Some cards from a stamping retreat

 

Hi Stampin’ Friend!

Can you believe it’s the last week of September already? Before I get to the cards from the retreat, I want to remind you of a couple of October events coming your way.

This Saturday, October 1, is World Card Making Day and Stampin’ Up! is holding a free online card class to celebrate. It will be held live from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Central time. If you miss the live presentation, you may watch the replay anytime. The details and link to the online class are here. Locate the World Card Making Day banner there and click on it for details.

My October Christmas Card Express class will be held on Monday Oct. 17 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. All the details are in my previous blog post. The deadline to sign up is this Friday, Sept. 30.

And now for the retreat cards. These are just a few of the projects from the retreat. I will post more as soon as I put the finishing touches on them :-)

Enjoy!

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Christmas Card Express Class, October 17

 

The next Christmas Card Express Class will be on Monday, October 17, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at my home.

The cost is $12.00, which includes all the materials to create 6 hand-stamped cards with envelopes. Two of the designs are pictured here. I am waiting for an order with the Holly Boughs Designer Series Paper to finish the 3rd card. I will post the card when it is done.

At the class you will make 2 of each design, for a total of 6 ready-to-send cards.

Please register by Friday September 30 to reserve your seat in this fun class. 

Happy Stampin!

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Grassy Grove Layered Birthday Card

 

Hi Stampin' Friend,

I needed a quick masculine birthday card today so I dug into my stash of card ideas.

This layout was designed by my second upline, Kelly Acheson of A Stamp Above. It features the oh-so-useful tree frame die and deer stamp and die from the Grassy Grove bundle.

I looked through my Designer Series Papers for something that looked like a sky and found this one in with the Butterfly Bijou set, sadly retired awhile ago.

And here's how I stamped the inside of the card. Both word stamps are also from retired sets.

Happy Stampin!

Quick Autumn Card with Punch Art

 Here’s an oldie but a goodie when it comes to card-making techniques: punch art!

For this autumn card, I used 2 different sizes of oval punches (or you can use oval dies) to make pumpkins, 3 ovals per pumpkin, layered in a way to please your eye. The cardstock is Pumpkin Pie and I used the same color marker to draw some texture lines on the pumpkins. Use a leaf-shaped punch or die for the leaves and stems.

The stamped images are from the Christmas Scotties stamp set.