HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA KINCAID

Linda's birthday is tomorrow April 19th.  Here is the card I sent to her.  It is a V Latch Card that was demonstrated at SU! Leadership.  I CASED this somewhat from Dawn Olschefske.  She made a you tube video on how to make this card. Thanks Dawn for making it a little easier.  I used the stamp sets Sew Suite and Button Button.  They are both in the SU! Occasions Mini Catalog.  The designer paper is Sweet Stitches.  I was so excited when I saw these sets come out and the coordinating wheel In Stitches.  There is also a single stamp called Pattern Pieces.  I'm sorry we didn't use these sets in class yet, but am glad to have the opportunity to at least present a few things done with them.  Maybe they will continue this line for the upcoming SU! Idea Book.  But in case they don't, you need to order these before they go on April 30th.

Also possibly leaving us are the Designer Big Buttons called Sweet Stitches, the pompom trims in melon mambo, tangerine tango and daffodil delight. There are Fabric Designer Brads, a Printed Scrapbook album, sweet stitches rubons (yummy) and a sweet buttons embosslit.  The buttons in my card below were made with the embosslit.  I love it because I run it with card stock or designer paper through the Big Shot and out they come looking like real buttons.  I can make them in any paper I want.  So cool!

I love everything in these sets.  The buttons, the sewing machine, the pincushion.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is really neat too.  There is a great set in the mini called Bring On the Cake. There are so many cool birthday greetings inside of it.  Check out pages 20 and 21 of the mini catalog!  Do you like my Big Shot sizzlit buttons?  I made them using melon mambo and daffodil delight card stock.

Look at the dress form and also the measuring tape stamped lightly in baja breeze.  I love it.  I also copied Dawn and used my white gel pen on the buttons.  The card latches and hooks together to close.  This is really neat.  The reason it is a V latch card is because it is cut like a V and then latches together.  I love how the buttons stamped on the inside of the card show through.

The inside of the card sentiment and then the Birthday wishes on the outside come from the level 3 hostess stamp set called Occasional Quotes.  Love it!

You can see the card and envelope a little closer here.  Notice I have also used the sweet stitches dsp on the card as well.  If you have MDS you can also get some of the images (oh Sew) and the dsp for MDS so you can print all your own papers and cards and projects and print the images in any size you like.

I hope Linda likes her card.  Maybe we will do a similar card at one of the next events. They are really easy to make and delightful to give and receive.

Happy Birthday Linda!

WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CARD CLASS TONIGHT

We had a GREAT CHRISTMAS CARD class tonight.  There were 9 of us in class (10 if you count my cute doggie Luigi who came up at the end of class) at my home.  We made 4 cards and this lovely Christmas card box. The sentiment on the card box is one of my all time favorite Christmas stamps from the stamp set called Christmas Classics. Yes, I finally got that stamp set.

Here are some photos from class. The first two show some of the attendees.


Those that attended included Rita Gorrick, Donna Perlman, Pat Nuckels, Dale Trott, Cathy Stritch, Lori Butler, and Peggy Kincaid. 

Here are 2 of the cards we made.  I'll post the other 2 tomorrow.

This card uses a Big Shot texturz plate on the old olive card stock and the Christmas designer paper called jolly holiday.  The stamp set is Contempo Christmas and it has a great coordinating wheel that we didn't use yet.  The ornament punch works great on this card!  The card stock is Cherry Cobbler and it is so rich.  I felt like I was working on velvet.

This card uses the stamp set Winter Post and also uses the level 3 hostess set called Occasional Quotes.  We used the brushed gold paper on top of soft suede card stock. The ink colors are real red, early expresso and chocolate chip.  The sentiment on the front of the card is from Heard from the Heart stamp set.

Ok...more of the cards tomorrow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY NEPHEW CARD

This is the card I gave my nephew for his birthday.  He turned 2 this year.  I used some dsp from another kit and the BUILD A BEAR DIE  from SU!   We bought him some books, some playdoh and an adorable little baseball outfit so I wanted the bear to wear an outfit similar in colors to the one we bought for him.  I love how the bear comes a little bit off of the card and how he is holding the birthday wishes that comes from the SU! hostess set occasional quotes.  The inside of the card is a happy birthday sentiment that was an under $10 SU! stamp last year.  Below is a photo of my nephew with his candyland cake.

 
Happy Birthday!

note:  tomorrow I have another card from Carol's workshop

a neat card using the ribbon punch and demonstrated by
my downline - Linda Kincaid.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA MURPHY

Here is another birthday card. This time, it's for another very sweet person - my friend Linda Murphy. Linda's also a July Birthday! I used the elegant lines embossing folder which is BRAND NEW and ran baja breeze card stock through the Big Shot. I also punched out some of our Brand New Punches - including the large scallop circle. I used a rhinestone also.
The Happy Birthday is stamped in rich razzleberry and is part of the curly cute stamp set. The butterfly is one of the under 10 stamps in the summer mini catalog and is really a great stamp to have.

Linda, I hope your Birthday was truly wonderful!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HSIAO-HUI!

My down line Hsiao-hui is one of the sweetest people I know. I wanted to make her a very sweet birthday card. Her birthday was this past Thursday the 15th and I didn't get to see her. This card uses the brand new IN COLOR PEAR PIZZAZ as the base card stock that I embossed with the square lattice die. I love this new in color. Coordinating colors are chocolate chip and baja breeze. The ribbon is old olive satin. The sentiment is from a new hostess set entitled Occasional Quotes which was punched out with the word window punch. The dsp is greenhouse gala and it is amazing paper with some great colors. All of the card stock and even the dsp is embossed with exclusive SU! embossing folders for the Big Shot! The little butterflies are from the beautiful wings embosslit also exclusive to SU!
On the envelope I stamped flowers from fast and fabulous and shimmered them with the brand new all over smooch. The greenery is from just believe - a great new set in the SU! idea book. The happy birthday sentiment is from perfect punches - which should be a must on every one's list. Notice that I put 2 tiny rhinestones (yes these are brand new to SU!) on the swirl.

I hope Hsiao-hui that you had a great birthday. You deserve the Best! See you soon!

PUNCHED POSIES AND GOODBYE CAMEO CORAL

The card stock color that is retiring from SU! June 30th that I will miss the absolute most is Cameo Coral. I Love, Love, Love that color! What a cheerful bright color! It goes well with so many colors. I used it on my card base that I ran through the Big Shot using the upcoming new embossing folder exclusive to SU! called vintage wallpaper. Then I stamped all my images from the new level 2 hostess set from the summer mini catalog (yes! you can earn that set now!) and punched the images out. I used melon mambo, only orange and crushed curry colors for the flowers. Notice that every image can be punched out using a SU! punch!
The stamp set on the inside comes from the new Level 3 hostess set called occasional quotes (you will be able to earn that one all year starting July 1st!) and it has some great quotes to use on your cards inside. The two scallop circles on the front of the card were die cut with my Big shot and use the jackpot dsp (red print) and apricot appeal card stock retiring June 30th.