Croppertunities, July 15, 6:30PM

I'm teaching a card class at our local scrapbook store.  My husband's nephew and niece just bought it!  Not many rubberstampers in this group, so I'm starting with some basic cards.....I have already taught one class (Father's Day) at this store and we had a great time.  So, I'm looking forward to teaching there again.                                INSTRUCTIONS:  Fold an 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" piece of decorative, double-sided cardstock in half.  Use a green inkpad to edge the entiere card.  Use clear Stickles to outline all the black flowers and set aside to dry.  Punch out a 2" flower from a scrap of yellow cardstock.  Use a black inkpad to stamp the bird image in the certer of the yellow flowers.  Outline the flower with clear Stickles.  Using the reverse side, cut a 1 1/2"X 1 1/2" square and stamp the sentiment with black inkpad; trim the corners with the rounded corner punch.  Edge the square with green inkpad.  After the Stickles is dry on the flower, use a craft knife to cut 5/8" slits at the top and bottom of the flower.  Cut a 1/2" blue gingham ribbon 6" long.  Slide the ribbon through the back of the flower ribbon slide.  Use a tackly glue to attach the ends of the ribbon to the inside of the card; let dry completely before closing the card.  Add a clear jewel to the little red flower in the lower right-hand corner and to the tiny black flower on the left side of the card at the top.

Learn to pause........(luggage tag)

This is the back of the tag..............I love the quote!  Sara has added a strip of bird images at the bottom side of the tag.  And, of course, she has handwritten her "thanks" on the card.  Thank you, Sara, for a great learning (and artistic) experience!

Luggage Tag from Sara

I received this luggage tag from Sara yesterday.  I will be adding it to the ribbons on my train case.  I love this diecut birdcage ....from grunge paper, no less.  ")  She has painted it turquoise (!) and then sponged some brown and orange over it for a patina look.  The sweet little bird inside is done in brown and turquoise paper...the wing put on with dimensional tape and it has a little silver bead for the eye.  I love the feathery background that Sara has stamped behind it.  She has used her sewing machine to sew the sides of the cage to the tag.  Thanks, Sara!

Highlights from top of case - left

I instantly fell in love with this image of the little girl's face and knew I wanted to color it in and place this large, round TH fragment over it.  I cut out one of the diamonds from my foundation paper and added it just above the image.  The green butterfly above and the bird below this image really tied my theme together.