More Bethlehem Edgelets - Long Cards

Surprise, surprise!

I am back again posting more cards I made using the Bethlehem Edgelets. You may not know this, as I do not often get the chance, but I love to make long or tall & skinny cards that fit into a #10 business envelope. This size is a little out of the ordinary, giving it a more unique look. That is what I did this time for this card design.

Because I am using Soft Sky, a discontinued colour but all I have at the moment, I was limited in the number of cards I could make with these colours. I am sad to see Soft Sky is no longer available, as it was one of my favourite Stampin' Up cardstock colours.

Let's have a closer look at the card, shall we.

I used a gold gel pen to trace around the outer edge of the Crumb Cake oval, and to draw the little stars over Bethlehem.

Again, I love the Bethlehem layers!

The oval is popped up too.

Well, that is it for now. I have had fun playing with the few Stampin' Up product I have access to at this time. I so look forward to having it all in a craft room again all at my finger tips.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed seeing the fun I have had. I have to go back to my work in preparing samples for classes to teach at Scrapbook Essentials BC. So, it may be a while before I can post again. We will see. Maybe in early Spring....

In the mean time I say, Happy creating!

Life's Curve Balls & Bethlehem Edgelets

Hello Everyone, and Welcome!

Here I am! Are you surprised? I must apologize to everyone, I truly thought that I would have the time to create some personal Stampin' Up projects while teaching classes at the studio. Turns out that I have been busier than anticipated. I have really missed coming to this blog to post and share. However, I have wanted for quite a while to create Christmas cards using the Bethlehem Edglets, and finally have had the chance to do so.

I was inspired by a card creation I saw on Pinterest (could find the link to who created it) who used this die set, and the Star of Night stamp set. I had to be creative as I do not have the 'Star of Night' stamp set. But I do like mixed media, and happen to have stencils and paste that would take the place of the stamp set and add some texture to the card at the same time.

When deciding on the number of cards to make, I decided that a dozen would be good, as I wanted to make other card designs using this die set for this Christmas. So here they are!

The sentiment stamp you see is not Stampin' Up, as most of my Stampin' Up product is in storage and has been for a little over a year now. Here is what the card looks like.

I do not know if you can tell from the photo, but the smaller die cut star is cut from the 6 x 6 pack of glitter paper. The larger star is just Whisper White.

If you see some glitter on the white stencilled paste, that is because I put it there after the paste dried.

I sure like the layered look of the Bethlehem scene. This is a die set I will keep for a long time.

I am sure many of you that follow this blog, may have had this set for a while, but for me this is the first time I had a chance to use it. I plan on making a few more cards with this die set, so see you soon!

It was wonderful to post here again with some Stampin' Up product!

Happy creating everyone!

A Stampin' Up Play Date

Hello everyone!

It has been four months since I had to retire as a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, and I have missed the fun. I have been very busy teaching classes at Scrapbook Essentials BC along with my duties as a Spellbinders Educator. My fellow Stampin' Up Demonstrator group, the Seashore Stampers, contacted me about having a day to play with them, to have some fun and catch up on what is going on in our lives. A 'play date' as it was called by the group.

Unfortunately, by the time the date arrived, life has a way of changing plans, which was the case for three of the ladies of the group. So I did not get the chance to visit with them. Those of us that were able to make it had a blast! It was so fun to dig out some of the Stampin' Up supplies again and create, and everyone brought something for our pot luck luncheon, and the food was wonderful!

Here are some photos of the get together.

These are three of the wonderful ladies that could make it to the 'Play Date'. And below is a photo with me and two of them.

Next come the photos of the luncheon food. Unfortunately, I did not think to take the photos until after we each had our first serving.

I took photos of each individual item. First, it the Thai Spring rolls with peanut sauce, which are covered with damp paper towel to keep the rolls moist.

Then, someone had nearly the same idea that I did. Here is a bowl of watermelon with Feta cheese.

