First monthly class

Hello Everyone,

Today was a bit of a difficult day for me. It was my dd's 3 month birthday and also her first day at daycare. We were offered a position 2 days a week, (we had originally asked for her to start late July/August) and with the way childcare is in Canberra, we couldn't knock back the position, even though it is an expense we really don't need at the moment...

So she had the best sleep last night, 22.30 - 8.15, certainly can't complain about that! And once we organised ourselves and her, we dropped her off about 9.20. We were very happy to be told when we arrived that Fridays is their quiet day, and sure enough, she was one of only 4 kids in the nursery room and there were 3 carers. The carers are fantastic and she had a really good day. We went off and had breakfast at Coffee Club and did a bit of shopping, I then picked up a cake for my darling mother and Aunty's 50th birthday party tomorrow night and went and got my dd, by then it was 15.20, no idea where the day went, but it sure went! Apparently she was really good, so I certainly can't complain, and I can't wait until next Friday, because of course her days are Monday and Friday and Monday is a public holiday!

Anyway, enough about my day, I wanted to post the cards that we made in my first monthly class that I held last Thursday. I have been attending classes with this group for the past 2 years, held by my Stampin' Up! Upline the lovely Coralee. Well Coralee is currently off gallivanting around America (green with envy!), so I suggested that I would hold her class for her while she was away, we then decided that maybe our classes should be fortnightly again and that I would run one fortnight and Coralee the other fortnight. So I ran it at her house, seeing as everyone knows where that is. I think it ran really well. It started off a little shaky, I started with quite a complex card and didn't have written instructions and had trouble explaining what they should be doing, and with a crying baby, that didn't help! The card was a CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of a gorgeous card that I was sent by the fantastic Tanya Kitto in a Secret Sister Swap I was involved with last year. I loved this Diagonal Double Pocket card so much, I just had to CASE it and sent it to my Secret Sister for May. I then used this as my sample for our class.

This is the front of the card.

This is a look at what was on the tabs that slipped into the card. 

Stamps: Fresh Cuts, Best Yet (Level 1 09/10 Hostess Set)

Card: Urban Garden DSP, Basic Grey CS, Kiwi Kiss CS, Whisper White CS

Ink: Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Urban West rub-ons (retired), Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Double Rectangle Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch

Now this post is already really long, so I will come back later and show you the other two cards we made.

Thanks for looking.

Hugs
C