Loads of Valentines

On Wednesday night I was given the opportunity to stamp with our girls club at church.  What fun!  For those of you who know me, I'm a mom to three boys so I soak up the opportunity to hang out with girls.  And oh what fun we had!  I apologize for the pictures.  They were taken with my phone, so the colors aren't that true.  :-(

Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, retired Designer Paper

This first card was made with the 3rd grade girls.  It was kept simple so that it wouldn't be too time consuming and not too many decisions to make.  Even so, I included the retired triple heart punch to decorate the inside with.  Some of the girls took that and ran!  They decorated the outside with a cloud of hearts of different sizes.  I love it when I can see such fun creativity! It ended up being a very cute card that only takes 5 minutes. 

Whisper White, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Basic Gray, Soft Sky

This card was made by the 4th graders.  While a little more involved than the 3rd grade card, these girls were done first!  I wanted to show them how you can make a cool background by inking up your acrylic blocks.  They loved it.  And after finishing the card, they all decorated their envelopes to match.  You should have seen their smiles!

Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Silver Glimmer Paper

The 5th graders made this card.  Still keeping it fairly simple, but showing them how to stamp and then punch out with a coordinating punch.  We also used a Dimensional to attach the flowers to the silver glimmer paper and Dazzling Details for the center of the flower.  Sorry, but the Designer Paper is retired.  Some of the girls switched a bit on this card, but not many.  We decorated the inside with flowers in the upper right and lower left corners.  They had the option of stamping Happy Valentine's Day if they wanted to. 

And the final card design was for the 6th graders!  Again a little more complicated to give them a better flavor of what you can do with stamps and papers.  The girls did fabulously with this!  Some of them were even able to follow the written instructions and complete it without assistance.  We used the retired Designer Label punch as a frame for the ticket.  Doesn't that fit perfectly?!  The Designer Paper and ribbon are retired.  Not very complicated again, but a pretty card.  They had a blast and I was able to also show them how to stamp and then punch with a coordinating punch.  Some of the girls started out a little nervous, but by the end they were all pretty excited!

Results of the night?  A success!  At least two of the four groups are going to invite me back to do the rubber stamping badge with them.  Oh how fun!!!!  Yes, I am looking forward to it.  :-)

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Baby Monkey Punch Art

 I'm so sorry that I haven't been taking photos of the cards I've been making recently!  I'll try to be better about it.  This is one that I quick snapped before putting in the envelope.  I was late for the shower, so didn't have time to set up a nice photo shoot.  Sorry about the quality of the photo.  As you can see, this was all made with SU punches.  I've posted a photo of the wall decor that the new mom picked out at Babies R Us.  That little monkey at the top of the door is what I was trying to mostly recapture.  To start with, I needed an idea of how to make a monkey with punches!  Yes, I did go to pinterest and found a great sample here.  I've pinned it to my punch art board so that you can easily find it if you'd like to go back to it.

As you can tell, it's close, but not perfect.  But do we really expect perfection?  Not really. As I tell my customers, if it's perfect, it doesn't look handmade for the receiver.  Ok, I'll try to list here the punches that I've used.
Circles:  large from owl punch, Itty Bitty Shapes, 3/4", 1", 1 3/4", 1 3/8"(belly)
Large Oval Punch
Word Window Punch
Flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes
The DP is retired.  The small Basic Pearls were colored with a yellow sharpie to match the yellow circle of the flowers on the photo.
That's the Ticket, which coordinates with the Ticket Punch was used for the awesome greeting.  Do you know what I like about this greeting?  The baby doesn't need to be born yet!  ;-)

So that's a look at what I've created this week.  I'm eagerly waiting to attack my UPS driver when he drops of my box of goodies from the NEW CATALOG!!!!!  Can't wait!  Until then, here's a link to the new catalog.  Just click on the "shop now" button.  I just KNOW you're going to love it!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie