A few years ago, Stampin' Up offered demonstrator planners. They were so nice! SU discontinued them, but the planner itself is reusable. The Franklin Covey inserts fit perfectly; I got mine at Target. Of course, I needed a new cover for it. The cover insert also slides out so it can be replaced. I made one in 2008, but last year I had a Hoops and Yoyo planner (with sound!). Hallmark didn't offer a new H&Y planner this year, so I decided to go back to my old one.
I got this card in the mail yesterday from my friend Louise. Isn't it adorable? I love the Perfect Plum DSP combined with the pink buttons and ribbon. And that saying is a hoot!
This week's workshop wow challenge is an easel card. Beate has a great tutorial on SCS. I made a fun discovery: the easel card is just a Z fold card with an extra piece adhered to the front! So it's just a step up from the card I made last week. Then you add something to the inside of the card to make the card stand up. In this case, I used a punched-out image lifted up by dimensionals.
Here are the 2 pieces to the card. On the left is the card base with the front flap folded back on itself. On the right is what will be the card front. You line up the top edge of the card front with the top edge of the flap (where the sticky strip is).
On Wednesday, I taped a segment for a cooking show at our local PBS station. A few times a year, they ask viewers to submit recipes for a cookbook. The one I submitted for is "B is for Beef." To my amazement, they called and asked if I would come in to cook on TV! They create a show with some of the recipes that they show during pledge drives. If you live in northeast Minnesota, the show will air on WDSE (8.1 and 31.1) on Saturday March 6 and Sunday March 21 at noon (both days). Here I am with Juli Kellner, the host, after we were done taping. I got to keep the apron, and they will send me a copy of the cookbook too.
Here are the last of my Valentine candy boxes. Two of them are for men, so I used the reverse side of the glittery paper. The box on the upper left is smaller because I have a smaller box of candy in there; it's Jelly Belly jelly beans. It's really just the front and back that are smaller; just decide how tall you want the box to be, add that size again for the back and add 3/4" for the width at the top.
For this week's demonstratable card challenge, I asked everyone to make a Z-fold card. To make the Z-fold card, you cut a piece of cardstock 4 1/4" X 11", score at 5 1/2" then score the front of the card at 2 3/4" and fold it forward to make the Z. Normally you leave it loose, but I decided to tie ribbon around mine. The Soft Suede mat is 3 13/16" (before punching) which is the perfect size for the scallop trim punches. The Rich Razzleberry mat is 3 1/8" and I stamped on a 3" Very Vanilla piece.
Look at this adorable card that my friend Pauline made for her niece. What a great use of the Wanted stamp set!
I love this Medallion stamp! Why don't I use it more? Couldn't get much simpler than this. I stamped the Medallion in Rich Razzleberry onto a piece of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. Adhered it to a Crushed Curry cardbase. Punched on the spine of the card with the horizontal slot punch. Tied on a piece of Melon Mambo ribbon.
Way, way back in 2007, I took some stamping classes at my upline, Sandi's. It was so fun to just relax and stamp without having to do the prep work! At one of the classes, we made cards using Priceless. I recreated one of them using different colors back then, and I decided to do it again. I love the result! This card is in Bermuda Bay and Chocolate Chip.
This card is Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Chocolate Chip. Which do you like better?
I'm handling the demonstratable card challenge on SCS for the next couple of weeks. This week, we're using squares. I've been seeing squares everywhere on cards lately, and I really wanted to use my poor, neglected square punches. I was inspired by a card on Mary Jo Albright's blog where she made a card with 6 circles.
