ANOTHER CARD FROM SPRING INTO ACTION

This is perhaps the loveliest card I ever made. I am really happy with the results and it's going to be one of my mother's day cards I send out. First off, I got the idea from my good friend and upline Janet Wakeland. Last weekend she invited Katie Ford and I out to her home for a day of stamping. Oh, did we have fun. I think we also knocked Katie's socks off when she saw Jan's crafting room. In any case, I CASED her card (CASED politely means copied and selectively edited, tee hee!) My card has a pink pirouette base - love this color! Next I stamped just the daisy from the Eight Great Greetings Brand New Stamp set from SU! Mini Occasions catalog. I stamped the daisies going up and down. They are all stamped with the mothers day sentiment in classic black ink on ultra smooth white card stock. I then inked up one of my fresh blender pens with pink pirouette reinker and colored in the flowers. Next I punched some pink pirouette with our new SU! eyelet border punch and on top of that layered some paper from A WALK IN THE GARDEN - brand new dsp also in our occasions mini. Underneath this is another piece of dsp of the same color. Then I also stamped the daisies on ultra smooth white and punched it with the oval punch. I used our three flower punch to make mini pink pirouette flowers that I adhered to the daisies on the oval. Then I punched them with a 1/16th punch and added the brads. I adhered this to a punched out scallop oval in dsp and dimensionalized this over the design. I am so happy with my card and just had to share it that night. oops, almost forgot...I took a 2 way glue pen and dotted the centers of the daisies and then put dazzling diamonds glitter on for just the right touch!

This card here is the original version that I made at Jan's with Katie. The card is very similar. Instead of using the eyelet border punch I used the scallop edge punch for a slightly different effect. The card base is so saffron, and instead of designer paper going across the border, I used gray taffeta. This card is really beautiful and although I like the one done in the pink pirouette, I think once a sentiment goes on top of this card, it will be perfect. Which card colors do you like better?

I still have the 3D projects and Katie's embossed card to show you. I had a busy day today so I didn't get to upload them. Tomorrow I'm in York all day for a team meeting but once I get home, I'll be sure to do it.

SPRING INTO ACTION CLASS PHOTOS

This was one of the most fun classes to date. We had 19 people including myself, over at Sue Ehrhardt's home in her showcase garage! The class was entitled Spring Into Action, and we had lots of spring projects that kept us going! Enjoy some of these photos I took with my cell phone. Some might be just a little less sharp than others, because of the night effect.


Here are two of the greatest stampers in the whole wide world - Rita Gorrick and Carol Hartline. They worked on Hsiao-hui's 3D top note purse first, getting one of the most complicated projects done first. If you want to meet some nice people, start here and work your way on down the photos.


Here is Tara Bouldin, one of my new downline from sale-a-bration smiling after making her top note purse card. We used the SUNSHINE GARDEN DSP, pacific point card stock from the IN COLOR group, apricot grosgrain and pacific point corduroy buttons. The corduroy buttons are gorgeous! Everyone loved them! Carla is working intently on the top note 3D purse that Hsiao-hui designed. It was awesome! This project is just top of the line. She used the BIG SHOT by SU! and some of our exclusive dies. Everyone loved!!!!! this project!!!! This is actually the finished project that Linda Kincaid - the upcoming BIRTHDAY GIRL - proudly demonstrated for us!

Jodie Bell is new to our group (p.s. love her new highlights and haircut; this is addictive!) She is working on Sue Ehrhardt's top note birdhouse box that was one of the best 3D projects from the BIG SHOT that I have ever seen! Wait until I post later, the gorgeous samples.

Miss Sharon Liberto looks wonderful!!!! This must be the week to have your hair done or redone. Sharon pulled her hair back off of her face and look at her beautiful face. (She has peaches and cream skin I just envy! ) Sharon is holding one of the mother's day cards we made with the 8 great greetings stamp set from the Occasions Mini. I got this idea from my upline and good friend Janet Wakeland. I totally loved hers but had to modify it for my group since my newest downline Katie Ford had also made the original card, and I wanted her to see how you can change something up so that it is different and new. I'll post Janet's original card and mine so that you can see exactly how I changed it.

One of my most favorite people in the whole wide world is Donna Shadoan Smith. Look at how great she looks. She is getting direction on the top note 3D purse from Hsiao-hui Lin. Donna just recently bought the BIG SHOT from SU! and is loving all of the cool things you can make with that machine!

Diana Hnat and Lori Butler worked side by side. They are so fun together. Here they are working on some of the BIG SHOT cards that I designed. I think one of the greatest things about the BIG SHOT is that it makes everything so easy. You can literally make a card in 5 minutes with this! Thanks so much SU! for bringing this to us!

This is just fabulous! Sue Ehrhardt, one of our hostesses is demonstrating the top note box. She did an awesome job with this and worked really hard on her project. On the left hand side we have some new friends that joined us - Paulette Hall and her friends Tia and Tawanda. Paulette used to be a SU! demonstrator and is thinking about rejoining! Yeah! Her friends are scrapbookers and first time stampers. I enjoyed having them in class and am very proud at their efforts. On the right hand side we have Jodie Bell and Sue Mattingly getting some directions. Sue is also relatively new to our group. She has attended once before to make a card project. I think these ladies are really sweet! I will upload all of the projects a little later today, but I wanted you to see a sampling of who was there and what we did and all of the fun we had.

Thanks again SUE EHRHARDT and CARLA SUPIK for hosting!