Card Buffet Projects

I have a card buffet scheduled for Friday, May 27th at 7:00 pm. Here are five projects that my registered guests can chose from. Each of the projects will be numbered and my guests must chose which cards they want to make and how many of each. Please refer to the project number when you respond. Responses are required by Friday, May 20th. I will post an additional five choices tomorrow in case these five do not pique your interest!! :) Please keep in mind that the salutations for the majority of these cards can be changed to match any occasion. Please also note that the final versions of these cards may change, ie: colour of the card or a change in a border punch in order to facilitate the use of tools among all of the guests.

PROJECT #1:

Level of difficulty (1=easy - 5=difficult) 2

This card requires the cakes to be colored and crystal effects applied to the toppings. I would recommend no more than two of this card per person as the coloring is time consuming. This card has been popular at my sales so it will make a great birthday card to give away.


PROJECT #2:

Level of difficulty: 1

This card incorporates basic stamping and punching using the scallop border punch. The color spritzer is also used on this card.


PROJECT #3:

Level of difficulty: 1

This is a no layer card that uses the masking technique and sponging. Great masculine card.


PROJECT #4:

Level of difficulty: 1

Simple black and white. Great for a sympathy card.


PROJECT #5:

Level of difficulty: 3

Such a pretty card. This card will require the use of the Big Shot with the embossing folder and the floral fusion sizzlit die.

That's it until tomorrow. I will have five more choices. Remember, the salutations can be changed for most of these cards so that you can make one as a father's day card instead of a birthday card, for example. Please let me know if you have any questions.

PLEASE RESPOND BY EMAIL AS TO WHICH CARDS AND HOW MANY OF EACH YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. Thank you.

Pat

Hmmm, looks like I have to do this again!!

Not too happy this morning!!! Looks like my last blog post has disappeared. Blogger was having some problems and it looks like it affected my blog page. Frustrating since I have trouble posting as it is and then this happens. Hopefully this is the one and only time it happens.

So anyway... sorry for my little hissy fit. I will re-post the pictures from this week's club.

This card uses the classic Lovely as a Tree stamp set and the reflection technique:

The ladies had a choice of making a masculine birthday card or a sympathy card. I love this technique as it's super easy and gives a dramatic effect.

Our next card was another masculine card using all new product from the Summer Mini:

The stamp set used here was The Open Sea, the DSP is Nautical Expedition and the new Early Espresso Baker's Twine. Love it!!!

Our last card was definitely a girly card and incorporated the inlaid embossing technique:

Makes for a different look, don't you think?

Well it's time to get back to work making some last minute projects for The Spring into Style Trade Show happening tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by! Take care.

Pat

May Card Club

Bad, bad blogger!!! I have been slipping on keeping my blog updated and I apologize for that. It has been busier than usual so that is my excuse. I'm hoping that things slow down soon so that I can find time to get outside and enjoy the warmer weather, if we ever get any!

Last night was the last official stamp club meeting. I enjoy seeing my club ladies every month and I know that I will miss them over the summer months. In order to drag things out a little bit, I have offered them a bonus club night in June where they will not have to place an order, just come, stamp and have fun. Maybe I can entice them to come again in July for the new catty open house.

I was excited to show the ladies some new techniques last night. This card uses the reflection technique with the classic Lovely as a Tree:

This set works perfectly for those hard to make masculine cards and it also works well as a sympathy card. The technique is really quite easy and gives dramatic results.

Our second card was also another masculine card, perfect for father's day or another masculine birthday:

I love this card!! This card uses all new product from the Summer Mini. The stamp set is The Open Sea, the DSP is Nautical Expedition and the Early Espresso Baker's Twine. Love it, love it, love it!! The Nautical Expedition paper is absolutely gorgeous and the colours and the patterns are perfect with the nautical sets.

Our last card used the inlaid embossing technique and the new triple layer punch, Blossom Bouquet:

This card was CASEd from Darlene McCallum. Check out her blog: http://dreamingaboutrubberstamps.com/summer-mini-sneak-peek-blossom-bouquet-triple-layer-punch. I modified my version a little bit. This punch coordinates well with the Bold Blossom stamp set from the mini. This is a very easy technique that gives your card a very different look. Kinda neat huh?

Well, it's time to get some more projects done for the Trade Show on Saturday. Thank you for stopping by. Take care.

