NEW YEAR, NEW STAMPS, & A NEW DEMO SITE!

The highly anticipated SU! Spring-Summer catalog came out on January 1st... if you don't have a copy, and would like one, let me know!

I will admit I've gone a little crazy "collecting" some of the new stamp sets, but can't you see why? Some of them are really breath-taking!

This new set is called "embrace life", and has a matching paper (also shown), 'ginger blossom'. I really love the colors!

I have a lot of great classes on the schedule, as well as a new SU! demo site~ SO CHECK IT OUT!

...THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR...

These are 2 cards I made for a swap last week. I think Christmas cards are my favorite cards to make! It puts me in the Christmas spirit early!

For the card on the left:

STAMPs:Wondrous Gift, Linen Background

INKs: Versamark, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Real Red

PAPERs: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Dashing Designer Series Paper

EMBELLISHMENTS: Clear EP, Old Olive 5/8 Grosgrain, Sponge Daubers, Horizontal SLot Punch, Star Punch

For the card on the right:
STAMPs: Snow Burst, Aida Background
INKs: Always Artichoke, Sage Shadow, Soft Sky, Certainly Celery (craft)
PAPERs: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Whisper White, Wintergreen DSP

EMBELLISHMENTS: Iridescent Ice EP, Green Rhinestone Brad, Ticket Corner Punch, Word Window Punch

TRICK or a TREAT PULL-TAB CONTAINERS

Wow~ this month has really flown by! I've been doing a ton of stamping, but not so much posting...

Here is a sample for one of my upcoming classes. We'll be making these cute pull-tab cans filled with either a "trick" or a "treat". They make an awesome present for those special little "ghouls" in your life!

A TrIcK or a TrEaT? PULL TAB CONTAINERS!
October 14, 2007 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
OR
October 15, 2007 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

You'll learn how to recycle those pull tab soup/veggie/fruit cans & turn them into cool Halloween treat (or trick) containers! We'll make 3 containers~ one trick & two treats! All supplies & treats will be provided! Call me at 406.2545 or email me to reserve your spot! Class is limited to 6 and the cost is $10.

EMBOSSING WATERCOLOR WONDER CRAYONS...

Wow! I only thought I loved the SU! Watercolor Crayons! I recently discovered that an image stamped with them can be embossed while it's still damp. It makes the image look super slick!

The steps:

• Color the stamp with the crayons (you can blend more than 1 color!)
• Spritz the stamp with water (I use a fine misting spray bottle)
• Stamp the image
• Immediately dust with embossing powder & hit it with the heat gun!

Viola!

PRIVATE STAMP CLASS SAMPLES

These are samples of a card class I did this past weekend. The ladies made 3 of each, most stampers were experienced and one was new. They all did a great job!

I tried something new with this class that I think turned out well. Each of the three cards (per holiday) utilized a different base card color, and the other elements of the card's colors rotated as well. (For example, with the christmas card we used real read, old olive, and river rock, with three different striped background designer papers, and 3 different colors of circles matting the greeting!) That way the three cards of each holiday looked different, plus I didn't deplete my stash of any one color! YAY!

My next Holiday Sampler Classes in September will be making 3 different sets of cards. The spots are filling up fast~ so if you'd like a spot, email me soon!