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You're The Best

  Today Jenny Gropp shares a beautifully colored fall card.

Products used: G1923 Apple Barrel, B3573 You're the Best, A9061 Thanks,
IO Flag Die

   

Have a great day!

DT Thursday And Challenge Winner

Our winner in our "Words of Encouragement" Challenge is Karen Amidon.  Her gallery is at  Splitcoast Stampers.  Congratulations, Karen!  Have fun shopping too!!

DT Thursday

Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Daniela Dobson.  She has a wonderful surprise for us!  Take a look at her sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog HERE.  Then see you back here to check out the details of our next challenge further down the post.

 

Our Next Challenge "Lets Hear It For The Boys"

Our next challenge starts August 15.  For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below:

• Use all IO stamps/dies.
• Ending time is this challenge will be next Wednesday, August 21, at 10 p.m. EST.
• Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format and rules at the end of this post.
• The winner is selected by Random.org.
• The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate, for use in our on-line store.
• Players are notified of the winner by email the night the challenge ends.
• The winner's name is posted with the DT Thursday post on August 22.
• All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery, under Card Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery post

Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party and/or create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the Inlinkz at the bottom of the 8/07 challenge post.  If you have questions please email me.

If you need inspiration you can check out 2013 Card Galleries at the top of the blog.  Also, there are direct links to their DT posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!

See you back here on Tuesday for T&T.  Hope your week is going great and thanks for stopping by to look and share!

 

 Shirley

 

Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

It's never too early for a Christmas card!

Jeanne Streiff's card uses the following IO products: Mega Mount, CC163 Watches & Keys and C14110 Most Wonderful Time

Have a great day!

I Couldn't Wait For T&T

When I saw our new dies I had to have the Snow Globe Die and couldn't wait to show you the fun I had with it!  What really got me excited about the globe die is it fits perfectly with the Large Shake-It Pouch.  I tried it out and below is what I did.

BACKGROUNDS:

1. Stamped Cover-A-Card Snowflakes 3 times for 3 different looks:
   
   • First with Memento Summer Sky on white cardstock (background behind snow globe).
   • Second and third time with VersaMark (Emboss Resist) on white cardstock, clear embossing powder, heat embossed, then brayered with Summer Sky (first well inked and the second much lighter for the snow globe).
2. Cut white cardstock 5.25X5.25" for base, 5.0X5.0" of darker emboss resist cardstock, cut 4.5"X4.5" of blue snowflake on white background.

PREP BG FOR SHAKER:

1. Mounted the dark snowflake emboss resist on the white cardstock.
2. Did the die cut for the Snow Globe from the lighter Emboss Resist and the base from some leftover Bazzill Dotted Swiss brown cardstock.
3. Lined up the "globe" on the lighter Emboss Resist with the die cut and the die and traced around it.  Die cut the hole for the Shake-It Pouch on the lighter Emboss Resist.

PREP THE IMAGES FOR SHAKER:

1. Did the following die cuts from:
   
   • Sm Deer - Spica At You Chocolate pen added to antlers and hooves.
   • Fir Tree (smallest tree) - from green remnant cardstock.
   • Sm Snowflake Set - used the two smallest with Sticky Paper and Glitter.  One was used as "the Christmas star"and yellow glitter.
   • the Snow Globe set - the label - from the Summer Sky snowflakes on white cardstock.  The sentiment "Merry Christmas" is from clear set Sentiments II stamped with Momento Rich Cocoa.
2. All but the label were mounted to the lighter Emboss Resist with Glossy Accents and a  needle-nose applicator.

PLACING THE SHAKE-IT POUCH AND EMBELLISHMENTS:

1. Lined up the blue snowflake on white cardstock (with the hole cut out) and traced the circle where the pouch would be mounted.
2. Mounted light emboss resist with your die cut images over the traced circle.
3. Placed some beads, but Flower Soft, etc. can also be used inside.
4. Removed the adhesive protector from around the Shake-It Pouch and placed it over the images and beads.
5. Mounted the blue snowflake on white cardstock over the pouch, followed by the globe base.
6. Mounted the sentiment, the bow, a little more glitter here and there and the heart stickers.

Fun, fun, fun!!  Thanks for stopping by to look and share.  See you back here for DT Thursday.   In the meantime, DT member, Jeanne Streiff will be posting on the blog too!!  Welcome to the IO blog, Jeanne!!  You will all love what she has planned for all of you!!

 

 Shirley

 

SUPPLIES:

Our "Words Of Encouragement" Challenge

We all need them and this is your chance to give them back to someone.   So that is what our DT is doing this week for their creative cards!!  To be inspired visit their blogs below, then come back and show us your cards of encouragement by entering the challenge at the bottom of the post.  

• IO Blog  – You are Here
• Dina Kowal
• Ellen Taylor
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jenny Gropp
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Laura Fulcher
• Vicki Garrett

For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below.  The rules are at the end of the post with the entries:

• Use all IO stamps/dies.
• Ending time is this challenge will be next Wednesday, August 7, at 10 p.m. EST.
• Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format and rules at the end of this post.
• The winner is selected by Random.org.
• The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate, for use in our on-line store.
• Players are notified of the winner by email the night the challenge ends.
• The winner's name is posted with the DT Thursday post on August 8.
• All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery, under Card Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery post.

Have some fun and create your card using all IO dies/stamps, then post it using the Inlinkz at the bottom this post.  If you have questions please email me.  I am excited to see what you create!!

If you need inspiration you can check out the 2013 Card Galleries at the top of the blog.  All of the cards from our hop last week are there, as well as and the cards by our IO challenge customers.  All have direct links to their posts too, and there are more card samples in our on-line store!  And last but definitely not least are the new stamps and dies in the store HERE!!!

Thanks for stopping by to look and share!!

 

 

 Shirley