Monday, November 14, 2011

Mother/Daughter Workshop Was a Blast!

I had so much fun yesterday afternoon!  I got to stamp cookies and make cards with an adorable group of (mostly second grade) girls and their moms.   Everyone had a great time! We made the two cards shown below, plus gift tags which I will post in a separate entry.  






I chose these cards to demonstrate the versatility of these two stamp sets. The first one was made entirely with the "pennant parade" stamp set (122740), and the coordinating punch (122361).  (plus the 1/2 " circle punch119869)  The colors are pink pirouette and wisteria wonder.  I love the ribbon (122973), which is available in all the new in-colors for the current catalog. The girls LOVED the bling from the basic rhinestones(119246). At the low price of 150 for $4.95, they can use as many as they like without breaking the bank. This stamp set is incredibly versatile!  You can make pennants, birthday hats and Christmas trees.  You can also glue two punched out images back to back on a toothpick, and you have a wonderful cupcake topper - personalized however you would like!  If you're a scrapbooker, imagine how awesome it would be to decorate a birthday party page with pennants.

The cupcake card is from "easy events" 
(116958), which is even more versatile, since there is a stamp for almost every occasion.  The colors are "wild wasabi" and "pink pirouette", with some whisper white cardstock and "just add cake"(124339) designer series paper.  We stamped the main images in basic black, and colored them in with "baja breeze", "so saffron" and "pink pinhouette" markers. The happy birthday is in "wild wasabi" and punched out with the word window punch (119857).

The girls loved stamping the cookies (125152) too, and the moms were super amazed at how easy it is to get beautifully decorated cookies.  They were a hit at "snack time" too!

Let me know when you would like to invite your friends over and host your own workshop.  It's lots of fun AND you earn free Stampin' Up! stuff!  How cool is that?!

:-) Miriam

p.s. If you ever question why I like my job so much, just look at the thank you gift I got from an adorable and talented five year old yesterday: 



It was meant to be a self portrait, (I covered her name to protect her privacy), but I think it looks like me! ;-)


DIY Holiday Wreath

This wreath is a hostess gift for an upcoming workshop.  It was so fun and easy to make, and very inexpensive, as well.
Notice all the buttons?  I made them myself out of card stock and some crystal effects!  It was so much fun!  I am having a wreath making class at my house on Saturday, November 19th from 2 - 5 p.m. Check my website calendar for more details.My Events It will be lots of fun!
Here is a close up of the buttons:

Paisley Pedals

This is the "thinking of you" card from yesterday's workshop.  I used one inch strips of paisley petals designer series paper for the background.  The ribbon is baja breeze seam binding.  The sentiment is from "herbal expressions".  Decorative label punch and some pearls.  Colors: not quite navy and river rock.

Easy Gift Tags

I had a fun workshop yesterday morning.  The hostess requested a holiday theme and a "thinking of you" card.  I came up  two cards and these three gift tags that are SO easy and fun to make.

All the stamps are from the "tags til Christmas" stamp set from the main catalog.  We used the ticket corner punch on the top two corners of both layers of card stock, and the 1/2 circle punch for an extra pop of color before punching the hole.  Each image has a coordinating punch, but we kept it simple.  Don't they look cute?  Colors: really red; pacific point; early espresso and whisper white.

Bells and Boughs

This is a very simple card made with the Bells and Boughs Stamp Set.  I kept it very plain with just outline stamping in Old Olive, and a tiny bit of Cherry Cobbler marker on the bells.  I used the new quilted ribbon from the holiday mini, as well.  I ordered this set in Spanish so I would have a nice "Feliz Navidad" stamp.  I used the "Merry Christmas" greeting from the "Four the Holidays" stamp set.  Background is very vanilla.