Jan 27, 2014 | Cards, class, Valentine's Day |
Each month I have a Card Maker’s Class and the next one is this Wednesday – January 29th. I have a morning session and an evening session. This is a fun flexible class for any level of stamper. You get to choose which cards you make based on what you need. And if you are new to stamping I’ll point you towards the easier ones and show you exactly how to make them. It’s easy and fun and great therapy for everyone – so if you live nearby I hope you will join me.
This month I’ll have some Valentine choices for you – like this one –
I know everyone has a busy life and lots going on but take a couple of hours to make some cards that you can send to brighten someone’s day. Did you know that there are real therapeutic benefits to crafting?
- Strengthening of social skills – being able to connect and interact with others, share ideas and talk can have a huge impact on happiness
- Relaxation and Stress relief – allowing your mind to focus on the activity reduces stress levels and is beneficial to everyone young and old
- Feelings of fulfillment – there is huge feeling of accomplishment when you create something you can proudly display or give to others
from http://blog.jeanhansen.com/three-therapeutic-benefits-of-creating-art-and-crafting/
There are many other reasons to spend time crafting and I hear often from others on how it benefits them. Join me at a stamping class – you can see my full class schedule HERE.
Jan 24, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Events |
I’ve decided to play along with the MDS Monday Challenge – today is the last day to add a project to the challenge from the 13th. MDSM49 – We’re scrapping – click here for the challenge details. It was a sketch and I do enjoy working with sketches. I ended up playing along because when we got to the hotel yesterday there was no internet service in the room – they were doing maintenance they said until early evening – when we went to bed around 10:30 there was still no internet – I didn’t actually check it this morning. Now we are at the airport waiting to fly back home – and there is free internet here. So instead of working on a blog post and doing other things I played in My Digital Studio. And a sketch is always a good place to start.
I decided to use some pictures from my Leadership trip earlier this month. It was a great trip and so much more fun when I was able to spend it with my two friends Diane and Linda. Traveling together, rooming together, learning together and enjoying the manager’s reception together – I’m so glad I had both of the these ladies with me. I knew I had some photos of the three of us together – a whole bunch from our last night in the hotel – when we used the tripod and the timer setting on my phone – but they may not have appreciated me sharing most of those – so I picked one good one and combined it with others of us from throughout the Leadership event.
As you can see I turned the sketch on its side – I need to be a little different right? This one was actually pretty easy because there is a photo template page that has 5 photos lined up like the sketch – so I inserted that to begin with. then I grouped the photo boxes and rotated them on the page to get my position. I created a new photo box with a 7″ width and a 2″ height and placed it on top of the one that I rotated – copied and added 4 more and then deleted the rotated ones – if I had used those my pictures would have been rotated the wrong way.
I added a background and some overlays, added the round tab punch to the ends of the photos, some staples, and text for the titles. Added a title stamp in the corner.
Signing off at the airport – we should be boarding soon and then flying across the country back to Georgia.
Jan 23, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Catalog 2014 |
At the Leadership conference we had a Stamping Party one night and we had some awesome presentations from the Stampin’ Up! staff. Brandi shared with us about trends and one trend is Geometric patterns. The new Kaleidoscope suite in the Occasions Catalog is right on trend.
This was one of the cards we made in January’s Hands-on Stamping class. What did I use on this card?
- Geometrical stamp set
- Triangle punch
- Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
- Kaleidoscope Designer Series paper
- Banners Framelits dies
- Basic Rhinestones
- circle punch (right now I can’t remember which one and I’m not at home to check – either the 1/2″ or the bitty circle)
This card idea came from one I saw on Pinterest. The stamp set and the punch come as a bundle or individually.
On the inside I added a strip of the Kaleidoscope designer paper. Another option with this would have been to cut a strip off the front of the card and then the paper on the inside would show when the card is closed too. I may just have to make another version like that.
Today has been a long day of walking and apartment hunting. But it looks like a decision has been made. Yeah!
Jan 22, 2014 | Occasions Catalog 2014, Valentine's Day |
I have a quick little treat holder for you today. This one is decorated for Valentine’s day but it’s a perfect idea for any holiday.
I happened to have Whisper White strips left over from the Owl Calendar Project I made before Leadership. And they worked perfect for this project. The Scalloped Tag Topper Punch uses a strip that is 2″ wide. These were 2″ wide and 8-1/2″ long. Punch both ends with the punch and then score at 4″ and 4-1/2″ (the center is 4-1/4″).
This is what it looks like once its punched and scored.
This is what I used to decorate the front
Fun treats! I hope you like them. We made these in my last Hands-on class.
Jan 21, 2014 | Designer Series Paper, My Digital Studio, Occasions Catalog 2014, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
It may be Wednesday by the time you see this but it is still Tuesday here where I am. Kyle and I traveled to San Francisco today. Came in on a full 5 hour flight. Got out to the rental car place, got the car and drove to the city to find our hotel. We only went around in circles a few times before we got to the entrance and then had to wait to turn cause a fedex truck was blocking it. Anyway we are in the hotel room and heading to bed soon – even though its still relatively early here. We will have a busy couple of days apartment hunting.
So here is this weeks Tell Me Tuesday.
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- New Weekly Deals 1/21 – 1/27 –
- New My Digital Studio Downloads –
- New Paper Pumpkin subscribers who sign up – between January 11 and February 10, 2014, will receive a FREE set of 2012-2014 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers -a $14.95 value-with their Welcome Kit. JOIN TODAY – just CLICK HERE . I saw the February and March kits and they were some of the best ones yet.
- FROM ME ONLY – I’m having Ribbon & Paper Shares for the Occasions Catalog – CLICK HERE for more details on the Ribbon Share and HERE for more details on the Paper Share.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
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