July 2010 Calendar of Events

Trees, Trees, and more Trees...and welcome, Wanda!

Posting for June 8th!
So here are the cards that we made when our focus was trees. Jan was unable to attend but managed to get her stuff here so that we could still make her project. What a devoted stamper!! We had a new guest, Wanda! I wanted to welcome hr to our Tuesday Morning Stampers support group. Wanda is an avid scrapbooker and talented, too. I was lucky enough to see some of her pages with that beautiful grand baby of hers. She's too cute and very photogenic I might add! Kathy thought it would be fun to try brayering....thought it would be fun. Wanda and I managed to fumble up our cards a bit but the great thing was that Kathy predicted that and gave us extra cardstock --just in case! Yes, we needed it but the result was in fact a beautiful brayered card! We did use the medallion stamp which is beautiful alone anyway. Jan, of course, made 2 cards that were both beautifully done with of course, her favorite color, Always Artichoke. My card was the red and black Christmas card. I got this idea from my upline when we went to San Antonio for a regional conference. Had a blast there! Well next time is 4th of July! See you soon! xoxo
Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday,Kathy!

May 28th was Kathy's birthday! So, we decided to have another get together and have a surprise party! We had some special guests that were able to attend, Liz and Paula, so it made her surprise party even more surprising! We made some projects just for fun--no focus--and here they are! Hope you like them and enjoy! xoxo

Flowers

Todays focus was all about flowers! Jan made a really cute card with a sunflower as the focal point. We broke the fibers and then split the cardstock in the middle to give the look of multiple layers! Kathy had the great idea of "accordion" folding flowers. This one is with the dragonfly on it. Yeah, so mine did not turn out the way it should have but it was a hilarious experience! We will not give up but keep practicing to conquer this technique! I made some cute rosettes from a die that Kathy had purchased. We ran it through the Big Shot, twisted it on a bamboo skewer and there you go, instant roses! These are sure to be cute on any card! xoxo
Happy stamping!

Envelopes...who knew they could be so versatile!

Ok, so I have a wonderful group of ladies that come to stamp on Tuesday mornings from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm; henceforth, the name "Tuesday Morning Stampers". Anyways, I give them a focus to work on and they (and I!) have a week to come up with an idea to share with the group. This weeks focus was envelopes. Here is what we came up with. Jan created 2 types of pouches using the regular size mailing envelopes and a standard size A2 card envelope. Cute, cute, cute! These are great to insert a pouch of instant hot chocolate, wrap with a cute bow and voila!...an "instant" gift! Kathy created a cute pouch (this qualifies as a pouch!) made from a 12 X 12 scrapbook sheet! How stinkin' cute is that? And, I actually used this idea for Lilybug's treat bag for her birthday! One less thing for her mama to worry about, right? They were a hit! They were filled with crayons and candies, of course! Then I did 2 treat bags made from a letter size envelope and cut in half! This is great for little office treats to give away or for when you just need a small gift bag for a small item that would otherwise get lost in a huge gift bag! I also showed the ladies how to make an envelope with tissue paper and freezer paper! However, you do need to think about the placement of your template FIRST- as you can see, the thought came to me afterwards- then you cut out the template from the tissue! Works much better that way! This envelope is mailable as long as you have a white mailing label for the return address and mailing address! Fabulous, no? Better than plain ol' white, I think! Anyways, I hope you like them as much as we had fun making them! By the way, this was from May 18ths meeting! xoxo!

Time has seriously flown by!

Oh my gosh! I just have not had the time to post but I am getting my pictures ready and I will post what we have been working on! It's coming, it's coming!

Lynnette