Private Party - February 8 Card Class

A forner co-worker in my school district that I retired from, found me at a outdoor summer craft show last year. She wanted to have an in-home class with some of her girlfriends and relatives. I said sure, just let me know when! I heard from her in January and we got this class planned for her birthday when the family was coming to visit anyway! Thanks Kathee for a very fun afternoon!

Card 1 - Poppy Birthday

Inspired by Others

Stamp:  Peaceful Moments

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Paper: Poppy Parade, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper

Embellishments: retired 1/2" Poppy Parade ribbon

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Scotch Tape

Card 2 - Masculine Birthday

Inspired by Others

Stamp: Picture Perfect Birthday

Ink: Tranquil Tide

Paper: Soft Suede, Tranquil Tide, Whisper White, Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper

Embellishments: retired Candy Dots

Adhesives:  Snail, Dimensionals

Card 3 - Best Birthday Floral

Inspired by Many Others

Stamp: Beautiful Friendship

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Rococo Rose

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Whisper White

Embellishments: retired Enamel Dots

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals

Card 4 - My Heart Valentine

Inspired by Others

Stamp: Heartfelt

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper

Punch: Heart Punch Pack

Tools: White Heat Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

Embellishments: Heart Doilies, Rhinestone Jewels

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals

Card 5 - Fun Fold Valentine

Inspired by Others

Stamps: "For You" from the January 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit, the rest are from Heartfelt set

Ink: Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo, Memento Tuxedo Black,

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, retired All My Love Designer Series Paper

Punch: Heart Punch Pack

Tools: Paper Snips

Embellishments: Rhinestone Jewels

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Card 6 - Birthday Music

CASED from Dawn Olchefske

Stamp: Music from the Heart

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gorgeous Grape, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Real Red, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, scrap of Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green

Tools: Paper Snips

Embellishment: Rhinestone Jewels

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals

February 2020 Senior Center Card Class

This class was simple but a lot of fun. My group of ladies are building their confidence in making quality cards with clear stamped images. I'm so proud of how well they are doing!

Card 1- Woven Valentine

My Original Design

Stamp: came from the January 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Flirty Flamingo cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Red Foil, From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper

Punch: Heart Punch Pack

Dies: retired Hearts Collection

Tools: Big Shot

Embellishments: retired 1/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon

Adhesives:  Snail, Dimensionals, Glue Dot

Card 2 - Masculine Birthday

Inspired by Others

Stamp: Picture Perfect Birthday

Ink: Tranquil Tide

Paper: Soft Suede, Tranquil Tide, Whisper White, Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper

Embellishments: retired Candy Dots

Adhesives:  Snail, Dimensionals

Card 3 - Birthday Poppies

My Original Design

Stamp: Peaceful Moments

Ink: Blackberry Bliss

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper

Die: Stitched Rectangles

Tools: Big Shot

Embellishments: retired 3/8" Blackberry Bliss woven ribbon, Wink of Stella

Adhesives:  Snail, Dimensionals, Scotch Tape

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Hope you have a great day!

Private Party - January 22 Card Class

It was a joy to be invited to do an in-home card class for Jenny and a few of her friends. These are the cards we made. We had a great time!

Top Left - Happy Birthday Bird Ballad

Inspired by Others

Stamps: Free as a Bird, Itty Bitty Birthdays

Ink:  Pool Party, Petal Pink

Paper: Pool Party, Petal Pink, Whisper White, Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper, Vellum Cardstock

Punch: Tailored Tag, Leaf

Tools: Paper Snips

Embellishments: Rhinestone Jewels, retired 1/4" Pool Party Satin Ribbon

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals, Scotch Tape

Top  Right - Masculine Happy Birthday

Inspired by Others

Stamp: Sending You Thoughts from Sale-a-bration 2020

Ink: Night of Navy

Paper: Night of Navy, Tranquil Tide, Very Vanilla, retired Truly Gentleman Designer Series Paper

Punches: retired 2-3/8" Scallop Circle, 2" Circle

Embellishments: retired Candy Dots

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals, Scotch Tape

Lower Left - Poppy Happy Birthday

Inspired by Others

Stamp: Timeless Tulips

Ink: Poppy Parade

Paper: Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper

Punch: Perfect Punch

Embellishments: 1/4" Whisper White Crinkly Seam Binding Ribbon,  Peaceful Poppies Elements

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Lower Right - Musical Happy Birthday

Cased from Dawn Olchefske

Stamp: Music from the Heart

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gorgeous Grape, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Real Red, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, scrap of Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green

Tools: Paper Snips

Embellishment: Rhinestone Jewels

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals

Thanks for taking a peek at these cute cards. I hope you will be inspired to make some of your own!

January 11 and 12 Class Cards

Happy New Year!!!

This card was influenced by a sample I made at the Las Vegas On Stage event I went to in mid November. It uses the new Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper found in the new Jan.- June Mini Catalog. I added background circles from the Sweetly Swirled stamp set done in Poppy Parade ink on the Poppy Parade card base. The Whisper White tag has a sentiment from the new Sale-A-Bration set called Sending You Thoughts. The ribbon is retired from the 2018 Annual Catalog.

Starting with a Petal Pink card base with a scoring edge technique done with the Score Board, I built a layer with Lovely Lipstick cardstock and the new 6X6 Best Dressed Designer Series Paper Stack that included this lovely floral. The card is finished with some retired from last year's Sale-A-Bration - Lovely Lipstick Foil and a Whisper White layer stamped in Petal Pink ink with a floral from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set, then on top the sentiment stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink from the same set. The circle sizes are 2-1/4" and 2-1/2". The card is finished with retired Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots.

Everyone loved this fun design where the fairy is "writing" the Happy Birthday sentiment. The color scheme is Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape. The fairy comes from the host set called New Wonders. She was stamped with Black Memento Ink then colored with an assortment of the Blends alcohol markers and additional sparkle was added with the Wink of Stella pen. The sentiment also comes from the same set. The retired Marbled background stamp was used. The card was finished with current 1/4" Mini Striped Ribbon.

This is another card that was influenced by a sample I made at the November Las Vegas On Stage event. It is built on Pool Party card stock, with a layer of vellum card stock, then uses the reverse side of one of the sheets of new Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper found in the new Jan.- June Mini Catalog. The new stamp set is called Forever Blossoms. It was stamped with Gray Granite ink, then colored with Petal Pink and Old Olive Blends pens and finished off with a little Wink of Stella sparkle.  The tag is made using a sentiment from the new So Sentimental set and then punched out with the Timeless Label Punch. The new 1/4" Petal Pink ribbon accents the card along with the new Champagne Rhinestones.

I just love puns so the new set called Witty-cisms is just my style. This card was built on a Real Red card base embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. Then a layer of Basic Black, a layer of Mosaic Designer Series Paper and a layer of Whisper White with the sentiment stamped in Memento Ink and colored with Blends. Both the mosaic layer and berry layer were cut out with the new Stitched So Sweetly dies. Finally I punched a 1/8" hole at both ends and used some very retired 1/4" Real Red ribbon to bring the layout together.

Finally this wedding card is just so elegant and very easy to make. You start with the Silver cards and envelopes in the Annual Catalog and cut one additional layer of Whisper White to do the heat embossing on. The sentiment came from the new So Sentimental set, and the floral from the Bloom and Grow set. Using Versa Mark ink, Silver heat emboss powder, and my heat gun the result is amazing. A few rhinestones are added for a little bling!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are inspired to try some of the designs.