6x6 progressive pages elements of style

Okay, I showed you the 6x6 page or card I did for my last workshop and here is where I showed off my progressive pages (it was also one of my hostess gifts.) What are progressive pages? Well, it's one way to show how you can "progress" a 6x6 page into an 8 1/2 x 11 page and then into a 12x12 page. That way you can show how to use what we make in a workshop to fit other sizes. Not everyone scraps in 6x6 so this shows them another option.

This first page has my 6x6 page on an 8 1/2 x 11 page. I matted it with Razzleberry and then added some more vanilla and then an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of razzleberry. I again stamped the flowers from the Elements of style set and punched out another butterfly with my Big Shot and then added some olive satin ribbon. Have I said how much I like the satin ribbon? Well I definitely do as you can tell by most of my samples. :)

Next I laid my 8 1/2 x 11 page onto a 12x12 piece of vanilla and then stamped and inked some more and then of course added more butterflies. I wrapped the butterflies with the linen thread and tied the knot near the top to make them look like antennae. I thought it turned out to be a pretty page and can't wait to add some pictures and journaling.
So I hope you enjoy the share and it gives you an idea of how to make some progressive pages if you need too. Sometimes it's easier to start with a smaller project and work out, especially if you just have maybe one or two pictures.
Have a great day and hope you get a chance to be creative today. Blessings.

workshop project - elements of style

This is a card that I made for a friend of mine's workshop. It folded into a 6x3 card that will fit into one of our open ended envelopes.

They got the choice of making one of these cards or a small 6x6 scrapbook page, which I will show below.

For this version of the card I inked up the large flower with stazon and stamped it over the large and small butterfly. I then took the ink pads and a blender pen and we colored the small butterfly using Rich Razzleberry, certainly Celery and Old Olive. We then inked all edges with Suede ink and a dauber. We stamped the saying using Razzleberry and punched it out using the large oval and then punched a scallop oval out of suede. We layered all of this over rich satin Razzleberry ribbon to finish it all off. Pretty quick and easy. It showcased our punches, markers (which I used for the saying), daubers, Big Shot, blender pens, ribbon and dimensionals (for the saying). I thought it was a nice, but elegant card to make. Not to mention that some of them learned a new technique (coloring with blender pens).

I got the original idea of making this from a fellow demo named Dawn Olchefske. I changed some colors and added some items, but got the original idea from her.

So I hope you enjoy my share today.
Have a great day.

door prize notes

Hi all,
I wanted to share a little note card I made. Actually I made up several of these and packaged them up for a door prize at my last workshop. I think they make adorable little cards. With this color combination, I think they also make a great little teacher gift too. I may have to make up a set of these for some of the kids teachers. Good teachers really put in a lot of time and energy and I think they deserve little thank yous along the way. I'm hoping I'll get some extra time soon to make some as my children have some really nice teachers.
I took these cards and added an envelope (also stamped with the apple) and put it into a cello bag and made a bag topper to match. I'm sorry I didn't get a picture with it all packaged up. I was in a hurry and did manage to make an extra card, but had to hurry to get the packaging done. But I basically used the same colors and theme for the bag topper.
It's hard to tell in this picture, but the circles in the background are stamped with daffodil. The rest of the colors are Real Red, Old Olive and Basic Black. The set is a level 2 hostess set called Apple Blossoms. Something to earn with a qualifying workshop. If you are interested in hosting a workshop let me know and we can set one up.
So I hope you enjoy my little note today. Have a really great day today. Don't forget to take some time to say thanks to someone or send them an encouraging note. It only takes seconds, but can mean a lot.

