June's Creations

Yeah! I found the camera. So now I can go back to taking pictures and posting. I will put some up later today or tommorow of the projects we'll be making at class this Saturday. We're starting a round of technique classes with a book of instructions so if any of you feel the need to make cards at 2 am (I have.) and you don't remember how we did something you can go to your book and look it up. New! Stampin' Up! has Decor Elements stencils. Yes, stencils. You can use them to accent a card, stencil the wall, paint on outdoor furniture or any place else you've ever used a stencil. I used the Kind Thoughts Flourish small (# 116572) here on my wall. The stencils are in the Decor Element brochure. If you don't have one yet, ask and I'll get you one.

It's Spring Break here and my daughter is home from school for the week. I have been scrapping and trying new layouts for pages and cards. She is a great help. I show her my ideas and get what she thinks. Anything she proclaims as "super cute" gets saved and will be demo'd at a class, workshop or club. Anything she vetos gets reworked. Sometimes just a color change or a different stamp is all it takes. I would love to share pictures this week but I have mislaid the camera. So today I'll just have to share something that was photo'd before the camera went MIA. My daughter in bed with the giant bear and her favorite member of the Winnie the Pooh family, Piglet. We're doing some cleaning this week and then I will show you the cards we made at stamp club this month. Hopefully I will find it before my technique class on Saturday. We're learning some of the many ways to use Versamark. I still have a few openings left. Hope you can join us.

One of the things that I really love about Stampin' Up! and their products is that I can completely personalize everything. Just because a stamp looks one way in the book doesn't mean it can't be used in a completely different way on a card, page or even a wall. The same applies with our Decor Elements. The first one I got is Life is Good so I put that up on the wall in our Rec room which is also the room I hold classes in. This room is also the same room we hang out with friends in. We've held birthday parties, had family and friends over for dinner and my husband and his friends hang out and game there too. When I saw the newest Decor Elements sets that includes the dragon, knight and fairy....I knew it was perfect for us. When I got the set in and I showed it to my husband....the first thing he said was this line from Shrek. It's just after he rescues Fiona (the princess for those of you who don't know) and she realizes that he didn't kill the dragon firs...