Tuesday

This is a test for Tuesday. I am actually writing this on Monday night and have set the date and time for Tuesday. Let's see if it works!

Okay let me put up a few more pictures of the fabulous swaps I got on Saturday.

This cute kid card was made by my upline Lisa Bunce. It is one of the cards we are making on Sunday at the Bithday Card Class. It uses Pun Fun and the co-ordinating wheel which are part of the Free Wheelin' promotion that Stampin' Up! is offering for the month of April. You can check out the flyer for the special here. Call or E-mail me to take advantage of this great special.

This card uses the Noble Deer set which is great for creating those masculine cards or a card for the outdoorsy person on your list. We will be using this set on Sunday as well, though not to create this card. If you like what you see so far you still have one more day to sign up for the Birthday card class. It will be held at the Marlborough Community House in Marlborough, NH. I am working on figuring out how to add Paypal links so you can pay that way. I know it can be done ...I will try to have it figured out soon.

I do hope that this post goes active when it is supposed to. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

More fun stuff

So I tried the 3 projects in 3 minutes from Dawn Byers at my workshop today. It was great!! So fast and fun! I think I will do it again on Wednesday at my next workshop!

I also photographed all the swaps I got at Spring Fling on Saturday. I thought I would show you a few of my favorites. Hold onto your hats because these are great!!

This is a gorgeous monochromatic card that uses the Embrace Life set. Very simple yet so elegant! It is done all in Soft Sky and Naturals White cardstock.

I have seen so many cards done using this set that are just terrific. Here is another one that also uses the Ginger Blossom DSP. I hope you enjoy these!

Spring Fling Fun!

So Saturday was the Stampers By Design annual Spring Fling. What a BLAST!! There were about 60 fabulous demonstrators at this event! There were 8 incredible demonstrations showing how to use rub-ons, chipboard, sticky cuts, Simply Scrappin' Kits, punches, carousel notes, envelopes of all sizes, and accents and elements. I learned so much that I came home just bursting! I can hardly wait to share all the cool things I learned!!

I loved Dawn Byers 3 projects in 3 1/2 minutes so much that I am sharing it at a workshop this afternoon! This is what you need: You need a Simply Scrappin' Kit (actually you can do this 6 times with 1 kit) and 1 piece of co-ordinating 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock. You cut the 12 x 12 DSP at 1" and a 3" piece which will be used on the scrapbook page. Turn the DSP to cut a 4 x 8 piece that you will use on the card. The remaining 8 x 8 piece of DSP will be used to make a 3-D pouch! You will need to cut the 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock in half like you were making a card (you are!) and then turn it and cut it in half again, now you have 1 piece of 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and two pieces that are 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. The two smaller pieces will be the photo mount pieces or a place to journal. So here are a couple different versions of this great set of projects.


So if you want to see this great set of projects demostrated just call or e-mail me today to set up your workshop for May!
I have tons of other pictures and still need to photograph all the great swaps I got! Since this week is school vacation I should be able to post several times this week.
Have a Marvelous Monday!

Lots of Cards

Well, it has been a little while since I have made time to post. I was busy with workshops, a weekend away with my wonderful husband and getting a new job. The new job is actually at the same school I have been at for the last 6 and a half years but in a new capacity. I will be an Instructional Paraprofessional instead of a classroom tutor. I will be working in the Primary (k-2) Emotionally Handicapped Collaborative. I am very excited about this change! This position actually has benefits and gets me vested in the NH teacher retirement system!!

Anyway, on to some cards! Lisa and I did a Sale-A-Bration card class a couple weeks ago. We had a very good turn out and people seemed to like the cards a lot. I thought that even though Sale-A-Bration is officially over, I would share the cards with you so you can use those free sets you got to make some great cards.

This first one uses the Friendship Blooms set and the Love and Happiness Rub-ons. The rub-on was applied to a scrap of Old Olive cardstock and then punched out with the 1/2" circle punch. The card base is Kraft cardstock stamped with Chocolate Chip ink. Layers of Chocolate Chip and Old Olive cardstock on top of the base after a length of the Chocolate Chip twill ribbon from the Occasions Mini Catalog is tied around the two layers. The Large flower is stamped on a scrap and then cut out and popped up on Dimensionals.

This next one also uses the Friendship Blooms set. It uses Confetti White cardstock cut 4 1/4 x 11 so that it opens vertically. We decided to do this for a bit of a change but this card could be made on a traditionally cut base as well. The top piece is Blue Bayou cardstock and the bottom piece is Blue Bayou Designer Series Paper. The strip across the middle is Confetti White with Blue Bayou on top of it. We stamped the row of three flowers in Craft White ink and embossed it with white embossing powder. The large flower is stamped on Confetti White and cut out. It was then popped up on dimensionals.

My intention was to post several more cards as well but time has slipped by and I need to get ready to do this very class with my friend Janet. Perhaps later tonight I can get a few more cards from the class posted for you.

Enjoy your day and Happy Stamping!

Black Magic - WOW!

Many of you at my workshops this weekend were wowed by a gorgeous card made by my friend Lynn Larson. She featured it on her blog and you can see it by clicking here. I hope you enjoy seeing it again and the tips she gives for creating it. I will feature this technique in my April workshops so if you have been thinking about hosting a workshop call me today!
Happy Friday!

More Vacation

I promised a few pictures of our trip to Florida. The kids and I flew down to see my folks. My dad's 65th birthday was earlier in the month of February. This is a picture of my dad and the gorgeous cake that a co-worker of my mom's made.

We had lots of friends and family to help us celebrate. It was so much fun! Dad loves to have the family together. It was a big surprise for my dad to have my brother, Todd, arrive and spend 5 days in Florida. This next picture is one we took by the new orange tree. Four years ago the hurricanes wiped out the three orange trees that my folks had. Mom had seen some portraits with everyone in white shirts and khaki pants. They were very expensive so this is our version done with my sister's camera on a tripod using the timer! We felt they came out pretty well. We did different arrangements of people. Here is one we did of me and my two great kids!

I hope you enjoy these pictures of my fabulous family! It was so wonderful to spend time with all of them!! I will try to get pictures of the cards we did at the Sale-A-Bration Card Class posted soon. I am using one of them as a make and take for the weekend workshops I am doing. I made a few small changes and am looking forward to the workshops this weekend.

Back from vacation

So I recover from the Patriots loss to the Giants only to get crazy with other commitments. The kids and I went down to Florida to visit my folks for my dad's 65th birthday. It was lovely to be down where it is warm and green!!!

This one is my daughterfeeding a Cownose sting ray at the Oceanagraphic Society. This one my son took of me on the beach. It was the chilliest day we had down there and it was about 65 and breezy.

I will post some more of the great pictures we took very soon.


Today is the Sale-A-Bration card class and I will post pics of some of the great cards we are doing later today.