Stocking Gift Card Holder

From Heidi...

I appreciate all the fun ideas that other bloggers share. I saw this cute Stocking Shaped gift card holder on Mary Davidson's blog last year and couldn't wait to add it to this year's Holiday Treasure class (331TW.150 and 332TW.150) at Tumbleweed Recreation Center. These are so easy to make and this year's Jolly Holiday DSP make the cutest looking stockings. Join us for some creative fun! Thanks for looking :-)

October Color Challenge #9 + Gift Tag

From Adriel:

It's the beginning of a new month

and that means a new THS color challenge!

Here's the colors for our challenge this month.

Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, River Rock, and More Mustard

I had fun with these colors and made some gift tags

with last year's "Gobble Gobble" stamp from Stampin' Up!'s a la carte.

It's just too cute not to use again! =)

I sent the River Rock CS through the Big Shot

with the Lattice embossing folder.

When you tear it, it almost looks like burlap, which is a great touch.

Now it's your turn! As always, our color challenge

is open to all of our artsy, crafty friends.

You have the whole month to create something fabulous using our color challenge.

Just post it on your blog or a gallery

and link to it using the submission button at the bottom of this post.

You can also send us a picture of your creation and we will submit it for you.

Email us at: twohappystampers@gmail.com

We'll feature 5 of the entries on our blog!

Guidelines:

Color challenge ends October 31st @ midnight Arizona time

Please keep submissions family friendly

Get inspired, get creative, and have fun!

Happy October to you!

Christmas Tags

From Heidi...

It sure seems like it was just the beginning of January 2010 and here we are at the beginning of October looking towards the end of the year. Wow...is it just me or does time seem to be flying by? I've been thinking about our upcoming Christmas projects, planning and creating for them. We have a fun class that we hold each year called Holiday Treasures. In this class we create unique gift card holders, treat cards and containers and other fun holiday gift-giving items. This year we're creating a Cocoa Holder, a Candy Bar/Bookmark card, Gift Tags, and a cute Stocking-Shaped Gift Card Holder. These are the Christmas Gift Tags we'll be making...too cute! This class will be held at Tumbleweed on Thursday, November 11  (class codes 331TW.150 - 12:30-3 PM; 332TW.150 - 7-9:30 PM). We'd love to have you join us...the more the merrier!

Here's our October Newsletter!

We've just published our October Newsletter. You can Click Here or on the newsletter button on the side of our blog to open it up. Thanks for visiting us! We hope that your upcoming October and Fall season is a wonderful one.

Another Thanksgiving Post

From Heidi...

This is a hybrid card I created for one of our upcoming classes...I've used digital stamped leaves along with a hand stamped sentiment and then built the card like I would a hand stamped card. The leaf is one of the digital stamp sets included in My Digital Studio. I am finding myself using MDS more and more...not only for convenience sake, but it allows new avenues of creativity, as well. I shared this program last night at a workshop I hosted...It was fun to share the digital fun with others.
This card is one that we'll be making in our October 5 Tumbleweed class. If you'd like to sign up, visit the City of Chandler's Park and Recreation site to register. (319TW.130 - 10AM-Noon class; 320TW.130 - 7-9 PM class)

Brand New Coupon Organizers

From Adriel:

Finally, the moment has arrived!

I finally got some coupon organizers done!

These have been sitting half-finished for quite awhile.

It feels so good to have completed them.

It's a nice feeling to get something done. =)

Look for them soon in our Etsy shop!

Have a wonderful day!

Simple & Quick Card

From Adriel:

Picture this: You need a card... like NOW! What do you do?

• You cut a piece of Night of Navy CS to 5-1/2"W x 8-1/2"L and score lengthwise @ 4-1/4" and fold in half. You're halfway there... okay, bad pun... sorry! =)
• You round the corners of your card base.
• You run a piece of 5-1/4" x 4" Sahara Sand CS through your Big Shot machine with the lattice embossing folder. You round the corners of this piece.
• You adhere this to the front of your card.
• You find a scrap of texture brown CS... maybe it's Soft Suede? You're not sure what color it is or if it is even Stampin' Up! CS... it doesn't matter... you've got enough to send through the Big Shot machine with the Little Leaves die.
• You find a scrap of Whisper White CS and stamp "a little something" from the Matchbox Messages stamp set in Night of Navy ink, which you then punch out with (I think) a 1-3/8" circle punch.
• You adhere the "mystery brown" Little Leaves die cut to the front of the card.
• You attach your punched circle sentiment using a dimensional to the front of the card.
• Of course, you don't want this looking like you whipped it up in like 5 minutes or something, so you add a couple of brads.

