Eastern Elegance | The Maui Stamper

If you’re a blog subscriber in a cold and snowy place, I’m sorry. What passes for winter here on the Valley Isle was nowhere in sight yesterday, and although the calendar says there are a couple more weeks til it’s official, I’m proclaiming Spring! To celebrate, I’m teaming up with my BFF Cheryl to present a spring paper crafting class:

Sunday, March 30, 2014 1 to 4:30pm
Maui Lodge, 190 W. Kamehameha Avenue, Kahului
Cost: $20 paid by March 15; $23 if paid after that date
Includes: Everything you need to make all 3 projects including your very own full box of Glue Dots! Chocolate egg is included; shreddies and plastic eggs are not 🙂 DSP is Watercolor Wonder from the Occasions catalog but patterns will vary.

We’re really excited about these projects – and we think you will be too! Seating is limited and your payment holds your spot at the craft table, so don’t waste time if you would like to join us.

The card-in-a-box has become my new favorite – there are so many possibilities. Every card comes out differently, even when the same elements are used. We’re offering this floral option as well as a bunny version:

Pretty fabulous, wouldn’t you say? And how about this Tag-a-Bag-Box with the Spiral Flower?

Your box will be fully embellished, but we will leave it up to you to fill it.

Our last project – a real quickie – features the new Scallop Tag Topper punch from the Occasions catalog. It makes so much more than tags!

This is guaranteed to be a great afternoon, and I hope you’ll join us!

Didn’t think I’d give Green Galore it’s own day, did you? Not after yesterday’s bashing…that wasn’t very nice of me. Poor Green Galore. {snort}

Wonderful Favorites, Eastern Blooms and Embrace Life Stamp sets
Whisper White card stock
Bravo Burgundy, Green Galore, YoYo Yellow and Tangerine Tango Classic ink pads
Aquapainter

I had to try that Colour Q challenge again…can’t really explain why. That’s the mystery of playing challenges, I guess. This time I chose to make the card a single layer to avoid the dilemma of balancing colors. I did a fair amount of masking and used both solid and line art images to keep the sense of lightness that a white card provides. As you can see, I couldn’t resist using the Aquapainter to blend some of the color.

There’s so much color and so many images that I’m not convinced this card is truly Clean and Simple, but with no layers OR embellishments I think it comes close. The style is growing on me…one of these days I’m going to take it to another level. Just not today.