Private classes

In addition to classes in my home, I also offer personalized classes where you can have your own private class with your friends where we make cards, gifts or anything you can think of...in your home or mine. The class fee for the participants will vary depending on the type of items completed in class. Your class fee will be FREE for holding the event. This is a fun night for a "Girls Night Out", a Mommy and Me class, for Girl Scout groups, Book Clubs or just an excuse to get together with friends. Contact me and we can work out the details of the event.

Last Monday, I held a private class with Cassie and her friends and their moms. I think the girls really enjoyed themselves. Many of them put their own creative spin on the cards and they turned out so pretty. I wish I took a picture of the cards that they made. But, I always think of that after the fact, unfortunately.

Here are the 2 cards of the 3 cards we made that night:




The picture doesn't really reflect very well the glitter on the ornaments and swirls on the 2nd card. I made the ornaments by punching out circles on a piece of cardstock. I layed this "template" over my white card layer and sponged ink in the cut out circles. While the template is still on the card layer, I stamped the smaller swirl image inside the circles. Once you remove the template, the ornaments remain. The card is then finished by drawing a hanger on the ornament and stamping the larger swirls in light blue. I used Stickles glitter glue to add glitter all over the card.

Fun stamping weekend

I spent 3 days last weekend at a Stamp Camp down at Camp Kirkwood organized by the Stampin Up demonstrator that got me hooked on stamping 7 years ago. She did a great job with the whole event. And, I loved stamping all weekend. I was able to make the majority of my Christmas cards. After Stamp Camp and with the cards I'll be making at my Christmas Card classes, I'll be so relieved to get all of my Christmas cards done way ahead of the Holidays. I typically wait until the last minute to start and finish them in mid-December. I also stamped a bunch of birthday cards to give out for upcoming birthdays. I have spent way too much money at Target this past year buying cards. My goal is to look ahead and get the cards made a month before the actual dates. We'll see how that goes. Fun weekend planned. My son's last football game of the season is this weekend. And, we're celebrating my niece's 4th birthday. Amazing how quickly they grow up!

Look how beautiful it was at Camp Kirkwood! What a gorgeous place. And, besides the awesome scenery, the food was amazing throughout the weekend.



And, do you see all of the plastic containers inside the black crates along the windows? These are all of the stamps that Anita brought for the group to use. Can you say that I was in heaven?!?!?!



Here's the card I made for my niece. Very simple design and fun with the glittery frosting.


Have a great weekend!

Color Inspiration

Some of you have asked how I choose what colors to use for my cards and projects. I find inspiration for color schemes everywhere...catalogs, magazines, clothing, advertisements. You can see what the current color trends are by looking at new ads in print and on TV. I was looking through the Target Holiday Catalog last night. The cover caught my eye. I loved the greens and reds used. You could easily make a card using the different shades of green. I don't think my picture shows the colors as well as I'd like. At first, chartreuse wouldn't be a first choice of a Christmas green. But, I really like how adding this color to the green and olive shades work great together. Play around with different colors and see what you come up with.

Here is a card we made at my Christmas in October class using similar shades of green.

Supplies used: Heart Sings set, Tag Tidbits set, watercolor pencils, circle punch and Coluzzle, Crystal stickles, pop dots, grey marker, Noir and Landscape Palette ink pads