Sneak Peaks at 3/28 Sunday Scrappers Projects

Sneak Peaks!! Here are some hints at the design of our Progressive Scrapbook page project for this month's Sunday Scrappers class! I'll post finished project photos once class is over. :)

Fun with Tess

I've been working on some cards for the newest Cards for Soldiers challenge, and this month's challenge is all for the girls, so I've been having fun with Tote-Ally Tess from SU's Occasions Mini. She is so fun, and I've been having a blast seeing what items we can put "in" her hand. These images use stamps from Picture This, the Level 1 Hostess Set in the same Mini, as well as flowers from Short & Sweet in the IB&C.
I love how the images from Picture This work with our Build a Brads so perfectly!

The background Designer Series Paper is all from the Welcome Neighbor paper pad you can get FREE with a $50 purchase now through March 31st with Sale-a-Bration!

Hope you enjoyed these! I certainly had fun making them!

Stampin' Up! Haitian Relief Efforts

Once again, Stampin' Up demonstrators have shown what Stampin' Up! is all about by making a difference in the lives of others.

Worldwide, Stampin' Up! demonstrators sold 13,587 of the I {Heart} Hearts stamp sets that were set aside for Haitian relief. For each of those sales, Stampin' Up! will donate $2 to the Red Cross' Haitian Relief and Development Fund. That's over $27,000 donated to people who desperately needed our help!

THANK YOU to everyone who bought a set and helped SU! make this donation. What an amazing company to give to current, important causes like this...and quickly, when help is needed the most. I feel truly blessed to work with a company that has such a large heart...

Sunday Scrappers 2/28/10 Class Projects

These are the full cards from our Sunday Scrappers Class today! We tried fun inking techniques with sponging and brayers and had a blast! Details below!

I originally saw the technique for this card here:
http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/12/18/i-heart-hearts-valentine-tutorial-288-and-blog-candy-friday/ and I absolutely fell in love with the idea! It is so easy to do and requires few supplies. The ladies were worried at first, but all their cards came out fabulously! (The butterfly is one of my absolute favorite die cuts, but is not SU.)

This card uses SU! Glossy Cardstock, VersaMark ink, a brayer and your choice of ink pads. Another quick card that packs a big punch!

Next month's class (well, I guess THIS month, since it's only a few hours until March) is all about Scrapbooking and Progressive Scrapbook Pages! Look for sneak peaks to pop up soon!

Sneak Peak!

Here are some sneak peaks at the cards we'll be doing in our 'All About Inking - Beyond the Basics' class tomorrow for our first Sunday Scrappers class! I'm so excited! Full cards will be posted tomorrow night after class!

Newest Cards for Cards for Soldiers

Here are my newest cards for the most recent Cards for Soldiers challenge on one of my favorite messageboards. I made these a little while ago, but haven't had a chance to post them since we've had a run of illness in the house. Things are finally on the mend, so here are my cards!
These are done with the SU Chocolate Bunny and Well Spoken Stamps from the new Occasions Mini, both stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. The Scalloped Oval punch was also used. The papers are several from a mat stack I've had forever and am finally using up.

Baroque Motifs really is my favorite stamp set, I think. There are so many things you can do with it! On this one, I sponged Bashful Blue ink around the edges to create a softer look for Easter.

Another Chocolate Bunny! This one uses paper from the Sale-A-Bration Good Neighbors paper stack. You can get this paper stack FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration, now through March 31st.

I had so much fun with this Mother's Day card! I used the Greenhouse Garden and Well Spoken Stamp sets, and it was my first chance to play with my Stamp-a-ma-jig and try out Two Step Stamping! It was great! I loved being able to know exactly where my darker image would stamp over the lighter one. Colors used were Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Always Artichoke. I punched a couple labels with the Modern Label Punch and curved them over the edges of the card, and used a sponge dauber to ink the edges of the card in Always Artichoke.

I hope this inspires you to get crafty!!

Best Quote I've Seen In a While...

I saw a very cool quote online the other day that I wanted to share. I've googled it, but I have yet to find the original author of the quote to give credit, but I wanted to share it all the same. It really reminds me why I do what I do...

"A birth certificate shows that you were born. A death certificate shows that you died. A completed scrapbook shows that you LIVED."

Capture the moment...