This month’s stamp a stack class was held on the first Tuesday of the month.  Here are the cards the ladies created.  3 each of the 4 designs.  The leprechaun (isn’t he cute?) wasn’t my original idea – I found him through Ann Clemmer.  I used My Digital Studio to print out the sentiments as I don’t have a large sentiment for St. Patrick’s Day.  (There is a nice ‘happy st patrick’s day’ in Teeny Tiny Wishes but I wanted something bigger!)  And it’s hard to tell but the three dots below the leprechaun are actually 1/4" circles punched from Brushed Gold Card stock.  And can I tell you how much I LOVE the new Polka dots embossing folder?????  It makes the blow easier to take from SU! retiring the Polka Dots background stamp on me!  I know you can’t really see it in the picture but I used the embossing folder (with the Big Shot) on the Basic Black layers and wham!  It adds dimension like you wouldn’t believe!

Other Products Used:

Stamp Sets: Bloomin’ Beautiful, Vintage Vogue, Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel
Designer Paper: Sweet Pea
Ribbons: Chocolate Chip Taffeta and Basic Gray 5/8" Satin
Brads: gold and clear rhinestones

NEXT MONTH’S STAMP A STACK IS MEETING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2ND.   We will be creating 6 Easter cards and 6 cards geared toward women for any occasion.  Class fee is $25.  Please e-mail me if you’d like to join us!

Beautiful!  Amy’s card features the A Happy Heart stamp set (same set used here) from the current catalog.  I’m not sure you can see it but Amy took the time (and hence I had to as well!  lol) to adhere the tiny left over hearts from the new Pinking Hearts Border punch as the fly-aways from the dandelion and three more under the sentiment.  There is also a touch of superfine glitter in the center of the flower.  The flower was done by coloring the stamp with markers, misting the paper with water, and then stamping the image.  Shall I say it again? Beautiful!

I should also add that Amy had 3 Pretty in Pink brads going up the right side of the card I believe but I didn’t add them on because I was the last one stamping and wanted to let her leave! LOL  But I did love the design!

And yet another beauty from Julie (remember her Christmas card?).   Julie did what I tell people to do all the time.  USE ME!  LOL  Okay, well not really ME, but any card design I’ve done in the past!  This was a version of an open house card I did when this stamp set (Eastern Blooms) first came out.  Julie added her own touch with the sharp contrast of colors (Rose Red and Basic Black), a different sentiment, and of course a butterfly (Julie has an affinity to all butterflies and dragonflies!)!  And it works!  The butterfly comes from the new Embosslits Die called Beautiful Wings from the current Occasions mini.  Love it!

Okay, sorry to go MIA on ya for a week there!  And I was doing so well!!!  Aaah well… life goes on…

Here is another awesome card we made at my team shoebox swap.  This was created by Mandi.  Again a terrific display of the new Sweet Pea designer paper in the Occasions mini and the new Sale-A-Bration scallop trim punch.  It uses the With All My Heart stamp set that I’m totally adoring these days.  Cute, isn’t it?  You could whip up a bunch of these in no time, stamp any sentiment in the bottom, and have cards for all occasions!  Thanks Mandi!

Okay – this card needs NO introduction.  Gina made it!  (Remember these? Christmas card and Charming )

The funny thing about this stamp set (Vintage Vogue) from the current Occasions mini catalog is it wasn’t in my original Occasions mini order.  But after I completed that order I just couldn’t stop thinking about it (seriously, I thought about the set daily!) so I added it onto my next club order that went in.  It was waiting in a box for me the night we stamped these cards and man oh man, after making this card I’m so glad I purchased it!  And then…. the wheel… hadn’t thought about that… but now it’s on its way to me along with the Sweet Pea designer series paper from Bonnie’s card!

Wondering what that ribbon is?  It’s Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon – just the back side of it!

Here’s another fabulous card we made at our team meeting the other night!  This one was created by Anne Marie.  It’s it lovely?  I wouldn’t have thought to put the brad in the center of the heart but it truly is the perfect touch!

Products Used:

Stamp Set:  A Happy Heart
Designer Series Paper: Tea Party
Ribbon: So Saffron and Pretty in Pink grosgrain
Pretty in Pink brad

As promised here is another shoebox card we made the other night.  This one features the new Sweet Pea Designer paper.  I didn’t own it at the time but it’s on its way to me now!  LOL  Isn’t this card sweet?

Other products used -
Stamp Set – Great Friend, Love Bandit (Occasions mini 2010)
Card Stock – Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Taken With Teal, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand
Punch – scallop trim (SAB), 1 1/4", 1 3/8", and 1 3/4" circle punches
Ribbon – chocolate chip satin

Okay, are you sitting down??  Check out this amazing card Christy whipped up the SAME day she picked up her club order!!!  This is an awesome display of masking (getting Tess to hold the cake and the birthday bag and the balloons) and a VERY CLEVER way to use the Bitty Birthday stamp set.

In Christy’s words:
I’ve been very busy going through my loot…..what fun! As I was stamping all my stamps to catalogue them I realized that the Bitty Birthday set would work great with Tote-ally Tess…..I’ve attached a photo to show you what I made. I also used the Happy Birthday stamp from Vintage Labels.

Remember, Vintage Labels and Bitty Birthday are Sale-A-Bration stamp sets right now that you can earn for free like Christy did!

Thank you for sharing your talent with us Christy!!!

And if you’re wondering what awesome Designer Paper that is – it’s Thoroughly Modern.

Time is running out for you to sign up for this fun class! 

On Thursday, February 4th come create 12 heart pops, complete with Heart Treat cups and m&m’s for just $12!  We’ll use the Sweetheart stamp set as well and if you order this stamp set between now and the class (or during the class) you will get free s/h on the stamp set!  (Sorry, offer only for Valentine’s Treats class attendees.)  This stamp set is available both in the clear and wood mount options.

RSVP by Sunday, January 24th!

IF you’d like to make more than 12 treats you can!  18 for $18 or 24 for $24.

First off, a little business to take care of… click HERE to see the latest update on the Product and Ribbon shares happening now.

This is so weird.  I KNOW I wrote this entire post on Monday of this week and had it set to publish for Tuesday.  However I have no idea where it went!  Anyway… here we go again…

The card below I CASED from Patsy Waggoner on the new Stampin’ Up! demonstrator only Stampin’ Connection web site.  She did it with a slightly different color scheme but when I saw it I immediately fell in love with it and knew I had to make one too.

So, thanks to Tracy on my team letting me borrow her new Extra Large Two Step Bird Punch and Welcome Neighbor designer series paper pad I was able to create this card.  Some fabulous girls on my team and I got together Tuesday night for a shoebox swap and this is the card I had prepped for all the girls to create.  You should see the cards the other girls brought that I got to make!  They are truly awesome and I promise I will post them on my blog over the next few days so you can see the talent on my team!

Other products used:

Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy, Happy Moments (SAB 2010)
Punches: Spiral and Extra Large Two Step Bird
Embossing Folder: Petals a Plenty (did you know you can still order this?!  It was featured in the Holiday mini 2009 but is still available for purchase! (Item #116824 $7.95)
Embellishments: Ice Rhinestone circle brad (I took out the bling and used a glue dot to attach as an eye.), Bashful Blue grosgrain ribbon
Card Stock: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Always Artichoke