HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STAMPIN' UP!

Stampin' Up! is celebrating its 20 year birthday -- and we had a party! During the month of October, if you spend $20 on regular catalog merchandise you get 20% off select birthday stamp sets. We put our birthday hats on and ate cupcakes to help celebrate the occasion.

We also made 12 birthday cards (envelopes provided) using some of the discounted stamp sets, CRAZY FOR CUPCAKES and the CUPCAKES jumbo roller wheel. Watercolor was the technique of the day, and we learned lots of different ways to create beautiful cards.

Our first card was painted with an AquaPainter using new In-

Color re-inkers in Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red. The card was finished off with a ribbon created with the new 1-1/4" Pink Pirouette grosgrain Ribbon. Isn't it gorgeous?!?! I think this card was the favorite of the day.

But card #2 was lots of fun also. We used our AquaPainters again, but this time we used the Soft Subtles Watercolor Wonder Crayons to apply the color to our stack of cupcakes. Then we topped it all off with just a touch of Dazzling Diamonds to add a sparkle to the frosting. Can you see it?

Our last card used the Cupcakes Jumbo Roller Wheel with a black ink cartridge. Color was applied using blender pens and ink from the lid of Taken With Teal, Real Red, and Apricot Appeal stamp pads.

Remember, don't touch your blender pen to the actual surface of the ink pad!Before you open the stamp pad, hold it in both hands and press your thumbs on the lid, depressing it into the top of the ink pad. When you open the stamp pad, you will see a small area of ink sitting in the lid. Touch the tip of your blender pen into this area and you'll be able to color with the same ink that you used to stamp elsewhere on the card. Don't you just love how all the Stampin' Up! ink colors match their card stock?!! This has to be one of my favorite things about SU!

Here's my next-door neighbor, Amy, headed out the door after class with a bag full of goodies, a balloon, and one of the cards created at class. Thank you everyone for attending and making today such a fun event! I can't wait for our next class. Keep an eye out for more information here on my blog, or you can always check out the Calendar of Events on my Stampin' Up! website here.

~Alice