Stamp-a-Stacks

Most of my summer classes have involved Stamp-a-Stacks, making 10 cards for $12, 2 cards each of 5 designs. This has kept me pretty busy cutting, as well as designing. I have pulled some of my ideas from a great resource, http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/. If you have never checked it out, go for it! It is an awesome tool when you are hitting a card road block. Here are some of the cards we made at my last 2 events.

Sorry for my Absence!

I am so sorry for my absence in posting. I have had one crazy summer. It started out with my grandmother passing away, an out of town funeral, then my 15 year old cousin came to live with us, Marty traveled to North Carolina and England, and I have had several Stampin' Up! events, helped with an estate sale, and mostly just been playing taxi driver! To reward you for your patience, I have several cards to post. Some of them you might have seen if you have attended any of my summer events, others will be new for everyone.

Summer Mini Sneak Peek

Here are two cards I put together using the new stamp set Fabulous Floret from the Summer Mini Catalog. It also features a few techniques that I had never tried before. Stayed tuned for info. on a technique class I will be starting in the middle of May.

With five SU! workshops and four craft shows within the past 4 weeks I am certainly keeping busy. On top of that, my wonderful son is walking around like crazy now and we spend most of our day playing kitchen, playing outside, or just pulling all our toys out of the toy boxes! Here are a couple cards I made recently for a birthday party and for a swap that I am participating in.

Sneak Peek Cards!

Here are two cards using stamp sets that are featured in the new Summer Mini Catalog which begins on May 1st.

Stamp Set: Sail Away

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist DSP, Very Vanilla

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist

Accessories: Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon (Clearance Rack), Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Ticket Punch, Crop-a-dile, Black Brads

Stamp Set: Strength and Hope, Messages for Mom

Paper: Crumb Cake, Strength and Hope DSP, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 2-1/2 Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Build-a-Bear Birthday Cards

Here are some cute little boy and girl birthday cards I made using the Build-a-Bear Stamp set.

Since I Neglected You

Since I have been so busy I decided to post a couple pictures of some of the swaps I received recently. Unfortunately I can't remember who made the cards to give them the credit, but some of them are really neat!