Balloon Builders Class

I was really struck by the stamp set "balloon builders", and couldn't wait to get my hands on it!
There are quite literally endless ways to use it.

Here is a class I'm having in mid July, doing 5 cards with just this one set!!!

How fun are they?  I had the best time creating them.
Come join the fun! I am in Surrey, BC.

3 OPTIONS:
#1: $12 to make the 5 cards shown
#2: $15 to make the 5 cards shown PLUS envelopes
#3: $25 to make the 5 cards shown PLUS envelopes PLUS your OWN "balloon builders" stamp set to take home (must let me know by July 1st if you'd like this option).

This is the stamp set:

Here are some other simple things you can do with this set!

email me at yummy_starbucks@yahoo.ca to join.
Hope to see you there!

Open House and Pop of Paradise

I always look forward to June.  June is new catalogue month! I show INCREDIBLE self discipline by NOT peeking at the catalogue on the computer until it is IN MY HANDS at home.  Then I make myself a latte, sit myself down on my patio outside on my deck, and spend the next hour (or two!) going through the catalogue, making notes, and generally just being so content with life!

So I was especially excited to get this stamp set for free! As a demonstrator, there are many perks (including up to 25% off on orders) and as part of a promo for selling during Sale-a-bration.
This is "pop of paradise". It is $19, which I think is an awesome deal for this set! It coordinates with some amazing DSP "pop of pink" and also some of the big shot dies.

For my annual Open House we made this card:

We embossed the background with gold.  The color is the new flirty flamingo which we just LOVE!!!! And the gold ribbon is a nice touch.  Both of the DSP is from the "pop of pink" DSP, which is nice, and has some melon mambo which would've worked, too!

Saleabration 2016

I really love saleabration! How many companies offer amazing FREE quality products like this?  Not many that I can think of.
Two of my favorite sets are botanicals for you and honeycomb happiness.
We used both for this months club!

This is the closed card for botanical for you.  I love this fold! You start with your basic 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card, then score the front of the card at 2 1/4, and fold it back.  I used the "ovals" from the big shot to perfectly fit the "just for you", but if you don't have it, you could also use a square cut!
When it opens it looks like this:

And standing on a table or mantle:

So fun! Lots of fun images in this stamp set:

Next we used the honeycomb happiness set from saleabration to make this adorable card! We used the new honeycomb embellishments on the ice cream cone image, and paper doilies from the regular catalogue.  And I love my new brick embossing folder for the big shot!

Wouldn't the chick be perfect for easter?

valentine's love and easiest birthday card ever!

i love to make my husband a valentine's card, and I always really struggle with how to make it about love and valentines, but not so girly he wants to gag.  SO I took an idea I saw on pinterest and came up with this!

 The colors are early espresso for the tree, blushing bride as the pink, and real red.  After I made it, I kind of wished that I had used cherry cobbler... but here we are!
This stamp set is called "sheltering tree" and I find i'm using it constantly! for the sentiment I used a retired stamp, but there are many, many beautiful stamp sets that have love you on them in the new ocassions catalogue that you can see here! http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryid=110500

Then for club, I showed off a card I CASED from Mary Fish (my go to website when I want easy but stunning ideas!!!)

 I used different shades of blues and an aqua pen.  I embossed in WHITE the Happy Birthday so it really popped (and so I didn't have to wait for the whisper white ink to dry, which takes a WHILE, and who has time for THAT?!)

 finally I added some "dazzling diamonds" with a little tombow and BAM!

I also made some with blender pens, just to show the difference, and I ended up making a bunch of them for our teenagers, because I liked that it looked a bit messier and younger.

This stamp set is ONLY available for a limited time, and is FREE with orders of $60 or more!
Check out this stamp set and the rest of the FREE Saleabration items here:
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=110600

Christmas Gift Tags galore

One of my most favorite things I do at Christmas is a tags class.  I give everyone 2 x 3 whisper white tags, and bring out ALL of my Christmas stamp sets, along with a bunch of stamp pads and stampin' write markers, and we just create.
It's super fun, and I love the creativity that people do.  I love that we personalize our gifts in a simple but fun way!
Here are some of the ones I made:

 And soon to be featured on a friends blog http://thehiplifeblog.com/ are these gorgeous, simple tags:

She cut them down to be 1 1/2 x 2 1/2, and used the stamp sets "ornamental pine" and "wonderland" by stampin' up.
Here is wonderland, which she used the antlers and tree:

She stamped the images in tip top taupe and early espresso ink, then dragged the ink on the edges to complete the tags.  For some she added a little sparkle with dazzling diamonds and a two way glue pen.  I loved how they turned out!

Christmas Stamp a Stack

Well my stamp a stack was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who made it out.  We made 16 CARDS this year, and it was a marathon... but I hope it was worth it.

here are the cards that were voted for us to make!
Each one had different focuses, the fireplace was a lot of coloring with a blender pen, the coffee cup was creative as you could customize the background and pick different washi tapes to give it a different look.
The Ornament Card was mostly assembly, but created a stunning 3D scene... and the Silent Night card surprised me, it took everyone 20 minutes to make all 4 cards, and not one card didn't turn out! I loved that each one looked slightly different.

My next class will be to make 25 Christmas tags for $5... this is a non structured class... basically you get inspired and eat and drink homemade hot cocoa!  send me a comment for more details!

Fall Foliage and freshly sharpened pencils

I really love the fall.  I love sweaters, and PSLs, and caramel apple cider, and tea, and pumpkin chocolate cookies, and scarfs and cooler air.
And with fall comes beautiful cards that are SO FUN to display at thanksgiving!
The first card we made this month was with the stamp set "Autumn Wishes" and used the new most fantastical texture folder I've seen... it's versatile and does so much fun stuff.
It's called "woodland texture folder".

 I love the use of the colors that get used the most in the fall... Always Artichoke, Hello Honey and Cajun Craze.   This is Very Vanilla with Crumb Cake and some Chocolate Chip thrown in!
Here's an example of a similar card with non conventional colors, also:

Next is a card I did NOT make using the same folder.... props to Deb Valder for using this and making a simple and stunning card!

and other Christmas one:

and to round things out, a Halloween Card, using Masking and the Brayer!

WOW! I love this texture folder so much, you can do so many things with it!
Get it before it's gone on January 4th :)