Rachel's March & April Stampin' Classes

March and April 2014 Stampin’ Classes

Rachel Yurkanin – Independent Demonstrator, Stampin’ Up!

570-689-5371   Email: dryurkanin@comcast.net

Website: www.rachelyurkanin.stampinup.net   Blog: www.rachelsstampingplace.blogspot.com

I’m so excited to announce my new class format. I will be offering two different classes most days that I offer classes, so you can take one class or both classes. This allows you to stamp more without leaving your home more often. Plus you can get most of the classes FREE with a minimum order given at class. Isn’t that some exciting news? When RSVPing for a class please be sure to let me know which class(es) you will be attending.

BRING A NEW STAMPING FRIEND WITH YOU TO CLASS AND YOU AND YOUR FRIEND WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL GIFT FROM ME.

Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 6:30 PM

Class # 1 – Big Shot Class - $10 per person or FREE with a minimum order
We will be making 2 different cards and a 3-D item using Big shot dies and accessories this evening. Each one of them will be different. Be sure to bring your snail adhesive along with you, all other materials will be supplied for you. 

Class # 2 – Punch Class - $10 per person or FREE with a minimum order

We will be making two different cards and two instruction pages for two different things made using punches. There are so many great things that you can make using Stampin’ Up! Punches. They aren’t just for the shape that it was intended to be. Be sure to bring your snail adhesive along with you, all other materials will be supplied for you

Sunday, March 16, 2014 between 2:00 PM and 400 PM

BOGO March Madness Party
Join me for a great afternoon of stamping and a fabulous BOGO event. That’s right, buy previously retired product and get current catalog merchandise for FREE. So if you buy $25 of retired product from my table that day, you will get to select $25 in brand new catalog product for FREE too. Isn’t that great? If you purchase $50 in retired product you will get $50 in new product and a Sale-a-bration item for FREE. It really is a sweet deal.

There will be a few make n takes. Some light refreshments. A lot of samples for you to peruse. See you Sunday.

Thursday, March 20, 2014  6:30 – 8:30

Class # 1 – Banner Class - $25 per person or  ½ price with a minimum order
We will be making an Easter Banner this afternoon. Great way to decorate a mantel or hang over a doorway.  Be sure to bring your snail adhesive along with you, all other materials will be supplied for you. 

Class # 2 - Stamp a Stash – $20.00 or FREE with a minimum purchase

 Stamp a Stash is a great way to stock up on cards that you will need throughout the year. You make 12 cards in total (3 different cards, 4 of each) and envelopes are included. All you need to bring with you is your own snail adhesive, all other supplies are included in the cost of the class.

April Classes

Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 2:00 PM

Class # 1 – Banner Class - $25 per person or  ½ price with a minimum order
We will be making a Spring Banner this afternoon. Great way to decorate a mantel or hang over a doorway.  Be sure to bring your snail adhesive along with you, all other materials will be supplied for you. 

Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 6:30 PM

Class # 1 – Big Shot Class - $10 per person or FREE with a minimum order.
We will be making 2 different cards and a 3-D item using different big shot dies and accessories this evening. Each one of them will be different. Be sure to bring your snail adhesive along with you, all other materials will be supplied for you

Class # 2 – Punch Class - $10 per person or FREE with a minimum order

We will be making two different cards and two instruction pages for two different things made using punches. There are so many great things that you can make using Stampin’ Up! Punches. They aren’t just for the shape that it was intended to be. Be sure to bring your snail adhesive along with you, all other materials will be supplied for you.

Sunday, April 13, 2014 2:00 PM

Fringe Scissors Class - $20 per person or FREE with a minimum order.
We will be making 5 different projects using the Fringe Scissors (found in the Occasions catalog). These scissors are so fun; just wait until you see the great projects you will be making during this class. As part of the class fee you will get your very own pair of fringe scissors that you will be able to take with you and recreate the projects once you get home.

Thursday, April 24, 2014  6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Stamp a Stash – $20.00 or FREE with a minimum purchase
 Stamp a Stash is a great way to stock up on cards that you will need throughout the year. You make 12 cards in total (3 different cards, 4 of each) and envelopes are included. All you need to bring with you is your own snail adhesive, all other supplies are included in the cost of the class.

Saturday, April 26, 2014 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

All Day Stamping Retreat - $40 per person
This is an all day stamping retreat that you can bring whatever projects you are currently working on and stamp the day away with friends, old and new. As part of the fee for the day you will get your own spot to work at all day, there will be several make n takes, lunch, dessert, a goody bag for each person worth $15 in Stampin’ Up! product, chances for prizes, a lot of samples to inspire you, and there will be tables of retired product that you can purchase.

Great Big Shot Accessories

Hello Stamping Friends,

Yes, I know, I have been MIA lately and I certainly apologize for that. I missed Fabulous Friday last week. The first one I've missed ever since we began, but I was in no shape to get off the couch and create.  I came down with the flu last Wednesday. High fevers, chills, sweats, body aches and really, really tired. That's the story of my days for the past week. I even called in sick to school two days. You know it's bad when the substitute calls in sick. I'm happy to say that I'm feeling much better now, still not quite 100% but I'm getting there.

So now I'm back and ready to share with you for this week's Fabulous Friday posting with the Sisters in Stamping.  This week our focus was to create using the new big shot accessories found in the Occasions catalog.

I will be honest, I held off on getting the Hexagon Hive Thinlit because I wasn't sure I would use it very much. Well, that was until I started to see all the awesome cards made using it. Then the deal breaker for me was when I saw the soccer ball. My youngest, Jonah, plays soccer and loves it. We have him being trained by a coach that has played all over the world and even coached a semi-pro team. He has greatly improved his footwork in the two short months that he's been training with him. It so nice to watch him learn and grow in his sport. So, of course, I NEEDED to have the thinlit once I knew I could make soccer cards.

I'll be making these for the coach's helpers and of course the coach will get one too.

 

I even snuck in the lots of dots embossing folder from the Sale-a-bration brochure because I thought it would be the perfect touch for the "dirt" on the bottom of the card.  Love, love, love the fringe scissors to make grass. I'm in the process of planning a class focusing on all the great things you can do with the fringe scissors in April, so be watching for that schedule.

 

It really was an easy card to put together. I die cut the hexagon hive from basic black cardstock and then mounted it onto white cardstock. I then used the 2 1/2" circle punch to make the ball. I just centered the punch over the area of the cardstock that I thought would look good as a soccer ball. A couple of snips across some wild wasabi cardstock and wha-la, I had grass.

I tied some baker's twine around the grass/dirt pieces of cardstock and it really brought the whole card together.  I stamped yippee-skippee in wild wasabi on a scrap of cardstock and made a banner out of it. As always, there are dimensionals on the card, the soccer ball is attached with them.

 

Stamping Supplies Used:
Stamps: Yippee Skippee

Ink: Wild Wasabi

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die, Lots of Dots Embossing Folder, White Linen Thread, Fringe Scissors, 2 1/2" circle punch, snail adhesive, big shot, dimensionals.