Newsy Tuesday: Classes and New Organizers

Catch up on all the latest

Two Happy Stampers news!

We're doing a card class today at Tumbleweed Rec. Center. We'll be teaching the Criss Cross card technique and doing some stamping also. Here's a couple of the cards we'll be making today.

We have two fresh new cute and stylish coupon organizers in our shop! My mom and I are in love with the black and white one! The paper is Stampin' Up's Nouveau Chic DSP and it looks fabulous!

Our fun flower brooch project class is this Thursday! We've still got a few spots open, so if you're interested in joining us, you can contact us HERE. Sorry, I don't have a picture to share! =(

Our special Stamp-a-Theme card class featuring girly cards is next week! Here's one of the cards we'll be making.

Our monthly Color Challenge is still open and you can get all the details HERE. The colors are a lot of fun! =)

That's all the news for today! Be sure to check back in with us tomorrow for our Wowzer! Wednesday feature... you don't want to miss it! =)

Birthday Bash at Tumbleweed

From Heidi...
I wanted to share the cards we're offering at tomorrow night's Birthday Bash class (376TW.330) at the Tumbleweed Recreation Center. We've got several people signed up for our Spring classes at Tumbleweed, so if you'd like to join us, please do! Next month's classes are an Altered Photo/Scrap Album along with Brayered Cards. Hope you all have a great day!

Party Favors

From Heidi...

We have a fun class coming up next Thursday at Tumbleweed called Party Favor Holders. I thought I'd share these fun little containers we created with you. They all can hold candy, a note, or other little gift items. They can make an ordinary gift a special gift just by the packaging. We created the Sour Cream Container using the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. I used the Tart and Tangy stamp set for the flower.The Genie Bag was decorated with the new Sweet Pea DSP, which I have come to love...I used the Wide Oval Punch to create the handle opening at the top.The Cottage Wall DSP makes this ordinary pineapple can look so cute. Just by adding some ribbon to the pull tab on this Pop Top Can gives it a fun and special look.The Piece of Cake uses a print-out template which is stamped to create your own DSP.
If you're looking for something fun and creative to do next Thursday evening, please join us at Tumbleweed, 6:30-9 PM.

October Tumbleweed Classes

We'll be keeping this post at the top for the next few weeks. Check below for any new posts.

We're including pictures and information on our upcoming October classes at Tumbleweed Recreation Center. Online registration information is at the end of this post.

Card Making: In the Mist (324TW.139) Tuesday, 10/6, 10-11:30 AM
Tumbleweed Fee: $3 Instructor Fee: $8 Supply Fee: $2

Cardmaking: All Cracked Up (325TW.139)

Tuesday, 10/13, 10-11:30 AM
Tumbleweed Fee: $3 Instructor Fee: $8 Supply Fee: $3

Papercrafting: A Thankful Table (328TW.139) Tuesday, 10/13, 12:30-2:30 PM
Tumbleweed Fee: $3 Instructor Fee: $10 Supply Fee: $2

If you'd like to join us for any of these classes at Tumbleweed Recreation Center, 745 E. Germann Rd., Chandler, AZ (Germann/McQueen Rds., just 1 block south of the 202):
1. Go to: http://www.chandleraz.gov/default.aspx?pageid=182
2. Click on "Register Now" which takes you to the Activity Page
3. Enter the Activity Code on the right side of page, click "Go"
4. Class details appear, click on "Add to My Cart" which will lead you through the registration process.

What We've Been Working On...

From Adriel:

My mom and I have been busy working on samples and projects for upcoming classes we will be teaching. We have a Christmas in July class coming up at the end of this month through our city's Park & Recreation program... we just need a couple more people to sign up and then I think the city will run the class. Otherwise, it will be cancelled. For this class we are doing 10 cards, 5 different designs. We only have 2-1/2 hours for the class, so my mom and I really had to keep the cards basic and simple, but still looking good and interesting! =) Here's one of the cards we will be making at this class, inspired by THIS CARD on Splitcoast:




We have a fun summer-themed project class planned for August. My mom tried out a super cute lemonade card that looks like it was a lot of fun to make. I think our attendees will LOVE it!! In keeping with the summer theme, I thought this popsicle card would be a fun addition to the class. So cute!! =)



We got a box of new goodies from Stampin' Up! a few days ago... we've hardly had very much time to do much with it. I did use a few things out of the new stash, among them the Razzle Dazzle stamp set. I made some really nice background paper with that set and I'm thinking I will do a tutorial on that. =) Don't have a picture of it yet, so you'll just have to take my word for it that it came out looking pretty nice! =D

What have you been up to? Share your recent or current projects that you're working on! =)

Christmas Treasures Class

From Adriel:

I know I've shown you these projects before, but I wanted to put them all into one post since they all go together. All these items are part of our Christmas Treasures Project class at Tumbleweed Rec. Center. Christmas Treasures is a 2-week class, on Tuesdays from 12/2-12/9 from 1-4 PM. Registration for this class and others is open and can be done online by visiting HERE.

