Crafter's Anonymous

From several of my previous posts, you have by now realized that I am a teacher (if you haven't realized this, read more carefully), and that I get the summer off.  Does this mean that I sleep in though?  Absolutely not.  My husband still has to go to work so when his alarm goes off at 6:30, I'm up too.  What do I do in early morning while he's getting ready for work?  Why, come into my craft room, or course!  So this morning, he posted a comment on his facebook page asking of anyone knows of a CA group that he could contact.  Apparently I need an intervention...

So this morning, I continued making wedding cards (I've been trying to stockpile them for the market).  This little gem came to me in my sleep and needed to be made immediately.

No, that's not metallic paper.  I covered up a piece of cardstock with tin foil and ran it through the EF.  I am fairly impressed with myself right now.

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Basic Black
Paper:  Basic Black
Extras:  Vintage Wallpaper EF, Scallop punch, Oval punch, TIN FOIL!

Sympathy Flowers

My husband called me from work this afternoon for a little pick-me-up.  We live in a small town, where everyone knows everyone, and how and what everyone is doing.  At his work, there is a sweet old, albeit curmudgeony, gentleman (the father of one of the owners) who spends his day driving customers around town while their cars get serviced, drinking coffee at A&W, and doing a fair amount of old-man style complaining about some SOB or other.  During his travels around the dealership, he often drops in on my husband for a visit (according to him, my hubby is "one cool cat").  So when dear old Frank seemed a little off yesterday, Chris asked him if everything was ok.  The response he got was that Frank seems to think he's "come to the end of my rope."  80 some odd years is a pretty good shot at things, but when Frank decided to stay home today because he wasn't feeling well, it got everyone down a little.  Thinking about this hardy ex-truck driver as a frail old guy made me think of all the people that I've heard have passed along recently.  So with this in mind, I set out to make some sympathy cards that aren't black and grey and depressing.  The muted blue tones of this card made it solemn, but the punch of yellow is that light that you see at the end of the tunnel.

Stamps:  Fabulous Florets, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Extras:  Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Flower Garden embossing folder

Punch Bunch (Workshop)

During this workshop you will make three different cards: 1 birthday, 1 thank you, and 1 general occasion (you choose the sentiment).  The focus of this workshop is using a few of Stampin' Up's great punches, making a series of fun cards for your stash, ready to give out to your favourite people.

Stamps: Pennant Parade, Bring on the Cake
Ink:  Poppy Parade, Bashful Blue
Paper: Poppy Parade, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Extras: Petite Pennants Punch

Stamps: Punch Potpourri, Word Play
Ink:  Poppy Parade, Bashful Blue
Paper: Poppy Parade, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Extras: Butterfly Punch, Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Perfect Polka dots embossing folder

Stamps: Curly Cute, A to Z
Ink:  Poppy Parade, Bashful Blue
Paper: Poppy Parade, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
Extras: Owl Punch, Bird Punch

 

Stamps: Punch Potpourri, Bold Blossom

Ink:  Pool Party, Versamark

Paper:  Pool Party, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Very Vanilla

Extras:  Bird Punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Scallop Oval Punch

"Quilting" (Workshop)

  

Quilting

Fee:  $15 or free with $30 catalogue order 
1 - 1 1/2 hours

If you're looking at this page, chances are you're a quilter.  Congratulations - you have more patience than I can ever hope to!  I love all of the little details you find in quilts, so why not do it with paper too?  In this workshop you will use a series of coordinating patterned paper (to match the season, of course) and embossing techniques to create a "quilt" for your cards.  You will try three different layouts to give you a variety of styles.  Once your quilt top is ready, you can choose from a variety of sentiments to finish it off.