October Stamp Club and Technique Class

$10 for 3 projects or free for 6 month/$25 stamp club members or with a $50 order.
Thursday, October 4th at 6:30 p.m. or Friday, October 5th at noon....Join us for lots of fun and projects!
ONLY 3 CARDS THIS MONTH?????

I don't think you'll be disappointed though. We'll use some intense and beautiful techniques I hope you enjoy.

Brayering--You need to choose Christmas or Halloween. We'll only have time to make one of these a piece, but I have two brayers for the class, so choose whichever one you prefer.

 

Telescoping Card with marker coloring

 

Sugar and Spice scented embossing powder

 

 

Christmas Stamp A Stack #1 September 20th or 21st

I hope you'll be able to join me next week for our first Christmas Stamp A Stack of the year!  As usual, Thursday at 6:30 or Friday at noon.  Just let me know if you need a Saturday option.

Stamp A Stack events are 16 cards for $22, and you'll need to provide your choices (Please use the bolded name I used above each card.) with your RSVP by Tuesday, September 18th at 7:00 p.m.

Prepayment is required for a Stamp A Stack, so you will need to pay even if something comes up unforeseen for this class as I will have already cut paper and supplies for your cards. (There will be a time for you to come stamp them before Christmas-we can work it out.)

The cards include minimal bling, so you may want to purchase an extra pack of bling...You might also want to bring your envelopes (or order ahead for the nice quality Stampin' Up! ones) for stamping to match the card....especially if you do the snowflake card.  I really like that look.

Gatefold Red Ornament
I think you can see that this card is a gatefold since I had to use my pointer finger to keep it flat for the picture. :)

Blue Snowflake MOJO258

 

 

No longer available due to designer series paper

 

 

 

Holly Peace **

 

**Please note that the pearls at the bottom of the card can not be used if you plan to mail conventionally with one 44 cent stamp, and they would probably tear the envelope when put through the sorting machines.  You may also want to move your Peace sentiment to the bottom left corner, but you can decide that when you are making the card.

 

 

 PineWood Rustic

 

If you prefer, you may also do a couple as birthday cards with the Happy Birthday sentiment and no Riding Hood Red Scalloped edge.

 

 

September FrankenFlowers Technique Class and Stamp Club

September FRANKENFLOWERS Technique Class and Stamp Club Meeting
$10 for 4 projects or free for 6 month/$25 stamp club members or with a $50 order.
Thursday, September 4th at 6:30 p.m. or Friday, September 5th at noon....Join us for lots of Halloween fun and projects!

We'll make this Frankie card using the Googly Ghouls set with the Howlstooth and Scaringbone Tangerine Tango and Basic Black stripe designer series paper.  The top is a green woodgrain from the Orchard Harvest designer series paper.

 

This fun little Frank has PURSE-onality (bad I know!)...He was designed by my friend, Missi Roeber. She won a Stampin' Up! contest for her awesome idea! (She also made pumpkin and bat treat holder purses.)

 

 

Our third Frank is this grey 6X6 scrapbook page.....It uses the Basic Gray and Basic Black striped ribbon which I love. Since I will place this on a 12X12 page for scrapbooking, I elevated the BOO.  I think it looks cute on a plate holder for the season. I will put a Halloween picture from a previous year in it to display. (Frank isn't glued so that he can be placed in relation to the picture.

 

 

Finally, we'll make this Christmas card which uses the Christmas Blessings Set and sponging with Champagne Shimmer Paint.

 

You'll have to come to class to know what the fourth Frank is. :)

July Technique Class-NEXT Thursday, July 12th at 6:30 or Friday, July 13th at 12:30 p.m..

Next Thursday, July 12th at 6:30 p.m. and next Friday, July 13th at 12:30 p.m. are the June stamp club/Technique class meetings. As usual, class is $10 or free for 6/$25 Stamp Club members, $5 with a $25 order or free with a $50 order.

Please let me know by Tuesday, July 10th if you are able to attend or not and also if you’d like to join the 6 month/$25 stamp club for July-December. (I’ll have a small gift for July-December Stamp Club members.) I hope to see you all for some fun summer stamping! 

One thing will be done a little different this time....We'll try to do the majority of our Big Shot pieces first/one at a time which will hopefully save us some time.  If it doesn't work, we can always change back next time.

