Blossom Builders Kit Class

If you’re like me, you’ve been drooling over the Blossom Builders designer printed kit in the Occasions Mini Catalogue, but you may be wondering what you would do with it!  Well, now you can make these seven cards, which use all the elements from one sheet of the kit, plus several of the cute pink rhinestones that come with it.  This is a drop-in class, so feel free to stop in at any time during the day of the class.  I will have greeting stamps at the class, so you can customize your cards with whatever sentiments you’d like!

These cards were created by Donna Wizniuk, a talented member of the Big Ideas Ink group that I'm also in. She shared this class with us at our last group meeting, and I'm excited to be able to offer it as well.

Date: Thursday, March 29

Time: anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.  The class should take about an hour.
Where: my house

Cost: $15 OR FREE with a qualifying Sale-A-Bration order ($60 plus tax & shipping), plus you'll also get a free Sale-A-Bration item with your order!

All you need to bring is adhesive.  Please RSVP by Saturday, March 17 so I know how many people to prepare for.

Blessings to you,

Punch Art Class

Over Spring Break, I will be offering three Blitz Classes where people can drop in anytime on the day of each class to make the cards for that class.  The first class is a punch art card class, where we will be making the following five cards.  More details about the class are following the card images.

I found the tutorials for the Angry Birds charactersby Niki Toll here.

I wanted to find a punch art bunny that didn't use the small oval punch (since it's been discontinued).  I thought this heart punch bunny by Carol Dunstan was super cute!

This tulip card is by a talented lady in my stamp club and my downline, Paula Dunbar.  I had to use it for my punch art class!

This adorable chick was created by Kay Sha.   I made him into an Easter card by adding some hand-snipped grass.

 This sunflower card was created by Ellen Kemper.

Here are the details for the class:
Date: Monday, March 26
Time: anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.  The class should take about an hour.
Place: my house
Cost: $10 for five cards OR FREE with a Sale-A-Bration order ($60 plus tax & shipping), plus you'll get a free Sale-A-Bration item with your order!

All you need to bring is adhesive.  Please register by Saturday, March 17.

Thanks, and I hope to see you there!

Blessings to you,

Coral Valentine

I love the Sweet Shop designer series paper in the Occasions Mini Catalogue, especially the Calypso Coral paper with the embossed hearts on it!

As such, I came up with this non-traditionally-coloured Valentine to incorporate that gorgeous paper!  I used Chocolate Chip as my card base, layered with some Calypso Coral that is tied with some Chocolate Chip polka-dot ribbon.  I stamped En Francais in Chocolate Chip on Whisper White, then cut it out with the Labels Framelits dies. I adhered the smaller label to the Coral paper, then added the frame around it popped up on dimensionals. 

To complete the card, I added some hearts - the paper that inspired the card, plus one stamped with a stamp from Take it To Heart in Chocolate Chip, and finally a little "love" heart, all cut with my Heart Framelits.  The sentiment is from Sweet Cake.

Happy Early Valentine's Day!

Button Buddies Card Class

My upline, Winona Semler, came up with this great idea for a class.  Please contact me to register (if you live in my area, of course!). 

The adorable Button Buddies stamp set (p.71) is one of my favourites, and it is so versatile.  For this class, you will be making eight different all-occasion cards with matching envelopes, all using the Button Buddies set.  And you get to make all the cards for FREE when you purchase the class kit!  The kit includes the following:

• Button Buddies stamp set (wood mount) or Button Buddies stamp set (clear mount) & clear block C
• Package of Brights Buttons 
• Package of Brights Assorted 8 ½ x 11 Cardstock 
• Package of White Baker’s Twine 
• FREE Sale-a-Bration item of your choice

You will have tons of supplies left over to make more cards on your own!

If you already own the stamp set, and you want to make the cards, you will need to purchase the mini kit, which includes a package of Brights Buttons and a package of White Baker’s Twine, along with the fee for the class.

There are 10 spots available, so sign up now to reserve your place! Please also bring scissors and adhesive.

Date: Saturday, February 18

Time: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Place: my house

Cost: $70 for kit (cards are free!) or $25 for the mini kit (includes class fee)

Hope to see you there!

Blessings,

Sale-A-Brate!

This is another swap card I came up with, this time for a Sale-A-Bration swap. 

I really love the upcoming Sale-A-Bration ribbon and brad combo pack!  I threaded some of the Lucky Limeade ribbon through a strip of Everyday Enchantment SAB designer series paper that I had punched with the Lace Border punch.  This went onto a Vintage Wallpaper-embossed Very Vanilla background that I sponged with Soft Suede and Pool Party ink. 

The main piece is stamped with the Elementary Elegance stamp set.  Before I stamped, I inked the stamp in Soft Suede ink, then used a blender pen to remove some ink from a few of the little images in the stamp.  I coloured those images with the Pool Party Stampin' Write marker before stamping, so there is a multi-coloured image.  The center is punched out with the Curly Label punch, then the sentiment is stamped in Lucky Limeade.  A few rhinestone jewels finish off the card.

