Stampin' Up Card Gallery #1 for 2010

These are the cards we make this morning at Donna's. Most of the cardmaking stations were set up as sets of two in order to use the same inkpads and punches.
















This one showed up on my camera as 'blurry'. I don't have a clear favorite this time. I really like having a choice of various sentiments.

A Journal for Hannah

This journal is my version of one a friend bought at a craft fair for her granddaughter. I started with a 7.5x9.5 composition book. The papers are some I've had for quite awhile; the purple scroll is Felt Fusion by Queen & Co.; the glitter butterflies and dots are Crystal Stickers purchased at Big Lots; the pink flowers are Flower & Lace Trim made by Crafter's Square purchased at Dollar Tree. I covered the inside jacket with a soft muted wallpaper page from a display catalog I've also had for a few years that I got from another friend; I added a grograin ribbon to the inside back jacket for a bookmark before gluing the paper ; the grosgrain ribbon is some I have on hand. I used JewelIt glue to glue the flowers on and YES glue for everything else. I didn't want to use a waterbased glue because I thought it might warp the cardboard cover. I would like to add her name to the front but am clueless on how to do it without it fading, i.e., printed on cardstock, or having problems securely gluing in on if I use the Cricut to cut the letters. the usable space is about 5.5x 5.5 inches.

Work Room Clean Up

Yesterday and today I've been trying to clean out and straighten up my work room as I have rearranged the computer room and found stuff I can take to the thrift store. Among the mess in my work room, I found several shoeboxes filled with the samples and kits I had made last year when a group was to come to my house to make cards. They never came and I forgot about the kits so I made up some of them today.

I have several more kits to make cards from (five or six cards in each set)for the rest of next week which will put me way ahead with the greeting cards I will need in the coming months.

Stampin' Up Challenge

This Sunday, Donna and Emily are having an Open House with some 'make and takes'. They have challenged us to bring a card using Stampin' Up supplies to this event for a contest. My two cards are shown below. The cardstock is from the In Color line; I used Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry. The printed papers are from the same color group in the double-sided Designer Series group. The organza ribbon is no longer available from Stampin' Up but can be purchased at craft stores. The stamp is from "Merci" and I used Marvy glitter gel pens to outline the design after stamping with black ink.

Christmas 2009 Scrapbook Update

In August, I attended a Christmas Album workshop hosted by Donna and Emily to make a 6-inch by 6-inch Christmas album. I made one for each son and his family, then decided to make one for myself. Here are some of the pages from my sons' albums. Notice that I used the pages I made at the workshop as part of 8-inch by 8-inch pages.

Titusville Girls' Club Meets in Virginia

Smart Art Card

I subscribe to a newsletter from Australia which sends me four card templates twice a month. This morning I made a version of one of the cards for January 1,2010 which they named "5 Today. You can see samples of their work at www.smartartcards.com and also subscribe through that site.