Your card now looks something like this!

And that took, what, 5 minutes? Okay, 6 minutes with the brads.
It is completely possible to make a decent looking card in under 10 minutes!
I've gotta admit that the Big Shot makes this possible, for me anyway.
The texture just adds that "umph" that would be missing if it wasn't there.

(This story is based on actual events. Names have been omitted to protect identity... who am I kidding?)

Hope your week is getting off to a great start! Thanks for visiting! =)

More Reversed Masking

From Heidi...

If you saw Adriel's last post, my card today was inspired by her sponged Little Leaves background. She had actually sponged a Little Leaves background on Crumb Cake CS several weeks ago but hadn't gotten any further than that. Every time I went into the craft room, there it was sitting on the table crying out, "Use me!" Well, I didn't use her background (although I was tempted several times), but I went ahead and sponged another one on Crumb Cake and made this Thanksgiving card for one of our upcoming classes in October. We'll try and share our upcoming cards here over the next few weeks. I'm really looking forward to our classes at Tumbleweed and my house (Tuesday, 10/19) in October. We have some very cool looking cards coming up along with a fun technique called Faux Linen. We'd love to have you join us.

Classes and dates at Tumbleweed Recreation Center are as follows:
Thanksgiving-themed cards
319TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/5, 10am-Noon
320TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/5, 7-9 PM
Faux-Linen technique
321TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/12, 10am-Noon
322TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/12, 7-9 PM

Little Leaves Sponged Card

From Adriel:

I had some flowers leftover from the watercolor spread technique I talked about in this post. I couldn't let them go to waste! =)

I used the reverse masking technique from the Little Leaves sizzlet die and sponging to create the background for my card. I love how the sponged leaves create such a lovely background on this simple card. Sometimes less is more.

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Retired Thank You's

From Heidi...

 

I needed a bunch of "Thank You" cards to give out to all the thoughtful people in my life, and thought that I would challenge myself to use all retired Stampin' Up! products...even the stamp set. So, this is what I came up with. "Wow Flowers" is such a fun stamp set, wish it wasn't a retired set. Thanks for looking, we appreciate all of you.

 

Another Christmas Card

From Adriel:

Yes, I know it's only September, but I've got another Christmas card to share with you today! =)

I used Stampin' Up! DSP from last year that we still have quite a bit of. I don't mind... I like this paper a lot. =) The punched sentiment from the "Perfect Punches" set is embossed with silver embossing powder. It's super shiny!! And that organza ribbon is one of my favorites!

I've got an all-out assault planned for our Etsy shop next month. This card will be in our shop then! =)

Have a wonderful day! =)

Happy Anniversary

From Heidi...

Thanks to all the Happy Birthday well-wishers...I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Everyone in my family made me a card this year...and they were all very different. I love the card Adriel made for me, which she posted yesterday. Love the color combo and sponging :-) Love Adriel, too!
On another note, my husband and I just celebrated our 31st anniversary a few days ago. Wow, where did the time go? We met up in California's wet and rainy Northcoast area and now we live in Arizona's dry and arid desert...talk about a drastic change. I'm thankful for him... for his kindness, for his faithfulness, for always taking care of me, and for his friendship. And I'm most thankful for his faith in God, which has been such an encouragement to me...I hope I get to spend another 31 years with him.

Here's a little card I made him...He is "My Kind Friend" with "dear" and "wonderful" tucked in there. Thanks for letting me share!

CS: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, DSP

Big Shot: Textured Impression Square Lattice

Stamp Set: All Holidays

Ink: Stampin' Write markers: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, River Rock, Crumb Cake

Happy Birthday to My Mom!

From Adriel:

My mom's birthday was yesterday! We celebrated by eating lunch at Paradise Bakery (their Tomato Basil soup and Chopped BBQ Chicken salad are amazing!!), dinner at the Olive Garden, and homemade sundaes for dessert! (I love the benefits of birthdays, ie - eating out).

