i know, i know...

I said I was going to post once a week and I haven't...well at least I'm back sooner than I have been..

I truly want to post more often and will keep reaching for that goal..

I have probably made at least 150 cards since my last post, not all different, but still, that's a lot of cards...I just don't always take time to take pictures and that's the most fun....

Anyway here is one we made in card class last month.........

I didn't have good lighting when I took it.. I stamped in VersaMark and embossed with Black Embossing Powder on our Silver Foil paper (make sure to really use the embossing buddy when you do this).... then colored it with my Blendabilities. I just used the Medium and Dark Rich Razzelberry and Dark Old Olive and Dark Crumb Cake...colored a few diamonds with the Dark Rich Razzelberry.

I used a piece of Basic Black card stock cut at 4 and 1/4 by 11..next a piece of Smoky Slate card stock cut at 4 by 5 1/4...My foil piece was  3 1/2 by 4 and mounted on a piece o Basic Black card stock...then the Rich Razzelberry piece underneath is 2 1/2 by 4 1/4 and the Black piece on top of that is 2 by 4 1/4.....and a Silver Satin bow ( all SU of course.)

I also did it using Gold Foil paper....

At the suggestion of my friend, Rhonda, I used a green to highlight the gold and black...Mossy Meadow and a Gold Satin bow...same Blendabilities Markers...

Also Happy 60th Birthday to my one and only!

Till next time,
HS,
Wanda

happy thursday???

well I can't think of a clever title (as if any of my titles are clever).....but I do hope you have a happy Thursday...

Last week and Monday and Tuesday of this week made a busy time of classes...now all that is left is the clean up.

We worked on the new hot technique in the stamping world right now called Bokeh, pronounced bouquet ...a photography term for  out of focus point of light...

This is the card..

 

I got the basic idea from a couple of places, Lisa Young at snippetsandpretties.blogspot.com and Shelli Gardner Stampin' Up!'s CEO....

 

I love the new Butterflies Thinlets dies from SU along with the coordinating stamp set, Butterfly Basics.

 

I stamped the fern in Versa Mark and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then created a background using Marina Mist, Pistachio Pudding and Mossy Meadow inks, sponging them with sponge daubers(and a little water to help spread easier) over Watercolor paper and Whisper White card stock..(we used both papers to see which we liked best.)

 

We then punched out various sizes of circles on a piece of card stock and used it for a template to sponge White Craft ink randomly on our card front...

 

I mounted the 3 3/4 x 5 in card front on a piece of 4 x 5 1/4 of Mossy Meadow and then the card base in 4 1/4 x 11 of Pistachio Pudding card stock folded in half..

 

The butterfly was cut out of a piece of Watercolor paper. I didn't want a stark white nor a more yellow vanilla look. I thought this was just perfect for this card, however depending on how dark or light they turned out, a Mossy Meadow butterfly looked better on some of the other cards. 

 

The sentiment stamp on the Watercolor paper covered up a mistake I made stamping a messed up sentiment directly on the card front....it worked out quite nicely however, I think...

 

Well I'm planning on spending most of the day finishing up this week's church cards, which are the black and white heart cards a post or two under this one, and making treasure chest......paper ones of course for jr church......

 

Busy day ahead...as always thanks for stopping by and

 

HS,

Wanda



greetings earthlings.......

what a busy time last week...I went to IN on Wed afternoon and back Thurs evening....

I did get 3 card designed and ready for card class this week and 2 done when I got back...I am almost ready for this week's round of classes....

Although I did direct copy sort of, this card....the purchase of this stamp set was a mistake..
I wanted to order the cute valentine set called Hey, Valentine..in the new Occasions catalog, which was number 137135, in wood...But as I was typing in the numbers, I typed in 137134, which was the stamp set Wood You Be Mine?  I didn't think any of my stamping girls would like this set..I must admit, I wasn't to crazy about it myself.

I mentioned this to a couple of friends that I had gotten together with to work on projects with.

 

Tracy, who I don't really know very well, started sending me pins and ideas for this set...I really liked the look of this one.  (thanks Tracy)
 I forget who designed this card originally, but I like the looks of it so I made it.  When I copy I mostly just look at a picture and have to figure it out...sometime mess up quite a lot of paper...

