June Masculine-Patriotic Card Class

This month's card class features Masculine and Patriotic themed cards. I'll be offering this class at Tumbleweed Recreation Center on June 14 (306TW.431 - 10 AM; 307TW.431 - 7 PM) and again at my house on June 21 (10 AM; 1:30 PM; 7 PM); Class Fee - $15. You can view my calendar for more details. If you can't make any of the classes, but would love to make the cards, let me know and you can stop by and pick up a kit. Just allow 10 minutes to get your stamping done and then you can be on your way :-) I'd love to have you join us this month, if you can. 

If you live long-distance but would like to make these cards, you can purchase the PDF tutorials for this class below. My PDF tutorials include a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step instructions and photographs to give you written and visual instruction for creating the cards above. The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all of the above) is $3.95 and can be purchased by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by :-)

Masculine and Patriotic Card PDF - $3.95

May Newsletter and Craftroom Video

I've posted our May Newsletter and this month's Craftroom "How-To" video that coincides with our newsletter. This month's Craft Room share is how to make a Perfect Bow and Bowmaker . Be sure to check out both the Craft Room tutorial and video below. The Newsletter includes all of this month's  classes for this month with descriptions, pictures,  time, dates and registration information.

The theme for this month's Card Class is Fancy Folds, with a Secret Message Gatefold card, a beautiful Scallop Easel, and a fun Get Well card. The Project Class for this month is for all the scrappers out there. which is a Vintage Tag Scrapbook with little surprises tucked in here and there. I'll be adding a How-To video for the Secret Message Gatefold card later this month, so be sure to check back to view it. Thanks so much for stopping by!

April Newsletter and Craft Room Video

It's time for our April Newsletter and this month's fun "How-To" video that coincides with our newsletter's Craft Room How-To. This month's Craft Room share is how to make the Accordion Rosette, which Adriel made. This Rosette makes a wonderful focal point for a card or paper project, so be sure to check it out both the Craft Room tutorial and video below. We've included all our upcoming classes for this month with descriptions, pictures,  time, dates and registration information.

The theme for this month's Card Class is Spring and Floral, with a beautiful Sweet Pea Bouquet, Masking, and Paper Piecing. And I'm super excited about this month's Project Class, which is a Cupcake-Themed Gift Box, Cupcake, and Pull-Out card. My wonderful husband (who is a graphic designer), created a PDF Cupcake template for me...thanks so much, Phil! I can't wait to share it with all of you. Plus, I'll be adding a How-To video for the Sweet Pea's later this month. So be sure to check back throughout the month. Without anymore ado...enjoy the video!

Thanks for visiting! I hope that you all have a wonderful day!

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!

Another My Digital Studio Hybrid Card

From Heidi...This Hybrid Card is my favorite of the three that I made. I love the colors in this watercolor image and the tall vertical feel. I used My Digital Studio's digital Summertime Splendor DSP. The more I'm using MDS, the more I'm seeing all of the possibilities with this program. The ability to resize the downloads make it super versatile, because you're not limited to one size stamp or one sized image on the DSP. I'm looking forward to our Hybrid Classes next month. I can't wait to share the cards with everyone.Adriel bought herself a copy of MDS with some of her birthday money, so when she's got a little more time to play with it, I'm looking forward to seeing what she comes up with. She's usually is a little braver than I am when it comes to the technical stuff.
Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Bashful Blue, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip (sponging)
Punches: Photo Corner, Itty Bitty Shapes
My Digital Studio, Linen thread, Button

My Digital Studio Hybrid Card

From Heidi...
I've been designing and creating the last few weeks, so now I have some new cards and projects to share with you. I've been creating for a Hybrid Class we'll be offering next month. I used My Digital Studio's new Summertime Splendor download DSP paper to create the focal point of this card. Stampin' Up's new core color, Cherry Cobbler, really sets the watercolor image off. I just got my order with the new colors a few days ago, so it's been fun to play with the new DSP and stampsets. I also received the new 2010-2011 Idea and Catalog book...it's full of new and fun stuff to create with. Thanks for stopping by and visiting us!


Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Cherry Cobbler, Rose Red
Ink: Basic Black
Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder
Punches: Scallop Trim Border, Modern Label, Word Window
My Digital Studio - Summertime Splendor DSP; Black grosgrain ribbon; pink button

Baby Shower Gift Cards

From Heidi...I have babies on my mind...so, I thought I'd share a cute gift card holder I made for a baby shower or as a baby gift. I made a little "onesie" for the front of the gift card and used velcro as a closure for the gift card. Cute and fun to make!Today I'm working on some new gift card holder ideas for our project class in July. I wish that I knew what the new DSP were going to be in the new 2010-11 Idea book, so I could be creating with the new papers, but I won't know until next month...aaaah! Waiting is hard!

Stampset: Itty Bitty Bits; Punches: Itty Bitty Shapes, 1" circle, Bojo Blossom; CS: Certainly Celery, Cottage Wall DSP, Pale Plum, Welcome Neighbor DSP; Big Shot: Scallop Circle, Perfect Polka Dot Impressions Folder

Stamp-A-Stack, Tuesday and Thursday

Masculine and Father's Day Cards

We still have room for you in our (5/18) Tuesday evening, 7-9 PM, and (5/20)Thursday afternoon, 12:30-2:30 PM classes. Email us and we'll save you a spot.

