Valentine's Day Mommy & Me class a success!

Yesterday, I held my first Mommy and Me class.  We had so much fun making some cute Valentine's day cards and treats to give to family, friends and teachers!  We made 5 projects; a heart shaped box that holds four 3x3 cards, a chocolate treat holder using the petal die card, a heart treat cup card filled with yummy cinnamon hearts and, my favorite, a gum wrapper.  The girls LOVED the projects! And more importantly, they were so proud of what they made...on their own!

Here are some pictures:

I used the Sending Love Designer Specialty paper from the Occasions mini.  You can't really see on the pictures but this paper is so sparkly.  And with Real Red, Pretty in Pink and Very Vanilla colors, how can you not LOVE this paper!?!

If you have any questions about these projects, just ask :-)

I am planning an Easter Mommy & Me class for the weekend of March 27 - 28th.  What kind of projects would YOU like to see? Leave me a comment and let me know.

Happy Monday!

Faux Wood Technique

This is the card we made at our Stampers Club last week. My stampers requested I come up with some masculine cards. Something everyone seems to have a hard time with. I have been hearing about this Faux Wood technique and so decided to scout it out and see how it's done. Thanks to Google, I found some great video tutorials out the in the blog world :)




Supplies
Stamp set: Party Hearty
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel (craft)
Paper: Manchester (retired)
Accessories: Scallop Circle punch, 3/4" Circle punch, Chocolate Chip Stampin' write marker, Stamping sponges, ruler, paper cutter, Stampin' Dimensionals

To get the wood look, you simply drag your ink pad across your piece of card stock. I used Kraft cardstock and started with my Close to Cocoa ink pad first. I did the same thing with the Chocolate Chip, and then Creamy Caramel. I then used a ruler and traced lines at every 3/4" with my Chocolate Chip marker. I free handed the "planks" and finished the wood background by adding nail holes. Pretty simple, right?

Happy Sunday!

Classic Stripes Notecard

Here is a 3 x 3 card made with the Big Flowers set and other retiring products. It was on the cover of the June Stampin' Success magazine that demonstrators get monthly. Here are the supplies and instructions to make this cute card.

Stamps:
Big Flowers (114932; $38.95),
Frames with a Flourish (113496; $41.95)
Classic Stripes background stamp (111568; $20.95)

Cardstock:
Confetti White card stock: four at 2" x 2"; one at
3" x 3" (for base of card),
Tangerine Tango textured card stock: 2" x 2"

Ink:
Kiwi Kiss Classic Stampin' Pad
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad
Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories & Tools:
Pacific Point 5/8" striped grosgrain ribbon: 8-1/2"
Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware
Stampin' Dimensionals
Hobby blade

Instructions:

1. Stamp Classic Stripes background image in Kiwi Kiss ink on Confetti White notecard.
2. Wrap Pacific Point 5/8" striped grosgrain ribbon around front of notecard. Bend prong of Styled Vanilla brad around gathered ends of ribbon to hold in place.
3. Stamp flourish frame image in Pacific Point ink on Confetti White card stock. Trim around edges of frame. Adhere to Tangerine Tango textured card stock. Adhere to notecard.
4. Stamp dotted frame image in Kiwi Kiss ink, and cut out. Cut out inside of frame using hobby blade. Adhere inside Pacific Point frame using Stampin' Dimensionals.
5. Stamp flower image in Tangerine Tango ink on Confetti White card stock, and cut out. Adhere to notecard using Stampin' Dimensionals.
6. Stamp flower image in Kiwi Kiss ink on Confetti White card stock, and cut out. Layer on Tangerine Tango flower using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Click here to shop for In Colors and other retiring products to make this card.

Stampin’ Girls Convention – WOW swap

Last week I posted that it was a crazy busy week for me. I had a workshop, a stamp club to prepare for and I was working on my items for the WOW swap for the Stampin’ Girls Convention hosted by my upline Josee (it was great fun btw...and another perk of being a demonstrator!).

So what is a WOW swap!?! It’s an exchange of projects with other demonstrators. We had to make either a 3D project, a hostess gift...basically anything but a card, using current SU products that would WOW our fellow demonstrators. I received some REALLY COOL stuff! Today I thought I would post pictures of my WOW item. It was a lot of work but so much fun and totally worth it. I am quite happy with how they turned out and I got a few WOWS! :)

I made this cute box with 3 x 3 cards. It fits 4 cards and envelops but I only had time to make 3 cards. I made 40 of these… so 40 boxes and 120 cards! WOW right?

Here are the cards:


The Little Leaves in Kiwi Kiss & Basic Gray is definitely my favorite!

Here is the whole set:

Supplies list:

Stamps: Great friend, thank you stamp from Mini Note Kit, Sweet Little Sentiments

Ink: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Cameo Coral

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze ,

Designer Series Paper: Walk in the Park

Accessories: Big Shot, Little Leaves sizzlits die, Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Eyelet border punch, Ticket punch, ¼” white grosgrain ribbon, silver brads, sticky strip, glue dots, 2 way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Don’t forget, to order retiring products, such as the In Colors Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss, shop online or email me today to place your order. They will go fast!!!