Catching up -

It's been way too long since I posted any of my work.  So, I'll try to catch up a bit and show what I have been doing. Mostly going to school online, working 40 hours a week, and teaching an early morning Seminary class to youth 14-18.  It keeps me super busy (more than I would like most weeks)  and not much time for crafting.  I have kept my head above water, but barely.  I will try in the next few days to find and photograph cards we have done in clubs this year.  Enjoy the ride!

all of these were prototypes for my Pampered Chef consultant, Chach.  She wanted some options for cards for her clients.  She loved them all, decided to wait to get them as thank you and birthday cards.  Which is YOUR favorite?  I will have a prize for one random winner.  Pass this along to friends and have them post a comment below for a chance to win!  Please include your email so I can let you know if you win!  I will use the random generator on Dec 31 to draw a prize for the new year 2014!

Good luck!

Merry Christmas to all!

More Crafty items

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!!

These are more of the items we sold at our craft shows this year.  We have a yard sale this Saturday again, so some items can still be purchased.  In honor of Christmas today - I will show those items!

Candy Tube Toppers

Candy Cane Gift Card Holder 

Felt Stocking

Snowman Soup

Tea Light Candles

Christmas Popcorn "Snow"

Stocking Gift Card holder

August Christmas card

I made this card for Dawnmarie's workshop.  It was using the new set Ornament Keepsakes.  A simple card with one color - Midnight Muse.  A little bling on the ornament I cut out with the Holiday Ornaments Framelets that coordinates with the stamp set.  I added the ribbon bow and the card was finished!

wholy calendar!

So, it is September!  How did THAT happen?  I am still stuck months behind in almost everything; including blogging!  I am so sorry!  Life has happened and I have not moved along with it, except to drag my feet each day and land in bed to start all over again trying to hang on!

No excuses- but let me post some creations since you are starved!  These three projects were made at my Christmas Camp last month.

Birthday Stationary set - using Create A cupcake stamp set, Summer Smooches DSP,  Island Indigo, Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade

sparkly key fob - uses the Daisy die and sparkly fun foam

Holiday Ornament - uses the new set Ornament Keepsakes and the matching Holiday framelets.  Real Red and Lucky Limeade.

Merry Christmas to ALL!

Double take of a Double take!

Or is it double, double, take?  I am not sure.  I liked the idea that the club ladies could choose their own individual touch to the card that I did another one at the hostess club that they could do just that.  This card was a CASE from Mary Fish - a fellow Tucson demonstrator.

Stampin' UP!  has great ways to support their demonstrators and there are other means out there in our highly technological world to get support.  Mary is also a transplant to Tucson and hooked up with our Southwest Stampers group.  It is always nice to get together with other demos, but in a pinch, I have to admit I turn to my cyber demos on SUDSOL.  I had the privilege of being stop #4 on their blog hop yesterday!

Back to the card.  I used the stamp set Easy Events so the ladies could choose from 8 different celebrations!  They all turned out fantastic.  I told the ladies that they could make these as gifts and stamp a bunch of different sentiments to let the recipient choose what event they needed.

The first is the CASE from Mary, the second is my additional version for a birthday.

Stamps: Easy Events

Colors: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Red Glimmer Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper, 1 3/8" square punch, 1 1/4" square punch, 1" square punch, Heart to  Heart punch, Blossom Bouquet triple layer punch, Scallop Square die

SUDSOL Blog Hop -

I am honored to be part of the SUDSOL blog hop this go around.  I have some fun holiday samples to share with you today and a couple of them were inspired by samples I found on SUDSOL or tutorials.  SUDSOL stands for Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing OnLine and  is a fantastic demonstrator community.  You can find many great resources to help your business along including a listening ear when you have a bad workshop or if you need a WOW project or if you simply want to swap cards.  Check the community out!  Join me on SUDSOL - Your 24/7 Upline!

You should have just come from stop three -Nola Burkhard at her blog  Ink on Her Paws.  Please enjoy the samples that I have for you to celebrate the holidays!  All of these are cards inspired by other demonstrators.

Stamps: Hand Penned Holidays, Easy Events

Colors: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Snow Burst impressions folder, Very Vanilla Designer Velvet Ribbon, 

Stamps: Contempo Christmas

Colors: Pool Party, Whisper White

Accessories: 2 step Owl Punch, Northern Flurry impressions folder, Dazzling Details

Stamps: The Sounding Joy

Colors:  Not Quite Navy, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Silver embossing powder, Scallop Trim Border punch

Stamps:  Four the Holidays, Triple Treat Flower

Colors: Real Red, Garden Green

Accessories: Houndstooth impression folder, 1/4" grosgrain ribbon - Real Red, Garden Green, Modern Label punch, 5 Petal flower punch, Fancy Flower punch

Lastly, I made a treat holder using a pattern on SUDSOL.  There are many patterns in the Creative Library to use for your needs.  This particular one uses the Scallop Circle Die and the 1 3/4"  Scallop Circle punch to create a fun Reese's cup holder.  

