2/24/2008
Good Times Chocolatey Workshop
Creating these cards for my latest workshop was alot of fun. Using a Good Times Level 2 Paper Pack and the Chocolate Mini Medley Accessories pack, I created the following 7 cards.
2/18/2008
Star Album - How To Create this Album
I held a workshop last weekend, and as requested by everyone that attended, I'm posting the instructions here. Here are (3) pictures of the finished album. In this example, I used a More to Adore Lvl 1 Paper Pack. I used the Rustic Alphabet stamp set (for the C) and the Celebrate Life and Simple Blossoms Stamp Set (for the words and flowers).
(front cover) (slightly opened album)
(album opened fully into the shape of a star - this picture does not have the third "layer" as I'm still stamping and adding pictures to it. For a more finished product, please view the blog entry below for the hot pink star album.)
Ingredients Needed:
1 - Level 1 Paper Pack or similar sheets of cardstock and Background & Texture (printed) papers (as noted below)
4 – 12” x 12” white or cream cardstock
1 yard - 5/8” or 3/4” wide ribbon (satin or grosgrain)
2 – 5” x 5” matte board (front and cover of album)
14-16 Pictures (trimmed to 3”x3” size)
Paper Trimmer with both a cutting and scoring blade
Adhesives
In one Level 1 Paper Pack, you get 10 cardstocks (4 neutral, 2 each of 3 colors) and 12 B&T (2 each of 6 patterns). You will not use all the paper in the pack, but the leftover paper can be used for embellishing the insides of the star and making other projects (such as cards or scrapbook pages).
Cut the cardstock or B&T as designated and listed below:
a) Using 4 neutral colors cardstock – cut 7 pieces at 5 ½“ x 11” – score @ 5 ½“
b) Using 4 B&T – cut 14 pieces at 5” x 5”
c) Using 4 (2 of each matching) cardstock – cut 7 pieces at 5 ½“ x 8 ½” – score @ 4 ¼”
d) Using 4 sheets of the extra white or cream cardstock – cut 7 pieces at 5 ½” x 7” – score @ 3 ½”
e) Using 1 B&T – cut 2 pieces at 5” x 5”
f) Using 1 B&T – cut 2 pieces at 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”
g) Using the leftover white or cream cardstock – cut 2 pieces at 4” x 4”
You will make 7 different sections which makes up each point of the album.
Take 2 (b) 5” x 5” B&T - tape it to each section of one (a), repeat on all 7 pieces
Take 1 of (c) 5 ½“ x 8 ½” cardstock - tape ONLY the ends to the end of the above piece, repeat on all 7 pieces
Note: The scored middle sections will not touch and that is ok. It should however fold in half – its ok if its not flat.
For all of the white or cream pieces in (d) above: Embellish, add pictures or stamp BEFORE adhering it into the album. Once you’ve done decorating, then add each section duplicating the steps above.
After all sections are together, figure out what is going to be the front and back of your album. Using adhesives, start taping the sections back to back. When closed, it will look like a book. When opened, it will look like a star.
Find the center of your ribbon and hold that on the spine of your book. Adhere the remaining part of the ribbon to the front of the album. Doing the same for the back.
Using the 2 - 5” x 5” matte board and (e) (f) (g) from above, layer the pieces of B&T and cardstock to form the cover and back of your album.
If you have any questions, please let me know! Have fun! And if you make this album, please send me pictures. I'd love to post your artwork here on my blog!!
(front cover) (slightly opened album)
(album opened fully into the shape of a star - this picture does not have the third "layer" as I'm still stamping and adding pictures to it. For a more finished product, please view the blog entry below for the hot pink star album.)
Ingredients Needed:
1 - Level 1 Paper Pack or similar sheets of cardstock and Background & Texture (printed) papers (as noted below)
4 – 12” x 12” white or cream cardstock
1 yard - 5/8” or 3/4” wide ribbon (satin or grosgrain)
2 – 5” x 5” matte board (front and cover of album)
14-16 Pictures (trimmed to 3”x3” size)
Paper Trimmer with both a cutting and scoring blade
Adhesives
In one Level 1 Paper Pack, you get 10 cardstocks (4 neutral, 2 each of 3 colors) and 12 B&T (2 each of 6 patterns). You will not use all the paper in the pack, but the leftover paper can be used for embellishing the insides of the star and making other projects (such as cards or scrapbook pages).
Cut the cardstock or B&T as designated and listed below:
a) Using 4 neutral colors cardstock – cut 7 pieces at 5 ½“ x 11” – score @ 5 ½“
b) Using 4 B&T – cut 14 pieces at 5” x 5”
c) Using 4 (2 of each matching) cardstock – cut 7 pieces at 5 ½“ x 8 ½” – score @ 4 ¼”
d) Using 4 sheets of the extra white or cream cardstock – cut 7 pieces at 5 ½” x 7” – score @ 3 ½”
e) Using 1 B&T – cut 2 pieces at 5” x 5”
f) Using 1 B&T – cut 2 pieces at 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”
g) Using the leftover white or cream cardstock – cut 2 pieces at 4” x 4”
You will make 7 different sections which makes up each point of the album.
