Sarah's Shares for Downline

Today I wanted to show you a few more of the downline shares that were put out at our last downline meeting.  These were all from Sarah - a new demonstrator to our group - who has taken off like gang-busters.  Here are a bunch of her great cards.

An adorable Easter basket using our fringe scissors for the trim.

And this cute little Easter treat holder.

You can see more of her work at www.projectstamp.com.  Thanks for sharing Sarah.  ~Maureen

Makai's Birthday Baking Party

Had to share some great pictures from my Granddaughter Makai's recent birthday party.  Heidi did a Baking party for her.  She has chalkboard paint on a wall inside and was able to do this great sketch of a bakery window on the wall as a back-drop for all the goodies.

As the kids came in they came into individual place settings with their own aprons ready to decorate, their own handmade baker's hats, and their own drink bottle and straw.

Here is the cute garland she made for the front of the table - made with cupcake liners and wooden spoons.

Each girl got to decorate their own little apron with stencils and fabric markers. They also decorated two cupcakes - one to eat and one to take home; and they made their own individual pizzas.

Here's Makai blowing out her candles.  What a sweetie she is!

Among all the other goodies was this cute birthday cake.

 

At the end each girl went home with a little box with their cupcake in and a cute little goodie bag.  It was a day of fun, chaos and baking - just what a little girls party should be.

Stop back soon.  ~Maureen

Kathy B's shares for Downline

Each quarter at our Downline meetings I encourage the ladies to bring cards and projects they have made; or ones they plan to do soon in a class, etc. - to share with the group.  These are the cards that Kathy B brought to share with the group.  She is always trying something new and I love all the different styles she created.

 A close up of two of my favs - I love the watercolor look!

Thanks for sharing Kathy!  ~Maureen

Hostess Gift Set

Today I wanted to share the gift set of cards I made for my March hostesses.  Each month I come up with a different set of cards for my hostess gift.  I love doing this because 1) everyone can use cards and 2) I love making cards -win-win!

Above is the packaging - just our simple Chevron bags from SU and I added a decorated clothespin for the closure - simple and sweet.  Below is the entire set of cards.  I got my inspiration from a card I saw on Pinterest that was black and white with a pop of color - loved it!

Here's a close up of the final project - the gems add just the right amount of bling.  Thank you ladies for being great hostesses this month!

See you soon!! ~Maureen

Paisley as Mother Teresa

This week Paisley's 5th grade class did a project on influential people.  Paisley picked Mother Teresa.  Here she is dressed as Mother Teresa in the hallway at school with the poster she made above her.  As parents came down the hall and touched her hand she had to lift her head and do a short speech.  Wish I could have been there.

 But Jenee sent me these pictures and I think she looks great!!  They are home today for a visit, so hopefully she'll do her speech for me today :)

Love this kiddo!! Love, Gramma

FREE from SAB

So for our second project at my downline meeting we used this amazing set from SU that you can get free for the rest of this month if you purchase $50 in merchandise.  Each kit contains all the material you need to make 8 cards with an assortment of sayings in French, German and English.  The kit shows the cards made in horizontal, but I switched it up a bit and went vertical.

I wanted the demonstrators to see this kit in person, as I don't think the brochure does it justice.  The gold lining for the crumb cake envelopes give it just the right amount of bling.  The only addition to this care was the Black strip I cut for a flag that we added the gold star to.  So cute, so fast, so fun - and FREE!!

If you want to order during Sale-A-Bration and get your card set free - just go to my website: www.stampingwithmaureen.stampinup.net and click on the shop button!!  But be sure to do so before the end of March as that's when the freebies go away!  ~Maureen

Adorable little purse CASE

So I found this adorable little purse on Brenda Quintana's blog - www.qbeesquest.blogspot.com - and fell in love with it.  I really love covering nuggets with DSP - is such a great presentation - but I also love SU's New Scalloped Tag Topper punch - and here I got to do both.  You can find the full tutorial on her blog - and it is easy to follow - so I we made this as one of our projects at my last Downline meeting. 

 The picture above is a bit dark, but below you can see it from the side with the nuggets inside.

This design could be changed up with other DSP for any holiday - think I'll come up with something for St. Patty's for my student workers.  Check back soon to see what else we did at the downline meeting.  Here are the ladies in the midst of their creating and chatting.  Nothing better than stamping with friends.

See you soon!! ~Maureen

Coffee - for me!

So here is what Heidi carved for me - a take out coffee cup - I LOVE IT!!!  One of my favorite sets in our catalog is our "Perfect Blend" set.  You can see some of the cards I've made with it here - http://crazystampinglady.blogspot.com/2013/09/more-coffee-cards.html  But I always love to stamp on my envelopes too - so now I have a coordinating stamp to do that with.  I am definitely a COFFEE addict - so very appropriate for me :)   Here is the carved image, and then it is stamped once, and then stamped again  for a lighter version.  Isn't it adorable?!?

Here are a couple other cards she made with her own creations in Undefined.

And she also shared many of the different designs she has created.  To me, they are just amazing!  Now I hope to get brave enough to try one.  If I do - I'll share - good, bad or ugly! (well maybe not if ugly)

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon.  ~Maureen

Undefined with Heidi

Our second demonstration at our downline meeting was from Heidi - she is the queen of undefined and agreed to do a quick demo for us.  It was an introduction to one of our great products, that several of the ladies hadn't even seen.

She gave a brief overview of the product -

Then actually designed and carved a stamp - for ME!

Stop back tomorrow to see what she came up with - it is adorable and if you know me you can probably guess what she carved!! Then head over to her blog www.stampinking.blogspot.com to see more of her great work.  ~Maureen

Through the Mist technique...

At our quarterly downline meeting my downline, Kathy B. demonstrated a great new technique for our group - her version of a technique "Through the mist"

She did a great job showing us the different steps it takes to get this lovely affect.

Here she is building up the layers of color....

And her picture board showing the different steps.  I love the look of this technique and the beautiful finished project. 

You can see more of Kathy's work at splitcoast stampers - her screen name CAKATH.  Thank you so much Kathy for a wonderful demonstration!  ~Maureen