Wednesday April 22, 2009

Hi Everyone,
What a beautiful spring day today. Not very warm but the sun is shining and they are predicting temperatures in the 70's this weekend. It has been a really long winter here in Northern Michigan. Spring is a very welcome site. Today I did my second class. I think it went well. Todays class was a heat embossing class. We did 4 different types of heat embossing. We did regular heat embossing, emerging color, and Joseph's Coat. Here are the cards:





I think everyone enjoyed the designs and the techniques. I so enjoyed giving the class. Next Tuesday evening is a repeat of last weeks All Occasion cards and on Thursday an Open Stamp to use all my stamps, inks and paper to creat cards for our men & women in the armed forces.
The last card in todays post is the technique Joseph's Coat. I have admired this technique for quite a while but was afraid to try it. It really isn't too difficult and I love the way it came out. You brayer on glossy white card stock with a spectrum pad. After that dries, use your embossing buddy and cover the card stock. Take any outline stamp and stamp all over your card stock with versamark and then cover with clear embossing powder. Then heat it with the embossing gun. Then brayer over your entire card with a dark classic ink such as black. Then with a paper towel wipe off the excess ink. Isn't it a great look. If anyone would like directions for any of the rest of the cards, please email me and I'll be happy to send you the directions. Thanks for looking. I appreciate all comments.
Happy Stamping!

Friday, April 10, 2009

Happy Easter!
As usual I am late with my post. Does that old adage "Better late than never" work? I promised some Easter surprises and here they are:

Aren't the cute? The little baskets are made with the Big Shot. It uses the exclusive Stampin Up Scallop Envelope die. I cut two of them out of cardstock. Then with DSP I cut two pieces 2x3 and glued to the front of then envelope dies. The two envelopes are glued together with small pieces of cardstock added to the sides. The handles were made by cutting two strips of cardstock 8 1/2" x 1 1/2". I then punched both sides of the strip with our Eyelet border punch. Then attached a small strip of DSP to the cardstock and attached the handle to the sides of the envelopes with a brad. These make not only adorable little Easter baskets but just cute little May baskets. These versatile little envelope dies can be used to make a multitude of gifts. The bunny is made with all punches. One of the classes I will be giving soon is a "Punch" class. It is amazing all the things you can create with nothing but our wonderful punches. If you are interested in my punch class, please send me an email. I'd love it if everyone would leave comments on today's post. Keep watching. I promise some more ideas very soon.
Happy Stampin!

Friday, April 3, 2009

Hi Everyone,
As promised, here is my post for today. I am seriously going to really try and post every couple of days. As I said in Wednesday's post I have classes starting up on the 15th. I have so many ideas floating around in my head that I am having a little trouble narrowing them down. Therefore, if you have an idea for what you would like to learn in a class, please leave it in the comments. I would love to hear from you. Even if you live half way around the world and can't possibly attend one of my classes, I'd still like to hear all idea's. Thanks for any imput!
Here is my card for today:
This is Stampin Up's new Manhattan Flower Impressions Die for the Big Shot. I think this will be very popular. I know I love it. Plus we have a matching Stamp set, Fifth Avenue Floral and Decor Element. I embossed the copper DSP from our new Taste of Textiles DSP. Isn't it rich looking. After embossing it, I cut out the top of the flower and mounted it on our Very Vanilla cardstock. Then I embossed "Thinking of you" in gold embossing powder. I think it makes an elegant card which could be used as a Sympathy card or for any occasion where you want someone to know you are keeping them in your thoughts and prayers. Next post: Look for some Easter ideas.
Until then,please leave comments and Happy Stamping!

April 1, 2009

Hi Everyone,
I know it's April Fools Day but I promise there will be no jokes in my post! We are back from our vacation and we had a great time. We have been home for a week and are still catching up. We came back renewed and rested. It had been a long time since we had had a vacation so we really enjoyed ourselves. Our daughter got an A from her Aunt & Uncle and our dogs got a pretty good report also. I have decided to make a real effort to post on a far more regular basis now that I have scheduled my classes. So look for regular posts.
Tonight I want to share a couple of renditions of a card I created a few days ago.


I thought these would make lovely Easter cards. They are made with our own Stampin Up Fifthe Avenue Floral Stamp Set. I stamped the lilies on our Shimmery White card stock and cut them out. Then I made the flower pots out of the Designer Paper Delicate Dots from Celebrations. I did the flower pots free hand. I then stamped the stems and attached all with Snail. On the one card I used our new Eyelet Border Punch. I colored the center of the lilies with a summer sun marker. I hope you like todays cards. Please check back on Friday for another Spring card idea.
In the meantime - Happy Stamping!