It's A Wonder!

Hi there!  Hope everyone is having a good week so far.  I started cleaning/organizing my studio and what a major job that has turned out to be!  I am making some headway but it's slow going.  Must finish up tonight since the rest of the week is booked.  Anyway...... wanted to show you a couple of cards that I made using the One Sheet Wonder (OSW) technique that I forgot about. (The other cards made with this technique have been sent out and no photos taken.)  While at the Girls Getaway retreat back in April I was inspired by the color combination on my scratch paper as a result from some other stamping, so this is what I came up with.

The OSW technique is a fun way to make your own background paper.  Begin by stamping an 8-1/2 x 11 or 12 x 12 sheet of light colored cardstock in a random pattern using whatever stamps and ink colors that suit you.  Then cut that sheet up into different sizes and start making cards by adding coordinating colors of cardstock mats, embellishments, etc.  Give it a try!  The possibilities are endless.

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Build a Blossom
Paper: White, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink
Other: Blossom Punch, Blossom Petal Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Beautiful Butterflies die, Daffodil Delight seam binding, pearls

OK, need to watch Dancing With the Stars - gotta see who goes home tonight. lol  (Don't worry, I'll be working during the commercials.)  Thanks for stopping in for a visit today!

Celebrate Summer Demo Event

Hi!  This week I've been posting swaps that I received at the Celebrate Summer Demo event held this past Saturday (May 14).  There was an early bird registration.  If you registered by the deadline, your name went into a drawing for a special prize.  Guess what?  I won!!!!  Here is my prize.

This is the doily punch - one of the new triple layer punches in the Summer
mini catalog.  What an awesome prize!

We were given name tags when we checked in that morning.  The girls sure went to a lot of trouble to make the cute flower pins on our name tags.  Here's mine.

The flowers were made from soda, tea, or energy drink cans.  Pretty sure mine was from a Mountain Dew soda can.  Boy someone sure drank a lot!  Can you imagine how hyped they were on all that caffeine! LOL

Later in the day we did a Make n Take.  We made some cards and decorated a notebook case (empty clear mount stamp case) by making our own DSP using the One Sheet Wonder technique.  There is some planning involved to do this.  Fortunately, that was done for us.  First we stamped an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of white card stock using the Flower Fest stamp set in bright colors.  (This set can be found in the Summer mini.)  More color was sponged on to reduce the amount of white space showing.  Then we cut it up according to the template, which was provided in our packet of materials.  I actually assembled my cards & notebook at home.  I just made sure to stamp and punch everything before we left.  I changed the sentiment on the notebook by inking only a select portion of my stamp from the Word Play set.
Here is the set from the One Sheet Wonder.  Wish I would have thought to take a picture before it was cut up. (Sorry for the glare on the notebook.)

 

Well, that about wraps up this post.  Hope you have a great day and, as always, thank you for stopping by today for a visit!