November Cards, Giftables, and Layouts (featuring mostly City Sidewalks!)

For my local peeps, we still have two more CREATE DATES left this month!! If you want to join us to make any of the cards/goodies I've designed for November (shown below!), you can still plan to join us just after Thanksgiving on Saturday 11/26 (10am-5pm potluck) and/or Sunday 11/27 (1pm-5pm). PLEASE RSVP and let me know which date you plan to join us by leaving a comment here, on Facebook, or by calling/texting me at 760-220-0683.

 Cards featuring the Stamps of the Month! (October and November)

 Cards featuring City Sidewalks papers

Cards featuring Oh Deer! papers and Thin Cuts

Hand-stamped Snowman Treat Tubes (filled with Rolo's and/or Kisses)!!

Let me show you how to create these for just $2.00 each (chocolate included).

Cricut-cut Reindeer Stocking with a Candy Cane inside!!

(Designed by my super-talented upline/team-leader, 

Denise Anderson-Turley, of www.DelightfulDenise.com).

Let me show you how to create these for just $1.50 each.

Lastly, here are the City Sidewalks Scrapbooking layouts (below) that my scrapbooking workshop participants are making with me this month also! It's not too late to order additional kits (for Nov. 26/27th) if anyone else wants to join us! (as long as you rsvp to me by the evening of Sunday 11/20!!) Just $30 per kit (pre-cut for you by me) to create the three 12x12 festive Christmas layouts shown here!

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:

New Year's Cheer S1611

If you've just arrived here from

DONNA's BLOG

then you are on the correct path.
If you get lost along the way, you can find
a complete list of all of the participating
consultant blogs here on MELINDA's BLOG.

This month I created a standard-size card using the
Cut Above Fiesta Card Kit (Z3222) for my card base.
*(This retired item is still available for purchase
here online for a limited time, while supplies last).
I also used Black, Lagoon, Peacock, and Whisper ink pads
to do the stamping. Embellished with clear sparkles, silver
shimmer trim, and mini staples (all from CTMH!).

Now you can continue on with the hop,
and be inspired by more creativity
using this stamp set by visiting
MICHELLE's BLOG next!
Enjoy the hop!!

My November Class Creations!

 So, the month of November has just been flying by
and I realized that I hadn't yet been able to share any
of the artwork I created for my November "Frame It Up"
Scrapbooking Class and my November Card Classes!
So here they are...enjoy!!

 This single 12x12 Fall page design was inspired by the Annual Inspirations Idea Book (page 118).  The papers I used were some of the leftover retired papers I had in my stash (Pathfinding and Flirty).  All of the stamps I used and most of the cuts were made using the Cricut Artistry collection (fall images on page 44).  The wreath was cut from Olive cardstock at 10.75".  The Desert Sand leaves (dry embossed and sanded) were cut at 3".  The Goldrush (Flirty patterned paper) and Chocolate leaf pieces were cut at 2.75".  Lastly, the acorns and acorn caps were cut from the Cricut Art Philosophy collection (page 36) at 1" and 1.25" from Desert Sand and Chocolate cardstock.  Ink colors I used include Chocolate, Desert Sand, and Glacier.

...and here are the four card designs

(below) that I offered for Card Class!

These cards use the White Pines 

and Sangria paper collections...

Happy Fall and Thanksgiving everyone!!

 

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:
Cheers, 2016! S1511

You should have just arrived here from
KATHY's BLOG.

  This standard size card features the Sangria paper pack
X7199B with Champagne, Cocoa, Eggplant, and Pomegranate
ink pads. The champagne glasses were cut (at 2.5") using the
Artistry Cricut Collection. Embellished with Gold Sequins
Z2012 and Gold Foil Tape Z3129.
  

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my artwork!

Now you can continue on with the hop

and be inspired by more creative ideas

using this stamp set by visiting 

WENDY's BLOG next.

Enjoy the hop!!

Chinese New Year Blog Hop (Day 1)!!

Chinese New Year Blog Hop 
January 22-23, 2012 
Year of the Dragon
   
Ni hao!...and WELCOME to the Chinese New Year Blog Hop! This hop is in honor of Alex, the little boy my friend April's family recently adopted from Taiwan. To celebrate his culture, we want to share some Chinese-inspired projects with you (although I didn't fully understand this expectation at first, so this first project that I have to share with you for day one of this two-day hop is more "New Year"-themed than it is Chinese-inspired, so I hope that's okay and that you will enjoy it anyway)! I will be sending this card to April and her family next week to congratulate them on their "brand-new addition"!! :)

If you arrived here from Dena's blog then you are in the right place! If you just joined us, you can also go back to April's blog at www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com to see everyone's amazing creativity 
from the start of the hop!

For my project today I created this standard-size card...
(remember, you can click on my image to see it up-close!)

My card features products that are all from Close to my Heart! I used the Hooray Bouquet D1491 stamp set with the Roxie papers X7140B. The flowers were cut from our fantastic Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge that allowed me to cut my paper to perfectly fit the images I stamped on them (no scissors needed)! The "dry-embossed and then sanded with sand-paper" leaves and frame were also cut using this "must-have" cartridge! To create the "cracked glass" effect, I applied liquid glass about 1/8" thick to fill in the entire oval shape inside the frame (I did this after I stamped the sentiment; and make sure you use a permanent or pigment based ink for stamping as I didn't do here, water-based inks can bleed under the liquid glass and you may notice that my ink did run just a little bit). You can use a pin to poke any air bubbles that you might get as you are applying the liquid glass also. Then I let it dry over-night. To crack it, I simply put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes to get it nice and cold, then I removed it and bent my cardstock in different directions to create all the various cracks. Then I used a sponge-dauber with a Desert Sand ink pad to swirl the color over the cracks and let the color soak in. Wipe with a clean tissue to remove any extra ink residue and...you're done creating "cracked glass"!

We have some great blog candy to offer from April Nourse and PSA Essentials. To be eligible, you must simply comment on each blog on each day's post. We'd love for you to become a follower of each of our blogs too!
 THANK YOU for stopping by and
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
Your next stop is Theresa's blog! Enjoy!!