Don't forget to register for the card making class this Friday, May 15! We will be making 12 cards (3 each of 4 designs) in New Freedom, PA. Registration ends tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13. The four pictures on the right are a sneak peek of the cards we'll be making. You can find more information by following the link to my upcoming card class. I hope to hear from you! Friday, May 29 is PMS (Pizza, Music and Stamping) Night at my home here in Stewartstown, PA. If you would like to attend an RSVP is helpful but not mandatory. Continue reading
"Squash Book" Photo Album Kit
I am offering a kit to make this cute 5" square book! This is what is known as a "Squash Book" and it's so cute! In the second picture you see that it unfolds into a beautiful display for your pictures! These pictures really don't due the book justice since you can't see how it unfolds. These books are not hard to make and with me precutting and prescoring everything plus providing a video tutorial, you can't go wrong with this kit! Check out the details below and then contact me to order your kit today! Kit Includes: A video tutorial right here on my website so you can make the book Continue reading
Sneak Peek at the Upcoming Card Class
Have you signed up for the card class on Friday, May 15? Here's a little sneak peek at the cards we'll be making. We will be meeting in the basement of Grace Bible Church in New Freedom, PA at 6:30 P.M. to make 12 cards (3 of each of the 4 designs) and the first five who sign up and pay will get to make an extra card for free! There are two feminine designs and two more masculine designs. If you live in southern Pennsylvania or northern Maryland this is a great opportunity to make some cards! I even have two ladies from the southern part of Baltimore, Maryland (Glen Burnie and Pasadena to Continue reading
Upcoming Stampin' Up! Events
Do you like this little flower pot? The flowers actually pull out with a place to write your note! I had a lot of fun making it this morning! If you would like to make one of these make sure you keep reading and act quickly! There are so many things happening right now it's hard to know where to begin! I have upcoming events, there's a ribbon share for you to participate in and some great specials coming from Stampin' Up! Check out all the details and feel free to contact me if you have questions! All Occasion Card Class When: Friday, May 15, 6:30 PM Where: Basement of Grace Continue reading
Pictures of Scrap Club in Stewartstown, PA
We had our second Scrap Club meeting at the Mason Dixon Library in Stewartstown, Pa tonight. Whew! Six 12x12 scrapbook pages in two hours! I thought I'd take today's post to show you a few pictures from our evening. We had a lot of fun with creativity and laughter! If you would like to see some of the pages we've been making in club, you can click on the Scrapbooking Category in the right column and page back through the posts there. Not all of the pages shown are for Scrap Club, however. Tomorrow I will be posting a picture of the 2-page scrapbook layout I did today of my youngest Continue reading
Another piece of framed stamp art
Not everyone has a bathroom they call a "Powder Room", for some the way they decorate makes "Outhouse" a little more appropriate. So, I made a sign for the door. I didn't have any outhouse stamps so I used the Under the Stars stamp set and the Lovely as a Tree stamp set along with Headline Alphabet which is retired. My style sides more with the Fifth Avenue Floral frame from yesterday (not that it would match my house I'm afraid - maybe once my children are grown!!), but I think someone out there will this! Our first Scrap Club meeting at the Mason Dixon Library in Stewartstown, PA went Continue reading
Handstamped 3"x3" pink cards
Here's a little 3"x3" handstamped card I made yesterday. I used the Polka Dot Punches stamp set which is one of the stamp sets you can get for free during Sale-A-Bration with a qualified purchase. Other items you see used here include the Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, a half pearl from the Pretties Kit and our new Organza Ribbon. The colors used are Pink Pirouette, Bravo Burgundy and Whisper White. This card uses the same style as a card I made back in December for a swap with other demonstrators at a special stamping weekend that I Continue reading
Under the Stars Stamping
I often hear people say that guy cards are harder to make than the girly ones. I'm afraid I have to agree. I can make them but they often take a little longer than the flowery ones. When I do make one, they almost always feature the Lovely as a Tree stamp set. Today I wanted to make a guy card and wanted to incorporate the Under the Stars set. As you can see, I still ended up including Lovely as a Tree. This card is a simple one but a good example of the masking technique. Masking is what you do when you want stamped images to appear like they are in front of other stamped images Continue reading
Creativity abounds . . . some days
Today was one of those days when I sat down and within a little more than an hour came up with three new cards. I have to admit I can't usually come up with them that fast or that easily. Some days I sit there and stare at my supplies and have to drag something out of the depths but every once in a while I can sit down and the creativity abounds. I love these sort of days! I can show you one of the three cards I came up with this afternoon. If you know me well, you'll probably know that this card is a bit out of my normal comfort zone. I'm not typically one for bright colors (especially Continue reading
Upcoming Stampin' Events in York County, PA
I made this cute little welcome sign yesterday. "Welcome" is our vinyl decor elements and then the flowers are stamped using Elegant Eggplant Craft ink and the new Thoughts and Prayers stamp set. Believe it or not, I actually mixed the purple paint color myself. I used white craft ink from Walmart mixed with Elegant Eggplant ink refill to come up with the color. Now, you're probably wondering why it is two tone purple. Well, I had it nicely painted and stamped and then accidentally dripped white paint in the middle of the plaque. Naturally I couldn't mix the paint quite the same as Continue reading
Stampin' last night in Stewartstown, PA
We had a lot of fun with PMS night last night! (You know, as I was typing that I realized we never did turn on the M - music. Oops! Apparently is wasn't missed because nobody ever said anything.) I thought I'd share a few pictures to let you the rest of you see what you missed. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures when we had twleve of us working together. Everyone wanted the next PMS night date to be set last night so we'd know when we could get together again. So, I'll go ahead and let everyone know. Our next PMS night is scheduled for Friday, February 27 6:30 - 9:30 P.M. in my Continue reading
A new way of doing PMS Nights
I have been looking at my calendar and the pace of life for my family and trying to figure out how I can make things a little easier for everyone. The first change I am going to make will be in connection to our PMS (Pizza, Music and Stamping) nights. Really, it's just a change in location and time. I am having a PMS night on Friday, January 23 from 6:30 - 9:30 P.M. in my home. This is an open stamping night where you can come and have access to all of my stamps, ink pads and punches to work on your own projects. You need to supply your own cardstock, ribbon and other consumable items. Continue reading