A good man post

I just love this stamp set....used this for one of the cards at class Saturday....if you wanted you could use it for Father's Day..or another occasion ..

This is done with a simple masking technique.....you stamp the image in black where you want on the white card stock....then you cut out the mask....adhere it with temporary adhesive and the roll the brayer....

Use the crumb cake first for the sand....then mask the water horizon line and brayer the balmy blue ink....then mask water line...which I didn't do and you can tell...then used mango and then pumpkin pie ink...the stamped the phrase....can use whatever colors on figures....

Metal Oxidation

I used this technique for my Auckland swaps....the site Mitosu ....Jay did a wonderful video.....you start with silver foil paper.....choose your reinkers ...and put them on using the reinker and aqua painter.....just dab them....then you use the spritzer to help the inks move and heat with heat gun on first setting......when the ink is dry....you heat emboss it using clear embossing powder....you can use pieces and then cut or cut pieces and do individually...since I did 70 swaps....I choose the long strip method...and then cut

New Zealand Auckland OnStage....these are pictures not taken at the Onstage event

Here are just a few pictures from my wonderful trip to NZ....the first one is of the roomies....from left to right....Michelle Melligan (who moved there from the UK....and never sorry she made that decision) Dana Russell, Katherine Oughton, me and Sarah Pownall (who moved there from Ireland)...really nice group of ladies.....hope we continue to keep in touch!!

Met Sandrah Honor online....she is from AU...and I can guess she is a great teachers aide (sorry not sure what is politically correct in AU) She shared her calamari with me....so yummy and tender....got some mushroom soup (thought it would be a small bowl.....WRONG) and the fish basket....we were at Devonport Island off the coast of Auckland)

Here is an added friend from AU also....(Wendy Hodkinson) we ate at a Tavern that Sandrah had frequented  while at On Stage....yep brocccoli and fish and chip...their cider was good also...more carbonated than ours.....

Here is a picture of Tamra Davis and I at Hobbiton excursion....about 2 hours away from Auckland

Here is a wonderful lamb and hummus salad I got at either the Wharf restaurant on Devonport island or a Turkish restaurant....had the salad both places....super yummy....

The following are desserts that we got at this chocolate place in Auckland....with roomies the last night we were together in Auckland

Yep...per usual....made it 50 pounds exactly going back.....if it was a few pounds over would have been 200 extra......did that going over ...with all the hershey nuggets I brought...but was able to avoid the extra cost by transferring to my carry on

Was great to meet Kylie from AU...she has the greatest laugh in the world....she really does...her  husband Bruno took this picture...hadn't brought anything to show where I was from so Tamra gave me this......the picture would have been a good one if it hadn't been for the dorky sign...but at least I have the picture...lol

St Patricks Day card

Sorry I am not sure who I cased the wonderful design from.....but changed it up a little ...googlie eyes and different hat with shamrock....did one for my priest...with reddish eyebrows...a true irish priest....did for friends and card ministies...

Sweet Cups for St Patricks Day

I know all of these posts are from previous older classes or whatever but am trying to post something three times a week.   I got a new camera...I dropped the other one so I now I have no clue how to download all the 60 pictures I have on the camera....what a bummer....it is with WIFI but maybe a couple new fiends will be able to help me......I used the gorgeous floral romance DSP in the Occasion mini....the paper is to die for....just simply love it.....used the pear pizzaz card stock for the shamrock...folded the hearts in half and add a bit of twine..came out real cute....did this for a few special people at my church's St Patrick Dance.....and also did for my card ministry ladies....

Pop Up cardI have done so many of these cards

So sorry I don't recall the name of this card....but it is a fun card.....We did this in a class and sent some out to friends that had birthdays.....

Floral embossing folder with petal pink stampin blends

Love this folder....and it will be in the new catalog.....so pretty...one thing to keep in mind is a light touch is good and do quickly as it can spread if you hold the blend in the flower too long...used light and dark petal pink and seafoam for the petals....this was part of a cla

Tuxedo Card

I used the abbreviated tuxedo card template....and we made our own envelopes from the envelope board ......everyone did a wonderful job...I just used whatever floral dies I had and used the greens oranges and yellow card stock for the edgelit pieces...

New Stampin Up storage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoOIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoOIH6XquDA&feature=youtu.beH6XquDA&feature=youtu.be

If you go to this link you should be able to see Stampin Up's new storage system.


One of the cards from one of the new sets from the Occasion Mini.....a slit was cut in the cardstock so it would appear that the fish was jumping in the water....the set used was Best Catch

New Stampin Up storage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoOIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoOIH6XquDA&feature=youtu.beH6XquDA&feature=youtu.be

One of my swaps....Love the way this turned out

I had this card in my mind when I ordered supplies ....and although it took awhile to make ,  I absolutely love how it turned out...You know when you do a happy dance about a card that you have to take too many pictures....

Took the page of detailed laser cut DSP from SU 's new Occasion mini....and with the cutter marked all the corners of the 4 sheet of 4 of the open laser cut sheets and then sponged the tombow multi glue on it...

the used the amazing....did I say amazing embossing folder on page 11...the lace dynamic textured impressions embossing folder...it really showed in this card

I placed the Petal pink/ww variegated ribbon....this ribbon is lovely and so soft and fine....I put a 1/4 inch of ww cardstock behind this since the ribbon is a little sheet

the Hello Beautiful is from the amazing Butterfly Gala on page 35

origami frame tutorial

I haven't done this origami frame fold in about 8 yrs ...was inspired to use again by a post....I had started to use the SAB ribbon but it needed black so I used the satin but gave customers a choice....one customer liked the glitter ribbon that was carried over 

I make the background paper...love the bright colors although I am usually a subtle color person...love pastels....
         Here is the tutorial...it is easy....4 inch square...I usually use DSP but showed the directions in WW so easy to see and follow....

fold it one direction...burnish with bone folder

fold it the other direction ...burnish

where the two folds intersect mark with a pen (you won't see this once it is covered up with whatever you put in the frame

then take each corner to the lines

then once  you have done that ...fold it the other direction

this is the same idea using DSP

this is a better picture of  how you fold the corner piece to the center mark

this is the finished product of the frame before finishing...any questions, feel free to ask