SALE!

Stampin Up , like everyone else is having a Sale!  It last 10 days with a few things on sale for the next 24 hours.

 

You can view the items on my web site.wandamac2.stampinup.net (just click on the link)

I did have card classes last week and I am getting ready for a special Christmas one.

It is 3 AM right now so I won't post pictures till late.

HS and happy shopping,
Wanda

paper or plastic, wood or clear....

Actually I thought I'd address the pros and cons of wood verses clear mount stamps.

In some ways I like wood and some ways I like clear, so here are the pros and cons......

Pros for wood....they are more convenient when going somewhere...like when I go and stamp with
                           different groups, I can just pick up my box and go, I don't have to worry about
                           having enough acrylic blocks.
                       ....I don't have to worry about them falling off the block.

Pros for clear.....they are cheaper.
                     ......they take up less space.
                     ......it's easier to see where you are placing your stamp.

Cons for wood...they are more expensive.
                       ....take up more room.
                       ....harder to make sure they are straight.

Cons for clear...I have to make sure I have enough blocks for all the stamps I am using.
                      ....Sometimes you have to keep pulling off on on the stamps you are using on the same
                           block.
                      ....They fall off the blocks a lot unless you have some kind of adhesive on them.

Well that's just a few things...I guess you have to decide which you like best.  At first I thought clear, when they first came out, now I don't mind wood some.  I have been ordering a few more of those lately, especially depending on what I need them for.

Well how about a card?

I know it's not Christmas yet, but....

Happy Thanksgiving,

HS,
Wanda


                      

and life goes on...

greetings everyone, although I think I have a little sore throat, I am moving forward....

We ended up having "Christmas Card Night" this past Monday night, and although we didn't make Christmas Cards, we did make some fun things....

I'm not going to show you them yet, but I will show you a sympathy card we made...

I got this idea from Jan Tink at  stampspaperscissors.typepad.com.  She had it done as a Christmas card, however we (Barbara P, Phyllis and I) are in need of sympathy cards, sad to say, so I changed it into a sympathy card.

I didn't have enough Crumb Cake card stock and no Cherry Cobbler seam binding, so I changed that up some too.  She also stamped her image differently using the stamp a m jig...me, well please don't tell anyone, since I am suppose to be a Stamping Guru or something like that, but I don't like the stamp a ma jig very much, and....grasp..I'm not very good at it, plus.....I'm...lazy...so....I stamped in Versa Mark and colored the birds with a Cherry Cobbler Marker...then stamped and embossed with clear embossing powder..Of course I masked the moon before sponging the Crumb Cake ink on it...

Jan gives the way she did it on her web site..

Well enough true confessions for today..

Have a good one.

HS,
Wanda

a millon dollar card....

well not really, it's a ten dollar card and this isn't the exact one I made, just one like....so I guess maybe my blog title is misleading...hey maybe I should be politician..jk

You can't see all the sparkle and shimmer on this card and the ones I sold for 10 bucks were a little longer, but you can get the idea...

I cut the leaves out with the big shot, sponged them, stamped on them, spritz them with alcohol and shimmer paint, wadded them up, unwadded them and let them dry..quite a process for each leaf. I put 5 on each card.  Mom helped so that was nice. 

There is sparkle on the net ribbon and card too, but you can't really see that.  The card and ribbon are  both Crumb Cake.

If you want to see this in real life and make one of your own, we will be making them next week in card class.

Hope I'm not coming down with a cold, like I think I am.

Happy Voting,
HS,
Wanda

pick a number and stamp up for downs...

Wow, have I only been home for 2 weeks?  Seems like at least 4.

What I wanted to show you or let you know about is a Stamp a Stack of cards that I am offering to raise money for the Downs Syndrome Association of Great Cincinnati.

It is Saturday Nov 10, from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm.  It is open house style where you can come and go as you please. 

10 cards for 10 dollars in 10 minutes.  (unless of course you want to talk and visit).

Here is a few samples of what we are doing....

 

You will be  10 card size pieces of card stock 10 tags and strips of card stock for accents plus 10 envelopes. I will provide ink, stamps and glue sticks too.

 

Please let me know asap if you would like to attend.

 

The next number is up...gotta run.

 

HS,

Wanda