Christmas Club Card

Two nights ago I had my first Christmas Club gathering. The participants come and make a dozen cards - 4 each of 3 designs. I design them (or case them!) and cut all the supplies - they just come and make them. I will have two more of these get-togethers. One in October and one in November. So, by Thanksgiving, all these ladies will have 36 of their Christmas cards done already! This is one of the cards we made. Simple, yet elegant, and easy to duplicate. I usually send around 75 cards a year, so I need something that's easy to duplicate. This card uses one of my new favorite sets - Peaceful Wishes. I didn't buy it at first because I already had several Christmas sets. However, I am glad I did:-) I really love it!!! Thanks for visiting!

Polka Dot Birthday

Who doesn't always wish they had a stash of birthday cards on hand?? I certainly do! This card came together nice and quick because of the FUN designer series paper! This card could actually be stamped with any phrase for many different occasions. I love the colors and how the stripes and polka dots coordinate so well together. This is the Cutie Pie series of paper which I've used before on this blog and I just LOVE IT!!! It is so cheerful and fun:-) Lately I've been really getting into the clear buttons, too. I love putting some coordinating designer paper behind them to tie a card together and add a little something. Thanks for visiting!

More Fall....

Wow - I didn't realize it's been so long since I've added something new. I'll have to add a couple new cards to catch up! I had a class this week and couldn't stay away from the Fall theme. As I've said before - I love the colors, smells, sounds, etc. of Fall. AND, I love our SU! Fall stamp sets, too:-) This card has an unconventional Fall color - Blue Sky - but since it was in the designer paper series "Fall Flowers" it tied everything together nicely. This is also the first time I've used chipboard on a card. It was fun!!

This next card we also did at my class. This used the fun set "Autumn Fest" that is on special until the end of this month. So many neat things you can do with it! Great for techniques like rock n' roll, kissing, watercolor crayons (direct to stamp), etc. I will get a lot of use out of ths set for both cards and scrapbook pages! TFL:-)

I LOVE FALL!!

I know Summer just ended
.........but, Fall is in the air!! I love this time of year! I love the colors, smells and feel of Fall.

I was on SCS already this morning and saw a card challenge......well, at least I thought it was a card challenge. I didn't realize until I finished my card that it was a SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGE!!! DUH ME!! Obviously not awake yet. Anyway, this is what I came up with - you can view the sketch here: click

I love the colors, pumkin and hodgepodge but, if I had to do it over again, I think I'd remove the small row of punches in the green designer paper. I think they are a little distracting and don't really fit this card. I was just trying to match that CARD sketch......I mean, scrapbook sketch.

I better go take a shower and see if I can wake up before I face the rest of my day!!! Thanks for looking:-)

Get Well Card

I've been meaning to make a Get Well/Thinking of You card for the past week or so and I keep forgetting. Well, I finally did it tonight. There is a fellow SU! demonstrator (a side-line of mine) who went into the hospital to have a large tumor removed and I wanted to let her know I am thinking of her.

This card is actually semi-cased from Erika Martin. You can view her original card on her blog at http://www.stampinmama.com/. She made her's into a gift card holder, where mine is just a unique-shaped card.

Thanks for looking!!!!!

Bright and Punchy!

Since I spent much of yesterday running errands and taking care of some business, I gave myself time today to play around with my stamps. I saw this color combo somewhere else and thought it was so cheery! Then I loved the idea of layering all the different punches together. The polka dot background from the "So Happy" set was put on using versamark as I thought using Pink Passion ink on the same color paper was too dark for this project. The words I stamped in white craft ink to make it pop! I've got a birthday card in the works, too, using a color combo I saw yesterday at Walmart. Stay tuned.............. Thanks for looking:-)

Welcome Baby Boy!

Wow, it feels like forever since I had time to sit and stamp. This past week has been so busy getting ready for Labor Day weekend. Today I took a day to relax and lay low. Now I'm itching to stamp! There seems to be a baby boom going on so I thought I'd start popping out some baby cards! This card uses the cute "Wild About You" set along with some old designer paper. I love buying the designer paper because it coordinates with all the Stampin' Up! colors and I know I'll eventually use it in scrapbooks or on cards. I have loads of it and I think it adds so much to a project. I also used one of the fun clear buttons with a punched out circle of the designer paper behind it. Hope the recipient likes it! Thanks for looking:-)