Playing with stamps and paper

Just spent most of the day playing. I have a slew of private classes and events coming up so whenever that happens I just sit down and stamp a whole bunch of simple cards and then figure out later which card will be for which event.
I thought I would share a couple with you. Of course if you want to see more ideas, you need to book your own private class with me!

This one below was just something fun using the twitterpated dsp and the co-ordinating buttons.  It's hard to tell but the base colour is blushing bride and the red is the riding hood red.  The dsp shapes were made the the 1 3/8" square punch and 1 1/4" square punch and two of the corners were rounded.

This card uses two sale-a-bration products: the everyday enchantment dsp and the embossing folder frames.  Pool party and Lucky limeade are great colours to pair together. The stamp set is called Clearly for You.

Upcoming Classes

I have so many upcoming classes. Make sure to check regularly on my events page to see what's coming up.

I want to highlight two today.

Spring Basket Class: This is a class where you will learn to make a darling treat basket and matching card.

Date: April 19th, 7:00pm

Cost: $15 ($10 club members)

e-mail me to register

Pink Tea:

I've mentioned this fundraiser before so check out all the details here. I just wanted to share one of the make n take cards that we will be making. Talk it up at your workplace, your social networks, your gym...anywhere. Let's stamp together to make a difference!

Date: May 14th

Drop in 10-2

Cost: $35 includes strength and hope stamp set, donation to the Markham Stouffville Hospital, make n take cards and tea and pink frosted cupcakes.

Don't worry if you can't make the date. I can still give you your stamp set and cardstock with your registration fee and you can make the projects at home.

Another workshop card

Here's another make n take workshop card from this weekend. It's showing off how easy it is to use the springtime vintage dsp. A little bit of tearing on the edges just adds to the charm of this card. It uses the clearly for you stamp set. I used old olive marker and not quite navy marker on the image. The sentiment is from the level 2 occasions mini hostess set called something to celebrate. So fast, so easy!

I can't resist showing off the cupcakes that the hostess made for her guests. Trust me, they taste as delicious as they look. Don't get the wrong idea! You don't need to make beautiful snacks if you host a workshop...I'll eat whatever snacks are put out!

Energy Conservation

Not the kind of energy for electricity. My physical energy was the topic of the day today. I started out well so I thought it would be a good day but I think there was still motrin left in my system. Once the older kids were at school I started feeling gross again. I resigned myself to just sitting in one spot and stamping and trying to keep child #3 occupied. I really wanted to participate in our team card swap and here is the card I think I've decided to make. It uses the clearly for you stamp set and the sentiment is from friends 24-7. The ink colours are cherry cobbler and crumb cake. I don't know if you can see but I've sprayed it with my shimmer paint/rubbing alcohol mixture to give it a subtle shine.

Normally when I have only one child with me, I'm out running errands, going shopping etc. Today we just sat at home. I realized that we have very funny conversations. Here's a sample (just to give you a feel of my day today)

setting: mom and Nathaniel sitting at table crafting

mom: "I love you"

child: "medium"

mom: "medium? What does that mean?"

child: "I love you medium"

mom: "oh. Well, I love you lots"

child: "I just love you medium"

setting: oldest child is home for lunch and sees the pathetic state of his ill mother. Before going back to school he says to his little brother:

Ethan: "do not be bad for mommy. be good for mommy. she's sick"

Nathaniel: "I will"

Ethan: "if you are not good for mommy, I won't play beyblades with you when I get home from school"

Nathaniel: (exasperated) "I will be good"

Ethan: "don't bother mommy, be good for her and let her sleep"

Nathaniel: (more exasperated) "I'm always good!"

I managed to sneak in a short nap and when I woke up this is what I saw:

My very good child #3 fell asleep on the landing on the stairs! I did briefly worry that perhaps he feel down the stairs and was unconcious with a concussion but since he looked so comfortable and had his favourite blankie, I figured he probably just fell asleep. Boy, was he grumpy when he was woken up by his siblings coming home from school.
Anyway, that's my day today.

Simply Adorned

Here are some of the pictures of the make n take projects from Leadership (sorry, I'll probably talk about the Leadership conference for months to come...)

They gave us a Simply Adorned Charm and necklace. We made some different inserts for the charm. We used the Clearly for You Stamp set in the occasions mini catalogue. (You gotta love that glitter paper in the occasions mini)

I love my new necklace because it's so unique. It's kind of neat to customize jewllery for someone.