I love the Butterfly die for the Big Shot!!

Sorry to anyone getting this twice:-) Computer went nutty on me for a minute.

This is the card I just made for my daughter's 37th birthday. 37........where the heck does time go? She doesn't look a day over 21 if you ask me!

Back to the card. I love this die!! And, it's exclusive to Stampin Up so if you want one for your very own you will have to click on title or the catalog on the right and order one from my SU website. The dimensional butterfly on the card front is cut from the die. Below is a picture of the four shapes and sizes this one die cuts.

The stamped butterfly on the inside and sentiment trail is from the set, Flight of the Butterfly. So pretty and it's 2 step stamp set so you have many choices and combos you can use.

Anyway enjoy, email if you have questions about products. Leave a comment to let me you were here and what you think of the blog. I love feedback.

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This last picture shows you what the die cuts. The two half butterfly shapes are where you place a folded edge which allowed for a larger butterfly and allowed them to fit four sizes and shapes on one die. The whole butterflies can be folded in half after they are cut to give that wonderful dimension to the wings. (don't forget your dimensionals to keep your wings fluttering)

With, Monkey Hugs and Blessings.................Doreen

Holiday Card Class

Sunday October 19th 1 to 3:30 pm

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Friday October 24th 6:30 to 9 pm

Class Fee: $10.00 if using your own Heat and Stick and Dazzling Diamonds

$15.00 if using mine.

All of the paper to make this wonderful card is included in the class fee as well as the use of my Snow Swirled Stamps and more.

I'm excited about this class. I love the card and hope you do too. The products I used to create the card, are fabulous!! Stampin' Up Heat and Stick powder, is like a miracle product!! I LOVE that stuff!! And Dazzling Diamonds? WOW!!!!!

Using the Big Shot to cut out the snowflakes, was a breeze. It really is a wonderful machine. The stamp set I used is called Snow Swirled, isn't it pretty? One of the snowflake stamps is made from cutting fun foam with the Big Shot using a small snowflake die and gluing that to a piece of acrylic. Now a stamped/embossed snowflake on the card matches the 3D snowflake exactly. Neat huh? What you can't see in the photo are the clear embossed snowflakes in the blue section behind the 3D snowflake. Can you can see the little crystal at the top of the tree? It adds just a bit of bling.

The 3D snowflake is sprayed with glue then glittered, very pretty. You can make a bunch of them with your Big Shot and snowflake die to use for tree ornaments or home decor decorations. The large snowflake die is a wonderful size for that. (saw that at my upline, Donna's house. She is very talented.)

I tried to add a short video showing how pretty the snowflakes are but am having an issue. I will be trying to figure that out as well as figuring out how to get video from my camera uploaded to Youtube. I'm looking forward to making some video tutorials.

Time to get Emily in her bath and spend some quality time together. Happy Crafting.

Namaste'

Doreen

October 2008 Craft Classes

The dates are set for October's classes. Thank you to Karen S. for reminding me to get the dates on here so everyone can plan their schedules. You can always check my calendar on my Stampin'Up site as well as here.

The dates for Holiday card making fun are.....................

Friday October 17th 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm &

Sunday October 19th 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Mark your calendars, make and freeze some meals for the family because your going to be so busy creating beautiful, personalized cards you won't have time for cooking. Not only that but every technique you learn can be adapted to your scrapbook pages, handmade boxes, treat containers and even home decor so you are going to be really busy. Just think of all the handmade gifts you can create this year and save a ton of $$$$. It's amazing what we can do with some paper, ink, stamps, paint and brushes!!

One of the holiday cards we will make in the October class has a 3D element that is just beautiful and is cut on the Big Shot. Counting the Big Shot I have 4 die cutting machines, 3 manual and one electronic. As much as I love my Cuttlebug and Sidekick, the Big Shot really cuts with more ease. Plus I love the color black:0)
My electronic cutter is a Klick-N-Kut machine and I would not ever be without it, ever!! What I can design and cut with that machine is too much to mention here. I did own a Cricut and think its a wonderful machine, I just didn't want to have to buy all those cartridges. My next machine was a Wishblade (same as a Silhouette) but it was limited since it can't cut chipboard. I was fortunate to find a site for the KNK and have never regretted it for a moment. You can find out more about the KNK here. I am not affiliated in anyway except as a customer. You can tell them you heard about them from me and maybe I'll get a free video or something. ???

Could happen:-)

OK, back to the October classes. Come, have fun! This thought just hit me..........When I have kits left over from the classes, I'll offer them for sale here. Great idea!! You may love the card, box, page, item, whatever the class is making, but you can't come on either date or live way too far away to sign up for my classes. This would solve that problem for a few of you anyway. Good idea Doreen!

I'd love to hear what you think about this idea. Post a comment and let me know.

I must get back to work. I am editing nodes on a boy angel for my Wed morning painting class. I plan on cutting them out this morning and having all of the angels ready for tomorrow's class.

Namaste'
Monkey Hugs and Blessings to you all...............Doreen

Pictures almost ready!!!!

I thought I would put a picture of the "real" Creative Monkey for you to enjoy. Meet Emily a retired Helping Hands Monkey isn't she a cutie. Clicking on the link will take you to the program's site. You can also see more of her and my art/classes here.


Sign up for classes and you get to meet her in person:-)

Ok, I know, using a monkey to get students..............I'll stop. LOL

Here she is in all her cuteness!


Back with pictures of our Halloween card......................