Stamps: Pennant Parade, Delicate Doilies

Colors: Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, Scallop Circle die, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch

I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog on the SUDSOL blog hop.  Please hop on to the next stop here.

Thanks for stopping by! 

CONTINUE on the Blog Tour
Nola Burkhard	SUDSOL

Chat sketch take 2

So I posted the sketch yesterday from a couple of weeks ago on SUDSOL.  I have told you how much I love SUDSOL!  I get workshop ideas, sketches, patterns and templates for boxes and gifts, and so much more!  I will feature a project on the blog tour that utilizes that special area of the website - Patterns and Templates.

BUT, you have to wait a couple more days -- Thursday in fact.  In the mean time, here is the second card I completed using the SUDSOL sketch.  The Stamp a Stack gals loved it!  I hope you enjoy!

Stamps: Snow Much Fun

Colors: Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder

Accessories:  Lace Border punch, Snow Burst impressions folder, Snowflake punch, Corner rounder punch

Christmas Card Stamp a Stack - part 2!

There were 4 lovely cards made at the 1st Christmas Card Stamp A Stack.  I tried to keep them easy thinking that any one could be mass produced.  Here are the last 2 cards -

The first one uses Baroque Motifs and Delightful Decorations.  The colors were Elegant Eggplant and Garden Green.  I also added some gold embossed 'twinkly lights'. The punched strip is the new Lacey Border Punch - LOVE IT!

 

This second card may be my favorite!  It was a simply elegant color combination of black and white.  The snowflakes are embossed with the Northern Flurry impressions folder and topped off with a sentiment from a retired stamp set.  The corners were punched with the Scalloped Trim corner punch then I added the bling with the Rhinestone Jewels.

Christmas Card Stamp a Stack

This past week was the first of 5 stamp a stacks designed to get your cards done for holiday giving.  The ladies made 8 total cards; 2 each of 4 different designs.  I will share two of the cards today.

I simply love this little reindeer!  He is so festive - little DASHER.  Stampin' Up! has some great single stamps and he is one of them.  Pair him up with some snowflakes from Snow Swirled and some calming colors and it is striking!  The colors were Cherry Cobbler and Baja Breeze, Dasher sported a little Soft Suede to top the card off.

This card was super simple!  The hardest parts were getting full ink on the Medallion Stamp and punching out 9 little circles with the Owl Builder punch.  I added a little sentiment from the set Punch Potpourri in Real Red to accent the Garden Green 'wreath' and tied up a quick bow to finish it off.

Merry Christmas to all ---- a little late!

Sorry this is a week late - but the wish is sincere - Please know that I love each of you and your comments and support keep me going.  December was hard with life busy and kids missing at Christmas.  but we made it!  Enjoy the holidays and your family!  this is the Christmas card I sent to friends and family.  It uses My Digital Studio.  I absolutely ADORE it!  If you want to know more, contact me and I will be happy to show you all you need to know to begin creating fabulous digital items such as this card!

I am coming up on 100 posts!  I will create an extra special one for that! 

The secret is out....

Here is the promised missing project from the gift class yesterday.  These are chapstick holders.  I had seen the idea before, but found a great sketch on Splitcoast Stampers for them. So.. I duplicated them!  I have a few stashed for quick gifts! 

Starting on the top left corner - I used Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise.  The stamp set is Priceless - that's an oldie by goodie!  The top right corner uses Soft Suede, Old Olive and Tangerine Tango. The stamp set is the ever adorable Fox and Friends.  The bottom center holder features fall colore - Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and More Mustard.  The set is Day of Gratitude.

more gift class stuff

So the ladies has a lovely time today as they got a head start on homemade gifts.  Here are a few more projects.  The first is of a tea light holder that I stamplifted from Jill Hilliard. 

The blue box is Bashful Blue and Night of Navy using the stamp set Serene Snowflakes.  The red box uses the now unavailable Candy Cane DSP (sad face).  The stamp set is Holiday Line Up.

The next project is one that is seen many places online - so I am not sure who was the ORIGIONATOR - nor does anyone else.  It is a wall hanging that uses the Big Shot - that is a GREAT idea for a holiday gift for someone you love.  The colors are Early Espresso, Old Olive and Real Red.

A few gals made some tile projects - there were coaster tiles using tumbled Marble tiles and the Medallion stamp.  The other one was a 'dry erase' tile.  The set used is Baroque Motifs.

I have one more cute idea to share - so watch for it tomorrow!

