Have you recovered from any Black Friday shopping you did? I used to really get into it when my kids were smaller and I had a lot of gifts to buy. Now we are all grown up and seem to prefer one "big thing" that they pick out themselves! I'm also diverting my money to experiences rather than things when I can, especially with family. We have so much fun together and don't really need more "stuff" so it feels good to plan an adventure for all of us to do. I have several in mind, but shhhhhhh.... they are a secret!
I'm having a themed-card class this Tuesday, a "Montana/Country Christmas" card class! My goal was to design some cards using current Stampin'Up! product that shows off Montana in some way. We are famous for scenery, wildlife, mountains, rivers and lakes and of course, our Big Sky. It actually wasn't too difficult to come up with some great cards that I think my class will really like. I thought you would like a preview!
This first card uses one of my very favorite stamp sets, "Waterfront". It's a scene-builder stamp set and it never gets old. I keep going back to it repeatedly. I combined it with the
Merry Christmas to All" bundle.
The Farmhouse bundle is a natural for cozy, sentimental Christmas themes. I worked in a lot of trees with the "Winter Woods" set as well. Isn't that fence just about the cutest thing ever?
This stamp set, "Peaceful Place" was a must buy when I saw it. It looks like the Gallatin Canyon, or Hyalite Canyon, or the Boulder River, or the Yellowstone River .... all places surrounding me in Bozeman and woven into the fabric of everyone's life that lives here. You could ask anyone in our valley where this stamp is a picture of and they would tell you what I just did! It's a little hard to see but I actually cut my oval opening out of the Merry Merlot cardstock, then embossed it with the Simple Stripes folder and then put it on top of my stamped image with dimensionals. It gives it a nice 3D framed effect.
My last card needed to feature wildlife so I reached back to last year's popular set, still available, "Nature Sings". That is a gorgeous looking moose. We see them frequently all over our state and they love Montana as much as we do. I wanted to create some snow, so I used the Shimmering White embossing paste and just free-hand spread it on with an embossing knife. I stamped the word "MONTANA" using the "Pick a Pennant" set. When you are trying to line something up like small letters, either horizontally or vertically, use your grid paper to help you and mount all the letters on an acrylic block at once and stamp the word. You will be frustrated if you try to stamp each letter individually. You can also use the Stamparatus for even better results!
I still have some room in my class on Tuesday. I have a 1:30 session and 6:30 session so let me know if you are interested. We always have fun and the classes are open to anyone, no matter your crafting experience!
I hope your Thanksgiving was truly blessed!
Until next time,
Sarah
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