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Saturday, January 4, 2020

Save these Dates ... for my upcoming Classes & Workshops!




WEDNESDAY MORNING
CREATE DATES
(9am-1pm)
January 8, 15, 22, and 29
February 5, 12, 19, and 26
Join us for creative time in
my home MOST Wednesdays!
Most cards are $2 each.
*Optional featured monthly
scrapbooking kit pricing:
January SPRUCED UP ($41)
February CELEBRATE TODAY ($43)

CARD-MAKING CLASSES
Friday Nights
Jan. 17th (6pm-9pm)
Feb. 21st (6pm-9pm)
and/or
Saturday Potlucks
Jan. 18th (10am-4pm)
Feb. 22nd (10am-4pm)

SATURDAY SCRAPBOOKING
and POTLUCK/CROPS
(10am-4pm)
Please BRING a Potluck dish to share!
and CROP with us FREE of charge!
Card-makers can join us too!
Most cards are $2 each.
*Optional featured monthly
scrapbooking kit pricing:
January SPRUCED UP ($41)
February CELEBRATE TODAY ($43)

SAVE THE DATE for our next...
TRIPLE TREAT WORKSHOP!!!
A multi-consultant event held
THREE times a year
(this will be date #1 in 2020!)
Saturday, MARCH 21st (10am-4pm)
@ the Holiday Inn Express
(2700 Lenwood Rd. Barstow, CA 92311)
Your choice of the featured
monthly scrapbooking kit
OR a 20-card workshop, also
includes a catered buffet-style
lunch and beverages.
($60 per person)

**Space in my home is
limited to the first 12 guests,
so please RSVP ASAP to
guarantee your spot for each
date you plan to attend.


Sunday, January 27, 2019

Artwork from Jen's January 2019 Classes and Workshops!

First, FIVE new standard-size cards featuring the
limited edition HEART HAPPY paper collection!



Next, the FOUR 12x12 scrapbooking layouts
featuring the SOMETHING FIERCE paper collection!





Thursday, September 13, 2018

Oh What Fun - Extravaganza Presentation and Artwork!


First, I'd like to say THANK YOU to Close to my Heart
for the amazing opportunity I was given to present my
artwork on stage this Summer at the annual Convention
for CTMH consultants! It meant so much to me to be invited
and it an was absolute honor and thrilling experience.

I first had to sign a confidentiality agreement with CTMH, because I would be receiving so many brand-new products more than a month prior to Convention, and it was very important that I keep secret all of the new products I would be getting, so that the first big "reveals" could happen on stage, only at Convention.

My big box of "top secret" Close to my Heart products arrived on Wednesday, May 23rd. You can see here how very happy and excited I was on this day...and this was
BEFORE I had any clue what might be inside or how generous CTMH would be in 
giving me so much fun stuff to play with!


I can now reveal what I received in that box...
it included the most colorful and FUN
Christmas-themed papers, ink pads, stamp
sets, thin cuts, and embellishments ever!

I was instantly grateful that I would get to 
design CHRISTMAS artwork! I love Christmas!!
However, as I began to make cards and scrapbook pages,
I struggled with the fact that pink isn't really one of my
favorite colors to work with, and I began to find it 
a little bit challenging to use for Christmas.
It took a few tries, but eventually, I began to get over that
silly little voice in my head that said, "You can't do pink
with Christmas!" Once I opened my mind to the possibilities
and began thinking, "Why not?" I really began to see the
true beauty of these products and my creativity just flowed.

I spent the next few weeks creating with all of the
NEW products I had received, and then...
the big day (Friday, June 29th) arrived!

Here are a few of the photos I took that day, as well as,
all of my artwork made with the new OH WHAT FUN
paper collection (only from Close to my Heart!)
Here is your first peek at just one of the five
NEW paper collections that are now available
for customers to purchase since 
September 1st! Enjoy!!

 My top-secret artwork is all packed in my trunk and I'm ready to go present it!

Here is the main stage where I delivered my Extravaganza Artwork Presentation!

Standard-size cards made with my favorite, the NEW Ugly Sweater stamp set (C1729).
Ink pad colors used include NEW Clover, NEW Mint, Pixie, Raspberry, and Sweet Leaf.

 Standard-size cards made with our NEW watercolor pencils (Z4242), NEW Watercolor paper pad (Z4243), and water brush splatters. Stamp sets include NEW Feliz Navidad (B1620), NEW Making Spirits Bright (B1627), and the NEW Christmas Countdown (D1799) for the small tree. Ink pad colors used include NEW Mint, Lagoon, and Sweet Leaf.

Standard-size cards made with the NEW Mistletoe Wishes stamp set (G1168). Ink pad
colors used include NEW Clover, Pixie, Raspberry, and Archival Black.

