July Scrapbook Club Layout (Canada Day!)

I'm very sad that my last Scrapbook Club meeting of the year is on Monday.  It's always bittersweet when the clubs come to an end.  Some ladies will be returning in the fall and some are taking a break for a year, so it's the last time we'll all be together for awhile.  (And I love all my ladies!)  At our last meeting, the girls requested a Canada Day layout, so here's what I came up with.

I used the Glorious & Free set for this.  I made the maple leaf using a cool new technique that I just learned.  I'm not sure what it's called, but I stamped the leaf in Real Red, then cut it out.  I covered it with Crystal Effects, then put a drop of Real Red ink (from my refill) in the Crystal Effects.  I used a toothpick to swirl the ink around, then let it dry.  It looks really cool in real life!

The rest of the layout is pretty straight-forward.  Here's a list of supplies:

Stamps: Glorious & Free
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black, Real Red Patterns designer series paper
Ink: Real Red
Accessories: Crystal Effects, punches (Modern Label, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle, 3/4" Circle), Brights Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine

Thanks for reading!

Blessings to you,

Another Ice Cream Cone Card

This is a fancier version of the Ice Cream Cone card that my guests made at my new catalogue open house.

This one uses some Pink Pirouette Patterns designer series paper behind the ice cream cone, and I added some new Chocolate Chip scalloped polka dot ribbon.  I love how versatile the Cupcake and Petite Pennant punches are!

Blessings,

New Catalogue Open House Winners!

I had several draws at my open house on Thursday.  The Grand Prize draw includes two hostess stamp sets, ink pads, In Color assorted cardstock and pompom ribbon.

I had my son choose a name out of the draw bin...

 

 And the winner is... Susan K!  Congratulations, Susan!

I also had a New Catalogue Scavenger Hunt.  My younger son drew a name from the people who completed it.  The winner is Sarah D!  She wins an Ice Cream Parlor paper, sticker, ribbon, button collection!

I also asked people to complete a Customer Survey.  Noah drew a name from those, and the winner is Jennifer F!  Jennifer wins a package of Deck the Halls designer series paper.

 

Thank you so much to everyone who came to my open house!  I appreciate all of you!

Blessings to you,

In Color Blossom Bouquet

This is a little something I came up with to showcase all the new In Colors (Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder).  I used the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch to make all the flowers, then layered them on some Sahara Sand that I embossed with the Finial Press embossing folder.  The card base is Whisper White.  I finished off the flowers with some rhinestone jewels.  Quick & simple!

Blessings to you,

New Catalogue Open House!

I'm so excited to be hosting my annual New Catalogue Open House and Retired Product Garage Sale on Thursday!  Of course, there will be make & takes!

This first card shows off the new In Colors (aren't they gorgeous?).  I punched a square of each colour with the Postage Stamp punch, then adhered them onto a Sahara Sand background.  I ran the whole thing through the Big Shot with the Finial Press embossing folder, then layered it on some Island Indigo cardstock.  I then stamped a greeting from the new Pennant Parade stamp set in Island Indigo on Whisper White cardstock and punched it out with the Postage Stamp punch as well before adhering it to the card with some dimensionals.  The whole piece is then attached to the Whisper White card base.

This second card showcases our new punches!  How cute is that ice cream cone?  I've seen a few of these, so I had to try it myself.  The cone is Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder then punched with the new Petite Pennants Builder punch.  The "ice cream scoops" are made with the Cupcake punch in Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Pretty in Pink.  I layered the ice cream cone on some Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Chip cardstock before adhering it to a Very Vanilla card base.  Then I added a Chocolate Chop ribbon border punched piece across the bottom before stamping the greeting from Short & Sweet.

If you live in my area, please feel free to stop by between 4:00 & 8:00 on Thursday to check out the new catalogue, do some make & takes, eat and shop!

Blessings to you,

June Scrapbook Club Layout

I LOVE the Beyond the Garden suite in the Summer Mini catalogue, but I sure had a rough time coming up with a layout using it!  Here's what I came up with.

I stamped the title using the Jumble Alphabet stamp set (I can't believe this is retiring!), then stamped the flower image over it before layering it on some Melon Mambo cardstock.  I used my Beautiful Wings embosslits and Beautiful Butterfly die for all the butterflies.  The larger butterflies have some pearl jewels in the centers.  I added some Beyond the Garden designer series paper and Wild Wasabi layers as well. 

The bottom corner of the right-hand page is embossed with Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Wild Wasabi embossing powders.   The larger mat on the left-hand page has some stamped images that I cut out and layered on with stampin' dimensionals.

Blessings to you,

May Scrapbook Club Layout

As usual, I haven't posted the layout my Scrapbook Club ladies made last month!  Here it is:

Some of the ladies have been wanting to do a travel-themed layout, and I asked them to wait until the Summer Mini catalogue came out because there are such great travel products in there!  We used  the Nautical Expedition designer series paper with Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla cardstock.  The Travel Log stamp set also fit in quite nicely.  We threw in some Baker's Twine and Postage Stamp-punched pieces to add some accents.

