Documented Workshop

Here are the layouts for September, featuring the scrapbook kit, documented... 

This first layout is the Hostess Club Layout and features a clean and simple design.  It uses pattern 24 from the Make It From Your Heart volume 3.  We also used PML cards from the kit to add to these pages.  I love the peacock and the pewter color combination.  

The first Layout is inspired by Jennifer Smith.  I loved her layout and here is my version of it.  The tricky part is the cut some of the pieces and hide it under the photo strip!  LOVE!!!

I love the brick paper!!  This was such a fun layout inspired by Julie Carriere.  I love the little touches, the camera, the yellow ribbon stickers and love wooden compliment.Super fun layout and adding the dots just add to the fun!!

I love the PML cards and the colors for this amazing kit!  This fabulous layout was inspired by Amy Moore.  Love love love these colors!!

Here's another wonderful layout inspired by Julie Carriere.  Some colors were switched... but it was such a fun layout.  We also added a bit of pink shimmer trim.  What fun!!

Next month starts a new catalog and we will be doing boutique in October.  Please come join us for another great class!  please have your kit ordered by October 1.  The workshop will be Tuesday, October 9 and the doors are open at 5:00 PM!  Contact me for more information!!

September Shoebox Cards

September is quickly slipping by... We had a small group in September, and are hoping to have more folks in October!

So here are our creations for September!!

My card was using an hand stamped 12x12 using these amazing skeleton leaves. It was stamped and double matted.  This card is intended to be a wedding card, but could easily also be a birthday card, a thinking of you card or even a sympathy card by just changing out the the greeting.  We also used a shimmer brush to add some sparkle.

Melani's card is quite interesting.  we had to score and cut inside the scoring... mountain and valley fold.  She did have instructions written out for us which certainly helped. We also used double sided paper. I love the result of this card!  What fun... but a little tricky.

Roxxy's getting a jump start on Halloween!  I love the wiggly eyes in the trees... the gates open.  Such a cute fun halloween card... Halloween will be here before you know it!!

The next Shoebox cards event will be Tuesday, October 2 at 7:00 PM.  We'd love to have you join us!!  And we do have a new person coming!  So excited to meet and welcome Beth Barber to our little group!!

Central Park layouts

Hey Everyone!!  What a summer eh... Can't believe it's the end of August.  

Check out the Central park kit!  It was a lot of fun!!  Really!  I loved the bright colors!!

The first layout is the hostess club layout!  It's a bright expression of color was inspired by the Make it from your Heart volume 3 pattern 7!  We also used the CTMH You are here cricut collection for the title.

This fun layout was inspired by Doreen Watkins!  I loved the bicycle PML card and just thought it was a wonderful layout! We lined the summer punch out with red to make it pop.  Also the PML card is a flip flap.

The next layout is such a great summer layout!  "Let's Play"  is a wonderful way to capture many summer moments.  Play is one of the compliments and Let's uses the sticker letters that come with the kit.  This delightful layout is inspired by Melissa Laverty!

Yes, this layout uses the same kit!  There is some pink in the multi colored paper if you look closely.  We used the swirly seashells stamps and dies to create this "Shell We... " pretty in pink layout.  This layout was inspired by Wendy Ball! I loved that it was so different than anything else.. and I love sea shells!!

Yellow and blue... Love this layout... inspired by Chris Robertson!  This was so much fun to put together.  The sun and it's rays really set a nice background to build on.  And the two tone blues are very complimentary.  We added a couple of flip flap pml cards and it's a great layout!

And the last layout really reminds us that Summer is Bliss! It's been a joy to create these bright and cheery layouts!  This wonderful layout was inspired by Krista Hershberger!  Hope you have had a bright and cheery summer too!!

We enjoy our Hostess club nights and would love to have you join us!  Just pre-order your kit and come create with us!  The next Hostess Club is Tuesday, September 11.  We will be doing documented!  

August Shoebox cards

What a wonderful Summer it has been!!  Here are our creations for August.  



I love this pear stamp set and have wanted to use it for a long time.  It uses some old B&T paper and and washi tape and tiny layers. This is an elegant card.... It was loosely based on a design from pinterest.  (Teneale Williams)

Anita's card is a diagonal cut of an 8.5x11 and then gently folding the points in and down.  The medallion is only glued on half of the card.  We also made an insert/greeting for the inside.  This is a beautiful card.

Here is the insert as well as the card being opened.

Julie's sympathy card features the word prayers cut on a cricut using flashing tape, so it had adhesive on it.  It was very delicate.  We also added black puff paint to the inside of the flower.  The backgrounds also have been pressure embossed.  This is an elegant card.

Roxxy's card is an under the sea card.  The background is pressured embossed and we had lots of fun embellishments to add... we used  colored pencils to color in the fish and added gems for bubbles.  What fun!  It's a great summer time card!!

Melani's fun card was a cascade of punched flowers.  It's a great way to use up scraps.  We also added some stickles in the center of the flowers to bling it up.  It was fun to punch the flowers out of scraps and then just play.  It's a great way to use up scraps!! Fun fun card!!

We always enjoy getting together and sharing our ideas.  We get together on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM.  The next Shoebox Card night will be Tuesday, September 4.  

Fresh Air Workshop

Hi everyone!!  