Layout #1 featuring NEW Clover and NEW Mint cardstocks
with the OH WHAT FUN paper packet (X7238B) and complements (X7238C).

Layout #2 with the OH WHAT FUN paper packet (X7238B) and complements (X7238C).

Layout #3 with the OH WHAT FUN paper packet (X7238B).
Used only the shades of pink patterned papers (Pixie and Raspberry)
along with SUGARPLUM glitter paper (the NEW color of the year)!

Six standard-size cards created with the PML cards from the OH WHAT FUN 
paper packet (X7238B), the coordinating FELT SHAPES (Z4228),
and the Christmas Countdown stamp set (D1799).

Single 12x12 page made with the OH WHAT FUN paper packet (X7238B)
and coordinating complements (X7238C).

 Three standard-size cards featuring some of our NEW thin cuts...
Season's Greetings (Z4308), Merry Christmas (Z4306) and Falala (Z4307)
with SUGARPLUM glitter paper (Z4188).

 Single 12x12 page made with the Raspberry Ombre patterned paper as
the base page, plus the You Have My Heart stamp set (D1796).

 Floral pattern is stamped on the watercolor paper heart using
Lagoon ink, colored in with our NEW Watercolor Pencils (Z4242),
and then brushed lightly with water from the small round waterbrush.

 Two standard-size cards featuring the You Have My Heart stamp set (D1796).
This paper packet also works fantastically to create Non-Christmas-themed artwork!

 This standard-size card shows off our NEW Ranger RED TINSEL Embossing Powder (Z4251).

 I used OH WHAT FUN papers and embellishments to dress up a 
small LED table lamp that I purchased from Wal-mart for less than $5.

The branches were made by cutting half-way into 3" x 12" strips of 
patterned paper with fringe scissors. I especially LOVE that cute little felt Santa!

 Last of all, my favorite...the 12x12 framed home decor piece I created using
the Rainbow Striped patterned paper and NEW Chipboard Monogram Numbers!
Floral pieces cut using the Flower Market Cricut cartridge/collection.

Finally, here I am at the Consultant Creativity Showcase (above) displaying all of 
my artwork that same evening after the on-stage presentation.

THANK YOU again Close to my Heart for the amazing privilege of presenting my creations
on stage alongside these other 0h-s0-talented consultant artists that inspire me!

(Left to Right): 
Anna Jarnagin (http://annajarnagin.com/)
and (me!) Jen Rubio (http://jenrubio.blogspot.com/)

Friday, January 1, 2016

January SOTM (Beloved Bouquet) Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our
January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop
featuring this month's SOTM: 
Beloved Bouquet S1601

You should have just arrived here from 
LORI's BLOG.
 
Today I'm sharing two standard-size cards I created using this stamp set. The card on the Left features paper from the "La Vie En Rose" packet (X7201B) and the card on the Right features paper from our brand-new "Charlotte" paper packet (X7205B). The fun of a "Base and Shade" stamp set like this one, is how easy it is to stamp (in two steps) with two different ink colors to add depth, detail, and create a more realistic look with each stamped image. To achieve the look of my flowers, I stamped the "shade" or "outline" stamp first with Black memento ink (Z899). Then I stamped the "base" or "solid" stamp image on top of the first with Sorbet ink using the second generation "stamp-rolling" technique. To do this I inked the stamp with Sorbet ink and stamped it once on scratch paper. Then, by rolling the stamp so that only the outside edges of the image touch the Sorbet ink pad a second time, I get the extra dark Sorbet color on the outside edges of the solid image. I also used the same technique to stamp the leaves (with Slate ink) on the card on the Left (and below).
 


Here's a closer look (below) at what all of the images included in this stamp set look like:

I hope you've enjoyed seeing the cards I made!
Now you can continue on with the hop
and be inspired by more creative ideas
using this stamp set by visiting 
LELA's BLOG next.
Enjoy the hop!!
 

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

My January Workshops (featuring Charlotte!!)

Happy New Year!!
I am over-the-moon excited about the all-NEW 
Workshop Program I have to offer you in 2016!

The value of what you get when you join in is so simple 
(yet genius)! All of the new monthly kits we have to offer
are designed to help you "use it all up" and consume
(not just collect!) your scrapbooking products.

For $26.95 (plus tax and s/h)
each monthly kit will allow you to create:
3 - 12x12 layouts (6 pages)
1 - Picture My Life layout (2 pocket pages)
and 8-9 standard-size Cards!

Workshops Your Way™ Charlotte Scrapbooking Kit Contents:
1 – Charlotte Paper Packet (X7205B)
1 – Charlotte Complements (X7205C)
3 – Cardstock Sheets (1 Black, 2 Whisper)
1 – Black & Gold Ribbon (Z3197)
1 – Treasured Puffies (Z3203)
Featured Colors: Black, Champagne, 
Slate, Sorbet, Whisper, White Daisy
G1104 $26.95

12x12 layout #1

12x12 layout #2

12x12 layout #3

Picture My Life (pocket pages) layout #4

PLUS, 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs)!

