More cards!

One of the reasons I love track out is the time I get to play in my Stampin' Room! Here are the lastest cards. The LOVE card is CASEd from Erica Cerwin. I used what I had on hand which changed the card a little but the layout is basically the same. I tried to use colors that didn't say Valentine's Day because sometimes you just need to say "I love you".
I loved the Morning Cup set! I finally got to play with it yesterday. I CASEd a card from Madeline Morcelo, again, using colors I had. I think it turned out very cute! I used the Watercolor Wonder Crayons to color the images.
Let me know what you think!

Cute Tags

I just made the cutest tags using our new Cupcake Punch from the Occasions Mini Catalog. They were very simple to make. I used Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Early Expresso and Daffodil Delight cardstock with Daffodil Delight ribbon. I made 24 tags in about 30 minutes last night. I love simple but cute projects!

January Workshop

Here are the cards we're making at my workshop and Stamp Camps this month. They were fairly easy to make. I tried to use some of the In-Colors as well this month. I don't use those very often. I'm not sure why, I usually tend to stick to the regular color families. If you'd like to join one of my classes, just let me know. Check out my website for the dates. Happy Stampin'!

Kid's Birthday Swap

Hi everyone,
I've worked on a card swap of birthday cards for kids. These are the cards I came up with. I used layouts I found on Stampin' Connection The card made with Under the Stars was CASEd from Kari Vertican. The card using Simple Birthday Thanks was made using the ideas of several wonderful demonstrators on Stampin' Connection but not one single card. I cut the words out of the middle of the stamp so that is how I got the plain blue wrapper for the cupcake. I cut each piece of the cupcake and pieced it together. Then I used the Crop-O-Dile to make the sprinkles.

I got to use the Blueberry Crisp Designer Series Paper on the cupcake card and I think it came out really well. You can use it for both a girl and a boy, I think. The other card turned out very cute by layering two colors of ribbon instead of paper strips like the original I saw.

I'm working on my January workshops and Stamp Camps today so hopefully I'll have more to post in the next couple of days.

Happy Stampin'

It's been a while

I apologize for not adding to my blog in such a long time. However, report cards are now finished, shopping is complete and I can post a couple of pictures showing our family Christmas card and our baking day. I hope 2011 allows me more time add the projects I'm doing to this blog. My goal for 2011 is to organize the stamping room and hope that my husband finishes my studio. I plan to be more consistent in updating the blog with fun projects. Wish me luck! What are your wishes for the coming year?

I'm so creative this weekend!

It must be the fall weather that has put me in the mood for creating. I've made two cards for my workshop next weekend and I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. One card is a based on a card by Barb Mann. She used the paint chip samplers from a home improvement store and I really wanted to try this. Her cards were so beautiful! She used Upsy Daisy on her cards. I just knew I had that stamp set but for the life of me I couldn't find it so I improvised and used Lovely as a Tree. I wasn't very sure if I would like the white trees but I think it turned out really well.

The other card was all mine. My customer wanted a Christmas card so at some point, this card just came to me. I wanted to showcase the Big Shot at her workshop and I went from there.

I also finished a set of cards made from a Simply Scrappin' kit. My sister always uses these for her cards but she likes it when I make the cards first, then she copies them--sisters! LOL

A friend asked me to make about 50 gift card holders for a craft show she's holding. I used a tutorial from Dawn Griffith to make this cute holder and it was so easy! Here's the link to her tutorial if you want to know how to do it. http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stampin_studio/2009/09/christmas-gift-card-video-.html


Now I'm working on two 6x6 scrapbooks for a colleague whose sons were both married last year. Let's see how far I get on those this afternoon.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stampin'!

My newest creations

I've made two cards for some friends to make tomorrow afternoon for fun. As I watch other blogs and what others are doing, I realize that my cards aren't very elaborate or even very ornate in most cases. I envy those with the time to do the elaborate cards and save them on Stampin' Connection so that when I have a few extra hours I can make some really great cards. However, as a full time teacher, I have to be able to make a card quickly and so do my friends. I've never had complaints about the cards I offer so I hope you like them as well.

The pumpkin card uses the masking technique and turned out very pretty. The Build A Bear card uses the Web embossing folder instead of layers. I love this folder--I can imagine some really cute scrapbook pages with this folder. Maybe that will be my task over track out in a couple of weeks. Let me know what you think!