SU! January Card Club - part 1

I'm back!  Whew!  I'd say I was just gone for a long winter's nap but well... apparently it would have been a half-summer-all-of-autumn-and-half-winter's nap.  When really, I was simply remiss.  Sigh.

So, I'm off & running again and have been spending some time trying to get things a little more advanced on here.  A new labeling system... probably more for me than anyone else.  Some tweaks here & there.  Some color changes.  And some other things that I just felt like changing up.  YAY.

So.... here are the first 2 projects we did for SU! Club in January.  A little heavy on the heart/valentine theme this month but I mixed it up to have one card, one layout, one gift.  And then I fit in a birthday card, too.

First up.... This layout was inspired by a card by Leigha Rock which I absolutely swooned over.  Since I already had a Valentine's Day card picked out, I converted this to a 12 x 12 layout. This was the first I got to use the new Sizzix Edgelits and the coordinating folders & stamps.  LOVE them. 

Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):

Punches: Heart to Heart, Jewelry Tag;  

Stamp sets: French Foliage, Bordering on Romance, Winter Post, Tiny Tags;
Sizzix Embossing Folder:  Adorning Accents;  
Sizzix Dies:  Adorning Accents Edgelit; Ribbon: Hemp Twine; 
Inks: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral; 

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, 
Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Rose Red;  
Other: Big Shot, Sponge Daubers, Pop Dots (American Crafts), Scotch ATG.

Next up was a Gift Card Holder Valentine Card.  This was pretty fun to make; I had never done this one before.  (Apologies in advance for the inside photo; I shouldn't have picked a red gift card to display inside a red card.  My eyes, my eyes!)  There's a great tutorial by Natasha Hein explaining how to make a gift card holder.

Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):

Punches: Lace Ribbon Border, Word Window;  Stamp sets: P.S. I Love You;

Sizzix Dies:  Hearts Framelit, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit; 
Inks: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black; 
Cardstock: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red;  

Patterned Paper: Twitterpated DSP;
Other: Big Shot, Pop Dots (American Crafts), Scotch ATG.

Stay tuned.... part 2 with the other two projects is coming next. 

SU! Club - March '11

I have a lot of catching up to do with my cards & layouts.  Sadly, February was a really bad month personally and my drive to continue with my Sister Cards suffered as a result.  I do have some that I sent that I didn't post so I do have some catching up to do.  And I need to get back on track.  But in the meantime, here are some pages we did in SU! Club in March.  We had to skip May because of scheduling problems so I'll be back to post July's projects (I can't show them yet since some use new product we can't reveal 'til July 1st).  

The hostess in March requested a 2-page layout so that's what we did.  I coordinated them enough that they could be used as a 2-pager but they can also be used as two 1-pagers (as I did).  Both of these were based on layouts I saw in an SU! Demo publication.  Unfortunately, the first one is not credited in the publication nor on the website (that drives me crazy!).  The 2nd one is based upon a page done by either Sharie Burris, Merianne Marble (I like that name... sounds festive) or neither.  It's very odd the way they credit projects (or actually, how they don't credit projects).  Anyway.... 

This one is of Bridget & me taken on Memorial Day 2010.  Every time we're together & one of us has our camera (yea... as if there would be a time when one of us didn't have our camera), we have our picture taken together.  Without fail.  I'm hoping some day to put them all in one mini-album for her.  This is one of my favorites we've ever taken.

 Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):

Punch: Scallop Trim Border;  Stamp set: Bliss; 
Sizzix Dies:  Top Note Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit;  

Texturz Plate: Backgrounds 1;  Ribbon: Old Olive Striped Grosgrain
Inks: Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, White Uniball Signo Gel Pen; 

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Very Vanilla;  
Other: Big Shot, Pop Dots, Scotch ATG, staples.

This one is from my niece, Amanda's Bridal Shower in 2009.  I've not done the journaling yet (shocking, I know).  It scanned a little wonky because all of the cardstock blocks are popped & the scanner doesn't like that.

Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):

Punch: Scallop Trim Border, Heart to Heart;  Stamp set:  En Francais;

Sizzix Dies:  Butterfly Wings Embosslit; Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice;  

Ribbon: Very Vanilla Satin;  Inks: Baja Breeze;  

 Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Very Vanilla;  

Designer Series Paper:  Baja Breeze;  Other: Big Shot, Pop Dots, Scotch ATG.

On an SU! Club unrelated note...

If you look closely at the bottom left photo on the bridal shower page, Amanda's holding one of the gifts I have her.  It's a layout I framed in a shadow box for her & Greg.  That layout is below.  The photo was taken at their engagement party. 

Products used :

Patterned Paper:  Crate Paper; Cardstock: Bazzill;  Punch: Fiskars Threading Water;

Embellishments:  Prima (flowers), Making Memories (pins & alpha stickers), Kaiser (pearls);  
Font:  I can't find it.  oops; Ribbon: unknown; Other: Scotch ATG.

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.