Pennant Parade Card #2

Here's the Card #2 from the Pennant Parade Class.

Pennant Parade Card #2

Materials

1.     Pennant Parade Stamp Set

2.     Petite Pennants Builder Punch

3.     Lucky Limeade Classic Ink

4.     Early Espresso Classic Ink

5.     Daffodil Delight Classic Ink

6.     Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder

7.     Big Shot

8.     Cherry Cobbler card stock 8 ½ “x 5 1/2”

9.     Lucky Limeade card stock 5 ¼” x 4”

10. Cherry Cobbler card stock 3 ¾” x 2 ¼”

11. Very Vanilla card stock 3 ½” x 2

12. 9 ½” Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon

13.  Crop-a-dile

14. Perfect Details Glitter Glue

Directions

1.     Score Cherry Cobbler card stock at 4 ¼”

2.     Emboss Lucky Limeade card stock with Petals-a-Plenty Embossing folder and the Big shot

3.     Gently apply ink to the top of the embossed paper using ink pad or daubers.  Adhere to the front of the Cherry Cobbler card.

4.     Stamp tree base in Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla card stock so the bottom of the tree base is 1 ¼” from the bottom of the card stock

5.     Stamp tree (triangle) on scrap of Very Vanilla and punch out with triangle from Petite Pennants Builder Punch. 

6.     Using Dimensionals adhere tree (triangle) just above the tree base.

7.     Stamp star in Daffodil Delight ink just above the tree.

8.     Stamp “Merry” in Early Espresso ink ¼” from the bottom of the Very Vanilla card stock

9.     Adhere Very Vanilla piece to 3 ¾” x 2 ¼” Cherry Cobbler card stock

10. Wrap Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon around Very Vanilla/Cherry Cobber card stock and tie in a knot.

11. Using Dimensionals adhere Very Vanilla/Cherry Cobbler piece to embossed Lucky Limeade card stock 1/2” from the bottom of Lucky Limeade card stock

12. Punch small Cherry Cobbler circles from scraps using Crop-a-dile; Adhere to the tree. Cover with Perfect Details Glitter Glue.

Pennant Parade Card #1

Here is card #1 from the Pennant Parade Class.

Pennant Parade Card #1 Materials 1.     Pennant Parade Stamp Set 2.     Petite Pennants Builder Punch 3.     Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink 4.     Early Espresso Classic Ink 5.     Daffodil Delight Classic Ink 6.     Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder 7.     Big Shot 8.     1 ¾” Circle Punch 9.     3/8” Circle Punch 10. 1” Circle Punch 11. Lace Ribbon Border Punch 12. Crumb Cake card stock 8 ½ “x 5 1/2” 13. Cherry Cobbler card stock 5 ¼” x 4” 14. Lucky Limeade card stock 4” x 1 1/2” Directions 1.     Score Crumb Cake card stock at 4 ¼” 2.     Emboss Cherry Cobbler card stock with Petals-a-Plenty Embossing folder and the Big Shot. 3.     Stamp tree base in Early Espresso ink on scrap of Very Vanilla card stock.  4.     Punch tree base out with 1 ¾” Circle Punch so the tree base is on the bottom left portion of the circle 5.     Stamp tree (triangle) on scrap of Very Vanilla and punch out with triangle from Petite Pennants Builder Punch.  6.     Adhere tree (triangle) to Very Vanilla punched out circle. 7.     Stamp star in Daffodil Delight ink on Very Vanilla scrap 8.     Punch out star using ¾” circle punch 9.     Adhere star to the top of the tree with a Dimensional 10. Stamp “Merry” in Cherry Cobbler ink on Very Vanilla circle to the right of the tree base 11. Using Dimensionals adhere Very Vanilla piece to embossed Cherry Cobbler card stock 1” from the top of Cherry Cobbler card stock 12. Punch 4” x 1 ½” Lucky Limeade strip with Lace Ribbon Border Punch 13. Punch four 1” circle with 1” Circle Punch from Very Vanilla scraps 14. Adhere circles behind flowers of punched out Lace Ribbon border.  Trim circles to be even with edge of punched Lace Ribbon border. 15. Adhere Lace Ribbon border ½” from the bottom of Cherry Cobbler card stock

Holiday Stamp-a-stack #1

Friday, September 23rd - 7 PM, OR, Saturday, September 24th - 7 PM

(RSVP by Tuesday, September 20th)

Join us for an evening of creativity and fun!  At this class you will make 12 Christmas cards for only $20!  (4 cards of each design).

The Holiday Stamp-a-stack series are my most popular events of the year and will sell out!  RSVP me now to reserve your spot!

Materials to bring:  Tombow adhesive

Pennant Parade Christmas Card Class!

Saturday, September 10th, 6 PM (RSVP by August 29th)

Join us for an evening of creativity and fun! At this class you will make 5 Christmas cards in 5 different designs. The class fee includes $50-$55 of product and written instructions! Two new techniques include enhanced embossing with the Big Shot and a Window Shade card!


Can't make the class, I will make you a class kit! Want to make more cards at home? Order the To-Go consumables and/or ink kit!

This class includes:
- Materials and written directions to make 5 different Christmas card designs,
- Pennant Parade Stamp Set in your choice of Wood or Clear,
- Pennant Builder Punch,
- Lucky Limeade Classic Ink pad.
Kindly RSVP by August 29th.
Class fee: $60 wood option, $55 clear option (includes $55/$50 of product!)

Want to make more cards at home? Order additional To-Go Kits:
Consumables kit:
- Enough paper, ribbon, linen thread to make 25-30 cards!
- 1 pack of Rhinestone Jewels!
Fee: $20 (paper is not pre-cut; I will pre-cut paper for you for an additional $5)

Ink color kit:
- Lucky Limeade Classic Ink pad
- Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink Pad
- Early Espresso Marker
- Daffodil Delight Marker
Fee: $20 (11% savings)

Additional items used:
- 1" Circle Punch ($10.95)
- Lace Ribbon Border Punch ($19.95)
- Petals-a-Plenty Embossing folder ($7.95)
- Snowflake stamp from Winter Post (any snowflake stamp can be substituted)
- Merry Christmas greeting from Christmas Greeting (any holiday greeting less than 3" can be substituted)

Hostess Club Cards

These are the cards we made at our Hostess Club on Thursday night. The flower card uses "Field Flowers", "En Francais" as the background, and the colors Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Lucky Limeade and Soft Suede. This card is one of those that I want to make over and over. It's quick and the colors are awesome (much better than in my picture). It makes me happy when I finish one. (six made so far, LOL)

The other card is made with "Make a Monster" and googly eyes of course. The background is from "Best Friends Forever". Colors are Wild Wasabi and Rose Red.

Check out my online store if you need these sets. Want to make them with your group of friends? (my house or yours) Drop me a note. :)

Stamp-a-stack! Friday, August 19th - 7 PM

Stamp-a-stack, Friday, August 19th at 7 PM!

Come make $12 cards (4 of 3 different designs) for $20 or FREE with a $50 order!

Email me now to reserve your spot! RSVP no later than Monday, August 15th!

What I LOVE about these cards....

- I am totally IN LOVE with Field Flowers, the stamp set on the cover of the new catalog and the stamp set shown on the Wisteria Wonder card. (and the Distressed Dots Stamp set shown on the Wisteria Wonder card is an instant 'fav' as well!). This color combo is really cool -- Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso!

- I have SO MANY awesome cards made from the Nature Walk stamp set that I just love all cards from this set now. :) The bird card features Nature Walk. Don't be intimidated, it may have luscious layers, but it is quick and easy! A great masculine card too!

- You would THINK that after making 80 Shrinky-Dink cards for Convention with the Flower Fest stamp set, that I would be sick of this set by now.... NOPE! Totally love the Pretty In Pink/Concord Crush color combo and the layout of this card! This will be a go-to stamp set for me for a long time! This card has a little bit of heat embossing. Yum.

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Artisan Class - Friday, August 12th - 6:30 PM

Ready for lots of layers and embellishments? This Artisan Class features five favorite cards that I received from convention! These cards are a step up, but not hard! They are general purpose cards that can be used for almost any occasion. Change the dress card to white and it's a perfect wedding card.

Class includes five awesome cards, all materials (except adhesive) and a template for the dress card. Class fee: $20 or FREE with a $50 order!

Email me now to reserve your spot! RSVP no later than Monday, August 8th.

Off to convention...

My bags are packed....

- one suitcase for swaps

- one suitcase for clothes

See you soon!

The women in my life...

I've been truly blessed by the women in my life - my mother, my daughter, my sister-in-law, my nieces, my cousins, my downline, my up-line, my customers and my friends.

Before I started my SU journey, I was a working mom who primarily focused on my family, my work and cleaning my house. Good priorities for sure, except maybe for the cleaning part (LOL), but I was a bit lonely.

My Stampin' Up! journey has opened my life up to wonderful possibilities. I've been to Convention in Salt Lake City, Leadership in Phoenix and Leadership in Nashville, and a Regional Seminar in Hamilton Canada. I have a group of 8 friends around the country and Canada who are very successful, dynamic, nice, friendly, and warm. We openly share ideas, questions, thoughts, opinions, support and friendship. We met in Phoenix and bonded over dinner one night.

I have a group of 15 or so local Demonstrator friends who meet fairly regularly to stamp together at our parties (a.k.a. "meetings"), learn from each other and share ideas, questions, thoughts, support and friendship.