Pat

Darn Blizzard!!

I know it's Saskatchewan and we have to expect that the weather will be a little wacky but really, after the winter we have had, another blizzard on April 30th!!! The worst one of the year too. Because of this blizzard, I was unable to attend the Carnduff Craft Show that I had been preparing for. Oh well, now I have plenty of product to start the Farmer's Market and for the Trade Show on the 14th. Here are some of the cards I had made:

I also wanted to share with you a really cute card that I just had to CASE:

This card was originally done by Lynn at LW Designs. Check out her blog at: http://lwdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/sweet-birthday.html. I changed mine up just a little, less rhinestones (which is totally unlike me) but I added crystal effects to the toppings of the cakes to give them some shine and dimension.

I'm waiting to get my Fun Flowers die so that I can work on some bookmarks. I will post pictures of them once I get some done.

Thanks for stopping by. Take care.

Pat

Birthday cards for kids

It's a busy, busy weekend as we are getting ready to host Easter dinner today. Earlier this week I found some time to create some cards for the upcoming Carnduff craft sale.

Hopefully I will find time tomorrow to work on some more projects for the craft sale. Thanks for stopping by.

Pat

April Stamp Club

I had a terrible time coming up with projects for stamp club this month. A project I had in mind simply would not come together and at the last minute I was desperately searching Splitcoast for ideas. Here is the card that we made using the Strength & Hope stamp set:

This project was cased from Jen Sannes on Splitcoast. Check out her blog: http://www.simpleandsincere.com/2011/04/strength-hope-swap.html. I modified my project just a little bit but thank Jen for her inspiration.

Another project for club was cased straight out of the Occasions Mini!!! The Idea Book and Catalogue and the minis are definitely great sources for ideas as well. I had ordered the beveled windowpanes from the Occasions Mini months ago and had been dying to use them. It seemed like it was now or never as the mini will be done the end of April. However, I am very excited to see that the windowpanes are on the mini carry over list!!! This is the card we made using the windowpanes:

I absolutely love this card. The card base uses Crumb Cake card stock embossed with the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder. The layer is from the neutrals patterns stack with a trim of Pacific Point on the bottom. The ribbon is the Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon and the stamp set used is Clearly for You.

Lastly we made a Mother's Day card using the faux mother of pearl technique. Frost White shimmer paint is applied to shimmery white card stock using a crumpled up ball of cling wrap dipped in the paint. These butterflies were cut using the Big Shot and the Beautiful Butterflies die. After the paint dried, we stamped the flowers from Elements of Style using black stazon and colored them using rose red and old olive markers. Burnishing the butterflies with a cloth removes the ink from the pearl and gives it some shine. The card base uses Rose Red card stock, a layer of Springtime Vintage DSP and another strip of Rose Red trimmed with the scallop border punch. The lovely ribbon is Rose Red seam binding ribbon. Here is the card we made in class:

and here is a stepped up version:

I felt that the top part of the card was too plain so I stamped the vine from the Elements of Style using Rose Red ink onto the Rose Red card stock. Adding another pearl to the card was also important!!

Thank you for stopping by. Take care.

Pat

Mommy and Me Easter Class

Last Sunday I had some of my favourite little stampers and their mothers attend my Mommy and Me Easter Class. It is so fun to share the joy of crafting with people of all ages!!

Here is the Easter Bunny basket we made:

This basket was cased from Chris Galbraith. Check out her wonderful blog: http://chrisgalbraithcreations.blogspot.com

Another project for the class was a cute little spring nest:

This project was also cased. The talented Brenda Quintana was my source for this project. Check out her blog: http://qbeesquest.blogspot.com/2011/03/easter-nest.html

Thank you to all of the wonderfully talented people out there that are willing to share their projects with the rest of us.

Lastly, we made an Easter card that incorporated a little bit of punch art:

The card base used the Naturals White card stock and the grass and ribbon are Pear Pizzazz. The eggs are from the Easter Blossoms in the Occasions Mini, stamped in versamark on Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue and Pale Plum card stock and heat embossed using Iridescent Ice embossing powder. Our tired little chick was punched from So Saffron using the scallop oval punch and sponged around the edges.

It was a very enjoyable afternoon and I look forward to my next Mommy and Me class.

Thanks for stopping by.

Pat