Paper Craft Class at the Y

My next Paper Craft Class at the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph Y starts this Thursday, 10-11am! In this class we will be making mostly Christmas goodies with a couple Thanksgiving crafts the first couple weeks of November. If you need inspiration for holiday cards, cookie boxes & homemade gifts, this class is for you!

Holiday Punch Art

Christmas Scrapbook page or frame for Christmas art!

Christmas Cards

Cookie boxes and treat holders!

Fun stocking stuffers, table favors or hostess gifts!

Gift cards holders and decorative paper bows!

Day of Gratitude

Did any of my reader know that October 2nd was World Card Making Day? I shoulda, coulda had something fun at my house for WCMD but I didn't :( I did however create a few cards that day but didn't have too much free time. I followed World Card Making Day - Release Week Challenges from Verve Stamps. They always have really cute card sketches and even cuter examples to go with them. On all the cards I used the stamp set, Day of Gratitude. Love this stamp set and I can't get enough of the Autumn Spice DSP from the holiday mini. This is great cardstock! Plus I just love the cardstock colors that match; cajun craze, old olive, more mustard & early espresso!

It's not too late to make some great Thanksgiving cards!

Halloween Characters & Cards

These fun halloween characters have toothpicks in them so you could fancy up your halloween cupcakes or other food items at your party. Instead of toothpicks you could always add a magnet to decorate your fridge or a paper clip to add them to a goodie bag, etc.!

Just love this card probably because of that stinkin' owl!! If you don't have this punch yet, you should!! :) Also on this card is the new Spider Web Embossing folder and the adorable Glimmer Brads!

This photo doesn't do justice to how fun the "Wicked Cool" Stamp set really is! I have seen so many cute ideas with the legs/shoe image! This is also my first card that I tried what I will call "ribbon ruffling".

For more cute cards with the "Wicked Cool" stamp set click here, here and wow! here! And then check out this super fun card!

This card uses my most favorite Embossing Folder, Vintage Wallpaper! I end up using this one all the time for all different kinds of cards! Also on this card, I used my other favorite halloween stamp set, "Halloween Hoot"!

Vintage Label Card Camp

Here are the cards we made for the "Vintage Label" Card Camp. The cards on the left are using the Vintage Label stamp set. The cards on the right were improvised. I wanted you to see that, even without the Vintage Label stamp set, you can still make some great cards! I left them blank so any sentiment can be added. Thank you to all the ladies that came to the camp! I always have fun getting ready for these and enjoy seeing you all concentrating so hard on figuring out the cards! :) Great job ladies! And thank you Ruth for the great banana bread!

Mojo Monday- MOJO150

Yesterday I had some crafty "mojo" and ended up crafting all day- it felt so good! Near the end of the day I decided to check out the Mojo Monday blog and all of a sudden this card just clicked. While I really like brown, I am normally not a very big "blue" person but I have fallen in love with these colors- Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake & Soft Suede. And I must admit that when I first saw soft suede I loudly said to myself, "EWWW, YUCK! I will NEVER use this color." Well, guess what- I've had to reorder soft suede cardstock and I use the inkpad ALL the time!

For this card: A Word For You, Butterfly Prints, Pocket Silhouettes, Elements of Style, 1 3/4" Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Square Lattice EF, Small Oval punch, Corner rounder, Scallop trim Border punch

Go here to see other cards for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge!

Thanks for looking!

July Card Camp

Pocket Card

I got the idea for this card from an awesome website, Chic' n Scratch. She has awesome ideas and really great directions and video tutorials! Here is the video for this envelope card.

Fancy Fold Card

I found this what I am calling a "fancy fold" card somewhere out there on the web but I just can not remember where- sorry. The one I saw was decorated differently, opened from the other side and did not have ribbon, so I did add a little "h.annabelle" touch to it :)

Here are the basic directions and dimensions:

1. Start with a white piece of cardstock (4 1/4" x 8 1/2"). Score at 5 1/2".

2. Lay approx 24" of ribbon approx 1 1/2" of the left of score line and tape the middle down. Cut a (4" x 5 1/4") piece of DSP and adhere on the white cardstock over the ribbon. Cut a (4" x 2 1/2") piece of DSP and adhere on flap.

