Cards for Sept monthly class

Here is a closeup of the cards we did in class this past weekend - I just love Stampin Up's Hello Doily stamp.  And since the In Color ribbons are on special this month, I used the midnight muse satin stitched ribbon on this card.  You can get a free roll of this beautiful ribbon with every $40 on your Stampin Up order!

 

 

The card uses the faux watercoloring technique where you scribble your markers on an acrylic block, mist them with water, then press it down on your paper.  I played with this technique on different papers and it looks great on watercoloring paper but the stamp doesn't show up well unless you use Stazon - mine was all dried up and I had no refills, ugh.  So I used very vanilla and just lightly pressed the block on the paper.  When I pressed hard, it smooshed all the colors together so it looked like a "wash" and you couldn't see any of the scribbles and there wasn't much "white space."  I had just bought the new cotton ribbon and used it on the card - I just love it!  Everyone had fun with this and made great cards! 

 

 

I cased this card from the catalog but added more flowers; wasn't sure I liked that so made another one with white space that the ladies could make....they had a choice of which card they could make....they all choose this one, as well as my husband.  We did stamping off on this card and I forgot to take a picture of the alternative card lol.

 

 

I got out my fall and halloween decorations and put them out...I have a little collection of different colored pumpkins and pumpkins that light up.

 

 

 

I put halloween cards in the Stampin Up tree that is a cardholder - I'm surprised by how many cards you can put on it. 

 

While everyone worked on their cards, I made up some pretty little boxes from the Stampin Up little box diecut that is retired - put a flower on them and gave one to each lady.  Here are some of the cards made by the class:

 

 Cute little flowers punched out of matching paper and pearls added to them...

 

 Matching paper put behind the corner punch...

 

 

Stamping on the inside of the card and envelope to match...

 

 

Next month's card classes will be Oct. 14th and Oct. 15th.

What colors of the stitched satin ribbon will you choose with your $40 Stampin Up order this month??

Card sketch design #7 Paper Craft Crew

Time for another fun card sketch design at Paper Craft Crew - sketch #7 is above.

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/09/12/pcccs007-card-sketch-7/

Here is my card I designed with My Digital Studio 2 - there are so many new things in this software program so I thought using them for the weekly card sketches would be a fun way to familiarize myself with them!

Here are the awesome cards from the design team:

 

You can join us as well -

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/09/12/pcccs007-card-sketch-7/

 

If you'd like to be considered as one of our spotlight cards, please be sure to link your project by Monday 9 AM EST and link your post over to here too.

 

VOTING:   Starting on Monday, September 17th at 9 AM EST, you can start voting on the entries. The voting will end on Tuesday, September 18th at 1:00 PM EST.

Cards for this weekend's class-still room!

My monthly cards/papercrafts class is this weekend - Sunday (4-6 pm) and Monday (11-1 pm).  Here is a picture of the cards we will be making:

The card on the left used the 3/8" stitched satin ribbon that you can get FREE with a $40 order.  The color of this ribbon is midnight muse.  

There is still room to come if you want!  Just call me (804-366-0023) - only $10 and everyone receives a free fun papercraft project.  

Techniques we will be doing are:

• embossing and diecutting,
• using framelits,
• faux watercoloring with markers,
• layering to create a two-dimensional effect, and
• making paper flowers with punches,
• using an aqua painter and blender pen,
• stamping with large stamps, and
• using a “stamping off” technique.      

Sept. monthly card class sneak peek

This weekend is my monthly card classes - here is a sneak peek of one of the cards we will be making.  It is a one-layer card that I will be showing how it can be further embellished with a few easy steps.  

The classes will be Sunday, Sept. 9th (4 - 6 pm) and repeated the following day, Monday, Sept. 10th (11 - 1 pm).  Everyone will receive 4 projects, and I will teach how to make 3 of the projects (3 cards with envelopes) for $10.  There is still room if you want to come and have fun with us!  

You can receive my monthly card class cards for FREE when you join my team as a Stampin Up demonstrator, and come to the classes FREE if you can make it too!  

