thankful for...

I'm thankful that I'm feeling better since having my surgery on August 12. Now I can get back to the business of stamping!

Lately I've been stamping like crazy! I worked on organizing my stuff which has made it easier to craft. It's hard to work on projects when everything is a mess!

Here is my first Fall card of the season made with the Truly Grateful stamp set. I used colors based on a card challenge requiring that I use of the colors Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Truly Grateful
Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit and Basic Black
Ink: Pumpkin Pie and Summer Starfruit
Tools:  Big Shot, Deco Labels framelits, Dimensionals

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Thank You cards

Today I made a few thank you cards for hostesses who booked private classes with me. A private party is an opportunity to have a papercrafting class in your own home.  You get to invite your friends and family to spend time crafting together and I bring all the supplies needed to make wonderful projects.

At one of the private classes coming up next week, we will be making a variety of super cute Fall cards.  At my other private class in October each person will make 10 beautiful Christmas cards using the Festive Flurries stamp set.

I really try to customize my private classes to suit the needs of my hostess as she knows her guests much better than I do. Perhaps my hostess would like to do embossing projects. Or do a stamp-a-stack such as making 10 Christmas cards. I'm open to these ideas and more.

If you live in Northern California near the Lake County area, consider booking a private party with me. I can travel up to 1 hour away if you can gather at least 6-10 people for your class.  Right now is the perfect time to make Christmas cards that your friends and family will treasure. It's really fun and I'm available to be your personal creative coach.

Here is the card I made today which were inspired by Chat Wszelaki.  I used Stampin' Up!'s new colors including Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantelope and Bermuda Bay.

I used the Stamp Shop and Hello Lovely stamps sets.

All my hostesses are absolutely "THE BEST"

RECIPE:
Stamps: Stamp Shop and Hello, Lovely
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, 2013-2015 In Color Designer Series Paper
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantelope, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Basic Pearls
Tools:  Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Deco Labels framelits, Dimensionals

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My WOW Convention Card

I thought I'd share one of the cards I made for the Stampin' Up! Convention I went to in July. The design was inspired by Stamping School.com. The flowered butterfly was embossed with gold embossing powder on the new Gingham Garden Designer Paper. The stamp set I used for embossing was Papillon Potpourri.

Here's a close up of the embossed butterfly.

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I'm back and feeling better everyday

Sorry for the long absence. I've mostly been gone from the blogging world due to personal health issues.  I'll spare you the gory details, but the good news is I'm doing better!

Despite my health issues, I attended Stampin' Up's 25th Anniversary Convention in July. I couldn't miss out on the fun, even though my doctor advised against it.

Here's a picture of me holding up this year's convention bag.

I also brought over 170 cards to swap.  Here I am with my WOW swap cards.

I finished up my 76 cards while I was at Convention.

Here's a closer look at my WOW cards which were inspired by Stamping School. 

Even though Convention was two months ago, I wanted to share that once again it was a highlight of my year. I love seeing my demonstrator friends and enjoying the excitement of it all. Everyone is always so friendly and even with 5,800 in attendance, the joy of sharing was ever so present.

 

 

 

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