Another Convention Swap

I had fun designing this 3.5 x 8 inch gift bag using Designer Series Paper called Be of Good Cheer from the new 2012 Annual Catalog, pg. 164. This will be shared at a Shoe Box 3D Swap organized by the Late Night Stampers group.  (I'm an adopted member!)  First time I will ever have done this type of swapping before. I'm looking forward to it!  I also tried my hand at the paper rosettes, oh my gosh, that is a challenge! I recommend using a hot glue gun for fast production of them. It's hard to see, but I crimped the "holly" leaf for a little added texture. The sentiment is a hostess set called Wacky Wishes and it is heat embossed with black embossing powder.

Update 7/23/2012

This design earned me a small prize in one of the organized swaps I participated in. Yippee!

One Sheet Wonder Class coming

My next Stamp Camp on July 7 or 8 will be having fun making this darling card purse and 9 matching greeting cards. It's called One Sheet Wonder - because you only use one sheet of 12x12 Designer Series Paper as the accents for all the coordinating cards. I'm hoping my guests will have as much fun making it as I did making the sample.

SU Convention 2012 Swaps

I've been so busy finishing up the end of my school year and making swaps for the Stampin' Up! Convention next month, I'm behind on my postings again!!! Here are two cards I'm very proud of as my own original designs. I can't wait to see how they are received at Convention!

This card uses all new product from the new catalog that was released on June 1st. I can't believe how long my wish list is growing! There are many cool, new items to try out.

This card was made with Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Be of Good Cheer DSP: Stamp Set - Wacky Wishes (hostess set) heat embossed in Black Embossing Powder, Versamark ink, Cheerful Christmas Stampin' Around Wheel in Cherry Cobbler ink, Scallop Squares Duo Bigz Die (using the Big Shot),

2-1/2" Circle Punch, Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon and topped off with Rhinestone Jewels.

This card is very similar in design but what a difference in looks! I started with Whisper White cardstock base, Whisper White, Island Indigo and Daffodil Delight cardstock, Summer Smooches DSP, For the Birds stamp set, Scallop Squares Duo Bigz Die and Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder on the Big Shot, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Black Stazon Ink, Stampin' Write markers in Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo and River Rock; Real Red Brights Designer Button, Island Indigo Baker's Twine, Real Red 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon and a sponged edge on the circle with Daffodil Delight ink.

Thanks for taking a look!

It's Graduation Time!

Since I have several graduates I'm thinking about for June, I wanted to make their cards special!
This card was inspired by Wendy Hawkinson. Her design was square and I made mine the typical 4.25x5.5 and used a different embellishment. I used Basic Grey cardstock for the base, then Basic Black embossed on the Big Shot with the Polka Dot Embossing Folder (EF), the Cherry Cobbler cardstock was embossed with the Stripes EF, plus Grey/White DSP. The congratulations is from the Curly Cute stamp set, stamped in Basic Black and sponged with Cherry Cobbler. The embellishment is 1/8" black taffeta ribbon and a Cherry Cobbler button. I threaded the ribbon through the button eyes and it worked very nicely.

Brand New Catalog on June 1st

I've had a sneak peek at the new catalog and it is fabulous. Some of my favorites have retired, but there are many new beautiful stamp sets, paper, and ribbons to choose from.  If you get your catalog from me it will be FREE!

Summer's A Coming!

My next Stamp Camps are June 2 and 3, so I'm sharing the designs with you.

Introducing the new In Colors for 2012-2014. This card is a direct copy of Mary Fish's card with only one addition using the dotted scallop ribbon border punch using Midnight Muse added to the left side of the card. I cut my own pennants as I don't own the pennant punch (yet). Used 1/2" circle punch on top of the pennants. Also used Midnight Muse ink for the Congratulations. Thank you Mary for your incredible designing talent!

Isn't this a cute Father's Day card? This design came straight from Denise Bergman with thanks, but I added my own twists. Used Naturals Ivory cardstock and stamped the Packed for Dad stamp using Crumb Cake to enhance the background. Then using retiring Poppy Parade cardstock, I put Versa Mark on the retiring Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates (diamonds). Ties were stamped with Early Espresson, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Riding Hood Red.

I've been wanting to try the heart bride and groom for a while.

There are many version of this card on Stampin' Connection but my inspiration came from Teri Stewart's layout. My twists on this card are heat embossing with white powder using the Elements of Style set and tying my 5/8" black satin ribbon bow using a meat serving fork. That trick worked slick!

This card has old and new products. Thanks to inspiration from Sue Kremer and Frenchie Martin on SC. This card uses Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette, Gumball Green, and Whisper White papers. Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green ink. Retired Lacy Ribbon Punch and Pretty in Pink tafetta ribbon. Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. Decorative Label Punch plus Pearls.

Catching Up!

I'm posting my card designs from  March 3-4, March 31, and May 5-6.

Here's March 3-4:

Inspired by a design in Stampin' Success Magazine.

Gnome Sweet Gnome stamp set. I used the trick with the window punch to make the label longer. Not too hard to do.

CASed this, but added my twist with the striped embossing folder

CASed this card almost exactly, because I loved the color combination.

Here's the designs we did on March 31:

My compliments to Jenny Peterson of Michigan, whose design I borrowed straight from the pages of our Stampin' Success magazine.

This card was inspired by one of my other Demos in my area. Thanks Lisa!

I know I CASed this card design, but changed up the color combination and ribbons. I have to say these Edgelits are still a challenge for me!

This is my own original design with the You're My Type set. I was trying for a masculine card.

Here are May 5-6 Card Designs:

The center part of this card was inspired from my upline, who was inspired from Splitcoaststampers I believe, but the 3D effect was inspired from a you tube video from a lady in New Zealand and I tried it with the Top Note Die. I like the results!

This card uses the wax paper resist technique.

Loved the color combinations of this CASed card. A super easy one to do!

This card design was borrowed straight from So Shelli's blog (our SU founder) whose posted a link from one of her daughter's blogs where her daughter came up with this design.