Next you see two bowls, and no, the one bowl is not filled with peperoni. It is gluten free beat crackers with seeds, which turned out to be popular with one person in particular. Glad that she liked them so much. I must admit that they are very good, or I would not have brought them.

And lastly, my salad. It is made with watermelon, blueberries, cucumber, Feta cheese, a tiny bit of mint, honey and poppy seed dressing.

OK, enough of that. I am thinking that you might want to see what I made that day. We were having so much fun visiting that I do not think we got much work done during those 5 1/2 hours, but I did get three cards made.

I have two grandchildren that have birthdays this month, so I decided that this was probably the only time I would have to get to making them. The first is for my grand-daughter that will be turning 10. I decided using the new Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Blast colours, would be a great colour combo for a girl that age.

Then for my grandson, who will be turning 12, I finally got to using some DSP that I was never able get around to using before, and is now discontinued.

Then, as always, I never have enough Thank You cards, so I had time to make a quick one using some of the gorgeous new Delight Daisy DSP.

So, there you have the three cards made at the Seashore Stampers Play Date. I would like to thank the Seashore Stampers for inviting me to play with them again and visit with them. We had so much fun that we set a tentative date for another 'Play Date' some time in October. Looking forward to it!

It was four months ago I surprised everyone with the news of retiring as a Stampin' Up Demonstrator to pursue the Spellbinders Educator position; well, there is another surprise that I will be posting soon. So watch for it sometime in the next month or so.

In the mean time, I will be busy teaching classes, amongst other things, and wish you all a great Summer and happy creating!

Sharing a Double Gift Made That Gave Me Another Idea!

Today I would like to share with you a gift a made for two lovely young women, that are serving a mission here in Victoria, BC. Actually it is two gifts, as they each received one. They are identical on the outside, but the inside holds most everything different from each other.

As a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, and instructor at Scrapbook Essentials, BC, I end up with a ton of cards! Some I sell and many I give away as sets for gifts. I was expecting these two young ladies over at my place and thought that as missionaries they could always use cards! Especially 'Thank You' cards, and I have a lot of those. I chose 18 cards each, and then thought I had to give them the cards in a nice box, and not just tied up with ribbon in a bag.

So next was what kind of box, and what would make it a box that they could keep and use over and over again? It had to look good on a desk or on a shelf somewhere. It had to be eye catching but simple. It had to be neat and clean looking. If it where to be used over and over again, what would the box need to make access to the cards easy without creating stress on the opening of the box? Then I remembered this box. I only had to modify the idea to meet the requirements for this box.

So out came my sketchbook, and I drew my new idea and figured out the measurements needed. To make it sturdy to last longer, I had to add additional cardstock panels on the inside and bottom to give it more strength. So I figured those out too.

And this is the result!

As I assembled them, I began to think that these would look lovely on my shelves, too! A place to keep my cards all in the same box, labeled with the type of card in the box - birthday, thank you, sympathy, thinking of you, and so on. If I made them all the same colour or combination of colours, my shelves would look a lot neater, without seeing cards stacked in clear bins. 

 The amazing thing about these boxes, is that the front folds down, and the panels that lay flat when opened, could also have a card list for the year added to them. This way you could have one box with all the cards you need for the year! Then when the year is over, just go to the other card boxes to pull out the cards needed for the next year! So one box would act as a card organizer for the year, while the others would be easily accessible card storage.

So here, in the next photo, you can see that you could access the cards from the top, but...

 ...if you pull down the front flap, you can get them even easier. You can see that the 18 cards with envelopes in this box, do not take up all the space, And, some of those cards are thick. If the cards are fairly flat, you could probably get 24 cards with envelopes in there easily.

Now, I know some you will want to make these for yourself or in a class. Please be patient and I will get the instructions out there for you as soon as I can. In the mean time, keep creating those lovely cards to fill up some of these boxes with!

Happy creating!

Real Red 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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