tropical note happy birthday

Sorry I'm such a slacker. There has just been a lot going on. I took some pictures of some projects I've done lately so hopefully I can post more often in the next few days. Our kids started school back this past week and one is now in middle school. She is on a school sports team and she has kept us hopping with car pool duty for all the practices and such, Especially since she goes to a school 25 minutes away from our house.
So between that, work, church, and a special training that Stampin' Up! is providing for us I haven't had much free time lately. So probably until the season is over and the training from Stampin' Up! is over I won't get to post as often. Hopefully you will still visit from time to time to see what is here and it will help inspire you to create, which is the best part of it all. :)
For this project - I created a small Tropical Party 3 x 3 notecard for a make and take. I thought it ended up being a fun little birthday note to add to a gift or a package. I can even imagine a gift bag stamped with the same set. Maybe I need to stamp one of those soon.
I really like this set for summer pictures. When you stamp it with some fresh fun summer colors you can get some pretty designs.
This set is only available through the end of the month though, so if you'd like to get it now is the time to get it.
The saying is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and can really be switched out for several different sayings even as they are all about that size give or take a little.
I like these little cards. They are good for gifts or a thank you even. Just something small to say hey I'm thinking of you. We sell envelopes to go with them too, so you can stamp them to match as well. I have another one I did recently too which I packaged up into a set. I'll have to show you that little card next.
So I hope you enjoy my small share today.
Hope you have a great day.

butterfly builder roller birthday card

Hey everyone, I hope you are having a good day today.

This was another card that we did for our last club night. We used the new builder wheels with the jumbo roller. I left out the middle wheel so we could use the new satin Razzleberry ribbon in the center. It's so pretty and adds a nice shine to the card and the space looks really good with that width of ribbon. I rolled the wheels with Old Olive ink. I used the Punched Posies hostess set for the butterflies. If you don't have this one, then Butterfly Prints in the main catalog is really close. For these butterflies. We used Rich Razzleberry and Concord Crush to ink the butterflies using the Rock and Roll technique. The middle one is popped up with dimensionals to give some dimension to the card. :) I just thought this was a fun and pretty easy card for a birthday. You basically just roll it, tie on ribbon, stamp and punch 3 butterflies and your done.
Like I've said lately, I really like easy as the schedule has been a little crazy and will be even more so when school starts.
So I hope you enjoy today's share.
Thanks for looking and have a great day.

owl 3x3 for you card

I always like giving my club members a little something extra when they come to club. Just a small way to say thank you for coming and learning together with me and helping support my business each month.
This was a little card I made for them last time they came. It uses our new owl punch. I also used our bird punch (for the leaves) and I also used the Big Shot to texture his little belly area using the textured embossing folder to do that.
I also used the saying from Teeny Tiny wishes which is a great versatile set with lots of different sayings. It's one of my favorites since there are so many to chose from.
This punch is kind of fun to work with. I've also seen several other things made out of it that I'll have to try soon. I mean if you look at the base of it what can you make out? hhmmm? I see a flower, an animal head (without the feet) and possibly some other items too. I'll have to play around with it some more, so I can share some of the different items it makes. If you see something in it you'll have to share what you come up with too. That's one of the fun parts - being creative and sharing together. With our new Stampin' Connections website that demos can access there are thousands of ideas out there. I love being able to access that and getting to see and get all the new stuff first. It becomes almost like Christmas...too fun.
So anyways, I hope you enjoy my little note card. I also hope you have a great day tomorrow and are able to stay cool. Blessings.

elegant lines birthday

Seems like lately with so much going on, I'm really liking easy. To me this card is soooo simple and yet very classy. I just ran the Marina Mist paper through my Big Shot with the Elegant Lines embossing folder.
I just love the embossing folders. They give such deep rich embossing and look so pretty.
I then stamped the birthday sentiment from the Perfect Punches set in Marina mist. Punched it out with my wide oval punch. It's so much fun when sets coordinate with punches. I can't resist those types of set. :)
I then tied on some vanilla satin ribbon and tied in a little bit of 1/8" marina mist taffeta ribbon for the knot. I then added some of our new self adhesive pearls to the little circles that were embossed and that just gave it the last right touch I thought. I didn't come up with the pearl idea, but have seen it on several cards lately along with jewel brads, crystals and various items like that. I don't know who originated the idea, but I like it. For this card though I thought the pearls especially matched the paper and silky look of the satin ribbon perfectly.
So I hope you enjoy the share for the day.
Keep creating and have a great day.