Another busy stamping week.

It's been another very busy stamping week. Last Saturday was my annual Birthday Blitz.  Then I headed to Mossyrock on Tuesday for the monthly Fuzzy Pebbles stamp club.  They are such a great group of ladies.  On Friday's papercrafting day, I made the Enjoy the Little Things project kit and finished another granddaughter's scrapbook.  Today it was another fun group of ladies for the Olympic school workshop.  I'll be posting more pictures from all of these events but I promised to share the rest of the lunch bunch first.  I also want to show the project from yesterday.

This kit was a real challenge as you can see from the photos.  It is a very cute project with a cool stand up easel clipboard and thirteen different decorated pages to place on the board.  However, the directions were so tiny that I was grateful for the lighted magnifying glass that my husband gave me your for my birthday.  Not only were the directions in four languages, but there were multiple pieces in three languages that had to be sorted before I ever got started.  The kit went together well after all of the pieces were sorted, but there were lots of tiny pieces so you need a lot of patience for this one.  I probably won't do this one in a class.

This is one of my favorite cards from the lunch bunch projects.  I can't remember who I copied it from, but I love the serenity it inspires.  The In the Meadow stamp set is such s nice addition to our stamp library. We have needed a scenery set for awhile.  The addition of the narrow corrugated paper adds some nice texture.

The Botanical Garden is one of the most popular bundles in the Occasions spring mini.  The designer paper is spectacular and goes so well with the stamps and matching framelits.  There are so many beautiful things that's can be done with this bundle.  The saying is from a great  set in the mini called Suite Sayings

                                   
This card was one of the very cute cards that my downline demonstrator,  Michelle brought for us to make.  It uses the Celebrate Today set which is great for any special occasion.

I am having so much fun with all of the great sets in three different catalogs.  This is the last month of Saleabration. There are not quite three months left for the Occasions mini and the big annual catalog so it is time to make lists of what you have to have before it is gone.  I'll have the new annual catalog when I come home from convention next month and the list of soon to be retired.  Hugs, Sherron

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 

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

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

Another fun week of stamping and papercrafting.

I got lots of catching up done this past week with a Paper Pumpkin kit completed, another set of scrapbooking pages done and my last Tuesday Simply Stampin' Lunch Bunch and Aerubbecisor dinner gathering.

Friday was papercrafting day and I completed my December Paper Pumpkin kit making this very pretty calendar for 2016.  I can print out new little calendars each year and put them over the previous year.

On Sunday, while watching the NFL playoff games, I finished the last of my scrapbook pages for my 2013 collage.  After 50 years of doing an annual family event collage and then spending the last 15 years scrapbooking all of them, I am done.  After our big 50th anniversary cruise celebration, I decided that 50 years was enough.  I have three huge albums of awesome memories so now I will just continue the make smaller albums of big events and an annual one for all the little stuff.  Here is that last four pages that I completed for 2013.

And finally, I had my Simply Stampin' Lunch Bunch and Aerubbecisor downline group dinner yesterday with five projects that I cased for my ladies plus two fun projects that Laura And Michelle brought for everyone to make.  Here are pics of all the projects we did.

It's been a busy week and more to come.  This Saturday is my annual Stamp A Stack class and then we start another month of workshops so stay tuned for more pictures of all the fun.  Hugs, Sherron. 

Scrapbooking and playoffs

Well, my Seahawks didn't win, but the Broncos did so I hope they womp New England next weekend.

I spent the day completing 12 Christmas cards for next year and making four scrapbook pages of my 2012 collage. For the first 50 years of my marriage, I created an annual collage that featured all the special events in my family's lives.  Fifteen years ago I ran out of walls so I started pulling them apart and scrapbooking them.  Now I have three huge scrapbooks that are a guideline to my future memory albums.  After pulling all of my photos out of the awful magnetic albums, I now have boxes and boxes loaded with photos that I have to figure out how to scrapbook.  Here are pics of the four pages that I did.

