Owls & Birds

My workshop this past Sunday was a huge success! I had a lot of fun designing projects I knew my hostess would like (lots of owls & birds in her favorite colors), and everyone seemed to have a great time.

The make-and-take of day was an owl card using the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Punch Bunch:

Card Recipe (All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Punch Bunch
Papers: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Inks: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango Marker
Accessories: Owl Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

I also demonstrated two other projects:

Card Recipe (All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Aviary
Papers: Pear Pizazz, Concord Crush, Very Vanilla
Inks: Pear Pizazz, Concord Crush, Early Espresso
Accessories: Stampin' Sponges, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Scallop Trim Border Punch, SNAIL Adhesive

Card Recipe (All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Aviary, Short & Sweet
Papers: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Inks: Always Artichoke, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso
Accessories: Stampin' Sponges, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Oval Punch, SNAIL Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots, Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Rich Razzleberry Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, 1/16" Circle Punch

I hope you enjoy these projects as much as I did. A big thank you to my hostess for a great workshop!  It was a hilarious good time :)

Workshop Prep

Tomorrow I am doing my first Stateside workshop! It has been awhile since I did a workshop - several months before actually leaving Sicily all of my crafting supplies were shipped.  Now that we've been back a few months I finally feel organized enough (barely) to start trying to be an active Stampin' Up! demonstrator again.

As I was preparing for tomorrows workshop I had a ton of ideas, but not all of them really fit my hostess.  I'd like to share a couple of my "rejects" with you.  I like them, but I knew I could design something that fit my hostess' personality better. (I'll share those after the workshop)

I really like how the bird turned out on this one:

I love the simplicity of this card, but it was a bit too masculine for the occasion. I got the layout idea from Clean & Simple Stamping Sketch 132.

I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into my creative process! Happy stamping!