Card Challenge

I gave my sister a "CARD CHALLENGE" and here's the results!

This is how it worked - I made a card and then sent her all the pieces I used but didn't send her a picture of the card I made or any instructions and told her she needed to create a card using ALL the pieces I sent. She could cut any of the pieces, but she had to use them all and couldn't add any additional pieces.

Here's the card I made.

Here is the front of the card my sister made 

She got creative and did the inside too...

Two completely different cards but both using the same exact pieces.

I think she's pretty creative and needs to make MORE cards!!!!!

Christmas Card

We've been VERY busy buying and selling which hasn't given me much time to "play"!!!! I did manage to get into my room and make 2 Christmas cards and I'm hoping to spend  alot more time in my room creating!!!!

This was pretty simple and no techniques were really used.  I used an old piece of sheet music as my background and just tore the edges and then inked them with Tim Holtz "Festive Berries" distress ink.  I die cut 2 lady carolers and attached them together with pop dots and only cut 1 of the man caroler.  I stamped a Christmas tree in the center with embossing ink and used clear embossing powder and then added silver glitter to the tree ornaments.

For the label, I used a Sue Wilson die and painted the edges with silver smooch and then stamped the sentiment and took my glue pen and applied it to the "swirl" and then added glitter and 3 holly leaves at the top left.

For this card I used an ANNA GRIFFIN embossing folder and after embossing the cardstock, I cut out the NOEL portion and used a gold metallic pen to outline the letters of NOELwhich were de-bossed.

I attached a glitter swirl sticker and then attached the NOEL on top of that.  I added two 3-D Anna Griffin poinsettia stickers and a green bow.

Birthday Card

Here's a birthday card for anyone who loves shoes (and what woman doesn't?)

On an off white sheet of card stock I stamped the image of the shoe with flowers and colored it with markers.  I stamped the image again on another sheet of off white card stock, colored it and cut out only the shoe.  Then I attached the cut out of the shoe on top the original shoe with pop dots.  

On the flowers, leaves and ruffle on the shoe - I added glossy accents.

Then I took my ink distressing tool and inked all around the card.

Next, I stamped the flourish and used my trusty "quickie glue" pen to trace the image.  After the glue completely dried, I applied copper glitter.

I then added a green strip of ribbon to the bottom and attached the panel to the card base.

Stamped the birthday sentiment on a scrap of white card stock, cut it out and attached it and added a small green bow.

Get Well Card

This was a fun (and easy) card to make and hopefully would cheer up anyone who is sick.

First I cut a sheet of 12x12 card stock in half to end up with a 12x6 sheet.  Fold that in half and then fold the top portion in half.

Next I cut 2 panels of printed paper into 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 panels and attach those to the front of the card.

Since my "Nurse Ratchet" stamp was smaller than I wanted, I stamped her onto a sheet of paper and scanned her into my computer,re-sized her to the size I wanted and did a print and cut on my Silhoutte machine.  Then I did an "outline" of her and cut that out on green card stock.  After coloring Nurse Ratchet with pencils, I attached that to the green outline and then attached that to the front of the card (ONLY using adhesive on the bottom of her)

I stamped the "feeling icky" with brown ink and used a die cut to cut it out and attached that with pop dots.

For the inside of the card I lined it with the same printed paper.

I used a Spellbinders die to cut and emboss the label and then painted around the edge with gold "smooch" (one of my all time favorite things to use). Stamped the needle and feel better soon and after figuring out where to attach the label so when the card is opened it would stand up properly, I attached it with pop dots.

See.....I told you it was a fun and easy card to make!  

Hope you'll make one of these stand up cards and e-mail me a photo of what you made. 

Thank You Card

Here's a quick and easy THANK YOU card.

I attached a black sheet of card stock to the base of my card leaving just a slight border.

Stamped the "postcard" image in cream card stock and tore the edges.  Then I used Tim Holtz distressing ink and distressed the entire image and then attached it to the black card stock.

Then I stamped the label and die cut it and stamped the THANK YOU and attached that to the card.

I then stamped the ink bottle, cut it out and poked a small hole at the top with a needle and inserted a feather.  Then I used a pop dot to attach it to the card.

Male Birthday Card

Here's a card I made for the "man" in your life that's a Baseball fan.

First I took a piece of chocolate brown cardstock and embossed it.  I used the "debossed" side and traced the debossing with a gold metallic fine point marker.  

Next, I used an Anna Griffin die and die cut the image on gold metallic cardstock and attached to the chocolate brown sheet.

Then I cut out the baseball card from a sheet of Graphic 45 paper (Good Ol' Sport Collection) and attached it to the card.  It still needed more so I searched the internet and found an image of a vintage baseball mit so I did a "print and cut" on my Silhoutte Cameo of the entire mit and then a second one of just the baseball.  I attached the baseball onto the mit with a pop dot to give it some dimension.

Finally, I made the Happy Birthday banner on my Silhoutte and attached that with pop dots and then attached the brown cardstock to the base of my card with pop dots.

I have certainly been neglecting this BLOG and I apologize.  Things have been pretty darn busy for the "FOOLS" between selling and buying.  Now that summer has come to an end it looks like things might be slowing down and I'll have time to update this BLOG.

If you haven't visited our FACEBOOK page then you're not aware of some of the items we have for sale.  When I originally created this BLOG I had posted stamps for sale to this page, but it just wasn't working out since I couldn't have separate pages for items.  So, with that being said, I decided to remove all items for sale from the BLOG and post them on our Facebook page.  I have created separate albums (Stampin Up; Stamps; Punches) where I have placed the items for sale.  My goal is to get ALL our stamps posted in the next few months.  We have many!!!! At the present, I'm guessing we have close to 400 Stampin Up sets and hundreds of single stamps!!!  WOW - that's alot........
So, if you haven't been over to our Facebook page - please check it out.

