YAY! My first official SU! club is behind me. I was WAY stressed out. Pure silliness because these girls are my friends. But I'm afraid they won't tell me if they don't like something so I keep telling them to let me know when they don't like something. (I'm counting on you, Stephanie!) It's one thing to teach a class at the store to people who chose to take the class; it's another thing to have people blindly show up at your house and trust that you'll make something they'll not throw out when they get home.
So... we made 3 cards and a little gift box. And we ate & laughed & gossiped. Here's what we made (the pictures aren't very good; I had to take them at night and therefore, they're not that great)...
Card #1 is our butterfly card with both dry & wet embossing...
Close-up of the butterflies:
Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):
Embossing Folder: Elegant Lines; Stamp sets: Butterfly Prints;
Punch: Butterfly Extra Large; Embossing ink pad: Versafine;
Embossing powder: white; Inks: Pretty in Pink, Sahara Sand;
Cardstock (I think these are the colors!): Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery,
Bashful Blue and White (Bazzill); Other: Big Shot, pop dots.
Card #2 is our valentine card...
Close-up of the scallop:
Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):
Stamp set: Valentine Defined; Punches: Scallop Trim Corner, Scallop Trim Border,
Scallop Circle (1 3/4" ) Extra Large, Heart to Heart Extra Large;
Embossing powder: clear; Ink (I think!): Rose Red;
Cardstock (I think!): Rose Red, Whisper White, White (Bazzill)
Ribbon: Whisper White Taffeta; Other: pop dots.
Card #3 is our Bird Card (and my favorite from this batch)...
Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):
Embossing Folder: Elegant Lines; Stamp sets: Clearly for You;
Inks: Old Olive, Marina Mist; Cardstock (I think!): Marina Mist and
French Vanilla (Bazzill); Ribbon: Old Olive Satin; Other: Big Shot
Gift Box.... this was fun to put together. I got the idea from a bunch of brilliant Demonstrators who think outside the box (ha! get it?) with the SU! big shot dies that are available. This one uses 4 envelopes daisy-chained together to make a box. So clever.
Close-up of the label on top:
Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):
Patterned Paper: Designer Series Paper Pad In Colors (Poppy Parade);
Ink: Crumb Cake; Cardstock : Kraft (Bazzill); Punches: Decorative Label,
Heart to Heart Extra Large; Ribbon: Whisper White Taffeta;
Bigz Die: Scallop Envelope; Other: Big Shot
And then I made this little gift for Stephanie, our first hostess.
Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):
Stamp set: Valentine Defined, Tiny Tags; Punches: Jewelry Tag Medium;
Embossing powder: clear; Embossing Pen: Versafine;
Ink (I think!): Rose Red; Marker: Brown Slick Writer
Cardstock: White (Bazzill); Ribbon: unknown; Other: frame from Michaels.
Whew! Next Club (in March) will be a 2-page layout requested by the next hostess. I already have it planned in my head & have to get a few things ordered to make it happen. Looking forward to it!
For the next sister card, I used the Bird Card from above but removed the "for you" from the front. I added a quote by Henry Van Dyke inside "Use the talents you possess - for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best."
Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):
Embossing Folder: Elegant Lines; Stamp sets: Clearly for You;
Inks: Old Olive, Marina Mist; Cardstock (I think!): Marina Mist and
French Vanilla (Bazzill); Ribbon: Old Olive Satin;
Font: Black Jack; Other: Big Shot
All righty... that finishes up the projects that are good enough/finished enough to print! :0) Thanks for swinging by.
