All Occasion Card Class Cards

Wheww! What a relief! We have a filter on our pc to prevent the kids from accessing sites they shouldn't, and when trying to upload these first 2 cards as a final post, it read error. I thought..."NO!!!!" "Please be there when I log back in, please be there!" Thank goodness it was. Who knows when I would take the time to upload again.

I had a card class after school yesterday, which is the first one I've had in a long time. I've uploaded several of the cards tonight, but they didn't lay in the post quite right, so I will try to upload again.

This card is an example of Paper Piecing. I hadn't tried this technique until now, but with all the pretty dsp's, I thought it would be a good technique to try with the class.

Stamp Set: Fast and Fun Notes
Card Stock: Apricot Appeal, Basic Black, Mellow Moss, Whisper White, DSP (retired)


This little guy was a lot of fun to make. I've named him "Punchy", as it only requires SU punches to create him. I dug down deep in my retired stamps closet and found the Halloween saying to add in the corner. I got the idea from someone on SCS (although I'm not sure who).

Stamp Set: ?
Punches: Scallop, Photo Corners, 3/4" circle, 1/4" circle
Other: gel pen
Card Stock: Basic Black, Green Galore, Whisper White, Real Red, Tangerine Tango

More Roomie Box Items to Share

Here are a couple more shares that I put in the swap box for my "roomie". The first is a bag in a box which I put some chocolate treasures. I wasn't sure what kind of shape the chocolate would be in once it reached Cincy having been in a hot postal truck, but she said it was fine. I guess it didn't have too much time to melt really bad, just going 100 miles or so. You can find the tutorial at Diana Gibbs' blog. It was really easy to make and is a great little bag to put small gifts in.

The 2nd picture is a different kind of post it note holder. This holds the mini post-its. You can see the tutorial for this project at Angie Juda's tutorial blog called Stampin' Academy. The instructions are easy to follow and make a cute little gift for SOS (someone special) ; )

Long Time, No Share...I'm Back Though

I know it's rather sporadic when I take the time to share. Somehow though, I've lost my stamping mojo, and just haven't felt like it lately. To be truthful, until this past weekend, I haven't stamped since March. Don't really know why, but I just haven't. I joined a Not Going to Convention group on Yahoo called VC Rocks, and only joined 1 swap...the Hotel Roomie Swap. What we had to do was make a goody box for our "roomie" in the Virtual Hotel. Things that we would give our real roomie if we were going to convention. I always have alot of fun with this type of swap, and typically will go overboard. Anyhow...the things I'm sharing here, are the things I sent to my roomie.

Even though my roomie and I have sent each other our boxes, I'm hoping to meet her IRL this weekend.
As a result of this swap, I found out she lives not 5 miles from my mom up in Cincinnati.


SO...this fancy fold card. I learned how to do this from a creative stamper named Dawn Griffith. You can view her tutorial here.

For this project, I used all Stampin' Up! supplies (of course) ! I used the soon to be retired Bali Breeze Designer Paper, Tempting Turquoise CS, Certainly Celery CS, and Whisper White CS. I also used the Stitched Exotics and Define Your Life Stamp Set.
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Who knew??? Adding 1 little picture to this post could mess up the whole thing. Maybe that's why I don't post too often. It's alot of work.

This little card was also enclosed in my swap. I will have to search my list of blog sites to find out who inspired this one. I know I saw a tutorial somewhere so I will include it when I find it.

The base of this card is Pale Plum with Certainly Celery layered on top. I then stamped the large flower from the Stitched Exotics stamp set on Basic Black CS with white Craft Ink. When it dries, you color the white with (soon to be retired) metallic pencils. Go over certain parts of it with your white gel pen to give it more depth. I used silver metallic CS to make the tag with the oval punches, 3/4" circle punch and 1/4" circle punch, ran some Celery ribbon through and Voila!

That's all for now. I'll share the other things tomorrow.

One more share for the evening. This was a picture frame I picked up at Target's Dollar Spot awhile ago. It was black with the ribbon on it. I simply added Stampin' Up! rub on's that I got from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. This was given to someone at my son's Scout Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser.

A note on the fundraiser. My son (15) is working on his Eagle Scout Project at the current time. His project is a Relay for Life team at our local relay, later this month. At the spaghetti supper, he raised over $250 for his team, by having drawings for items donated from area businesses as well as a silent auction on a big donated item. His goal for this big event is $2000 and he's about half way there with only 2 more working weeks for him to collect. Check out the link at the top of this page. Any donation would be welcomed!

Altered Paint Can B-day Present

I altered the Paint Can for a b-day present for my niece. I had made 2 of these for my older nieces for Christmas and Kelly (9) liked it so much, I made one for her birthday. On the side is snowman confetti for the bath. Inside, I put hair scrunchies, bands, nail polish, nail art, lotions, and bath gel. On the top of the can is a big "K" for Kelly!

This was a gift I made or should I say altered for someone. I got the picture album from Big Lots for $3. I added some of Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Paper to it, scuffed up the edges a bit, and added a chipboard accent after embossing it with Black Embossing Powder several times to give it a metallic look.

Share of Yummy Cake

Since I haven't shared anything for an OH so long time, thought I'd share a yummy cake recipe with you. I recently took this to a scout spaghetti dinner fundraiser, and not a crumb was left in the pan. It is SO easy!!!

You will need:

1. 1 Yellow cake mix
2. 1 can of Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
3. 1 Can of Pina Colada Mix (Creme de Coco)
4. Small tub of Cool Whip
5. 9x13" cake pan
   

• Take cake mix, and mix according to the directions on the box.
• While cake is baking, mix Pina Colada mix and Eagle Brand together.
  
• Remove from oven and while still HOT...poke holes with a wooden spoon all over the cake.
• Pour EB and Pina Colada mix over hot cake, then refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
• Before serving, spread whipped cream over top of cake.

Yum!!!