Oh my - where has the time gone? It has been a super-busy week and I apologize for the lack of posts. I held my October stamp-a-stack this week and wanted to share the cards with you.
This first card is a CASE of one I received from my new friend Akemi Geary at the Stampin' Up! Baltimore Regional recently. I changed the basic black of her card to concord crush and made my card a sympathy card using the sentiment from Thoughts & Prayers, which fit perfectly inside the open image from the Just Believe stamp set (thanks to my trusty stamp-a-ma-jig tool). I really like the crispness of the certainly celery, whisper white and concord crush color combination.
This next card is a Christmas card which is also a CASE of one I received at the Baltimore Regional. I thought the penguin needed wings so I used the 2-step bird punch in addition to the owl punch to create him. The Big Shot was used to cut out the Top Note die shape as well as the bashful blue snowflake (Northern Frost snowflakes decorative strip sizzlit die) and add texture with the polka dot impressions folder.
This thank you card is one based on my scrapbook club layout from earlier this month (see, there's no need to always come up with an original idea!). I loved the colors and texture of the medallion image and used the idea again. I really like this Day of Gratitude stamp set from the Holiday Mini catalog!
The last card for the class was a masculine birthday card featuring the Autumn Days stamp set. I tend to keep my cards for men pretty simple - no froofy ribbon or glitter on these cards! The colors were pulled from my Color Coach - a very valuable tool, especially with all of our new colors. I really like the pop of the baja breeze against the warm very vanilla, riding hood red, so saffron and soft suede color combination.
Next month I'm holding a MEGA Christmas card stamp-a-stack with my Design Team featuring 10 different designs and I can't wait. We've got 28 stampers attending and it's going to be be so much fun. If you weren't able to get in on this stamp camp but want to make Christmas cards, I will be having my last stamp-a-stack of the year on Tuesday, November 30th from 9 am - noon. There will be 4 different designs so you'll go home with 16 cards. I still have space in this class if you're interested - just send me an email and I'll get your more details.
I'll be back tomorrow with my Fabulous Friday project for the week. Be sure and come back!