Snow Swirled

Hello there and hope you all had a great weekend.  Went too fast for me though.  Closer to school for the kids too. 

Today I wanted to share another christmas card with you that I also may demo in my card class in September. 

This one is simple but elegant.  I used Snow Swirled from Stampin' Up!   Embossed with silver and a glittered star on top with Iridescent Ice.  The silver layer under the navy that the tree is on was outlined with a silver marker.  Didn't have silver cardstock so I compromised.  A MS punch along the side of the card and a piece of silver elastic cord tied to the fold.  Keeps it elegant looking and easy for anyone to make.

Tonite I am going out with my two BF for dinner.  First time we've have gone out in a long time and well overdue for all of us.  Really looking forward to it.  I might even share some pictures.  They won't be as good as Kelli's (my friend and upline), but I will do my best.  We are going to Yama's which is my favorite Greek food restaurant.

Must go and get ready.  See you all tomorrow and thanks for dropping in.

Reindeer Shaker

Sorry I have been missing for a couple of days.  Been busy filling the orders that came in.  Will show you when they are done, but wanted to share with you a christmas card that was in my stash.  It is a Stampin' Up! set called Holiday Lineup.  The DSP is retired though from last year, but I love the colors.  Colored them with markers and put Crystal effects on the eyes and a little red pompom on Rudolph's nose.  The shaker part is the scallop circle punch and I just added glitter around the edges.  I used micro beads inside.  Thinking of doing this one for the christmas card class I am going to do in September.  Still deciding on a date for that.

That's it for today.  Keeping it short and sweet.  Will be showing a few christmas cards now that the time is getting near.  I know a lot of my friends, and family don't like to hear that LOL.  But time to start planning and early is better.

Enjoy your day! Thanks for stopping by.

Class pictures

Been busy doing classes and prepping for May Days still.  I have a couple of pictures to show you from the OSW class I did and the kids Mother's day altered frame.
The OSW class was on Friday night.  It was a long night.  I will remember to do these ones on the weekend since they take a little longer. I was so exhausted.  This is the box that we also did to hold all 9 cards and envelopes:

The box holds them nicely and it closes with velcro.

The class on Sunday was a kids class for altering a wooden frame for Mothers' Day.  It was a lot of fun and although there was only two kids, with one being my daughter Shaelyn, it was the perfect length of time and they didn't poop out.  Here is the two of them with their frames.  They did a great job!  Shaelyn did hers for grandma instead of me ;)

So that is it for today.  I have more to show you and now that I found my camera, I can post them for you.

Hope to see you back tomorrow.  Hugs

OSW

What a busy weekend! It went way tooo fast.  Between getting ready for the craft fair, the kids, soccer, and shopping, that took up my whole weekend and I don't feel like I accomplished a whole lot.  Can't wait til next weekend.  Bustin' my butt for the next couple of weeks now:)  I got tons of projects cut out and ready to sew up. 
I found this template to use for a OSW (one sheet wonder) class.  The gals have been waiting for this class so I had to get my version completed this weekend.  Takes a bit of time when your mojo isn't 100%.  Plus the fact, that I don't like my cards too plain so I had to add a little bit more to each card.  Overall, I think it turned out great.  Some of the cards I like more than others, but it makes a beautiful set of boxed cards for a gift or better yet, Mothers' Day.

I used the Cottage Wall designer paper from Stampin' Up!.  Most of the embellishments are also from SU.  I even pulled out some punches I haven't used in a while and look at the bottom left corner. I used one of my Pretties flowers and the leaves are from the Bird punch in the Occasions mini. I used various sentiments including the new ones from the Occasion mini.  Love that font!  The colors are Orchid Opulence, Old Olive, Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.

If you want to see what colors SU will be retiring and all the new color families, there is a link for each on my sidebar.  And the new In Colors will be around for 2 years rather than just the one year as in the past.  Awesome Stampin' Up!  The new Summer mini is going to be coming out May 1st, so if you want a copy, shoot me an email and let me know.  Don't forget the Occasions mini is done at the end of this month.  You can still get some of the new punches (the bird punch) and the awesome designer papers.  I love the Sweet Pea collection.

Be sure to check back tomorrow. I have a Mothers' Day gift that I am prepping for a class for kids.  Kids can come and make this beautiful Mom's day gift and a matching card.  Lots of fun:)

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine!!  It was beautiful here today and promises to get warmer - up in the 20's by the end of the week (not counting tomorrow cause it's raining all day).

Hugs to you all

Just for You

So I had my first stamp class on Thursday night.  First one since before Christmas.  It was so much fun getting together with the girls again.  It seems like forever.  We did a lot of catching up and had a lot of fun stamping.  We are all game into keeping it going since they were having withdrawls they said. 

I will be adding some classes tomorrow to April's schedule since Mother's day is coming up in May.  A special class will also be added for young stampers to join in and make a Mothers' day gift and matching card so watch for that too.

This is one of the cards we did.  Using the ornament punch, we turned it into a vase by cutting the bottom point off.  Using also my favorite Sizzlits butterflies with some glitter.  I love how this one turned out.  The colors are Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Old Olive.

Here is a close up of the butterflies.  Aren't they a perfect touch for this card? 

Don't forget the Occasions mini is still available until the end of the month. Some new promotions are also going on and you can find those on my sidebar. You don't want to miss them - Clearance Rack is only while supplies last too!

Have a great day!!!!