July Shoebox Cards

Wow!  It's July already!  Here are our July Shoebox Creations!!

What a fun card this was to create.  It uses border thin cuts and cricut shapes.  We used the cropadile to add eyelets to this card.  Remember the old days where we needed to punch a hole with an anywhere hole punch and a hammer... it's fun to bring some of those things back!  I love the colors on this card!  This card was inspired by Silke Ledlow.

Anita's ethereal card was super fun to create... She had prestamped the card and the inside was printed on the computer, so we needed to cut the card down to fit everything on the card. The fairy was colored in with colored pencils and used a blender to blend the pencils.  A pretty little gem was added to the wand and a golden oldie ivy stamp was added on the edge along with sponging on the edge.  Gold stars completed the whimsical imagery.  Fun card!  

Beth gets the OA Award this week!!  (Over Achiever) as she offered two cards this month. This card was quick and a lot of fun.  The Happy Birthday was stamped in the white circle and the shoe was already cut out.  We added a bit of ribbon on a paperclip.  All of the cards looked different... we all had different shoes.  It was fun and quick!!

This next card was so much fun!  Beth is a dietitian and likes to bring that into her cardmaking world!!  "I truly RELISH our friendship"  and inside it says "I miss you... Let's KETCHUP soon".  Just darling... The back ground makes it feel like a picnic table cloth.  We did color cut and paste and it was super fun!!

Holly  joined us for the first time and was so thoughtful that she brought cards to share with us!  I love the combination of blue and green!! Love this cute card!!  Looking forward to her joining us in August!!

Kathy brought lots of fun items and passed them around to create a collage card.  She passed around 5x7 cards and offered either blue or green background sheet as the base.  She passed around gems, stamps, ribbons, stickers flowers, washi tape, shimmer spray, buttons, die cuts and such.  I found the blue heart and loved it and built around it... And of course, all of the cards looked so different!!  We enjoyed playing with Kathy's supplies!  

Last month, Pam came as a guest!  So this was her first creation with us!  The card base was hand made paper with a matching envelope.  The "Tea cup" was colored in and cut out.  there was some debate about cutting the steam or not, mine is cut out... someone else used a diecut circle and some chose to cut them off.  Inside, there was a was a pocket with tag that said "Come and share a pot of tea...My home is warm and my friendship's free"  There was some side discussion about adding a tea bag in the pouch and that led to someone saying don't put a used tea bag in there... and we laughed and laughed.

Many of the regulars were unable to attend as it was getting close to a holiday weekend.  Hopefully they will be back to join us in August.  We meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM!  

June Hostess Club

Hi Everyone,  May and June were super busy months in the Bowman household, so the blogs are a bit behind.  Thanks for your patience!!  Thankfully the July 4th weekend offered some respite time!!

Here are the lovely Sweet Girl layouts.  

This is the hostess club layout and was inspired by Close to my Heart!  Sweet Girl was cut on the cricut.  This is truly a sweet layout.  

This quick layout shows that not every girly layout needs to be pink!!  This lovely layout is inspired by Jennifer Smith.  It was fun to just use the blue and gray tones.

This layout holds many photos!  It's a great quick layout!  There's a fun feel with the animals and the circle paper.  Also, a zip strip grounds the layout.  This layout was inspired by Brenda Rose.This is a quick quick layout!!

Finally here is a sweet PINK layout.  There is some pops of blue and gray in this layout.  I love the individual letters saying Sweet Dreams.  This layout was inspired by Tina Lovell!  This is my favorite layout using this kit!  

Please join us for hostess club!  It's a lot of fun and it's a great way to get up to four layouts created.  Hostess Club meets on the second Tuesday each month!  Join us for lots of fun and creativity!!

May Hostess Club

Hi Everyone!!

Here are the layouts featuring So Much Happy!  This was such a fabulous kit!  One of my favorite kits to be honest.  

Here is the hostess Club layout.  We used lots of cricut images on these layouts!  This layout was inspired by the folks at Echo Park.  Also thin cuts were used to make the yellow border.  Love this bright and flowery layout.  Also this layout would accommodate a 6x12 flip flap or pocket pages to add more photos.

As a teal lover, this is a fabulous layout.  Thanks to Kathy Corson for the inspiration for this amazing layout!  Shimmer trim always adds a lovely pop of sparkle to any layout!  

This daisy paper is so gorgeous!!  This lovely layout is so much fun and the large daisies really make this layout pop!  Julie Carriere is one of my favorite scrapbook/cardmaking artists and she is the inspiration for this layout!  

The third layout uses the fun flowered paper in such a lovely way.  I love how the paper is used in that it allows the paper to shine, but also allows us to use both sides of the paper.  This is another layout inspired by Kathy Corson.

Hostess Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month and doors open at 5:00 PM.  There is always a layout for everyone who comes to make and also, at least three layouts using the featured kit.  Hope to see you join us for the next class!!