Another Quick Post

Good afternoon! We have been getting lots of downpours with thunder and lightning all day here in Upstate New York. I have been prepping the master bedroom for some fresh paint. It's turning out to be a much more involved project than I had anticipated. So, I thought I would take a break and post something quick to my blog. This cute little box/basket I made for a door prize at one of my recent stamp classes. I cut 2 box #2 dies using my Big Shot and stuck them together (back to back)with some sticky strip. I made the handle using the wide oval punch and then decorated it with the Bella Rose designer series paper. I filled it with some paper shreds, 2
ghirardelli chocolates, 2 incentive stamps and a basic black stampin' spot. This was a big hit and everyone wanted me to pull their name from the door prize bucket! This was a fun and easy project, so give it a try!
Here is the recipe: (all products are Stampin' Up!)

Paper: kraft, riding hood red, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette, whisper white, Bella Rose dsp

Stamps: Lovely Labels

Ink: kiwi kiss

Accessories: Big Shot, Box #2 die, circle punches, scallop circle punch, eyelet border punch, wide oval punch, ribbon

Okay, I've gotta get back to my other work. Thanks for stopping by. See you all soon!

Playing Catch-Up

OMG! I can't believe it has been over a month since my last post. I have been overwhelmed with feeling like I have so much to do and no time to do it all. My husband and I took our youngest son, Alex, to England in the middle of May so he could participate in a program where he is studying at Oxford. We spent about a week there and when we got home I wound up being sick for 2 weeks. I still have a little congestion that just keeps hanging on. Of course I am still working on our house, painting one of the 5 bedrooms we have at present. I haven't even been out to my gardens...Anyway, I was getting prepared for my monthly stamp class tomorrow and I realized that I never posted the projects from last months class. Here are some of the projects we did. My class was a Dads and Grads class. All products are Stampin' Up!.

Real quick here with my deets: For the Tool card I stamped the images on brushed silver cardstock and cut them out, I then stamped the handles on chocolate chip cardstock and paper pieced them.

For the graduation bear I used the grad cap from the Sock Monkey Accessories set. It fits perfectly! I also used the new Jumble Alphabet set from the new catty. The 6x6 page and 3x6 cards I kept very simple. I just love those corduroy buttons, don't you? I know I haven't given a complete recipe for each projects, I just don't have the time right now. If you have any questions don't hestitate to leave a comment and I will get back. Thanks so much for stopping buy and I hope to find a few minutes whenever possible to get my projects posted!

One More Projct

Here is the last projct that I did for my April stamp class. I have been wanting to introduce scrapbooking to my customers, so I decided to give them the option of either making a 3"x6" card or a 6"x6" scrapbook page. About half of the ladies chose to do a scrap page so I think I will offer a projcet like this each month! I used a simple layout that works beautifully for a card or a page. Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Big Flowers, One of a Kind

Paper: Kiwi Kiss textured cs, Riding Hood Red textured cs, Pink Pioruette, whisper white, Bella Rose DSP

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, 1 1/4", 1 3/8", scallop circle punches, eyelet border punch, small oval and designer label punches, dimensionals

Gotta run! Thanks for stoppin' by!

Mojo Monday Sketch and Alex's Birthday

I haven't done a Mojo Monday shetch in a while so here is this weeks. See the link here if you are interested in playing along! This card is for my youngest son's 20th birthday. He loves poker and when Stampin' Up! introduced these stamp sets and DSP I knew I had to have them. Here is the recipe (everything is SU! unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Card Games, Game Night, Fourteen Phrases(incentive stamps)

Paper: Basic Black, So Safron, Real Red, Whisper White, Jackpot DSP

Ink: Real Red, Basic Black

I really like how this turned out! I hope he likes it too! Thanks for stoppin' by today! Stop back again soon!

Accessories: So Safron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, circle punches, corner rounder, plastic poker chip(unknown), dimensionals

More From MY April Class

Here are a couple more projects from my April Showers Card Class. The vase of flowers was so much fun. I wanted to demonstrate the Decor Elements, so we used them to decorate our vases. Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Petal Pizzazz

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate chip, Summer Sun

Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories: Circle punches, decor elements, Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, lollypop sticks(Wilton), glass vase(Michaels), white stones(Joanns)

I cut the sticks to different lengths and cut the flowers out with my paper snips. It makes such a lovely accent to a desktop or table!

The Best Wishes card was very simple but effective! Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Oval All

Paper: Walk in the Park DSP, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Vellum cardstock

Ink: Baja Breeze

Accessories: Scallop oval and large oval punches, Whisper White organza ribbon, Big Shot, Manhattan Flower textured impressions die, dimensionals

I played around with this a bit and found that the vellum cardstock worked better than the paper and on the multi-platform for the Big Shot I used NO tabs, otherwise the impression would cut right through the vellum. I only used adhesive for the vellum underneath the ribbon. the sentiment is on dimensionals! I hope you enjoyed seeing the projects. Stop back again soon to see what else I have been working on! Thanks for stoppin' by!

Flower Pot Pocket Card from my April Showers Card Class

I held my April card class on Wednesday, which was appropiately titled "April Showers Bring May Flowers" and this class was centered around all things flowers! I love flowers and this was such a fun class for me to prepare. The first card we did was a flower pot pocket card. I discovered this on my fav site, SCS, Monday's try a new technique post. Check it out here. There is a link to a fabulous tutorial also. This card was a huge hit and pretty easy to do. Give it a try! Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Blooming With Love

Paper: Really Rust, Whisper White, Summer Sun, Pink Passion, Lovely Lilac, almost Amethyst, Garden Green

Ink: Lovely Lilac

Accessories: Big Shot, Cherry Blossom embosslit die, 5 petal flower punch(for the leaves), silver brads, silver eyelet, Crop-a-dile, 1 1/4 " and 1 3/8" circle punch, Apricot Appeal 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, scallop edge punch, linen thread, dimensionals

I did alter my dimensions slightly to maximize my really rust cardstock. For the flower pot I started with a 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece scored at 3 1/2" and 7". This way I could get 3 cards from 1 piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock.

I hope you give this a try. I will be back with more projects from my April class.

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

Have a wonderful day!

Another set of stamp camp cards

Good morning All,

I just wanted to post more pics of a recent stamp camp that I did for a friend of mine. Most of the ladies that attended had never stamped before, so these cards were fairly simple.

I decided to use some basic layouts with minimal layers. The little Easter pouches were a big hit and were very easy to make. They are made from a 6" x 6" piece of DSP. The directions can be found here from the Splitcoaststampers website. Check it out!
Well, this needs to be short and sweet. I have my monthly stamp class to get ready for on Wednesday.

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by and have a wonderful day!