July Stamp Camp

Happy Saturday my Blogger Friends - Hope you can spend some time stamping/scrappin today - I plan to attend a Fun Shop that my stampin friend Linda is putting on.....I'll be sharing that project with you next week.  For today.....I'm sharing the pics of my July Stamp Camp that happened this past Wednesday at my house.....Let' get started......

 Our first Stamp Camp went well.....Considering....My A/C went out at 8am that morning.....we barely had any A/C and well....It was probably 100degree outside and my house was full with 11-stampers.....it was INTERESTING to say the least.  But....true to form....stampers are in a league of their own....and they made do with the conditions as they might be.  First up was this cute cute 3"x3" duckie card..........

 We used the "My Friend" stamp set to create this darlin card with several new InColors.

Here's Gail and Jackie busy working on the above card........Just love watching my Camp Ladies get all inked up and in their own stamping zone.

 This little card was the death of us all.......LOTS of pieces and LOTS of embossing (I Promise Camp Ladies....next month I will be much kinder).  This card used the new Sweet for the Sweet set.

And here's a picture of what each of the card stations looked like (before anyone took hold and started stamping).  I've been called the Queen of Organization.....I honestly feel that those that sign up for my Clubs or Camps will have everything waiting for them (packets all cut up and prepared) and you won't be wasting your time waiting for me to pull things out for your projects........you will be ready to jump in with both feet and start creating when the whistle is blown to start.  To me.....there is nothing worse than coming to a camp and having things not ready for you........TRUST....that doesn't happen at my Camps and Clubs.

Next up is the Hershey Nugget Pillow Box holder that we made.  We wrapped two hershey nuggets up with the It's a Wrap Occasions stamp set from the new Idea Book & Catalog (sorry I didn't take a picture of those little cuties).  It was one of the first stamp set I bought when I placed my first new catalog order.....SO DARN CUTE!

 This fun little card was one that I saw on a fellow SU demo blog - I basically just changed up the colors and sentiment for my camp ladies to make.  We used the new Petite Pennants Builder punch along with the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch.  The base of our card was made using the BigZ Clear Scallop Square Die and the new Swirls and Curls Verses Hostess set from the Summer Mini catalog made for the perfect message to this darling card.

Here's a picture of Jude and her daughter Jessica making the fun little Duckie card.  Jude and her daughter make up a really fun mother/daughter card making team.

This is a picture of Opal and Mary (their backs are to the camera) and they are working on the Hershey Nugget Pillow Box.  And across from them are Marian and Marie who were working hard on the Sweets for the Sweet card during this picture. 

 I was able to get this picture of Barbara working on the card posted below and at the kitchen bar are Kris and Bardie who are just starting with the SunBurst card that is posted above this picture.

And my last card is this fun little card that used LOTS of SU product.  Another SU Demo card that I changed up just a little bit.....The stamp set is from the Best of Everything stamp set.........We used the Beyond the Garden DSP and the 1/2" Poly Stitched Ribbon....We also ran the Wild Wasabi card stock through the Big Shot and used the Square Lattice embossing folder to give this card that added textured it was needing.

What a SUPER FUN DAY we had - I promise ladies that next month will be much cooler and we won't try to make six cards/projects in the two hour Camp window that we have planned.  You all did an amzaing job getting all the projects finished.......ROCK ON Camp Ladies - You RULE SaddleBrooke Arizona!

Thanks for joining me today - I will be back tomorrow to share a couple of the cards I made for my FU ladies who are away for the summer.  The cards were ones that Kris and I made at the end of June (yes...they still sit waiting to be mailed to Debbie and Ann).....but I figured if I get them posted to my blog I will then feel a little pressure to get them in the mail to both Debbie and Ann (believe it or not....there is a method to my madness!).  Hope to see you tomorrow....Keep Living Your Dream!

