Cards

Between this soccer mom gig, and allowing myself to read for pleasure again, I have been neglecting my scrap room, unless something has absolutely had to get done...like prepping for workshops and making mother's day cards to take to the consignment shop.  I also had the hubby's birthday, so I used more of the Superhero paper I adore and came up with this...

Used the 'medal' centerpiece from a party favor again, and then one of the fun new sayings for the sentiment inside.  It says 'With age comes wisdom...you're one of the WISEST people I know'.  Good thing I know his sense of humor, and that he'll get a good chuckle, but I couldn't resist!  Love the Just A Number stamp set, it's right in line with my personality, and had I been that clever, I could have written those sayings myself! : )

Zach was invited to a preschool buddy's birthday party, and since it's an opportunity to introduce my business to a group of relative newcomers, I made a card.  I used up some of my stash, and created another new background with random stamping.  I LOVE the dragons, and thought it would work well for a preschooler.  I also fell in love with Susie Rostad's baby card (susierostad.blogspot.com), and used the 'layout' for this card.

I'm almost finished with the 2nd book in the Hunger Games series, Catching Fire, and I told my hubby not to buy me the 3rd one until he's finished with the 2nd one.  So that means I'll have at least one good week of creating ahead of me, before I shut down life to read another book!  Now I know why I continue to keep reading for pleasure on the back burner! : )

Workshop night tonight...EXPLOSION boxes!!

Superhero pages

As you all know, I LOVE zumba!  And my zumba buddies are having a Superhero Zumbathon for Autism, since April is Autism Awareness month.  You're probably wondering what zumba and autism have to do with superhero scrapbook pages.  Well, they are also having a silent auction to raise money for the Boise Autism Moms group.  So I combined my love of scrapbooking and zumba to hopefully benefit a great cause.  All of the zumba peeps are dressing up as superheroes for the event, so I figured a superhero layout would be a great item to donate.  Hopefully some scrapbookers come to the event, and hopefully one will find the layout irresistible! : )

I belong to a group on Facebook that is for CTMH consultants.  It is full of amazingly talented consultants, who share their fabulous creations with the rest of us who are looking to be inspired.  Kim Ferguson Donahoo created an amazing layout using the CTMH Roxie paper pack, but as you may know, it's girlie...and I have 2 boys...but the layout was AMAZING!  I decided to give it a go with my Superhero papers.  I'm very pleased with the way that it turned out!

And, we attended a superhero birthday party this past weekend, so I used part of his birthday invitation and the medallion from a party favor on the pages as well.  Thanks to Jeny Marshall for creating these lovely embellishments, that I was able to put to good use!  As Bob the Builder always says 'reduce, reuse, recycle'...and I did!

Easter banner

I love making banners, but I'm cheap when it comes to buying the chipboard sort.  So I created one entirely from cardstock, and Lucy papers.  I used the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge to cut the shapes...am still wondering how I ever managed to live without my Cricut!  I also used the My Peeps stamp set, paradise baker's twine, creme brulee flowers, antiqued copper brads, and some of the discontinued chocolate mini medley assortment.  I wish I had ink distressed in chocolate instead of lagoon...but such is life, and I don't have time to redo it!  I couldn't get a great picture of it in one frame.  So here are a few different pics of it!

Hope that everyone has a very Happy Easter!

April Newsletter

Crop: Sunday, April 15th, 10am-5pm here at my home. FREE!! Just bring your supplies and your current project! For those of you that didn’t quite get the recipe cards finished, you could bring them along and have the actual cards to look at rather than a picture. Makes assembly oh so much easier!

Card Workshop: Friday, April 20th, 6:30pm. Make 10 cards using the beautiful papers of Stella, and the new 3 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch die cut cards from CTMH. I used 5 of the A size stamps, which you can also add to your workshop if you see one you can’t live without! Cost is $25, includes a full Stella paper pack with several leftovers, a pack of 10 cards, some crème brulee paper flowers, a few different colors of the Paradise assortment of Baker’s twine, the gorgeous chocolate striped ribbon, and antiqued copper brads. If you want to add the stamps, each stamp is $6.95, and they are Adore (A1123), Bravo (A1122), Thanks (A1125), Quick Cards Butterfly (A1120), and Quick Cards Shell (A1128).

 

Project Workshop: Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm. Make an EXPLOSION box from either Superhero or Lucy papers, or one of each! : ) The box explodes when you take the lid off, revealing up to 20 pictures on the inside layers. Very fun! It’s perfect for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day...for your desk at work...or just because! Cost is $20, includes a full paper pack of Superhero or Lucy, coordinating colors of baker’s twine (fast becoming one of my favorite embellishments), clips (for the Superhero option), and paper flowers (for the Lucy option). The rub ons for either paper pack would make a great embellishment as well, let me know if you’d like to add this option to your workshop, Superhero rub ons (X7152C) $4.95, Lucy rub ons (X7149C) $4.95. You can choose to purchase a full thing of baker’s twine, Neutral (Z1701) $4.95 or Paradise (Z1702) $4.95, if you want leftovers to take home and use with your leftover paper.

