Rainy Day Creations

I’m at the CLASSroom today playing with some fabulous twill.

Hope you’ll come on over and check it out!

I will be announcing the three blog candy winners tomorrow!  You still have until midnight tonight to enter day three’s drawing for the SU! SAB “Polka Dot Punches” set if you haven’t already done so!

Have a wonderful day!

I’ve been playing over at the CLASSroom again.

Hope you can stop by and see what I’ve been up to!

Have you seen the adorable new Panda images from Memory Box!?!  Well come on over to my CLASSroom post today and meet Garden Panda.

Hope to see you there!

The new Shady Tree Studio floral images that were recently released are so beautiful, and I couldn’t decide which one I wanted to craft with first.  So, I chose all 5 and made a set complete with a matching gift box.  (Sometimes indecision can be a fun thing!)

When you use designer paper (dp) do you often end up with lots of little bits and pieces of it which are then generally wasted.  Well, to prevent any waste, I came up with a template not long ago that uses 2) 6″X6″ pieces of dp.  This works well with all of the 6″X6″ paper pads available now.  And all of the pieces of dp used on the box and the 5 Shady Tree cards came from those 2) 6″X6″ pieces.

Here are the templates.

I used ALL of the paper on both of the 6″X6″ pieces of paper.  Even the little 1/4″ square was used on the box with the brad.

I have used this template before but made 6 cards with it rather than just 5.  Instead of having corner pieces on the cards, I had 6) 3″ X 1-1/2″ panels.  So only 2 corner pieces remained with that template.

Hope you can join me over at the CLASSroom for lots more pictures and details about the cards.

Thanks so much for dropping by today!! 

Yup it’s the 20th and time for another Splitcoaststamper’s Dirty Challenge.  This month’s challenge is all about “feeling” the love… anything with texture.  It must be a Valentine’s project or card, and NO RED is allowed!!  Here is the card I made for it.

My textures include the scalloped embossing and the pink Fun Flock.  The flocking is applied to both the darling Karen Lockhart “Peapod of Hearts” image and the little white prima.  The sentiment is also a Karen Lockhart stamp.  “Peapod of Hearts” is the Stamp of the Month over at Ellen Hutson’s, LLC.  And at the CLASSroom I have a few hints about playing with Fun Flock.  Hope you can join me there.

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Stamps: Karen Lockhart’s ‘Peapod of Hearts’ and ‘Peas Be Mine’ sentiment

Papers: Neenah ‘Solar White’; Memory Box ‘Parsley’

Inks: Memento ‘Tuxedo Black’; Copics (YG000, YG03, YG06); Stardust Glitter Pen

Accessories: Fun Flock; Prima; Ribbon; Cuttlebug and ‘Frills’ Embossing Folder

“Oh it is so much fun to be at Ellen’s studio and rummage through her supplies!!  *insert gleeful giggle here*  I had never used Liquid Pearls before.  So when I saw them sitting there, I knew I was going to have to give them a try.”  ~me~

Have you ever tried Liquid Pearls?  Come over to the CLASSroom and check out my adventures with them.  The bride is a Karen Lockhart image, and the sentiment is from Mona Lisa Moments’ “Wedding Centers” set.

Happy Stamping!

Today I have some exciting news to share!  Ellen Hutson has invited me to join her team at  the CLASSroom!!  I first met Ellen last summer in Chicago at CHA.  She is just the sweetest kindest person ever.  Little did I know then that Ellen and I live just a few miles from each other.  But since that time, after it was discovered we were neighbors, I visited Ellen at her studio.  And what fun it was!  It was truly a kid in a candy shop experience! lol  And now I get to play there, too!!

So today is my first post at the CLASSroom.  I would love for you to join me there.  I have some details and tips on this card made with Karen Lockhart’s cute IB Baby Bee image.

Happy Stamping!