Finally, I would love to hear from all of you as to what you would like to see posted here.  Would you like to see ideas for cards?  Techniques?  

Until next time -- happy stamping.

Christmas Cards

Here are 2 Christmas Cards I've made for a Holiday Card Making Party.  

This card will show you all about laying die cuts and using the debossed portions of a die cut.

This card will show you how to use the negative space from your die cut and then emboss it and insert a frame; coloring with pencils and using "gamsol"; applying glitter and using liquid applique.

If you would like to host a CARD MAKING PARTY all you need to do is contact either Karen at frugalfoolk@gmail.com  or me (Pam) at frugalfoolp@gmail.com for all the details.  There is NO COST to you as a hostess and we do not try to sell products to your guest -- just a fun time making cards and learning new techniques.

Card Making Party

2 Frugal Fools is trying something new

We are now offering "Card Making" parties!

Here's how it works -- you would host a party at your home and invite your friends.
We will create 4 different cards and you can choose what you would like.  For example, you might want to make a Birthday card for a male;  a Get Well card; a Congratulations on your new home card;  a Sympathy card or you could let us decide on 4 different types of cards.  We bring all the supplies for your guest to make the cards and will show the techniques used in creating each card.
Our Card Making party is different because we are not trying to sell anything - just an afternoon (or evening) of card making, learning new techniques and FUN........
There is NO COST to you as a hostess, but we do charge $10 per person to cover the cost of all the supplies. That's only $2.50 per card.

If you are interested in hosting a CARD MAKING PARTY  - please contact 

 frugalfoolp@gmail.com

Birthday Card

Here is a Birthday card I made for a very special lady who will be turning 90 this Saturday.

For this card, I  used a paper napkin to create my background paper and then matted it onto purple cardstock.  The dies I used for this card were from the Sue Wilson California Collection - "Napa Valley" and Memory Box - "Gwyneth Flourish". I added a few flowers and pearls.

To create your own paper using paper napkins you first must tear apart all the layers so you end up with just the layer that has the pattern.  This napkin was a 3 ply and I have to tell you, it wasn't easy separating the layers......Once you have your thin layer, take a sheet of paper - any type of paper will work - I used copy paper for this but you can also use cardstock if you want a thicker paper.  Lay your paper on something solid - I used a strong piece of cardboard on top of another larger sheet of paper and placed that on my ironing board.  Next, cut a piece of plastic wrap (yep, the kind you keep in your kitchen) and lay that on top of your paper.  Place your napkin on top of the plastic wrap and then a couple sheets of copy paper and iron with a hot iron - NO STEAM...... the plastic wrap with melt and adhere the napkin to the paper.

This is a great way to keep a theme going for any type of party --- your invitation can match your napkins!

Hope you have fun with this technique and I'd love to see some of the results.

We've been so busy with sales and sorting through new items I have completely neglected this blog and haven't been posting anything for a very long time.  Of course with it being summer and lots of activities going on, that has also been a factor with my neglect.  I know, I know, that's a pretty poor excuse but I am hoping to get some things together to post here real soon........right now I'm working on a Birthday Card which was created with a paper napkin for the background.  As soon as the card is finished, I will post it along with the instructions for using paper napkins to create your own background papers. 

If you haven't already checked out our FACEBOOK page then you haven't seen all the new items I've posted.  Still trying to get everything updated but it's taking more time that I expected and not quite sure what the best method is....so, with that said, check out 2 Frugal Fools on Facebook for lots of goodies at low, low prices!
If you're interested in anything, just send me an email.................

The 2 Frugal Fools have been busy sorting through our massive inventory of stamps; punches; inks; paper, and well...you name it and we probably have it,  getting ready for the Wellington Yard Sale in just a few weeks. We've been marking prices down from our already low prices to make room for our new stuff!!!! Be sure to mark your calendar and tell all your scrapbooking friends about the sale on JUNE 13th as we will only be selling on that day and not on Saturday. Hope to see you on the 13th!

I am in the process of updating our inventory since the May 3rd sale in Zoar and hope to get lots of items for sale posted to the BLOG.  At the same time, I am listing items on our FACEBOOK page which I will not be listing here on the BLOG.

Be sure to "LIKE US" on facebook.  You can either click the link to the right - or - simply search for
2 FRUGAL FOOLS from your facebook page.

Hope to hear from you and happy stamping!!!

Stamp Sale - Zoar Ohio

Every year The Stamp Pad in Zoar, Ohio host an "annual garage sale" and this year 2 Frugal Fools participated. It was insane - and we were non stop with customers purchasing stamps at bargain prices (which you definitely get at this sale). Here are a few pix of the sale. 
If you have never been to this sale, you will want to mark your calendar for the show next year:

MAY 16, 2015

 

Updates...

I have DELETED the stamps for sale page and will be updating the blog with stamps we currently have for sale as well as many, many other items we currently have for sale.

You can also visit our FACEBOOK page where I have begun a STAMPIN UP album with sets we have for sale.

HUGE Rubber Stamp Sale - May 3, 2014

We will be set up to sell at a HUGE used rubber stamp/scrapbook sale that you won't want to miss. Hundreds of single stamps starting at just $1.00 as well as lots and lots of Stampin Up stamp sets, miscellaneous sets, paper, all at our bargain prices  This sale is FABULOUS and if you have never been, you'll definitely want to mark your calendar for this sale.  The sale will be on Saturday - May 3, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.at "The Stamp Pad" in Zoar, Ohio.  Hundreds of people attend this sale every year.  For more information about the sale and The Stamp Pad, visit their website at www.zoarstamps.com and look under events for photos of last year's sale.
Trust me - you won't be disappointed with this sale......
Hope to see you on May 3rd.