hELLO! fRIENDS!!!

It's crafty-dafty time again - class time, wheee!  

I love giving classes as much as I hope you enjoy doing them.

#1

APRIL STAMPING CLASS

SPECIAL STAMPING TECHNIQUES BOOKLET!  

Series I

Stamping and Organizing a Series of Stamping Techniques into a cute Mini-Booklet!

- 6 beautiful and functional techniques

  - a handy reference guide 

- an inspiration booklet

- cute and compact

-  Techniques Series II Class 

( to be announced at a later date) 

- great as a gift! 

also you will make a BONUS PROJECT! 

#2

APRIL SCRAPBOOK NIGHT CLASS

WHITE TONE-on-TONE SCRAPBOOK TECHNIQUE 

one night only 

This month we will be focusing on the many ways to use mono-tone, or Tone-On-Tone Techniques in your scrapbooking!  From Soft to Elegant to Subtle to Funky - there are SO MANY ways to use this technique to your advantage.  We will use WHITE as our base colour/ several  pages created. 

Available Class Times and Dates:

   

  April 15    Thursday  6:30 pm - Class #1 Stamping

  April 18     Sunday     1:00 pm - Class #1 Stamping

  April  23    Friday       6:30 pm - Class #2 Scrapbook Night.

Cost & Location -  

  My Craft Location - Ellesmere & McCowan Roads, Scarb.    

$25 per person -  RESERVE HERE

  Discounts available for the following:

           2for2 Discount = a $5 discount for each NEW Guest and yourself. 

FREE Class:

          for every $75 Stampin' Up! Order - free class for one, accumalative.

THANK YOU - SEE YOU THERE!

Beverly 

  

Happy Easter.

Has every one been enjoying their week-end?  It has been beautiful weather-wise which has made for a gorgeous backdrop to our enjoyment. Up early for Sunrise Service down by the lake - and then a breakfast of Hot Cross buns and jam, coffee and fruit. Simply nice start to the day here in our home. I hope it has been a lovely week-end for everyone!

And look what arrived in my mailbox!

A gracious friend, Sofia has sent along this adorable bunny card.  Thank you Sofia!

Goodnight :) 

"I always have a wonderful time, whereever I am, whomever I'm with."

Elmwood P. Dowd

movie ' Harvey '

Cards a la Carte is one of our special promotions with COUNTRY LIVING Magazine, and like last year features a set that you can use for entertaining.  This year's is very pretty stationary set - elegantly sweet!


This exclusive kit (item 119113) includes the following products:

• Dinner Party stamp set (set of 3)
• Ballet Blue Classic Stampin' Spot
• Preprinted stationery (24 sheets: 4 each of 6 designs)

Here is the collection and a couple of projects that you can do with it.

Project #1 is a Dinner Invitation

Stamps
Dinner Party stamp set*
Paper
Very Vanilla card stock
Very Vanilla envelope*
Ink
Ballet Blue Stampin' Spot*
Accessories
Stampin' Dimensionals




Instructions:

1. Print "You're invited" on Very Vanilla card stock and adhere to strip of Very Vanilla card stock. Wrap strip around So Saffron printed card from Country Living Cards à la Carte.

2. Stamp silverware image in Ballet Blue ink on Very Vanilla card stock. Cut out, distress one edge, then adhere to card stock strip using Stampin' Dimensionals.

3. Stamp silverware image in Ballet Blue ink on envelope flap.

Project #2   Mr. & Mrs. Card Collection

Stamps

Dinner Party stamp set*

Tiny  Tags stamp set**

Paper
Very Vanilla card stock
Very Vanilla envelope*


Ink
Ballet Blue Stampin' Spot*


Accessories
Linen thread
Very Vanilla 5/8" satin ribbon**
Stampin' Dimensionals
Medium Jewelry Tag punch**
1/16" Circle punch
1-3/4" Circle punch


Instructions:

1. Wrap Very Vanilla 5/8" satin ribbon around stack of Very Vanilla envelopes and printed cards from Country Living Cards à la Carte.

2. Stamp pitcher image in Ballet Blue ink on Very Vanilla card stock. Stamp flourish image in Ballet Blue ink in middle of pitcher. Punch out image using 1-3/4" Circle punch. Punch circle at top using 1/16" Circle punch. 

3. Stamp "Mr. & Mrs." in Ballet Blue ink on Very Vanilla card stock. Punch out using Medium Jewelry Tag punch. Punch hole in top of tag using 1/16" Circle punch. 

4. Thread linen thread through both Very Vanilla circle and tag. Tie around ribbon. Adhere tag to circle using Stampin' Dimensionals.

5. Stamp pitcher image in Ballet Blue ink on front of Very Vanilla envelope. Stamp flourish image in Ballet Blue ink on front of pitcher.

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Cards  à la Carte  Stationary Kit Promotion - till April 30th, 2010. * Or till supplies last.

Look at this great idea. Our ORNAMENT PUNCH has been featured by many talented crafters as a means to make a ROSE FLOWER!
How neat is that!

