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!

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!

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.

Smooching Birds!

This is the first card I made using our new smooch sprays and the AWESOME Presto Papers!

the base of the card is Old Olive, then brushed gold, some old olive DSP(retired), a piece of Presto paper without any recessed lines in it, cut into a top note.

I was sooo excited to hear that the retired in color River Rock was coming back that I couldn't wait I pulled it out and ran the brayer over my River rock pad and

• I brayed the top note with it and then sprayed some silver and vanilla smooch spray using my trusty color catcher (a must have in your stash item)using a sponge rubbed all in getting it to the tint I was looking for in this card.
• then I embossed in gold using Encore gold metallic ink on the stamp from "Elements of Style "NEW stamp set from the SMC
• Then I stamped out several birds and used the log cabin and gold to get just the right combo I was looking for, it is definitely a learning process and so much fun!! I must have made 10 birds before I chose these 2 for my card.
• Now this is the coolest bow I have ever made, I was somewhat casing the card in the SMC on page 12. I really hope that is gold satin ribbon in the picture and it will make it's debut in the NEW Idea Book & Catalog in JULY 2010.

Hope you like, they will get better with time!

This shimmery spray product comes in 4 colors:
Gold Glow (# 118770) ONLY $4.95 each
Silver Foil (#118771)
Vanilla Shimmer (#118772)
Log Cabin (#119921)
The "Color Catcher" (item #121093) is a great product to use when spraying the Smooch Spritz so that you don't get any spray on your surrounding area. $5.95 and well worth every penny!

The NEW Summer Mini Catalog unveiled!

Wow! There alot of exciting new products in the NEW SMC!

My favorites are the Smooch Sprays with the NEW Presto Paper! when you apply the smooch spray onto the beautiful recessed designs in the paper it materializes before your eyes. You can truly bring out the artist that is just waiting to be awakened in yourself!! Trust me when I started Stampin' UP! four years ago I considered myself not a very crafty individual, and what I must say about Stampin' Up! they design products that bring out the artist and creative juices in anyone!! They have the superior knack of choosing just the right things at the right time. We needed a new series of inspirational products to peak our interest and creative curiosity and they have done it with this catalog!!

Here are Whitney's list of

MUST HAVE IN YOUR STASH ITEMS FROM THE SMC

Smooch sprays and Presto paper pg #15

Color catcher for spraying your smooch sprays pg#15

Vintage tags pg.# 15

Water color Trio stamp set pg#16

Elements of Style stamp set pg# 13

Lattice Impressions folder pg#24

**(you can turn anything into textured paper with this baby)

All the Satin ribbons(check into my ribbon shares program) pg. 13

Decor Stencil- Mostly Vintage pg.#13

Favorite Thoughts- finally sentiments that are too funny! pg#19
King of the Grill- pg#29-perfect masculine projects , water color, FUN!

Luau stamp set and accessories perfect for that summer party your are having!

Make your own invitations and party favors! Pg #26-27

Daytona Special- the Motorcycle on pg#31- everywhere you go in this town you see one of these on every street!!

There are great Graduation sets, school days sets for end of the year projects for teachers, Fourth of July to celebrate our military and our country and tons of other great goodies!

well that is probably the whole catty but what can I say? I love it all!

you will to go this link and take a look at the catalog for yourself or email me and I will mail you one.

http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/SummerMini2010/SummerMini_US_Final_small.pdf

You can order online 24/7 at www.whitneyrichardson.stampinup.net or email your order if your local and attend a class this month and win a chance for a raffle of $150.00 of FREE SU merchandise!! Ask me how???