Sherron Karasek Independent Demonstrator Stampin' Up! Email: sherron1127@msn.com Phone: 360-578-1228

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Fun stamping day

Tuesday was my monthly Simply Stampin' Lunch Bunch and Aerubbecisor downline group dinner.   My stamping friends started arriving at 10:30 AM and the last downline stampers left around 9PM so it was a very long but fun day.  Everyone got to make the same five cards and fellow demonstrator, Michelle brought two of her class projects to share.  Most of my projects were cased from other demonstrators, but I did actually design one myself.  Here are a few of the cards everyone was able to make.
 This was my favorite of all the projects.  It was designed by Tami White and uses one of my favorite all time sets, Work of Art.  I have very few Easter stamps so this one combined with Teeny Tiny Wishes is perfect.
 This one was my own design and uses the pretty printed vellum that is a Saleabration free gift with purchase.  I stamped one of the of the flowers from the Watch Me Grow set on the front of the vellum and then colored on the backside with Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz markers.  That way the flowers are really defined in the front but you don't have to be really careful with your coloring.  The saying and frame is from the same set.
 This card was such a quick easy one to do.  I can't remember where I saw it, but I used the Balloon Builder set with the matching Balloon Punch.  You just stamp the same image multiple times without reinking.  One of the gals did it in Pool Party for her husband's birthday and it looked great, too.
This was one of Michelle's cards.  She had used it as a Valentine project and then changed it to a birthday card for her Birthday Blitz class.  She used the tree from the Sprinkles of Life set, but I wanted to use the new Happy Home set and I think it is such a happy card.

I'll have the rest of the projects to share next time.  My annual
 Birthday Blitz class is this Saturday so watch for those cards to be posted soon.  Hugs, Sherron 

Monday, February 15, 2016

Rose Wonder Bundle

My stamp clubs are all done for the month and I'm getting ready for the two classes at the end of the month.  Now it is time to take a few days off and enjoy some warmer days in San Francisco, I hope.

This month I've really enjoyed playing with the beautiful Rose Wonder Stamp set and framelits.  I love the way you can make beautiful stained glass images.  Embossing and coloring can create them one way or you can take the framelits and fill in the images with cardstock.  You can also color the paper and put the framelits over the top or just use the framelits.  Here are some of the cards that I cased or received from others.





Aren't they beautiful?  They are so easy to cut out with the Precision Plate and Big Shot Die Brush.  Hope you like them.  If you are one of my stamping friends, you might get one for your birthday or as a thank you.  Hugs, Sherron

Friday, February 5, 2016

Celebrating twenty years with Stampin' Up!

Today is my 20th anniversary with Stampin' Up!  My daughter, Lisa, who got me into stamping and is my upline sent me some fun flowers to celebrate.
This has been another busy week with my Stamp a Stack class on Saturday and then the Earlibird and Fuzzy Pebbles stamp clubs on Monday and Tuesday.  Here are the pics of the Stamp a Stack projects, most of which were cased from others.  Everyone got to make four of each of the five cards.  The second picture was cased from Stampin'Up! using the Saleabration Wildflower Fields Designer Paper with the Flowering Fields stamp set.  The cards are all the same design using different matching flowers and papers with Crazy for You words.  They were such fun to make.  I may have to do some little plastic boxes full of them.



Tomorrow I have another workshop with my school group.  It is going to be a birthday celebration so should be fun.  More later.  Hugs, Sherron