I'm also getting ready for my end of month classes, but my workshops for the month are done so here is one of the fun projects that I did with  great free Saleabration paper and stamps.  The stamp set is called Sky Is The Limit and the designer paper is Perfectly Artistic.  Both are free with a $50 purchase until February 15th.  Here is a pic of this fun card. I can't remember where I got the idea, but I hope you like it.

I'll have the rest of my January projects ready to show you in the next several days as well as my thank you notes for my club members.  Hope you are having a great January and ready for some stamping therapy for these very rainy.  Hugs, Sherron

Lots of great workshops

It's been such a busy week with four great workshops and my monthly Stampaholics Anonymous open house.  The new Occasions mini is a huge hit and everyone is loving the free stuff in the Saleabration mini catalog.

For Stampaholics I put out some leftover birthday designer paper from last year with our new birthday stamps and we created some fun simple cards, particularly for kids.  Here is a pic of four that I made.

 

I have just one more workshop on Wednesday and then I can concentrate on the projects for my classes the end of the month.  Here is another of my favorites from the Simply Stampin' Lunch Bunch.  It was really easy and features one of the free stamp sets for Saleabration, Botanicals for You.  I used it with the beautiful Wildflower Fields Designer Paper which is also a free gift with purchase.  Then I used the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies from the Occasions mini to frame the saying.  There is a set that matches the dies and is bundled for greater savings.  Have I mentioned lately how much I love the bundles?

So many new bundles and so little time.  I need more hours in the day.  Hope you get a chance to come and play with me.  Hugs, Sherron

New catalogs go live

Tomorrow, January 5 is the start of our two new catalogs.  I have had so much fun playing with a bunch of the great stamps and accessories in the Spring Occasions mini and the terrific Saleabration mini.  For my Simply Stampin' Lunch Bunch last week I chose four of my favorite new bundles to feature as well as one retiring stamp set that I had yet to use, but thought would be a great addition to my stash of stamps.

For my workshops this month, I picked three groups of products to feature and made several cards from each.  Most of the samples came from Pinterest which is always my go to source for ideas.  I also copied several from my favorite two Stampin' Up! creative gurus, Julie Davison and Dawn Olchefske.  Here are pics of the three groups of cards.

 The first group of Cards are from the "It's My Party" suite on pages 4 through 7 in the Occasions mini.  I really love, love, love all of the products in this suite.  There are so many fabulous combinations and some surprises inside.  I'll share more pictures over the month including the inside of my workshop project.

The second group of cards is from the "Love Blossoms" Suite on pages 16 to 21 in the Occasions mini.  This one is perfect for Valentine's as well as anniversaries and weddings.  You will love the new Big Shot die brush for the intricate heart die.

The last group is from the Saleabration mini and features two products that are only avsilable free with purchase through February 15.  I really like the "Sky is the Limit" set as my husband is a pilot and has owned several planes over the years.  It goes so well with the "Perfectly Artistic" designer paper whiich is also a Saleabration free selection.  It also couples well with the "Going Places" suite on pages 38 and 39 of the Occasions mini.

Here is the first of the lunch bunch projects from last week.  I got my inspiration from the catalog on page 16. It features the Bloomin' Love bundle.  I changed the color to Blushing Bride instead of Crumb Cake and a few other small minor changes.  The ladies loved the project and were amazed at how easy the tiny pieces came out of the heart with the die brush.

I hope you've enjoyed a sneak peek at what's coming up this month.  If you aren't in one of my stamp clubs and would like to play with some of these products, join me for Stampaholics Anonymous this coming Sunday, January 10 at 1 PM.  In the meantime stay warm and safe.  Hugs, Sherron

Anniversary cards

It has been weeks since I've had the time or motivation to blog.  Of course I'd rather be stamping and Holiday preps have taken precedence.  I've made a New Years resolution to blog twice a week in 2016.  I thought I would start this week by sharing some pretty anniversary cards with you.  Today is my husband's and my 52nd anniversary and my daughter, Lisa and her husband's 30th.  We both chose the same set to make our cards.  I love the Timeless Love stamp set.  It is such an elegant font and the flowers accent beautifully.

