Another fun time of making cards with friends, this time with Judi & Catherine at a stamp store in Chandler – Craft Fusion.
Most of the stamps, techniques, inks and embellishments we used were Ranger products – Tim Holtz kind of things. Dana was the teacher – super nice and very helpful – and the cards were gorgeous!! Oh, and of course, the store had ‘nothing’ I needed!!
Yes, I am in the warm south. (Sorry all you snowbound freezing people!) And I found a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Holly, who was having a class at just the right time. Catherine (who travelled down with me) and I attended and had great fun as well as learning a few new techniques!
Here are the cards we made…
Crisp Cantaloupe with a Touch of Soft Suede sponged on the edges of the images for the birthday card. For the Christmas Card we first heat embossed images on Shimmery white paper and then used an aqua pen with Marina Mist ink to paint over.
The three wreath images were inked with different greens and all images were die cut. Stampin’ Up! has made it very easy to line up the images and the dies. The last Christmas card was a little time consuming to make (it’s not going to be one of the 3 Quick Cards!), but very easy and well worth the time spent.
For these cards we used:
Two days of fun!
I volunteered as a helper on Friday for the Product Playground. All attendees got to ‘play’ with the Big Shot, Arrows embossing folder, the Feathers Framelits dies, the Gift Box Punchboard, Blendabilities, the Under the Tree heavy weight patterned Designer Series Paper and of course stamps and ink!! They also played a game where they had to stamp and draw while blindfolded with some very interesting results and then everyone got a little prize! Plus in between all this, they had a chance to win more prizes! It was great fun and no one knew until the ‘playing’ was finished what the Make & Takes were going to look like. Here they are…
A Chevron gift bag all decorated up, a Gift Box made with the Punchboard using the Under the Tree DSP, two cards – one stamped with Four Feathers and coloured with Blendabilities and the other die cut and layered with embossed Coastal Cabana cardstock and Typeset DSP.
Saturday morning I attended the business class presented by Dale Hampshire, manager of Stampin’ Up! Canada. It was informative and humorous. (Dale’s impression of a rapper with the microphone was hilarious!) Saturday afternoon was a party complete with a game show, prizes AND more Make & Takes. These were a surprise again as we just created parts of the projects at 6 different stations and then at the end, put them together.
We used the Gift Box Punchboard again, circle dies and the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits to create some Halloween projects. It was hard to photograph the curvy box which was fast & easy to make and so cute!!
If you have a chance to attend one of the Canadian conferences, sign up now – don’t miss out!
At Pat’s workshop we stamped, punched, glued & embossed to change a plain white gift bag into a ‘One-of-a-Kind’ gift bag!! Completed with a cute little gift card.
It was a fun morning of stamping and visiting. And… Pat earned some FREE Stampin’ Up! product too!!
Contact me if you would like to have a fun morning, afternoon or evening of stamping and creating with a few friends.
Die cuts, butterflies and a tag made up this month’s quick cards!
Some spent the day and some just spent a couple of hours, but all had fun stamping a few (or sometimes a lot) of Christmas Cards. A Buffet is just that – different selections to choose from and then fill up your ‘plate’ with just one or two (or more) of each or just one of each of your favourites. Just like a real Buffet!!
The next one is September 20 (Devon) and 21 (Edmonton). Don’t miss it!! Contact me right away so I can send you photos of the card designs you can choose from.
Here are the cards we did…
