July 16th Class

Using Punches

Except for the first card :o)

I love this little stamp and decided to use it again

this week with a different sentiment and color combo.

Easter Stampin' Event

The third Saturday of each month I host an all day

stampin' event at my house. This month was

an Easter theme, as you can see

by the things on my buffet.

These cards were made by using punches

and die cuts.


I like the funny bunny but the little lamb
below is probable my favorite.
The lamb could also be used
as a sweet baby card and would also
be cute in pink.



The magnetic refrigerator clip using the
A Good Egg stamp set holds a
photo of three of my five grand babies.





The clip board was fun to make and it will be
going to my daughter's house to
help her keep up with her busy schedule.





The following post features several of the non-card
items we made in my Easter workshop.
I hope you enjoy looking at
our Easter creations.

Non-Card Items

Here are a few more of the non-card items
that we made in my class today.

The little clay pots were filled with

a plastic egg filled with a peep chick.

The other candy in the pots were small

chocolate eggs. Easter pencils were

the sticks for the bunny faces.

Chocolate bunnies wrapped and stamped.

More Easter eggs turned into bunnies
filled with jelly beans. The ears are from the

Pick A Petal set.

Carrots filled with jelly beans.

A goodie box filled with chocolate.

Sorry for all of you who couldn't come,
We had lots of fun and a
bunny cake!

My mom made a French Vanilla
Coconut Bunny Cake, yum!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Here are my St. Paddy's Day cards and dimensional items that were made in my Bit O' the Green stamping event. I loved using all the punches to make the leprechauns and gold coins. These little guys were the hit of the workshop. Below is the card I made for my "Pop-Up Card Challenge"

1 3/8" & 1" Circle punches, Scallop Circle, Small Tag punch and the Word Window punch are used to create the Leprechauns.

I found theses gold Chinese take-out boxes at the Dollar Tree (two in a package) and knew they would be perfect to hold St. Paddy's Day treats of Peppermint Paddies.

This little guy is my own design, he needed a rounded hat to fit on the card. He is made using the 1 3/4" Circle punch and his nose is a 1" circle. The brim of his hat is two word window punches.

I cut out a large circle and then cut off the top to make the pot. The legs are 1" circles, the rim is two word windows and the gold is made using the 3/4" circle punch and More Mustard card stock from Stampin' Up. After I punched the gold, I antiqued the edges using Really Rust in my Stampin' Pastels.

Another Dollar Tree find was the breath mints, they came eight in a package for a dollar and make a cute little teacher gift.

Sing A Song of Spring

The little birds below were made using discontinued Stampin' Up Designer Papers and little wooden birds that I found at Michael's Craft Store. Twelve came in a package and I think I paid around $2.99 or $3.99 for the package.

Christmas Holiday Fun

Here are a few of the projects featured in my Christmas Stampin' Up Workshop. The 6X4 mini accordion album is just perfect for adding those favorite photos and giving as a gift to your special family members and friends. Grammies especially like to find this in their stocking, I know I'm a Grammy ;o)

This little elf boot can be filled with candy and used as a center piece or given as a gift. I filled it with candy canes and kept it sitting on my buffet during the Christmas season. I ended up making several of the birdhouse ornaments. I changed out the design a little and alternated Glorious Green ink on the house with a Real Red roof and floor and then did the opposite using the Glorious Green card stock as the roof and floor with the Real Red ink on the house. The pouch that is at the bottom is Magic Reindeer Food.

The plum pudding box was a real hit at the workshop. It could also be made as a cupcake to hold birthday party favors. An acrylic photo holder and sticky notes were used to make a note pad. I loved the Santa Hershey bar idea and so did the class. In January I will be hosting a Valentine Workshop. I hope to get my projects posted before Valentine's Day.

I would like to give special thanks to Valita for allowing me to use her elf boot and plum pudding designs. You can view all her wonderful creations on her blog Valita's Designs and Fresh Folds listed in my favorites.