Monday Card Class Projects

Wow, what a good feeling to have one of my computers back up and running! I promised some pictures so I'd like to share what we did at the Monday Card Class this month (and we'll be doing again next Monday the 16th).

The very first set I ordered from the new Spring Summer '09 Catalog was Quilt Quips because my mom is a quilter and I wanted to make her a box of cards for her birthday. Well...her birthday was in January and she got an IOU! This will be the first card in her box.

To do the quilting, we took a 4" x 5" piece of card stock and covered it with rows of 1"x 1" squares from the Patterns Designer Series Paper. The colors are Old Olive, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze and Pink Pirouette. Once the squares were glued in place, we ran the piece through the Big Shot using the Top Note Die. Next, we stamped 4 quilting squares with Black Staz On on Shimmery White CS, colored with our Aqua Painters and inks in the same colors as above. After coloring, we cut the squares out, placed them on a Rose Red mat and mounted on the quilting piece.

Some of the ladies who were in class got real creative with the quilting portion and we instantly knew who the REAL quilters were!!

This is the second card we did in class...isn't it gorgeous? I love this new set, Fifth Avenue Floral, and have even used the matching Decor Elements on the walls in my stamping studio. I'll have to get some pictures of that for a future posting.

The rose is embossed in red on Shimmery White CS. We ran the black background through the Big Shot using one of the new Stampin' Up exclusive texture plates, but I'm not sure you can see it in this photo. We then added a piece of vellum behind it so that it just shows a little "slip" between the black and gray.

Just an update on the Designer Paper Pack 6" x 6" samples...I am waiting on one package that was backordered. Once that one arrives, I'll get everything cut and ready for you. If you didn't get in on this the first time, I've started a 2nd round and I have room to add YOU. Just $25 (prepaid) and you get a 6 x 6 piece of each and every Designer Paper in the new catalog (does not include the Patterns DSP). So all in all you will get 120 different 2-sided pieces to use on cards, crafts or scrapbook layouts.

I am amazed at how BEAUTIFUL these papers are in person and want to mention that 4 of the packages are either embossed or textured and are cardstock weight.