Sooooo...I have been on a creative roll lately, plus I wanted to make something special for a friend of mine, Caroline. And I wanted to have a good challenge.

Now there are several ways to use this punch as a flower - many of which are a lot simplier than what I have done.  But if you've been a crafter for awhile, you should challenge yourself especially if you give classes - you can't expect it from others if you don't do it yourself!

It took me awhile - the petals were the most challenging. I was working 'blind' - no template, no instructions...and so each petal was a small engineering job in itself. Do I roll the petal this way or fold it that way? Should I tilt it this time or lay it straight...and so on.  To make matters interesting - I chose to make another at the same time, using crushed paper {I took a paper and squashed it over and over, then inked the creases with a sponge to distress it ....continue till the paper is 'pliable'}.  It was easy because while one flower was waiting for some glue to dry, I worked on the other one.

Before the night was done, I was finished both. However, for my gift flower, I moved on to the next part, placing it in such a way as to make a nice presentation. And in the end, the teacup flower was born!

Well - its done, and I believe she really liked it!

 I am totally going to make more of them. :)

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Punch - Ornament (NEW from Christmas Mini Catalogue), Trio Flower (mini pink flower)

Equipment - The Big Shot

Dies - Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit Die (NEW from Occasions Mini Catalogue),

Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Die, Scallop Circle Die (green collar), Bird with Leaves and Flower (stem),  

Cardstock - Bridal Specialty Paper {white}, various Good Neighbour Patterns, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink (for flower in background)

Stamp - Well Scripted (Occasions Mini catalogue) 

Ink - Melon Mambo

Other - tiny gems, ceramic teacup votive candle holder.

- LEARN CRAFT IDEAS LIKE THIS ...COME TO CLASS! - 

Isn't this the cutest!  The second I laid eyes on the card which inspired me - I was OMG !  So I had to do one!

IT'S A  EASY - QUICK 5 MIN. PROJECT!  GREAT KIDS PROJECT!  We made ours  after having breakfast  and  in no time flat!



Technique:
You can see from the pictures that you must fold your cardstock at the 5-1/2 mark, and CUT the Scallop Circle LEAVING A SMALL PART OF THE FOLD OVERHANGING THE CIRCLE OUTLINE - that is how you make a card - and not 2 Scallop Circles.
A small scallop punch is cut into wedges - those make up the wings.
Punch your other parts, fold the square on the diagonal for its beak, then glue everything on.
We highlighted the eyes and beak - voila!

Basic Supplies:
 CARDSTOCK: 11x8 in. yellow, 1 in square orange scrap, black scrap; BIG SHOT XL BIGZ DIE: Scallop Circle; HAND PUNCHES:  flower, scallop circle (any size), small circle punch; Other:  1" square orange cardstock, white gel pen, glue.

Hi everyone!

Sorry - I have no creativity when making up my titles for my posts! I'd better stick to my day job as a crafter, lol!

But that does not diminish this beautiful card made by my upline, Caroline - who is seriously talented.

Look what she did with our bridal paper!  I've known about this technique and have tried it using sponges, but now I own a brayer, so I am going to dig out my own bridal paper (white) which has its glossy design raised (or embossed) on the surface.  This way when you ink the paper up [shown here in CAMEO CORAL, ROSE RED, SO SAFFRON Stampin' Up! inks]...the raised white design will peek through after you wipe away the extra ink!  Cool huh!

That's one of the pretty tags from our SIZZIX TWO TAGS DIE (catalog item # 115954) and the close up shows more fun ideas to help you jazz up your projects...have a good look here....

....she has taken a SCALLOP CIRCLE PUNCH and sniped it to create flower petals, then used some of the sticky goo which adds a thick clear coat, CRYSTAL EFFECTS over a white brad, then sprinkled it with our go to glitter, DAZZLING DIAMONDS!

Give it a try ladies - email me your card designs - I'd love to feature them! 

If your craving fun - why not COME TO CLASS and we'll make cards, scrapbook and many other projects! Email me for class details or placing orders - I'll be glad to assist you!

Hello fellow crafters......hope everyone is crafting on something this week!

Here is my furball as he was last week-end on our Easter Spring class - I'm sure he has no ideas in his lil' head as to what we were up to, lol!  Probably just hoping we'd have treats!

We DID have treats - and I owe a "Thank You!" to my daughter for taking time to decorate my mini-cupcakes so nicely - see aren't they cute?  She likes the decorating aspect - not so much the baking, ha ha...well, we all have our specialties, don't we! 

Here are some of the results of the SUNDAY CLASS! Pretty nice! Everyone did such nice work! 

In total, each member did 2 sets of a card & matching pillow favour box as I describe in my CLASS DETAILS in an earlier blog (dates are shown to the right side)...and one set is completely different in 'feeling' - and EVERYONE'S LOOKED FABULOUS! 

BIG WELCOME to new crafters KIM and JULIA!

I will add more details to my LINK to my demonstrator blogging later on - check it out! 

Meantime, I hope to see more of you in class - come on out and play! 

Cheers, Beverly