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.

It is time for the Mojo Monday challenge again! Here is what this week's challenge looks like:

And here is what I came up with:

I ended up making my little piece go straight because I couldn't fit the words in there if it was tilted.  I used some leftover scraps from my Guest Book Scrappin kit class for the designer pieces. I LOVE that kit. It is basically designed as a wedding kit, but it is great for so many other uses too. Why don't you try the mojo Monday challenge and see what you can come up with?

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. 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.

This past weekend, one of my good friends and downline, Debbie Keane, offered a class that was fabulous!!   She went to a class offered by Michelle Zindorf last fall and I have been begging her ever since to do a class on it.  Michelle is another Stampin Up demonstrator who is famous for her brayer technique classes. She travels all over the country teaching people these techniques. You can find the tutorials for these cards on Michelle's site here.  Anyway, Debbie showed us how to make 3 gorgeous cards using Michelle's techniques.This first one uses the brayer for the background and torn paper to create those mountains. I just love it!

This vase card was done by brayering also. The vases are made from the modern label punch and the wide oval punch.

This card we did by using the direct to paper technique. You take your ink pad and just rub it directly onto the paper in a back and forth motion to create this look. Make sure you start with the lightest colors first. I am so bummed that this tree set is retired. I just love it! Maybe Stampin Up will bring it back one day.

March 4, 2010

Once again, Stampin′ Up! demonstrators have shown what Stampin′ Up! is all about by making a difference in the lives of others. Worldwide, demonstrators sold 13,587 of the stamp sets that were set aside for Haitian relief. From each of those sales, Stampin′ Up! will donate $2 to the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. That’s over $27,000 donated to people who desperately need your help. Congratulations!

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!

Here is this week's Mojo Monday challenge. I thought this would be a super easy one but what I had in my mind didn't end up working so I had to start over. I like how it came out though.

I used the " To the Nines" designer paper from Stampin Up. I love this paper and it  goes so well with almost any stamp set. I also used the hostess set  "Of the Earth" for the center circle. I sponged one of our gorgeous pretties kit flowers too. Why don't you give the Mojo Monday challenge a try?

This is a gorgeous card that my friend Deb Valder made for a swap I hosted. As you can tell, she is much better at watercoloring than me! LOL! This was one of my favorite cards from that swap. This was another card that I found while cleaning out some stuff. It is amazing what happens when you do that. Maybe I should try it more often! Ha ha…