Card Club and Easel cards

It's been a really busy week for me so i have been MIA in the creative area because

of my new job at Disneyland and Card Club this last weekend.  But i can finally catch

up with everything and do a quick post about my class. Our theme this month was

easel cards and it was alot of fun.  I taught 6 quick cards in class using the brand new

spring release stamps from Stampendous.  They are gorgeous flower filled beauties

and the quality is just amazing.  All the girls had fun and they were all done in the 3

hours that we had to do them.  Not much time but we always like to color :)

This stamp is called Bowl Bouquet and it's just gorgeous.  Lots of pretty

flowers to color and the water was really fun to add their new glitters

to it to make it shiny.  The Spellbinders die set is called Labels 28, on of my favs.

I love going to tea so this is one of my favorite stamps

in the set.  It's called Teapot Posies and it too if filled

with gorgeous roses.  The die i used for this one is called

Fleur de Elegance and it's a really pretty die with some

amazing embossing in it.  You can't see it but its really neat.

This was another of my favorite stamps and this one

is called Blossom Spray stamp and it has these gorgeous

little delicate flowers that you can stamp and cut out

or just add to your favorite die.  This one we used a simple

Spellbinders scalloped circle and the regular die to go with it.

It's a super simple shaped card and i love the colors for it.

Here is all 6 of the easel cards that we did to share with you.

Next month we are working on some fun watercolor flower

cards with another new release so it should be fun too.

The stamps that i used for this are:

Bowl Bouquet 

Nasturium Stamp Set

Teapot Posies

Blossom Spray set

Fabulous Egg Rubber stamp

Lily Cross Stamp

Crystalescent Ultra Fine Glitter

Thanks so much for stopping over and I am back in my workroom

today to create so i should have lots more on my blog soon....

Have a wonderful day....Teresa

Just for Fun

Someone asked me once what my style was and my first thought

was "All over the place".  I love the thought of digging in

and trying something new and working at the store for all

those years really had me learning and trying everything that

i could get my hands on.  So where am i going with this.  Well

Spellbinders and others are doing Simple and Trendy style 

projects and going back and doing a few quick projects

is both refreshing and fun at the same time.  Today i have

2 cards to share that i am doing in my class for Sunday.

For this card I used 2 colors of pink ink to create a shadow

for the back and front with a beautiful stamp by Stampendous.
 That cute little bee stamp in black i had in my stash
and the Happy Birthday is from Fun Stampers Journey.

It's super easy to do and I think would be great as a set to

maybe give as a gift for something.. maybe another class right?

And this card is with a Penny Black stamp and i used the 

new Chevron Border die.  For my card i wanted to see that

pretty dark turquoise through the die so i cut the white front

out with it and then stamped it and added that flower with glitter.

 This is my favorite color so you know i love this one alot.

Well that's it from here in California today.  The weather is

hot again and i cannot wait for fall to really be settling in for us.

No more summer heat for this girl, but it's good for crafting 

inside to beat the heat.  Thanks for stopping over and don't 

forget to leave a message so i can stop over to visit you too :)

Have an awesome weekend!!

Card Club for May

It's been a while since i have posted anything for Card Club

at Scrap N Yap so i thought today i would do a quick

post to share with some of the things we did with 

Stampendous stamps and the fun glitters and embossing

powders that they have.  It was really fun and they

were so quiet and working it was almost scary.... but we 

all laughed alot and shared our stories to catch up

with life so another great class went down in the books.

Lots of lace and butterflies so it was great!

Thanks Stampendous and Fran for creating

all these fun things to work with :)

I loved the simpleness of this one... oh and the colors too!

I am a glitzy, melty, glittery kind of girl so

this was really fun to do.  I use 4 of the embossing

powders and glitters and some of the mica flakes

to do the front. It was really fun..... 

Hope the weekend was great for you all and

I have lots of crafty things to share this week

so be sure and check back soon :)

Card Club for January

I am having 2 classes today and tomorrow filled with fun

love themed cards to make... I am really excited 

and love the stamps and paper that I picked for it.

The stamps are from Verve and Whipper Snapper

and the paper is a Valentine 6x6 pad from Authentique.

I am completely sold out for both days but call the store

and sign up early for next month... it's going to be lots

and lots of fun Birthday cards to get you ready for the year.

Better be off... it's time to get ready for class!!

Happy Friday to you all...

Teresa

Scrap N Yap in Monrovia 626-357-2727

February 7th or the 8th from 10-1

Card Club class for Sept.

It was a really fun 2 days both at Prima and at Scrap N Yap

or our Monthly Card Club Classes.... I am adding more 

wonderful creative girls to the class each month and it's 

lots and lots of fun.... This class we worked on backrounds

 like stenciling with paint, gesso and stamping with new stamp 

Gels from Viva Decor and my favorite Tsukineko inks.  

