Ok, it is fall and it is time to get back on track. I will be posting class schedules in the next 2 weeks. There will probably only be 1 class in Oct. I have more card pics to post from my monthly no stress swap and I am working on making some shrinky dinks--- can you believe they are still around?! Yup....found the paper (at a retail store I am not able to mention) and am looking forward to playing with them. I hope they turn out as I envision them in my head.

A new update!! WooooooHooooo!!!

On Friday, Sept 11, Erin and I travelled with our upline Bev to Cincinnati to Stampin' Up! Regional Conference on the 12. We had a lot of fun.

I did both 3-D swaps and card fronts. Check them out

These are bag tags....put your return address labels on the back and attach to your suitcase or bag. The original one I made was the flowered one in the middle of the left column. My fave is the one on the bottom right. I love how the die cuts and rock and roll technique with the flowers all flowed together with the Razzleberry Lemonade paper. I may have to make myself one since mine is made with retired colors ;)


These are note pads. Another genius idea from Erin. They are mini legal pads cut in half. The store I bought them at (which I am not allowed to mention) will cut them for you for a small fee.


And my card front to swap. SOOOO easy--- Thanks Erin for letting me "borrow" your card :)

Ok, time to get back to it! I finally finished the 45 baseball themed thank you. For those of you that don't know, I HATE BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!! It appears that I attract baseball fans though because most of my friends are big baseball fans. The most annoying part of making these cards was the song that played through my head each time I worked on them. Can you guess which song?

"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."

Very annoying for someone who hates baseball and once I get a song stuck in my head, it stays there for a long time. But the cards were for my bff so I was happy to make them for her.

I have some exciting news! I am starting a new weekly class for you to keep in touch with friends and family. Every monday night, beginning July 13, bring your address book, make 3 cards, address the envelopes (with postage already on them) and I will mail them for you. What a great way to get some time with friends and send snail mail (the best kind) to someone to let them know you are thinking of them.

I also have 2 classes scheduled this month. Rachel requested a 10 for $10 so that is one of them. They will be generic themed so you can choose your greeting. The other class is a SURPRISE class!!!! You will not know what you will be making until you get here!!!

Don't forget to RSVP and hope to see you at least once in July!!!

Here are the remainder of the cards I made for my neighbors (and friends, of course!)

This is going to be my May swap card (yes, I know they are late-- I will be doing them tonight at our downline meeting). I will be using different ribbon as this was SAB ribbon and not current in the cataloge. This card also uses the new Scallop Oval Punch. It is awesome with all the other oval punches that SU sells (all of which I have).

Another favorite card of mine. I love this Petal Pizzaz stamp set. I am so glad I bought it because I have used the heck out of it!

This one uses the eyelet border punch, which was new in the last cataloge. It dresses up any card.

PINK!!!!! Top 2 cards use the Raspberry Fizz DSP and the bottom is the new Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die. It is so cool!!! The die was actually Erin's (thanks for parting with it after just getting it) but I just kept it and paid her to order another one for her. I cut the flowers out then inked with a sponge --need to work on this technique because my sponging doesn't look as good as Erin's and everyone knows I want to be just like Erin :D I also really like the clean lines of the top left card.

I saw this on http://splitcoaststampers.com but in the pic there, the card looked blue instead of lavender. The flowers are colored with markers, which gives it that watercolor look. I also really like this card.

These are some of the cards that I made for my neighbors. Sandy needed cards to send to "the old aunties" so I did blank and thinking of you cards. My fav in this pic is the one on the right.

The design on the right I have used for classes and I really adore that card!!!

Sorry about the picture quality here.

Birds, birds, and more birds. They seem to be really popular this year!

Jen needs 45 thank you cards for Max's Little League so here is the design that I CASED. I just have about 38 more to make :)

I can finally post pics of these. These are the invitations that I made for our MOMS club annual luncheon. Joanie wanted a tea cup but I just couldn't do it. I really love this design and received a lot of compliments on them :)

These are the cards I made for my April swap-- they were a little late as I finished them today :)

April 26th class

Ok, still spots open for the Squash book class this Sunday, April 26 at 3 pm. The cost is $15 and I will provide all the supplies and snacks.