I appreciate my mom very much. She does not just care for me physically (watching kids, inviting us for dinner, taking care of business stuff, etc), but she also cares for me spiritually. She has a love for God's word and a passion for pursuing godliness that encourages my heart. She always has something to share about the Lord because she fills herself with His word. I am blessed to have a mom like her! =)

Here's the birthday card I made for my mom. This was my second attempt. My first attempt turned out terrible (in my opinion) and I just couldn't bring myself to give it to my mom. Kayla saved it from the garbage, saying she would give it to me sometime. (She's a sweetie!) Anyway, I was much more pleased with my second attempt. =)

Stamp sets: Because I Care, Vintage Labels
Paper: Cherry Cobbler CS, Early Espresso CS, Very Vanilla CS
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories: 1" square punch, adhesive rhinestones, sponge, Stampin' dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by! Hope your day is going well. =)

Upcoming Cards

From Heidi...

Last night we had our Bold and Bright class at Tumbleweed...we had lots of fun with everyone. I thought I'd share some of our cards for the rest of this month's upcoming classes. The theme for this month's card is the Top Note die. We'll be offering the Top Note class on 2 days...Tuesday, 9/14 at Tumbleweed Recreation Center (317TW.130, 10AM and 318TW.130, 7PM) and Tuesday, 9/21 at my house (10AM, 1:30PM, 7PM). We'd love to have you join us!

Button Christmas Card + Holiday Link Party

From Adriel:

There's a holiday link party at the end of this post! Link up your holiday goodies, and by that I mean anything you've been working on, be it baking, crafting, sewing... you get the picture! Here's what I've been working on.

I finished up this Christmas card last week. I was waiting on the snowflake punch, which came and it finished off the card. My mom was the one who said it needed the snowflake... she is a genius! =)

You can't tell in the picture, but I spritzed the snowflake with some shimmer mist. I think the buttons add some charm to this card. The color combo for this card is conducive to "charming" and "cute-sy". ;-)

It was kind of hard having to get into "Christmas" gear in August. My mom did most of the holiday creating. This was my small contribution. We'll be making this card and others at a card class coming up in the next couple of months. It is already September, so I guess it's about time to get ready for the holidays. =)

Linked up with:

New Friend Fridays @ Trendy Treehouse

Have you been working on anything related to the holidays coming up? Link up below! The only guideline is that submissions be family-friendly! No other strings attached! =)

August Color Challenge Submissions

Here's the submissions we received for last month's color challenge!

All of them are from one of our regular stampers, Crystal!

She really went to town!

Check out her cute cards!

This was Crystal's favorite out of the 4 she made. It is cute, isn't it? =)

Crystal used the masking technique on this card. Way to go, Crystal! =)

Thanks for sending your pics to us, Crystal!

We've got a new color challenge up for September.

Click on the picture below for all the details.

September Newsletter and Free Tutorials

Our September Newsletter has been published and is uploaded for you to view. It includes our September classes, upcoming events and a fun craft project for you to try out.

We've also posted a couple of free card tutorials to make. We made these cards at a workshop last week, so for those of you that were there, simply click on the highlighted links and you'll have access to the tutorials. Hope you have fun with them!

Click on Crumb Cake Thanks for link to tutorial

Click on Note of Thanks for link to tutorial

Linked up with:
Creative Share @ Trendy Treehouse
We Did It! Wednesday @ Sew Much Ado
Show Us What You're Working With @ Me and My Bucket

THS September Color Challenge #8 + Card

Wow! Another new month is upon us

and that means a new Two Happy Stampers Color Challenge!

This month's color combo was inspired by one of Allison's onesies. =)

Here we go!

Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, & Pretty in Pink

I love this color combo!

I had a great time creating with these colors last week.

Here's the card I made for this month's color challenge.

Now it's your turn!

As always, our color challenge is open

to all of our artsy, crafty friends.

You have the whole month to create something fabulous

using our color combo!

Just post it on your blog or a gallery and link to it

using the submission button at the bottom of this post.

You can also send us a picture of your creation

and we will submit it for you.

Email us: twohappystampers@gmail.com

We'll feature 5 of the entries on our blog!

Guidelines:

Color challenge ends September 30th @ midnight Arizona time.

Please keep submissions family friendly.

Get inspired, get creative, and have fun!

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Linked up with:
Creative Share @ Trendy Treehouse
We Did It! Wednesday @ Sew Much Ado
Show Us What You're Working With @ Me and My Bucket

3-D Color Challenge

From Heidi...

Here's my Color Challenge submission for this month. I went 3-D...I did a workshop last week and wanted to have a fun hostess gift to give to my gracious hostess. She'd mentioned wanting to make these cake slices for her son's birthday, so I thought this would make a great hostess gift, and since I hadn't created anything for our Color Challenge, I thought his would also serve well as my submission. 

