More is More

If you want to know my BIG NEWS and/or if you are interested in blog candy you’ll have to read all the way to the end of this post.  And no fair cheating and scrolling down to the bottom first!

My class Friday night was such a joy!  Our Club hostess was Barbara was she brought yummy *Spider Bite Brownies* (OK – I *might* have eaten 1 or 2)  along with special treat bags for the whole class and a special gift for me.

She made a tag for me using the photo I posted last week of Curt and I on our get-away weekend!  Isn’t that so sweet?  I love it!!

For class we made three cards.  The first one is the tire swing card I posted a few days ago (scroll down to see it).  Thank you so much to Ali for helping me figure out where I had gotten the idea  (I couldn’t remember who’s blog it was on for the life of me).  It came from Karen Giron and you can see her origonal card here.

The second card we made was a Christmas card featuring Snow Burst and Many Merry Messages in Baja Breeze and Night of Navy.  I had reverse masks pre-cut using my Coluzzle so we could sponge and stamp for the Faux Frame effect.

When I see a really good idea in the SCS gallery I save it to my favorites for future reference and as I’ve said many times before I’m not too proud to CASE – especially when it comes to my class.  When there’s a great idea right in front of you, why re-invent the wheel?  My card is a pretty close CASE of this one saved to my favorites several months ago.  The poster made it in a class with her Demo Paula – so thanks Paula! 

ETA:  I just found out that original gorgeous card was posted by my fab friend JanTink – click here to see it.

The third card we made incorporated our featured technique of Clear Emboss Backgrounds.  For this card we embossed the background stamp Boho Blooms on a Handsome Hunter card base using Versamark and clear ep.  It gives such a cool textured tone on tone background – the photo doesn’t do it justice.

For extra fun I wanted to do some punch art and this little sheep is one of my favorites.  I had seen him a few different places, but when I went looking for instructions I found them by mh1016 in the SCS gallery here.  Besides the Hunter we also used black, white and Blush Blossom cardstock along with white taffeta and black gingham ribbon.  The hills were cut free-hand and then run across a white craft pad.  We punched our pieces out of the pre-cut layering pieces to avoid wasting cardstock. 

Here’s the punch guide I put out for the girls to follow.  This is a good tip to remember when using any type of punches on your card –  take your punch shapes out of layers where they won’t be seen.  Just be careful not to punch too clase to the edges.  This is especially helpful when making multiples of a card.  The punches we used are:

• Large Oval

• 1/2″ Circle

• Word Window

• Scallop Circle

• 3 Flower

• and both Tag punches for the sentiment

And now I’m gearing up for my November Class where I always do more *project* type things – either gifts or wrap or decor ideas.  I have several things brewing – let me know if you’re interested in coming.

In the meantime I’m getting super excited for the next Taylored Expressions Stamp a Sweet Impression release this Thursday night.  Everything is so stinkin’ CUTE!  And did you subscribe to the newsletter like I told you to?  If you did then you already know my BIG NEWS!  Taylor has asked me to join TE as the newsletter editor and help out some with the SASI blog!!  I am super excited about this opportunity!  Taylor is a wonderful friend and talented designer and has a bright future ahead and I feel so fortunate to have a small part in TE!  If you have not yet subscribed to the newsletter you can do it when you click the link below to go to the SASI blog.

Speaking of which – are you interested in blog candy?  Well we’re giving away a super cool package of SASI Sweet Treats over on the SASI blog (oh and I just happen to have a card posted there as well) – click here to get all the deets and get signed up for your chance to win. You’ll also want to read about the new blog feature Our Friday Friend and how you might get the opportunity to be spotlighted.

I hope you’re having a great weekend!  I’ve been on my own all weekend as Curt drives all the way to Mississippi with a friend to drop off a car to his friend’s son who is there in the military.  I’m really looking forward to his arrival home tomorrow evening.  In the meantime I’ve enjoyed some stamping yesterday and an awesome sermon at church this morning.  And I have more stamping to do…always more stamping to do!

Thanks for stopping by.