This was my card that I sent to Lisa And Michael.  It is done in Blushing Bride ink and uses lace and flowers from a retired accessory set.  I loved its softness and hint of love.  I made several in Mint Macaron too.

Here is my husband's card.  Since it snowed all day yesterday, I felt as if I needed to do something in snowflakes.  I had so much of the beautiful Wonderland Specialty designer Series Paper left over and black and white is so masculine, it just lent itself to the card.  The touch of black glimmer paper added sparkle.  The Flurry of Wishes snowflakes added the perfect accent.  Both the designer and glimmer papers are retiring next week so you only have a week to get some if you want them. Thank goodness the Flurry of Wishes bundle is being carried over.  I really love that set.

My daughter's card to us is really unique.  I have to ask her how she made it.  The vellum is beautiful and I'm not sure if she stamped it or it came that way.

Tomorrow is Simply Stampin' lunch Bunch.  I'm posting the five cards on my Stamping with Sherron Facebook page next so check them out.  I'll have more pictures and details about them later this week.  Hope you all have a great New Years.  Ours will be very quiet this year.  Hugs, Sherron.

Still stamping

Today is the last day to register for this month's kit class on October 31.  You have a choice of three different kit, the Tin of Cards, Watercolor Wishes, or Cottage Greetings on pages 152 to 155 in the big catalog. Here are pics of the three kits.

I'll offer this class again in November on the 28th in case you want to make more than just one.

I was madly creating more cards for the upcoming Smart Start Bazaar.  Here is one that I did for Stampaholics a couple of weeks ago.  I finished up all the leftover designer paper and made six more of these using the great Watercolor Thank You, some retired twill tape and the fun candy dots as an accent.  Here is the quick card.

 

Lastly, I wanted to share the last card that I did with my stamp clubs.  This was one that I cased with a few changes.  I love the Wetlands stamp set, but I find the sayings a little too feminine, so I love this "Happy Birthday" from the Sprinkles on Top set.  The saying with it can apply to your numbers of birthdays or the donuts that are included in the set.  I just love the sponging on this card.  I'm not positive but I think I might have gotten the card from either Julie Davison or Dawn Olchefske, two of my favorite talented artists.

Now I am getting the five projects put together for next week's Simply Stampin'  Lunch Bunch.  I'll share them after the class.  Hugs, Sherron

Getting ready for bazaars

We are heading into bazaar season and I have been busy.  While bazaars aren't really my thing, I do a couple a year just to have the opportunity to winnow down my thousands of cards that I manage to accumulate each year.  As I've been mentioning in the last few days, my good friend and downline demonstrator, Michelle Stumbo and I are going to be at the Smart Start Bazaar on November 21.  We will be teaching card making as a fundraiser as well as selling gift items and cards.  I've been creating a bunch of fun cases using our wood mount stamp cases filled with matching cards and envelopes.  These are the same type that I shared this past August when my hostesses got to make them at there appreciation luncheon.  Here is a pic of a few I've done that are waiting for my husband to put handles on.  They are so fun and a great gift.  I've been making them for my grandkids as they have so little time to make cards with their schedules even though they have all been taught how.

 Here are four of the cards I created to go into one of the cases.  Each case contains 10 different cards for all sorts of occasions.  Some are done with current products and some are retired or a mixture of both.  I hope to have bunches of them available at the bazaar.

Here is another card I just made using up some retired designer paper and fun brads.  I'll have these for sale individually at the bazaar.

Here is another of the cards from my October stamp clubs.  I don't usually go for cute but this set was just too fun.  This angel is so sweet that I had to have her and copied this wonderful card designed by Judy May.   There are also an elf and a bundled up child in this Christmas Cuties set along with three sayings.  You'll see the other two in the next couple of weeks.  

