Flowerbug's Inkspot

Autumn Harvest Stamp Camp Reminder

Just a reminder that there are still openings left for this Stamp Camp on Sunday, October 12th.  See details below.  

Please RSVP by October 4th if you'd like to attend, or by October 1st if you want to make a bonus project. You'll make at least 6 projects that day.

Cost is $15 pre-paid in advance by October 4th please.
There will be 2 sessions to choose from - either 12 Noon or 3 pm.

******If you want to take this class, but the date doesn't work for you, let me know.  If I have enough people I can add another date!

Fabulous Punched Spiders!

I found the coolest NEW punch art spiders over on Splitcoast - Julie/casegj - created these originally.  So amazingly clever of her! They even stand up by themselves.

All you need are four SU punches - Scallop Circle, Photo Corner, & the 1/2" & 1/4" circle punches.
Plus black & colored card stock & adhesive.  And you might want to add the mint patty candies that are sandwiched in between the Scallops to finish these off as a very special Halloween surprise treat. 

***If you want to make these & don't have all of the punches, let me know & I'll order it for you so you get it before Halloween.  You can even place an Online order for them.  Check out the 'Online Ordering' icon on the left side of this page.  

*****I plan to show new 'punch art' each week this month, so get ready for some fun & innovative ideas on Wednesdays during October! 

World Card-Making Day

Change of Date & Time! 

We will be meeting at 7 pm Friday night, October 3rd instead of the original time of Saturday, October 4th for making cards for donation.  I will be attending my friend's Mom's funeral in the AM on Saturday. 

Everyone is welcome to join in this event to give back to others in need.  

Please let me know if you can come & help us!  

In celebration of  World Card Making Day on October 4, many independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators will hold various stamping events to kick off the holiday card-making season. Each year, card-making enthusiasts of all skill levels and styles are encouraged to come together on the first Saturday in October to share their creative passion for the art of card making.
 
I thought this was a perfect way to give back to the wonderful community of Minot, ND.  So I would like to invite you to join me in making & donating hand-made cards to needy organizations.  I've chosen the YWCA & Cards for Troops this year. 
I have prepared a selection of cards for us to make that day - everything will be pre-cut for you!  Just come & stamp, visit & have a great time while donating your time & energy to benefit others. 

***I have spots for up to 16 people - please let me know if you can make it!

If you have any of your own cards you'd like to add to our donation, please bring them along with you, along with any envelopes you have to spare.  Those are greatly needed also.

                                   It's Another Sale

Stampin' Up is celebrating by offering 20% off all of their Simply Sent kits featured on pages 176-177 here during the week of Oct 4th thru Oct 11th.  These kits make it so very easy to make your own cards.  In many cases, all you really need to complete them is a scissors &/or adhesive. 

Here are a few of the cards we've made with two of the kits available. 

This is the Kit called Flower Power.  What fun colors! 

This kit comes with ribbon, buttons & brads in addition to the sheet of self-adhesive die cuts, textured card stock & double sided paper. 

Sending Happy Thoughts Card Kit

This is an entire card making kit that has everything you might need to make10 full cards.  They even pre-cut all of the card stock for you!

Besides the stamp set that is included, it has 2-way glue, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, glue dots, envelopes, brads, ink & zig-zag twill tape. 

This would make a perfect Christmas gift!

Handmade Holiday Card Elements

I just received this kit the other day & the cards are super easy & quick to make.  And guess how many you can make with 'nothing' else but adhesive - 18 cards! 

For those who order this kit during World Card Making week I'll add some coordinating ribbon to your kit.  

October Technique Class

This month's three techniques are all about 'Faux'.  It's fun to be Faux, you know!

Faux Metal - (2 types), Faux Dry Embossing & lastly - the new Faux Window Treatment Technique.
.......Does that make you curious or what??

Well, here they are!  Take my word for it - pictures just don't do them justice.  Beautiful & fun cards if I do say so myself!

Class dates are:

Monday, October 13th at either 4 or 6:30 pm

Tuesday, October 14th at 6:30 pm.

If you're interested in attending my class locally, please RSVP by October 8th.  Class fee is $10 payable at class. 
All you need to bring is your own adhesive. 

**If you are unable to attend at the last minute, you are still asked to pay & will receive your supplies the next time I see you. 

September Card Club Swap Pictures!

PMS night was last night & we always swap our monthly Club Cards at PMS night. 