The scrapbook pages go together so quickly and easily since they now include stickers and chipboard die-cuts to embellish your pages with (instead of stamping). You will find that you can complete all of these items in just a few hours 
(approximately 2-3 hours for the 8 pages
and 1 hour for the 9 cards that 
do involve a little bit of stamping).

Starting January 1st, you can begin ordering this kit
to use at my upcoming workshop dates in January!!

1). Simply visit my website at

2). Click on the "JOIN" button in the 
bottom right corner to begin shopping
from my "January Workshop Orders!" gathering.

3). Add the "Workshops Your Way" Charlotte Scrapbooking
Kit (item #G1104) to your shopping cart to place the order at
least one week before the workshop date you plan to attend!

 Your kit will ship directly to you (or any address you enter) via FedEx and/or the U.S. Postal Service (please note that it has been my experience that orders placed using the "SmartPost" option can take a little longer to arrive, so the extra three dollars in shipping cost really isn't much IF you need to be sure it arrives faster using the $7.95 FedEx shipping option). You can purchase any additional items you want to, but I will have "on hand" all of the adhesive, stamps, inks, tools, card bases, and memory protectors you might need, available for you to use and/or purchase during all of my upcoming workshop dates.

If you would prefer to not shop online,
then simply get $32 cash/check (per kit)
to me at least a week before you plan to
attend so I can get your kit ordered for you!
(This price is "rounded up" and includes a few cents more than
the actual cost with the tax and s/h added. I will donate the 
extra 27 cents to Operation Smile, our affiliated charity).

Tell and invite your friends!!
because you also have the option to 
split/share a kit with a friend (just $16 each!)
if you can agree on how to divide it up, lol.

4). Then JOIN US at any of my upcoming workshop dates/times to complete your pages with my assistance. I will "show you how" to follow the "easy" cutting guide and share all of the latest tips, tricks, and techniques with you, to help you get your pages and cards created quickly and beautifully!

In January, I am offering 4 different workshop
dates/times for you to choose from including:
Friday 1/8 (6pm-9pm)
Saturday 1/9 (1pm-5pm)
Friday 1/29 (6pm-9pm)
Saturday 1/30 (1pm-5pm)
*If something comes up that prevents you
from being able to attend in January, you are always
welcome to come and use your workshop kit with me in
February when I will be offering 4 more workshop dates
(and a new kit option also).
**The WYW (Workshops Your Way) kits do come complete
with an assembly guide you can download and print once purchased, 
so you will easily be able to create all of the page layouts 
at home on your own if you would prefer to do that also!

Are you a card-maker only?
I haven't forgotten you!!

You are also invited to any/all of 
these workshop dates to participate
in my monthly "Card Buffet!"

Come when you want, 
stay as long as you want, 
and make as many as you want 
(a little or a lot) for
just $1.50 per card!
(bring/purchase your own adhesive to use
and please RSVP, as space is limited).

These are the new cards I will have for you to 
choose from the "buffet" in January 2016:

Lastly, I am very excited to announce my
NEW Consistency Club!!

It's simple...join me every month for 6 months
and I will reward you for your loyalty to me
with free goodies!

Those who purchase the WYW scrapbooking kit 
from me every month for 6 months in a row
(online or in-person) 
will receive their 7th kit FREE!
(a savings of $32!)

Card-makers who purchase $25 or more
every month for 6 months in a row
(online or in-person)
will receive a shopping spree
($25 worth of their choice of FREE products!)
during their 7th month.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

January Card Class!


Join us this Saturday, January 10th (6pm-9pm)
at Jen's house (in Barstow Heights)
- or -
Order a "Kit-to-Go" for $16,
price includes shipping
(payments can be made online via PayPal.com
to StampwithJen@ymail.com)
All card pieces are pre-cut and ready to assemble.
All kits also include the embellishments shown,
but require that you use your own adhesive.
Please indicate the address you would like your kit
mailed to and whether you would like your
card elements pre-stamped as shown or left blank
so you can stamp them to your own preference.
 
Let me show you how to create 8 hand-made greeting cards
every month (2 each of 4 designs) for $12 (in-person only)
(that's only $1.50 per card!)…
OR get your class for just $5 (in-person only)
with any $24.95 or more product purchase!
 
This month all cards feature the
HEARTSTRINGS paper pack!

Attendees please RSVP by Friday 1/9 and
you can pay for your kit(s) at the class.
Space/supplies are limited, so please hurry,
kits are available only while my supply lasts!