Take 2 (b) 5” x 5” B&T - tape it to each section of one (a), repeat on all 7 pieces
Take 1 of (c) 5 ½“ x 8 ½” cardstock - tape ONLY the ends to the end of the above piece, repeat on all 7 pieces
Note: The scored middle sections will not touch and that is ok. It should however fold in half – its ok if its not flat.
For all of the white or cream pieces in (d) above: Embellish, add pictures or stamp BEFORE adhering it into the album. Once you’ve done decorating, then add each section duplicating the steps above.
After all sections are together, figure out what is going to be the front and back of your album. Using adhesives, start taping the sections back to back. When closed, it will look like a book. When opened, it will look like a star.
Find the center of your ribbon and hold that on the spine of your book. Adhere the remaining part of the ribbon to the front of the album. Doing the same for the back.
Using the 2 - 5” x 5” matte board and (e) (f) (g) from above, layer the pieces of B&T and cardstock to form the cover and back of your album.
If you have any questions, please let me know! Have fun! And if you make this album, please send me pictures. I'd love to post your artwork here on my blog!!
2/15/2008
Wow - Close To My Heart has just announced that you can view the Spring 2008 Idea Book online! I just checked it out and you can view the entire book. You can flip through each and every page. Zoom in. Magnify. Its so cool!!!
Here is the link to the online Idea Book. On the leftside of the screen, click on products and it will take you directly to the Idea Book. Also, on this same page, you can view the "recipes" for all the cards and projects that are in the book. So, if you see a card that you like, just look it up in the recipes .pdf and it lists everything you need to make the card.
Here is the link to the online Idea Book. On the leftside of the screen, click on products and it will take you directly to the Idea Book. Also, on this same page, you can view the "recipes" for all the cards and projects that are in the book. So, if you see a card that you like, just look it up in the recipes .pdf and it lists everything you need to make the card.
2/04/2008
Day 2 of CTMH Regional Celebration in Vegas!
Creative Day!!
When I arrived at the conference room, this is what was waiting for me!! I heard birds chirping, music playing and could feel a ray of sunshine coming down on me and these brand new products!!! Haha!!
We received 4 new stamp sets: Extreme Caps, Party Invitation, Friendship Word Puzzle and Angel Whispers. And I LOVE all of these stamps. Click on the pics to see a closer look at the rest of the stuff that I received.
Throughout this whole day, we made 4 - 2pg layouts, a mini album and 4 cards. After all of this plus a few breaks and an included lunch, I was totally "created-out". Haha!
This is my favorite layout that we made. Its using Paper Garden paper pack and dimensional elements that we sponged and embellished. The "o" in the word memories is actually a brand new product called Clear Inspiration: Tags. Woohoo...these will be available in the upcoming Idea Book.
This next girly layout, we used the Good Times paper pack, Clear Inspiration Tags and the dimensional elements again. Fun stuff!!!
The following 2 layouts are more geared towards guys. Using the Good Times paper pack (showing how versatile it is - can be used for guys or girls) and the Its a Guy Thing paper pack.
See the above slideshow to view the mini album that we made using the My Originals Card Kit: Cute as a Button. It really is SO cute!!!
When I arrived at the conference room, this is what was waiting for me!! I heard birds chirping, music playing and could feel a ray of sunshine coming down on me and these brand new products!!! Haha!!
We received 4 new stamp sets: Extreme Caps, Party Invitation, Friendship Word Puzzle and Angel Whispers. And I LOVE all of these stamps. Click on the pics to see a closer look at the rest of the stuff that I received.
Throughout this whole day, we made 4 - 2pg layouts, a mini album and 4 cards. After all of this plus a few breaks and an included lunch, I was totally "created-out". Haha!
This is my favorite layout that we made. Its using Paper Garden paper pack and dimensional elements that we sponged and embellished. The "o" in the word memories is actually a brand new product called Clear Inspiration: Tags. Woohoo...these will be available in the upcoming Idea Book.
This next girly layout, we used the Good Times paper pack, Clear Inspiration Tags and the dimensional elements again. Fun stuff!!!
The following 2 layouts are more geared towards guys. Using the Good Times paper pack (showing how versatile it is - can be used for guys or girls) and the Its a Guy Thing paper pack.
See the above slideshow to view the mini album that we made using the My Originals Card Kit: Cute as a Button. It really is SO cute!!!
Day 1 of CTMH Regional Celebration in Vegas!
Tricia, Mom (taking the picture) and I are sitting waiting for our plane to Vegas. Whoo hoo!!! They decided to tag along and go around Vegas while I went to the Close To My Heart Regional Celebration.
Day 1 of Regionals Checking In - They gave me this awesome tshirt and tote.
Day 1 of Regionals was all about teaching us about the business of Scrapbooking and Stamping. There had to be at least 300 people in attendance listening to the different speakers from CTMH.
During part of the business day, we worked on a scrapbook layout using the stamp set Thoughts of You (D1255) and here's a picture of how it came out. Oh my gosh, the CTMH helpers came by with plastic bags full of everything we needed to complete these projects (paper ALL pre-cut for us, stamp sets, and embellishments). All I had to bring with me to Regionals was stamp pads, acrylix, cutting tools and a few other things. They supplied everything else...it was amazing...like Christmas!!!
