Happy 10th Birthday!

My daughter celebrated her 10th birthday today. Actually, she's been celebrating for several days and I'm exhausted!! Slumber party, movies, dinner out, presents, etc. I was so pooped last night that I didn't have much creativity flowing through my veins. This card uses a layout that I use frequently. Quick and simple. I do love this stamp set (All through the Year) with the matching wheel. I chose the colors to coordinate with the wrapping paper on her packages. Now I need a day or two to recuperate! Thank goodness school starts next week:-) Thanks for looking!!!!!

Slumber Party Project

My daughter is having a sleepover tomorrow night for her 10th birthday. One of the projects we will be doing is this composition book with a matching pen. It uses the Cutie Pie designer series paper from Stampin' Up!. That is my favorite paper!!!! Pretty easy project for the girls - hopefully they will like it:-) Thanks for looking!!!!

Luggage Tags

We made these luggage tags at my stamp class the other night. Everyone loved them! I really love the colors - groovy guava and bayou blue. I think they are soooo sharp together! The stamp set - Wanted - I received free at convention and didn't think I'd ever really use it since it's not really my style. However, once I started playing with it and found out the scallop punch works perfectly with the large flower image - I've found it has LOTS of potential:-) The plastic name badge holders I picked up a Walmart, believe it or not. Thanks for looking!

Watercoloring

At Convention, one of the sessions I attended was on watercoloring. I love this look but don't feel I do a very good job of it. I really think practice makes perfect. Anyway, we did some watercoloring with pencils, crayons, inks and chalks and it was so much fun! They all give their own unique look. I am going to do this card at my class on Thursday and demonstrate how to make a pallet of color by scribbling the pencils onto a small piece of watercolor paper and then lifting it off with an aqua painter. Hope the girls enjoy it!!

Pocket Card

My daughter is having a sleepover for her 10th birthday in 1 1/2 weeks. She is sooooo excited and I wanted make an invitation for her that was bright and fun. I tried to make this pocket card kind of look like a sleeping bag. I don't know if I succeeded or not.......but my daughter liked it!! I love, love, love this Cutie Pie designer series paper the best of all of them. In fact, I bought three packages of them!! I just think the colors are so cheerful and will probably do a stamp project with the girls at the slumber party using these papers. I better rest up before the big day because I'm sure I won't get much sleep:-)

BACK FROM CONVENTION!!!

PHEW! What a busy week it's been!!! Got back from Denver on Tuesday night and am now trying to play catch up. Had a great time and learned LOTS of new things:-) One thing is the special for August:
Purchase the Three for You Punch Box for $45.95, and you will receive an exclusive assortment of textured Love Notes for free (a $12.95 value)!!!
You won't find this package of Love Notes anywhere else; they're only available during this promotion. Check out these features and benefits:
* The 3" x 3" folded size makes creating and giving a little note easy-they're just the right size for a quick hello.
* Each package contains 30 pre-scored textured cards with 30 Very Vanilla envelopes so you're ready to create and go!
* With 10 each of Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, and So Saffron Love Notes, you'll be able to try out two of the new In Color selections-and see how well they coordinate with our color families-at the same time as the Three for You Punch Box!

Convention Swap #2

I am currently packing, stamping, and organizing all at once. Yep - tomorrow is the big day: I leave for Denver!!!!! I am very excited:-) This is, yet again, another bookmark. My daughter has a top with these colors in it that I really like and I always wanted to stamp something using these colors. As always, it looks much nicer in person. I used the two new colors Soft Sky and Groovy Guava along with Close to Cocoa. I really liked how it turned out. The funny thing is - I didn't even want to buy this stamp set (Baroque Motifs) when I first had the opportunity. It just didn't do much for me. Now, however, I love it and use it all the time:-) Well, I better get back to packing, I don't want this to be too late of a night. BIG day tomorrow!!!!!! Thanks for checking in:-)