Jan 21, 2015 | Cards, class |
My monthly Card Maker’s Class is this Friday – January 23, 2015. I offer the class twice – once at 10:00 am and then again at 7:00 pm. If you wanted you could even come to both time slots. This is a great class for any level of stamper from a brand-new never stamped before or made a card in my life person to someone that has a craft room full of supplies and makes cards all the time. I hold it towards the end of the month so that you can prepare for the upcoming month. Take a minute to make yourself a list of what kind of cards you may need – next month is February – so that includes Valentine’s Day. Are there any birthday’s, anniversary, do you have invitations to any showers, what about thank you notes or do you have a friend that needs a thinking of you card or just a hello? Come to class with a list and then you’ll know what cards you need and you can create beautiful hand made cards for everyone on your list.
The way I have this class set up is that you get to work at your own pace on the cards that you want to make. I’ll have about a dozen different choices for you and you can make one or more of the ones you want. The class fee is $15 which includes 6 cards plus the envelopes. If time permits you can make additional cards for $2 each. Cards rotate in and out each month and typically stay for more than just one month. Bring your own basic adhesive – like Stampin’ Up! Snail or the multi-purpose glue. I also have some here you can purchase including refills for your snail. If the card needs anything special like glue dots or dimensionals I have those in the box with the card.
Here is an example of one of the cards you can choose from this month.
Plus you will have some Valentine choices too. I hope you will join me. You can RSVP on my website by Thursday night – just click on the event you want to attend and select the RSVP button. I hope to see you on Friday.
Jan 7, 2015 | class, valentine |
Now that we have gotten through the holidays and past the new year its time to focus on Valentine’s Day projects. My January Hands on stamping class is this Friday and our theme is Heart to Heart – it’s all about Valentine’s Day. Here is a sneak peek at one of the projects we will be making –
We will be using new product from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions catalog! If you would like to attend be sure to RSVP on my website by Thursday at noon. Morning class is at 10 am and evening class is at 7 pm at my home.
Class Fee $15
Click here for more details and to RSVP for Fri 10:00 am class
and here for the Fri 7:00 pm class
It’s time to get crafty – I hope to see you on Friday.
Sep 8, 2014 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, class, family |
I’m finally home again and will get back on schedule posting to my blog. Greg and I took a 2 week trip to Alaska to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. I’ve been saving money since I became a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and used that savings to pay for this trip. It was an incredible vacation! We were on a Cruisetour with Royal Caribbean Cruise lines – the first portion of our trip was a land tour and the second part was a 7 night cruise. We loved it all!
I’m working on downloading all my photos and videos – I had 2 cameras – my small pink one which also takes video and then my big cannon rebel with the big lens – plus I took some on my iphone. I had hoped to post pictures from my iphone to my personal FB page throughout our trip but guess what my cell phone did not work in Alaska. I was only able to connect to the internet a few times when we were at one of the hotels during the first part of the trip. But we were on the move so we weren’t at any of the hotels for very long. And sometimes the weather impacted the service anyway. So my posting was very minimal. I did manage to post a few times here to my blog using the app on my phone. if you’d like to hear about our trip I think I’ll write and post some about that in between my Stampin’ up! project posts.
The first card from the pink camera has 785 photos/videos on it. Then I have more to get to. So while all my photos are downloading let me move on and show you a card that I made last month.
I don’t think i’ve shared this one with you yet. This one uses the Zoo Babies stamp set. I just love this set. The little animals are so cute. And I got this idea that I was going to have a card with this stamp set at my monthly card class every month. I added this one to my August Class and it will also be available as a card option in September’s class too.
I wanted to create a birthday card rather than a baby card so I paired it with some Designer Paper and the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set. I thought it turned out to be a fun card!
Here is the list of Stampin’ Up! supplies that I used – to visit my online store and/or place an order CLICK HERE.
- Smoky Slate card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Real Red card stock
- Smoky Slate ink
- Crushed Curry ink
- Real Red ink
- Pool Party ink
- Flashback Designer Paper
- Zoo Babies stamp set
- Itty Bitty Banners stamp set
- Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine
- Magnetic Platform
- Circles Collection Framelits
- Bitty Banners Framelits
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Come back for another visit.
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.
Nov 16, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, class |
Here is an idea for a Christmas Card using one of our all occasion stamp sets. It might not be one that you think of for creating Christmas. It’s the Pennant Parade stamp set.
I got the idea from a swap card I received. I wanted a woodsy feel to the card and to use traditional red and green. Here are some notes on how I made this one.
- Card Base is Real Red card stock
- A piece of Early Espresso card stock embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing folder and the Big Shot and layered on a piece of Whisper White.
- To make the tree I stamped the pennant image 3 times on Whisper White card stock and punched them out with the Petite Pennants Builder Punch. I took each edge of the punched piece and pulled it through my Old Olive ink pad so that the edges would be green. And I used a Real Red marker to fill in the dots to look like garland. Each piece was layered on a a piece of Old Olive card stock punch with the scallop pennants from the punch.
- I stamped the pot on Whisper White card stock with Early Espresso ink and cut it out. I glued that to the embossed wood layer.
- Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to add the three pieces of the tree above the pot so they overlap one another to create a tree.
- Stamp “merry” on a piece of Whisper White and punch out with the small oval punch. The edge of the oval was pulled through the red ink pad. Punch a small hole in the end of the oval and the corner of on tree section. Use a Vintage Trinkets safety pin to attach the oval to the tree.
- to finish tie a little box of Linen Thread on the safety pin.
This card will be one of the options at my Card Maker’s Class this coming week. If you live in my area I hope you will join me.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card idea and come back again!
Plus you will have some Valentine choices too. I hope you will join me. You can RSVP on my website by Thursday night – just click on the event you want to attend and select the RSVP button. I hope to see you on Friday.