This is a squash book I made for my little sister several years ago:

These are the 2 patterns you can choose for the covers of your book. Let me know which one you want when you rsvp.

March class 1 & regionals

Erin and I are going to the Stampin' Up! regional seminar in London, Ontario, Canada on Saturday. We are leaving on Friday and spending the night in a 1905 Armoury. We are so looking forward to that! Our hotel is 2 blocks from the convention center so we won't have to get up at the crack of dawn to drive to Canada.

We made swaps and this is the card front I made to swap:


I really love this card and it can be done with any designer series paper and any stamp set.



These are the cards that we made at my last class on March 7. It was a birthday theme (obviously).

Today, a friend asked me if I had any suggestions for a get well card for a child. I thought this card could be repurposed for that. What do you think?

I made these cards for a friend. I think they turned out cute. I really like this layout--- the top note is a great die!! I need to buy my own so I won't keep Erin's so much that she never gets to see it :)

These cards are from the 10 cards for $10 class on February 15. I had 2 people at the class, one was an avid scrapbooker and the other had not stamped before-- she was a quick learner :)

This is my favorite card. I love the raspberry tart paper and the simple-ness (is that even a word?!) of the layout. And the colors.....oh my!!!



I loved the Polka Dot Punches stamp set since the moment I saw it on the cover of the Sale-a-bration cataloge (you can view it here: http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/SAB09_US(1).pdf ). I even had to buy the full heart punch so that I could use it with this set. The Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper is also in the Sale-a-bration cataloge. I love how the certainly celery 5/8" grosgrain is a perfect match. We embossed the scallop and heart-- it added a little more ooooph to it.



This class was filled with cards I loved making-- especially this one. I will make this card again and again. I also have a new favorite color: ROSE RED!!!! Love, love, love it!!!! It goes great with kiwi kiss and so saffron. Again, the top note die. I even added a rhinesone for some bling.



These last 4 cards use the scallop square punch, which was made for use with the Say It with Scallops set (Stampin' Up donates $2 for every stamp set sold to Ronald McDonald House Charities-- great stamp set and a great cause. How can you beat that?!).

Class on Saturday (1-25-09) was a lot of fun. Michele came to make thank you gifts for her teachers. Rachel and Danielle came for fun!!!!

These are magnetic bookmarks. Michele was able to make one of these also--- hers is the top one; Rachel's is the orange one and Danielle's is the pink one (I think!!!).










Here is the other bookmark project. Danielle's on the left; Rachel's on the right.










This is Rachel's note pad and coordinating pen. I think they turned out darling.

These are the items that we will be making at this Sunday's class. On the left is a note pad holder (if you look through my older posts, you will see more of them.

We will also make an altered pen to match the note pad.










These are 2 bookmarks that we will also make. The top one is a magnetic one so it stays on your page. There are several different options for the bottom one. I have the ribbon in red, pink, and the blue in the picture.

Bev, Erin and I had a downline meeting scheduled for today. Erin was sick but Bev and I met. We made some cute stuff!!!

This is a cute candy bar holder. It uses the Raspberry Tart paper. I really like this paper but haven't had a chance to use it yet. I also like the certaintly celery ribbon.

These 2 cards are made with the Love You Much bundle. The bundle is on sale for $41.48 through the end of January. Included in the bundle is paper, stamp set and coordinating punch. It's a savings of $10. Click on the pic on the right to see details.

This was just a cute simple card. The paper is expired but the layout could be used for any paper. The top strip that has that ribbon through it has a scalloped bottom edge-- it's a little hard to tell in the pic. Bev didn't bring the "thank you" stamp that she had used in her example but I think any of the stamps from the Heard from the Heart set would be cute up there.

I made these adorable cards for my cousin's baby shower. I've decided that I need to buy the top notz die because it is so cute on the front of a card-- I love it!!! The inside of this card was stamped with the polka dot stamp from the retired polka dots and paisley set in bashful blue. I had the shower info printed on barely banana.

I have to share my funny about this card. So I was trying to figure out why my so saffron ink looked so different from my paper--- it was really ticking me off. Then I tried the apricot appeal-- still didn't match. Yea, because my paper is BARELY BANANA!!!!! Erin's husband then made the comment on my facebook that he didn't want me to go all barely banana on him--- hehehe!!!