Sweet Summer Tiny Teacup...

Some club members this month got to make this Marina Mist and Real Red card. It uses the Tiny Teacup single stamp, along with Sweet Summer, a set you may earn for free with a $50 order (by March 31). I CASE'd this card from Chat at http://memystampsandi.blogspot.com/. On my version, however, I dropped the brads and one of the ribbon loops.

So Happy for You with the owl punch...

Every once in awhile, I like to have the demonstrators in my group play a game. It helps break the ice, create bonds, and is just plain FUN! At our last meeting, I placed identical supplies in two totes and split the demos into two teams. Supplies included the Sale-a-Bration stamp set So Happy for You, and the owl punch. I pulled the colors off of the Color Coach. Everyone had to give input into the making of this card, preferably creating some part of it too. They had 10 minutes. I think they did a wonderful job! And yes, it was fun!!!

Quick cards from Party This Way & Sweet Summer, to On The Green & Clearly For You...

I had a 10-card class yesterday with these quick and easy cards. Everyone made two of each design. The top card uses the Level 1 hostess set, A Slice of Life, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Something to Celebrate, and a Scallop Border Punch. The colors are Early Espresso and Marina Mist, with the onesie pieced from Elegant Soiree dsp.

This man card uses the single On The Green stamp, along with Woodland Walk dsp, Word Window Punch, and jumbo eyelet (added with the Crop-a-dile tool). The colors are Garden Green and Crumb Cake, and everyone could select sentiments from Teeny, Tiny Wishes.

This birthday card uses the Party This Way stamp set, as well as the In Color pad of paper and a Basic Black marker.

This Crumb Cake card uses the Clearly for You stamp set with Early Espresso ink and a piece of 1-1/4" Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon. Punches used include the Decorative Label and 2-1/2" Circle.

I love the bright colors of this Sweet Summer card. We stamped whichever words from So Happy for You, along with the stem and flowers from Sweet Summer in Basic Gray. Then we used an aqua painter with Old Olive and Tempting Turquoise to color the images, adding a bit of Daffodil Delight with a marker. The designer paper is from the Pawsitively Prints II pack.

Bliss card from Kimberly...

Kim made this beautiful card for me using the Bliss Sale-a-Bration stamp set and Sanded, in addition to Concord Crush and Crumb Cake. I love the distressed edges, the crochet trim and the Crystal Effects on the butterfly (see close-up below).

From Easter Blossoms to Punch Bunch, more stamp-a-stack cards...

In addition to A Slice of Life card yesterday, these are the four other cards we made at my Spring Stamp-a-Stack last night. Above, Punch Bunch "For You" card with Greenhouse Gala dsp, CASE'd from Angie Juda. Below, Build-a-Cupcake Punch with Scallop Square Duo die for the Big Shot. The sentiment is from On Your Birthday.

Above, this Pear Pizzazz card uses First Edition dsp, the main image from Clearly You, and the sentiment from the Level 2 hostess set, Something to Celebrate. This was CASE'd from Angie Juda, though I changed the colors. Below, Easter Blossoms with Springtime Vintage dsp and pearls for the eggs in the basket. I borrowed this idea from Dawn Griffith.

Here's a quick shot of everyone doing their thing last night. I sit on this end on the right, and on the left, Kathy swung around so I didn't take a photo of her backside.

A Slice of Life birthday card...

This is one of the cards we'll be making tonight at a 10-card class at my studio. It uses A Slice of Life hostess set (in the Occasions Mini), as well as a sentiment from So Happy For You (a stamp set you may get for FREE with a $50 purchase) with Real Red and Bashful Blue papers and markers. The cake and candles were stamped in Basic Gray.

Ice Cream Parlor Fun Flowers for brag book swap...

Our American Ink team meeting is this Saturday, so I thought I'd get a head start on my brag book swaps. I enjoy seeing the variety everyone creates, and the little pages really are terrific places for those miscellaneous photos that don't need a 12" x 12" page. I used Pacific Point textured card stock with a strip of Ice Cream Parlor dsp, a freebie during Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-Bration Event (which ends March 31).

I ran the flower pattern through the Fun Flowers die in my Big Shot and curled and kinda crumpled each layering, adhering each flower and the center with dimensionals. What's nice is that I could run two pieces of patterned paper through the die at the same time and get every layer of the flower - including the center - diecut too.

The sentiment is from the So Happy For You stamp set (another SAB item), layered on more dsp that's been punched using the oval scallop.

Punch Bunch owl thanks...

This 3" square card isn't anything riveting. I just like to use what scraps I have on hand to make thank-you notes to stick in orders for my customers. This uses freebies I've earned through Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-Bration event. The owl is from the Punch Bunch stamp set (free), and the patterned paper on the owl, the branch and the front of the note is from the Ice Cream Parlor dsp pack (again, free).

Still stamping Sale-a-Bration stamp-a-stack cards...

