Retired Stamp Sets

Here is one of the cards I will be teaching in our Cards Galore class this Saturday. I uses the new Echos of Kindness Level II Hostess stamp set with Pacific point designer paper and watercoloring. Enjoy.












I have listed some of my retired stamp sets over on my other web site. Click on this to see what I have listed so far. I will continue listing the 200+ sets I have as I get them photographed. Also, I will eventually be closing down this blogspot and just using the new website at www.highdesertstamper.com . Please check out my new website.

Crazy for Cupcakes Card Class

We had our Cards Galore class this past weekend and I used the Crazy for Cupcakes Planner created by Andrea Walford for SU Demos (see her demo to demo link on this site for all planners available to purchase) for the cards for this class. I had all the pieces cut out and all the directions, and of course the gals had to do something different, so I’ve included a couple of them here for you to see their creations. One of my stampers (Gail), really got into the watercoloring and blended her colors very nicely on the cupcakes!! Way to go Gail!! The first card done in chocolate and pink, is the reverse side of the paper used in some of the other cards. The dazzling diamonds really sets off the cupcakes. We always do 10 cards in this class, so I added a “non pink” card with the Bigshot scallop envelope and the Delicate Dots DP (SAB freebie) with the So Saffron cs for the 5th design.And of course, one wanted a PINK envelope, so I cut her one from the Always DP. Hope you like it.. come back soon!!































































Recipe: Stamp Set: Crazy for Cupcakes and On Your Birthday; Inks: Basic brown, chocolate chip; Cardstock : Choc chip, so saffron, regal rose, whisper white; DP: Always; Accessories: SU Markers- various colors , water pen and blender pens, Dazzling diamonds, 2 way glue pen, gold brads, scallop border punch, tag punch.

Happy Heart

Well, Valentine cards are normally PINK, RED, etc.. but I saw a similar card brought back from Leadership/Regional swap, so had to make this in Blues.. It's a very simple easy to make card but really stands on it's own.
What do you think?

Recipe: Bashful Blue & whisper white CS; Inks: Bashful blue, ballet blue; Accessories: Bashful blue tafeta ribbon, 1/8" hole punch; Dazzling Diamonds glitter, two way glue

October Cards Galore Class

We held our first Cards Galore class the 2nd wk of October. Each person had a Keepsake box which they decorated with rubons, then stamped 5 different cards (2 of ea) to put in their box. Each month they will make 10 new cards (5 designs) to eventually add up to 100 cards. It was really fun, but long!! They all learned some new techniques with each card. Many of the designs you may recognize, since they were cased from various demos (Amy Celona, Dawn Griffifth, Susan Legits, Karen Kurz, etc). I changed each one a bit to give it it's own personality. Of course, each card made by my students turned out a bit different also. The next class will be Nov 15th, using all Christmas designs.