Sep 26, 2011 | Cards, class, Halloween |
Well the fall break and the weekend are over and it is time to get back to a normal routine again. So I’ll do my best to get back on my regular posting schedule – I missed a few days this last week.
Here are some cards that I created for my Hands-On class and then we also made them at the KSU card class this week. And guess what – I’ll have some at the Card Maker’s Club this week too. This is a fun card using the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set – the set has 24 different images in it so everyone has the chance to make this card just the way they want. It uses the Frightful Sight Designer Series paper. The colors are Basic Grey, Basic Black, Old Olive, and Cajun Craze.
Here are the details on the Card Maker’s Club – RSVP on my website if you would like to come.
The Card Maker’s club is all about cards and everyone is invited. Bring a list of cards that you need for the month of August – birthdays, anniversaries, thank you – whatever you might need. Each club meeting will be $15 and you will make 6 cards with envelopes. If time permits you can make additional cards for $2 each – so you make as many as you need in the time of the class. And you can choose which cards you want to make and how many – there will be at least 12 different card choices. And card designs will be available for more than one month – so you can come back to make more or make some that you didn’t get to the last time. This should give you flexibility to create what you need each month.
Please bring adhesive – if you’d like me to order Stampin’ Up! Snail Adhesive, Snail refill, or Tombow Multipurpose glue to have on hand for you please let me know before the class.
Bring your own drink – I will provide a small snack. I think it will be fun and I hope you will join me. Everyone is invited – earn free cards by bringing a friend that I don’t know.
There will be a Mystery Hostess for those that would like to place orders. If there are at least $150 in orders (product) then I will select a Mystery Hostess from everyone that placed an order and she will receive the Hostess benefits – a minimum of $25 in free product (or more if the orders are higher). Everyone loves the flexibility of the new Hostess program and the new hostess set offering!
Card Maker’s Club
Wednesday, September 28th 10:00am – 12:30pm and 7:00pm-9:30pm
RSVP directly from the events on my website calendar.
Sep 23, 2011 | Cards, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
The Ronald McDonald House that is. This month when we went to visit the Ronald McDonald House they had all boys. And the boys had fun stamping with us and making cards. I thought I would share some pictures with you. Christine designed this months card and I forgot to take a picture of it but you can see it in the pictures with some of the boys who are holding up their completed cards.
After the boys made their cards some of the mom’s came and joined us and made their own. I was helping Junior who has been there when we came before. Jenn watched the baby so Junior’s mom could make a card. The mom didn’t speak English so Junior was instructing her in Spanish with what she should be doing. He may be a future Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator!
Another fun evening at the Ronald McDonald House. Joyce, Christine, Linda, Jenn and I were all there to help this month. Each month we take turns designing and preparing cards for the house guests to make.
Thanks for checking in today – have a nice weekend! I hope to have posts for Saturday and Sunday. This week has been Fall Break at Ryan’s school but he was taking Driver’s Ed all week so he wasn’t very happy – he still had to get up early, sit in class all day and do homework each night. Today he wants to sleep. And then we may go get his Driver’s Permit since he doesn’t have that yet and needs it to complete the behind the wheel driving portion of the course.
Sep 20, 2011 | Birthday, Cards, UDI Color Challenge |
Have you used Glossy White card stock lately? I know I haven’t. But it was one of the very first things I was shown when Stampin’ Up! was first introduced to me. Remember the rainbow ink pads – we used one of those with Glossy card stock and it was a real wow all those years ago. Well the rainbow ink pads are no longer in our catalog (I’m not sure if they are still around elsewhere) but the Glossy card stock still is.
I was working with it for a project I am creating for the Ustamp with Dawn & Friends Paper Parade class and had a piece lying on my craft table when I pulled up this weeks UDI Color Challenge. So you know what day it is – Tuesday. Ryan was hoping it was already Wednesday – he is in Driver’s Ed school this week – all day long for 4 days in a row and he was ready to be done before it even got started.
Well let’s move on to the color inspiration that Gretchen picked our for us this week so I can show you my card.
How is that for some bright inspiration – Peach Parfait, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade, Garden Green and Daffodil Delight. What to do with that I wasn’t sure….but I remembered that piece of Glossy White card stock on my craft table and pulled all my ink pads out in those colors. I needed a stamp set but which one – the inspiration piece has a lot of circles so I decided on Circle Circus. And that I would just make a colorful birthday card. So here is the result –
I stamped the Happy Birthday with Jet Black StazOn and colored it in with Stampin’ Write Markers. The rest of the Glossy White is stamped with the various circles from Circle Circus in the different challenge colors. It is all just random. Then I layered it on a piece of Garden Green card stock, tied a piece of Peach Parfait ribbon around and attached to the base which is Peach Parfait. Really a quick and simple card.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Peach Parfait, Garden Green, Glossy White
- Ink: Jet Black Staz On, Garden Green, Peach Parfait, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade (pads & markers)
- Stamp sets: Circle Circus, Bring on the Cake
- Accessories: Peach Parfait ribbon
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Sep 15, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Thank You |
I accidentally discovered a new technique when I was working on creating this card. I’ll show you the card first and then I’ll tell you what I did.
