Tonight was the kick off to our Six Stamp a Stack class series.  Each stamper created 12 cards, 3 each of the four designs seen below.  The back two cards were designs of mine and the front two were variations of others I found online.  All told we made 6 wintery thank you cards and 6 birthday cards in under 2 hours!  And had fun while doing it!!

Our next one is scheduled for January 5th.   We’d love to have you stamp with us!  We’ll be creating 6 Valentine cards and 6 Anniversary/Wedding cards.  For more information click here.   To RSVP for the 5th please click here.  Thank you!

Funny enough we now have a child’s birthday to celebrate each quarter of the calendar year!  LOL  And next month is our oldest daughter’s birthday so the last of her invitations went out in today’s mail.  But before they went I had to take some pictures to share with you all!

I think Crazy for Cupcakes might be my current favorite set!  Remember I used it for both the invites and thank you’s for my other daughter’s birthday and I’ve recently done a Cupcakes Class and I used it for my technique club recently as well, among other instances I’m sure!

This instance of using the set just made sense because the tier of cupcakes has 6 cupcakes in it and my daughter will be turning 6!  She thought that was just perfect.  We decided easily on the pink and brown color scheme and used the retired Berry Bliss DSP along with Pretty in Pink CS.  I didn’t have enough of the Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon for all the invites but I thought the pink striped ribbon looked just as good (if not, perhaps, better!).  And of course the Big Shot was used a TON with the Top Note die, not just for the outside but the inside as well.   And if you remember from a few posts ago I used one of the cards from the Hawaii boards as inspiration for the layout of the card.  We’re pleased in our house at how they turned out and are looking forward to a fun birthday party!

The above is NOT my creation nor my idea but I thought it was too cute not to share!  My niece’s sitter and friend and fellow SU! demonstrator, Shelli Ide, helped her make these last month as birthday favors for her party.  She did a variety of colors (blue, purple, pink) and they cover small notepads.  They’re just adorable!  I know the scan doesn’t really show the notepad but my camera is packed in my hospital bag and I’m not trudging all the way upstairs to get it!

Alright, hopefully next time I post I will no longer be pregnant!

What: Make someone’s birthday EXTRA special when you give them this delicious Crazy for Cupcakes box and card set!

When: Thurs. March 19th – 6:30 pm  PLEASE NOTE THE MARCH 19TH AND APRIL 3RD CLASSES ARE CLOSED.   I will open up another date if anyone is interested or there’s always the Personal Class option explained below.  Thank you everyone!!

Class Options :

Option 1: 
Fee: $35
Includes:
-  Class
- Sticky Strip
- Raspberry Tart DSP
- Old Olive Wide Grosgrain
Minimal amounts of the received products will be used in your class kit, the rest you take home! 

Option 2:

Fee: $35

Includes:

- Class

- Crazy for Cupcakes Stamp Set*

 

Option 3:

Fee: $55

Includes:

- Class

- Sticky Strip

- Raspberry Tart DSP

- Old Olive Wide Grosgrain

- Crazy for Cupcakes Stamp Set* 

- Sale-A-Bration product of your choice!

Minimal amounts of the received products will be used in your class kit, the rest you take home!

 

Option 4: 

Fee: $20

Includes:

- Class

 

Option 5: Class To Go

Fee: $25

Includes:

- Class Materials (prepped)

- S/H

 

Personal Class: Can’t make this class but still want to make these projects?  Choose a night, gather 4 or more of your friends (at your home or mine) and we’ll do this class just for you and your friends! 

Class Fee: options are the same as above and you as the ‘organizer’ receive a $5 coupon for a future purchase

  

RSVP: By March 3rd

Pre-payment required. Sorry, no refunds after March 4th.

You may register with your credit card with the corresponding option of your choice above or e-mail me with your rsvp.  Thank you!

*Already have the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set? You may substitute any stamp set valued at $23.95 or lower.

Okay, so this one I’m actually on time for!  LOL  These thank you’s were for my DD#2′s 4th birthday party which just happened on 12/13.  (You may remember me posting her invitations here.)  I conitinued the color scheme and the balloon from the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set.  I used the same retired DSP as on her invite, just a different pattern in the package.  I watercolored the balloons with the retired Cool Caribbean ink refill and then colored over it with the Versamarker and embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder.  The ‘thank you’ is from All Holidays and stamped in Always Artichoke.  The card stock is Kraft, Old Olive, Cool Caribbean, and Whisper White.  I used the blender pen with Sahara Sand ink over the string on the balloon.  And the ribbon is the Always Artichoke 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.  These will all go out in tomorrow’s mail (and I finished them on New Year’s Eve!  Woohoo!  It must be a new record for me for getting thank you notes made and out in a timely manner!)

Happy New Year!!

(Originally posted on November 10, 2008)

So, my baby girl (yes, she’s our middle child at the moment but she’ll always be our baby girl!) is turning 4 next month.  I can’t even believe it.  Of course she’s crazy excited for her party and has been busy making her own invitations for weeks now (not that any of them make their way out of the craft room or are remotely understandable!).  So yesterday I made her ‘real’ invitations.  Her favorite color is blue and she always asks for the green plate at lunch so I used those two colors as my starting point.  I loved the brightness of the Glossy White and using the blender pen on the Glossy White CS on my cupcake card earlier this week and I wanted to do something signifying ‘4′ (see the 4 balloons?), and I also like to try to use up some retired SU! items I have lying around.  With all that in mind, here’s what I ended up with.  (And apparently she likes them because all of her grandparents visited yesterday at some point and she showed her invites to all of them unprompted!)  I wish I could say the layout was all my idea but it wasn’t.  Something has to give, right? LOL So I CASEd the layout from ’sepia’ on SCS. 

Supply List

Stamp Set:
Crazy for Cupcakes
Lots of Thoughts (retired)
Inks: 
Old Olive Classic, Jet Black Stazon
Markers: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Old Olive
Ink Refill: Cool Caribbean (retired)
Card Stock: 
Certainly Celery (8.5" x 5.5")
Always Artichoke (4" x 5.25")
Cool Caribbean (retired) (3.75" x 5")
Old Olive (4" x 3.25")
Glossy White (3.75" x 3")
A retired DSP which I think might be Petal Patch, but I’m not 100% sure (1.5" x 4")
Embellishments:
Always Artichoke brads (retired)
Punches:
1-3/8" circle, scallop circle, crop-a-dile
Accessories: 
blender pen, dimensionals 

(Originally posted on November 6, 2008)

Okay, I think I just made Kristina’s deadline.  Boy, these colors were fun to work with once I finally got an idea!!!!!  It took SEVERAL tries and several stamp sets before I finally did this one.  It’s a litle bit simpler but I like how it turned out.  I CASED the layout from page 19 of the Holiday Mini Catalog.  And I cheated a teeny tiny bit and used Glossy White CS instead of Whisper White CS like Kristina put forth in her Color Challenge.  I used the Glossy White because I really wanted the cupcake to be bright and colorful and with such dark colors it just wasn’t looking right on plain Whisper White.  Plus I love the way a blender pen glides over Glossy White CS.

So, what do you think?  I know the blue watercoloring looks the same but the cupcake base was done in Pacific Point and the candle and sprinkles were colored in Taken with Teal.  And like how I snuck in a touch of Pumpkin Pie with the flame?

Supply List

Stamp Sets:
Crazy for Cupcakes, Polka Dot Background
Inks:
CLASSIC: Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Elegant Eggplant, Jet Black Stazon
Card Stock: 
Elegant Eggplant (8.5" x 5.5")
Glossy White (2.25" x 3")
Pumpkin Pie (2-3/8" x 3-1/8")
Taken with Teal (2-5/8" x 3-3/8")
Embellishments:
Pacific Point Striped Ribbon
Punch:
My Way
Accessories: 
blender pen, dimensionals