Happiest Birthday Wishes

My goodness it is Friday already and I still haven't designed a card for next Saturday's card class. Guess today I had better get to work.

Looking forward to some cooler weather and the feel of fall in the air. This is my favorite time of the year. Traveling to the mountains now is the best, changing leaves and cool air and seeing all God's wonderful creations. We will be planning some trips after card class is done.

Here is the 2nd card in the September card class series. I just love this color, Wisteria Wonder.

The card is Wisteria Wonder 4 1/4 x 11. Whisper White is 4 x 5 1/4. The butterfly is also punched  from Wisteria Wonder with the butterfly punch. I used the Big shot and the Designer Frames Embossing folder to put the oval frame on the white. The top corners are done with the Scallop Corner Trim Punch and the ribbon is Wisteria Wonder Ruffled ribbon. The sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes. I finished it off with a row of small Basic Pearls for the butterfly body. Of course I used dimensionals to mount the butterfly and for the Whisper White layer. Totally awesome card to get for your birthday!!

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Happiest Birthday Wishes

Good Morning!! It is a beautiful morning and I'm ready to work today. Have a million things to do. Just finished my coffee, which of course was the most important thing I had to do. Now on to the other important things, like designing cards for October's card class. I am also starting a Technique Club in October, on the 22nd, and if any of you in the San Diego area are interested in joining us please email me and I'll give you more details.

This is the first of the 8 cards we did in our September card class. It is so gorgous in person.
Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Happiest Birthday Wishes

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry 4 1/4 x 11, Whisper White 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 & a scrap for circle with sentiment, Certainly Celery 4 1/4 x 3 3/4, Melon Mambo 1 1/4 x 5 and scratp for scallop circle, Pretty in Pink 4 1/4 x 3 1/2

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon 6 1/2", Whie Doily from the Flirtatious DSP, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Big Shot with the new Snow Burst Embossing folder and Dimensionals

Hope you all have a great day! Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow. I appreciate all of you who look at my blog and please leave a comment to let me know how I'm doing. I would really like that a lot.

Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Sneak Peek

I have had another busy day. One lady came to finish her gift items and then had to do some grocery shopping. Finally I am on the computer for a while to get some work done.

This picture shows what everyone made at my Sneak Preview of the new Holiday Mini Catalog. We had a good time and 8 ladies were present. Of course everyone loved all the new products and my orders were over $400, so it was not just a fun evening but a properous one as well. Thanks to all of you who participated and I know you are loving your new products. That scoring tool is so awesome!! I don't know how I ever did without one.

Everyone loved the Santa boot card and 3 Stocking Dies for the Big Shot were purchased along with the accessories die. It would make a cute stocking banner to hang up for Christmas. I might have to try one.





The fall card was done with the Always Thankful stamp set. Of course the boot was done with the Stocking Die and the Silver Glitter paper. The box is one of a set of 4 that you can purchase from the Holiday Mini and is decorated with Holly Berry Bouquet DSP from the same catalog. It was a fun night for all and I certainly will do another when the next mini catalog is released.

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Big Shot Class August

Guess it's time I got back to blogging. Missed a few days because I was so busy with our gift class. We had so much fun on Saturday, laughing, joking, and just having good clean fun. I have a tremendous group of ladies and I dearly love them all. They really enjoyed the 5 gifts that we made and I will have them on here as soon as I get caught up with other posts.
This was our Big Shot class in August. We had a terrfic time with it and everyone loved the projects. If you want to have fun and learn some new things you should really join us next time.

We made two cards and three boxes using the Big Shot and dies, embossing folders, etc.I tryed using an embossing folder on the Spice Cake DSP for the Grateful card. I used the polka dot one and it sure gave it a different look. I liked it very much and so did my ladies. The Happy Birthday card was done with the new Pennant die and came out so cute. Of course we had to use Basic Rhinestones for a little glimmer. We used the Box #2 die for the little basket on the right. We cut two and put them together back to back with sticky strip, then decorated with dsp from the Santa's Letters pack. The fall basket we did with the Two Tag Die. We cut 2 of them and put a strip in the middle, secured everything with sticky strip and finished with a handle secured with two brads. Last but not least we did the new Blossom Box Die. It is a little frustrating until you learn how to handle everything,(I made 4 before I got one I really liked) but now I can make a good one each time. It is a matter of molding and creasing your card stock just right and once you master that you can have a lot of fun with this die. My ladies said they didn't want to do another anytime soon. I think they will change their minds, they all did a great job and we had some really beautiful boxes when we finished.

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.
Hugs,
June


Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Blogger Help

Thanks to some help from a fellow blogger my blog is now back to normal. It was just an HTML problem in one of my post. It is so nice to know that you can get help when you ask for it.

After I take some pictures, I will be back with another post.

Have a great day!

June

Hello Doiley

It's Monday morning and a beautiful morning it is. I am working on the Gift Class projects again today. I can hardly wait for Saturday, it will be so much fun and I have 6 lovely ladies coming to play.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Hello Doily and Swirls and Curls Verses

Card stock: Rose Red 5 1/4 x 10 1/2 & 3 1/4 x 5 1/8,scrap for sentiment backing, Flirtatious DSP 5 1/8 x 5 1/8, Whisper White 5 x 5 for stamp and a scrap for sentiment

Ink: Regal Rose and Wisteria Wonder

Accessories: Scallop Trim Corner Punch and Scallop Trim Border Punch, dimensionals

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act'  Psalm 37:5

Delicate Doilies

I am not liking blogger very well lately. Yesterday's post did not come out like I typed it in. Couldn't seem to get it to do what I wanted. Guess it's like some people, it has a mind of it's own.

