I often have Hostesses choose the projects for their parties from my display and sample boards. Sometimes they want to do the exact project I have on display, but sometimes they just want to learn how to make the project type and I get to choose the stamps and create a new project. Then I have another project for my display and they get to have more ideas to choose from! This was the way it went with this Tri-shutter card, Donna wanted to learn how to make the tri-shutter, but the one I had for display used the Merry Moments DSP (it was a swap I received from the monthly mail-in swap I am in). I changed it up using Bella Bleu DSP (love that paper, it is SO MUCH MORE GORGEOUS than it looks in the catalog!) and the "A Wish for Peace" stamp set! Lookie:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

I stamped the tree/church stamp on a Very Vanilla top note with Brocade Blue ink, then overstamped the whole image with Sahara Sand ink on the Sanded Background. I then sponged all around the edges of everything with Soft Suede ink. "A Christmas Wish. . ." is stamped in Soft Suede and comes from the "Home for Christmas" stamp set. All edges of all the pieces are sponged with Soft Suede ink, and if they are overstamped with the Sanded Background, Sahara Sand was used.

Here's the other angles of this card:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

I also darkened the Kraft taffeta ribbon by sponging it with Soft Suede, and used the Texturz Impressions Plate, "Perfect Details" on the Bordering Blue panels on the outside edges. I also added sparkle to the trees with my 2-way glue pen and dazzling diamonds glitter.

Here's another card we made at this event that I CASED from Heather's blog:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

This adorable card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square but still fits easily into our medium envelopes! It uses a bunch of SU! punches: 1 3/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Wide Oval, Large Oval, Small Oval, Large Star (birdie beak), Scalloped Circle (snowman nose). Everything is sponged in either Ruby Red, More Mustard, or Night of Navy ink, and the Playground button is tied with a "cardstock thread" and attached with a mini gluedot!

We made a card with the "Delightful Decorations" and Medallion stamp sets, but I am at my daughter's house right now and do not have access to the picture, but I do have the picture of our fourth project (this was  a stamp camp!):

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

This was my first group this year to be brave enough to try this tree, and by the time they were all finished it was a "love-it-or-hate-it" relationship! Some loved it  and figured it out right away, some loved it but stated they hope they never have to put one together again, and some said their brains were just too tired to try to manage that late in the evening!

All in all it was a fun stamping event!

I'll be back tomorrow with the projects for my next Stamp-a-Stack: "Elegant Ornaments" cards!

Ta!

I often have Hostesses choose the projects for their parties from my display and sample boards. Sometimes they want to do the exact project I have on display, but sometimes they just want to learn how to make the project type and I get to choose the stamps and create a new project. Then I have another project for my display and they get to have more ideas to choose from! This was the way it went with this Tri-shutter card, Donna wanted to learn how to make the tri-shutter, but the one I had for display used the Merry Moments DSP (it was a swap I received from the monthly mail-in swap I am in). I changed it up using Bella Bleu DSP (love that paper, it is SO MUCH MORE GORGEOUS than it looks in the catalog!) and the "A Wish for Peace" stamp set! Lookie:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

I stamped the tree/church stamp on a Very Vanilla top note with Brocade Blue ink, then overstamped the whole image with Sahara Sand ink on the Sanded Background. I then sponged all around the edges of everything with Soft Suede ink. "A Christmas Wish. . ." is stamped in Soft Suede and comes from the "Home for Christmas" stamp set. All edges of all the pieces are sponged with Soft Suede ink, and if they are overstamped with the Sanded Background, Sahara Sand was used.

Here's the other angles of this card:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

I also darkened the Kraft taffeta ribbon by sponging it with Soft Suede, and used the Texturz Impressions Plate, "Perfect Details" on the Bordering Blue panels on the outside edges. I also added sparkle to the trees with my 2-way glue pen and dazzling diamonds glitter.

Here's another card we made at this event that I CASED from Heather's blog:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

This adorable card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square but still fits easily into our medium envelopes! It uses a bunch of SU! punches: 1 3/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Wide Oval, Large Oval, Small Oval, Large Star (birdie beak), Scalloped Circle (snowman nose). Everything is sponged in either Ruby Red, More Mustard, or Night of Navy ink, and the Playground button is tied with a "cardstock thread" and attached with a mini gluedot!

We made a card with the "Delightful Decorations" and Medallion stamp sets, but I am at my daughter's house right now and do not have access to the picture, but I do have the picture of our fourth project (this was  a stamp camp!):

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2009

This was my first group this year to be brave enough to try this tree, and by the time they were all finished it was a "love-it-or-hate-it" relationship! Some loved it  and figured it out right away, some loved it but stated they hope they never have to put one together again, and some said their brains were just too tired to try to manage that late in the evening!

All in all it was a fun stamping event!

I'll be back tomorrow with the projects for my next Stamp-a-Stack: "Elegant Ornaments" cards!

Ta!