More of It's all about the Paper!

 These cards I made either this spring, or at a retreat last weekend. It truly is all about the paper! Sometimes I feel like I'm "cheating", but the paper makes such fun and pretty cards!

Don't forget--if you have extra photos laying around, they work too! This is one from Santa Barbara--I have not been there, but a friend had an extra. This is just cutting into strips--a number of other stampers actually added 1/8 inch mats behind the photo pieces, which I believe looks better.

Happy stamping!

Sue

Don't forget those punches!

 Punch art is, I think, just as fun as stamping. These cards were easier, but fun!

Happy Stamping!

Sue

Using Embossing Folders

 These cards were made with embossing folders, but not just embossed backgrounds. I colored these--used the embossed image as the main part of the card. Oh, the possibilities!

Happy Stamping!

Sue

Stamping Retreat

 There is a Lutheran Church down the road from us, who although we do not attend the church, has graciously allowed me to join their stamping group. The church itself has a large outreach program, and we make cards for some of the outreach groups. They have a retreat every April up north--there was a sailing theme this year, so we made cards with that theme. It's amazing how a group of 16 women can be given similar supplies, and come up with such different results! I wish I would have thought to take pictures of the other cards. These are the ones I made:

And here is our itinerary for the weekend:

Happy Stamping!

Sue

Quick cards from Echo Park

 Echo Park has a lot of 6x6 paper pads--I think this one is Sunflower Summer. The pad comes with 65 pound double-sided papers, along with pages with punch-out items, and sayings that you can cut apart. It's a nice quick way to make cards!

Happy stamping!

Sue

Christmas Cards

These were some of the Christmas cards I made this year--not for our friends, but the Lutheran church down the road was able to use them. The layout was from a Stampin' Up! get together last summer, the cardstock and dies are Stampin' Up!, the papers are not.

Happy Stamping!

Sue

 

Finishing Other People's Cards

 I have been gifted supplies over the last several years, I believe mostly because I am involved in a women's ministry with the Lutheran Church down the block. One of the sets of supplies was from a generous gal down in the southern part of the Twin Cities. She had a number of boxes of scrapbook paper supplies, card making supplies, half finished projects. She had started making cards from a scrapbook pad that would have been great for making kids' scrapbooks on a monthly theme. Lots of paper for each of the 12 months of the year. She had started cutting out pieces for about 150 cards--I'm working on making 12, one for each month. The rest of the supplies were gifted to an art teacher in an elementary school. I have a 2nd one for February, gave to my hubby for Valentine's Day.

Happy stamping!

Sue