SU! Club - January '11

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.