Having FUN with July Stampin' Friends Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin' Friends Anything Goes Blog Hop!  Okay - so anyone who knows me basically knows if anything goes - well then - that anything, will be COFFEE.  So I seized the opportunity to share Stampin' Up's great new Coffee Break suite.  You can find it on pages 30 and 31 of the Annual Catalog.

First I'm sharing a great Shaker Card made with real coffee grounds.  I gotta say the room smelled wonderful while I was making this - and yes - I am a coffee addict.  These were the cards we also made in my July techniques clubs.

The inside of the coffee cup is cut out with the coffee cup framelits, and I added a window sheet, the cup lid and amazing coffee grounds inside the shaker - 

The front portion of this card acts also as a pocket to hold a gift card for the recipient - just pull on the tab at the top to reveal it - 

Here is a picture of the inside of the card -

Then - since I am such an addict - I made myself this amazing notebook set to carry in my purse using the SU stamp case and the Coffee Break designer series paper.  The sentiment is taken from the new Ribbon of Courage set.  

I punched out the starburst and fussy cut the pot and cup to make a cute little cover image.  But inside is where the magic happens - 

It features the reverse side of the same sheet of designer series paper, another verse from the Ribbon of Courage set - a pocket for coupons, etc - a pen and a post-it note tablet.  The best thing is because this is all contained in the stamp case - you can throw it in your purse and it does not get ruined.  I really, really LOVE it and hope you do too.  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think - and encourage your friends to check out our blog hop this month for great stamping ideas.

Now be sure to continue on the hop by clicking the names below! You’re at Maureen Rauchfuss’ post to help orient yourself.  ~Maureen

1.	Raquelle Clifton
2.	Lana Staab
3.	Twila Davis
4.	Lynn Streifert
5.	Steph Jandrow
6.	Melissa Thomas
7.	Maureen Rauchfuss
8.	Jennifer Cerizo
9.	Andrea Tracy-Tucker

Advanced Cards Class with Heidi

Recently I was able to go to Heidi's Stamp Camp and just STAMP!! How fun that was - I rarely just enjoy the time stamping without having to do the prep.  So this was great.  It was her Advanced Card class - so the cards had a bit more going on.  The first card was a shaker card -  and I loved it.  How fun would this be to get in the mail.

The second card was this ornament card made with the Festive Flurries set.  The ornament actually hangs in the open circle and pulls out to be hung on your tree.  Fun!!

To see more of Heidi's great stamping you can go to www.stampinking.blogspot.com.  ~Maureen

Happy Halloween!

Hi All - Snoopy, Woodstock and I are wishing you all a happy and safe Halloween.  Looking forward to spending the evening with my seven littlest goblins~

So, as promised I wanted to share my Halloween Shaker card with  you.   At my last Cards stamp camp we made this card - http://www.crazystampinglady.blogspot.com/2013/10/stamp-camp-card-2.html
I LOVE the negative images left when we punch things out, so I save the negative images from the card, and we made these adorable shaker cards.  It uses the single Halloween Happiness stamp.  I then cut down our clear envelopes to fit right over that stamped image and we filled the envelopes with chunky glitter and several different punched out shapes.

Then sealed the base layer, the clear envelope with shaker items, and the negative image layer, and taped it together all the way around with our Halloween washi tape.  I was really happy with how they turned out.

There are so many awesome way to make shakers and they are so much fun!  Hope you enjoyed!! ~Maureen

October technique Card

So this month for my club we did Shaker Cards.  For our technique instruction card for our binders I used the Blast Off set.  I don't have this set, so borrowed it from my daughter, Heidi.  But now I see it is stinkin' cute.  What a great little boy's birthday card this would make.  I just may have to invest in this set for myself.

We used the window sheets, and SU's shaker frames - which work perfect for shaker cards.  Inside - some dazzling diamonds - Moon Dust that has sneaked into the rocket ship :)

Stop back soon to see the Halloween card we made using a shaker card technique.  See you soon!  ~Maureen