Stamp Club Share

I have been holding our monthly stamp club this week. I love this time to get together with old and new friends and play for a couple of hours. Something we all need more of in our lives don't you think?  Anyway, one of my favorite things is that sometimes the girls bring along things they've been making to share with the group. My friend Rhonda bought along a selection last month and I think this was my fave (I apologize for the poor quality photo - I was quick trying to snap it in the middle of all the craziness!)

She used this adorable 'Spec-tacular' single stamp and used more than one color of embossing powder to emboss the glasses different colors. This is a technique we had learned at our last Master class - and I LOVE how she used it here! Then she came back and decorated some of them with markers and some with foil or rhinestones, so imaginative! I love the whole 80's feel of the finished card! (I have to love anything to do with the 80's because that's really my era.)

This batch of single stamps were originally only going to be available through the end of March but thankfully they extended that through to the end of July!  I'm pleased because I wanted to get this one and the little His and Hers towels.  You can see all of the single stamps on offer here:
Assortment 3: http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Single_Flyers_Assortment3_US(1).pdf
Assortment 4: http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Single_Flyers_Assortment4_US(1).pdf

If you want to buy some you can email me or check out my online store 

Have a great week! Brenda

Stamping Master Class - our first graduate!

We had our first graduate at the Stamping Master Class this week! Barbara has attended 10 classes and turned in all her homework - yay Barbara! We have 2 more people walking tonight... and all three are signing up for another season - too much fun!

Here is one of this month's projects, I cased the idea from Patty Bennet.  Love these beautiful flowers. This series of classes was created specifically for my stampers who have mastered most basic techniques and are ready for a challenge! We do projects that are slow and "steppy" and would be too  frustrating for many people. The girls attending this class embrace these fussier style cards. Truthfully, that would not be me! I like cards that LOOK like they took ages but were actually quick and easy. So, this has been a great experience for me, pushing me out of my comfort zone and challenging me, love that. 

To get credit for their class they need to turn in homework each month! They use one of the techniques we learned that month to create something of their own. They then bring it to the next class or post it to the Stamps and Tea facebook page .

In October we had learned about Soot Stamping and Barbara decided to make something using that technique. Her husband apparently loves rhino's so she used a (non SU) rhino stamp to make him this card, isn't it just fantastic?! I'm thinking I should maybe come up with a way to penalize those stampers who make something better than my template, what do you think?!

Interested in this class? You'd be more than welcome to give it a try! Just let me know if you'd like more information.

Have a great week! Brenda