HOLIDAY FUN WORKSHOP - CARD 1

CATHY WEIR WOWS US!

Cathy is not a SU! demonstrator but she should be. She does an amazing job with her cards and I always look forward to what she is going to create next.  Cathy is a dear friend of mine that I met years ago through her sister Laurie and I bless the day that happened because Cathy has stood by me and supported me as a friend for some time.  This wonderful card is just one of many amazing cards Cathy has made that has really "wowed" us.  She showed us how to use the new Builder Wheels exclusive to SU! (by the way...all wheels are exclusive to SU! since they bought the wheel company some time ago!)  You can use one wheel, two wheels, or three wheels all in one color, two colors or three colors. For this card, Cathy wheeled all in black and then we colored the cardinals and the ornaments in with markers and watercolors to match the decorative Candy Cane Christmas paper (by the way...this dsp is almost sold out and SU! will not be producing any more. If you want this paper order it before it is gone!)  I love how this paper glitters!  The snowflake is die cut with the Big Shot in real red card stock and then Cathy added real red chunky glitter.  The snowflake almost looks like it is done in velvet and is so dimensional.

In classic Cathy style, the corners of the card are punched with the corner rounder.  I love this about Cathy because her cards are so different yet she has this classic appeal with the corners.  Just lovely.  The inside sentiments are from Many Merry Messages. The envelope uses only one builder wheel stamped with real red classic ink cartridge.  

Thanks Cathy for demonstrating another lovely card.  If you love Cathy's cards you will get another treat come January. We are going to Cathy's home for our annual shoebox stamping!  Last year I got snowed in so hopefully this year will be the same!

oh, I almost forgot...Cathy made her delicious Chicken Divan for lunch for our Holiday Workshop.  I'll do a separate post with photos from the day and the lunch to show more of the fun we had - watch for it coming soon!

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Post 7

Today is our Final Day of the RemARKable Holiday Tour.   Wow!  A week of ideas!  I hope you have enjoyed the tour and all of our cards and projects.  There are so many fabulous things you can create.  Time to start working on all of your holiday crafting projects.  Be sure to return here often for more great holiday ideas.  I have so much more to share with you and I love reading your comments and your emails to me.  So be sure to let me know if you have enjoyed what I have been bringing you.  And...Happy Upcoming Holidays!

Today I have some Baltimore Regionals Swap Cards to share.  The first is made by my downline Linda Kincaid.  Linda is super talented and I'm so happy to have her a part of my team.  Linda used the new holiday builder wheels and the word play stamp set to make this card.  I love her use of textured card stock and the punched circles and crystal effects.  Linda's card was in the running for one of the best cards at Regionals.

Next, I have a card by one of my great friends in Remarkables, the talented Kathy Winland.  I love her card candy.  Kathy used the Tags til Christmas in a very clever fashion. These tags can now be adhered to packages, gifts, cards, crafts, etc.

Here is one of my swap cards.  I actually had 3 different ones. This one was my favorite Christmas one and uses the Greeting Card Kids and the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder. I also used Vanilla Smooch spray and I love the shimmery effect.  Just Beautiful!

Stay tuned for even more great swap cards from Regionals that I hope to post this week.  We had a great time at the Baltimore Convention Center and lots of great ideas!

GREAT BIRTHDAY CARD IDEA CASED FROM LISA

Recently I met up with my sidelines Arleen Graham, Kathy Winland and Lisa Chattergee. We did a shoebox swap so we could gather some new ideas. I was so happy that Lisa shared this card design that I made. She is quite talented and I like that she taught us how to use the new roller wheels in the SU! mini catalog called Builder wheels. Lisa suggested that we use the wheels candle crazy and birthday. She inked the special cartridges that are triple cell. You can add any reinker that you like and Lisa wanted to match the dsp called Travel Journal. The stamp on the front is the under $10 Birthday Block (118084 for $7.95). We used pumpkin pie and garden green inks. The card base is sahara sand and it goes with everything. The ribbon is pumpkin pie wide striped grosgrain and I colored it with summer sun marker to make it unique. I colored some of the words with pumpkin pie marker.
We also rolled the builder wheels on the inside of the card to really showcase them. On the outside of the card I colored some of the candles in with summer sun marker. Love it Lisa. Thanks for sharing!