A kid's birthday card with Fox & Friends...

Dani's club members made this birthday card this month. It uses the Fox & Friends stamp set, along with a greeting from So Happy For You (a Sale-a-Bration set you may select for FREE with a $50 purchase thru March 31). I CASE'd the idea from Lisa Young at http://addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/. I used a Vintage Tag for the ring (popping out the paper middle), and I ran the Curly Label cart pieces through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder before adhering them to the Very Vanilla strip.

I hope you're enjoying your Sunday! I've got some sneak peek looks at a couple of new stamp sets coming up this week, so come back soon!!!

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.

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 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.