Punch Bunch with Ice Cream Parlor dsp and ribbon

Bliss stamps with Crumb Cake and Pumpkin Pie, pearls and punches

Flight of the Butterfly and So Happy for You, inspired by Ashley

These cards all use Sale-a-Bration items you may pick for FREE with every $50 you buy thru March 31. The stamps and designer paper, in particular, are easy to use. There are a variety of styles possible!

Also, don't forget my Crop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday, February 26, at my Poulsbo Studio. You'll be able to use my Big Shot and dies, punches, stamps, retired designer paper and more! The cost is $10, which includes lunch. All proceeds benefit Multiple Sclerosis. Please email me at ericandterry@comcast.net by February 24 if you'd like to attend so I can be sure to have enough table space for you to create.

More Sale-a-Bration stamp-a-stack cards...

These are cards we made at my Sale-a-Bration Stamp-a-Stack yesterday. At these events, my customers stamp two cards each of five different designs. The cards are all simple, with one to two embellishments. Sale-a-Bration means I used items you may receive FREE with every $50 you order thru March 31. Above, I used Sweet Summer and You're a Gem stamps, rhinestones and Pear Pizzazz. I borrowed the idea from the SAB Mini Catalog.

I used Punch Bunch and So Happy For You stamps, Ice Cream Parlor dsp with self-adhesive diecuts, Melon Mambo ink and the Two-Step Owl Punch for this card.



Punch Bunch and Ice Cream Parlor cards...

I've got another Sale-a-Bration Stamp-a-Stack tomorrow morning, and realized I hadn't shown all of the ones from last week! The owl from Punch Bunch was stamped in Tempting Turquoise and punched out and adhered to some Ice Cream Parlor dsp with dimensionals. For the dsp, I simple folded up one quarter of the paper to show the other side of it. There's a strip of Ice Cream Parlor ribbon and a button (another SAB freebie you may select with a $50 order), along with a strip of Scallop Trim Border-punched Tempting Turquoise. Yet one more SAB item on the card - a phrase from the So Happy For You stamp set.

This card uses some Ice Cream Parlor dsp, a stamp from the Punch Bunch, along with 1/8" Daffodil Delight taffeta and a Pacific Point tag from the Two Tags die for the Big Shot.

I borrowed this idea from Patti Chesky. It uses Ice Cream Parlor dsp, as well as a stamp from the Punch Bunch set, Pumpkin Pie card stock and silver brads.

Punch Bunch owl in the Ice Cream Parlor...

I made this swap for my American Ink team meeting today. It uses some Ice Cream Parlor dsp (a free Sale-a-Bration item), as well as the owl from Punch Bunch (another SAB freebie). I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch on a strip of Melon Mambo card stock, as well as a strip of Old Olive. The sentiment is from yet another SAB free item you may select with a $50 order - the So Happy For You stamp set.

Bliss stamp-a-stack card in Marina Mist...

I'm hosting a stamp-a-stack tonight (where everyone makes 2 cards each of 5 different designs) featuring items you may earn for free during Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-Bration Event. This Very Vanilla card features the Bliss stamp set and the colors Marina Mist and Early Espresso.

Below, I used some of the Ice Cream Parlor dsp you can get for free with a $50 purchase, along with the "true friend" circle stamp from the Punch Bunch set, another free choice with a $50 purchase. The Pretty in Pink card also features the Finial Press embossing folder, Eyelet Border Punch, 2-1/2" circle punch, Decorative Label Punch and the drink stamp from A Slice of Life hostess set. I used markers and Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the drink cups.

Punch Bunch owl is So Happy For You...

This card uses FREE Sale-a-Bration stamp sets Punch Bunch and So Happy For You. You purchase $50 in Stampin' Up! product (who couldn't use more envelopes, adhesive and ribbon?) and select one item for free out of the SAB Mini Catalog. I like all of the greetings in the So Happy For You stamp set. The colors for the card above are Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo. It uses the owl punch.

Thanks for Caring in Concord Crush...

Along with the Sew Suite card in the post below (for Mary Ann's birthday), we made this card at my stamp-a-stack a few days ago. It uses the Thanks for Caring stamp set, Concord Crush ink and dsp (In Color pad), and a sentiment from So Happy For You (a Sale-a-Bration set you may earn for FREE with a $50 order). We punched a 1" x 3" strip of Concord Crush with the Eyelet Border Punch, and added a knot of 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon.

Punch Bunch thank-you cards...

I enjoy making quick and easy thank-you cards. There are so many things to be grateful for in life. These are for my club members. The cards use textured River Rock card stock (I cut a couple of 12" x 12" pieces down to 3" x 6" ones), along with scraps from my last stamp-a-stack class. I earned the Sale-a-Bration stamp set Punch Bunch for free and am putting it to work, along with the "thanks" from another SAB set, Happy for You.