Tri-shutter card and an invitation to you!

Hello!  Happy Tuesday to you!!  Have you tried making a tri-shutter card yet?  They are so much fun!!  I made another one recently at one of my classes and wanted to stop by and share it with you.  Tell me what you think:

This one uses my favorite color combo!  Pink, brown, green and vanilla!  *swoooons!*  I love these colors together!  I added several flowers and butterflies and a pretty bird!  You could add photos or quotes or go with a whole different theme!!  Fun,  fun, fun stuff!!

View from top so you can see how this card stands on it's own.  It also folds flat and will fit into a regular card sized mailing envelope for mailing!  Scooooore!  

You can click here ----------> Tutorial!! for an awesome tut to walk you through making one of these beauties!

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I also wanted to extend an invitation to you!!  I have been having the absolute best time lately having classes and stamping my little ole heart out!! Do you like to stamp too?!  Would you like to have your own stamping business or just get your stamping goodies at a discount?  If so, I am inviting you to join my team!  I am putting together a group of fun, energetic crafty people that enjoy stamping and want to be part of a fun team!   If you think you might be interested in signing up click here or email me for details!  I would love to have you be a part of this!  I have met so many wonderful people in the stamping community!  Craft-ers are a really awesome group of folks!

Ok, I have oodles to do today, so I am off!  Hope you have a super day! I will be back soonest with more to share!

ABC Challenge!

Monday, Monday, Monday and that means it is time for another ABC Challenge!!  Wooo Hooooo!  Today's challenge is to make a Mother's Day card. Lots of opportunity to stretch your creativity on this one! Here is one that I made:

I had Vintage in mind when I set out, but my colors wound up being too bright!  I did grunge up the flower a bit and did some sponging around the edges of everything, but I think I missed the mark on Vintage! LOL

I used the Fancy Flower Big Shot die to make my flower and embossed the Vanilla and Green pieces of card stock.  The butterflies are from the Papillion Potpourri stamp set and I added one of those oh so pretty ribbon lace roses!  Love, love, love those!!!

Here is a close up picture to show some of the details.  I had a good time with this challenge!

Be sure to head on over to ABC Challenges and check out the beautiful cards from my talented design team members!  Your turn!  Make a card and link it on up!  We would love to have you play along!

Hope you have a peachy day today!  I am off, but will be back soonest with more to share!

May Stamping Schedule!!!

Hello!  Here is my class schedule for May!  We have so much fun at the classes!!  Hope you can join us!  Be sure to sign up early because the spots are filling fast!

(This is my second post today so be sure to scroll down after you have read this one!!)

Saturday May 4th- Punch Art Class 5:00pm

*Come learn how versatile punches can be! We will be creating several punch art how to cards and will use one of the punch art designs on a 3D project.
$10.00 per person to cover cost of supplies
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Friday May 10th– Mom and Me Class 6:00pm
*Bring your Mom and come make some fun crafts!
$10.00 for Mom and 1 child and $5.00 for each additional sibling to cover cost of supplies.
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Saturday May 11th- Simply Cards 5:00pm
*Come and make 8 simple cards! (2 each of four different designs.)
Includes envelopes.
$15.00 per person to cover supplies.
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Friday May 17th– Simply Cards 6:00pm
*Come and make 8 simple cards! (2 each of four different designs.)
Includes envelopes.
$15.00 per person to cover supplies.
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Saturday May 18th– Jewelry Class 5:00pm
*We will be creating mini masterpieces for a locket in this class! We will make several together and then you will design and create a few of your own! You will receive a locket, a chain and a package of EITHER Rhinestones or Pearls. (Please let me know which you want when you sign up!)
$20.00 to cover cost of supplies
***MUST sign up for this class by May 5th!!!!!
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Friday May 24th- Collage Class 6:00pm
*We will be creating an 8.5” x 11” Vintage style mini masterpiece! Lots of stamping tonight!!
$10.00 per person to cover cost of supplies.

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Saturday May 25th- New Catalog Party! 5:00pm
*Come and get your copy of the brand new catalog and make some fun new projects using some of the new products! There will be games and prizes at this party! Reserve your spot early!
$10.00 per person to cover cost of supplies.
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Friday May 31st– Chicks and Chocolate 6:00pm
*Come hang out with the girls for a fun night of laughing and stamping!! We will be making several fun projects and there will be lots of chocolate to go around!
$10.00 per person to cover the cost of supplies.

Christmas card Sunday #17

Well hey there!  It is all gray and rainy here today (which made it a little tough to get a decent shot of Christmas card #17!)  Whaaaaaaat is that I said?!!  Christmas card #17!!!!  Yep, that is right!!  Already up to my 17th card!!  Here is my card for this week:

Doesn't this look like a fun bunch of snow peeps?!!  I just think this snow crew is too cute for words!!

Background is embossed with the Snowflake folder (retired!).

I added some Dazzling Diamonds to make these cuties sparkle and shimmer!  Simple card using greens, browns, vanilla and reds.

Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la , la ,laaaaaaaa!!!

How are you coming with your cards?  Keeping up with the challenge?  If not, now is a perfect time to dive right in and get started!  There is still plenty of time for you to make a big ole pile of cards before Christmas!

