Stacy Rich's Visit

We had a blast when Stacy visited us yesterday! She had so many SIMPLE, yet elegant ideas to make our cards extra special. And Stacy's new sleigh stamp is just gorgeous. Here's a video of Stacy showing you how to mask and then create a pretty winter scene with her sleigh, evergreen trees and moon stamps. The black and white card, with just a bit of red is truly striking. I'm sure you'll get some great tips, so sit back and enjoy! Thanks so much, Stacy! As usual, you did a GREAT job. We love you and look forward to your next visit!

Stacy's Coming Tomorrow!

I spoke to Stacy on Sunday and all is set and ready for tomorrow. Stacy is so excited about seeing you! She is planning some cool demos and they just sound BEAUTIFUL. Hope you'll have time to stop by and say hello. (Friday, Oct 23 from 3-5:30PM) See you soon.

And here's Zack!

I know many of you have asked how Zack is doing..........well, here's a short video of him!
Enjoy!

More Penguin Cards

Here are 2 of the penguin cards we made in Canada! Aren't those penguins cute!

We dry embossed the penguins on the left side of the card, using a brass stencil (unfortunately, it doesn't show well in the scan), added pre-printed translucent vellum behind the circle opening, dry embossed some lines on the vellum to "pop" the picture, and lastly, added glitter peel offs to finish off the card.
This card was done with the metallic, 3-D Pop ups, where you keep adding different parts of the design with foam tape to make it 3-D. It was then finished off with silver peel off borders. I have to say, everyone, really likes this card!

Pictures of our Travels through Ontario

Here is a great picture of the St Lawrence River, with the cruise boat leaving the dock. Unfortunately, we weren't able to take the cruise since it rained on Sunday. (I took this picture Monday morning, just before we headed back home) Oh well....but we did other stuff......
We took the scenic route to Gananoque, and we had to go on a ferry......so technically, we did get to go on the river. Here's a picture of the other ferry going in the opposite direction, while we were on the sister ferry.
And, Soni found the Winery!!!
And we couldn't leave without buying some wine to take home!!!

Some of the Sample Cards we made in Canada

This spirelli card was quick to do, yet the results are very pretty. The border was done with a snowflake border punch that also embosses.








The Christmas tree card is done using the Iris Folding technique.











This pergamano card is very labor intensive, but it's very pretty. (It's done on translucent vellum)














I just love that angel....it's 3D pop outs and the bells were a single punch where you can link the bells together.

Back from Canada!

Soni and I had a wonderful trip to Ecstasy Crafts, all the way up in Shannonville, Ontario. We made lots of samples and learned new techniques! And thankfully, we even had some time for R&R! Here are just a sample of the cards we made. Well, I thought that I would be able to post some card samples and pictures of our trip.......but no. I'm having computer issues......I even was on the phone with HP, Norton and my internet provider....and it still seems that certain things are not functioning:(

Well, the Show and Tell is still ON for Thurs, Oct 1 at 1PM......so, if you have the time you can see everything up close and personal. Meanwhile I'll continue trying to get into secure web pages.

Speak to you soon!
Anna