Technique/Card Folds Blog Waddle

Good Morning Fellow Stampers!

Welcome to another Blog Waddle!  This month our Stray Duckling Waddle highlights techniques and card folds!  So let's get started!  Quack, Quack!

Loving Vincent

Have you seen this movie yet?  It's an animated cartoon based on the paintings of Vincent Van Gough.  The artists (100 of them) painted the story board and all in the style of Vincent.  It's like his paintings come to life!  On March 17th, the Stray Ducklings had a Technique/Fancy Fold demonstration and swap.  I was also scheduled to see "Loving Vincent" at the Peoria Riverfront Museum for it's limited 3 day run.  When I saw this card, it reminded me so much of the style of Van Gough that I just had to do it.

My inspiration for this card was Kim Jolley, a Stampin'Up demonstrator in Springfield Missouri.  She is known for her artistic flair in cards.  And this technique is what she created.  She calls it "Not Your Mother's Shaving Cream Technique".   Much easier and neater than the traditional shaving cream technique. 

In this card you get 3 for one;  embossing using versamark pad and our classic ink pads, ink resist and the shaving cream technique.  Kim has a wonderful video explaining how this card was made. 

I also have a free pdf for you to print out.  It contains step by step instructions and all the measurements.  Click here to download.

Hope you enjoyed the technique and my card!

Lori Helvick

Sue Boerner

Kim Baker

Debbie Kramer

Sheryl Diemer

Nancy Legate

Mary Heinzman    

Blessings!

Sheryl

On Stage and Last Chance List!

Good Morning Stampers!

This past weekend I was privledged to join my fellow Stampin'Up Demonstrators in our Semi-annual Stampin'Up meeting, called On Stage Local.  The closest meeting for me was in Milwaukee, WI.  I drove up with 4 of my Stray Duckling ladies and we met up with 5 more of our group.

We sat at two tables and each table had a duck.  The duck I brought could sing and flap it's wings too!  Just like us!  At the meeting we received the new 2018-2019 catalog and got to see many of the products demonstrated.  And we got to make 4 make and takes as well!  It was a spectacular weekend, full of information and fun!

Today, Stampin'Up has released the retirement lists for both the Occassions and the 2017-2018 catalog.  Many favorites from the Occasions catalog are going to be in the new annual.  However, the bundles will not be.  So if you see a favorite bundle in the Occasions catty, please order it as soon as possible.  It's only while supplies last.  If you wait until June 1st, you can still get them, just not the 10% discount.

Here is the link to the Occasions Retirement List.

Here is the link to the 2017-2018 Catalog Retirement List.

In addition, you too will be able to get your hands on new products a month early! Starting May 1st, you will be able to order the Share What You Love Suite.

Here is a video to further explain:

Blessings,

Sheryl

April 2018 Class is in session!

Good Morning fellow stampers!

Today I am sharing with you the projects that we will be creating in my April class.  The theme is a big monochromatic, but I think that might be because we are currently in our 95th day of January!  Cold and gloomy out today!  Hopefully by time the class rolls around, it will be warmer, and sunnier.  So here are the cards: 

This class is a bit of a throw back to the 2017-2018 annual catalog that has had such wonderful products!  Beginning stampers as well as experienced ones are welcomed!  You will be making 2 cards each of 3 designs, plus a bonus card.  The bonus card is using a technique called Black Ice.  It's stunning in person!  All cards come with envelopes.  Cost is $15.  If you can't make the class but would like the cards, I'd be happy to stamp and assemble them for you.  Cost is the same, $15. 

April Class Dates are:

Sunday, April 15th - 1:30-4:30 pm
Tuesday, April 17th - 10am - 2pm
Friday, April 20th - 10am - 2pm

Contact me here if you wish to sign up.  Please let me know by Tuesday, April 10th so I know how many card kits to make!

May 2018 Class

May class is probably going to take place.  I have an appointment with a hip surgeon late in April and I'm not sure what the result of that will be.  I plan on going forward with the May class, but the dates may change depending on what is going to happen!

I'm planning on doing a one-sheet wonder class with notecards.  You will make 20 notecards (with envelopes) using the Petal Palette stamp set and one sheet of the Petal Passion designer series paper.  In addition, you will be making a cute little box to store the note cards in.  Cost of the class is a bit higher than my usual classes:  it will be $20.  This price includes a set of  20 notecards. 

May Class Dates: 

Sunday, May 20th - 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday, May 22nd - 10am - 2pm
Friday, May 25th, 10am - 2pm.

Let me know as soon as possible if you wish to attend the April Card class - I will be starting to cut kits next week!

Happy Stamping!

Sheryl

The Easter Bunny was wearing Snowshoes

Good Morning All!

Well, I survived Easter Day.  Not the most springy day on record...in fact, it started snowing and we got 2 -3 " of lovely snow...because, you know, we haven't gotten enough of it yet.  I'm calling it the Never Ending Winter.  We will probably go from having the furnace on to the air conditioner on all in a 24 hour period.

Here's our house.  Lovely Easter snowscape:

Well, it may have looked like winter outside, but inside looked like spring:

Well, I tried at least.  I also made some cute Easter Favors using current Stampin'Up products.  I made a couple of boxes filled with M&M easter eggs, and then some cute little Easter Baskets filled with 3 Hershey Chocolate eggs:

The candy was mostly for my two grand daughters.  Dumps is only 22 months old, but she LOVES chocolate.  My son was telling me that she was having fun picking up Easter Eggs in the Easter egg hunt at his house.  She thought they were fun rattles, until he showed her what was inside.  She immediately sat down and started opening up the Easter eggs and eating the candy.  Apparently the hunt was over for her and she was going to eat as much candy as she could before they took them away from her!

I hope all of you had a Blessed Easter Day.  Remember - it can't snow forever.  (or can it????)

Blessings,

Sheryl