I think this turned out quite nice and once again I say a BIG Thanks to Tracy for helping me out with this.

Yes I could have sent this stamp set back, but figured why go through the hassle and it was my fault...
so here it is...and yes I did get the Hey, Valentine set, which you will see next time...

So until then, TIMBER! and hs (happy stamping),
Wanda

can I keep this up?

who knows, but I posted 2 times already this year! WoooHooo!

Today I have a card we make in October's Christmas Card Night.  I had the girls stamp Merry Christmas as their sentiment, however I thought just in case I need to use mine after Christmas for a church card, I'd put something different on mine......

This was really a simple card to make but I really liked how it turned out.....
The colors were Lost Lagoon and Smokey Slate. There is a little hint of Pear Piazza in the designer paper...

Another one of my goals is to save one card so I can take a picture of it....sometimes I use them all before I have a chance to photograph them (at least the church cards ones) or I give all the samples to my Mom...she sends out over 300 cards a year....

I may have a really, really busy week this week, not sure, but I may have to take a trip to IN......and with card class next week and only one card designed so far, I have to get "on the stick". (wonder where that phase came from?)

Have a lovely stampin' day.
HS,
Wanda

Happy Late New Year!

A new year, a new month (well almost new), a new day......

I have no resolutions this years but a few goals....not that I will meet them all, but that I will continued to work toward them...One of them being post at least weekly!!!!
Wow a goal, plus a miracle......

Well I am today, and it even a Saturday.....

If you have been to face book and on my Stampin' Up web site, you may have seen this card....

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Just wanted to show you that you could do the same card with different sentiments if you didn't need a valentine card :0)

I got the idea from looking at Mary Fish's blog.  She had a small picture frame with 4 hearts in it...that spurred the idea....

I really like how it turned out! hope you do too!

Want to make one of  your own plus more? 

Come to card class on Tuesday Jan 20th or Thursday Jan 22....
time are posted on my stampinup website wandamac2.stampinup.net and go to events....
or just email or call me....

Till next time
HS,
Wanda

It's really been a loooooooooooooooong time...

Yes one or two faithful fans, it has been a really, really long time since I last blogged.  I had great plans, high aspirations add to ignorance and life and really just not wanting to start back until I really had learned how to "do this right" and all I have to show for it all is 10 months of no blogging is nothing.

Well I have been stamping still, that's for sure.  No more empty promises just trying to learn one day and perhaps I may find out how to do this, but please, please don't hold your breath....

What has been happening in the last several months, you really don't want to know.  I don't have enough time or energy to explain it all...

But I am still stamping. I already said that didn't I?

Just got home from a week trip to TN to see and visit with my grand babies and their mom and dad.

I worked on a Boot card kit I sold, trying to finish it while I was gone and I only have a barely little to finish up tomorrow or should I say today and it's finally ready.

Card classes next week and Stampfest coming up. I am so glad Mom is back from NC visiting my 2 brothers there.

I will post a picture just for old time sake :0)
And who know maybe I will start posting again.  I am planning on it......

One from my Bootiful Occasion card kit, and one

to make you smile....

Happy Stamping till next time,
Wayward Wanda....

i forgot..

my catchy title...so I'll just move on...

We got back from Tenn. about 9:30 Sunday night...what a trip.  I forgot my c pap machine, so not much sleep at all Saturday night, then Sunday morning as I was getting dressed for church I realize I had packed 2 different black shoes.....was able to borrow some from Paul's mother in law....that was just a few things...we packed a lot of crazy stuff in that less than two day trip.

Well we are gearing up for the finally details of Stampfest...

Tomorrow is Barbara Parker's surgery, say a prayer for her if you think of it.

Now here is another card we are doing at Stampfest....

It a hidden message card. It can be made as a Birthday card or Christmas card, depending on the wording.  We made it a Birthday card here. 
I understand they showed how to do this card at Stampin Up's Convention this year (which I of course did not attend..), but Jan Tink made a video and I got the measurements from her. Thank You, Jan! I did change up the colors and papers, and it works!

Well I have another really busy day today which started at 3:30am and won't end until about 10:00pm..so back to the stamp mines, then swimming, then stamping, then church........

May not post any more this week until after Stampfest, but I'll try.

Until next time, HS,
Wanda