Just had to try the Platinum Shimmer Paint, so here's one more card. Again I "painted" directly on the leaf stamp and also added some shimmer to the outside of the Whisper White Card Stock with a sponge dauber. Stamp Sets: Autumn Splendor (116503, page 12 Holiday Mini 2009), Grateful Greetings (116511, page 8 Holiday…
Here is another fall card. I wanted to use the new Shimmer Paints (page 27 of the Holiday Mini Catalog). These fall cards make wonderful masculine greeting cards. Just a change to the sentiment and you have a great "manly" card 🙂 Stamp Set: Autumn Splendor (page 12, Holiday Mini 2009), Grateful Greetings (page 8,…
We've had such a long, hot summer, that we are very grateful to feel the cool breezes in the morning and evening. Today it's almost 91 degrees, so pretty warm, but at least it's cool at night! To celebrate Fall, I' ve made up some cards. Hope you enjoy them. This first card I saw…
Have you found this site yet? Lots of neat "stuff" and right now they are giving away a Build-A-Bear from the SU convention. He's SO cute!! It would be FUN to win him!! To celebrate the release of the Stampin’ Up! Build-A-Bear Workshop collection, Stampin Addicts dot com is giving away an exclusive Build-A-Bear…
The other card we made for the club meeting was the Tri-Shutter Card. I saw this tutorial on SCS and just had to try it – it was quite a job cutting out all the pieces for 16 cards before hand, but, what fun we had putting them together. Here's the tutorial and be sure and…
I have always wanted to do a Pop-Up card, but they intimidated me. But I found this beautiful one on SCS and followed the link to Ruth's blog and it was definitely simple – even I could do it. So this was one of the Make-'n-Takes at our club meeting. Front of the Card And…
My next demo at the club meeting was the Fan Fold Flowers. These add SO much to your creations and are simple, fast and elegant looking. There is a wonderful tutorial on SCS here. And be sure and watch Beate John's video tutorial at the bottom of the page. She does an excellent job! Thanks…
At our club meeting this week one of my demos was these cute pencil holders. I found these on The Stamp Doc's site and just had to make them. They are SO easy and quick and perfect for our little ones returning to school soon! I've done just a quick tutorial with the measurements for…
No I'm not babbling, but I just had to share a cute story. I was bemoaning the fact that I couldn't go to the Stampin' Up 2009 Convention in Salt Lake City last week. Feeling sorry for myself especially when they came out with the NEW Build-A-Bear that has the SU logo and the SU…
My upline and sideline were here two weeks ago, and we had fun making some cards. I wanted to share them as they were beautiful cards!! These little purse cards are always a popular choice Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouettes (111672, page 97), Oval All (113790, page 125) Card Stock: Whsiper White, Rose Red, Pretty…