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Ok so yesterday I said that Stampin' Up had given me two containers of the wonderful champagne glass glitter & that I was going to have to figure out what to use it on...well it didn't take me long. I have been trying to decide on a class that uses our clear storage cases for more than just holding our clear stamp sets. I've seen so many neat things done with them. So one of my May (yes I said May) class is going to be on the clear cases. I haven't got the details all worked out yet (mostly because I am still working on April's classes). But be on the lookout before the end of the month. These first pictures will be the main focus of that class.

They are monogram note cards with matching envelopes in a decorated clear cases. Aren't they just BEAUTIFUL? And wasn't it nice of the creator to make them in the initial "K" just like they were making them for me. At the class that I am planning you will also get 5 other uses for the clear cases. I can't wait.

Today's other project will be appearing in one of my April classes that focuses on the stamp set Bring On the Cake. It was one of my biggest favorites of the day at Regional.

Don't you want to know how to make this card? Then make sure you sign up for my class including the stamp set Bring on the Cake. Registration information will be posted this Friday. This technique is so neat. You will just love it. This class as well as all of my classes are available to go, which means if you aren't able to make the date of the class or live far away then the class can be sent to you with instructions. Or you can schedule a workshop with me & request this card be made.

That's it for this Wednesday. I hope your week is going good. Mine as usual is just flying by. : )

I know I know...

I know Valentine's Day is over. But I had just a couple more things for Valentine's Day that I wanted to share from this past weekend's regional. I hope that your Valentine's Day was a great one & that you got to spend it with the ones that you love.

The first thing I am going to share today is this cute cute Xs & Os banner.

It uses the awesome Love Letters designer paper & tons of ribbon & embellishments. Wouldn't this banner be a great decorative item that you could pull out year after year.

This next project is a neat way to give your valentine some yummy candy.

This treat card uses the Sweetheart stamp sets & the awesome heart treat cups. The tab at the top actually is in between 2 layers of the real red cardstock, so you can pull that piece out to get to the candy without destroying the whole card. The wonderful color combination is real red, whisper white & tempting turquoise. The words on the tab are from the stamp set teeny tiny wishes.

The last project for the day uses the new petal cone die for the Big Shot machine. Found the occasions mini catalog. I will be sharing a few projects this week using the petal cone die. Just love it.

I know the picture is not that great. It was made by someone doing a WOW workshop moment at Regional. Tons of other people were taking pictures at the same time & I thought it would be rude to turn it around for a picture from the other side as they were taking pictures. : ) So I will point out some of the great things used to make this cute gift holder. The cardstock for the base is rose red. The flower was made using the great new blossom petal punch. The petals have been embossed with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder & sprayed with smooch spray. The little scallop border above the flower is done with the ribbon border punch. Both the border & the flower are made out of pink pirouette cardstock. The ribbon on the back is very vanilla seam binding. The glitter is the champagne glass glitter. I will definitely be making a project using the champagne glass glitter because I got one FREE at Leadership & Regional. So they obviously are trying to tell me something. (smile)

Happy Tuesday to you all.

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Ok well not Christmas yet but fall is definitely upon us here in the Midwest. Warm days & cool nights. Sometimes cool days & cool nights. You just never know what you are going to get. Definitely fall in our house. After a great football game last night we are on our way to a marching band competition about an hour away that all 3 of our older kids are participating in. But in our house I have been getting to work on everything that I have going stampin' wise through the end of the year. Make sure you get signed up for all of you favorites as soon as possible. Coming up next Saturday is our group "A Card for Every Season". Look for pictures of some of those cards coming toward the end of this next week. Then the next event that I am hosting is the Owl 101 punch class on October 24th. Where we will be making 16 - 3" x 3" cards all with a different theme focused around using the new Owl 2 step punch. If you are not signed up yet for this class...hurry up...the deadline is October 12th. Then on November 6th I will be hosting my yearly Christmas Card Event. That brings us to today's pictures.

Both of these cards are made with 2 images from the Peaceful Seasons Level 2 Hostess Set. This first one is garden green cardstock as the base. With part of the candy cane christmas material used to look like ribbon. Then the words are stamped in real red & the earth ornaments in garden green.

This card is made using the same images but the real red cardstock is used as the base. I stamped the images in the same colors but I didn't tear the cardstock at the bottom. Then I added silver glass glitter along the bottom after I glued the material on the back. This card so far is my favorite. Tomorrow I will post two more cards using different images out of the Peaceful Seasons stamp set with different colored cardstock and different accessories. Let me know which one or ones are your favorite. One of these great cards will be 1 of my designs for my Christmas Card Event.