September Card Class

Hello everyone.

I have to say that I've been a bit slack with my card classes lately but better late than never, right? I finally held another class on Friday. The theme of this class was male cards. Here are the night's projects.

The first three were inspired by others' cards:

This first one was inspired by a card I found at Stamper Camper's Corner

Isn't it so cute?

This next one was inspired by a card that I can't locate anymore :( Leave it with me. I'll keep looking for it and I'll post the link as soon as I find it!:

The third card was based on this card on Splitcoast Stampers:

 

 

 And finally here is the last card:

This night was also the night that I launched the new SU Catalogue and Holiday Catalogue. Here are the catalogues ready to be give out, accompanied by a little tag that I created:

Unfortunately, due to the high number of orders from the new catalogue that SU is experiencing, I didn't receive my new goodies in time for my class, so I had to resort to using stamps that I already had. It would have been nice to have been able to show the ladies some new goodies. They'll just have to wait until the next class. And boy, do I have some great ideas for that class!

I haven't listed supplies in this post, so if you'd like to know anything, please just ask.

Take care.
Andrea

Ocean Commotion in Neutrals

Hello!

It has been a while since I used the Ocean Commotion set and now I remember why I like it so much. This time I used it with neutral colours to make a male's 50th birthday card. here is the card....

I used Chocolate Chip, Crumbcake and Very Vanila cardstock with Crumbcake, Chocolate Chip and Versamark ink. I heat embossed the fish with clear embossing powder and used half-pearls as the bubbles. The background was embossed using the Elegant Lines embossing folder which reminds me of an underwater scene. The sentiment is from the Afterthoughts hostess set.

Do you like?

Demonstration Cards

I'm back (earlier than I anticipated) with the two cards that I demo'd last night.

First up we have a fold-back card (not sure of the correct name for it) that I'm pretty sure was inspired by a card by my Upline, Di Barnes. Only problem is, now I can't locate the card on her Blog so I can link to it. Sorry, Di. Frome memory, I used the same or similar colours, but a different stamp set. Here is the card:



I used the Ocean Commotion and Short and Sweet stamp sets, with Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Very Vanilla cardstock, Bashful Blue and Chocolate Chip ink.

Next up is the second card I demonstrated:



This time I used the Organic Outlines stamp set, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip cardstock, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip ink and silver brads. So simple but very effective. you may notice that the main image didn't stamp as nicely as I would have liked. That is because I failed to 'condition' the stamp first by lightly sanding the rubber. Now it stamps a dream!

Lastly I'll show you the Make 'n' Take card that all the guests made using the lovely Fifth Avenue Floral and Short and Sweet stamp sets:

Still keeping with the colour theme of the night, I used Whisper White and Chocolate Chip cardstock, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Old Olive ink. We punched the sentiment using the small oval punch and mounted it onto a larger oval punch out.

Again, this card was very simple to make and the ladies loved their results!

I forgot to photograph the cute little hostess gift I made for Sandra, but she promised that she would email me a photo that she took of it. I'll post it once I receive it.

Thanks for stopping by again!

Hubby's 40th invitations

Here is one of the very many invitations I made for my husband's 40th birthday.

I used Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue cardstock, and Bashful Blue and Chocolate Chip ink with the Ocean Commotion stamp set. I used the paper piercer from the tool kit on the top left corner.

Now I'm off to enjoy a couple of hours on my own, as Mia has gone back to school and Demi is now at preschool. A nap, maybe? Sounds good.

Ocean Commotion Layout

Hello everyone & a Happy New Year to you all!

Here is a 12 x 12 layout to commemorate Mia's school swimming carnival.

I love the fishies but they took forever to cut out!

Here are the supplies I used:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue

Paper: non-SU striped Paper, a strip of light blue, polkadot Summer Picnic paper

Ink: Apricot Appeal, Blush Blossom

Other: Circle punch, gold brads

Thanks for visiting!

More Commotion

When I make a card that I like, I have a bad habit of making multiples of it. Here is my bad habit in action, using the Ocean Commotion set:

Again, the seahorse and seashell have been heat embossed using Versamark & Chocolate Chip inks. The background seaweed was stamped using Versamark ink & the seaweed behind the seahorse was stamped in Bashful Blue.

This is a card I made for my Upline, Di Barnes for all that she has done for me since joining SU! in August. She is wonderful and so is her work.

The card was made using the Ocean Commotion set and the sentiment from the Live Your Dream set, both coming really soon!

The background was stamped with Versamark ink, the seaweed in Bashful Blue, and the seahorse and shell in Versamark, followed by Chocolate Chip & then heat embossed using clear powder. I must say that I'm really happy with it and I hope Di really likes it. Just quietly, I felt a bit of pressure to impress - ha ha!

Well, take care and enjoy your afternoon.

Andrea.

Ocean Commotion

Another card using the new Ocean Commotion set from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalogue. This time I embossed the seaweed and the fish by firstly stamping onto Versamark ink, then stamping straight onto the coloured Classic Ink Pad, and embossing with clear powder.

Just Cricket and Ocean Commotion

Another opportunity to use some of my new goodies! Here is a card for a little boy in Mia's class...

I used the new Ocean Commotion stamp set (isn't it gorgeous?) from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalogue. Colours used were Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue and So Saffron.

And here is a card using the Just Cricket set, a set which I have noticed, does not receive much mention, but I think it's great as it can easily be used for men and boys.

Colours used were Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip and Ruby Red.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your week.