A few days before this workshop I had a funny dream ...I was setting up for another workshop in someone's dark hallway (why?) and I was thinking how dark it was, when I suddenly realized that I was supposed to be at the real workshop helping to set up. The problem was that I didn't have the address (this was why I had the dream, I was thinking that I still needed to get the address of my hostesses' house) AND I had no way to contact the hostess because I didn't know her phone number...panic! Fortunately my dread didn't come true...I made it to her house, met her great friends and had a fun time stamping together.

BTW...I just have to blog and say that I really, really like the card Adriel created for the Color Challenge...it looks even better in real life. Thanks again for visiting us!

Face Lift

Hi to all of you! Just a heads up that our blog is undergoing a face lift! Things are out of order and some things aren't fitting very well at the moment. It's all being tinkered with and will soon look better! Thanks! =)

August Color Challenge Card

From Adriel:

I finally got around to playing with our color challenge colors (that sounds a bit awkward). Color challenge colors... anyway, yes, I did! I played with the colors and made a card. We'll probably be making this card later down the road at one of our classes, so we'll probably show it off again later. =)
I used a fun technique for the flowers that is pretty old by now in the stamping world, but it gives lovely results and makes me feel like an artist.

1. I stamped the floral image in versamark ink on shimmer white CS and embossed with white embossing powder.

2. Sprayed this with water and used an aqua painter and reinker (or ink any way you can get it... reinker is better, but I didn't have reinker for Wild Wasabi), and pick up the ink with the aqua painter and almost "drop" it on the wet CS. The water on the CS almost pulls the ink from the aqua painter and creates a pretty effect. I did Wild Wasabi in the centers and Marina Mist for the petals. This technique does tone down the color a lot and actually can change the hue completely. I tried this with the Night of Navy and it ended up being violet... not quite what I was going for.

3. Anyway, allow these to dry (I used a heat tool to speed up the drying process) and trim. They're really pretty! =)

The flowers are from one of my all time favorite sets from Stampin' Up! - Fifth Avenue Floral. It is so versatile and we've done a lot of different things with it. I really hope they don't retire this set for a while, because I really love it and love using it.

There's still time to play in our monthly color challenge! You have until the end of this month to make something creative, whatever it may be, using our colors. All the details are HERE! =)

If you have any questions, let us know! Thanks for stopping by our blog today. Happy Wednesday!

-Adriel & Heidi
Two Happy Stampers

Linked up with:

Trendy Treehouse Creative Share Wednesdays

Show Us What You're Working With

&

We Did It! Wednesday

Die Cut Masking Kit

We all enjoyed making the cards for this month's class, Die Cut Masking. If you missed it and weren't able to join us, or you live too far away to come, you can still enjoy this class! We have the instructions available and also a card kit with supplies to make the cards all ready for you. Here's a run down of the cards with the payment options following:

You can purchase the directions for all 3 cards for $5 using the button below. A PDF will be sent to you within 48 hours of purchase. This is a great option if you're a Stampin' Up! demo or if you already have a lot of supplies and just want the directions. Directions are such a time-saver!

You can purchase a kit for this class for $12 (which includes S&H) using the button below. Kit will include the pre-cut/scored/punched card stock, die-cut masks, ribbon, and pearls for 3 cards, 1 of each of the designs. You will need your own adhesive, stamps, ink, and shimmer mist.(Because of the angel policy for Stampin' Up!, we cannot pre-stamp for kits we sell.) Kits will be mailed in 1-2 days of purchase and should be received within 1 week. Kits are available only while supplies last.

Be Bold!

From Heidi...Our next class is Tuesday, September 7 at Tumbleweed Rec. Center and the theme is Bold and Bright cards. We're offering this class at two times, 10-Noon (315TW.130) and 7-9 PM (316TW.130). I thought I'd share one of the cards we'll be making. We'd love to have you join us!

Birthday Bumblebee

From Heidi...My grandson's birthday was last week. He had a marathon birthday celebration with something going on that was related to his birthday for 4 days. It was fun to celebrate with him. You would've thought he would be birthday spoiled by the end of the 4 days, but he did pretty good considering how much celebrating we did. I made him this bumblebee birthday card. I saw this card on someone's blog (I'm sorry that I can't find the link, but you can click on this blog and view a ladybug, which is another fun idea) These both were so cute and I was glad to have a reason to make the bumblebee. I hope you're inspired!Cardstock: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Big Shot: Scallop Circles
Stampset: Messages for Mom