Again, I received some beautiful cards in this swap.  I'll post photos in a few days.

Blessings to you,

Mixed Bunch

This is a card I created for an Occasions Mini catalogue swap that I participated in.

As soon as I saw the new Blossom punch in the mini catalogue, I knew I had to have it!  I'm such a sucker for punches! And of course, you can't get the punch without the coordinating stamp set, so Mixed Bunch went onto my order as well. 

It may sound silly, but I actually chose my colours based on the In Color designer brads because I have tons of them and I wanted to use them up on my swaps!  So, In Colors it was!  This card has Pool Party, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz and Wisteria Wonder.  To finish off the flowers, I added some polka dot designer brads - as previously mentioned - some mini brads and some rhinestone jewels.

The Island Indigo background piece is embossed with the Finial Press embossing folder, and I added some Pear Pizzazz pleated satin ribbon as well.

You wouldn't believe all the gorgeous cards I received in this swap!  My card board is full of new amazing samples to show my customers and club ladies!  I'll try and post a few photos in the next few days.

Blessings to you,

January Scrapbook Club Layout

This month we did a Valentine's Day layout using the new Hearts Framelits dies for the Big Shot.

I love the new Twitterpated product suite, so we used the designer series paper, pleated satin ribbon and buttons for the layout as well.  The Take it to Heart set, of course, coordinates perfectly, so we embellished the keepsake envelope with that set.

January Stamp Club Cards

Happy New Year!  I've had so much fun playing with all the new stuff from the Occasions Mini Catalogue, and my Stamp Club ladies get to share in the fun!  Here's what we'll be making this month:

This is my sneak peek card for the upcoming Sale-A-Bration!  I copied the butterfly idea out of the mini catalogue.  It uses the new lace doily sizzlits die in Calypso Coral, layered over some Everyday Enchantment designer series paper, then cut with the Beautiful Butterflies die.  I also used one of the new Edgelets dies and embossing folders for the bottom of the card.  The sentiment is from Elementary Elegance, stamped in Lucky Limeade.  Some SAB ribbon and a brad finish off the card.

I definitely wanted to show off the new Framelits dies, so I used them with the Take it to Heart stamp set.  I stamped the bird in black Staz-On on watercolour paper, then coloured using my Stampin' Pastels and a blender pen.  I also used my Aqua Painter with some Baja Breeze ink to colour in the heart so it would blend better with the Twitterpated designer series paper.  I punched a scallop circle out of Blushing Bride, then used my bone folder to soften the paper (swipe the bone folder over the cardstock several times until the edges start to come apart).  Then I peeled apart the scallop circle so I had two that look like suede.  I glued those together, then did the same thing with some Island Indigo paper and my Boho Blossoms punch.  To finish off the card, I added some Blushing Bride folded satin ribbon and a Twitterpated button from the new mini catalogue. 

I couldn't go without the new scented embossing powders, so I had to show this to my Stamp Club ladies!  The cherries from the Mouthwatering set are inked with Real Red craft ink and a Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write marker.  I then poured some Cherry-scented embossing powder over the cherries and heat set them.  They smell soooooo good!  The card is simply finished with some polka-dot embossed Lucky Limeade cardstock and Real Red satin ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings to you,

December Stamp Club Cards

For my Stamp Clubs this month, we are, of course, making Christmas cards! 

This adorable singing mouse is made from punches.  I rolled the music note wheel across the card in a curving motion.  The "Joy" is from The Sounding Joy stamp set.  Such a cute mousie!

This next card was designed by Lorna Raczynski, and uses the Spirelli technique.  I used Perfect Plum and glossy white cardtsock for this one.  The Lace stamp is stamped in VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder before sponging Perfect Plum ink around and on top of it.

This card was designed by a demonstrator in my upline's group, and I'm so sorry, but I can't remember who made it!  But I love the designer paper Christmas tree!  It's made by using a half-circle of paper and folding it back and forth.  The ribbon is a piece of Wild Wasabi grosgrain cut in half.

This final card is a gift card holder that I learned how to make at my upline, Winona Semler's, meeting.  It's made with a long envelope folded in half.  Super cute and easy to make!

Here's the inside. 

Thanks for reading!

Blessings to you,

December Scrapbook Club Layout

What else would we do in December but a Christmas layout? 

For this super-cute layout, I used the Holly Berry Bouquet Product Suite, including Holly Berry Bouquet designer series paper and buttons, the Pines & Poinsettias stamp set and some matching ribbon (Real Red satin, Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain and Very Vanilla velvet stitched ribbon).

The Christmas trees are made by taking a 6" half circle (cut with my Circle Scissors Plus), then folding it back and forth.

Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!