Card Club with a Twist

Love to stamp but sometimes have to <gasp> buy a card because the occasion snuck up on you or you just didn’t have the right supplies on hand?  I’ve been there (well, except I refuse to buy a card – you’ll get it late or not at all…  hmmm…) and I don’t want to be there again, do you? LOL

If you answered "NO!" to the above question then this Card Club is for you!

A box full of handmade (by you) cards is waiting for you!

Card Club Details:

• We will meet once a month for 6 months and fill a Forget-Me-Not keeper full of cards (72 to be exact)!!!
• Join the club, participate all 6 months and you will have accumulated over $44 worth of SU! product and created 72 cards.
• Each month will have its own theme and you will create 12 cards (3 designs, 4 of each) based on that theme.

• Cost Options:
  • Join the Club! Commit to all 6 months now and pay just $120 for the 72 cards and over $44 worth of products.  That’s just $20/class or roughly $1 per card!  (Save $30 by joining the 6 month club versus paying class by class!)
  • Class by Class – Come when you can and only make the cards and receive the product for the class(es) you attend.  $25
  • My Team Member Price – Come when you can, make the cards, and do not receive any product.  $12
• Meeting Times:
  • The last Monday of each month (exception August meeting will be Monday, the 24th).
  • Those dates don’t work for you but you’re still interested??  E-mail me and we’ll figure out a way for you to participate!  If there is enough interest then additional meeting dates will be offered. 
• FIRST MEETING DATE:
  • Monday, May 25th
  • 7:00 pm
  • My Stampin’ Suite
• Other Information:
  • Please bring your adhesive and paper snips.
  • RSVP: (for either the individual class or the whole club) by May 14th with pre-payment, please.

Below are the products you’ll receive each month.  Click on them for more information.

Minimal amounts of your product received each month may be used in the class (for that month only).

* Item may change if it is not available in the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog that comes out July 1.

Cupcake Challenge

So I took a little time to participate in my first ever Cupcake Challenge over on Taylored Expressions blog.  Here was the sketch:

I just took the sketch and flipped it 90 degrees counterclockwise and came up with this:

Supplies
Stamp Sets:
Garden Greetings
Darlimg Dots`
Paper:
Regal Rose
Tea Party DSP
Whisper White
Inks:
Garden Green marker & pad
Apricot Appeal marker & pad
Regal Rose marker & pad
Almost Amethyst pad
Accessories/ Embellishments:
Circle rhinestone brad
Apricot Appeal grosgrain ribbon
1-3/8" circle punch
1-1/4" circle punch
paper snips
paper piercer, foam mat, & template
dimensionals
 

Mary, the Over-Achiever

We all have them.  People in our lives who we see as over-achievers, people who can’t just do things simply or the way everyone else (or just me!) would do it.  They always have to go above and beyond.  Darn those over-achievers!!!  LOL Okay, well I’m kidding, well, half-kidding.  Mary is definitely an over achiever in the stamping and friendship arenas for sure, but I don’t know about the rest of her life (although her home improvements are ALWAYS top notch too! hmmm….) Anyway, I’m losing track (as I often do unless someone can reign me in)… The card!  That’s why I’m posting – would you look at this incredible card Mary made for me?  It’s just amazing.  I taught a simple waterfall card years back but this one just goes over the top!  Thank you so much Mary. And don’t think I didn’t notice the "and many more" at the end!!!  I think four is enough, don’t you?!?!  Now enjoy everyone – and make sure someone is near by to pick your jaw back up for you when you get done looking at all 10 pictures!  LOL  Click on each picture for a bigger picture and a little more detail.  

Mojo Inspired Cupcake Card

It feels so good to actually participate in a challenge again!  Mojo Monday gives a sketch challenge each Monday so I went there today when prepping a project for my Marker Club members tonight.  Here’s the sketch:

I especially liked Mary Fish’s card on the Mojo site so I used hers for inspiration as well as the general sketch.  And here’s the card we’ll be making!  I just love using Glossy CS and markers together.  The look is bright and fun and there are no ‘marker lines’! (Club members look in your section to see the recipe.)

Big Shot Envelope Tote

Look at what my Big Shot club members will be making (among other things) this week!  Isn’t it cute?  (Yes, I’m patting myself on the back!  LOL)  The tote fits 3 x 3 cards in it perfectly.  (Club members check your section of my blog later this week for full pictures and cheat sheet.)