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Showing posts with label Stampin Up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stampin Up. Show all posts

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Lizzy's Scraptastic Day

Yesterday, I spent the day making cards at Lizzy's Scraptastic Day I previously posted about here. It was so much fun, with good company, great food, and awesome giveaways.

I decided to work on some Christmas cards and practice colouring with my Copics and using my new Big Shot.

Here are the cards I made using the Snow Miss Anya from The Greeting Farm. The last one is one I made at home when my sister and niece came over for some card making.



The next 2 cards were a class taught by Carmen Peters who is a Stampin' Up demonstrator. They were so much fun!

The first is an owl card made using several different dies and punches from Stampin' Up. A new technique I hadn't used yet was sponging which we did to distress/emphasize the edges. I think it looks pretty cool.




The next card is a pop up card using Stampin' Up's ornament set on the front and a pop up tree using a Stampin' Up die. My kids think I was very clever but it is just a die designed to make the pop up tree. Actually, I felt like my fingers didn't want to cooperate when I was putting this together.




And I couldn't resist this final shot of all my cards lined up on the fireplace mantel. Enjoy


Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Introduction

 
Welcome to my cardmaking journal. I have a few passions that mostly encompass the fibre arts. At the beginning of June 2009 I started my design blog Marianne Penner Design which I decided would be mostly quilting focused with snippets of knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, scrapbooking, and cardmaking.

Even though I have made and given away many cards, I have never documented them so I have no record and my recollection of them is vague. Also, my 12 year old daughter and I enjoy cardmaking together; so, I have decided to start this blog separate from my other so I can keep a separate cardmaking journal of our journey into this wonderful craft.

I hope you enjoy what you see as much as I and my daughter enjoy making the cards!