Card Class Christmas Party

Our Card Class has ended another successful year with a delicious and fun Christmas Party. I like to thank all of my ladies for joining me each month for some fun projects. You are such a fun and loving group... Thank You!

We had many delicious dishes, Christmas cookies and lots of coffee. For some reason we manage to take pictures only after the food was put away ...oh well, next year we will :-)
Wait...I have a picture of the cookies 

 

Thanks to Ruth, Carolyn, Karen, Deb, Jan, Linda and Nikki (our photographer) for coming  and

We are missing Sandy (wishing you a speedy recovery), Marsha, Lin, Peg and Sarah and we hope you will be able to join us next time.

We created a little star project and somehow the decor idea was transformed 

 

and yes, Carolyn and myself missed the memo for the red sweater party :-) 

Oh and not to forget the most crafty dog in the world...Izzy! She is so much fun and always in the middle of the action...A couple of times she was left with lots of glitter in her fur. Well we work with glitter and she insists of attention during class, so ..... we have a glitter girl!

This group is awesome and I love to get together with them every month. Thanks ladies for another year of friendship, laughter and support. 

See you all next year!

Merry Christmas Card Old Fashion Way

Well, this is our last card for this year. 

I used some older Close To My Heart paper for this one. Layered between red cardstock and a stamped piece of colonial white cardstock.

I used the Yuletide Greetings (D1553) stamp set with its old fashion images...
The images are stamped in pine and grey ink. I enhanced the images with some water color pencils and a little bit of sparkle.

The Merry Christmas greeting is underlined with the wonderful glitter paper from Close To My Heart (Brown & Tan Glitter Paper Z1830)

Have fun creating and let me know if you have any questions or like to join my groups...sent me an email. I would love to hear from you...

Deck the Halls

Well here is another card of our Christmas Card Workshop from November. 

 This card is perfect for sitting on a nice mantle of your fireplace.

Once opened you can see the personal greetings on the last panel while the others  show a cute little winder scene.

 Folded in M-shape it is just as big as a regular card.

 I colored all houses and trees in with watercolor pencils. A little bit of clear sparkle went on the snowy areas and the little snow man.

 I hope you'll enjoy this card and if you like to learn how to make on, please feel free to contact me. Also ... a few set of the workshop class are still available for purchase or the card itself. Just email me.

A wonderful Merry Christmas

This is the second card for Christmas made in our card class in November. I found the design (seen from Dawn Griffith) so cute that I had to use the base and give it my own spin.

The card base is a piece of red cardstock with a little flap seen on the left. The green design paper is adhered to the center of the red base and to the outside of the flap.

A piece of black cardstock folded in half is glued into the center of the green base paper. The fold of the black piece is to your right so the card opens on the left. The small flap from the red cardstock will hold the black card closed.
Make sure to adhere a piece of colonial white cardstock in the center so you can write your greeting inside.


I used another colonial white cardstock piece (same size as the one inside the black card) to stamp and decorate the outside of my card.
Close To My Heart has a great stamp set available for all hostesses that is called "Sing Glory" (C1587). I used the Holly garland and leave motive, as well as the phrase from it. If you are interested in this stamp set, please contact me on how to get it.

First I stamped the garland and leaves in olive ink. To make the berries pop, I used the liquid adhesive pen and marked each berry with some liquid glue. A little bit of red embossing powder, a heat gun and my Holly berries are done.
The three ornament are from an older stamp set. I stamped them first in grey onto the card and then a second set on a separate piece of cardstock. These I colored in with alcohol markers and cut them out.
A foam dot and a little bit of glitter and they were place right on top of the grey stamped images.


All cards and layouts presented on my blog can be purchased as kits (while supply last) or as finished products. Please contact me if you like to purchase any item.

How about making this card in one of my card classes? I offer small classes at my home or if you have a couple of friends that like to come together and make some of these cards, I will come to you place as well. Contact me which days are still available and what other projects I am currently offering. 

Stay tuned for more crafting ideas...

A folded Christmas tree

This is the first of our November card class projects. Simple but elegant and a great design if you need to make many cards for the season.

I used a Close To My Heart paper packet from last year, but any other festive paper will work as well. For this Christmas tree you will need a double sided paper otherwise the tree will show some of the white backing.
The tree is folded from a half circle. In this case I used a 4" circle cut in half. The stem is made from the Close To My Heart golden glitter trim. I love this trim. I comes in many more colors and is already backed with adhesive.

I adhered a piece of design paper to the card base. My tree was glue on a piece of black cardstock which enhances the colors and makes the gold trim really pop. I used tiny thin foam squares to hold the folded corners of the tree down. The thin foam piece give a little dimension without making your cards to bulky. A few gold embellishments are draped around the tree and I stamped "Merry & Bright" on the bottom with our chalk inks. The ink color I picked was a little dark, but you can still see it on the card. 


The black cardstock is raised with foam dots of the card base. 

With my Christmas cards I like to stamp a little phrase inside to make them even more special.

All cards and layouts presented on my blog can be purchased as kits (while supply last) or as finished products. Please contact me if you like to purchase any item.

How about making this card in one of my card classes? I offer small classes at my home or if you have a couple of friends that like to come together and make some of these cards, I will come to you place as well. Contact me which days are still available and what other projects I am currently offering. 

