Technique Class- Card 1

Just a quick post to let you know what is coming up in the August Technique Classes. This is the first card and I used the Cut and Fold technique. I think it is a cute card with great colors. I am using the new In Color, Rich Razzelberry with this card. The color is really fantastic! I also used the new Designer Series Paper, Cottage Wall. That is one of my favorites. If you would like to make this card along with two other techniques, please contact me. the dates are: August 15 -Saturday, @ 9-11:30 am, August 18-Tuesday, @9-11:30 am or August 19-Wednesday @7-9:30 pm. As always, the cost is $10 or $5 with a purchase of $25 worth of product. Have a great day today.

Christmas Midnight Madness

I guess all the preparing that Susan and I did for our Christmas in July event last Saturday put me in the Holiday spirit. I can't stop thinking about Christmas cards and possible projects for Christmas. So when I saw this week's challenge for Midnight Madness, I immediately thought of this stamp set. This stamp set is "SEASON OF JOY". I have used it many times and I think it is a good versatile set. It is a set that you can get many different looks from. I again used the new designer paper "MERRY MOMENTS". I love this paper! I used markers to color in the words on the tag. By using markers, I was able to make the words many different colors. I stamped the Poinsettia in Real Red, placed gold brads in the center, and used dimenionals to raise the flower. This card went very quickly for me. I think because I did not play around with a lot of possibilities fro a change. The idea was in my head and it just flowed out for some unknown reason and it felt right when I was finished. For those people who really know me, they will tell you that after I make a card or a scrapbook page, I leave it lay on a table for a while. I walk past it during the day looking at it. If something doesn't feel or look right, I will change it. But it lays there in pieces until I walk past it and don't feel I need to change anything and then I attach all the pieces. This time, it just felt right. I hope you feel the same way about it. The supplies that I used for this card were:

STAMP SET: Season of Joy

PAPER: Whisper White, Real Red, Merry Moments DSP

INK: Real Red

ACCESSORIES: Garden Green, Real Red, Yoyo Yellow and Night of Navy Markers, Jumbo Eyelets, Gold Brads, Eyelet Border Punch, 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

I hope this got you into the Christmas spirit! This is the time of year I start to make my Christmas Cards. I always start now so that I finish early and do not feel so rush closer to Christmas. Go and enjoy the rest of your day!

Mojo Monday 97

I finally was able to get this posted today. The computer store was busy the last two days transferring the data from my old computer to my new one. So now I am ready to go. I really enjoyed this challenge. This card took me longer to do than normal but I did enjoy working on adding color to the detail of the stamped image. I also thought that the leaves were a perfect addition to the card. I used "Harvest Home" for this challenge. I always liked this set and for some reason, I just thought this set would be perfect for this card. I am in the holiday mode for some reason. For the last few weeks I have been stuck on making Autumn and Christmas cards. But I think this one is my favorite so far. The supplies that I used on this card were:

STAMP SET: Harvest Home

PAPER: Autumn Harvest DSP, Really Rust, Watercolor Paper, Always Artichoke

INK: Dusty Durango, Really Rust, Yoyo Yellow, Only orange, Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, Black Staz On

ACCESSORIES: Blender Pens, Dimensionals

The new Designer Paper "Autumn Harvest " is fantastic. I have found myself using it more and more. I love the fall colors that it uses and the designs on the paper. The package that I ordered is almost gone, so I guess that I will be ordering more of this paper in my next order. Today I will be working on techniques for my August classes. Go out and enjoyed the day!

Mojo Monday-Really Late

I know that this is really late, but I was determined to do this challenge this week. Unfortunately, I had such a hectic week that I did not get finished until yesterday. Well, that is only half true because I did finish one Friday evening but I did not like it and tweaked it yesterday to come up with this card. For some reason, the last few days, I end up with masculine type cards. This trend is so unlike me but it seems to be making my friends happy because they have been trying to get me to create more masculine cards. So this one is for you guys! The supplies that I used for this card were:

STAMP SET: Autumn Days

PAPER: Autumn Harvest DSP, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke, Crushed Curry, Whisper White

INK: Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Dusty Durango

ACCESSORIES: Bermuda Bay Marker, Dusty Durango Marker, Gold Brads, Dimensionals, Dusty Durango Polka Dotted Ribbon

I turned the ribbon around to the plain side because I felt that the polka dots were too busy on this card. I used the THUMPING technique on the pheasant to give it a more dimensional look. All in all, I am pretty pleased how this card turned out. Just an update on the Christmas in July event. It went very well yesterday. I thank everyone that turned out and I hope you had a good time too. I did take my camera yesterday to take pictures of everyone working on their projects but I forgot to take any pictures until after we had everything cleaned up. You just have to believe me when I say that there was Christmas music, Christmas cookies, Christmas decorations, Christmas Tree, Christmas projects going on and a lot of good friendly Christmas cheer! It was a GREAT day!

Midnight Madness

During this crazy week, I finally was able to sit down last night to create this card for this challenge. I wish you could see the background on this card better because it has a lot of small detail that this picture is missing. I used the FRIENDS 24-7 stamp set for this card. I first took the damask piece and used bleach to stamp all over the Mellow Moss card stock. After that I took the Friendly Words wheel and with Night of Navy rolled over the stamped images. It gave it a more distressed look. And that is why instead of flowers, I used the Neutral Brads. I originally had flowers but they did not seem to go as well with the card as the masculine looking brads did. While I was working on this card, my daughter told me that she felt it was a more masculine card than feminine. I think that is why I used the embellishments that I did. I hope you like the card. I am on my way now to CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!! Will let you know how that turned out. Have a Merry half Christmas today!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to me! Today is my birthday but it is also my upline's daughter, Grace and my sideline Jaime's birthday. I thought this 3 x 3" notecard would be the perfect card to show you today in honor of all of our birthdays. This was one of the projects that we made at my Open House. It is very simple but I thought it was a good way to introduce a couple of new products to my customers. The stamped image is from the Razzle Dazzle stamp set. We took the new In Color Markers and colored in each design strip a different new In Color. We used the new In Color ribbon and made a bow on the side. We took the new Modern Label punch and punched from Bermuda Bay cardstock. For the sentiment we used the new stamp set "TEENY TINY WISHES" in Melon Mambo and used the Word Window punch to cut it out. Voila! You have quick and easy note card made almost entirely from new products. Quick and easy to make so you can make a lot of them to have on hand for that special occasion. Go out and enjoy your day today because I knew I will!

Christmas Punch Gift Tags

Christmas is almost here! Well,"Christmas in July" anyway. Only 2 more days until the big event! Here is the second project we will be working on, gift tags in a gift box. We will be using the level two hostess set,"CHRISTMAS PUNCH". What a nice set. You can really make a variety of gift tags with that set. We made four separate designs and placed them in a matchbox container made from using the Stampin' Up MATCHBOX bigz XL die. We also used the 3/4" Real Red Polka Dotted Grosgrain Ribbon to tie around the outside of the box to make it a nice gift to give someone or you can use the tags yourself and put something small in the box and use it as a gift box!