First Stamp Club Projects

It's Friday my Blogger Friends and my weekend is going to be NON-STOP FUN and PLAY.  My friend Kris and I are taking off this afternoon (after my nail appointment - I seriously have to get some PAMPER TIME in before I slot my PLAY time!) and we are taking off for JoAnn's.  NOW...for those of you that have every store known to man at your back door........stop laughing at my JoAnn's trip - It's seriously a LONG DRIVE to get to any stores when you live in SaddleBrooke and to get to JoAnn's or Michael's.....Well....they are on the FAR EAST side of Tucson and that's a BIG DEAL.  I'll keep you posted to what else I have planned for this weekend.....But Ipromise it will be......ALL FUN!

First up today is the card that my Stamp Club ladies made last Saturday at our first Stamp Club gathering.  We made this amazing card that was a CASED card from the private SU Demo site which one of my fellow SU demos made.  We used the new My Friend stamp set and the fabulously yummy 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon from SU along with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  The other new product we used was the Lace Ribbon Border punch to give the bottom of our card a fun little lace look. 

I had a couple other samples of this same card made up for the ladies to see what it looks like when you use other Stampin' UP! color combinations.

Next up is the bookmark we made - and we used all new SU InColors to create this cute baby.  I just knew when I saw this bookmark featured in another SU demos blog - that I would just had to have my Club gals make it.

We used the Pennant Parade stamp set and all the new InColor to create our pennants.  We then punched out our pennants using the Petite Pennants Builder punch and topping it off with one of the scallop circles that come from the Bigz L dies Perfect Pennants. 

 

And here's one last view of how darling this little cutie turned out.  They are going to make great bookmarks for the ladies to use in their Idea Book and Catalog.

And our last project was a technique project - what I wanted to do was show the ladies how you could use a SU product to create something that it wasn't designed for and get double duty out of your SU product.  This technique showed the ladies how to use the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch to create the fun bow to our little birthday packages.

This card is a 3"x3" little gift card - and is created using the 1-1/4" square punch on a piece of Bright DSP.  We then wrapped a tiny piece of 1/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon around the front of the DSP and glued this piece to a 1-3/8" square.  The technique came into play when we punched out the Blossom punch and exposed four loops to the top of the 1-3/8" square to create the fun bow for our birthday package.

Here's a fun view of what this Happy Birthday notecard looked like.......I am going to surprise the two club members who weren't able to join us for this club gathering (Hi Jan and Debbie) and send them one of each of the projects that we made at club - I just know they will enjoy that little surprise (so be surprised ladies when you receive these).

SO......I'm off to go get my nails done and then swing by and pick up Kris. Tomorrow I'm attending a Fun Shop that Linda is putting on - and I will share that project with you early next week.  I have plans to share with you the Stamp Camp photos tomorrow......along with the cards/projects that the ladies made on Wednesday for Stamp Camp.  Hope you can return back here tomorrow if you have some free time ........ Keep Living Your Dream!

First Stamp Club

Hi Blogger Friends and Happy Thursday to you.  I am seriously going to spend the ENTIRE DAY today just relaxing and recharing my very WORN OUT battery.  I am worn out with both Stamp Club and Stamp Camp and feel that I need at least one full day of chillin before I jump back into all the necessary things that need to be done.  SO.......in my most relax place - I bring to you a few pictures of my first Stamp Club that was held last Saturday afternoon.  I have six amazing gals that have committed to doing Club for the next 6-months - this month Jan was our Hostess and even though Jan wasn't here - she was entitled to $40 in hostess credit and cashed in on some amazing free stuff. 

 Here's a picture of the gifts I made my 6-club members for our opening session.  For signing up for Stamp Club they were each to receive a gift from me and true to my way.....I couldn't just give them their embellishments - I had to package them up pretty and then give them to the ladies.  Each club member received a case of the new tiny cloths pin and a small stamp that I selected especially for them.  I wrapped their goodies up in a Fancy Favor box and decorated the heck out of everything......Simply charming!

Here's another look at the packaging of each of their gifts.  I color coordinated each of the boxes and decorated the cloth pins with a top and bottom scallop circle and several layers of coordinating cardstock.  They really turned out super cute and the ladies just adored their gifts.

I also had plated some cookies and grapes for the ladies to munch on while they were here.  And a big bowl of bottled water was just waiting for the ladies to dip in.

