CARD EVENT SAMPLES

Well here it is, Thursday, my favorite day of the week. Usually I stay in my PJs all day on Thursday because this is my stamp day. Nothing better than stamping in solitude all day in your PJs (well maybe “To Die For Chocolate” ice cream from Quality Dairy). Even when I go out to check the mail in my PJs, if a car comes by (which is rare), I just wave at them and let them think what they want (being a senior also helps in this respect because most people expect seniors to act weird, so who am I to let them down).

And today is a very special Thursday because I’m packing for retreat this weekend – Yippee!!! Maybe Tamie and I will stay in our PJs all weekend while we stamp (she’s not as old as I am, but she thought of it first). I still don’t know what projects I will be working on, but I will be taking some of Ronda’s and Melissa’s classes and doing the fabulous make’n-takes they have planned for the weekend. So that leaves me very little time to socialize, which is the biggest reason I attend retreat. I mean, really, with almost 60 females attending, who would not want to socialize and see what they are creating. This will be my 7th retreat weekend. I have attended all of them since Ronda Wade first started back in March 2008, and she has them twice a year. Every one has been awesome. So if you are interested in attending the next one (probably in October), leave a comment because people reserve their spots early (a lot will do it this weekend).

I suppose you want me to get on with showing you whatever new stuff I have been doing instead of how “happy” I am. As promised in my last post, today I have cards created for my last class event. I’m only showing 3 of them as I previously showed the 4th card (I do 4 designs and they make 2 of each). Okay, okay, okay – here they are:


This card is a CASE from one of the make’n takes we did at Ronda Wade’s demonstrator meeting. It is so gorgeous and was a real hit at my event. My 20 yr. old granddaughter had to leave early but had to make the “doll card,” as she called it before she left. Supplies used: Easter Blossoms Stamp Set; Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, and Very Vanilla Cardstock; and Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon.

 

This birthday card would be great for males. Product used: Bring on the Cake Stamp Set; River Rock, Not Quite Navy, and Whisper White Cardstock; Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper; Regal Brads; and Circles #2 Big Shot Die.

My Iris Fold technique card below was the “hit” of the class. We did this card together classroom style at the beginning. The first client who finished just kept sitting at the table, so finally I told her to feel free to start any of the other cards at the work stations. She just looked at me with this surprised look on her face, saying: “Oh, I thought after doing 2 of these we wouldn’t be doing any more because they were so beautiful.”  Now you just know she made my day. This is why I love doing events – to see the joy in their faces when they are done. I wish I would have had my camera to take pictures of their faces when they turned their card over to look at their Iris Folds they had created. They thought it was going to be so hard, and was amazed at how easy they were. Here is the card:

Product used: Elements of Style and Oval All Stamp Sets; Baja Breeze, Early Expresso, and Very Vanilla Cardstock; Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper; and Basic Pearls.

I have to run because I need to get that packing done, make a challenge card, do my laundry, and take my nap (all in that order -- LOL).  Being as it is now noon, I doubt I will get my nap :(

Until next time (hopefully I can take pictures at retreat and post this weekend).

Sandi
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you . . .." -- John 14:27

TRY STAMPIN' ON TUESDAY

Good Morning America (been a long time since I have been able to say that!!)

Guess what?  I have been asked to serve on the "Try Stampin' On Tuesday" Design Team (click here for website)!!  I am very excited and feel very honored to be asked.  The team coordinator is CherylAnn Robinson, a fellow Stampin' Up Demonstrator.  The other two Stampin' Up Demonstrators and design team members are Kristen Conant (Rubber Hugs by Kristen) and Tracey Old (A Stampers Touch).  Please check out their fabulous blogs, I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

Our sketch challenge for this week (using a Valentine theme):
 

Here is the sketch!!



And here is what I came up with using the above sketch.

I had no intention of putting the card in a frame when I started, but because of all the vintage going on, I decided to put it in this frame that is over 100 years old. (There is a story that goes with this as to how I happen to have this frame, but cannot share with you on my blog, nor do I want anybody else to share it with you -- meaning you, Kathleen, or all of goodies on my list for you will be removed.)  When I get tired of it in the frame, I can take it out and send it on as a card.  I used two different techniques in this card:  Iris Folding and Cracked Glass and here are the supplies I used:

• Stamps:  "Grateful Greetings"
• Card Stock:  Always Artichoke, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red, and Very Vanilla
• Ink:  Rose Red, Crumb Cake, and VersaMark
• Accessories:  "Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper," "Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder," "Frost White Shimmer Paint," "Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim," "Rose Red Ink Refill," "Heart-to-Heart Extra-Large Punch," "Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware," "Antique Brads," "Vanilla Rosettes," "Rose Red Marker," and "Glassy Glaze Enamel." 

I hope you liked my design for the challenge.  For a chance to win a prize make sure you join in on the fun challenges each week (they begin each Tuesday and run for the week --check out CherylAnn's blog for more information).  Make sure you stop by the other Design Team's blogs and then create your card to submit!!  Can't wait to see what everybody comes up with.

Sandi
"Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days." -- Psalm 90:14