The Stampin Up promotion for new joiners has been extended until Sept. 16th! 

• For just $99, choose up to $125 worth of brand-new products from the annual or holiday catalogs, for your completely customizable Starter Kit!
• Get a FREE Howl-o-ween project kit valued up to $60!

When I joined I wanted the discount to buy some of the wonderful, high-quality Stampin Up products....but after my first Convention I knew I wanted to become more involved because it is such a great team environment, caring, and inspirational....a super fun "job!" 

Another special promotion for the month is for the new in-color ribbon - with every $40 you order, you will receive a roll of this ribbon....and a handmade card from me.  Did you see the humorous Youtube video demonstrating how much fun this ribbon can be?  Check it out below:

Will It Embellish?     

We've gone a little crazy with our FREE ribbon! It's time to go "Back to Spool."

 

Look for these icons on the side of my blog to get your free roll(s) of ribbon!

If you want to join my Stampin Up team, or come to my monthly class this weekend, send me an email or call me, OK?

What is the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark stamping pad

ILLUMINATE YOUR PROJECTS!
 

This is a new Stampin Up item that is in the 2012 holiday catalog - If you were like me and other catalog viewers, I'll bet you breezed right through and missed it on page 23!  What is this??  Now you can add a beautiful visible luminescent shimmer on your stamped images without heat setting, special powders, sprays, or smelly fuses!  The ILLUMINATE Glimmer Watermark stamping pad is acid-free, nontoxic, and can be used for tone-on-tone shimmer stamping, and has more Wow than the versamark pad - and can be used on all colors!

Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin' Pad and refill :

Stampin' Up product  #126857 Regular Price: $12.17/Preferred Price: $10.95

Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin' Refill #128333 
Regular Price: $9.94/Preferred Price: $8.95

Here are some closeups of my Halloween bag I used Illuminate on - After I finished stamping and using Stampin Up markers, I gently patted my Illuminate pad all over the front.  You can see how it made the whole front of the bag look like shimmery paper!
 

Here are a few more examples of  Illuminate projects - See the  shiny snowflakes and the sparkly image behind the six-point star on the blue paper?  That is the Illuminate....

It shows up really well on dark cardstock which you can see on this pretty box's snowflakes:

The Illuminate is great to swipe on embossed sections - here is a card with no Illuminate on the embossed parts, and the same card that has Illuminate on the embossed portions.  It really makes you stop and say, "Wow!" doesn't it?!

 Now you can use it for other stamping images you want to make glisten, like on these Halloween cards and spider webs:

Although I hate spiders and avoid them like crazy, the spider webs with Illuminate look quite stunning, wouldn't you agree?  It is the last thing you do with your project; swipe the Illuminate pad over it and let it set and voila, you have a WOW project.  No need to buy shimmery paper - just make your own!

Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge #6 and more

 This week's card sketch challenge #6 with the Paper Craft Crew went online yesterday:

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/09/04/pcccs006-card-sketch-6/

The card sketch challenge design is above, and my card is below - I used Stampin Up's new My Digital Design  Studio 2.  Don't you just love the cheeriness of this color?  I haven't even touched the surface of all the new creative tools in the version, and look forward to checking them out and using them in my cards!

Here are the design team's cards:

 

With this month's promotion at Stampin Up, you receive a roll of the new in-color stitched satin ribbon for each  $40 you buy - see how Pam used hers above?  

You will want to place your order this month to take advantage of this great opportunity so you can use it for your card sketch challenge cards, right?!  Your card/link can be uploaded here:

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/09/04/pcccs006-card-sketch-6/

 If you want to try a scrapbook page, there are now challenge sketches on the Paper Craft Crew for that!  

You can find out more info about the current scrapbook challenge here:

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/08/31/pcc-scrapbook-sketch-challenge-1/

 

An added bonus for the scrapbook challenge is the chance to win this blog candy, and have even more fun with your scrapbook/cardmaking creativeness!!

Hope you can join us!

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/09/04/pcccs006-card-sketch-6/

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/08/31/pcc-scrapbook-sketch-challenge-1/