Thinking of You Cards

I also made a couple of thinking of you cards for the Mother's Day gift box. These are also good to have on hand.

I love the bird & branch punch on this one:

For this one I stamped the floral image twice-in dark brown & then in a lighter brown. It looks a little fuzzy here though, almost gives me a headache!

I love these colors together though:

Again, these cards were pretty easy & didn't take a lot of time, but are great for when you need to make a lot of the same design.

May Card Club Samples

Sorry, I've been a slacker about posting the samples for our May Card Club. Here they are!

A spring-colored thank you card:A flower pot card:

The inside can be stamped with any greeting or message that you want.

And a die-cut butterfly card, again any greeting can be stamped here:

The details:

Thursday, May 14th

@ 7:00 pm

Julie's House

Cost is $5

Email me if you can make it!

Mother's Day Gift Class

Can't think of a unique gift to give for Mother's Day? I've got the perfect class for you!

I decided to put together a little Mother's Day Gift Class.

Everything for this gift set is coordinated in Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip & Kraft. We will be using some textured designer paper & many beautiful embellishments. This would make a great little gift for any other occasion as well!

Here's what you'll be making:

5 cards (envelopes included) - birthday, thank you, thinking of you, friendship, blank

A cute little customized gift bag that holds all of the cards

A little (3" x 3") Mother's Day card (envelope included, could also be stamped with another greeting if desired)

DATE: Saturday, May 2nd

TIME: 10am

PLACE: Julie's House

COST: $15

RSVP: You must PREPAY & RSVP by Wednesday, April 22nd

(So that I have enough time to order supplies!)

Just email me to RSVP or if you have any questions!

Here are some close-ups of the 5 cards:

Here is a close-up of the cute little coordinating gift bag:

Here's a side-view of the bag so you can see how the cards fit inside:

A close-up of the Mother's Day card (3" x 3" in size, can be stamped with another greeting if you don't want to use this for Mother's Day):

I hope to see you there! And friends, family & neighbors are always welcome too!

Fifth Avenue Floral Swaps

My monthly demonstrator meeting is on Wed, but I won't be able to go this month because we're going to be in AZ visiting family. I still made swaps though that my downline is going to take for me. Our swap stamp set this month is Fifth Avenue Floral. I love this set! My inspiration for this swap came from a tote bag that I have. My tote bag is the same Natural Ivory color & then has a bunch of black flowers all over it. I was trying to achieve the same look on this card. I love the Naturals Ivory card stock, it really adds texture to the card & almost makes it seem like linen. This is such a quick & simple card, but I really like how it turned out! Anyway, I won't have anything new to post until we get back so enjoy this one for now! All supplies Stampin' Up!:

STAMP SETS: Fifth Avenue Floral

PAPER: Naturals Ivory, Basic Black

INK: Basic Black

ACCESSORIES: Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thinking of You

I love this new Thoughts & Prayers set from the new catalog! It is so simple & the messages are so thoughtful. I've been using a lot of Mellow Moss & Always Artichoke together lately too. With this card I added a touch of Blush Blossom & I think it looks really nice!
All supplies Stampin' Up!:
STAMP SETS: Thoughts & Prayers, Fresh Cuts
PAPER: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Blush Blossom, Whisper White
INK: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke
ACCESSORIES: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Trio Flower Punch, Silver Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Make & Takes

Here are the make & takes we made at our meeting last night. All of the stamping on both cards was heat embossed so they look really neat in person! The card below also uses a stamp set, designer paper & ribbon from the Sale-A-Bration promotion-super cute!

March Card Club Samples

Here are the samples for our March Card Club!

I hope you like them! This month we will be learning heat embossing

& dry embossing (using the Big Shot).

Card Club is:

Thursday, March 12th

@ 7pm

Julie's House

The cost is $5 & you will get to make & take the 3 cards below: On this card we are heat embossing the apple to make a "scratch-n-sniff" embellishment. You mix clear embossing powder with powdered juice mix & it melts together when heated. Then you can scratch the apple & it will smell like fruit! Yummy!