This month's theme was a bit different from the norm - Becky was kind & generous enough to buy enough of the same stamp set for everyone in the Swap this month.  So they had to use the main image in the set.  It is so fun to see how different the cards were using the same exact image. 

What do you think?? 

Some of the unusual cards used real sand, used a cool new fold, placed the woman in a car or an airplane, on a bookmark & on the water or waves.  She had polished boards in many of them that aren't showing up in the pictures. 
What a great swap!  Thanks Becky!

September Card Club cards

Just thought I'd show the rest of you what we've done at my Card Clubs this month. 
Two very different techniques on these cards. 

1.  The card on the left is a pop-up Spring Card (see tutorial link below) that was done with the baby wipe technique - which is a perfect way to get multiple  colors without stamping multiple images & cutting them out.

Stamps - Fabulous Flowers, Sincere Salutations
Ink - Riding Hood Red, re-inkers - Pumpkin Pie, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard
Card stock - Pumpkin prints, Artichoke, Riding Hood Red, Vanilla
Accessories= Riding Hood Red taffeta, RR brads, dimensionals, scoring tool, large oval punch, Key tab punch

Spring Card Tutorial

2.  The card on the right uses chipboard, rub-ons & our new fun designer Filigree brads.  We used a sponge dauber & Craft Chocolate Chip ink to color the outer scallop chipboard & heat set it dry.
We applied a rub-on from the Hidden Garden rub-ons to a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock & punched it out with a 1 3/8" square punch & adhered it to the middle square chipboard piece.  See the cool silver flower brad tied in with the ribbon?  That is the new Filigree designer brads - very fun to work with! 

Stamps - Heard from the Heart
Ink - Chocolate Chip Craft
Card stock - Baha Breeze, Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Chipboard - Something Seasonal, Hidden Garden rub-ons, 1 3/8" square punch, Filigree designer brads, Choc Chip grosgrain ribbon, Clear EP, heat gun, Signo white gel pen, mini glue dots

************ I have another Card Club starting in November on Thursdays - we meet monthly at 3 pm.  There are three openings left - let me know if you're interested!   

Oval Punch trick

Here is a new, fun use for the large & new wide oval punches.

Make your own letter 'O's or zero's.  Here's how:

First, punch a large oval out of card stock.

Then, insert that piece into your Wide Oval punch.

Now you have either the letter 'O' or a zero!  Cool Huh?

Here's the card I did using the Dormant stamp set 'Just B'.

Stamps - Just B
Card Stock - Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Black
Ink - Black
Accessories - large & wide Oval    punches, 1" & 1/2" circle punches, Signo white gel pen, Black marker, Scallop Border punch, black grosgrain ribbon, mini glue dots

Spooky Spider now available!

What a fabulous treat!  Stampin’ Up! has decided to release the Spooky Spider decor element today so that you can have more time to enjoy this fabulous Halloween decoration. 

******Click on the flyer to see it Full Sized. 

It comes in 3 sizes and 2 colors and coordinates beautifully with the Ghostly Greetings designer series paper and Chills and Thrills Rub-Ons.  You can order these items via my Online Store.  Simply visit my Stampin’ Up! Website and click on Shop Now in the upper right hand corner. 

Spooky Spider is a limited time offer, and will no longer be available after October 31, 2008.

Black	White	Description	Price
114761	114764	Spooky Spider Décor Elements (S)	$5.95
114762	114765	Spooky Spider Décor Elements (M)	$10.95
114763	114766	Spooky Spider Décor Elements (L)	$14.95

Scrapbooking Disney

My daughter, Jenilee, came for the weekend & we finally finished her Wedding Album.  You know how it is, you have so many things to cram into a weekend of visiting - between dinners, outings & family obligations there is little time left.

But, we still got 5 pages done in 2 hours!

Like I've said before, her style is clean & simple so the pages were pretty easy to do. 

We used some Disney scrapbook paper that I had picked up knowing we would need some for her Honeymoon pics.
Otherwise, we used the new Go Go Boots Sizzix alphabet for the diecut alphas, Real Red & Black card stock & an old scallop scissors I had for the trim. 

Can you believe that I had 'lost' my scallop edge punch until tonight??  I just remembered it was packed in my bag for the last weekend I was away & haven't put things back yet.  Duh!

Here's the Epcot firewords page.   Neat color combo of Black, Turquoise, So Saffron & the old Cool Caribbean.

We used the large & small star punches & the Jumbo Outline Alphabet stamped in Black ink.

A very easy but striking page.