October Marker Club

So, tonight was our second of four marker clubs. Valerie was the host tonight and before the girls left last month, we talked about any special requests that they had for holidays/cards/techniques for the following meetings. It was an overwhelming response to do Halloween tonight, so we did!

The first card is created with Pumpkin Patch as the stamp set, Pumpkin Pie cardstock base, Old Olive, the pumpkins are "markered" onto Whisper White Cardstock, and the grass is made with Versamark. My favorite part? The Pumpkin Pie ribbon. This ribbon is the softest ribbon I've ever felt. I love it!

The second card is created with the Twick or Tweet stamp set. All "ink" that you see on this card is made from Stampin' Up Shimmer Paint. Night and Day DSP covers the Basic Black cardstock base, and I cut out the scallop square using a die. With just a hint of ribbon, I think it really brings this card together.

What do you think? Are YOU dressing up for Halloween? Do you get trick or treaters? We don't...but oh well!

Stampin' Up Regional - Portland

So last Saturday, (October 17), Julie and I made the trek to Portland, Maine, to attend the afternoon session of the Stampin' Up! Regional. I think that this may be the first? time that they've come north this far, and Julie and I had a great time. We didn't do swaps (well, I brought digital cards with me, but no one was interested....MDS anyone? BOO!), but we met a lot of great ladies, heard some excellent demonstrations, and had a wonderful time scouting out the idea boards that they had set up at the back.

They did a bunch of giveaways, but neither of us won anything. Oh well! The three projects that we did revolved around the Berry Christmas set that is in the Holiday Mini. I wasn't so crazy about this set pre-Regional, but now I like the way that they combined colors and the stamps for Christmas.

I would definitely go back again, I wish that they would come to this neck of the woods more often!

The photo that you see here isn't one of our projects, but is instead one of the cards that they had displayed on the idea board. Image is copyright Stampin' Up!.

Richards' Wedding - Oct 10

Yesterday, I had the joy of witnessing the marriage of Suzanne and Chris! The ceremony was in a beautiful church in Loudon, NH and I do believe that Suzanne found a GEM of a reception place in Chichester. No detail was overlooked; Suzanne did a lot of crafty work to decorate the reception area, including making drink tickets, name tags, table cards, a welcoming framed sheet from the Richards'....it was just amazing. The centerpieces were PERFECT, ranges of low to high berries, wispies that you would see in a field, etc, all placed in Bell Jars. Just absolutely astounding and fitting in with the whole country feel extremely well.

The reception was great, the food was fantastic, and catching up with everyone from UMaine was AWESOME!