Stampin' with Carol: September 2019

So...I spent 2 hours writing my blog only to lose the whole thing while writing the last sentence - talk about frustration!!! Now, I'm ready to give it another try. Wish me luck🤞.

Let's start out with some exciting news for those of you who have been drooling over the Holiday Catalog. It goes live on September 4 - yay!! If you didn't get one yet, please let me know and I'll take care of it.

And, here's some more exciting news...a Designer Series Paper Sale. Yep, from September 4 through September 30, purchase 3 packages of Designer Series Paper and receive the 4th one free. If you are a hoarder of DSP, this is perfect for you - you can buy one to use and one to keep in your stash! There are select papers to choose from, so see the list below.

ITEM	PAGE	DESCRIPTION	PRICE
149100	166	PERENNIAL ESSENCE DSP	$11.50
149443	166	SEE A SILHOUETTE DSP	$11.50
149481	167	COME SAIL AWAY DSP	$11.50
149484	165	MAGNOLIA LANE DSP	$11.50
149488	165	GARDEN LANE DSP	$11.50
149489	165	FOLLOW YOUR ART DSP	$11.50
149497	165	WOVEN THREADS DSP	$11.50
149589	166	DINOROAR DSP	$11.50
149592	166	BIRD BALLAD DSP	$11.50
149500	167	PRESSED PETALS SPECIALTY DSP	$14.50

Now, let's talk about classes for the month.

Christmas Card Club is scheduled for:

Saturday, September 7 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (space available)
Saturday, September 7 - 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (space available)

Christmas Club entails me choosing/designing 2 cards. Attendees make 5 cards of each design in class. The cost is $30.00 and participants go home with 10 cards including envelopes. Provided space is available, you may come and make a set of just one of the cards (this must be specified at the time of registering for the class) - the fee is then $15.00. There is a cancellation fee involved for this special class, please contact me for details.

These are the cards we will be making...

This card was made using the Perfectly Plaid

Bundle and Wrapped in Plaid DSP. The original card

was designed by Elaine Smith; then I changed it

to satisfy my taste. It's hard to see the window sheet

that is bridging the top and bottom of the trees, but

attendees will have a choice of a plain white

inside or stamped forest as shown below.

I LOVE this moose and couldn't wait to make a

card with the Merry Moose Bundle. I also

used the Winter Woods stamp set for the

tree in the forefront.

Regular Card Classes are scheduled as listed below.

Thursday, September 12: 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, September 13: 9:00 a.m. to noon

Saturday, September 14: 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 15: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

There is availability in all classes except Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. The fee is $15.00 and we will be making the following cards:

This card was inspired by a card made by

WOW Nola Creations. The colors really

spoke to me. Gorgeous, isn't it?

This was also CASE'd from WOW Nola

Creations. Beautiful fall look to it.

The creativity of Cindee Wilkinson inspired

my version of her card. It's a very romantic

card and, you could place a picture in the

middle instead of wording.

Should time permit, we will make a

Halloween card. Isn't this a cutie?

Nothing scary about this mummy!!

My plan is to use a particular "bundle" each month to show different ways to use the stamps and dies/punches. So, when designing this month's cards, I was so crazy in love with the Daisy Lane Bundle and the Daisy Punch (released in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog), I made a bunch of cards. The cards below were offered as "kits" for the attendees to pre-order. They could order as many kits as they wanted for $3.00 each (they receive all papers, embellishments and envelopes, plus an email with pictures of the cards). No instructions are given and they must complete the kits at home with their own supplies.