And here's a picture of the Stamp Club area that we worked at......sorry I didn't get any pictures of the ladies working.  They completed two cards and one 3-D project.......They also learned some new techniques and were able to try out several new stamp sets and punches while they spent two plus hours with me on Saturday afternoon.

We had a fabulous time at our first Stamp Club.......and next month Carol will be our Hostess and I know she is really looking forward to that.  I am hoping to share some pictures of the three projects we made at Stamp Club with you tomorrow.....and I'll also be sharing the Stamp Camp cards and projects I held yesterday with you over the weekend.  Lots of things to share with you so hope you can make some plans to join me and check out the fun we had.  Will see you tomorrow.....Keep Living Your Dream!

Cards for the Troops

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends and today I want to share two cards that I turned in last Wednesday at our SaddleBrooke Stampers Meeting. We were asked to make some patriotic cards for our challenge and swap cards and these are the cards that I turned in...... First up is the swap card that I turned in.....Look familiar? Well it was the card I designed for my Fourth of July cards this year. The only thing I did differently was add a much thicker piece of fiber to the center of my button and altered red and blue ink for the words on the flag. SUPER FUN and figured it was the perfect card to sent over to the troops. Here's a close-up of the flag portion of this card......and also of the button. LOVE how much more fun this card turns out using both red and blue ink and then just alternating the rows with these two different colors of ink. This next card was for our SaddleBrooke Stampers Challenge card. Ann had passed out three little scallop squares and asked us to create a card using any or all of these three different pieces of cardstock.......This is the fun little card I created. Wanted to keep this card pretty general - so someone from the troops could use my card for any purpose.....and....after I stamped "because" on the front oval panel of my card - I knew I had achived what I set out to do. PERFECT! Thanks for stopping in to see my latest creations today - Without a doubt - I'll be back tomorrow with more Kards by Kadie creations - Hope you can check in sometime tomorrow. Keep Living Your Dream!

July FU Swap Card

Hi Blogger Friends and Thanks for joining me today! I have a fun little swap I made for my FU group to share with you today....Let's ROCK..... Our FU Swap card for July was to use Red and Silver colors and our technique was to do embossing. We could decide if we wanted to do dry or wet embossing - and I couldn't decide which to do - so I ended up doing BOTH..... I did wet embossing for the three litle red hello's that were matted onto red squares of cardstock....... And I then used my Elegant Lines embossing folder for the dry embossing portion of this card. I pulled out my Big Shot and ran some Brushed Silver card stock from SU through the Elegant Lines embossing folder and came out with this amazing piece of silver cardstock ready to be popped onto the top of my whisper white card base.

I also added a piece of silver taffeta ribbon around the center of my card and tied it off and attached a trinket pin and three jewelry tags to the center of my taffeta ribbon.....SO PRETTY!

And the final touch was when I ran my SU envelope through the Elegant Lines embossing folder and embossed the top flap of my envelope with this fabulous embossing folder. I had seen this step done through the Stampin' UP! demo site for another demo card and loved how fabulous it looked that I knew it would work perfectly for this card.  SO SUPER PRETTY and added yet one more layer of PRETTY to this card.

SO GLAD you were able to join me today - Hope you have some fabulous plans set up for today - I have LOTS of projects I'm working on and a TON of things to get checked off my "To Do" list.....so hoping to get some serious time spent in my studio working today....(wish me luck). I'll be back tomorrow to share some more Kards by Kadie creations with you - hope you can join me! Keep Living Your Dream!