Stay tuned for more crafting ideas...

I am thankful for

This is the last sample of our October Thanksgiving Card Class. A little bit of everything. We used again the Close To My Heart "Pathfinding" (X7186B) paper pack. 

The card base it made from Autumn Terracotta cardstock. The waved border was die-cut with a LawnFawn die (including the stitching). We further used chocolate and olive cardstock on the front. 

We used three pumpkin cut-outs off three different design papers. The cut-outs are folded in half and adhered together. The two single half's on each side are attached to the card to create a 3D-effect. To sent this card in the mail, simple push the pumpkins flat. Metal studs, the final touch to this card.


All cards and layouts seen on this blog are available for purchase. Simply sent me an email for more information and to order.

Happy Thanksgiving II

This is the second Thanksgiving card we made in October's card class. The background is made from Close To My Heart Chocolate cardstock and Cocoa Ink. I used a StampinUp woodgrain background stamp to replicate the wood boards. Looks like real, doesn't it?

The sign is stamped in Close To My Heart Barn Red Ink and attached to a piece of olive cardstock. The phrase and the pumpkins are again from the new "Thankful Heart" (B1463) stamp set. The pumpkins are stamped on Autumn Terracotta cardstock and cut out by hand.

The sign is attached with a brand to the chocolate front piece before it was adhered to the card base. This way the back of the brad is not seen on the inside of the card.

All cards and layouts seen on this blog are available for purchase. Simply sent me an email for more information and to order.

Happy Thanksgiving

Yes, it is already time to get the turkey ready. I know, it seems like we just dusted our summer chairs in the garden and now we are turning up the heat in the house. So let's take the opportunity to bring some glitter home. 

Have you tried the Close To My Heart Glitter papers yet? No? You don't know what you are missing. They are so glittery and nothing comes off. It cuts like butter and you get three hues of one color in each pack. The brown glitter paper is the one I used in this layout.

The leaves are from the new "Thankful Heart" (B1463) stamp set

and the paper is the wonderful Close To My Heart "Pathfinding" (X7186B) paper.

All cards and layouts seen on this blog are available for purchase. Simply sent me an email for more information and to order.

Glitter Paper
Like to try our Close To My Heart glitter paper? You can order it directly from my website or contact me if you like a 6"x12"  or a smaller 6" x 6" pack. 

Have a Boo-tiful Day

A few days late, but still cute. Our October Card Class was all about Thanksgiving, but naturally we couldn't miss Halloween. 

So this was our Boo-tiful Day...

The star background is stamped in Versa Mark ink and then covered in extra fine glitter. Love the sparkle and you should see our basement, my craft space...

The black cardstock is cut with a cute Christmas Tree die by LawnFawn. A piece of grey cardstock finishes the bottom of the card.

No monster bash without the little critters, right? The little monsters are colored in with alcohol markers and hand cut (This stamp set is also from LawnFawn).

I think I will use these little critters for a birthday card some time soon.....Boo-tiful

All cards and layouts seen on this blog are available for purchase. Simply sent me an email for more information and to order.

"Thinking of you" Card

Well, this is my last card before the summer break. Our next Card Workshop Class will begin in September. Oh, but in between I will be busy creating new ideas for card, preparing the upcoming classes and work on my page layouts. I need multiple different layout for the "Oakland Fair" Craft Crop in October. If you are likely to attend that weekend you will get to see the results first hand. I do will give you little sneak peeks here and there, but my blogger friends, you won't see them until the crop is over. Never the less, stay tuned because other things will come....

But let's go back to the card we made here. The base is created off Kraft cardstock measuring 11" x 4 1/4" and folded in half. The fold is to the left. I rounded the corners on the open side and punched the middle with my envelope board.

I strung a piece of hemp from the inside around to the side and closed it with a simple knot. Trim back the ends to make it look nice.
I used a piece of design paper from Close To My Heart and stamped a flourish design along the edges. This piece was adhered flat and centered to the card.

 The Colonial White cardstock was stamped with the phrase "Thinking of you" and edged with some chocolate ink. I placed it on a piece of cocoa cardstock measuring just an 1/8" bigger than the first. The kraft cardstock that followed was also an 1/8" bigger than the cocoa piece. Adhere them together and place them flat towards the left side of the card.

I punched out two sets of butterflies, one set (bigger one) in blue, the other one is the back side of the blue paper. Adhere them together with a glue dots and fluff the wings up.
I created a little bling with a silver pin decorated with little glass pearls and closed with a silver stopper. I bend the pin just a bit. I adhered the first butterfly to the phrase part with a foam dot. Then I pushed the pin end through the foam dot of the first butterfly, just enough so the end stays put.
Now I placed the second butterfly with a glue dot underneath the bling part. If the pin doesn't stay down, used a little bit of glue (the kind that dries clear) to hold it in place.

For the inside I cut a piece of white cardstock and rounded the corners. Place the white piece on the inside centered.

Well, that is my "Thinking of You" card. Do you like to know how to create the bling or any other technique or how to get a set home? All you have to do is contact me. I am more than happy to help...

Have a wonderful summer and enjoy the gorgeous weather and don't forget to tune in once in a while.... 

Happy Summer

and

Happy Crafting