Michelle’s Flower Class Projects – Part 2

Yesterday, we looked at five of the fabulous flower projects that my Demo Team member Michelle Hoover showcased at one of her recent classes.  You can see those projects here. Today, we're looking at the five remaining projects!  Bird Punch Sunflower Use the Bird Punch to punch out 15 of the bird wings to create …

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Fun Flowers Ribbon Bookmark

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I had two full days of fun family celebrations.  On Saturday, I attended a ceremony dedicating Snider High School's baseball field to my uncle Mike!  He worked at the high school for 40 years as a teacher, track coach, football coach, and eventually athletic director, and he …

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Blossom Petals Simple Punched Flower

I enjoyed the look of dry embossing on vellum from yesterday's post, so I thought I'd take a more traditional route with the Blossom Petals Punch today!    Sometimes I have trouble keeping it simple when it comes to my cards, but this one is very simple and clean looking!  I'm proud of myself!  Teehee!  …

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Leadership Highlights—Make & Takes Part 1

One of my favorite parts of Leadership was the Make & Takes!  We kept getting little glimpses of all of the projects we were going to be making on the last night, and it ended up being a complete "surprise and delight" each time a project was revealed!  (Shelli said at Convention that they were …

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French Foliage Shimmering Poinsettias

This morning, I learned that it was Poinsettia Day!  Didn't know there was such a thing, but… Happy Poinsettia Day, Everyone! To celebrate, I decided it was high time that I CASEd a beautiful card that I saw on Gretchen' Barron's Inspiration In Action blog: Amazing Poinsettia. You can see her card shown as a …

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Petals-A-Plenty Poinsettia Card

   Here's another scrunchy flower that's perfect for the holiday season—a poinsettia!  Last year, at the end of the Christmas season, I saw a card combining this pretty paper flower with the Petals-A-Plenty Impressions Folder and I knew I had to try it this year. Poinsettia Flower: I used the 5-Petal Flower Punch to punch …

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