Crop for the Cure with Four Feathers

Yesterday, I went to an all day retreat that was a fund-raiser for Breast Cancer, Crop for the Cure! Thanks, Cathleen DeMarinis, for hosting it!  I met some fabulous people, ate some fabulous food and had a fabulously productive time! Part of the time, I worked on Project Life by Stampin' Up! and got about 8 or 9 pages done with my grandbabies' photos.  I can't believe how fast and fun it is.  I will show you photos later this week.

I also worked on some cards for upcoming classes and I particularly liked this one featuring the Four Feathers Stamp set:

I've always loved the look of feathers in projects.  Their colours and textures add so much.  Check out one of my early cards from way back in Feb. 2012.  Anyway, I'm always tempted to buy feathers when I see them for sale. (It seems more hygienic than picking them up off the ground, and they are usually prettier in a package.)  I found these at a local craft store and decided to add them to this card.

• I've seen the Four Feathers Stamp set used a lot on blogs and Pinterest and that makes me happy, so I brought that stamp set along with me on the retreat.  It is always challenging trying to create something without all my supplies and I invariably forget something.  This time it was the matching Feathers Framelits, so after I stamped the images on Early Espresso and Lost Lagoon cardstock using VersaMark ink, I had to do some fussy cutting,  But it all worked out in the end.
• On the card base of Early Espresso, I added a panel of Lost Lagoon cardstock and then a panel of Typeset Specialty DSP.  On this panel, I stamped the Thank You sentiment from the Letterpress Winter Stamp set in Early Espresso ink.
• The plaque that is the base for the feather swag is a Window Frames Framelit die cut in Early Espresso again, and a 2 1/2" Circle punch of Very Vanilla.
• The swag is composed of the two stamped and hand cut feathers, two real feathers, some Venetian Crochet trim and some Linen Thread tying it all together.  I used a glue dot or two to mount it on the card front.

And if I can put in one more word for the cause here, please consider donating to your local Breast Cancer Society.  I know great advances have been made since my mom passed away from the disease back in the 70s, but it is still a killer and it is my hope that it will be cured in my generation! This is only possible through funding for research.

 Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

Craft store feathers

Four Feathers Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135050]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135053]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Bundle [137630]	Four Feathers Wood-Mount Bundle [137629]	Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper [133704]
Letterpress Winter Photopolymer Stamp Set [135143]	Early Espresso 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [119686]	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [101650]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Feathers Framelits Dies [135852]	Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies [129021]	2-1/2 Inch Circle Punch [120906]	Venetian Crochet Trim [134581]
Linen Thread [104199]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine [113439]

Vendor Fair Tomorrow and Blog Contest

I am excited to be a vendor at ...

...tomorrow!  I've been preparing for a while now.  I will have some retired rubber for sale as well as some cards  and some Try It Kits for My Paper Pumpkin.  I am super happy to be going back to Our Lady of Lourdes Spring Fling because it is really where I got my start as a Stampin' Up Demonstrator.

Yes, around a year ago, I had just signed up as a demo and, wet behind my ears, I was asked if I wanted to do this craft fair in place of my up line because she was too busy!  I had no clue what I was doing and I needed all her display items because I had none of my own, but the up shot was that I met some of my best customers at that fair and it was the start of my Stampin' Up career!  Fond memories!

Here are some of the things I've been working on:

Aren't these adorable?  I made a visit to the Bulk Barn for their great gourmet jelly beans and then got to work filling Stampin' Up's 1" x 8" cellophane bags (which have a great self-stick closure at the top) and creating the cute tags for them.  I used the Owl Builder Punch (SO versatile) to make the chicks along with the Boho Blossoms punch for their little top-knot!  

The Elegant Butterfly Punch and the Bitty Butterfly punch created the three layer butterfly tags, and I used the new Pinwheel Sizzlits S Die to make the pinwheel toppers.  Where you see DSP there, it is from the Sunshine and Sprinkles Series.  

Does anyone recognize the ribbon?  I'm batting 1000 this week with retired product, but I thought the craft fair was a good place to use up a some stuff I still had hanging around!  Leave me a comment with your name and email info if you recognize the ribbon and I will enter your name in the draw to win a little treat from Stampin' Up!

My other project is a fund raiser to benefit Breast Cancer Research.  I got the design from a Pin on Pinterest, created by Amanda Frankel.

Half of all the proceeds from the sale of these cards, I will donate to the BC Cancer Foundation!  And here's another little contest for you.  How did I get those bras made since I'm pretty sure Stampin' Up doesn't have a bra punch.  Yet it is made with a Stampin' Up punch.  Leave me a comment with the right answer and your  email info and you will have your name entered in the draw for a little treat.  

And if you live in my area, come and see me on Saturday, April 6 from 10 am to 2 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes school gym on Hebert Road, and pick up some of my goodies!  I hope to see you there.

Stamps:  Feel Goods (w129681; c129684); You Are Loved (w123777; c123779); Teeny Tiny Wishes (w115370; c127802)

Paper:  Daffodil Delight (119683), Melon Mambo (115320), Whisper White (100730), Regal Rose (105130), Pretty in Pink (100459), Pumpkin Pie (105117), So Saffron (105118), and Wild Wasabi (108641) card stock;  Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP (126922)

Ink:  Classic Stampin' Pads in Melon Mambo (126948), Regal Rose (126947), and Basic Gray (126981)

Accessories:  Mini brads (), 1" x 8" Cellophane bags (), ___?____ ribbon; 3/8" Striped Organdy Ribbon in Melon Mambo (129293), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246)

Tools: Owl Builder Punch (118074); Elegant Butterfly Punch (127526); Bitty Butterfly Punch (129406); Pinwheel Sizzlites S Die (129411)