Christmas Card Class

Good morning!  Here are 3 of the cards we made at my recent Christmas Card Class.  I ended up having more ladies than ever attend - 16!! Thanks for coming ladies!

 This first card uses Gumball green, Cherry cobbler, and Whisper White.  The Cherry cobbler dazzling details and red glimmer paper star both really made this card pop.  My mother actually chose this for her Christmas cards this year so I just finished making more than 50 for her - that was a lot of big shot work and my hands were a little cramped after all the dazzling detail dots on the tree. I got this idea from someone on Stampin Connection - sorry I don't know who.

 This is a cute gift card holder using Cherry cobbler and DSP from the Be of Good Cheer pack.  The new Champagne glimmer paper really made this project into a "wow" project.  The greeting is from More Merry Messages.

This card was one of my favorites.  It has been awhile since I've used this layout and everyone really enjoyed it.  Midnight Muse has become one of my all time favorite colors.  It goes perfectly with the Crumb cake and silver embossing powder.  The stamps are from the Delightful Decorations set.  The snowflake was from a set out of last years Holiday mini called Bright Hopes. I really should emboss more often - it adds so much to a card.

October card class

Good afternoon from rainy Oregon!  I am soo bummed that the sun went away...going to be wet and windy for the kids football games tomorrow.  Oh well!  The following cards were what we made at my last class.

 This card uses DSP from the Floral District pack which has become one of my all time favs.  I love the lucky limeade and tangerine tango together.  This card is so versatile - you can use just about any greeting on it or even leave it blank, The stamp is from the Flowering Flourishes set.

 This card was the #1 fav at the class - everyone loved using the new in-color Midnight Muse.  The DSP is from the Comfort Cafe pack and the stamp is one of my most used sets - Mixed Bunch.

 This one I've had for awhile but I pulled it out to use and it was a perfect fall card for the class.  You can use several different sentiments. The flower and acorn are from the Day of Gratitude set.  The colors of the flowers are Cajun Craze, More Mustard, and Soft Suede.

Used the Floral District DSP here too and it was perfect because since this paper is double sided - everyone could pick whichever side they wanted.  Majority used the baja breeze side but I like the card either way.  I like to give everyone choices since some gals are looking for all birthday, some want an assortment, and others need thank yous so I try to have several sentiments in each box for them to choose from.

All of these cards were CASe'd at some point of time and I apologize that I don't know who designed each of them.  Most likely they were all from our demonstrator site - Stampin' Connection.

Halloween gifts

Good afternoon everyone.  Here are some cute Halloween gift ideas.  This first one I CASe'd from Charlotte Hollingsworth at www.stampingismytherapy.blogspot.com.  My daughter absolutely LOVES candy corn so this was perfect for her to give her teachers.  The fancy favor box is sandwiched between two top note dies and a medium cello bag of candy corn is inside the box.

 This adorable idea came from my fellow stampin' up demonstrator and friend Wendy Meinhardt.  I made a bunch of these for all the gals that came to my last class.  The top note die was embossed using the spider web folder and the stamp set is a hostess set  from the holiday mini called Mixed Medley.

 

And this final project was another one of Wendy's.  I don't have the Perfectly Preserved stamp or framelit set but I love what she did with it here.  She made those candy corns by layering different sizes of circles on top of each other and then cutting wedges out - how cute is that??

It's a beautiful fall day here in Oregon - let's hope it stays dry this weekend!

Wendy's card class

Hello there - it has been several months since I last posted - sorry about that!  Above are the 4 cards I made recently at my friend Wendy's card class.  It was so much fun to go to someone else's classes!  And I didn't have most of the stamp sets she used so that was even better.  The top card is my favorite.  I have been eyeballing that set since the catalog came out.  The second card with the witches boot was lots of fun to make.  And I loved using the new Champagne glimmer paper on the Thanksgiving card.  Think I should have borrowed someones stamp-a-ma-jig for the row of flowers on the last card but oh well.

For my sister who I really believe is one of the few to actually look at my blog - I promise to start posting pictures more often!