Blessings to you,

June Stamp Club Cards (Part 2)

Here are the other two cards we're doing at Stamp Club this month.

I don't use my wheels often, but I love the new teacher/school-themed wheels in the Summer Mini catalogue!  I used a triple cell ink cartridge with Real Red, Basic Black and Tempting Turquoise for these Builder Wheels and rolled them on some Whisper White cardstock.  What a quick and easy main image!  I used the corner rounder punch and layered the main image on some Real Red cardstock.

To finish the card, I added an owl using the owl punch, and I stamped a greeting in Basic Black.  Some Basic Black satin ribbon finishes the card.

Since we've got these amazing coloured embossing powders, I wanted to try multicoloured embossing.  It's actually easier than I thought it would be.  I stamped the image from Elements of Style in VersaMark all over the Very Vanilla cardstock.  Then I sprinkled some of each embossing powder on it (Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo).  I tapped the excess powder into a new container, so now I have a container of multi-coloured powder!  When you heat set it, the colours just pop!

I layered the stamped piece onto some Wild Wasabi and then added a sentiment from Cute by the Inch that I inked with my Stampin' Write markers to mimic the multi-coloured embossed piece.  The sentiment is punched with the Postage Stamp punch and layered onto 1 1/4" and1 3/8" squares of Wild Wasabi and Tangerine Tango respectively.  I finished by tying some knotted Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain around the whole thing before adhering it to the Tangerine Tango base.

Hopefully the ladies will love all of these (and sign up for clubs again next year!  Hint, hint!)

Blessings to you,

June Stamp Club Cards (Part 1)

It's always sad for me when another year of Stamp Club comes to an end.  The ladies in my clubs are so amazing, and we have so much fun!  To wrap things up this month, we'll be making four cards instead of my usual three.

As soon as I saw the tutorial for the Center Step card on Splitcoast, I knew I had to try it!  Here's my version.  I used a lot of retiring products on this card since it's my last chance to use them.  The stamp set is Simply Said, which was one of the first stamp sets I bought after becoming a demonstrator.  I can't believe it's retiring!  Anyway, I used Blueberry Crisp designer series paper and pulled the colours from there (Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake). 

This next card uses the Poppin' Pastels technique (an oldie, but goodie!).  I haven't done this technique for a long time, but I will be doing it more often now!  It makes for such a soft look.  I stamped the images from Fabulous Florets in VersaMark on Shimmery White cardstock, so there is a shimmer to the finished card.  I used Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink and Always Artichoke pastels and dabbed them over the stamped images with sponge daubers.  To finish the card, I spritzed it with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz to add more shine, then tied some Baja Breeze seam binding around it. 

I'll post the other two Stamp Club cards tomorrow!

Blessings to you,

May Stamp Club Cards

I meant to post these earlier, but I have had a crazy few months (I'll post more on this later).  I wanted to use some of the products from the new Summer Mini Catalogue this month for my stamp clubs, so here's what we're making.

I am so thrilled that Stampin' Up! has decided to pair with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation with the creation of the Strength & Hope set.  ($2 from the sale of the set goes to the BCRF.)  I wanted to use lots of pink for this card because it ties in with the cause of breast cancer research.

I chose to use the Lap of Luxury designer series paper because there's lots of pink in it!  I added a Pretty in Pink satin ribbon bow as well.  For the background, I stamped the En Francais stamp in Pretty in Pink on some Very Vanilla cardstock.

I stamped the butterfly in Regal Rose ink on some Pretty in Pink cardstock, cut it out, and applied Dazzling Diamonds glitter all over it using my two-way glue pen.  To finish it off, I added a small chain of Rhinestone jewels down the center.

This next card is, of course, very similar to this card that I posted last month!  But this time, I'm using the new Beyond the Garden dsp, and I used the new Blossom Bouquet triple layer punch for the center of the flower.  The flower itself is punched with the large Scallop Circle punch.  I used the Brights textured cardstock for all the parts of the card (Melon Mambo, Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight), along with some Wild Wasabi for the stem and leaf.

The greeting is stamped with Short & Sweet in VersaMark and embossed with Melon Mambo embossing powder (LOVE the new coloured embossing powders!).

The final card is a CASE of this card by Anne Marie Hile.  I didn't change much because she did such a fantastic job!

I wanted to do some watercolouring with my ladies, so I stamped the boat from Sail Away in black Staz-On ink on some watercolour paper, then used my Aqua Painter to colour it in with my watercolour crayons.

This card also uses the new Binder's Twine in Cherry Cobbler from the Summer Mini, along with some Striped Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon.  The Cherry Cobbler piece at the top of the card is embossed with my Square Lattice embossing folder. 

We only have one more month of clubs left, so I'm sad that we'll be done for the summer.  I have such wonderful ladies in my clubs, so I'm hoping they'll be back in the fall!

Blessings to you,