Stamping Fun Night July 2013

 It was a small group at Stamping Fun Night, but we had fun and enjoyed a little stamping escape-from-the-world!  I made the bag, above, with the Tag a Bag Gift Bags and Tag a Bag Accessories Kit (plus the butterflies, words, and blue ribbon).  These Tag a Bag items make dressing up a gift a cinch!  Find it on page 158.

 The first make-n-take used the Hello, Lovely stamp set, as well as rhinestones and the newest In Colors.  We just made one card each.  My designs were a starting point to get our brains thinking about how we can make quick and easy cards with just one stamp set.  We used the notecards and envelopes (page 162) as our base.

The other make-n-take was CASEed from stampinpretty.com.  It's a great way to use scraps.  AND the card on the left is masculine!  Any colors, shapes, sizes, etc would work for this idea.

We also looked at a Paper Pumpkin kit.  From now until the end of August the kits are just $10/month for the first 2 months (regular price $19.95)!  Order yours by the 10th of the month to receive that month's kit.  Shipping is FREE!  I can't wait for the red box to appear in my mailbox each month!  Watch for info about a Paper Pumpkin Club coming soon!

Happy Stamping!
Patrice

Jonnee's Party- June 2013

 This card was the first demonstration.  Mosaic Madness was the stamp set used.  Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, and Night of Navy are always a great combination!

Wildflower Meadow is the background, and Banner Greetings (a hostess set) were used to make this card.  The Primrose Petals and Pink Pirouette card stock are a great combination!

 This make-n-take used the A Round Array and Lacy and Lovely stamp sets.  The colors are Baked Brown Sugar and Bermuda Bay.  I love the new Baked Brown Sugar ribbon!!

We embossed the words of this make-n-take.  It's a quick and easy card using the Chalk Talk stamp set.  The Daffodil Delight is a great contrast with the Basic Black.  This card also looks great using the Wildflower Meadow stamp!

Happy Stamping!
Patrice

Happy 4th of July!

Enjoy the 4th of July!

Happy Stamping!
Patrice

New Catalog Workshop 2013

The first card I demonstrated at the New Catalog Workshop was quick and easy. First, I taped together 3 pieces of card stock (1 3/4 x 4) in some yummy new colors (Strawberry Slush and Crisp Cantelope) and some old favorites (Soft Suede and Very Vanilla).  I ran the Gingham wheel across the top, and added a flower made with the Fancy Flower punch.  The only ink color used was Soft Suede!

  

I also demonstrated the card, above, at the New Catalog.  The Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, and Whisper White look great together!  I used two new stamps sets on it (Chalk Talk and Mosaic Madness), as well as a new embossing folder (Modern Mosaic) and a new punch (Mosaic).  The Blossom punch behind the words really makes them pop!

The Wildflower Meadow card is all about Rose Red (with a little Smoky Slate thrown in the mix, too!).  After stamping the flowers, we ran them through the Big Shot with the coordinating Wildflower Meadow embossing folder.  We added some Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle in the center of the flowers.  The words are from Banner Greetings, a hostess set).

Label Love was the stamp set used for the last make-n-take.  We stamped the words with StazOn jet black and attached to the embossed Coastal Cabana card stock.  Some pumpkin pie ribbon on the Crushed Curry card stock, a button from Sweet Buttons embosslits, and our card was done!

Happy Stamping!
Patrice

Stamping Fun Night May 2013

 The card, above, uses the Moving Forward stamp set (sales benefit Ronald McDonald House) which will be retiring at the end of the month.  Midnight Muse and Pool Party are the colors.  There's a little bling, too, with a 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Details glitter.  We used the Chevron embossing folder on both of the cards.

We made not one, but FOUR cards like the one above.  They are made from 2 sheets of Wild Wasabi card stock, and one sheet of Whisper White card stock divided into quarters (plus some extra Whisper White and Wild Wasabi/Calypso Coral/So Saffron/Marina Mist for the words).

This card was CASEed from simplysimplestamping.com (March 8, 2012, More Bang for You Buck).

Directions:

• Stamp each of the quarter sheets of white card stock with a different color and stamp.
• Run each sheet through the Big Shot with an embossing folder.
• Cut each stamped/embossed sheet into the following sizes:
• 2 3/4 x 3 3/4
• 2 3/4 x 1 1/2
• 1 1/4 x 1 1/2
• 1 1/4 x 3 3/4
• Arrange on card base and attach words with dimensionals.

Happy Stamping!

Patrice