. This causes some difficulty every year with booking trade shows where dates are set in stone and contracts have to be submitted almost a year in advance. Add to this, the time of year I need him most is also a highly sought after time for taking vacations. Hence this little package I mailed today.

Recently Gary commented to John that he would love to have a "Jackass" stamp to stamp on paperwork. The closest I could get to a Jackass was our Donkey Dunkle from our DoodeFactory Fairytale set: http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_fairytale.html I made Gary a wood mounted Dunkle and shipped him off along with this Super Gary card:

Stamps used:

Super Dad: http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_super_parents.html

Cityscape: http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_urban.html

Pigeon: http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_set_the_scene_1_2_1.html

Sentiment: http://starvingartistamps.com/sentiments_baby_.html

Valentines

The kids (my nieces) all slept over the day before Valentines day. They love to craft when they are over so I figured making valentines might be a fun way to keep them entertained. I pulled out a bunch of supplies including my Epic 6 die cut machine, a bunch of spellbinders and quick kutz dies, cardstock and Martha Stewart tinsel glitters. We spent several hours talking and crafting. They had a blast. Here's what we made:

My valentine for John:

Inside:

Lexi's valentine (age 10):

Inside:

Sophia's Valentine (age 8)

Inside:

Danielle's valentine (age 8):

Inside:

Mass production Holiday Cards 2009

O.K. well if by "mass production" you mean 8 cards then this was mine. After buying all 3 spellbinder snowflake sets I was committed to using them as much as possible. I had decided to send out a few christmas cards (a major task for me who has never in all my stamping years attempted to take this on) and I figured I could put my snowflakes to use. I love how they look and although they are time consuming I think they are very much worth it. I actually started this project by spending several hours making these snowflakes. I used Pop! tape http://starvingartistamps.com/stampers_magic_pop_tape.html to give each layer some height. After making the snowflakes I made my first attempt at a snowglobe card (see below) which came out O.K. but I wasn't crazy about the overall look of my globe card and decided on this card instead:

Stamps used:

http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_arctic.html

http://starvingartistamps.com/sentiments_holiday_sentiments_3.html

http://starvingartistamps.com/backgrounds_weaves_and_circles_1.html

Pop! tape gets a workout with all these layers.

My version of a mass production:

My first snow globe card:

I used pop tape to make Eva my eskimo girl a little more solid. I was planning to attach her but then decided she would have more fun if she stayed loose and was able to make snow angels and play in the snow.

If I ever attempt to make multiple cards again please remind me that it took me most of my spare time over the course of a week to get these done!

Blog Candy Winner Announcement!

Congratulations to catdidit!

Winner of our new Arctic blog candy giveaway.

catdidit said...

What awesome creations Tracey! Love all of them, so very creative! I am sooo loving that moose, love his expression on his face!! LOL thats what I love about the doodlefactory stamps, they have personality!!

Please send us your mailing address and we will have your new set out to you ASAP!

Arctic Blog hop and Blog candy!

Welcome to the next stop of the Arctic blog hop!

By now you have seen lots of great cards and are about half way thru.

You've still got much more to see, but for now why not take a minute and leave me a comment because I've got the CANDY!!

All you have to do to enter our blog candy giveaway is to post a comment on this post and tell us what your favorite image is in this set! One entry per person please.

And this is what you could win....

27 fabulous winter themed images from our DoodleFactory line:

We are keeping the blog candy open for only one day so your chances of winning are even better! (blog candy ends December 8th, 2009 11am PST). We will post the winner here and on our company blog no later than 12 midnight December 9th, 2009. If you just can't wait to get your hands on the new Final Frontier set don't worry you can order it starting now and if you are our lucky winner we will let you substitute another set of equal value instead!

If you have arrived here all by yourself and are just finding out about the blog hop head on over to our company blog for the starting point http://www.starvingartistamps.blogspot.com

If you get lost along the way here is the complete list:

Start Here: http://starvingartistamps.blogspot.com/2009/12/doodlefactory-arctic-blog-hop-and-blog.html

Juliana Swanson: http://stampinwinkyfingers.blogspot.com/2009/12/arctic-blog-hop.html

Donna Duquette http://deesstudio.blogspot.com/2009/12/brrrdoodlefactory-has-gone-to-arctic.html

Lori Tecler http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/2009/12/doodlefactory-arctic-blog-hop.html

Lydia Fiedler http://understandblue.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-arctic.html

Tracey Berkey http://stampomatic.blogspot.com/2009/12/arctic-blog-hop-and-blog-candy.html

Jenn McMIllan http://jennmcmillan.blogspot.com/2009/12/starving-artistamps-blog-hop.html

Eva Andren http://muffinspyssel.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-starving-artistamps-new.html

Nina Aaslund http://krumelurkonst.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-day-doodle-factory-blog-hop-and.html

Dawn Mecedes http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/12/brrrran-artice-blog-hop.html

Now you can head on over to Jenn McMillan's blog for the next stop on the hop.

http://jennmcmillan.blogspot.com/2009/12/starving-artistamps-blog-hop.html

Thanks for stopping by!

2 sketches Angel card

I really wanted to participate in the 2 sketches challenge since we are sponsoring this week and today is the last day. (FYI the prize this week is a complete collection of our Nativity set and coordinating sentiments AND a full pack of Sakura pens. Total value for this prize package is over $60.00!)

I started my card with the idea that I wanted to use a big glittery silver snowflake. I have been in a huge snowflake mood lately (stop back tomorrow for the blog hop and you will see just how many snowflakes I have used on my cards!) All the snowflakes are spellbinder dies. I used a mix of different flakes from 3 different sets. I used our 4" wide Stampers Magic tape to cover a piece of cardstock. Then ran that thru my cuttlebug with asst. snowflake dies. I had to use a couple of sheets of extra cardstock to shim it up and make it cut all the way through, but as you can see it worked. Once I had them all cut I mounted each layer using 1/8" thick POP tape.

I learned with my first snowflake its better to attach the parts together before you glitter it as it makes a stronger bond. So I layered each layer peeling off the liner so that each part was sticky. Once the whole thing was assembled and each layer was sticky. I dumped a container of ultra-fine silver glitter on it. I used a brush to dust off all the excess from the nooks and crannies.

I also made the glitter stripes using Stampers Magic Tape in 1/8" wide. I just ran the double sided tape where I wanted it and then added the silver glitter, again brushing off the excess. I love using the tapes for glitter stripes. Its much cleaner than using glues and the layer is even and not lumpy.

Products used:
Stampers magic POP! tape:
http://starvingartistamps.com/stampers_magic_pop_tape.html
Stamps: DoodleFactory O' Holy Night Angel:
http://starvingartistamps.com/o_holy_night_3.html
Stampers Magic Tape:
http://starvingartistamps.com/stampers_magic_tape.html

Visit with us tomorrow for our new release DoodleFactory Artic BLOG HOP and ONE DAY ONLY BLOG CANDY!! The hop will be on the company blog and can be viewed anytime after 11am. www.starvingartistamps.blogspot.com

Blog Hop Save the Date!! DoodleFactory Arctic

We will be having a blog hop on December 7th starting at 11am EST. There will be a one day only blog candy giveaway of the compete collection so come on over to our company blog to start the hop: www.starvingartistamps.blogspot.com

See you there!