Tags, Bags, Boxes and More

I held this great class this past Saturday.  The ladies came to make some fun packaging ideas for their holiday gift giving.  The first photo is of the gift card holders they made -  The colors were Real Red and Garden Green.  The stamp set used for the package holder is Punch Potpourri.

The next photo is a small gift bag that uses the tiny gift bags in the Holiday Mini catalog. They sell for $4.95 - and that is for 10 of them!  They ran the bag through the Petals-a-Plenty impressions folder then used a Cherry Cobbler marker to color the centers of the flowers.  The stamp set for this bag is Tags 'til Christmas.  I also used my new favorite type of ribbon.. 3/8" taffeta!!!  It is luscious!

The other bag was a bagalope - you make this from a simple envelope! 

The boxes were very fun!   I used the Box #2 die, Fancy Favor die, and the Matchbox die.  I can't believe I used to make boxes like these by hand!  Now with just a quick crank from my best friend Big Shot... I have super cute boxes to make for gifts!  All of these use the Tags 'til Christmas stamp set.  Also used were the Snowflake die, Decorative Label punch, Medium oval punch, Scallop oval punch, Belle wheel, and Serene Snowflakes stamp set.  The colors used are : Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist. I also used just a tad of Deck the Halls DSP on the matchbox.

November Stamp-a- Stack cards

I had a great time with these cards for November's Stamp-a-Stack.  I could make tons of Christmas cards, so I made a couple for the ladies to make!

the first one uses one of my favorite new stamp sets - Greeting Card Kids.  They remind me of the Campbell's Soup Kids I grew up with!  (dates me, huh!)  The colors are Marina Mist, Garden Green, Blushing Bride and Real Red.  The DSP is from the Candy Cane pack.  I love these new big buttons too!

The second card is the card I featured using scraps - It uses River Rock, Marina Mist and Not Quite Navy as the colors.  The stamp set is Party Hearty.  The texture for the card is made by running the cardstock through an impressions folder (this one happens to be square lattice) after gluing on the punched circles.  Fun idea!

The third card was fun to make.  The Just Believe stamp set is one of my favorite 'go to' sets.  It is so versatile.  This one used the colors Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron and Garden Green.  The butterflies are made by using the Beautiful Wings embosslits die.  The other punches were the Word Window, Modern Label and Spiral Edge. 

I saved the BEST for last.  This one is my favorite of the evening.  It is so simple, yet elegant.  This one was a CASE from a card I saw on a blog - sorry I don't remember who's ... if it is yours.. let me know as I would like to give you credit.  It uses a fun set Tree Trimmings - and the sentiment is from my NEW 'go to' sayings set - Word Play.  I embossed the ornaments and saying in Silver and usded the Eyelet Border punch for the Real Red strip of CS.

This was a fun night of card making - come join me on December 3 for a night time card making class, or the same class on December 4th for a day time one.  Check out the side bar for information and samples.

November Club cards

We had a great time at our Stamp Club this month.  We always chat up a storm and it is great therapy for all of us!  I planned a couple of cards for Thanksgiving using the new set out of the Holiday Mini catalog called Day of Gratitude.  This was one of the notorious sets that I thought - eh, I'll never use it! but again - I was WRONG!  I see so many uses besides the Thanksgiving season. 

The first card is one that my fellow demonstrator/friend Sue Brown had us do for our make and take at our Southwest Demonstrators meeting.  Very simple, but stunning.  The colors used were River Rock, Always Artichoke and Cajun Craze.  the trim on the card is done using the new die cut - Tasteful Trim.  It features 4 12" borders that are so fun!

The second card using this stamp set was one for our technique of the month - Dauber Stamping.  You can use your sponge daubers to apply the ink to any stamp.  We used the large wreath motif stamp from the set.  The colors used were Almost Artichoke, More Mustard and Cajun Craze.  The sentiment for this card was from another Holiday Mini set - Seasonal Sentiments.  This was the first time the ladies used the Dotted Scallop Border punch. 

I decided that each month should have a birthday card also- so this one was simple.  I used the set On a Pedistal and the new In Color - Peach Perfection.  Wild Wasabit and Rich Razzleberry were used as an accent colors.  I was very happy to see these colors come back from previous years' In Colors.  The background was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dot impressions folder, then layered the cake on the stand. Isn't the new Poly Stitched ribbon fabulous!?

And of course we had to have a Christmas card.  This was one of the cards that was made at an earlier Stamp-a-Stack.  I will show the others later, but this one was my favorite, so I had to have the club make it too!  I got the idea from a class planner on SUDSOL - my 'go to' demonstrator help website.  Thank you to all the wonderful demonstrators who share their talents with those of us pressed for time!  The stamp set is Contempo Christmas and I embellished a bit with the Tiny Tags set too.  The colors came from the Jolly Holiday DSP - Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive. The Decorative Label punch was showcased as well to show off how to mat it. VERY CLEVER idea!