Hope your weekend is going well!  I have to run, but I will be back soonest with more to share!  Have a great day friends! :)

Another class and more thank yous!

Hello!  I have another class tonight and that means more fun thank you gifts!  They are just so much fun to make!  Take a look at these cuties:

Perfect size to hold a goody or two! :)

Seeeeeeee!!

Each one is a different color! :)

Bright and happy!

Yum!!

These are made from a retired Big Shot die called Blossoms and Baskets!  I just love it so I thought I would take it out and blow off the dust and make some little treat holders!!  What do you think?!

Ok, off to get ready for class! 

Hope you are enjoying the weekend! 

 I will be back soonest with more to share! 

Chicks and Chocolate!

Hello there!  I am so excited because I have one of my very favorite classes tonight!!  Chicks and Chocolate!!  It starts promptly at 6:00pm if you would like to show up and claim a seat!  There will be several fun projects and lots and lots and lots of chocolate goodness!  I wanted to stop by and share with you my little thank you gift for tonight's girls!   I like to make a little goody to thank them for coming to my classes!  I know everyone has lots of stuff going on, so it is nice that they take a break from life to come over and play!  Here is what I made for everyone:

They are cute little easel/card/drawer/box thingies!!

Here is a photo with the card part all easel-ed!

Side view!

The goods!!  Well it  *IS* a Chicks and Chocolate party! :)

Sure hope they like them! 

Ok, I am off to get ready for the party!  Wish you could all be there! Have a great night!

My boy baby is 18!!

Hi there!  Today is my youngest son's birthday!  He is such an awesome kid and we are so very proud of him!  Seems like last week he was toddling around and now he is all grown and  doing his own thing!  Here he is when he was just a little guy:

Here he is all grown up:

Isn't he just so handsome!!  He is just the coolest kid!!  We really are very proud of him!!  

Happy birthday to you!  We love you more than you can ever begin to imagine!

Have a great day!  I will see you soonest!

Retired list and a few favorites!

Hello!  Today is the big day!  The Stampin Up! Retirement list comes out!!  This is always such a bittersweet time!  I hate to see some of my very favorites going, but they always bring in so many fun new wonderful things it is hard to keep pouting for long! :)  If you haven't seen the list yet you can find it here.  Lots of things are discounted! Wooo hoooo!  Also, keep in mind that the accessories are while supplies last!

In honor of the list making it's debut today I pulled out a couple of the sets that are saying farewell to make a card.  

I used Summer Solstice and You are Loved for this one. I used the masking technique to stamp the leaves 'behind' the flower.

I added some banners and pearls to dress everything up.  The background was run through the HoneyComb EF.

I think the butterfly, circle banner and banner create kind of a triangle that your eye follows!  That worked out pretty darn well! :)  I really do hate to see these gems go, but am soooooo excited to see what the new catalog will have in it!!

Hope your week is going well!  I will be back soonest with more to share!  Have a great day!

Butterflies!

Hello!  I have another one of those fun pull out cards to share with you today!  I just love this card style!  They are so easy to do and are a nice change from the traditional fold on the side card.

Lots of butterflies! 

Close up!

Here is the card with the center pulled out!  Lots of room to write a note to somebody!

Hope that you are having a great day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

  

ABC Challenge!

Hello!  Is your week off to a good start?! I sure hope so!  I like Monday's because it is the beginning of a whole new week!  It gives you the chance to start things fresh and to get lots done!  It also means that it is time for another ABC Challenge! The challenge this week is to use something recycled  on your card!!  Just think of the endless possibilities for this one!!  Here are the recycled items I used on my card:

We did some shopping this weekend and I snagged these tags off of hubby's new clothes!  Here is what they look like recycled:

I covered them with DSP and added some cute flutterbyes and flowers!

I dry embossed the brown scallops right onto the pink piece!  I added two Very Vanilla scallops and tied it all up with a ribbon!

Close up of everything!  This was a really fun challenge card to make!

Be sure to check out this week's challenge and all of the awesome cards the design team made!!  You can find it all here.

Have a great Monday!  I will be back soonest with more to share! :)

Christmas Card Sunday #16

Hey there!  It is Sunday and that means that it is time for another Christmas card!  Can you believe we are already almost completely through April?!  Phew!  Time is zooming!!  Here is my card:

Hope that you are having a wonderful weekend!! 

I will be back soonest with more to share!!  See you soon! :)

Simply cards class!

Hello!  I had the best class last night!!  It was a Simply cards class!  I love cards and always appreciate having a few extras laying around for when I may need one in a pinch!  Tonight's class gave us the opportunity to start a pile for just that purpose. Would you like to see some of the cards we made?

Couple of Happy Birthday cards!  These always come in handy!

These are for a more general purpose.  Just thinking of you or Get Well or Just Because!  We made these in pink and blue.

Buuuzzzzzz!!!!

Tag pulls out for your sentiment! 

Think this one was my favorite!  

We had a great class!  Getting together with friends is always so nice anyhow!  If you weren't able to make it maybe we will see you next time!  

I am off to enjoy the weekend!  Lots going on!  Have a wonderful day!