I'm continuing to sort and create to get through these chilly gray days.  More to come.  Thanks for stopping by.  Hugs, Sherron

More stuff used up.

I had my last stamp club last night so now I can share some of the projects that my great ladies got to make this month.  The first one is made with the Reason for the Season bundle on page 31 in the Holiday mini.  I wasn't sure that I even liked this one much less wanted to deal with the punch.  I went ahead and got it after I saw some of the fun things done with it.  Now I love it.  It looks a lot more complicated than it was.  Isn't it so pretty?

I have more ideas for other things that I want to make with it so I'll share more as I get them made.

As I mentioned, I am working to use up lots of the paper and accessories that I have collected for the past twenty years.  Today I made four "star" cards using up some big star brads that I have had for several years.  The set is perfect for this Be the Star card that features Pacific Point cardstock with some retired silver and white designer paper.  It has the tiny silver brads and Metallics Sequin Assortment.

The second card that I made used up some scraps of a very old paper that is perfect for man cards. I used the Wilderness Waits set on page 86 of the big annual catalog and the saying from the Sprinkles on Top set on page 7.  If you would like to see or purchase these cards, come to the Smart Start bazaar on November 21 at the Free Methodist Church on Ocean Beach hiway.  I'll have lots of cards and gift items and you'll have a chance to create your own cards too.

I'm really having fun coming up with simple cards from lots of old craft stuff.  As many of you know I am artistically challenged, but this kind of creating feels so good and is such good therapy for the onset of the dark season.  Hugs, Sherron

Using up lots of stuff!

This is that time of year when I want to stay in bed and hibernate.  The sun is already so low in the sky that we don't see a lot of the sunlight.  The only way that I stay sane is to head upstairs to my craft room and play.  I have way too much paper and accessories that I have collected in the more than twenty years that I have been stamping.  I decided that I don't want to "win" any more so I am concentrating on using up lots of stockpiled goodies.  I keep pulling out old designer papers and lots of accessories and every day I try to make 10 to 20 cards to give away or sell at the bazaars that I do.  Here are two of the latest creations.  The first one uses one of my favorite stamps from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini.  It is so perfect as I ride out each morning on my way to the hot tub sweeping away huge spider webs with gross spiders trying to catch unsuspecting prey.  The designer paper is so old that it was from before we had double sided paper.  I will use this card for my Wild Card stamp club swap tonight.

 The second card was designed to use up a few of the green decorative brads from several years back.  I decided to use the Beautiful Bunch stamp set to go with it and add some Magic Mesh from even more years ago as an accent.  The Old Olive, Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry colors went well for the autumn season.  Since I use so many thank you cards, I used my go to stamp set, Another Thank You to complete the card.

I have my last stamp club of the month tonight so I'll be posting pics of their projects to come. Hugs, Sherron

Tin of Cards class

Today was my Tin of Cards class.  This kit has been so popular that it was on backorder for two months.  Everyone had such a great time and got the whole thing done in just a little over three hours.  Here are some pics from the class.

 The Tin comes with all the dividers and four different card designs.  You make four of each one putting whatever sayings you like on each.  The stamp set is not included with the kit so I provided that and the stamp pads.  The "CARDS" label was also not included but I thought it just want with the Tin.

 These were the four card designs included in the kit.  Everyone made all 16 cards with plenty of room for more in the tin.

 Several ladies were not able to make the class so I will be offering it again in October and November along with the Watercolor Wishes kit and the Cottage Greetings kit.  I'll have pictures of those kits in the next few days.

Here is another of the projects from this month's stamp clubs.  This one was my own design.  I love the new Brick Wall embossing folder.  The Hearth and Home window with the Happy Scenes stamp set is so fun to play with.  I expect to see some winter scenes done with this one in the future.  The Holiday mini is so full of great stamp sets and bundles.  Hugs, Sherron