And we used a new M-Bossabilites folder from Spellbinders. 

 It was a really, really fun 2 days and the cards came out great!!

My next classes are at Scrap N Yap Oct. 4th

and the Prima outlet Oct. 5th from 10-1 so be sure and call them to save

a place or email me too.  I still have a few kits so you can

call Scrap N Yap and get those on Tuesday...  

Next months class we will be making a few Christmas cards

with the new Prima Christmas papers and Thanksgiving and I should 

have those samples posted the end of this week.  

Have a really great

Sunday and enjoy with your families!

Card Club for August

We are still doing card club but looking forward we have

some fun new things to do and I am really excited!  Our

class will be split for geography reasons and getting there

so I will have classes at 2 places now. 

 Friday is at Scrap N Yap in Monrovia and 

Sat is at the new Prima Warehouse in Chino.  

Here is a sneak peak of our new cards and another

of my favorite this time....

I love, love, love these colors and this card

even has my favorite roses on it. I just love it....

Can't wait to see all of you and make some cards!

I have a few openings in fridays class in Monrovia

 so if you are interested

call Elizabeth at 626-357-2727 to sign up.

Card Club for May

It seems like the time is going by so fast again...

It's time again to have fun with all the ladies from

Card Club and this month we are working on fun

ways to use flowers and flower stamps.  Some

are easy and some are a bit more but last time they 

loved coloring so I thought we could do a little bit more 

before we start summer.  

The wedding card is m favorite because

it was really easy to do and I just layered 

the stamps and embossed the flowers

with silver..  just very elegant I think...

Love this one with Karen Foster dad papers.

The stamp is from Technique Tuesday..

This is another favorite because we have so many

hummingbirds outside right now and I thought

the colors on this would be really pretty!

Anyway I hope they have fun in class this weekend

and I will be sure and post some fun photos

next week.  Have a wonderful day,

Teresa

Card Club for February

Hi Everyone,

It's time again for my Card Club for Feb and this month

we are using lots of new stamps from Stampendous

and their Frantage glitters and embossing powders

and are they ever fun to use.  I love glitter and glittery things

so this should be a fun class to do and teach for me :)

This is my favorite card to do only because

I used lots of inks to do the backrounds and used

some of the aged embossing powders to glitter up

the front of the card.. I love really old things and

the purples on this were so pretty!  This idea is from

 the catalog but I put my own colors and spin on it ...

It would be great for a dinner invite i think :) 

This is all the cards that we are doing and even though

the layout idea is simple I used them in different ways

with ribbons and ties and cutting things out to change

them up each in their own ways...

 This is a close up of the corset stamp.  I stamped it

in black and embossed in clear and cut around the

edges so that I could pop it up.  Where the flowers

are I added bits of glitter and the mica chips to make it

glisten a little more.  The backround is also a new stamp

and I used the taupe aged embossing powder on it.

 This is my last favorite card because being

from California I actually have some of these

antique labels and it was fun to do a woody

kind of shabby card using chalks and colored 

pencils for the stamps.  You can't see it but 

I put glossy accents on the orange itself to make

it look more juicy!  It's fun just to play sometimes!

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I can take

a few photos of the ladies and share what they did

for all of you.  Have a great Thursday!

Teresa

Card Club for October

This was a really fun class to teach this month and it was

fun getting our inspiration going for Christmas even though

we have a couple of months ahead of us.  We made 5 cards, 

a tag and they learned to make boxes for Christmas goodies too!

There was lots of embossing powder, ribbons and assorted other

things we used this month to glitz them up and I think that is

my favorite part of the season!!  Can't wait to start decorating

and get all my things ready to celebrate with my family...

This is one of my favorite stamps from Just Rite Stampers 

and all the ladies loved that there were so many ornaments 

to pick from and the designs fit perfect on the matching

Spellbinders dies....

That's all for today, i still have lots to make and share but

it's time to get ready for Halloween and lots of

Trick or Treaters so I hope you all have a safe and fun day!

August Card Club already?

It's time again for Card Club at the store and this month

I promised all the girls that we would start early with 

Holiday Cards and since I love Fall and all the 

fun things to do during it, it was great to start them so soon!!

This month we are working with lots and lots of New 

Penny Black Stamps!  They are gorgeous and there is lots

of fun script for sentiments and lots of variety in styles.

I love the masked cat with the pumpkin and one of my 

favorite Whipper Snapper stamps with the ghost wagon..

Truthfully they are all cute and I can't wait to dig in 

and make some really fun cards with the other styles out too!