Here are the layouts we did using Fresh Air!  The Layouts are so much fun!!  This has been a very popular kit and so if it's something you like, then you will want to order as soon as possible!

Here's the Hostess Club layout!  The relax and renew card is a pml card from the kit.  I love the colors and relaxing feel of this kit.  This layout is inspired by Doreen Watkins.  I love this layout!!  

This paper is just so beautiful... so this layout featured seeing a lot of the layout.  there is also a 6x12 flip flap to allow for maximum pictures while still maintaining the integrity of the paper.  This layout was inspired by Sue Nielson.

Here is another layout that focuses on the beautiful paper.  There are five 4x4 flip flaps that allow for lots of beautiful paper and lots of photos.  This layout was inspired by Kelly Baxter Fitzgerald.  

This lovely layout features a simple design with stamping.  It's a clean look with a great bones.  This layout was inspired by CTMH.

The next layout is also another layout inspired by CTMH.  They used fishing lures and such, but I didn't have that stamp set, so I improvised with using the compliments and stamps.  I think it's a great layout!!

Love this soft unexpected look featuring the blue tones.  This looks like a spa layout ready to happen.  Thanks to Wanda Rogers for her inspiration!!

Here's a brassy and classy  little layout that uses some of the word paper.  It also uses some the items from the compliment package.  I love the nutmeg used in with the browns and brass.

That's a lot of layouts!!  Which one is your favorite?  Join us next in August as we work on Central Park.  Tuesday, August 14 and the doors open at 5:00 PM.  Please have your kit ordered by Wednesday August 1.

July Shoebox Cards

Hi Everyone!!

Hope you are enjoying your summer!!  I am loving these cooler July temps and having the windows open!!

Here are the amazing creations from our July Shoebox card group!!  

This fun card features the paper pack Fresh Air!  It is an amazing kit and if you like it and thinking you might maybe want it, I would order it asap!  I think this is the hot set for this book!!  Back to the card!  I love this paper pack and Liz Johnson shared a lovely card that I used for inspiration!!  

Anita's card uses lots of older techniques, crumpling and inking, large background stamping using a brayer, and doing two colors at one time... without really masking.  We used the ribbon to hide the transition since the large background isn't quite as big as the paper!!  What a lovely card!!  

Julie and Melani both did similar cards... "the lantern card".  Here's Julie's version.  The base is 6x6 and a decorative layer of 5.75x5.75.  The strips 2x11 (4), scored at every two inches. 1x4 (2) and B&T or stamped images 1.75x1.75 (20).  You will want to connect the strips to the base before adding the decorative layer. Use the 1x4 to connect the top and punch a hole in the crossed over section and add your string or ribbon. (note we added a decorative circle to cover and hold the string or ribbon).  This folds flat for mailing.

Melani also did the lantern card.  She did double layers.  We did Melani's card first and she taught us the card from scratch.  This lantern has a double layer.  After doing the first lantern card, the second one was a breeze. The layers are 6x6, 5 7/8x5 7/8 and 5 3/4x5 3/4, 

1 7/8x1 7/8 and 1 3/4x1 3/4.  

Here it is open!!

Roxxy's card is a fun Bee card.  We used a two step stamp set, stamping yellow first and then the black, mounted the embossed yellow onto the black cardstock and then added the die cut bees on top and added the sentiment.

We always have a great time doing shoebox cards!!  Join us for the next class on Tuesday, August 7th, at 7:00 PM.  See you then!!

Makin Waves

Hi everyone!!  

Here's another great Workshop Your Way!!  It features the Makin' Waves paper pack!  I love love love these colors and papers!!  

This first layout is the hostess club layout.  Using the Hello spring stamps, I used water color to do a messy paint to fill in.  It looks fun and it was fun and quick to do!  The beautiful flower paper is a nice accent near the bottom of the page.. as it includes many of the colors used and ties them together.  

This super fun layout was inspired by Jennifer Rubio!  It was so much fun making this layout.  The mermaid is a PML card and also a flip flap!  Perfect place to hide an imperfect photo!  Super cut layout!

This next layout was inspired by Chris Robertson.  I love the beautiful you part where beautiful is in pink and purple and You is in purple on pink.  Also, at the bottom of the page, some sequins were used on the flower strip.  Love that this layout is a perfect layout for a girl!!

This layout has a lot of cricut images.  The background paper that goes fro blue to green gives this layout a real water feel.  Thanks Julie Carriere for the Cricut file to make this layout come together quite easily!!  and thank for the inspiration!!  This is an amazing layout!!

I always love a blue/ green layout and this is one of my favs!!  Thanks Jennifer Smith for the inspiration!  I love the starfish border that goes the the middle and adding the gems really adds some sparkle to this layout!

This layout features cricut cut floral items and is very Hawaiian or tropical looking.  This is another layout inspired by Julie Carriere.  She really does such a lovely job incorporating cricut images in her layouts!  

This Mermaid inspired layout was inspired by Chris Lothian and was using up the last bits and pieces of the kit.  I just really enjoyed this kit and wanted to keep making layouts!  as you can see, there are seven layouts with this kit and they are all so fun and different!  What a versatile kit!!  

Join us this summer as we continue to create amazing layouts!!  There's always room for you!!  You are always welcome to join us!  It's definitely a creative atmosphere!!