Faux Silk Class

This is the class I am holding this week. It uses the faux silk technique -
stamped tissue paper crumpled and adhered to neutral card stock.
I got the planner from Class in a Flash - they offer some great class plans. I am very excited about this class. It is so pretty and a great way to spend an evening!

Product used: Raspberry Tart DSP, Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, Sweet Stems stamp set, and the new wide oval punch.

This Month's Stamp-a-Stack, in case you missed it

Here are some pictures of the cards we did for this month's stamp-a-stack. This first one is a St. Patrick's day card using the SAB set, Polka Dot Punches and the new textured plates for the Big Shot. I had fun playing with inking my plate before embossing the paper. It is a neat effect!
This rest were birthday cards - this one uses A Flower for All Seasons. I love the frog!

This next one uses two SAB sets:Botanical Blooms and Congrats. I was brave with this one did not use my stamp-a-ma-jig.

I needed to make a birthday card for my aunt, and I specifically got this hostess set for that reason - she likes roosters. =)

I case'd the basics of this card and cannot even remember from where... but it uses the Raspberry Tart DSP and and the scallop Circle die for the Big Shot. The stamp set used is the Petal Pizazz.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the recent cards we have been making. If you want more information, just email me and I'll help you out any way I can.

Decor Elements

Here are some frames we decorated with our fabulous Decor Elements - there are so many uses for these! I have them on my car windows, on my walls and wherever I can find a place to put them! The first frame was only Decor Elements and some ribbon. I got a little more "creative" on the following frame and gathered a piece of ribbon, overlapped elements and used the half-back pearls from our Pretties Kit.

Here are the other ways I have used Decor Elements... so far!

This is on my kitchen wall to remind us of how blessed we are - and no matter what, we havea home filled with love. This is a Level 2 Hostess benefit.

Here is one we made for Christmas. The element is applied to some plexi-glass. My hubby made the frame so I could hang this in our front window for years to come.

I used some sheet metal so I could make my countdown calendar magnetic. The days are mounted on card stock with magnets attached to the back. Once again, I can use this for years to come!(and it will be ready to hang on December 1st this year!)

I couldn't resist ahowing our Decor Elements to the world - so I put some on my car windows. Believe it or not, these are still on my car... time for something a little more "spring-like". Maybe once the snow melts....

Valentine's Day Projects

I had the privelege of sharing my passion for paper crafting with the ladies of my MOPS group. I found a great project done by a fello SU! demonstrator. Here is the cute treat box with coordinating card. Everyone had fun putting these together - and showed a functional way to use our products.


Here is the Valentine Class I held. We made a "Valentine Bundle" following a class by Amy and Debbie's Class in a Flash. The class included a recipe booklet, candy jar, bottle of sparkling cider or wine and a coordinating card.
This had originally been advertised as a Christmas class, but I changed the color palette to reflect our Sweet Bella Style Watch (pg. 12 & 13 in our current catalog).

Where did an entire month go?

OK, so far this year, I have been a little behind in my blogging. I had some trouble figuring out how to watermark my cards and projects - but thanks to my wonderful hubby, we are now up and running. I hope you enjoy looking through some of the pictures to see the projects I have been busy working on - even if I haven't been posting here.

Thursday Thoughts

Really, I don't have too many thoughts running through my head today (not feeling so good)... but I did want to take a moment to post since it has been over a week. And I needed to make sure you could access the latest catalogs from SU!

So much is happening in my business, it is hard to keep up. The new catalog has arrived! And it is full of so many fabulous, new things! I finally ordered some of them, but forgot to put a rush on it... so alas, looks like I will be waiting until next week to play.

I am looking forward to my upcoming Valentine's class. As soon as I finish the prototypes, I'll post pictures.

Happy Stampin'!
Becca =)

Whoo Hoo! I'm finally blogging!

Hello, my cyber-friends!

Here is my debut as a blogger, so bear with me. I have been busy finishing up the last of my Christmas presents (and yes, I know it is the middle of January!) and I wanted to share them.

Before I show off the presents I made for my nieces, I want to show you what fun I had with Stampin' Up!'s(R) Decor Elements -

I knew I wanted to put one or two on my car for the Christmas season, so I chose this one and the "Jingle all the Way" for the other side. I didn't attract as much attention as I hoped, but with any luck, it helped people remember the real reason for the season.

I was very excited about the "Santa & Sleigh" Decor Element. My very loving and supportive hubby made me a plexi-glass frame so I could hang it in our front window. I used the Filigree Decor Elements to make it look like snow swirling. The best part is that this is still available, so I might be able to promote it better next year.

OK... now for the presents I made. I hope the girls like them. It is such a neat idea shared by a lady, Peggy Outen, from one of my Yahoo Groups. They are called Memory Cans. These are the ones I made for the three oldest nieces. I tried not to make them too cutesy. The idea is to tear off a piece of paper from the handle, write a thought or memory on it, date it and save it in the can. Of course, they can do whatever they want with them , but I thought it was a neat "upgrade" on journalling.

Below are the others I made:

This one uses the new Candy Lane DSP and is for ME! =)

Well, that is about all I have to share today. I will begin working on my Valentine's as soon as everything from Christmas is safely in the custody of the USPS.

Thanks for looking!