Workshop: Be Thankful Box with Journaling Cards

I'm looking forward to my next workshop, even though we haven't had my August one yet!  On Friday, September 19, at either 9:30am or 7pm, you can join me to create this Be Thankful Box with Journaling Cards.

This little box will help you and your family focus on being thankful this holiday season.  (Personally, I can't wait to see what my kids write down!)  I plan to use this for years to come, since there is lots of room in the box for more than the 12 cards we will make.

You'll get to play with a new embossing folder as well as our new ShinHan markers.  (They are SO great!)

Here are your kit options:

Basic Kit   $15:
Journaling Box
Sequins, Gold Assortment

Basic plus Stamp Set    $28:
Basic Kit
Thankful Heart

Basic plus 2 Markers   $31:
Basic Kit
Golden Yellow marker
Marigold marker

Basic plus Stamp Set and Markers   $44:
Basic Kit
Thankful Heart
Golden Yellow Marker
Marigold Marker

All papers needed will be pre-cut for you, like all my other workshops.

Email or call me to claim your spot, or if you'd like to create at home, just add $5 to your total.

Seaside Summer Mini Album Workshop

It's been a little while!  Things have been crazy around here and I hope to post more often soon.  That's my goal for the very near future.

I had an incredible time at convention and I hope to post an update about that soon, but today I want to give you all the details for my next workshop!

This is a project I created at the Rediscover event Close To My Heart put on in Toronto in May.  It's so cute and actually very quick to put together, so it's perfect for a workshop.  I've got a few different options for participating in this workshop.  

Basic Kit  $38:

Hip Pics Album

Gold Polka-Dot Washi Tape

Flamingo Dots

My Crush Best Day Ever Assortment

Basic plus Ink Pad    $47:

Basic Kit

Whisper ink pad

Basic plus Stamp Set   $57:

Basic Kit

Hello Summer

Basic plus Stamp Set and Ink Pad   $65:

Basic Kit

Hello Summer
Whisper

All papers needed will be pre-cut for you, like all my other workshops.

Date: Wednesday, August 20, 7pm
Sign up deadline: August 6

Can't make the date but still want to create this project?  Sign up for a Create-at-Home kit, by August 6.  You'll receive full-colour instructions.  If you need me to pre-stamp your images, please let me know and add an additional $5 to your fee.

Email or call me to reserve your spot!

Happy and Bright Backgrounds

I'm not really on the ball with my blog lately and for that I apologize.  I really did have good intentions but something always came up.  :(  I'll try to get back into the swing of things over the next couple weeks.

I wanted to share my next workshop.  You can still sign up to attend the classes.  Join us on Friday, June 13 at 9:30am or 7pm.  Here's what you'll create:

We'll be making 2 each of these three designs, for $15.  Do they look familiar?  They should.  They were inspired by the current Idea Book and just a little tweaked to make them work for our workshop.   Here are better photos of each design.

Would you like to create these cards, but don't live close enough to attend or the date just doesn't work for you?  Sign up for my Create-at-Home kit, for an extra $5.  Shipping will be added if needed.  All stamping will be done for you.

Email me today to get your name on a kit or on a spot at the class.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #32: Happy Birthday!

Welcome to another sketch challenge at Atlantic Hearts!  This week's sketch is so incredibly verstile.  I couldn't wait to play with it.  Here it is:

Can you just imagine the possibilities with this one?  Here's my take on it:

This is one of the cards for my upcoming Cricut Birthday Cards workshop.  Want to see more?  Like my Facebook page for more information.  It'll be posted soon.

Here's what I used for this card: 

Artbooking and Art Philosophy Cricut Collections

Whisper, Slate, White Daisy, Juniper, Honey, and Sunset cardstock

Black Mini-Medley

3-D Foam Tape

Now, get creating and make sure to link up to Atlantic Hearts.  You may be chosen top three!

Happy Creating!

