Today I wanted to share the last of the cards we made at a recent class of mine. The other cards all were flowery or included pink so I figured I ought to try to come up with something for the more manly folks in your life. (Plus I really wanted to use my Stripes…
See, I told you I was back and blogging… this is 2 days in a row! hee hee Well, between the holidays (and being way behind on my thank you cards) and just being so grateful for my customers, downline, and online crafting friends who have been amazingly supportive while I’ve been dealing with a…
I ordered My Digital Studio way back when it first came out; see, I was all excited about it after seeing what it could do at Convention and then they went and offered a special promotion for Convention attendees (got to love a deal!). After I got it home, I found I’ve been using it…
Each month I run at least one technique class to give folks a chance to try something different or learn new ways to use something they might already have. Well, a recently ran my popular watercoloring technique night during which we made 5 cards, each using a different method for watercoloring. It was so much…
Today is the story of why card making when very tired can sometimes yield not your intended results. 🙂 I am off visiting my parents in northern Washington for the week and yesterday was the day Nicholas (my son) and I got up at the very early hour of 5am to head to the airport…
Last night was my February meet & greet with my local Bay Area Card Makers meetup group. We had a fun night of socializing and, of course, card making! I always bring a free project for everyone to make, and after receiving some new Sale-a-Bration items recently, I knew I wanted to get those out…
Friday night was my preview party for the new occasion mini. I had samples of projects made using the new stamps and accessories from the Occasion mini as well as treats, a door prize, and this make and take card. It gave everyone a chance to play with some of the new designer series papers,…
Yesterday I shared a thank you card I made for a future hostess with some fun punching with the new Decorative Label punch. Well, today, I thought I would share another card along the same lines. Well, I was on a roll with the decorative label punch and so after playing a bit came up…
Well, guess what? My camera battery died and I don’t have my charger with me. Sigh. Thankfully my cell phone takes decent pictures and so i was able to get a couple reasonable shots to last me until i can get my battery charged. I wanted to share this card with you because of the…
Tonight was another fun technique night with my meetup group and we spent the night creating three different “fancy fold” cards. Specifically, we made a Joy Fold card, a Gate Fold card, and an Easel card. Here is the first card we created – This is a Joy Fold card. That means, instead of the…
If you’ve seen the holiday mini, you’ve seen one of the new products Stampin’ Up! just released – the Letterpress Plates. These plates are made to use with your BigShot and instead of embossing your image by causing the pattern to raise up off your paper, these plates deboss your image – making empressed images…
I’m back from a trip to Salt Lake City for the 2010 Stampin’ Up! convention with my Mom and upline, Kathy, my dad, and my son. I love the chance to go meet other demonstrators, including folks whose names I’ve seen on emails but now I got to meet in person, hang out with friends,…