I will take some photos and post of the card creating fun

in the next 2 days but until then have a super great day

and Happy Cardmaking to you!

Card Club for June

It's time again for our Card Club and this

month we are talking about lots of ideas

for framing. It should be fun and they get to do some

coloring and a little Tim Holtz distressing....

there is still another card I need to finish with

a framed envelope but I still need to do a little coloring

so I will share that a little later....

I used lots of different stamps and lots of bright

colors for summer and tried to use lots of the new

backround stamps that are out now.... and

It seems I am always doing a commercial for

Spellbinders but it's what I love using and all

of the cards have labels and tags on them this time.  

And if you cut the pieces before--- you can run all of

them on your Grand Caliber at one time because

the platform is so big.  It's wonderful!!  It saves so much time

and that way you can create more :) --- I will be sure and take 

some photos of the girls in class and post them next week...

But until then thanks so much for checking in

and a special Thank you for all of you that

left such wonderful comments on the Blog Frenzy post!

They were very much appreciated and I love hearing what

you like and don't like and it gives me ideas on

new things to do... Happy Creating today,

Teresa

Card Club for April

We had a really fun Card Club on Friday and Sat. for april

and we used so many fun Spellbinders dies to create the cards.
I showed them all the beautiful Edgeabilites, Embossing
folders and dies available and what fun things we are
going to create in the months ahead with them...
I love seeing big smiles :)

Everyone really loved how easy it was to make
the flowers and how fun all the dies were
to use on both the edges, create labels and
 to do tiny pretty inserts on your cards...

 I got big smiles from Leslie and Helene,
it was a really fun 2 days of classes this month...

Favorite flower I think was the roses to make,
all of theirs came out really beautiful.
Thanks ladies for such a wonderful weekend :)

And so lastly today I have
 a new card I made to share today

that I did with some new papers that

dropped into my shopping basket again :)

(I love when that happens)

It's not too often that I can make a man card but

I really like the way this came out and the ribbon

looks pretty nice on it too.  I used 2 different dies

on this card.  One is Labels Twenty Two S4-346 

and the other is FancyTags Three  S5-031.

The papers for this are from Echo Park-Note to Self

it has some really nice prints and colors and I like

the numbers and music papers.  Really cute!

Don't forget the Spellbinders Spring Blog Hop
starts tomorrow and my day is this friday morning!
so have fun hopping and be sure to enter the contest so
that you can win some amazing products!!  Yay!!

Have a great day,

Teresa

Card Club for January

It's time again for Card Club at the store and this

month we are doing love themed cards with a twist.

The stores are filled with lots of love and heart 

related papers and I always hear I don't have a

Valentine to give out---- so why not create something that you 

can give anytime of year to express how much 

you care or even just thinking about them.

Say like You're my favorite, or Thinking of You,

or Thanks or the clock card is Time to Celebrate.

We actually are doing 7 projects this month and

are trying to focus on creating with flags and

of course Spellbinders dies :) Each card is embossed

too so that it gives each of them that much more

dimension and added interest.

My papers are from Basic Grey, Bazzill, WeR,

Reminisce, and the gorgeous rose paper is

from K & Company.

The stamps this month are from Hero Arts, 

Darcie's and My Favorite Things. There are 

so many cute stamps out it was hard to pick this

month as always but I hope that these inspired you

to get out some ink and paper and create a few

for your card box for later!!

I will take some photos the next 2 days of the 

ladies in class to share and until then.....

Happy Stamping to all of you,

Teresa

Card Club

It's time for Card Club again and I am pretty happy

with all the cards this month we are doing.

I promised we would do everyday cards but I 

added a few Christmas and promised Linda I would

use the Gingerbread stamp so they get two extra

Christmas this month.  Yay!!

My favorite this month is this pop up slider card

that I found on Splitcoast Stampers.  I changed it up a little

but its a super cute idea for cards...

I used a flower stamp from Hero Arts for the 

backround and embossed it in white to add more

texture to it.  The coloring is with chalks.

 I used the stripe paper from BG on this so it

looked a little like candy canes and added a cake

doily behind his head for texture. The 

image is stamped on Bazzill Kraft and inked with 

chestnut roan chalk ink.  The white is a gel pen 

and the rest is done with regular chalks. 

 Don't your love his smile ?

Stamp is by: Penny Black

 Last favorite is this gate card made with 2 new Spellbinders

dies that I just got.  I wanted a lacey effect so I layered them

and popped them up with foam squares.  The pink dot

paper is by Bazzill and the adorable dot paper from

the Birthday collection from Doodlebug.

Thanks for checking in and seeing what's new

after Turkey Day!!  

Hugs,  Teresa