I have close stamping friends who can talk obsessively with me for hours about the NEW stamps, ink, paper, buttons, ribbons...

I have friends (a.k.a "customers") who bless my home with enthusiasm, energy, friendship, creativity and joy.

and most importantly... the MAN in my life... likes that I have all the WOMEN in my life and doesn't mind the house being overtaken by women laughing and stamping!

Thanks to all of the women who bless my life! I'm off to go to the Canal Days Festival with my daughter (ahhh.... now THAT'S a blessing!)....

AND.... I'm going to CONVENTION in Salt Lake City in July..... with 6,000 crazy stampin' ladies!!!!!

Our springtime guests..

We had a nest of baby robins in our garage this spring. The picture of the babies peeking their heads out was a day or two after they were born! The picture of the bird sitting on the chair

was the first day the baby left the next and started to fly! One of the babies had trouble flying in a straight line at first.... the baby flew right into our dog Cleo before making a U-turn and flying out of the garage! Yes - that is what you think it is on the chair. It is a baby after all!

June Stamp-a-Stack!

The June Stamp-a-Stack includes Birthday, Thank You and Congratulations cards in a summery color combination! Make the 12 cards in 3 different designs as is, or substitute the greeting of your choice! Each card has yummy texture made with the Big Shot and our embossing folders. The cards feature the Swirls and Curls Verses Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set from the Summer Mini. These quick-and-easy cards will have your stash re-stocked in no time!

June Stamp-a-Stack - Saturday, June 4th at 3 PM or 7 PM! (My Stampin' Up! garage sale runs from 2-9 PM.... stop in to make some cards AND get great deals!)

Class fee: 12 cards for $20 or FREE with a $50 order!

Hurry -- RSVP by this Thursday, June 2nd at 7 PM.

My Garage Sale starts this weekend!

It's time to clean out my stamp room to make room for NEW stamps! My Stampin' Up! Garage Sale starts on Saturday, June 4th!

Garage Sale Dates - Saturday, June 4th 2-9 PM

Friday, June 24th 5-9 PM

Baby gift!

I made a fun baby gift for a friend at work. His wife just had a baby girl... Laura Grace. What a pretty name!

I couldn't take the easy way out and put money into a gift card with the group from work. So, I bought the paint bucket from a store whose name won't be mentioned, but starts with a "J", and covered it with punch out flowers from our NEW Blossom Bouquet Triple Punch. The punch punches out 3 different layers with just a move of a lever, it is just like magic. The project was quick and easy!

The card is one of the mini diorama cards that I taught in my Girls Nite Out class last month. The stamp set is Baby Bundle.

Girls' Nite Out - Artisan Card Class - Saturday, May 21st - 3 PM or 7 PM

Doesn't this beautiful spring weather just make dream of sunshine and summer? (cough, cough)

Okay, maybe the weather isn't so great, but this Artisan Card class will have you dreaming of summer sun in no time!

This class features several products from the Summer Mini and two techniques -- Side Step Card and a Waterfall Card!

Saturday, May 21st -- 3 PM or 7 PM - Class fee: $20 or FREE with a $50 order!

RSVP now to reserve your spot!

Color Book Class - Friday, April 15th - 7 PM

With winter just about behind us, doesn't it make you want to ORGANIZE everything! Okay, maybe not my closets, but definitely my stamping room!

The pictures above are just a preview... This book shows has two pages for every Stampin' Up! color family, one page with the colors and names, another page showing them all together in a unique design. Pages include: Brights, Subtles, Regals, Neutrals and In-Colors! Pictured above are the front cover and Brights family pages.

The color book is a great tool to see a sample of every color and see all the colors from each family in action!

Email me now to reserve your spot! Class fee: $20 - includes all materials except adhesive.

RSVP by Friday, April 8th. Pre-payment required.

Girls' Nite Out - Artisan Card Class - Saturday, April 9th

Are you looking to relax, take your time and make a few artisan cards? Girls' Nite Out may be just what you are looking for!

This class features 3 yummy cards -- a Vintage Vogue Friendship Card with a fun ribbon trick, a colorful and cute cupcake card, and a Four Square mini-diorama card that's super simple and really beautiful!

Email me now to reserve your spot! Class fee: $15 All materials included, except adhesive.

Kindly RSVP by Friday, April 1st!

Spring Stamp-a-Stack - Friday, April 22nd - 3 PM or 7 PM

SPRING STAMP-A-STACK

Are you looking for a relaxing time stamping? Join us for the Spring Stamp-a-stack! Come make 12 cards for $20!

These cards are designed to be quick and easy, but super cute. Choose your own greeting and these cards can be used for just about any occasion!

Due to high demand for stamp-a-stacks, I am offering one session at 3 PM and another session at 7 PM.

Kindly RSVP by Wednesday, April 13th to reserve your spot.

Materials to bring to class: adhesive