This is a close-up of the apple. You can see the texture that the powdered juice mix adds to the apple & it smells delicious!

On this card we are heat embossing the tree. It looks so pretty in person! The vanilla cardstock on the background also has some swirl images dry embossed onto it, but you can't see it in the photo. That was done by using the Big Shot & a Texturz plate.

The white card stock on the background of this card is also dry embossed with the Big Shot & a Texturz plate. There are tiny raised dots, but you can't see it in the photo. In person it looks really pretty!

All Occasion Card Camp

Many of you have been asking for another card camp & so here it is!

This is an "All Occasion" Card Camp. What that means is that you will get to customize the cards with whatever greetings you need (birthday, thank you, thinking of you, congratulations, etc.).

The details:

This card camp is similar to the Christmas Card Camp in that you will be making

20 cards-5 each of 4 different designs.

The cost is $25 (envelopes included).

Here are the samples:

*Please note that you will be able to stamp the cards with whatever greetings you want, these are just samples!

I will be having the All Occasion Card Camp on 2 different days at 2 different locations-

#1:

Saturday, March 14th @ 10am

Beth Monroe's House-San Jacinto

RSVP & Prepay to Beth by Friday, March 6th
#2:

Saturday, March 21st @ 10am

Julie Monroe's House-Riverside

RSVP & Prepay to me by Friday, March 13th

Also, if you can't make it to the camp but would still like the cards you can purchase everything pre-stamped & then put the cards together at home. There is an additional $5 charge for this. Just let me know if you are interested in doing this.

Home from AZ & Another Papertrey Ink Card

Hello again! We're back from our visit with my parents in Arizona. We had a great time! It was a much needed break to recharge! My Aunt Kathy had major surgery yesterday (everything went well & she's expected to have a smooth recovery) so I wanted to make a special card to send to her (she lives in Chicago) just to let her know that we love her & are thinking about her. I immediately reached for my Women of Life stamp set from Papertrey Ink again. I absolutely LOVE this set! It has the "Aunt" stamp in it already & then I just added the "to my" from Stampin' Up!'s Fundamental Phrases stamp set to complete my sentiment. Notice that I used the Scallop Edge Punch again (I don't know why it looks a little crooked in the photo, it's not in real life!) on this card. I {heart} the Scallop Edge Punch!!!

Note: You can order your own Scallop Edge Punch when the new catalog comes out on August 11th, plus a lot of other wonderful new stamps & accessories! If you are interested in buying a catalog or placing an please email me anytime!

Women of Life stamp set (Papertrey Ink)

All other supplies Stampin' Up!: Fundamental Phrases stamp set; Certainly Celery Prints Designer Paper, So Saffron, Rose Red, Whisper White card stock; Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pads; Ribbon Originals-Fairy Tale, Brads-Silver, Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals.

More Great Occasions Mini Collection Ideas!

These are the cards we made at my demonstrator meeting last night. Aren't they super cute?!? If you haven't been able to tell yet by all of the recent pictures on my blog, this upcoming mini catalog is fabulous! AND the Occasions Mini Collection starts this Saturday, March 1st & overlaps with Sale-A-Bration which goes until March 17th! That means that from March 1-17, orders from the Occasions Mini Collection & the Spring-Summer Collection both count towards free Sale-A-Bration sets (must order a minimum of $50 Stampin' Up! product, before tax & shipping)! Yay!

All supplies Stampin' Up!: Tart & Tangy, Phrases for a Friend stamp sets; Summer Picnic Designer Paper, Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White card stock; Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad; Old Olive, Real Red Stampin' Write Markers, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals.

All supplies Stampin' Up!: Friendly Flowers stamp set; Whisper White, Basic Black, River Rock card stock; Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad; Ticket Corner Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Build-A-Brad, Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals.