Rubber Room Stampin'

Library Stampin' card #1, March 20th

Three years ago I was asked to do a Stamping for Adults (for Valentine's Day) at our Mi Wuk Village, CA library.  Well, three years later, we're still stamping, every 3rd Thursday of the month, 1:00-3:00 p.m.  Now this is bargain stamping:  we do 2 cards each time, including stamped envelopes, for $2.00!  $1 goes to High Country Friends of the Library; the other $1 goes to me to  just cover my supplies.   I consider it my community service.  Here is one of March 22nd's cards:

This card  was cased from the one right below that was made by my friend Kathy Chono-Herring.  She has a great blog here.  As you can see the cards are exactly the same layout, just a waaaaay different mood!

Stamp Set: Live Your Dreams (Occasions Mini), Elegant Cheer                                                                    Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White                                                                               Ink: Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip      Accessories:  Occasions MIni:  Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper , Chocolate Chip Poly-Twill Ribbon, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Silver, Scalloped Circle Punch

This is Kathy's card, using Sassy Susie from the Occasiona Mini catalog.  So similar but so different.

Please excuse my camera work!!  I'm searching for a new one.  I can no longer get reliable photos from my old trusted Canon Elf.  It's really been used hard.  :)

Upcoming Class Makes a Great Gift Idea......

Purse & Card Set

This card set makes a great gift for a friend, teacher, family 
or co-worker. The cards can be used for thank you, 
congratulations or all-occasion. What a thoughtful gift! 

In this April class* we will be working with two new products 
from the Occasions Mini Collection 2008: Styled Silver 
Hodgepodge Hardware and the Die-cut Blooms. 

The Die-cut Blooms are a must-have this spring. It's easy to 
create one-of-a-kind blossoms using these Die-Cut Blooms. 
They're die cut, so they're so simple to use: €”just punch them 
out from the sheet and you'€™re ready to go. You can do anything 
with them that you'€™d do with regular card stock: you can stamp 
on them, emboss them, or watercolor them.  You can combine them 
with the images from our A Perfect Day Rub-Ons for a beautiful 
effect.  

When you purchase the Die-cut Blooms you will receive 1 sheet 
each of 4 colors: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and 
Real Red. That's way over 100 three-dimensional embellishments. 
Besides the products I used in my sample we also have the 
following products that will coordinate perfectly: 

Occasions Mini Collection 
2008
Summer Picnic Designer Series 
Paper (111355)pg 16
A Perfect Day Rub-ons (111277) 
pg 15
Old Olive Poly-Twill Ribbon 
(111324) pg 11 
Spring-Summer Collections 2008
5-Petal Flower Punch (109041) 
pg 180
Three for You Punch Box (109227) 
pg 181
Olive Press Designer Series Paper 
(110750) pg 171
Pumpkin Pie Prints Designer Series 
Paper (109170) pg 171

Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (110714) pg 191 
Red Bead Duo (110731) pg 192

Occasions Mini Collection 2008 will only be available from 
March 1-May 2008. All stamp sets in this mini collection are die 
cut. That means no trimming is required! Assembling these stamps 
takes only seconds. They are only available during the Mini 
Collection campaign and will (most likely) not be sold again.  

Products Used:

Stamps
- Sincere Salutations 
  (105156; Set of 8)
- Die-cut Blooms 
  (111376; 4 12x12 Sheets; Occasions Mini Collection 2008)

Paper
- Old Olive
- Pumpkin Pie
- Rose Red
- Taken with Teal 
- Tempting Turquoise
- Bali Breeze Designer Series Paper

Ink
- Classic Stampin' Pad - Old Olive
- Classic Stampin' Pad -“ Pumpkin Pie
- Classic Stampin' Pad - Rose Red
- Classic Stampin' Pad - Taken with Teal

Stampin'€™ Up! Accessories
- Punch -€“ 5-Petal Flower  
- Punch -€“ Boho Blossoms  
- Bead Duo €“- Orange Duo
- Sticky Strip or Mini Glue Dots
- Crystal Effects
- Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive
- SNAIL Adhesive
- Stampin'€™ Dimensionals
- Envelopes -€“ Medium Whisper White (5/set)
- Bone Folder
- Paper Trimmer w/ scoring blade
- Striped Grosgrain Ribbon -€“ Pumpkin Pie

*This class will be held on April 16, 2008 in Mi Wuk and May 10, 2008 
in Dublin.  I look forward to seeing you there.  Thanks for 
checking out my blog today.  ~Blythe