3. Cut a (2 3/4" x 8 1/2") piece of baja breeze cardstock and score at 4 1/4". Adhere the right side on the "inside" of card. Fold the right large flap down, then the small blue flap.

4. Cut a (2 1/2" x 4") piece of white cardstock, emboss and adhere on the blue flap.

5. Stamp and embellish as desired.

Materials (All Stampin' Up!):

- Whisper white & Baja breeze cardstock

- Certainly Celery ribbon

- Greenhouse Gala DSP

- A Word For You Stamp Set

- Elements of Style Stamp Set

- Love you Much Stamp Set

- Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder

- Heart to Heart ex-lg punch

- Basic Pearls

February Clubs

Paper Crafting Club

(Monday, Feb 1st @1pm)

"Top Note Purse"

Imagine getting chocolate, makeup, a handwritten note or even a gift card in this little purse! Come to club and create a one of a kind box that would make any girl, mother, grandma smile!

Here is the link Kathy!!! Click here!

Card Club

(Monday, Feb. 8th @ 1pm)

"Easel Card"

A great way to keep a card on display! Easel cards are fun to make, display and send! Come to club and make one! Birthday, sympathy, thank you, etc. there will be lots of stamps to choose from, so you create a one of a kind Easel card!

The cost of each club is $5 to cover materials.

If you place an order with me I will waive the fee :)

Please e-mail me or call if you are interested in coming to a club so I can plan seating arrangements and give you directions to my house!

Does the day or time not work for you? I can bring the club to you! Have it at your house with your friends! Contact me and we can work out the details!

Caardvarks Challenge!

Hi there! Well, here I am again. It's 12:30am and I am still up crafting! I am on a roll...FINALLY! I found another challenge. This on is from Caardvarks. I created these two cards following their "page maps" challenge. The second card follows the challenge but by flipping the design 180 degrees.

Thanks for looking!

A Happy Heart Set (Stampin' Up!)

"A Happy Heart" Stampin' Up! Stamp Set

$22.95

I am lovin' this stamp set. It's not only a great set for love/Valentine cards but you can also change it up and use it for many other themes! I think the heart image and the heart flower are just adorable. Stamp "Happy Valentine's Day," cut out just "Happy" and "Day" and you have a card for almost any occasion!

Stampin' Up! Great Friend Stamp set

Hi there! If I have done this correctly, today should be Friday!?!? Today is rehearsal dinner for Jeff and Mandy's big day tomorrow! I am so excited for them and now not only will I have a great brother-in-law but a sweet sister-in-law as well! Yea!!



Here are some cards I made using Bashful Blue, Old Olive & Perfect Plum colored cardstock as well as the Patterns Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! The first two cards are stamped with the Great Friend stamp set and the last on is done using the On a Pedestal set. I normally do not use blue when I create cards, especially a light baby blue, but I saw this color combination and it made me feel happy!!

Thanks for looking and happy Friday!!

MOJO98

I am having a great time creating cards using Mojo Monday card layouts!

Here is my creation for this week...

(I hope that rotating the sketch isn't breaking the rules!!!???)

I just love this color combination as you can tell from my last Mojo Monday card. This time I used the Stampin' Up! Good Friend Set along with the Cottage Wall designer paper series. Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive & Orchid Opulence colors are so elegant...love them!

Thanks for checking out my card! :)

Stampin' Up! "Sense of Time"

...speaking of sense of time, yeah, I've lost it!

Here are some new cards that I've created with SU products.

And, guess what??!! The UPS man just rang my doorbell, so you know what that means...MORE NEW SU GOODIES!! Wha-hoo!!

Oh yes, please keep July 25th between 10am and noon, open on your calendar.

I am having a Stampin' Up! New catalog Open House!

More details and e-mails to follow soon!

Owl Together Now Stamp Set

Here is the Make 'n Take for this Saturday at the Relay For Life CROP in Coloma! This, specifically, is a mini 3x3 card with fun folding. It uses a 6x6 piece of double-sided (Stampin' Up!) cardstock and the "Owl Together Now" Stamp Set. What is so fun about these is that you can make them almost any size. A 12x12 sheet of paper makes an awesome 6x6 card. This mini one would also be an awesome journaling piece for a scrapbook page, with a picture on the front and journaling on the inside!