More samples.

I finished the last of my four stamp clubs yesterday with two back to back because of the labor day holiday.  I am so blessed with wonderful ladies who love to play with me.  We had a lot of guests join us this month as everyone wanted to see the new Holiday mini.  Here are two more of the Holiday cards from my class and a look at the projects all the ladies got to make this month.

 This is my favorite bundle in the new mini.  I love the Jingle All The Way stamp set and the matching Sleigh Ride Edgelits Dies.  Don't you just love the snowy scene.  I did a lot of sponging and the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper to create the Snow look.  I predict you will see lots more of this bundle in the next couple of months.

The new Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is bundled with the Among the Branches stamp set.  The snowflakes among the trees are from that set.  The "Peace" is from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies which is bundled with the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set.  The "on earth" is from this set.  It is another of my favorites from the catalog.

These are the four projects that my stamp club members got to make this month.  I'll share a closer look at them in days to come.  They were very popular with all of the ladies. I am so grateful that many demonstrators are willing to share their creations with us through their blogs and Pinterest.  

This weekend is the last wedding of the summer.  My oldest granddaughter will be marrying her English sweetheart who has worked with her at Camp Sealth on Vashon Island for the past five years.  It will be a country wedding at a blueberry farm distillery with lots of fun events.  I can't wait to share pictures.  Hugs, Sherron

Tin of Cards and more Sneak peeks

I finished making my Tin of Cards today.  It is featured on the cover of our annual catalog and has been so popular that it has been backordered constantly.  It was so easy and fun to make the dividers and 16 cards included in the kit.   I am offering it as a class on the 26th for just $35 which includes the kit and everything to complete it.  It is a perfect gift for yourself or anyone else who wants a variety of cards for every occasion.  I foresee lots of additional cards being made at Stampaholics Anonymous to keep the box full.  Here are pics of the finished project.

I promised more pictures of the projects from my Holiday Sneak Peek so here are two more.

 I absolutely love this bundle with the Woodland embossing folder and the Among the Branches stamp set.  It is on page 39 of the Holiday mini.  I used the snowflake from the set and added the Peace from the Christmas Greetings thinlits dies that is part of another bundle with the Holly Jolly Greetings on page 34.  I believe it was one which I found on Pinterest.

This one was my own design. I love the window framelit and the bundle that includes a variety of scenes you can find outside the window.   It is called Happy Scenes and is a bundle with the Hearth and Home thinlits on page 11 of the Holiday mini.  The "wallpaper" is from the Into the Woods designer Series Paper on page 53.  I look forward to creating lots of different scenes with this one.

I have just two more Sneak peeks to share and then I will post the projects that my stamp clubs are doing this month.  Hugs. Sherron.

More Holiday Sneak peek

It's a rainy cool day as usual on Labor Day weekend.  Perfect for catching up on stamping projects and getting ready for the Holiday catalog.  Here are a couple more cards that I actually designed for my Holiday Sneak Peek.

 I was thrilled when I saw that there was a new wreath set to match the framelits that came out in last year's Holiday mini.  The framelits came out this year in the annual Idea book along with a spring wreath set.  The new one is called Peaceful Wreath and includes the wreath, the bow, a large Holly branch and four sayings.  It is on page 21.  I used the "Wishing you", " Peace", and " ...at Christmas" on my card.  The set also includes "to the world".  The designer paper is a paper Stack called Merry Moments that matches a regular package of designer paper in our big catalog, but the great thing about this Stack is it has just four of the designs. There are 48 sheets of 6" x 6" doubles Sided sheets with 24 of two designs so there is plenty to make a bunch of Christmas cards. It is on page 27.  I finished off the wreath with the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.

I love this new bundle in the Holiday mini that features eight different decorated trees with a bunch of sayings and decorations for the trees. It is called Peaceful Pines and is on page 16 and 17.  The bundle includes eleven dies that cutout the trees and also decorates them.  It is going to be such a fun set to play with.  I made the frosty hill by freehanding a scrap of Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Paper.  The snowy sky is done with a new embossing folder called Softly Falling on page 24.  I lightly rubbed the whisper white stamp pad after it was embossed.

I'll have some more of the projects in the next couple of days.  If you haven't received your new Holiday mini, let me know and I will get one to you.   Hugs, Sherron

Papercrafting Day.

It was a fun and productive papercrafting day with stamping friends, Connie and Lila.  Connie and I worked on our August Paper Pumpkin kits. I made the six cards with some extra odds and ends of accessories as well as goodies that came with the kit.  Connie didn't want her boxes so I made hers and mine, too.   Lila caught up on the project she didn't get to finish from last months stamp club.  Here are the pics of the six cards and six boxes that I created.

 I promised to share the projects from my Holiday catalog sneak peek.  I don't know about you, but I'm having a hard time getting excited for the holidays.  The days are getting shorter and colder, but I'm not done with warm weather, shorts and flip flops.  But here are the first two projects.

