September Stamp N Share Club Projects

Tonight was our Stamp N Share Club - we had 17 stampers and one little helper - my granddaughter Maddie.  She loves to stamp and couldn't wait to come to Stamping with the girls tonight!  She even passed up going to Racquetball with Papa to come stamping.  Papa said she is turning into a Girly Girl!

Kitty was our hostess tonight and she brought this wonderful Christmas card as one of our projects.  She also brought a box full of beautiful cards for us to view!  Thank you Kitty for the project and goodies!

Here are the other two projects from tonight:, both from sets from the Stampin Up Holiday Mini catalog:

Here is one I did with a fancy fold, it wasn't a club project though-

inside of card

Daughter's Birthday Card

This is a card my granddaughter Maddie and I made this week-end for my daughter Carrie. Her birthday is in October (yes, I can't believe I am that organized - hope I remember I made it and remember to give it to her!) We used the Big Shot, the sizzix cupcake die cut, Pretty In Pink Card Stock, and Chocolate Chip Card Stock. Then the fun part - chunky glitter! Boy did Maddie have fun doing that part! Here is Maddie - she is my little Stamping Buddy! We have a rule for my stamping room - You must be having fun to be there and no whining! This keeps us both enjoying our craft or we leave the room! (Also helps me keep Maddie - age 5 focused on Having Fun!) The other rule is No boys Allowed! It isn't that we don't like boys it is so Papa and Tom (the cat) can't come in the girls room without an invitation. Maddie snitched on Papa and said he knew where we hide the candy! Of course the candy is for Stamping projects (or to keep us happy while stamping - remember rule #1 - Have Fun!)

Sympathy Card

A friend of ours sister passed away this week, this is the card I made to send her. I used the cuttlebug Swiss Dot and swirls folders, Big Shot machine, black ribbon, and stamp our of retired SU called For a Friend.

Father's Day Card

Here is the card I made Rick for Father's Day. It is a wallet, I used my Fiskars Leather Texture plate in my Big Shot machine for the leather look. It was easy after that part. I used Chocolate Chip Cardstock, my SY Crafter's Toole Kit paper-piercing tool, pad, and hole template for the stitches, then I took my black SU fine tip marker to make the thread look. I found this tutorial on Danni's blog (link below)...She is a great instructor.

http://danniesdesigns.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/fathers-day-wal.html