The first card is a CASE (copy and share everything) of a swap card I received from Paula Wright here: http://www.paulastamps.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-july.html  I added a book mark using the Big Shot Apothecary Accents framelit (I trimmed off the bottm) and essentials paper piercing pack, added a bit of light pink and changed the ribbon to make it a technique class card.  The Reason to Smile set is only $5 with a $50 purchase in the month of July.  I think you'll enjoy this card and this set!

Next up is a watercoloring Himalayan (they're blue) Poppies card using the Pleasant Poppies background and Papillon Potpourri sets.  First, we'll emboss with clear embossing powder and Black Craft Ink. Then, we'll watercolor and you can decide if you'd like to use the Elegant Butterfly punch (which will remove the antennae or cut it out as I did, preserving the antennae)

This Summer Silhouettes card uses Emboss Resist after which we'll add Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder for glittery shine and plenty of rhinestone bling.

This Betsy's Bloom set card was made using the MOJO248 sketch, and we'll double cut the framelit to make it slightly narrower. 

June Technique Class Thursday, June 7th at 6:30 p.m. or Friday, June 8th at 1:30 p.m.

Next Thursday, June 7th at 6:30 p.m. and next Friday, June 8th at 1:30 p.m. are the June stamp club/Technique class meetings.  As usual, class is $10 or free for 6/$25 Stamp Club members, $5 with a $25 order or free with a $50 order.

Please let me know by Tuesday, June 5^th if you are able to attend or not and also if you’d like to join the 6 month/$25 stamp club for July-December. (I’ll have a small gift for July-December Stamp Club members.)  I hope to see you all for some fun summer stamping! 

Needless to say this little owl can be for a birthday or for any occasion in which you'd give a card to a man.  The green leaves are the new in color Gumball Green, and the Daffodil Delight ribbon is new.

We'll use the bleaching technique as well as heat embossing for this ship card.  The dark blue shown is the new Midnight Muse In Color.  The sentiment on the inside of this card can make it perfect for a brother, husband or son's birthday.

This card features the new Everything Eleanor set as well as the Primrose Petals In Color and a smidge of the new Summer Starfruit In Color.

Our last card will feature the In Color, Raspberry Ripple of course, but I haven't finished it yet.

May is National Scrapbooking Month

This time, our Thursday night class will have to be THIS WEEK on the 10th of May due to Sara's recital dress rehearsal on the 17th.  The Friday noon class can be on the 11th or 18th as decided by the majority of those who plan to attend. Please RSVP as SOON as possible so that I'll know if I should plan to have the class at either time or at all.  Your choice of layout (Nature, Girl Birthday or Boy Birthday) for $10.  You'll enjoy stamping and assembly for these quick and easily expandable ideas.

In this 12X12 layout, I used the main coneflower image to create a stamped break in the picture spots for a sweet look. I realized I hadn't used this set with Peach Parfait and Soft Suede, so I paired them with the chameleon-like green, Old Olive for a sweet look.

Next up is this Birthday Celebration 2 page layout for a girl. There will be more customizing available to you for these pages such as more letters and sparkly bling as needed. You can of course wait to attach your pictures until you know what they will be, or bring them if you'd like.

Finally, this potential Boy's Birthday layout which is also perfect for a thunder fan.  Letters can be a child's name instead of course as shown on the girl's layout. On the other hand, one would remove the cupcake and make the circle a basketball for a more thunder-y look. (More bling and embellishments available to you for this one as well.)

No worries if you aren't interested, I can use my samples for myself of course. :)

Stampin' Technique Class and Club this week- May 3rd and 4th

I'd love to see you at Technique Class and Club this week! We'll make four projects. As always, class is $10 or $5 with a $25 order (and for demonstrators in my downline) or free with a $50 order or for 6 month $25 Stamp Club members.  I hope you like them well enough.

Since the Stampin' Pastels are retiring, we'll make this Poppin pastels round card with the retiring Inspired by Nature Set.  Please note that your pearls will be the slightly larger size due to the number of pearls I will need for class.

I also decided to use the other Pastel technique Pullin' Pastels for this card with the retiring Fifth Avenue Florals set. The other three items seemed shabby vintage, so to me this one breaks that mold.  The sentiment may of course be changed.

Next, is a fun pin for a bag or jacket that we were shown at Leadership. I hope you'll enjoy making this flower. It cannot be mailed. You'd need to put it in a box.

Finally a small tea bag holder which is I realize made from the retired SaleABration paper, but it looked nice with the paper, so I wanted to use it for a Mother's Day add on giftie.