Super Snails Swaps

     Dana created a fun swap for all of us to make at the Super Snails Snacking and Sharing event we had last Saturday.  This just makes me smile.  The flags are doubled over a toothpick. We folded a piece of paper in half and then placed the mini banner punch over the paper so that the folded section was just inside the punch.  Great news, the mini banner punch will be in the new annual catalog.

     I love the color combination of the card that Linda created for us to make.  The little mini banners were hand cut after using the stamp on a thin piece of paper.  The stamp we used on this card is called Perfect Pennants.

     Amanda W's card used the Petite Petals card and matching punch.  I like how she separated the flowers with the saying.

     Jody used the Sweet Sorbet designer paper for her card.  That has got to be one of my all time favorite DSP's.  The flowers were from the hostess set in the Occasions catalog called Nature's Hello. She described using a couple of different colors on each flower.  I love the effect.

     Peggy's card is perfect for a small note card.  The baker's twine matches the color of the card perfectly because we dragged it through the ink pad .  I will make more of these cards to use as my thank you notes for customer orders.

     These are the Super Snails that were able to make it to the event.  We missed the ones that were either too far away, or could not make it.  Next time we meet we hope that you will be with us as the newest Super Snails.

Mixed Media designed by Amanda Fox and created by Sushi

   

     Have you ever heard of Mixed Media but were nervous about trying it yourself?  At one of our recent Stampin'Up! events Carrie Cudney demonstrated some really cute Halloween mixed media pictures.  I loved them but as I can be about new things, just was too nervous to try it myself.
    Saturday was the second Super Snails Snacking and Sharing event.  Each one of us was to bring a shoe box swap, and of course a potluck dish to share.  We had a great time visiting with each other and making each other's projects.  Amanda Fox is the newest Super Snail and her project was this mixed media wall plaque.  It was so much fun and not as hard as I imagined.

We each loved how our version of Amanda's project turned out.

1. First we prepared our burlap plaques, by rubbing different kinds of inks on it in no particular pattern.

2. Next we created our flower by attaching petals to one of the Jumbo sticky rounds.  Since the sticky rounds are super sticky, they attached to the burlap very well.

3. We cut a stem that was intended to be an irregular shape, and not perfectly straight and added it to our picture.

4. Finally we added details, like outlines, more accent colors, string, brads, and sayings to make the project our own. 

  Now that I have my first mixed media project under my belt, I am excited to try some  more. Thanks Amanda for a great make n take.  Would you like to attend our next event as the newest Super Snail?  Contact me before the end of March for a great added benefit while Sale A Bration is still going on.

Watercolor Wonder Challenge

    One of the last challenges I gave to my downline was to use the supplies I gave them on a card.  I included one card from the Watercolor wonder card kit, small samples of each one of the designer Watercolor Wonder papers, and a small strip of gold sequins. I loved the results.

    

    Amanda W used tiny strips of each color of the designer paper.  She attached strips of the sequins under her tag.  Notice the matching envelope.

     Cindy said she didn't like the look of the sequins so she tucked them underneath a piece of the designer paper.  I think the touch of gold looks great.

    

     Nan used the sequins as centers to the flowers and featured the flower side of the designer paper.  She was excited to have blue and green as the colors we used on this challenge.

   Amanda F embossed the card base, made a window to view the saying, and made cute flowers out of the designer paper.  Love the way she used the zigzags as a border on her card.

     I cut out my card front using the Apothecary Accents framelit.  I noticed the flowers on the DSP seemed similar to the Pansy punch and punched them out.  You know me the easy way is the best way.

   I loved the cards my team came up with.  What would you create with the supplies I gave my team.  Have fun thinking and creating.

  

File Folder card challenge

 

     A couple of months ago at a downline meeting we made samples of file folder cards.  The challenge was to take the sample and turn it into a finished card.  Amanda F. had just joined our group and used some of her papers she had at home to make an adorable birthday card. 

   Nan turned her card sideways and added a simple but elegant accent piece. 

  
   I covered my card with some of the This and That papers, punched out some hexagons form another paper in the stack, added a saying and tied the card together with some baker's twine.  It was fun to try this challenge.  Look for what we all did for our watercolor challenge.  Check out this link for directions on how to make a file folder card of your own.

December Paper Pumpkin projects

     Remember this book I made a couple of months ago.  I used the December Paper Pumpkin kit to make a journal I can record book titles, movies, and websites I want to remember. When I finished making the book I had lots of supplies left over so I went to Pinterest and found some ideas for cards using these leftover supplies.

 

 

 

 

 

     Amazingly enough I still have more leftovers from this kit. If you sign up for My Paper Pumpkin before the end of March you will receive a cute kit and a set of markers as a thank you from StampinUp.  I know I can hardly wait to see what my next kit will look like.