December Paper Pumpkin

This month's Paper Pumpkin is so darn cute.  I love it.  As soon as I opened it there was a special surprise gift for me.  It is the templates to do punching holes to outline an image.  I am going to have to use that in a class to show you how wonderful that works and makes your card look great.  Watch for that in the coming days.  

Here is one sample of the cards from the December Paper Pumpkin.  There were 3 designs with 3 different colors for the lettering.  

Yes it is a shaker card.  The stars and sequins were included.  This is exactly how SU planned the card.  Many months I change mine up.  Not this month.  I loved it just the way it was.

If you want to sign up for Paper Pumpkin go to the SU website and put my name in Janice Borchart.  It will take you to my SU website then click on Paper Pumpkin.  You can stop the kit from coming to your home every month when you cancel it.  Very easy to start and stop.  Try it you might like it.  Got grandkids that live in another state?  This is a great way to send them a gift every month.  The kit has instructions and all the supplies needed.  The only thing they will need is adhesive or glue.  This could also be a great gift for that college student that is away from home.  It will give her something productive to do in her spare time.  And you might even get a card from her.  Questions contact me.  

Janice

Sheltering Tree

Love the softness of this card.  So I had to make it into a sympathy card. 

This card was one of those mistakes turned into a success.  I used markers on the stamp set to make the different colored leaves.  But the first one did not look right.  So I added more colors in different places and stamped again.  Then I decided to stamp off and put leaves on the ground.  Then I decided the bottom of the card looked bare.  So I got out my Adventure Bound paper and found the grass.  I used my scissors with multiply cuts to make the grass blades.  Then trimmed them to not all be the same height.  Then I cut the trunk of the middle tree out of the white so I could stick it into the grass part.  It turned out to really look like it is growing in the grass.  Ok so I know it is not spring or fall but I will make a winter one.  Just trying not to have the snow arrive here.  I am enjoying not having snow yet.  But you cannot make snowmen outside without snow.  But you sure can make a snowman with stamp sets.  Just saying..............

Janice

Catalog Kick Off

In the beginning of December I met my friend Cheryl from Muskego with some of her downline.  We went to dinner than went over to Tinsel Town in Kenosha for the SU Occasions Catalog Kickoff.  I had not gone to the last one for the annual catalog.  But this time it was a night I could go.  So I signed up and asked Cheryl if she was going.  Here is a picture of us taken as we were entering the theater.  None of us like our picture being taken.  But it was fun to be together.

What I will say about the kickoff is I now understand what my customers feel like wondering what things really look like and what you can do with them.  Watching what SU employees were doing with so many of the items was so exciting.  We were laughing at how much we now knew we needed.  There were stamp sets that I would never have thought I would really want but I know own because of what I saw them do with it.  Example is the herd stamp set.  I thought it was cute but oh so much fun.  Here are two samples of what I have made with it.

I saw this a pinterest (sorry I cannot remember your name to give you credit).  It is using the designer series paper pack called Adventure Bound in the Occasion Catalog.  Then I stamped the herd in tuxedo black and used many of my blendabilities to make the animals pop.  Then I added the party hat and pom pom.  I love this card. 

This was my first card I made with the herd.  This is my design no casing from anyone.  I used the FREE Paper from SAB that is embossed with this diagonal stripe.  I colored the stripe with my daffodil blendability then wiped the embossed part with a kleenex and look how it turned out.  I bought the picture frame framelit awhile ago and it reminded me of the picture of us at the catalog kickoff.  I like that I put it at an angle.  I know I am not done using this stamp set.  But I have spent time using other stamps from the Occasions catalog.  Come back again later this week and I will show you more.

 

Janice

Craft Fairs 2014

The Grinch that stole Christmas was the best seller.

Penguin was the best seller for these cute curvy boxes filled with chocolate kisses.

This was my display at the Marriott Craft Fair.  The board was filled with Occasions card kit samples.

This was my display at the Sturtevant Fountain Hall Craft Fair.  This time my board was filled with cards that I sold almost all of them!  I learned that people liked seeing them at their height better than on the table.  Interesting......... People also loved the framed art.  They did not want to buy them they wanted to attend a class to make their own.  So I believe I will have some new customers in my classes starting in January.  

 I enjoyed doing the craft fairs.  I was in just the two.  It takes a lot of work to put the items together.  But I loved making the items.  My good friend Kyla was a good sport and helped me lots.  Thank you Kyla.  The other part that I enjoyed about the craft fairs was that I handed out a card for people to have and use.  It helped me to talk and share my love of stamping with others.  I had one lady that came to my the second craft fair and stopped to tell me she loved the card I gave her and that it was the perfect card for a friend of hers that is going through a tough illness.  That goes to show that God is helping every day.

Ok I have to show you a card that I made with my new stuff.  Let's just say I love butterflies and the new framelit butterflies are so awesome...............................

This is the new framelit and stamp set.  The ribbon and button come from a SAB free item.  The color is coastal cabana.  I used daubers on the butterfly after it was cut out with the framelit.  Then below is the inside of the card.  It all goes so well together.  What do you think?  Leave me a comment.

Ahhhhhhhh  Janice