Operation Smile Auction Winner!!!!

Last night at the Close to My Heart's Regional Celebration, they had put out some items the staff was going to auction off at the end of the event.  I had spotted the 6 handmade cards from the art department, and knew I wanted them.  When it was time for the bidding, I paid close attention to items and what they were going for.  Then my six art department cards came up.  I wanted them!  There was a small bidding war over the cards...but I finally won them :)  My final bid was $45.00 for these beauties!  So worth it and so great for the children that we will be helping.  Our Regional Celebration raised over $2300.  That is almost 10 surgeries.

I will post more of the projects we made in the next few days to week.  You can help out with Operation Smile, everytime we have a home gathering.  Simply roll up your order to the nearest dollar amount.  Will you be helping out soon.

Love Your Layout: October 2011

This is a great technique to use on Studio J. Call me today for your appointment, so I can show you how to create yours.

Fall is upon us...

   The leaves are turning their golden brown colors and starting to fall down.  The morning air is crispy and cool.  And all of this means just one thing...Fall is here.  I do like the fall season for the beautiful colors, fun activities, and the yummy foods that we eat.  Are you taking pictures at events and outings?  What are you doing with your pictures after you have them?  I have a great layout for you. 

    Come join me on Thursday, October 20th. at 6:30-8:30 at the Allen Park Biggby Coffee shop for scrapbook class.  You will need to prepay and sign up by Monday, October 17th to reserve your spot.  Will you be joining me for class?

Trying Studio J

   Have you really tried Studio J yet?  I know some of you are not digital scrapbookers.  I prefer the classic but I am personally behind and with Regionals coming soon, the corporate office had us do 5 layouts in Studio J for one of our classes.  This really helped me to see the power behind it.  I will still do classic scrapbooking for many of my layout but I will for sure be building Studio J into my routine.
  I have heard many things like..."I don't have time to scrapbook or It's too mess or It's too expensive or You have to be super creative to scrapbook."  Well I have a solution for all of those excuses...Studio J.   Here are the 5 layouts we had to do for the upcoming Regional Convention.  My favorite ones are the first, second and last ones.  I love how they turned out and the techniques on them were very cool to learn.  Call me today to set up an appointment to learn more about Studio J.

Holiday Magic...October Stamp of the Month Art

  I am so sorry that I didn't the artwork posted earlier for the October Stamp of the Month.  This is stamp is truly a great one to have, especially if you need a Christmas stamp set.  You have 2 different trees, 2 stockings, a sleigh, and several sayings.  This set is perfect for both the cardmaker and the scrapbooker alike.  Give me a call today to get your set...not delay it will be gone October 31st.

October Stamp of the Month

   I am still working on the October Stamp of the Month board.  It should be done hopefully tomorrow.  The stamp for October is so stinkin' cute.  It is designed with Christmas trees, stockings, and a sleigh.  It is perfect for cards and scrapbook layouts.  I have 2 cards done so far.  The layout is almost finished and then one more card to go.  Come back tomorrow to see what I came up with!!!!!

Birthday Girl!!!

    Girls like to get handmade cards for their special day, whether they are little girls or big girls.  You can come to a class designed to make birthday cards for the girls in your life on October 6th. at the Allen Park, Biggby.  All you need to do is sign up and prepay the class fees of $5.00 by Monday, October 3rd.  When you come to class please bring with you scissors, adhesive, foam tape, and liquid glue (if you have it).  Class will begin at 6:30 and run till 8:30.  Come join me in some fun!!!!

Aren't these cards cute?  Leave a comment to let me know what you think!

Mini 8 Hour Crop

   This past Saturday was the first new mini 8 hour crop.  It is a new way of how I will be doing the crops.  There have been some scheduling issues with my previous place, so I am going to give this a try.  Saturday was a super fun day!  The ladies said they felt they got more done and had more of my attention.  I will have to say I even enjoyed it :)

    The ladies arrived at 2:30 and the fun began at 3:00.  We had dinner around 6:15.  I made sloppy joes, cheesy potatoes, and a tossed salad.  During the evening the stamp fairy arrived 3 times  with presents and there were 2 little prizes also.  Later in the evening we had 2 bigger prizes for the ladies.

    Each lady worked on different projects.  Arleen worked on Christmas cards.  Lori worked on Halloween cards.  Mandi scrapbooked her trip to Portland, Oregon and her dogs.  Meghan scrapped pictures of her boyfriend and events from the past few months that they have done.  Sandy worked on scrapping pictures of her grandkids.  Teri continued to work on her scrapbook for a niece that just got married.  Patti worked on scrapping her grandsons.  Sue did some cards and then played with the cricut and made some pillow boxes for gift cards for the holidays.  I would say they were busy.

   The next crop will be on Saturday, November 12 at 2:00-10:00 pm.  The cost is $25.00.  This include your dinner.  A $10.00 deposit is required but is nonrefundable and nontransferable.  Your balance of $15.00 will be due by November 3, 2011.

   I hope you will give this new way of cropping with your friends a try.  Space is limited to only 8.  The November 12 date has only 7 spots remaining.  We will have a great time!!!!!!!!!!!

Dreamin' cards...

    The Dreamin' Workshop on the Go just keeps going.  After both layouts were completed, I moved onto making the suggested cards.  These cards aren't just regular, ordinary cards.  They are circle cards!!!!  These were so stinkin' fun to make :)   For these cards you get to use the new bronze glitz, the new wide chocolate stripe ribbon, and the big glitter brads.

What do you think of them?  Leave a comment to let me know what you think.

On a different note the next mini 8 hour crop will be November 12th.  It will be from 2:00-10:00 pm at my house.  Space is limited to eight, but there only 7 spots left.  Cost: $25.00 Dinner, presents, and prizes included.  I will be sharing with you this week some photos from this past Saturday's mini crop.

Dreamin' of the joys of fall

   When you think of the Fall season, what colors come to mind?  I think of rich colors like goldrush, honey, pacifica, chocolate, and crystal blue.  These colors come in the Dreamin' paperpack.  One awesome embellishment in the Dreamin' Workshop on the Go is the bronze glitz and the large shimmer glitter brads.  These add that little extra bling to your layout or card.  Let me know what you think of the this bling!

Do you add bling to your projects?