To Go Kit of the month: Mini School Album. Cost is $7.50 for the first, and $5 for ea additional. Includes 10 page tag mini album using the Typeset paper, black button brads, a few milepost shapes, and a Cricut paper doll for the front cover. You can choose boy or girl, and I have a few sports themes available. I can stamp the grade on the front cover, or leave it blank. Just let me know what customization you desire for the front cover! I will cut everything for you, you will just have to assemble, and instructions with pictures will be provided.

 

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 5th. I will be placing my order Friday morning, so let me know what you’re interested in by Thursday evening please!  PS...I've added a date, Monday, April 16th 6:30pm for the cards and/or explosion boxes.  I have a few gals coming, so let me know if this date works better for any of you!

More pictures of my workshops are available on my blog below.

 

And a reminder that I can make the card workshop and/or project workshop into a to go kit for you as well, if the dates don’t work. And if you feel like you need a little extra help, we can see if another date works. 

 

Thanks again for all of your support, this is shaping up to be another great month!  Love all of you ladies!!  Have a Happy Easter!

Lucy explosion box

I finally got the girl version of the explosion box completed.  I love how it turned out...just wish I had a ton of cute little girl pics to put on it!  But as my friend pointed out, there isn't any reason why I can't use pics of me and my boys...I'll turn it into a Mother's Day gift to myself!

I used the Lucy paper pack, the Paradise baker's twine, Creme brulee paper flowers,and the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge for the cute flowers on the lid and in the inside of the box.  These boxes hold up to 20 pics on the inside, and you could also add 4 pics to the outside of the box.  They are fun and easy to make!  Now I'm trying to decide which paper to grace the next box with! ; )

The box fully exploded.

The box before it explodes.

It's official!

My friend, Leslie, is co-owner of a consignment shop in Nampa...Revamp Consignments, and they have asked me to start making and selling cards in their shop!  I took out some Easter cards and a few birthday cards, both masculine and feminine earlier today.  What a cute shop they have!  I hope this turns into something wonderful for both of us! ; )  Time will tell!!

I made the Easter cards with the My Peeps stamp set, and pretty much copied the one in the Spring/Summer Idea Book...my favorite stamp set in this book, so I know you're shocked that I took the opportunity to use it again!

For the birthday cards, I was inspired by a flower and sketch from a fellow consultant, Melissa McDaniel, you can see her beautiful card at melissamcdaniel-scraps.blogspot.com.  For the masculine version I was inspired by another consultant, Susie Rostad, you can see her amazing card at susierostad.blogspot.com.  I was on the lookout for some paper for both, and stumbled upon a paper stack that I bought at least 5 years ago, and mind you, thought I couldn't live without!  It was perfect for these cards.  The cardstock is CTMH smokey plum and smoothie for the feminine birthday cards, dutch blue and kraft for the masculine cards.  Instead of using milepost shapes on the masculine cards I decided to use the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to make the shapes.  The flowers on the feminine cards are also cut from the Art Philosophy Cartridge...another favorite of mine (that pretty much lives in my Cricut)!  I used the Card Chatter-Birthday stamp set for the sentiments on all the birthday cards.  The inside of the smokey plum birthday card says 'and many, many more'.  The inside of the smoothie card says 'but not your age'.  The inside of the masculine cards all say 'and many, many more'.  I was able to whip up a batch in no time at all, and use up some of my stash.  I really like how they turned out, even though I feel like a traitor for not using all CTMH stuff (like I normally do)!!!!

If you like the cards, or are into consignment stores, you should go check it out.  Revamp, 1016 12th Ave S, Nampa, ID.  They are closed Sun and Monday, open Tue-Sat 10-5.  Any questions, let me know!

School Mini album

I had such great success this month with the Easter milk carton to go kit that I have decided to try a to go kit only option again this month.  I had a lady request a tag mini album through my Etsy shop, and a large quantity of them.  So I'm killing 2 birds with one stone, and made this album as her sample album, and as the model for the to go kit for April. 

For $7.50 you too can create this beauty!  The front can be customized to grade level, girl, boy and I can even add a few sports to personalize it.  Let me know if you're interested no later than Thursday, April 5th.  First kit will be $7.50, and each additional kit will be reduced to $5!  I will do the few bits of stamping for you, and include detailed instructions.

I used the Typeset paper pack, a few milepost shapes, the Blue Ribbon stamp set, and black button brads.  It is 10 tags total, cut with the fabulous Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  For the little man on the front I did also use the Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge...fast becoming one of my favorite cartridges.

Enjoy!