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Featured demonstrator of the month -part 2

Here is part 2 of my March featured demonstrator of the month. I couldn't fit it all in one post the other day so here are some more of Pam's projects….

This first project is a Pringle's canister covered in the razzleberry lemonade paper and then decorated.

Here is a closeup of the butterfly. SHe made the antenna for the butterfly using the big shot dies- the lattice one and the leaf one.

This next card I thought was so springy. Almost everything on this one is done with the big shot too!

This one is one of those special folds you do with 2 6×6 pieces of designer paper.

This last project is an adorable little Easter basket made from the scallop square die. You just score it between every 3 humps all the way around and also score it diagonally in each corner section. Then just fold it up and punch holes where it goes in towards the center. I hope that makes sense. 

Here is a view from above so you can see the little pockets.

March Stamp Camp projects!

For this month's stamp camp, we are doing a stamp a stack!  You get to make 3 each of all of these cards for a total of 12! This will give you a nice little pile of cards to have on hand for all occasions- birthday, thank you, friendship, etc. You will make all of these cards in less than 2 hours too! I will have everything cut and ready to go. Cost of the class is $20 and includes all supplies, envelopes, door prizes and refreshments. If you can't make it to class, you can still reserve a bag of the supplies ready to go so you can make them at home or, if you prefer, for $10 extra ($30 total), I will make them for you. Click on my calendar at the top of the page to see the dates and times. The Sunday 1pm class is full, but I still have a couple spots left in the other classes.

Adorable Easter project!

This is a photo I took of one of the display boards at convention last year (sorry it is a little fuzzy). It was such a cute Easter project and I had been saving it all year to post now. It is super easy too. You just use 2 top note dies that you cut out with our Big Shot and the center piece is a sheet of cardstock folded up to create an open box. You can stuff that with some candy! The bunny is almost all punches. The carrots and the leaves are stamped and cut out using the Trendy Trees set. This would make such a great project for little kids.

Note: I played around today and came up with a piece that works for the middle…..

take a 5 1/2 x 7 inch piece of white cardstock (so you can get 2 out of one sheet this way)

score it at 2 and 5 on the long side

score it at 2 and 3 1/2 on the short side

Then cut in on the 2 score marks on both of the long sides up to the first mark and fold it up like a box. I hope that makes sense.

Presents from a friend….

Last week was my friend Michelle's birthday so I took her to lunch and gave her one of the rag quilt purses I made with a couple goodies inside and she handed me a bag full of stamped goodies too! It felt like it was my birthday. Here are just a couple of the things she gave me. The first one is a tissue holder that is so adorable!

Here is the side view so you can see how it is wrapped about the travel size pack of tissues. She used the Wellness Wishes set on pg 60.

Here is another item she gave me. It is big card (like a whole sheet folded in half). You can use it for a card or a bag topper. It fits perfectly over the kraft bags you get with the white handles. You just cut a big slit in the top to go over the handles. For this card, Michelle used the new bird punch and the Big shot scallop square die. I am so lucky to have such sweet friends!

Mini Easter Basket

Check out this adorable little Easter basket I made out of the Big Shot Square scallop die. Isn't it just precious? I did this project in all of my clubs this past month and everyone loved it.  All you have to do is punch out a scallop square using your favorite DSP and then score it between  every 3 scallops on all 4 sides. There are 9 scallops across each side so that splits it evenly into thirds. Then cut the ends up to the first crease on oppsite sides and fold up to make your box. The handles are just left over scraps from the DSP. THey are 6 inches by 3/4 of an inch.  I cut the squares at 5×5 so you have a big strip left over on each piece. I attached those with brads for extra support.  Then add your favite candy and decorate the front.

Here is the front view.

Another spring card….wishful thinking…

Maybe if I post enough spring cards, spring will hurry up and get here quicker. I am so over winter! I want to be in some tropical paradise sipping pina coladas and soaking up some sun. I can dream can't I? This card was created by another talented girl in my downline. This was Melissa Carr's swap card at our meeting this month. Her card was so cute and had a pocket on the front made out of the top note die to hold a book mark.

Melissa used the Cottage Wall designer paper and the butterfly embosslit to create this adorable card.

Beautiful Butterfly card

This was a swap card made by Niccole Marshall (one of my fabulous downline). We did a swap at my last downline meeting and got some awesome card ideas. This is just one of them that I loved. I am so proud of my group and what fabulous stampers they are. Niccole used the Stampin Up Beautiful Butterflies die, the Polka dot embossing folder  and the Vintage Vogue stamp set to make this card. I just love it!

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Featured demonstrator of the month…..part 1

I am starting a new thing this month. I wanted to encourage my downline to spread their wings a little so I am going to be featuring one of my downline each month as a demo of the month. They have to make several projects and submit them to me to be featured.  I am very proud to present my first featured demo of the month. Her name is Sandy Alexander and she is a fabulous stamper. I am so excited to have her as part of my downline. Here is her picture. You might have seen her a few days ago on my blog showing off the quilt purse she made at my house.

Here are a few of the awesome projects she has made lately….the first one is a Valentine treat bag made with the Big shot and the Top note die. I love the shabby chic look of this one. I will be showing more of her projects later in the week too.

The next one is a cute owl card that shows off our new polka dot embossing folder from the Occasions mini.

Here is a cute birthday card….sweet and simple.

I love this birdhouse card made with the new bird punch. She also used the pinking hearts border punch for the roof line.

Look at the fun we had at my downline meeting!

I had my downline meeting on Thursday night and we made some really cute projects. I brought a couple projects and several of the girls who came also brought projects. I got the idea for the bag tags from Patty Bennett. She made them at her group meeting and I thought it was a great idea so I copied her!  They got to pick a piece of designer paper from the huge pack of Sweetpea papers. That is a never ending slab of paper if you haven't had a chance to see it up close and personal! You can make so many things with just that one pack. We also used the sweetpea felt flowers to embellish the tags. Sorry the ribbon is kind of covering the second one.

Here is a sweet little notecard I made. I wanted to show the girls that neat flower technique. Too bad I forgot to remember to bring the brads and my hole punch!  I had to give them a homework assignment to go home and finish them! They didn't seem to mind too much!  The directions for the flower are on my Feb 9th post.

This was Niccole's Valentine gift box. It had a pack of sweethearts candy  inside. I included two photos so you could see the front and the top view. This would make a great treat for younger kids to give as Valentine's to their friends.

Here is Melissa's project from the top and the side. She made the box from the square scallop die in the Big Shot! How cute is that? Four Hershey's nuggets fit perfectly inside.

More quilt purses from my downline

I have been showing my downline the quilt bags that  I have been making and several of them came over and made some at my house. A few girls couldn't come and made some on their own so I finally got some pictures of them with their bags last night at my downline meeting. Everyone is loving these bags and they are so much fun to make. Here is Sandy with her cute bag.

Here is Melissa with 2 of the bags she has made. She is definitely the seamstress in the group. She made the giant bag that has I think 66 squares total in it. That is a lot of sewing. She said she could fit several beach towels in it so it is a great beach bag. I think it would be great for a teacher bag or a mommy bag to carry diapers and all that in.

And here is Pam with her cute bag. I love the pink and green together.