Monday, May 31, 2010

Basics 102 Class

Basics 102 is a class designed to help members of my stamp group to increase their knowledge of their Stampin' Up! products and to learn to use them in a vast number of ways!
Since last month's Basics 101 class I have been recieving the most amazing cards from group members at each class. I am so proud of the progress we are making as a group and we have some very talented ladies among us! I am humbled daily by their creativity.
These are the two cards we made during Basics 102.
The above card is absolutley beautiful!
I think Elements of Style is my favorite stamp set since Baroque Motiff came out.
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red(returning to our color pallette in the new catalog)
More Mustard & Always Artichoke.
Ink: Log cabin smooch spray, Brown Stazon
Watercolor crayons(Rose Red, More Mustard,& Artichoke)
Big Shot: Lattice embossing folder
Ribbon: 5/8" chocolate chip grosgrain
Punches: Photo Corner Punch,1" circle, 1 1/4 " circle

This is the Joy Fold
Pattern can be found on SCS under resources.
Stamp Set: Water Color Trio
Cardstock: Rose Red, Artichoke, Saffron DP,Whisper White
SU markers: Rose Red, Saffron, & Artichoke
Punches:Scalloped Oval & Medium Oval
Ribbon: Rose Red, Apricot, Moss
Middle view


View of the inside of the joy fold card.




Friday, May 21, 2010

Tropical Party Sneak Peak!!

These are some of our May projects that will be coming up!
These projects are a product of inspiration from several fellow bloggers!
Creative inspiration from Patti Bennett, Patti Lee, Gretchen Barron and the Remarkable Bog Tour for the Spring Mini catty. Thanks ladies as always. You can check them out on my blog list.
This card features tons of items from the NEW Summer Mini catty!
Accessories:
Island Floral Big Z die cut, Tropical Party stamp set. Lattice embossing folder, Island Oasis Designer Paper

My gal pal blogger buddy Patti Lee sent me this awesome coconut template, I am very artistically challengend and can not draw. So now I have this awesome template to make tons of coconuts!! I got a great deal at the local party store on the little unmrellas like a 100 for $2 bucks!!
**Looks like Designer paper there dosn't it....nope! you canmake your own DP with this stamp set! Just plain ole white, stamped with Tropical Party! The invitation stamp came from the set sold during SA, ".Introducing" pg.146

Good Ole Bag in the Box ! Tutorial on SCS!!

Fancy Favor Box wrapped in striped Old olive ribbon embossed with the lattice embossing folder with a beautiful flower from Island floral die cut.

I got this from Maya at Leadership 2yrs ago as a swap in Orlando. This is the first time I used the pattern and one of my own!! I am so proud, thiswas not easy for me!! LOL!

I know the sentiment on the bookmark is crooked I was in a super hurry!
This is my favorite sentiment stamp of all time!!

This card uses the scalloped envelope die and the Island Oasis DSP!!
Join us for our Luau stamp Camp this month with a beautiful poolside lunch and make tons of projects like these and enjoy raffles, doorprizes for the
  • Best card
  • Beat 3-D project
  • Best scrapbook page!
  • Plus a HUGE craft sale, retired product.....tons of supplies at great prices
  • Sunday-June 13th-10:30am-4pm $35.00
  • Hope to see you there!!
    I got this at local store in the dollar bin and all the colors match the Island Oasis DSP they come 4 in a pack for a dollar!! Then a bamboo skewer and Island floral flower and Viola!! Great centerpeice or to brightened up a friends desk.









Monday, May 17, 2010

May Card class

These are the cards we made at a duo card and scrap tin class this weekend.
@ attendees made these cards and the scrap tinners have requested an encore class so that may have the opportunity to make them. So if you are interested in attending the class it will be this Thursday the 20th at 6:30 pm -9pm. $22.00 class fee you will make 2 of each card.






Cards were inspired by the late night stamper!



Friday, May 14, 2010

A Page in Time!

(You can see in this picture I left it in the protector when I photographed it, it doesn't look all swirly white in real life)
My daughter Chesne went to the Seabreeze Prom here in Daytona. Her
picture was so beautiful I just had to make a scrap page with the New Presto Papers, my brayer and the New smooch sprays.
I started with layer of Barely banana- why you say? If you look at the picture... in the far left corner
it has some bushes among the greenery that is a light color. So I started with a very light layer of color, then I put a layer of Kiwi Kiss for a muted green because I knew I was going to have to use a bight green to draw out the stripes in her dress. So the next layer was Green Galore...WOW!! can you say bright! I was freaking out a bit... then I thought okay time to start smooching to bring this together.I started with the gold and vanilla blending it in with my sponge....still alittle bright then when I added the silver smooch spray and sponged it all over and alittle more vanilla on top of that it blended in and brought that deep vintage look I was going for that help draw out and blend with the black mat and the black in the dress.I can't tell you how long it has been since I have a picture that inspired me to scrapbook in what I call long form, you know I love my scrap tins...quick fast immediate gratification. But with these Presto Papers they are so awesome it really inspires me to create this page.
I was inspred by the post from Patty's Stampin Spot with Patty Bennett. I love the page she did of her grandmother! Go to http://pattystamps.com and check it out. My little girl is growing into a beautiful young woman. the best part is she is as beautiful on the inside as the out! God has blessed me beyond measure!

This photo lets you see a little closer view of the color scale and depth.
Without the shadows from the sheet protector.

I used my Seriff lowercase letter die cuts to do her name

Isn't this so elegant and beautiful!
This is so much fun!! Strongly suggest for a great time get all the smooch sprays and a pack of the presto papers and you will get inspired!!




May Technique Class

Our group is embarking on our series of technique classes. This is our technique book where they will paste the directions to the technique on one side and make a small version of the techniques to put on the other side .
This is the first card we made using several techniques, but focused on the Smooch Sprays and brayering. We brayered the image from the Presto Patterns DSP(SMC pg. 15 #117175) with Old Olive Ink, then spritzed it with the gold and vanilla smooch sprays.
Accessories:
CS: Old Olive, Whisper White, Presto Patterns Speciality DSP
Ink: Old Olive
Big Shot: Top Note, Lots of Tags sizzlits label
Stamp Set: Elements of Style (SMC pg.5 #118611-w )$27.95 order now and get a FREE set of brads!!
Accessories:
Brayer, sponges, smooch sprays, color catcher, heat tool
Everyone loved playing with the smooch sprays. I gave each person a 4x5 piece of Presto Paper that they could test drive the smooch sprays to see which ones they would like to buy.

Then we did the bleaching technique!
Card stock:
Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, whisper white
Ink: same used the ink to paper water coloring technique
Stamp Sets: Elements of Style and Water color Trio
Big Shot: Sizzlits lots of tags ($21.95 pack of 4 labels IBC pg. 197#114508)
Two Tag die: (pg.198 IBC #115954) for the tag on the front which can be used as a book mark when taken off the card.
Butterfly embosslit ( OMC) ( can still be ordered)
Punches: Oval Scalloped, Cropadile
Ribbon: Dusty Durango & 1/4" choc chip
Deb Brown, Lynn Boyle & Sandra Heck working on their technique books
Debbie Forguson & Leslie Sharpe smooching & brayering their Presto papers!!

Deb Forguson's beautiful card, learning the new bow techniques which is featured on page 5 of the SMC. Love this bow, super WOW effect to add to your card.
Sandra Heck is the newest member to our group! This is one talented lady! She is a natural stamper. She participated in our card challenges on her 2nd class and boy they were beautiful.
I love her card here, very beautifully water colored. So glad to have you with us Sandra. She is the first member of the BIG SHOT #3 club which will run from July - September . Want to Join? Email me for details!!

This is another version of the same brayered Presto Paper card done in Melon Mambo
and smooched with Vanilla. The new Island Floral Big shot die cut is displayed in this picture along with he NEW Island Oasis paper from the SMC pg 27 #117173 $9.95. It has a matching stamp set perfect for making Luau party favors and invitations!!

I used a piece of whisper white card stock brayered it in Melon Mambo & used the Vanilla smooch spray which added a frosted sheen to it. Then I used my heat gun to make sure it was dry and then I stamped the image from Elements of Style stamp set in whisper white craft ink and embossed it with white EP and embellished it with Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon.

This is another sample of smooching and brayering the presto papers. I used Old Olive to brayer the base and then added gold and silver smooch spray to get this look.

This is my favorite! I used River Rock(a previous season in color that WILL BE RETURNING to the new catty coming out in JULY!! I can't wait. Then I used the silver and gold smooch spray and sponged it in. Heated it and made sure it was dry I used my embossing buddy and stamped the image from Elements of Style(SMC pg 5) in gold Encore ink and embossed it in gold EP.
Used the same technique on this top note then stamped image in choc chip CRAFT ink and embossed it with the CLEAR embossing Powder. Boy it really pops!


I did not brayer this image, I just sponged the silver and a dab of gold and vanilla smooch sprays to make this base, then I embossed it in gold. I must have made 10 birds before I got them the color I wanted. This is my version of the card from page 5 from the Summer Mini Catalog.

I think every one really enjoyed themselves, I know I certainly do every time we get together. I realize how truly blessed I am.
Hope you enjoyed a visit into our class and hope you will join us some day!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Card Challenges from my Basics 101 group

This 411 sketch Card was made by Debbie Forguson in Vintage Vogue and matched the sketch to the letter! Beautiful bright colors.I love the positioning of the flowers. The use of her embellishments added the perfect touch.
Amy Monday displayed a beautiful combination of gray and white using the Spring Song SAB set as her sentiment. I love the way the bird is soaring. this card says: Peace, Serenity & Freedom!

WINNER!!

This card by Debbie Brown was the overall winner chosen by her club members
Vintage Vogue stamp set with the black,basic gray and whisper white color combo and her butterfly embosslit.


I recently taught a Basics 101 class to my BIG SHOT club which consisted of teaching cutting, measuring, and scoring.
  • How to look at a set of directions and follow them to measure,cut and make their own layouts. In class all their kits are prepared in advance(for time sake) and I felt that they would benefit greatly from learning a few simple techniques
  • Focal point and sentiment layering using Big shot die cuts
  • Simple rules of adhesives
  • How to cut cardstock for big shot projects

This has helped them to use the products they purchase more efficently. This is what seperates your Stampin' Up! Creative coach from the empty aisle you may be shopping on, it doesn't come with a person to guide you and teach how to use each product you purchase and spark those creative juices! I love my job! I love my group of Stampin pals, too! They make my job an absolute pleasure. God is good!

Boy, they are super card makers! They have met ever challenge I have sent them! I have been sending weekly challenges and at club I received tons of cards this month.
Friendly competion is a good motivator, plus doorprizes don't hurt? aay? LOL!!
Here are a few more....


Lynn Boyle will Rasberry Lemonade DSP and Rich Razzleberry and Polka dot Rasberry ribbon. She also used the Hummingbird from Spring Song as her focal point. Popular set among our group. Sentiment is from all My Heart (OMC) using the wide oval punch
Debbie Brown with a beautiful Noveau Chic stamped with the bird from Spring Song textured with the Finial Press and the butterfly portion of the Vintage wheel.

Lynn Boyle
check out the rose she made with the Fancy Favor punch, this is a challenge I gave her
personally and she "rose" to the occasion! Great job Lynne!

Lelsie Sharpe Designs created this one! I just love this motiff, since we are in Daytona Beach I thought it was too perfect! Love that raffia anf the lil hat.


Great job ladies! Keep checking your inbox for those challenges!
I look forward to your May club creations!!




May Stamp Camp

Big shots in action!
Deb Forguson having a blast making her gifts for her loved ones!

My fellow NCW member Pat Mozden is an absolute natural at crafting!!
Her very first class was an advanced stamp camp and she did a marvelous job her projects were simply gorgeous!!


These are the projects we made at stamp camp this month.

I am loving this basic gray and pretty in Pink combo, just waiting for pink Piroquette to come back! That will top it off perfectly.
This is a gift box that can be used for several things, such as a box full of cards for Mom or someome special so that a filled to the brim with your special homemade cards for them to use on special occasions. Or you can fill it with Bath & Body Works goodies, Chocolates and much more!


The lid opens from the front you can roller wheel white tissue paper with the Very Vintage wheel if you need filler for the box, that will make a nice element of decor to your box.
We used the Vintage Vogue stamp as the focal point on this box and we also had another style with a Mother's Day Sentiment to choose from, which was beautiful as well. you can see it in the first photo above

Then each person was able to make a card from two different designs.

Accessories:
Very Vintage wheel in basic gray ink, satin pink ribbon, matchbox die cut label, sentiment from Fifth Avenue Floral, and of course we had to have butterflies! Butterfly Big Z die cut and butterfly embosslits were used. Along with of course, some Pretties from the Pretties Kit, a half back pearl fits perfectly in the middle of the butterflies. The butterflies were embossed with the Manhatten impressions folder to give them texture and depth.


This card was easy peasy! The white base was textured with the Finial press and the pink with the NEW Lattice impressions & folder, which gives every piece of cardstock a textured look and feel! The front of the card the focal point was simply ran through the big shot with the Manhatten impressions folder which is a (MHIYS) item you can use it to create a card in 5 minutes!
For the sentiment we used the new Watercolor Trio stamp set from the SMC by far one of the favs. The scallop oval punch is gray and the sentiment is on white popped out with the medium oval.

The famous candy tin is always a hit especially at Holidays!
Everyone designed their tin uniquely and to fit their specific needs.
Mine is for a Mother's Day gift for my Mother in Law.
I used a basic gray top note cut twice to assemble my focal point on top then stamping the Happy Mother's Day Stamp from "All Holidays "(MHIYS) item in the Holiday section of the catalog.
Using the oval die cut , I cut the pink on the lg oval and the white on the medium oval using basic gray ink to stamp the sentiment.


Wrapped all the Nuggets with DSP 1x3 inches. You must wrap them in sticky strip nothing else works trust me!!

This is a little party favor or small gift made from the square scallop die cut with a 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 piece of DP on top you must use sticky strip when you roll it dotto or snail will pull up, Use the cropadile and punch a hole in the scallop at the top and run satin pink ribbon thru it and tie. We added a sentiment from Water Color Trio with the small oval and the scalloped oval.
It has a mini Hershey's bar inside of it. But they could be so cute as a diaper shower favor, too cute!! I snagged this idea from one of my downline Linda Clendening when we had our downline meeting last week!!

Inside chocloate wrapped in DSP, with a label from the matchbox die cut and the sentiment from Elements of Style new stamp set.