Mother's Day Card & Some News

Hi everyone. So sorry I haven't posted sooner. I keep thinking I'll do better, but then I don't. But I want to. It would help if I was getting more stamping done too. I am posting the card I made for my mom for Mother's Day last weekend. I also made her a little gift, and it turned out so cute, but by the time I got to give it to her, it was falling apart and I haven't been able to fix it enough to get a good pic of it. Darn! Hopefully I will do that soon. But probably not too soon. ;-)


Anyway, here is the card I made. I got the idea from the Splitcoast gallery, but changed it up a little. I can't find the poster to give credit to, sorry. It was just so perfect for my mom since she loves to play the slots and we took her to the casino for Mother's Day (the night before). Then I needed to do some shopping in Marquette, so we took her with us there on Sunday and had dinner at Red Lobster. After waiting an hour and twenty minutes to get a table! They told us it would be forty minutes, then "forgot" us on the list somehow. Joe was not pleased! We did get a free appetizer though! ;-)


Ok, ok, here's the card. I used the Tart & Tangy set, a square punch to make the frame for the slot machine windows, and typed up the wording on the computer. I used some of the Summer Picnic Designer Paper too. And some of the Fire Rhinestone Brads. I am pleased with how it turned out and I think Mom enjoyed getting it.


And now for some news. I've recently found out about a stamping event being held in Baraga on August 1 & 2. I haven't been spending much time on the Splitcoast forums, but I read about it on Sharon's (notimetostamp) blog. I am planning on going. I think it will be fun. I've not had the opportunity to attend anything like this before and since it's not all that far away, like 2 1/2 hours from me, I can't resist. I have met Sharon before and she's great, so I look forward to seeing her again, as well as meeting other fellow "yooper" stampers. It's not a Stampin' Up event, any stamp companies can be used. I plan on making cards to swap and designing a card for the shoebox swap. Here is the link to the thread on Splitcoast with more information. Why not think about going if you are able to? Maybe we can work something out to car pool up there or something. I think it will be a blast. I'm very excited. That's the week of my birthday so I'm giving myself the gift of spending the money to go! Anyway, just wanted to share that with you all.


Well, tonight I did manage to get a birthday card done for my mom (for tomorrow). Nothing like last minute, right? I also needed to get one done for my stepson, whose birthday is on Sunday and he's in North Carolina, so I don't think that one is going to get to him in time, since I will have to try to get it made tomorrow. I spent two hours after dinner working on bills and my SU accounts, etc. Then went for a short (half hour) walk, it was SO nice out tonight here! So by the time I got downstairs to stamp, all I had time to do was the one for Mom.


I will try to share that tomorrow if I get a chance to take pics, but not promising anything. I may not be able to post at all for the next week or so. I have a lot to do before we leave on Sunday for a trip downstate. I have a conference for work next week and am the only one going from my office, and I am a big chicken when driving to "big cities", so I'm dragging my husband along to be my chauffeur. LOL Well, it will be a cheap little "vacation" for us, since work pays for the hotel and it's a really nice one, and we will be able to have a (very very short) visit with my stepdaughter and son-in-law on Sunday. I think it will be fun. And I'm looking forward to the conference too, the agenda looks like it will be interesting and very educational.


But I will really try to post again before I take off. I'll have Mom's birthday card and hopefully another birthday card to share. And I hope that after the trip I'll be able to get back to stamping more and blogging more. Wish me luck on that. Thanks for reading this and thanks for hanging in with me during my absences. At least I *think* I still have a couple readers! ;-)


Have a great day everyone!

Workshop Card

Hello again my loyal readers. I really thought I would keep up on this better, I'm sorry I haven't been posting more lately, but then again, I haven't been making anything to write about! :-(

I'm just having a really tough time getting back into the swing of things with stamping. I hope to get my momentum back soon, but have a busy few weeks coming up and a trip to take for work, so not sure how good I'll be able to do. For now I've got a card to post from my workshop last weekend, and then I have to go and try to get a Mother's day card made tonight. And then a birthday card too, my poor Mom's birthday is always a few days from Mother's Day so she often gets a combined gift, kind of like a kid who's birthday is two days after Christmas (right, Skyler?). Anywho.....

Here is one of the projects we did last Sunday. I tried to demonstrate the "scratch-n-sniff" technique on the strawberries, but it wasn't very successful, in fact I think most of the stampers just skipped that part. Some attempts worked and the room definitely smelled like strawberries, but it's kind of a hit & miss thing and very messy. I had to experiment a lot and found the best mixture was 1 part sugar free jello to almost 2 parts of the ultra thick embossing powder. When I used the regular clear embossing powder, the "stuff", as well as the color, seemed to scratch right off.

I have to admit that this card is almost a total case from the gallery at splitcoast. I didnt' change much. So I'll give credit where it's due and link to the inspiration card by Wendybell.

We used So Saffron, Black, White, Real Red, Only Orange, and Wild Wasabi card stock. The stamps were from Tart & Tangy of course. We also used the "sweet" from last years Sale-A-Bration set So Very. The sweet was punched out with the small SU oval punch and layered on black punched with the large oval punch. I just tied the gingham ribbon around the focal image panel. I also used a small circle stamp from the Always set and stamped a border on the black layer and then embossed with clear embossing powder. That did not photograph well at all, but in real life, it gives a very subtle pattern and really makes that layer "pop" on the card. The strawberries were inked up with red and green markers and stamped, then cut out and popped up on dimensionals to the front of the card.

I really loved how this card turned out. I was a bit hesitant to use it as a workshop project since it was almost a total copy, but I just liked it so much that I couldn't resist.

I have one more card from weeks ago to post, but I need to get a better picture of it first, hopefully I will do that in the morning. I'm off to try to get a couple cards done tonight, and hopefully can stamp a little in the morning also if I get up and moving early enough. I'm getting my hair cut at noon. Yay! I'll try to come back soon, and thanks for hanging in here with me! Enjoy your weekend!