Rough and Tough Masculine Cards

I had a fabulous evening on Friday, with a great group of ladies, all working on some masculine cards.  We had a great time.  Even my mom and sister came out!

Here are the cards we made. Most of the cards were inspired by others and the links are under each photo.

Inspired by Beth's Creative Block 

Inspired by: Courtney Lane Designs

Inspired by Pink Petticoat

Inspired by Amusing Michelle

And here is the box, cut with the Artiste cartridge, we made to put them in:

Supplies used:

Stamps: 

It's Your Day  This stamp set is only available until Sunday!  Contact me to place your qualifying order and get it for $5.

Just a Number

Born to Ride

Enjoy Life

Artiste Collection-Birthday

Inks:

Black, Pacifica, Whisper, Barn Red

Dakota paper packet and White Daisy cardstock

Artiste Cricut Collection

Art Philosophy Cricut Collection (for star card only)

Natural Hemp

Burlap ribbon

Durables Square Studs

Sponge

I hope you enjoy these and are inspired by them, too.  I'd love to hear which one is your favourite.

Happy Creating!

Time to Organize, Dates That Is

Join me for my next workshop, on Friday, June 22, at 7 pm.  We'll be creating an event calendar that will not only look fabulous on your wall, but will help you keep track of all the important events that happen each year in your family.  You won't forget birthdays or anniversaries again.  I have to sheepishly admit that I'm terrible with remembering my extended family birthdays.  I really need this to be hanging in my house!

Here are the details before I show you photos.

Cost: $15, includes the cost of the calendar and all pre-cut papers and embellishments.
RSVP: Sign up no later than Saturday, June 9.
Kits: Will be available, for a cost of $20.  You must sign up for a kit by Saturday as well.

The calendar itself is 4" x 18".  And here are the first half of the pages:

I will not be offering this a second time, so snatch your spot asap!

Workshop: Soft and Sweet Gift Set

With the dawn of the new Close To My Heart newsletters comes a new way for me to tell you all about my events.  I don't have as much space as I used to so I'll be sharing all sorts of fun things here on my blog.  Be sure to find out about them by subscribing to my blog.  Just fill in the little box over there on the right.

In my newsletter, which you should be getting very soon, I announced my next workshop.  We'll be creating a set of 8 unique cards and a box to give them in.  This set is perfect for Mother's Day or for a birthday.

Join me on Friday, April 20, at 7pm to create this fun project.  The cost is $15 per set and feel free to order more than one!  Deadline to register is Friday, April 13.  You'll receive all the materials pre-cut along with a complete package of Pearl Opaques.

Here are the rest of the cards we'll be making:

All of these are made from one pattern sheet from the Lucy paper pack, some cardstock, pearl opaques, and one button.

Sign up today so you don't miss out.

Happy Creating!

Cricut Card Workshop

Come on out for a fun afternoon, playing with the new Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy.  We'll be creating a slight variation on the Bonus Project from the Typeset Workshop-on-the-Go kit.  I'll provide all the materials.  You just need to bring $12 along with your favourite adhesive, dimensional adhesive and a pair of scissors.  Your fee includes a 1/2 package of Milepost Shapes as well as all the other embellishments you'll need.  We'll even get to do some messy painting.

When?  Saturday, August 27, 2-5pm.
Where?  My basement studio
RSVP by Wednesday, August 17.

Here are the cards we'll be making:

Call or email me today to reserve your spot.
Happy Creating!

4 Cards, 1 Stamp Set

We completed another neat project at the Toronto Regionals.  It was perfect for a workshop and so last weekend, that's what I did.  We made 4 of the six cards I made at Regionals.

Here are the four cards my customers created:

The stamp set we used was Happy Moments.  And there are a variety of paper kits used.  From left to right: Lucky; Bliss and Mayberry; Bliss, Sweetheart and Sophia; Lucky and Mayberry.  Each card has different kinds of clear buttons on it.  Take a look at each one below:

Here's a close up of that neat flower.  We just stamped the same one three times.  Once with Bamboo on the large square piece, then twice with Blush.  These two we sponged with Bamboo ink and then cut them out.  The top one we kept the full petals only, every other one.  Then curled the petals.  This is my favourite card!