I took a piece of Cajun Craze card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I decided that it wasn’t exactly what I wanted but I didn’t want to use up another piece of card stock while I was planning my card. So instead I used the same piece and ran it through the Big Shot a second time but this time I used the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. When I did that it added the frame and slightly flattened out the stripes. While I wasn’t trying to create a double embossed piece once I had it I decided I liked it! So I did use it for my card.
The card base is River Rock (which is a little hard to see in this picture). Then the double embossed layer of Cajun Craze. I used a piece of the Well Worn Designer Series Paper and cut out a leaf with the Big Shot and Leaves #2 die. On the card I stamped “Three Little Words” from the stamp set by the same name. And then the “thanks so much” from the same set is stamped on River Rock card stock and punched with a modern label punch. The leaf has Linen Thread tied around the stem and then it is attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
This was one of the cards for my August KSU card class. The September class is coming up next week and I have planned a Fall, Halloween and a Christmas card. It should be fun.
The county schools are on Fall Break next week. We are not going any where this time but I do have Ryan signed up for the Driver’s Ed class – so he will be busy with that all week. This is just the classroom part not the driving part. He still needs to get his permit.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Sep 13, 2011 | Cards, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, UDI Color Challenge, Watercoloring |
So did you like the bats from my last post? Weren’t they fun? I can’t wait to fill the ones I made with treats for my boys for Halloween. But that won’t be for a little while yet. Now it is Tuesday and time for another UDI Color Challenge.
Are you ready? Guess what week we are on? Week #53! What does that mean? We have completed a full year of color challenges! I can’t believe it has been a whole year. And we are starting year two…..
So on to the inspiration picture for this week –
Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Old Olive and Whisper White. I pulled out my color coach and fanned out these colors. The first thing that popped into my mind was the stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog called Gift Givers and the image with the little girl in the snow. So I pulled it out and created this card –
I stamped the image with Black StazOn on Whisper White card stock and then watercolored it with my aqua painter and classic ink. Then i punched it out with the Scallop Circle Punch. Every image in this stamp set matches one of our punches and the images cover all the holidays/seasons – winter, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I wanted to frame my image with a mat of Always Artichoke – guess what fits perfectly – the Two Tags Die scallop tag. I cut one tag out with the Big Shot and then put it back on the die in the opposite direction so it would cut out a scallop circle to layer behind my punch.
There is a square of Marina Mist card stock with a piece of the Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper on it. White Gel pen dots around the edge. The trim on the side is a piece of Bashful Blue cut with the Clear Scallop Square Die and the Big Shot and then trimmed off one side so I had 2 scallops wide strip. The Always Artichoke strip was cut from the Petal Cone Die and then run through the crimper. I tied White Baker’s Twine around them and tied a bow. I added some gel pen doodles on the scallops. That’s it.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Whisper White
- Ink: Jet Black Staz On, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Old Olive
- Stamp sets: Gift Givers
- Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Two Tags Die, Clear Scallop Square Die, Petal Cone Die, Crimper, White Bakers Twine, Scallop Circle punch, Aqua Painter, white gel pen.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Sep 8, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Charming, Faux Mother of Pearl, Mini - Love Notes, Stampin' Up! Convention |
Here are the last of the Mini Cards from last month’s Hands-on class. This first one is a Tri-Fold card. It was one that I received as a swap at convention from Lisa Horton and I left it just like she created it because it was perfect. I did add the matching envelope for my class.
The card is really made of two 3×3 cards glued together to create a tri fold card. The base is Very Vanilla – with the front of it stamped with the En Fancies stamp and the medallion from Charming.
The other side of the card is Marina Mist – take the folded card and lay it on the Scallop Square Duo die on the large scallop square so that the fold does not get cut. This creates the other side of the card – you glue the back to the inside of the Very Vanilla base.
On the inside of the Marina Mist scallop square add a piece of Very Vanilla with the little stamp in the corner – it comes from the Charming stamp set.
To make the front of the Marina Mist scallop square use Stampin’ Write Markers – Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz to ink the flower stamp from the Charming set. Huff to re-moisten and stamp on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.
Tie a piece of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding around the Very Vanilla card stock. Layer on a piece of Pear Pizzazz and then add to the front of the card. To close fold in the Very Vanilla piece from the left and then the Marina Mist from the right. There you have a Tri-Fold card.
And the last card we made during the class was the Faux Mother of Pearl card that I created for my swap at convention.
I have already posted the instructions for this one earlier – you can find them by clicking HERE.
So that wraps up the Mini cards from my class – I hope you liked them. Come back Friday for something new!
Well the fall break and the weekend are over and it is time to get back to a normal routine again. So I’ll do my best to get back on my regular posting schedule – I missed a few days this last week.
