Second Half of Liz's Workshop

Here are two more of the cards we had at my sister-in-law's workshop, we did make another card, but I am not going to share it right now as I am using the same card for another card event coming up, I will share it then.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Abundant Hope
Ink: Black StazOn, Certainly Celery, So Saffron
Cardstock: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Embrace Life, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: White Craft, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Christmas Card Stamp A Stack

At the beginning of the month I hosted a Christmas card stamp a stack, and then did another one last night with a few more people. It was so much fun. I love making Christmas cards and every year make I always make too many.

Here are pictures of the cards that we made:

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Simple Season of Grace
Ink: Night of Navy, Old Olive, Summer Sun
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories: Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon, Photo Corners Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

This card was cased from justbehappy at splitcoaststampers.com. I made a whole bunch of different colour schemes of this card before decided on which one I was going to use. I will share pictures of the other cards in the next few days.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Merry & Bright, Holidays & Wishes
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Real Red
Cardstock: Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Ski Slope DS Paper
Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon,1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Blender Pen, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

This card was cased from Linda Heller at www.stampingschool.com.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Punches Three
Ink: Always Artichoke,
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Cord, Scallop Square Punch, 1/8" Circle Hand Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

World Card Making Day

To celebrate World Card Making Day on Saturday I held an open house. Everyone was invited to come and stamp with me, they could bring their own projects to work on, or for a small fee they could use any of my stamp sets and inks. I also had a couple make and takes ready. Even though I only had one person come it was so worth it. We had a great time making cards together and just chatting. Thanks Renee for coming. I enjoyed spending some one-on-one time with you.

Here are the pictures of the two make and takes we did:

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Celebrate Everything
Ink: Brocade Blue
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Apricot Appeal, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Brocade Blue 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Glossy White, Green Tea DS Paper
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon

Birthday Stamp A Stack

In August I held a Birthday Stamp-A-Stack, it was so much fun. I even had three guys come, two of their own free will and I convinced my husband to come because the two guys were his friends. They did really good, and keep asking me when I am doing another one. We did twelve cards in total with three each of ones for boys, girls, men and women. I tried to do use the new in-color as much as possible to showcase the new stuff.

The first card was our boys card. I love the Wild About You set, it is so versatile. I have used it for so many different cards.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Wild About You, See You Around Wheel, A Little Birdie Told Me
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Spiral Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Stampin Dimensionals

This next card was the one we did for the feminine card. I used the new stamp set Wow Flowers and the new Scallop Edge Punch. I love this punch so much, the scallop edge on a card, just adds so much to the cards.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Wow Flowers
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Silver Brad, Stampin' Dimensional

This next card was the one we did for a masculine birthday card. I only got the Lovely As A Tree set because my best friend convinced me when I signed up that I had to get this set. I have had it now for three years and I am still trying to get used to it. However I have found it very usual for masculine cards.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Sanded
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black, Glossy White
Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

The last card is the girl birthday card. A few months ago I got the Garden Whimsy set. I just loved spring feel of it and had so many ideas for feminine cards. I love adding glitter to projects to make them more girly and I just love how the glitter goes so well with this butterfly.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Garden Whimsy, Hugs & Wishes
Cardstock: Basic Black, Almost Amethyst, Whisper White
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Basic Black
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Dimensionals

Christmas Card Workshop

Yesterday I held my second annual Christmas Card Stamp-A-Stack. It was a ton of fun, as I was unpacking my supplies and setting up I realized that I did not take enough envelopes for everyone and I had promised them that envelopes would be provided. So I had to make a quick phone call to my husband to bring me some. Thank goodness for cell phones. With that little issue was solved, everything else went smooth. These are the cards that we made:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: City of David
Ink: Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, So Saffron, Very Vanilla

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Snow Wheel - Jumbo, Holiday Tag Team
Ink: Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Accessories: Sponge, White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Holiday Tag Team, Snowflake Wheel, Holidays & Wishes, Think Happy Thoughts
Ink: Taken With Teal, White Craft Ink, Versamark Wheel Cartridge
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Taken With Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White
Accessoreis: Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch, 1 3/8 inch Circle Punch, 1/16 Circle Hand Punch, Silver Brads, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 Way Glue Pen, Stampin Dimensionals

Door Prizes

This past week I needed to come up with some door prizes for my workshop on the weekend, but I was really sick most of the week so I needed something really simple, that I could do quickly. So I decided to package a few inspiration sheets with some cardstock and accessories. And then I made a couple simple cards to package together. These door prizes were really simple to do, but even they took all my energy this week.

Getting Projects Ready

I have a Mystery Hostess Workshop scheduled for next weekend so I have been busy planning the projects for this workshop. I got them done tonight. I just got the Heartfelt Thanks and Happy Harmony sets, so I had to use these sets. I also went with all the projects from one colour family so that they can see how much you can do with one family. And of course that colour family was Soft Subtles, because that is my favourite. I even used Sahara Sand ink on one of the projects (are you impressed Christine?). I never use Sahara Sand because I just can never get it to look right. I decided to do a 6x6 scrapbook page, a pocket note and two regular cards. I wanted to a variety of projects to suit everyone. I hope they like them. Here a picture of the projects.

Now that I have decided what projects we are going to do, I have to get the stuff pre-cut and work on getting to door prizes ready. Back to work....