More Birthday Cards

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends - and THANKS for joining me today. Hope you'all had a fabulous weekend - MAN OH MAN....It goes by WAY TOO FAST! Today - I want to share four more cards I received on my birthday - Here we go.....
Here are the four cards I received - they were from some pretty special people..... First up is a card sent all the way from Hawaii. Gail sent me a great little birthday wish from Hawaii........and just love the fact that she remembered my birthday and sent me a little piece of Hawaii to enjoy. Thanks Gail! Next up is a cool little birthday greeting from my dear friend Opal. She made my ice cream treats with some awesome fun foam - and then matched up some bakers twine to match each of the fun colored treats she made. SO FUN and SO CUTE. Thank You Opal! My next card is a card from one of my Stamping/Weight Watcher Buddies Berta. How fabulous is this card. It totally speaks Berta to me and she captured my 4th of July spirit with this card. Love your card Berta and can see that you took extra care in making this lovely card for me. THANK YOU! And last (but not least) is a fun little surprise I received from the staff at Stampin' UP! They not only sent me this fun little birthday card - but the real surprise was on the inside - where they included a 15% off discount on any item I wanted to purchase during my birthday month. HOW FUN is this! Needless to say.....I cashed it in on the Tasteful Trim BigZ die......fabulous die that makes several different running borders - and I'll get soooo much use out of this wonderful die....THANK YOU Stampin' UP! SO....that should be it for birthday cards for this year - But I promise.......I'll be back next year with more birthday surprises and great things when my birthday rolls around..............
But for now.....I'll have to settle to returning tomorrow to share yet more cards I've created - In fact.....I want to share with you the card I made for my FU group swap for July. Hope you can join me tomorrow and check out the great card I made using Silver/Red and Embossing. Keep Living Your Dream!

Open House Projects - Day Three

Happy Sunday my Blogger Friends and I'm thrilled that you are able to join me today. I have the last of the projects I made for my July 1st Open House to share with you today - and hope you enjoy the last leg of this fabulous adventure......Let's get this party started......

First up is a fun little treat box I made using the BigZ XL Fancy Favor die. I used Calypso Coral textured 12x12 cardstock for my Fancy Favor bag - and I wrapped "Just Add Cake" DSP around the center of my box to add a little WOW factor to the presentation. I also wrapped Old Olive Satin Ribbon around the entire box before calling this one DONE!

All it took was a 1"x 3" piece of Just Add Cake DSP cut and wrapped around several of the Hersey Nuggets to make this gift the perfect little creation for someone who LOVES chocolate (I serioulsy know of several ladies that would LOVE to have this littel cutie deliveried directly to them).

I originally was going to punch a sweet little saying out with my jewelry tag punch and have it hang from the satin ribbon - but after pulling all the pieces together for this little number - I thought.....NO.....I'm going to punch my "Just for You" saying out and use the small oval punch and hang it from the top of the Fancy favor box with a (retired) library clip. WAY TOO CUTE!

Next up is a fun chocolate package I made with a retired SU box die.....but could have used the Bitty Box BigZ XL Die. I added some white stain ribbon around the box to secure it closed and added several layers of punches to the top of the box. FINISHED!

The stamp set is the new Hostess set "Tagtastic" and is punched out perfectly with the Decorative Label punch and a 2-1/2" circle punch. I was added some SU dimensionals to the back of the decorative label punch and that allowed me to thread my white satin ribbon behind the tag and created the closure that I needed to keep this little box closed. CHARMING!

And last (but not least) is a great little idea that Becky Roberts over at Inking Idaho (http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com/) had to decorate up the 1-1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon. I used my BigZ XL Dies to cut out two scallop circles and then with the help of some circle punches and the decorative label punch - I was able to decorate both the top and bottom of the ribbon and made it perfect for gift-giving.

Becky also added a small piece of grosgrain ribbon to the end of the decorative label punch to create a charming little banner.....and that was done by simply cutting my 1-1/4" ribbon in half and then just folding it over to create ribbon banner tails to my ribbon packaging. WAY TOO CUTE and it addfed that little WOW factor that I needed to make my 1-/14" ribbon ready for gift giving.

Here's one last view of the 1-1/4" Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon that I decorated up. I used the new Hostess level stamp set "Tagtastic" to create my "Just For You" decorative label and to back my message.....I added a Bashful Blue decorative label punch cut in half and secured to the back of my Whisper White label punch and added dimensionals to the back before securing it to my Pumpkin Pie circle pieces. SO FABULOUS - and many thanks to Becky for sharing this wonderful idea on her blog.

Hope you had fun over the last several days checking out the great new SU samples I created with the new 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog product - I had so much fun creating these samples and just know that several of the ladies at SaddleBrooke walked away with some wonderful ideas.

I'll be back tomorrow to share more Kards by Kadie creations with you.......Hope you can swing by sometime to enjoy those creations with me.........Keep Living Your Dream!