 This card was cased from Pinterest with a  few changes.  I love the Snow Place stamp set and matching framelits.  The sayings are so fun.  You will see lots more from this set.

If you are looking for a really easy Holiday card for a very reasonable price, this is the best choice.  For just $20.75 you get a beautiful embossing folder with a 17 piece photopolymer set called Berry Merry.  It is very easy to use yet still offers a variety of stamps for many different looks.  I'll share some more ideas plus the other six cards coming up soon. 

I haven't loaded the new holiday catalog link on my blog yet.  I have to get some help from my friend, Jana again.  Hopefully soon.  Hugs, Sherron

More projects from Tuesday classes

I have five more projects to share from my Tuesday gatherings.  Here are the two remaining ones that I got from two of the demonstrators who share some of their creations.

This card was shared by Julie Davison as part of her stamp set of the month.  It uses the Watercolor Wings in the big annual catalog.  I've done this fun little pop up many times and just love the surprise when you open it.

This card is a tunnel card by Dawn Olchefske and features the Sheltering Tree.  This is a fun fold card that has been around for at least the last twenty years and is such a cool card that wows people every time they open one.

The other three cards were shared by my wonderful downline.

 Michelle brought this very fun card for us to make.  It used the envelope board on the very smallest size and the bow punch.  The green in the background is Cherry on Top Designer Washi Tape while the paper for the bow is the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack.  It is just too cute.

 Verna brought this great Sheltering Tree window card.  I love the colors.  The swosh in the set is used for the grass and the cloud.

Shanon brought this pretty easel card for us all to make.   It used the Something to Say stamp set and the Pretty Bohemian Designer Series Paper.  

I have the most wonderful group of stampers and downline demonstrators.  We have the greatest time together.  Today was my annual Sneak Peek Holiday catalog class. We had so much fun getting ready for the holidays.  I know it is almost four months until Christmas, but the weather turned from blistery hot to cool and rainy overnight, making this class a little more realistic.  I will post the eight projects that I created or cased for this class this coming week.  Stay tuned.  Hugs, Sherron

Summers over!

This summer has just flown by.  We are expecting a big fall storm tonight bringing some much needed rain.  I think it's

time to get back into stamping.  After spending ten days going to Lake Tahoe and Squaw Valley by way of Crater Lake and Lassen Volcanic National Park, it was good to come home and do a couple of classes this week.  Our trip was fun and relaxing but a little too long.  We did have a great time doing some hiking, biking and visiting with some of our oldest and dearest friends.  The weather was perfect, although the Lake Tahoe area is obviously suffering through California's drought.

Tuesday was my monthly Simply Stampin' Lunch Bunch along with my downline Aerubbecisor group dinner.  I provided the five projects for both groups and five of my downline brought some great projects too.  I promised to post pics of them all so here are three of my projects and two of the great cards that my downline did.

This was my favorite card of the five that I cased from our wonderful demonstrators who are so good to share their creations.  It uses one of our most popular new sets, Awesomely Artistic.

This card featured the cool embossed Color Me Irresistible specialty designer paper in cucumber crush and watermelon wonder along with the fun words in the Cottage Greeting set.

This was my featured hostess set  for August.  Is is called A Whole Lot of Lovely and also used the Color Me Irresistible delightful dijon paper.

Wendy Droke shared this delightful creation.  It is called a Tea Tot-em.  It holds four tea bags or two small packets of M & Ms or Skittles.  She found the pattern on Pinterest.

Finally this gorgeous card was shared by Darlene Almer who also found it on Pinterest.  It uses the new Jingle All The Way set and edgelits from the Holiday mini.  We sponged Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy, and BlackBerry Bliss ink over the whole surface and then flicked some droplets of water on the surface. After it dried the result was beautiful.

Tomorrow is my annual sneak peek class for the new Holiday mini.  I'll have the eight cards to share as well as the remaining five cards from Tuesday.  Stay tuned.  Hugs, Sherron

Busy, busy week

What a crazy week!  The Terry Taylor garage sale was nonstop people until about 3PM when the heat got too much for most.  Meg, Lila and I did really well.  We sold lots of retired stamps and accessories plus a bunch of odds and ends.

Sunday was my granddaughter, Meaghan's bridal shower.  It was a long trip up to Tacoma, but such a fun time.

 

Monday and Tuesday were my first week of the month Stamp Clubs and then today, I had one of my monthly papercrafting days. My friend Meg joined me and we spent the afternoon working on Paper Pumpkins.  I got my July done and finished the one from May.  I have enough get well cards for all of cold and flu season.  Then I finished up the bags and cards from May's kit. Aren't they cool?

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In the middle of all of our crafting, my pre-order from the new Holiday mini arrived on my doorstep and I hardly could contain my excitement.   I can't wait to get started on creating my projects for the Holiday Sneak Peek class the end of August. 

Finally here is another of the fun projects from last weeks Simply Stampin' Lunch Bunch.  This is my favorite of the five projects.

Tomorrow is the second Hostess Appreciation Luncheon so there will be more fun photos to come. Hugs. Sherron