Halloween Gift Bag and Cards

Isn't this ADORABLE!!!. My friend and sideline, Buffy made it for her Raffle Gift for Pennie's event on Saturday. This was made with the "Wicked Fun Specialty" Paper. Since Stamford when Cindyrae reintroduced making gift bags to us, Buffy has been creating all types of gift bags and each bag gets better and better. The supplies that she used for the bag were:

PAPER: Wicked Fun Specialty

ACCESSORIES: Bat Punch, Rhinestones, Black Satin Ribbon, Filigree Brads

Why go to a store to buy a gift bag when you are able to make gifts with our Designer Papers? They make the most adorable gift bags. I am sure people will ask you where you bought them after they see them. I just had to show you how cute this bag is. Every time I see one of the bags she has made, I realize that I need to try again to make these bags.

Sunday Downline Swap

Yesterday, the "Love at First Stamp" group met at Buffy's house. Since Kim moved, we are taking turns having the meetings at our homes. Since Buffy histed the meeting this month, she got to pick the theme for the swap. Buffy picked "Fall" for the theme this month. This is my card for the swap and I used the stamp set"FALL FOLIAGE". When I first saw this stamp set in the Holiday Mini, I knew I had to have it. This was such an easy card to make but very impressive to look at. The supplies that I used for this card were:

STAMP SETS: Fall Foliage, Seasonal Sentiments

PAPER: More Mustard, Old Olive, Cajun Craze. So Saffron, Whisper White

INK: More Mustard, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Cajun Craze

ACCESSORIES: Rich Regals Buttons, Large Label Punch, Cajun Craze Marker, Dimensionals, Linen Thread, Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Both of the stamp sets can be found in the Holiday Mini along with the Punch. I will post a few of the other cards from the meeting. There were some very impressive cards this month. This week is another busy week with me teaching two technique classes and a Holiday Stamp A Stack on Saturday. I will be sending out information next week for October's Holiday Stamp A Stack. I have a lot that I will be posting , so keep checking back. Go out and enjoy the day!

What a Great Day!

Yesterday I went to Pennie's. Buffy, Susan and I drove down to her house for a wonderful day of stamping, swaps, and friendship. The day started out with an unexpected surprise. As I was going out the door to meet the others, I kept hearing a wooshing sound. I looked up and saw a Hot Air Balloon going right over the top of our house. It was so beautiful in the clear blue sky. So I grabbed my camera and took a picture. After seeing that, I knew the rest of the day would just get better.

The second picture is of the swap that I made for Pennie's. If it looks familiar, it is because this is a simpler version of this month's technique card. On this card I did not put the wavy ribbon on it. When I placed the ribbon on the swap card, I just used it plain. Even though I swapped a more simple card, every there liked it.

We started out with swapping our cards. Then the business part of the day took place and awards were given out. We broke for lunch and of course a lot of stories were shared. After lunch we worked on our Make & Takes and then a number of demos did what we do best and did demonstrations of various techniques. It was such a fun and informative day.

And finally, here is a picture of the three of us before we left Pennie's. But the fun did not end there. we made our annual side trip to IKEA. Of course we always find great buys there. And finally we stopped for a nice and relaxing dinner before returning home. What a great day! It is always a wonderful day when you can spend it with friends! Go out and enjoy your day!

Pennie's

I am off to Pennie's today! Pennie is about 3 uplines above me and she is so sweet. Every year she has an event at her house for Sr. Supervisors and above. It is a wonderful day of sharing ideas, make and takes, swaps and demos sharing with us various techniques. Everyone always looks forward to this event. Everyone has to make enough swaps to share with everyone attending and you must make a Raffle item. So everyone goes home with a swaps from everyone and a raffle item that another demo has made. This is my raffle item that I made. It is a Hand Sanitizer gift holder. I saw the tutorial on Erica Cerwin's blog. I used the directions to make the container but the design is mine. The supplies that I used for this project are:

STAMP SET: Seasonal Sentiments

PAPER:Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Night of Navy DSP, Daffodil Delight DSP

ACCESSORIES: 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Bat Punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Owl Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Rhinestones, Pumpkin Pie Marker, Hand Sanitizer from Bath and Body Works

This is a cute way to give a small gift of Hand Sanitizer to a Teacher, friend, or family member. It is sure to make that small gift extra special! Well I am off for a day of stamping with a group of wonderful people. Go out and enjoy your day!

Swap

Finally I am showing you one of my swaps that I have been working on. I have 3 events in the next 18 days that need a swap. So here is one of them. I really like this stamp set and although I was not going to buy it, I finally gave in and got it. I wish you could see this in person, it is so much nicer in person. The supplies that I used for this card were:

STAMP SET: Wicked Cool

PAPER: Old Olive DSP, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White

INK: Old Olive, Versamark

ACCESSORIES: Silver Embossing Powder, Orange Glitter, 2 Way Glue, 1-3/4" Circle Punch. Scallop Circle Punch, Platinum Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber, Spider Web Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Basic Black and Rich Razzleberry Markers

I had so much trouble trying to come up with this card. So I looked through some of my old cards and saw one that I did one last year. The layout was one that I had made from a layout from Mojo Monday. It came out better than I thought it would.

Well I am off for the day. I am traveling to my mother's hometown to go visit some relatives. I will be gone most of the day. I hope you enjoy the day today. I know I will have a good day spending it with family.

"Just Believe" in Stamford

I have not gotten a chance to come up with any new designs the last few days because I am working on my swaps for Regionals, Pennie's and our downline meeting. I will showing those to you after the meetings but right now I am just concentrating on finishing those swaps.

Once again I am showing you one of the cars Kim had us make. This is her design using some of the new In Colors. I absolutely LOVE the new Concord Crush and that Poppy Parade makes any card pop with color. Pear Pizazz is another one of my favorites. So you can only imagine how excited I was to make this card using all those new great colors! The supplies used for this card were:

STAMP SET: Just Believe

PAPER: Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizazz, Whisper White

INK: Pear Pizazz, Concord Crush

ACCESSORIES: Poppy Parade Twill Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch

Today I hope to finish my downline swaps and finish the sample of the centerpiece for the Baby Shower. My friend Susan asked me when I thought I was going to work on the centerpieces. I told her I would have to do them in my sleep! I just have so much going on right down. I need a vacation! Well it looks like another busy day. Even if I don't get a chance today, you go out and enjoy the day!

Back to Stamford

I still have projects from Stamford that I have not posted yet. I decided that I would post one of those cards today. Kim, my upline, gave each one of us this stamp set "Just Believe". Kim had a number of projects planned using this stamp set and this was one of them. I thought that this card was so appropriate since we stamped "friends" on it. It was a wonderful weekend stamping and spending time with friends. The supplies that we used for this card were:

STAMP SET: Just Believe

PAPER: Whisper White, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

INK: Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

ACCESSORIES: Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch

Some of us had never met before that weekend, but if we were not friends before, we were after the weekend. I had a technique class this morning and now I plan to work on my Regional Swaps. It seems that I am always so busy lately. So hopefully you can slow down and enjoy the day today!