Altered Chipboard Photo Magnet

Nugget Box w/ chocolates

Stamped Candle

Gift Card Holder

Altered Corkboard

If time permits, we may be able to make a couple of surprises as well! Hope you can make it to this fun class!

(Actual paper and design may vary from examples shown.)

Changes Coming!

From Adriel:

Hi there! I'm just letting you all know that the Two Happy Stampers blog will be getting a new look in a few days. That's right... a "blog-lift". So, when you visit us and it looks different, you will know why and not think you came to the wrong place! I think you're going to like the new look! Stay tuned...

BTW, sign up for the City of Chandler Parks & Recreation classes begins November 15 for Chandler residents! Click here to check out the Break Time magazine and see what classes we're offering. We are in the Teen & Adult section and also the Senior Adult section. Just look for our names as instructors for the classes. We will be teaching at Tumbleweed Rec. Center and my mom will be teaching a few classes at the Senior center in downtown Chandler. Below is a picture of a bunch of nugget boxes. These have a slider insert that slides out and holds nugget candies. The candies are individually covered with decorative paper. It's such a cute gift for anyone! This is one of several projects that we will be making for our Christmas Treasures class.

Altered Corkboards

From Adriel:

Here's another little project I've been working on.

These corkboards are a great addition to a refrigerator or office. I just used some paper and embellishments to dress up plain corkboards! This project is part of our Christmas Treasures class at Tumbleweed in Demember and we will also be selling some at the upcoming craft shows as well. Thanks for looking!

Crisscross Gift Card Holder

From Adriel:

Here's a cute gift card holder I made for our upcoming Christmas Treasures class at Tumbleweed Rec. Center.



It is one of several projects we will be doing for this class. I also made a bunch of these to sell at the upcoming craft shows we will be doing. I made these using this wonderful tutorial found HERE!


Materials used (all SU! unless noted):

Fundamental Phrases set
Really Rust CS
More Mustard CS
Chocolate Chip CS
Autumn Vine DS paper
Chocolate Chip ink
1-3/8" circle punch
1-1/4" circle punch
Sticky Strip (what would I do without this stuff?!?!?!)
SNAIL adhesive
brass brad

I don't own the round tab punch, so I had to improvise with the circle punch.

Let me know what you think!

Blurred Vision Card

From Adriel:

One of the techniques we'll be teaching at Tumbleweed Rec. Center is the Blurred Vision Watercoloring technique. Here's one of the cards I created for this technique.


Recipe:
Whisper White CS
Kraft CS
Night of Navy CS
Pumpkin Pie CS
Doodle This set
Fundamental Phrases set
Aqua Painter
White Signo gel pen
5-petal flower punch
1-3/8" circle punch
1-1/4" circle punch
rhinestones

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful day!

Friday is Here!!!

From Adriel:

Hello out there! Yes, I am happy that today is Friday. It is not only the end of the week, but I'm going out on a date with my husband tonight! We're going to go for dinner and then see "Fireproof" at the movies. I'm looking forward to it!

Anyway, here's a card for the Birthday Bash class at Tumbleweed. This class will be in January. It is a class held on a certain day of the week for 3 weeks. One week we will make a birthday calendar (which we've shown before) to keep all those dates for birthdays written down in one place. The next week, we alter a lunch tin for keeping cards in. The last week we will make 10 cards, 2 of each of the 5 designs. This is one of the designs...

Thanks for looking! Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

October Newsletter Now Available + Card

From Adriel:

This blog has been neglected lately! We've been busy! As the title suggests, the October newsletter is now available and you can view it by clicking on the link on the side-bar that says October newsletter. Check it out to see what's going on!

Also, here's a BEAUTIFUL card my mom made for our upcoming classes at Tumbleweed.

Isn't it gorgeous?!?! She used the water color technique and dimensioned some of the parts of the image. She did a wonderful job and I wanted to share it with all of you! Leave a comment letting her know what you think!

Paper Piecing Part 2

From Adriel:

A couple of weeks ago, I showed you all a card I made using the paper piecing technique. Here's another one for you...

I wasn't crazy about how this one turned out, so I made another one...

I'm drawing a blank on the name of this set... errrr. It's retired, but still, I should remember things like this better! Okay, I looked on SCS and found the name... Sparkling Summer. Cute set! I stamped the images first on the white CS and colored them in. I stamped the images again on white CS and used sponging to color in some of the images and then followed with Stampin' Write markers. I cut out the images and used dimensionals to attach over the existing image. It's a fun technique! I had a lot of fun with this card. This is in preparation for our technique classes at Tumbleweek Rec. Center this coming winter.

We are getting ready for a lot of different things right now! Next month, we will be hosting our Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stacks... we've got several of you coming to those and we are looking forward to that! Hamilton Library also asked us to do an accordion album with the teens next month. We also will be doing two craft shows in November. We'll let you know about the dates and times of those shows later. Anyway, we are two busy bees! Our stash of crafted items is growing by the day (almost) and we are working hard! I hope we will see some of your familiar faces at these events coming up! Stamping and papercrafting are great ways to make friends! Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend!