August Monthly Meeting

Last night we had our demonstrator's monthly meeting. I look forward to this meeting every month. We sampled great new products from the 2016-2017 Holiday Catalog! The Designer Series Paper packs are gorgeous! The color palettes for Christmas and for Halloween are fantastic! We are under two weeks until the catalog goes live. I can't wait!

We had a few Show and Shares too! Susan demonstrated a variation of the Northern Lights Technique with the Lovely as a Tree stamp set.
 

First, she sponged diagonal stripes of Perfect Plum, Watermelon Wonder, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, and Wild Wasabi across a 5" by 3-3/4"" piece of Whisper White cardstock. Then Susan sponged a layer of Night of Navy and a layer of Basic Black around the left, top, and right sides.

On the bottom she torn a piece of copy paper to create a mountainous outline. Susan placed the torn paper above where she wanted to sponge the mountainous landscape and sponged the bottom with Basic Gray. Next, Susan adhered this to a 5-1/4" by 4" piece of Whisper White cardstock and then to a 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" folded piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock.

Finally, she add little stars with a white gel pen and stamped the happy birthday sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

This card would be great for both men and women! You could also change the sentiment and colors to suit almost any occasion! This is a terrific all occasion card.

Above are our Make and Takes presented by Sally, Beth S., Christine, and Lenore. We made four different cards using the Thoughtful Branches, Flurry of Wishes, Pop of Paradise, Fresh Fruit, and Baby Bear stamp sets. I apologize I do not know who the original designers of these cards are. If these are your designs, please let me know. I want to give credit where it is due.

We had another Show and Share by Vicki, however I would like to put together a longer tutorial before I share.

I truly look forward to our demonstrator meetings! We have a great group of ladies! We share ideas, techniques, and experiences. If you would like to come to our monthly meetings too, join my team! I would love to have you as a part of my team!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Moroccan Nights Thank You Card

For June's monthly demonstrator's card swap, we were challenged to make a card using a new product from the 2016-2017 Annual Catalog. I made a thank you card featuring the new Moroccan Nights stamp set. The medallion image is gorgeous (and coordinates perfectly with the Moroccan Designer Series Paper (DSP))!

The inspiration for this card came from Simply Made by Wendy. I thought her design was simple and stunning! I kept the layout and measurements the same for my first attempt makering her card using Stampin' Up! products.

However, I felt that there was too much white space above and below the medallions. There was no place for the eye to rest. I also noticed that Wendy's medallion image was larger than the one in the Moroccan Nights stamp set.

For my second attempt, I reduced the width of the Whisper White cardstock. Decreasing the white space above and below the medallion image helped bring my focus into the center of the card. I'm much happier with the second attempt. I also used a thinlit for the sentiment instead of a stamp for a bit of whimsy.

The medallion image is a great way to show off your favorite colors! Here I used So Saffron, Pool Party, and Peekaboo Peach. As the weather gets warmer, I like more vibrant, cheery colors, but I bet this card would be great in deeper, jewel tone colors like Elegant Eggplant and Emerald Envy!

Check out what fantastic cards my group made. Which one is your favorite?



The new stamp sets and products used in this swap are Sitting Here, Painter's Palette, Jar of Love, Pop of Paradise, Moroccan Nights, Banners for You, Floral Affection Texturized Impressions Embossing Folder (TIEF), Flourish Thinlit Dies, and Bunch of Banners Framelits.

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Moroccan Nights Thank You Card Project Supply List
Stamps	Moroccan Nights
Paper	Whisper White Pool Party
Ink	Pool Party ink pad Peekaboo Peach ink pad Island Indigo ink pad So Saffron ink pad
Embellishments
Tools	Stampin’ Trimmer Bone Folder Clear Acrylic Blocks A, C, and E Grid Paper Stampin’ Mist Cleaner Stampin’ Scrub Stampin’ Pierce Mat Paper Snips Hello You Thinlits Big Shot Machine Fine-Tipped Glue Pen SNAIL Adhesive
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April's Monthly Meeting

Thursday was our monthly demonstrator's meeting with my amazing upline Colleen Magness. This month's card swap theme was sympathy, get well, and thinking of you. These types of cards can be hard to design. It is hard to know what to say and how much to say even for the closest of family and friends.

Here are the swaps our group made.

 

 

What sympathy, get well, and thinking of you cards have you made?  What stamp sets and colors appeal most to you for these occasions? I would love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Beth