May Calendar Page for Stamp Club

Good afternoon! School's all done for another day and I finished up the prep work I had to get done for my stamp club this coming Sunday. I put the finishing touches on my calendar page so I thought I would post it here for you. I just *love* the colors this month! I think that chocolate could be in my calendar EVERY month and I would be good with that! lol

Stamps: Live Your Dream (journalling); Paper: Parisian Breeze DSP (retired), Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Kraft; Ink: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze; Accessories: simple flower embosslit, swirly decorative strip die, decorative accent #2 sizzix die, top note die, chocolate grosgrain ribbon, 3 flower punch, sponge dauber, brads, chipboard letters

Enjoy the rest of your day...I'm off to start the BBQ! YUM!

Excited to start a new year!!!

Hellloooooo!! Happy New Year to all my PEEPS...I cannot believe that it's been almost ONE MONTH since my last post! Someone fire me! LOL....I apologize for that but I have been one busy girl. I got back on Tuesday from a much-needed vacation with DH and now I'm rip-roarin' and ready to go. I would like to say a special "thank you" to my wonderful friends, Leanne and Melissa, for preparing my stamp class for this month. You gals have no idea how nice it was to come home and not have to worry and fret about what I will be doing for our club. You ladies did a wonderful job and I thank you from the bottom of my heart - and I know the rest of the club members will too! OK...now, onto some pics! Here is what we will be building tomorrow:




These first 3 pictures are of the "pocket" calendar we will be making. We wanted to make it a perpetual calendar that you can store cards in for each month. You can see in the 2nd photo how I have some cards inside the "pocket."

The next card was made using the new acrylic stamps from the Occasions Mini and new Sweet Pea designer paper....I really love these colors together :)

This gorgeous card was made using the new punch from the mini catalog...I totally love how circles are embossed and the colors are wicked!! That bird is just too cute!!

Thanks for stopping in tonight and I am excited to get my club started again tomorrow! I have such a wonderful group of creative ladies and we are all like family :) I am totally stoked to see what Bonnie (aka Bon-Bon) comes up with for her card fronts for us to make!!!

Take care, happy stamping and remember that the best time to take a break and relax is when you don't have time for it! Hugs!!

Navy November Calendar page

Isn't it just ADORABLE???!!! I totally love how this page came together. I CASE'd it from a girl on SCS (I forget who, so if it's yours, please let me know and I'll give you the credit) and altered it to the colors I wanted. Thanks for popping by!

Stamps: Big on Christmas
Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Metallic Silver
Ink: Night of Navy, Going Gray
Accessories: photo corner punch, snowflake dies (Sizzix), dazzling diamonds, circle punches, markers for coloring, corner rounder, glue pen, designer label punch (top hat), silver brads

October Calendar page

This is the Halloween page I made up for October's calendar page. My Usona Stamp Club is making a 12 x 12 calendar for 2010 ... I really love how this page turned out! Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Halloween Frights, Frightful Fence, Season of Friendship

Paper: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cast-A-Spell DP

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Go Go Boots Sizzix letters,

August and September Calendar pages

These are the calendar pages we will be working on next Sunday at one of my monthly clubs. I totally *heart* the bear in the Under The Stars stamp set - and had to make a camping/summer scrapbook page out of it!! The September page, I wanted a more simple, yet bold page and I think that is what the end result is....thanks for looking!!

Stamps: Under The Stars, Sans Serif Alpha, Skeeters Wheel

Ink: Soft Suede, Artichoke wheel cartridge

Paper: Sahara Sand, Artichoke, Ruby Red, Mustard, Eggplant, Autumn Traditions DP

Accessories: Star punches, Square punches, sponge dauber, dimensionals

Stamps: none

Ink: none

Paper: Crushed Curry, Crushed Curry DP, Old Olive, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede

Accessories: printer, leaves 2 sizzixs die, Go Go Boots sizzix letters

Winter Fun....

In my Stamp Club this year, we are making a 12 x 12 scrapbook calendar for the members to either keep or give away come 2010. We started with the month of January today and this was the template I made for them to follow. It was a lot of fun and some of the ladies enjoyed their first scrapbooking experience!

Recipe:

Stamps: Sans Serif Alpha, Snow Swirled

Paper: Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Frosty Day DP

Ink: Close to Cocoa

Accessories: brown ribbon, snowflake brads, snowflake die for big shot, glitter gem