Birdie card for Technique Class

Ok, I know I've said it a gazzillion times, but I love A Little Birdie Told Me stamp set that's retiring. This card is a little more masculine looking, so I'm saving it to give to my brother for his birthday. It's a Z-fold card which isn't hard to do, but adds a lot of interest. Have you checked out all the retiring sets? You don't want to miss out. Let me know if I can order anything for you. have a great day!

Supplies:
sets - a little birdie told me, celebrate everything, on your birthday
cs - night of navy, basic gray, whisper white, urban garden dsp
ink - night of navy craft pad, not quite navy & kiwi kiss classic pads
access - sponge daubers, clear embossing powder, embossing buddy, heat tool, SAMJ, post-it-notes or scrap paper for masking

Happy Stamping! Mary

Sneak Peak at Technique Class Card

I think the Zoofari set is so fun! I saw this card (with different colors) on SU's demonstrator website well over a year ago. I love that I can go to their gallery for ideas. This is one of the cards we'll make at my Technique Class with Retiring Sets Fri, 6/12/09. There's a double row of paper piercing from the left edge to the large oval punch out and around the oval. I hope you can see it. It uses the pad-watercoloring technique with three of the retiring In Colors and a special faux knot. I haven't taught this knot yet and i hope my customers like it. The ribbon doesn't go all the way around under the white piece, so it saves on ribbon. If I had thought about it, I could have used black hemp since that's retiring, but then I don't think I could teach the faux knot.

Supplies:
sets - zoofari
cs - pacific point, confetti white
ink - pacific point, tangerine tango, kiwi kiss, basic black pads
access - narrow black grosgrain ribbon, large oval punch, paper piercer and matpack, aquapainters, sponge daubers, corner rounder

Happy Stamping! Mary

He's a Winner!

My son had his D.A.R.E. graduation today. He won a medal for writing the best essay! I'm so proud of him.

My Baby is Growing Up!

My younger son is off to his last day of elementary school today! I'll have more cards tomorrow. See ya! mary

Another Birdie Card

This is another card with that set I so love, "A Little Birdie Told Me". My friend Cheryl made it and it was inspired by a card I had made (of which I have no photo)! I love the way the bird is stamped on dsp - no coloring and no cutting it out! Although the inside birdie is colored. And there's a little cutting involved in the "outside the box" technique.

Happy Stamping! Mary

Trifold Pocket Card

This is our second June Club project. It's a Trifold Pocket Card. Since you can only get one out of one piece of designer series paper, everyone's will look a little different because everyone will have different paper and cardstock. I wanted to make one of these cards for a long time and I'm glad I finally did it!

Supplies:
sets - Flowers in Silhouette, Totally Tabs
cs - confetti white, baja breeze, not quite navy, urban garden dsp
ink - not quite navey & baja breeze pads
access - roundtab and wide oval punches, corner rounder, stick strip & snail, Bella's Border wheel

Happy Stamping! Mary

June Club Preview

I wanted to do something with retiring sets for Club this month. I chose one of my favorites, A Little Birdie Told Me. I also wanted to show my gals the "roll with the punches" technique that Laura Fredrikson originated. Her technique was featured in SU's magazine for demonstrators, Stampin' Success, a while back. I remember seeing it on her blog long before that. The grassis done with the faux tearing technique, which I've shown in my classes previously. I had so much fun creating this card. Isn't it cute?

Supplies:

sets - A Little Birdie Told Me, On Your Birthday

cs - tempting turquoise, real red, whisper white, so saffron dsp

ink - tempting turquoise pad, green galore pad, real red pad and jumbo ink cartridge, basic black pad & marker, only orange marker

access - Happy Happy Birthday jumbo wheel, crop-a-dile, large red circle eyelets, sponge and sponge daubers, dimensionals, Dotto, paper snips, scrap copy paper

punches - trio flower, tag corner, small and large label, 3/4", 1" and 1-1/4" circles

Happy Stamping! Mary

Last Chance List of Retiring sets is Here!

The Last Chance List of SU's retiring sets came out today. I'm really bummed that they are retiring A Little Birdie Told Me. My friend Cheryl borrowed my set and made this card with it. I just love this set. If you don't have it, you might want to think about getting it before it goes away!
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Happy Stamping! Mary