$5 Card Class on Friday 2/8 at 7pm!

Here are the three cards I'll be teaching my students to make during our
$5 Card Class this Friday, February 8th starting at 7pm! 
I hope you can join us for the creative fun!!

I still have room for a few more guests so it's not too late to
please call/text me to reserve your spot now! (760) 220-0683

6x6 wedding card featuring the For Always papers X7165B and The Happy Couple D1539 stamp set. Embellished with our NEW Glitter Paper and Green Epoxy Bubbles Z1806.
 

Standard-size card featuring the Claire papers X7166B and Home Sweet Home S1302 stamp set.

Embellished with our NEW Outdoor Denim Chevron Ribbon and Blue Epoxy Bubbles Z1806.

Standard-size card cut from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge featuring the Home Sweet Home S1302 stamp set (February SOTM) and the Whooo's Your Valentine kit stamp set.

Embellished with our NEW Durables Artisan Studs Z1816.

Inside view of the "Love at Home" card!

February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Thank you for stopping by to enjoy our February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop featuring this month's SOTM:
 Home Sweet Home S1302!

 

If you've just arrived here from HELEN'S BLOG then you are on the correct path.
 

 This month I created a simple house-shaped card that is approximately standard-size (4.25" tall x 5.5" wide). Colors I used are Black, Cashmere, Colonial White, and Cranberry. I cut my sentiment stamp in half so I could stamp half of it on the front of the card and the rest on the inside of the card. I also used the January promotion special "Whooo's Your Valentine" stamp set to stamp my background with Cashmere ink and to stamp the larger hearts with Cranberry and Cashmere ink. My card is embellished with our oh-so-versatile NEW Durables Artisan Studs Z1816. Here's the inside view of the card as well (below):

 

I would suggest stamping the background hearts on the house shape with Cashmere ink (tone-on-tone stamping) BEFORE you adhere it to the front of the card base. As you can see from the photos (below) I waited to stamp with the background image until after the card was assembled which meant I had to add the additional step of using my Cricut-cut scraps to cover up the holes where the windows are before stamping (as shown in last photo below), when it would have been a little faster and easier to just do the stamping first:

  This card was much easier to make than it looks.  I started by simply cutting the House "Layer" shape from Cashmere cardstock using the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge at 4.25".  Then I adhered it to the front of a 4.25" x 11" piece of Colonial White cardstock that I had folded in half with the crease along the left side as shown (above).

Then I used scissors to trim off the excess Colonial White cardstock around the outside edge of the card base (cutting through two layers of cardstock at once). I also trimmed out the door of the house on just the front of the card as you can see (below):

  

Finally, here are all of the images (below) that come in this lovely stamp set

that is available during February 2013 only!

Now you can continue on with our Blog Hop to be inspired by more creativity using this stamp set by visiting MELISSA'S BLOG next! Enjoy!!

$5 Creative Class projects for 8/6!

6x6 kraft die-cut card from the Sonoma WOTG kit G1028 (shown on page 43).

Standard size card inspired by page 17 of the Idea Book

featuring the Blue Ribbon C1464 stamp set with the Typeset papers X7139B.

Pillow Box cut out with Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge Z1686 (at 5.5")

featuring the Wicked SOTM S1108 with the Mischief papers X7144B.

(back side view shown below)

 

THANK YOU to the ladies who attended tonight's creative class: Abby, Carolyn, Denise, Dorothy, Rosann, and Sandra! I had a great time visiting and creating with you all and hope you enjoyed yourselves too! (THANKS for bringing your lemon cookies Denise...they were "delish")!!

For those of you who missed this class, I hope you enjoy seeing what we created (shown above)...3 different projects for just $5. I do have some left-over project kits that will be available for purchase and use during my upcoming SNS (Saturday Night Scrappers) FREE Crops/Playdates on 8/13 and 8/27 (4pm to 10pm)...so there is still time to "make-up" these projects with me during the month of August (while supplies last...first come, first serve)! Please feel free to contact me to RSVP to reserve your space for either of these dates now. Click here for details about the "Sonoma" Workshop that I am also offering on these dates. If you are interested in the "Sonoma" Workshop I need to know ASAP so I can get enough kits pre-ordered to be sure that they arrive in time!