On this card we sewed the buttons onto some Cocoa cardstock with Waxy Flax, then cut them out, giving them a nice colour.

And here's a close up of the last card.  We also backed the buttons on this one, the large one in the flower with a bit of Mayberry paper and the smaller ones with Grey Flannel paper.

Here are the other two cards I made, but didn't include in the workshop.  The masking we did for the sentiments was just too fiddly for my customers, although now that you see what you can do, maybe you'll want to try it!

This first 3x3 card used Miracle and Wings.

And this last standard-size card used Sweetheart and Wings.

It's pretty amazing how different these cards all look!  And all with one stamp set.  I also love how papers from different kits were used on the cards.  It's something I like to do, but have a hard time with.

What can you do with just one stamp set?  Happy Creating!







CTMH: Christmas Card Workshop

Every year I have a big Christmas Card workshop.  We make 20 cards in about 3 hours.  These aren't really involved cards and they're fairly flat so they can be mailed easily.
This year we used Mistletoe Level 2 and the Creative Basics paper packs.  We used all kinds of stamp sets, especially new ones.  Here are the cards:

Stamp set: A Timber

Stamp Set: Snow Days

Stamp Sets: A-Dorn-Able, Peace on Earth

Stamp Sets: No Greater Love (retired), Everlasting Life

Stamp Set: Tannenbaum

Each participant will receive a complete package of Mocha Opaques (They hadn't arrived in time for the workshop).  I also provided some Pearl Opaques for one card and Bitty Sparkles (Love those!) for another.  We added some Glitz Glitter Gel to the ornament as well.

I hope these give you some inspiration for your own Christmas cards.  I have one more post about Guatemala, and I still have some more Studio J layouts to share with you, and the December SOTM Blog Hop is coming up very soon.  And I see that I have hit 100 Followers!  Guess I'd better do something special, like some Blog Candy!  Stay tuned.

Happy Creating!

8 Birthday Cards for the Kids in Your Life

These are the cards we made at my workshop last month.  They use a variety of papers and stamp sets and were so fun to do! 

First up are four little Double Scraplings, a design by Vicki Wizniuk.  You can choose the template for these cuties when you purchase a hand-made card from Vicki.  Check out her blog here.

 These two cards were made using the retired Leve 2 kit, Whoops-a-Daisy and Piece of Cake and Thoughtful Seasons stamp sets.

This set uses another retired paper pack, Rough 'n' Tumble.  The stamp sets used were Thoughtful Seasons and Robot Power.

I just love Waterfall cards!  This perfect-for-boys card was made with Rough 'n' Tumble paper again, and the Birthday Boy stamp set.  We coloured in the images with marker and using a blending pen with ink.

This card was also made with the Whoops-a-Daisy paper pack.  We used the Little Princess stamp set.  The images were heat embossed with silver embossing powder and then coloured with watercolour pencils and a blending pen.  My daughter loves this card, saying she wants it for her birthday, which would be a great idea.  Unfortunately her birthday is in May, so she's got a bit of a wait.  We'll see if this one actually makes it to her.

These cards are great for teens.  They are called Double Diagonal Pocket cards and have a spot for a little tag and a gift card.  Go to Splitcoast Stampers to find the tutorial.  They both use You Rock Level 2, believe it or not.  I think it's so neat how one paper pack can be used for both genders.  We just used different papers from the pack and focused on different colours.  The stamp sets we used were Star Power, Say it in Style and Be yourself.  We also added some Glitz Glitter Gel to add some bling. 

It was a lot of fun making cards specifically for kids and teens, not as hard as I thought it would be.  I'd love to see some of the cards you've made for kids and teens.  Post a link in the comments!

Happy Creating!