What a great stamping day!!!

What a fabulous stamping day!! First, it started out stamping with Lynn.  See previous posting of the cards we made.  Then I got a call from April...  She had a stamp club and someone wasn't coming, so I was invited! YEAHHHH for me!!!!  I love April's cards.  (She is one of two demo's that I go to their classes). If you like the cards, you can contact her here:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/mystampplace/events

These are the cards we made. Aren't they awesome?!?!?!

Flower Fest; (LOVE THIS CARD!!! Looks even better in person popped on black).  These are all layered...  with dimensionals in between each layer. GORGEOUS!!!

She did this on My Digital Studio.  Now I wish Stampin' Up! would come out with this in a stamp set!!! (Hint... Hint.. SU!!)

And this was actually the first card we did.  From the Autumn Days set.  Beautiful.....

April, Thank you so much for inviting me!!!

Fun at Lynn's

It's always fun at Lynn Haase's house!!!  After my mammo this morning (good report thank God), I went over to her house. Wasn't sure what we were going to do, and she has been on a roll with stamping cards.  Her cards are GORGEOUS!!!  Well... she said, I want to use sets I haven't or don't use.  She went to her bookshelf where all of her glorious stamps are and said pick a shelf...  3rd shelf down.  2 stacks from the right, 3rd set down. And there it was... AUTUMN.  Go figure!!!  So Lynn jumped on the computer and looked at Splicoaststamper's Gallery website.  She found this beautiful card and said, hey.. let's make this.  So this is our interpretation (Cased) card we did with what she had.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/317701?&cat=509

 Our card that we made;

All 4 of them, yes, one does have straw raffeta;

And I don't have her doily stamp, and absolutely love it. So we each made 2 of these;

Thanks for a wonderful morning Lynn!!!  

Brandy's September 2011 card class

Another fabulous evening at Brandy Boccia's (http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/brandyboccia) card class.  I do have to say, THANK YOU Brandy for dinner. She made spaghetti, and made 3 different sauces!!!  So delicious.  

But here are her amazing cards that she had for us.  Really fabulous...

Triple Treat Flower;

I really love this card!! So beautiful and fun... 

This looks hard, but when Brandy did the work and had all of these punched already, it wasn't hard or time consuming at all.  This is a "quilted" card.  Not only did this have all of the triangles, this was also run through the Big Kick with the Basketweave embossing folder;

Thank you so much Brandy!!! I had a great evening!

More cards!! I love it!!!!

Ohh I love going to my friends stamp classes!!!  And last week it was all about April Prachniak's stamp class and club night.  It is so great being with friends and stamping and munching and laughing...  what a wonderful relaxation evening!!!  If you enjoy April's cards and want to join one of her classes, you can reach her at;  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/mystampplace/events

Here is Moose and Mai playing... this was the pic before I left;

This was the first card we did with the Autumn Days set. I love this set.  And the colors are wonderful.

 This is with the new single stamp in the winter mini, along with all new in color paper, new buttons in the mini and new dsp.

 I thought this was the ultimate in KISS cards... Keep It Simply Silly...  No layers, just straight on vanilla card stock.  This is using French Foliage.

 And again with the new single stamp from the mini.  How awesome is this fall card?!?!??!?!

 And this one using the large doily stamp.  So pretty!

Now this one I took this morning of Moose since I was taking pictures.  He is sooo big!!! I believe he is now upwards to 70lbs.  WoW!!!  But look at this face only a mother could love.  Awww...

 April used Field Flowers for Lynn's club night.  Lynn Haase and I both love, love, love this set. Of course we both ordered it as well... and I can't wait to get it in my hot little hands!!!  But this is what she did with the set.

 This one she didn't put a 'saying' on it... I have to decide on what i want to use.  But it is still gorgeous!

Thank you April for a wonderful evening of stamping!!!  

Happy Birthday!!!

I joined yet another swap on SplitCoastStampers... her hee... it's a Birthday card swap. It's not due until Nov. 1, but there's nothing like the present. This didn't turn out exa

ctly as I had liked. I found that I have 13 packs of Stampin' Up DSP that are either not opened or barely used. So I pulled out a pack and used the colors in it.

Also, the layout is from Splitcoaststampers Forum... So what do you think? I turned mine sideways....

More Lions, Tigers and Bears (Oh MY!) cards

OOOhhh the confusion!!!!  Not really if it was confusion, more like undecided.  I had taken 2 spots in the Lions, Tigers and Bears swap on Splitcoaststampers.  (If you are interested, here is the link, I believe there are spots still available).
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/cards-f107/*new-open*-lions-tigers-bears-%96-oh-my-all-animals-%96-4-1-swap-due-11-1-a-t535184.html

There are just so many animals to choose from...  Denami chicks, Recollections fish set I just got, oohhhh  the decisions a stamper has to make! HAHAHHAHA!!!

Well... I let the patterned paper decide. So I started looking through my ENORMOUS stash of patterned paper, and this glittered heart puppy paw paper caught my eye.  Hmmm...  I didn't think about doggies.  And why would I, as I was gazing at my two gorgeous pups (sarcasm :o) ).  So I decided to do this doggy card.  I love dogs, love my dogs to death. I call them "The Kids".  So this is a tribute to my love of dogs.

Lions, Tigers and Bears (Oh My!) Swap

Keeping the mojo going (even though I really wasn't feeling it today), I got another set of cards done for another swap I had joined.  This is for the Lions, Tigers and Bears (Oh My!) swap. You can do any animal you want, and bugs are included.  Here is the link... I believe there are still openings...

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/cards-f107/*new-open*-lions-tigers-bears-%96-oh-my-all-animals-%96-4-1-swap-due-11-1-a-t535184.html

Keeping with my new found thinking, I am using what I have. I know... stampers say that a lot, I'll use what I have, then we hoard paper, keeping buying new stamps and supplies, etc...  Well, don't get me wrong, you can never have enough stamps, and punches, and "things"... hahahah!!!  But I really do want to start using things I have.   So this is using the CTMH Making Waves set.  The bubbles on the side is an EK Success punch, and the patterned paper my mother in law had gotten me from QVC or HSN. I used crystal effects on all of the bubbles and his goggles, and the colored letters in "Splish Splash".

What do you think?