Stamp Till You Cramp!

Well, It was time for a Christmas Stamp till you cramp and that is exactly what happened!
Do these three gals look happy? Well of course they do! And why? you might ask.... well because they are holding up their first ever completed cards! That's right! I had three stampin newbies at my stamp till you cramp! And they all did wonderful! Way to go girls!

More smiling faces! Rose, Cheryl and Yulia join me for a quick picture and then it was right back to work for them! I am a task master I tell you! No time for fun and games at my events! Just kidding... look at those smiles! Beautiful inside and out!

A quick lunch break! Some home made veggie soup was just what the stamping doctor ordered. Looks like some pretty serious conversation doesn't it?!

Now, how did you do that again? Wendy, Priscilla, Kim and Crickett sure are looking at something pretty intensely!

Ahhhhh, my girls Deidre and Michelle! Deirdre brought me a pair of those antlers with bells on... every time I talked or moved my head I could hear ringing in my ears. I took the antlers off, but I could still hear the ringing.... hmmmmm lol

Edwina's turn to show everyone a little something. As you can see, Donna is paying close attention. NOT! LOL

Lucille and Rhonda, these two were hard at work and barely came up for air!

Kim and Crickett studying those directions and doing an excellent job! You would never know that they are new stampers!

I hope everyone had as much fun at the stamp till you cramp as I did! I'm looking forward to the next one! I hope you are too!

Until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

Christmas card with a treat!

I have seen so many of these treat cards on the Internet lately that I thought, I have just got to try one for myself. All the cards that I have seen so far have had the treat portion on the left but I thought it would be cool to make it with the treat portion on the right. The card was very easy to make.. actually easier than I thought it would be!

This is one card that I for one would love to get.. I mean, who doesn't love a little chocolate with their cards!

Until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Neutral colors card

Each month at club, we make some sort of themed card. This month is was "neutral colors".

Well, since one of my favorite card stock colors right now is "crumb cake" I decided to use that for my base.

I also have been wanting to make a card with a different or unusual fold so I did a tri fold card.

You can see here how the card opens. The left side of the card is bigger than the right side. I did this intentionally. I thought it would give it an unusual look.

For the tree leaves... I stamped them first in River Rock and then a second time with Cajun craze. I used the stamp a majig to off set the leaves just slightly. I loved the effect it gave.

I finished the card up with some white dots and dashes for added dimension!

I hope you enjoy the card.. it sure was fun to make!

Until next time....

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

Club project for October

I wanted to share with you this adorable little box that I had my girls make at club this month! It was so super simple to make! As a matter of fact, one of my ladies brought her 12 year old daughter to club and she was able to easily make this treat!

The pumpkin is made using the large oval punch and a hand cut stem for the top. You could quickly make up a bunch of these for the kids class mates or even for your co-workers

The second picture shows the treat box open and what is found inside of it. Chocolate and stamping... in my opinion... go hand and hand!

Until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

Stamp Till You Cramp!

I know its been quite a while since my last blog post. I apologize for that. I really have no excuse other than life gets in the way sometimes. Hopefully, I can start posting more often. I wont make any promises as to how often, but I will at least try to do it more than once a month!

Now, onto today's post!

A few weekends ago, I had a wonderful group of ladies gather together to do something that we all love to do! STAMP TILL WE CRAMP!
There was lots of laughter, good food and of course, lots and lots of stamping going on!

I prepared two projects for everyone to do and then they had the rest of the day and lots of room to do what ever their stamping hearts desired!

The first project was a Holiday planner. It's a great organizer to help you get ready for the upcoming holidays.

The outside was decorated with some holiday designer series paper and Satin ribbon.

The inside is where all the action is though!

Here you will find three calendars, October, November and December along with a place to make lists of things to do during those months.

I also included Gift lists

and Christmas card lists. After all, we are stampers and we need to know exactly who we have sent cards to and who we still need to send cards to.... RIGHT?! And finally, I included two envelopes * also decorated with some designer series papers*. These are for storing receipts of gifts that we have purchased. Cause you KNOW, something is gonna be the wrong size or color or something. So we need those receipts after the holidays so we can return stuff!

Tie it all up with a pretty bow and take it with you where ever you go and you will be organized and well prepared! No sweat!

The second project we did was this sweet little box. Inside, you will find several tags to add to those wonderful gifts that you will be handing out this season!

So, now that I have showed you the projects that we did at the
Stamp till you cramp, I thought I would show you some of the girls
having fun! This first picture is of sweet sweet Joey! She always has a smile on her face!

Mmmmm, look at all that yummy food we had. You can't see it all but for lunch, we had home made bar b que pork and cole slaw! It was sooo yummy!

If you look close, you will see the home make german chocolate cake there on the counter!

Uh huh, thats right! And it was GOOOOOOD!

Im not real sure what was going on in this picture. With Donna, you can never really tell! She is always doing something funny! But she keeps us all on our toes and keeps us laughing!

Cheryl was our birthday girl.... hense the chocolate cake! *thanks to my girl Wendy for making it for us!
Hmmm, Cheryl looks like she is very hard at work doesn't she! Good thing she enjoys what she does! lol

Awww, the three amigos!

Me and my Sister and my girl Wendy.... Looks like trouble for sure~

*someone could have told me I was having a bad hair day! lol

So now you have seen the projects, you have seen the girls in action..... Don't you want to join us for the next Stamp till you cramp? Well, you can!

Just email or call me! I have the next one planned for December 4th. If you are in the area and would like to come play with us, you are more than welcome! There is ALWAYS room for one more!

Until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

Club project

For August club project, I thought it would be cute to do some mini cards!
These little cards are great for adding to a gift or just tucking into that someone specials lunch box.

They would also make a great gift! To keep the cards all together, I made a little "match book" holder.

Three cards fit perfectly into it! I even "popped" up a layer using stampin dimentionals.





I chose to make the mini cards three different
colors but you could certainly make them all
exactly the same or even use different stamp
sets for each card. For example, you could make
a pack of cards with a "happy birthday, get well and thinking of you" card in it! Or a Halloween, Christmas and Valentine card.
The possibilities are endless!









This final picture shows the three cards and the holder from a side angle so that you can see better how the holder is made.

If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to leave a comment! I will answer it as quickly as I can!
Thanks for looking and until next time....
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!