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 21, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages |
As I was planning for my August Scrapbook class I decided I wanted to do a sports themed page. But I wanted it to be generic enough that it could be for a variety of sports or even not a sport at all. For me the star is a shape that covers so many things including sports so I wanted to use the star element and then I wanted a paper that was flexible enough that it could be used for most any sport or other event – I decided on the Well Worn Designer Series paper. I found a sketch in a magazine and took some ideas from a few other layouts that I have seen and put it all together to create this scrapbook layout for my class.
You can change the title to suit your needs – use it for a sports layout, a bbq layout, 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial day, an outdoor camping layout, playing ball with the dogs, any number of things would work here. That’s the flexibility of using stars!
The stars are the Big Shot die and I cut them out of chipboard and then out of the Well Worn DSP. I mixed up the patterns, sanded all the edges and even stamped on some of them. I personally like to use the Anywhere Glue Stick to attach the Designer Paper to Chipboard – it has enough wiggle room that you can slide your paper into the exact spot that you want it and then it drys and hold tight.
The strips of Designer Paper are torn on the ends and curled back just a little. The background stamping is from Extreme Elements stamp set. I used various images from the set including the stars.
I also used the Top Note Die (love that one) and cut two – one from Not Quite Navy card stock and one from River Rock card stock (it gets trimmed inside the perforated lines). These are layered together and stamped with the Notes & Details stamp set for the journaling.
The title letters are cut using the Big Shot and the Simple Letters dies. The ones that over lap the photo mat are not glue to it – that way I can slip my picture up under the letters if needed. I plan to put a focal picture on the Cajun Craze mat and then a collage of photos on the River Rock mat across the two pages.
The Notes & Details stamp set even has a date stamp which I added at the bottom of the photo mat on the left page.
I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by – I hope you’ll leave a note a say “hi”.
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 19, 2011 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
I was inspired by the little treat bag in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. It is on page 5 – the little bag that uses the owl from the Warmest of Wishes Hostess stamp set. If you have ever received a box from Stampin’ Up! you know that they fill the empty space with brown paper. I end up with lots of brown paper and I like to come up with ideas to use it instead of throwing it away. Last year I saved it and wrapped all of our Christmas gifts in it. I am going to start saving it to do that again. But for now this little treat bag inspired another idea. I can make my own treat bags!
This was one of the projects from my class on Friday –
I took a piece of the brown paper from my last Stampin’ Up! order and cut a section out. I folded it in half and put it on my Scallop Square die – making sure the fold was inside the cut line of the die – so you only cut three sides of the folded paper. I ran it through the Big Shot die and ended up with a scallop square with one folded side. I put snail adhesive on the two sides and left the top open. I ran each side into the crimper a little bit and rolled it back out.
The front is decorated like the sample in the Holiday Mini catalog. Punch a circle from Daffodil Delight. Stamp the Owl on Whisper White using Early Espresso ink and punch out. Stamp again on Pumpkin Pie card stock and cut out just the trick or treat bag – add this on top of the punched owl – I used a little bit of Stampin’ Dimensional. I added a strip of Lucky Limeade. Stamp Happy Halloween (from Teeny Tiny Wishes) at the bottom. Insert candy!
These were really quick and they are really cute! And you don’t even have to buy any bags just make your own.
Have a nice day!
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.