It is cool again this morning only 52 degrees. It is supposed to be a nice day however. I am working on my gift class projects for this Saturday. We should have lots of fun and some people will receive some beautiful gifts from this undertaking.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Delicate Doilies & Happiest Birthday Wishes

Card stock: Whisper White 4 1/4 x 11, scrap for scallop circle, Basic Black 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, Pink Pirouette 4 x 5 1/4, scrap of Rose Red for boho blossom

Ink: Melon Mambo

Accessories: Big shot w/ Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder, Doily from Flirtatious DSP, Scallop Circle, Boho Blossoms and 1/16th whole punch, White Organza Ribbon, small rhinestone brad and dimensional

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Snow Much Fun

Good Morning! It is cool in Southern California this morning. They say we have November temps now instead of summer type September temps. Crazy weather.

I still have a couple more August card class cards to put in before I get to Septembers. This is one of the Christmas ones we did. I really like this set. The snowmen are so cute.

Stamp Set: Snow Much Fun

Cardstock: Pool Party 4 1/4 x 11, Spice Cake DSP 4 x 5 1/4, Island Indigo 3 1/4 x 3 3/4, Whisper White 3 x 3 1/2 and a scrap for the sentiment, a strip of Wisteria Wonder 1 1/4 x 5

Ink: Black Stazon

Accessories: Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder Markers, Lace Ribbon Border punch, Modern Label punch and dimensionals

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Snow Much Fun

Blogger wants to fight against me this morning. That doesn't sound like a fun session. Anyway, Good Morning to you all! Sorry I haven't posted in a while but life gets busy.

Card class was so great again this month. We had 8 ladies and one was new. She really enjoyed it and plans to come back and bring her daughter. We used the new scoring tool and they all loved that! It is an awesome tool. So much easier to bend your card and have it look great!

I really like this stamp set. It can be used for more than Christmas. This card just says somebody likes you as much as me. Cute saying!

Stamp set: Snow Much Fun

Cardstock: Pool Party 4 1/4 x 11 and 4 inch square for punching the 2 3/8" scallop circle, Calypso Coral and the Two Tag Die with the Big Shot (use the small tag), Whisper White 4 x 5 1/4 and a 3" square to stamp the image on and punch out with the 1 3/4" circle punch. I used the Polka Dot Embossing Folder on the Whisper White and the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder on the small tag.

Ink: Black Stazon

Accessories: Pool Party and Calypso Coral markers, White Organza Ribbon

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you tomorrow.

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Happy Greetings

The air is on already and at 11 am it was 94 degrees outside. Not quite as humid today but still an uncomfortable day.

One more day until card class. I really look forward to the second Saturday every month. I have so many nice friends who come to have fun and make cards. Hope you can join us one of these months.

This card is using one of my favorite stamp sets and DSP. Stamp sets are Fabulous Florets and Happy Greetings. Cardstock is Pacific Point 4 1/4 x 11, Whisper White 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, Beyond the Garden DSP 3x4 (2 different pieces same size). I used scraps of Whisper White to stamp the flowers and sentiment on, and scraps of Lucky Limeade for the leaves. Rose Red, Daffodil Delight & Tangerine Tango are the inks used. The ribbon is 6" of Lucky Limeade Ruffled ribbon and the centers of the flowers are sparkling with our new glitter glue. I used the Scallop Circle Punch for the sentiment and my Paper Snips to cut the flowers. The leaves were punched with the Blossom Petals Builder punch.

Hope you like it as much as I and will get inspired to make your own.

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you soon.

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Simply Soft

Good morning! It is hot and muggy in Southern California today and supposed to be this way all week. I don't like it. Makes me feel like I am back in Michigan and it is July instead of September.
It's almost time for card class again and I haven't finished blogging August cards as yet. Life has been busy. Hopefully I can get them posted this week.



This is called a Center Step Card. You can get directions for making one on Split Coast Stampers. I just love the colors we used, new Wisteria Wonder for the base 5 1/4 x 10 1/4. It fits in our 5 1/2" envelopes. I used Flirtatious DSP, pink is 3 x 4 1/4, yellow is 7/8 x 4 5/8 cut in (2) 1" pieces and the rest used in center and stamped from Sincere Salutations, purple is (2) 1 x 4 strips cut on both sides with the Eyelet Border Punch. I used Wisteria Wonder ink and the Lucky Limeade marker. I used images from Simply Soft (hostess set). The finishing touch is 12" of Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon. Awesome card!!

Hope you all had a great week-end and are ready for some stamping. If you live in the San Diego area and would like to join us, we meet this Saturday at 1pm at my home for some stamping fun.

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you soon.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Natures Silhouette

Happy September 1 to you all. Hard to believe it is fall already. The seasons seem to pass more quickly every year. Feel like my life is moving in the fast lane.

Had a great Big Shot class on Tuesday. We are having to say good-bye to one of our members as she is moving to Florida. We will miss you Amy and hope you can come back to us someday. We will be praying for you and your husband and family.

This card was inspired by some new designer series paper in the new Holiday Mini that went live this morning. It's called Frostwood Lodge and has a lot of wood looking designs for the male friends and family members cards. I love this stag, he looks so majestic and I'm pretty sure my sons would like to meet him in the woods come hunting season in Michigan.

I started with Early Espresso CS 4 1/4 x 11 for the main card base. Next layer is DSP from the Frostwood Lodge collection 4 x 5 1/4, next one is 3 1/4" square and the next is one 3" square. Under the deer is Crumb Cake 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 and the deer is stamped on a 2 x 3 piece that really looks like White Birch, my favorite wood. I stamped the sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes on a piece of Naturals White and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch. The Early Espresso under it was also punched with the same punch.

Stunning birthday for any deer lover.

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you soon.

Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5