Happy Birthday, Cinco De Mayo, and Anniversary

From Heidi...Quite a title, huh? May 5th is a busy day. The "Happy Birthday" is for Adriel...today is her birthday! "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Adriel...Happy Birthday to you!!!"It's also Cinco De Mayo! We had a friend request a Cinco De Mayo/Anniversary card this week, which explains the anniversary heading. Here's a card I came up with for her. I used retired stampsets for the stamping and My Digital Studio for the sentiment. She requested that it be colorful and happy, so this was a fun challenge to create. I hope this card makes a bright spot in your day!

From Heidi...The new Summer Mini Catalog is now available. You'll want to check out the new products being featured in the catalog. If you'd like to see a quick video of the new Summer Mini items you can click here on Stampin' Up! Youtube video to get a quick overview.

This Thursday we'll be at the Tumbleweed Recreation Center offering the Altered Photo/Memo Clipboards. Classes are 12:30 - 3 PM (385TW.350) and 6:30 - 9 PM (386TW.350). We still have room for you, if you'd like to join us.

Hope that you all have a great Monday!

May Newsletter

From Heidi...
Wow...that's what comes to mind first when I think about the shower we had today for Adriel. We had such a great time with everyone who shared the day with us. What a wonderful group of ladies and friends! You should see all the scrap pages they created for the Baby Album...26 pages done in about 1/2-hour. Wow!!! If any of you are reading this, we just want to say, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

I've got our May newsletter done, so you can either Click Here or scroll down to our newsletter button to view this month's happenings!

Looking forward to seeing all you this month!

My April Color Challenge Card

From Heidi...My Summer Mini Occasion pre-order came last week, so I had to play with some of the fun stuff we got. Our Color Challenge this month and the new stamp set "Sweet Stuff" was a great starting off place. This is an adorable stamp set and was a lot of fun to use. I used my crimper and scallop edge punch to make the card a little playful. The card reminds me of an ice-cream parlor.Stamp Set: Sweet Scoops and Starring You

Punches: Modern Label, Scallop Edge, Corner Rounder
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Cameo Coral, Creamy Caramel, Night of Navy
Big Shot: Texturz plate
Crimper 1/8" ribbon.

More Kraft!

From Heidi...I've been admiring all of the Lace Medallion cards out there, so I wanted to make one, too! Here's my take on this fun technique. I thought this would be a fun technique to add to April's newsletter, so I'll be working on a tutorial for next month. Thanks for looking!

Stamp-A-Stack Classes this Week

We've still got spots open for our Tuesday and Thursday Stamp-A-Stack evening classes this week, 7-9 PM. Spring and Masculine are the theme this month, and as you can see, we've got some great cards to share with you. Email or call us if you'd like to come.

My Color Challenge Card

From Heidi...We've been busy, which is a good thing! But sometimes you just need to stop and be creative, for no other reason except to have fun. That's what I did yesterday afternoon. I combined another sketch challenge with our color challenge and created this card yesterday...for no other reason except to have fun! I hope you all have some creative fun this week!

Join the fun with our color challenge. All the details HERE!

My Color Challenge Card

From Heidi...I'm not entering the challenge, but I wanted to try out these colors. I combined a sketch challenge with the color challenge and this what I came up with. I used the Vintage Vogue stampset and the crimper. I'm looking forward to seeing all of your submissions...fun, fun!

To get all the details about the color challenge that we're hosting, click HERE!

Embossed Valentine Card

From Heidi...I hope that you're all having a great week. We've got a few classes this week, so I'm looking forward to some creative time with our stamping friends. Thursday's class is an altered file folder birthday or calendar or shopping organizer...so that's going to be fun to create again. I'm sharing this embossed Valentine card. I CASE'd this from a Christmas card I saw and recreated it as a Valentine card using the Well-Scripted stamp set and Big Shot Heart diecut.

Pink Valentine

From Heidi...I was inspired by a card Sara Spencer created, then with the "You and Moi" stampset...coupled with the new Sweet Pea DSP, how can you not make a cute card? Thanks for looking!

Masculine Card Share

From Heidi...We're offering a masculine card class tomorrow night at Tumbleweed using the Nouveau Chic DSP. I was in need of some other masculine cards, so pulled out some very retired SU DSP paper using the same layout as another masculine card. Thought I'd share it today! Hope you're all having a great start to a new week!

Masculine Cards at Tumbleweed

From Heidi...
I'm sharing the cards we'll be creating this coming Tuesday night, 7-9 PM at Tumbleweed Recreation Center (Code-336TW.230). If you're without something fun to do on Tuesday night, come and join us...Simply contact us: twohappystampers@gmail.com
and we'll get you registered.
I love this Chic Noveau DSP paper...it makes such great looking cards. I CASE'd the vertical card from Mary Fish, and loved the layouts that others have shared for the other 2 cards. I appreciate all the inspiration from all the very talented people out there. Thanks for looking!