Busy, Busy, Busy

This has been a busy week. I took an amazing class from Krista Thomas this week. We made two really cute cards. I will post as soon as I take a photo.



Friday & Saturday I am teaching a Cricut class to 18 women. I love the Cricut and you can do so much with it. I have been learning so many tips & techniques on how to use the Cricut to its fullest. I can't wait to share.



I also revised the website for Scrapbook Fun Fest. It includes the classes and other information about the event. Many Thanks to Yari Mower who is the amazing designer of the digital papers & embellishments I used for this event's website.

I finished my first swap which just so happened to be a recipe swap. It is a version of a class I taught last year. This is an 8"x8" LO. The only thing I think I would have done different is not put the title on the recipe card, or in place of the title on the LO I would have put "Appetizer". I guess that's how you learn. The recipe card tucks into a pocket on the LO.

Week 9 - 52 Q "what was the last brave thing i did?"

This is the tag I made for my March 52 Q Tags. Pretty simple, a mistake I really liked. Can you tell what my mistake was & how I fixed it?

This was really hard for me. I'm not Brave. I'm not the one to do anything daring. The more I thought about it, the more I decided I have no right to say I have done anything Brave. There are a heck of a lot more Brave Men & Women out there in the Middle East a whole lot BRAVER than any of else could ever hope to be! This is my homage to them.

Happy March

Even though the calendar says March - the weatherman is saying snow...maybe this week. I do love Oregon.

I got a message from Kelly Stone today that Planet Hope - Sharon Stone (her sister) & Kelly's great charity for homeless Mom's & kids - want to donate 100 designer, brand new, prom dresses to the high school of my choice. It is in conjunction with Modern Bride's magazine. Oh let's see...Roseburg High School!!!!

I talked to Larry Rich who is vice-principal & Mayor of Roseburg and he is as blown away as I was. It is not a real surprise though, because that's the kind of wonderful things Planet Hope do. Check out their website at: planethope.org

Bride's Magazine Entry

I designed these Bridal Favors for a contest.

• Using the Cricut Expressions, Cricut Design Studio software & the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More cartridge, I cut out the heart square boxes from 3M Transparencies. I was able to cut two to a sheet which really cuts down on the cost.


• I used Ranger Silver Metallic Mixative Alcohol Ink & the Blender Solution to color the hearts at the top of the box. They have so many colors you can color the box to match any Bridal theme.


• I also colored in a line of the metallic silver at the bottom of the box.


• It was very easy to fold back all the flaps and press them down with my bone folder. The transparency is very sturdy. I used red line tape to hold the box together.


• The ribbon is from Offray & it is Silver Metallic.


• I added silver Stickles to the heart.


• The boxes measure approx. 1 1/2" square.


• I filled them with mints, but I thought a petit fours with would be really pretty inside the clear box.
• All piled on a tray for guests to take home or at their plate would be a fun touch.
• The cost for each one is between $1.00 (I recalculated from my original pricing) - $1.50 depending on what you put inside the box.
• Once you get everything cut out, the boxes go together fast. Invite some friends and your attendants over for a Favor Party.

Week 7 and Week 8 - 52 Q Tags

WEEK 7 - "What would you do if you could not fail?" I love splitcoaststampers.com website. I receive their newsletter every Wednesday and they always have a new techinique. This week's technique (Gesso Resist) completely fit with the answer to the question. I'm glad I didn't do the tag last week. I also used my new inks from Krista Thomas who sells Stampin Up. Check her blog at kristathomas.blogspot.com.



WEEK 8 - "What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud? Who else but our new cat. She aways makes me laugh. This was a fun tag. I used Print Shop Deluxe 21 again for Poodum's photos. I cropped the photo on the Academy Awards web page for the back of my tag. I really did enjoy the dance numbers and some of the routines. It was great, though, to flip through the commercials and the speeches. Luckily it cut off recording before Sean Penn received his award. Why did he have to ruin a classy night? Oh well...to each his own.

OOPS...

I can't believe it is Wednesday all ready.

• The photo is of a card I designed for my "6 Ways to Use Versamark" Class. We will not be doing the card at Scrapbook Fun Fest in that class because we are putting together a sample mini album showcasing the techniques.
• I haven't had time to put together Week 7 & Week 8 52Q tags, but I will have them Thursday to post. After those two tags are finished I will be caught up. Yeah!
• I took a very cool class at Krista Thomas' house Monday, wrote out two classes for the Cricut. Cricut 101 - March 13 at Krista Thomas' House & March 14 at Debbie Hamm's house. There were so many people interested I needed to make two classes. Email me at secterry@gmail.com if you are interested in taking one of these classes.
• The other class I wrote was for the Design Studio which I taught today. Fun stuff.

More tomorrow...

Scrapbook Fun Fest Class

Here is a sneak peek at the finished projects for the class I am teaching at Scrapbook Fun Fest, May 30, 2009 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds from 10am - 10pm.

• The smaller album includes samples of 6 Techniques to Use with Versamark (that's the name of the class). The larger album you will complete on your own & fill with photos, journaling or whatever you want.
• Included in each kit is a small Versamark ink pad, acrylic stamp, blue chalk ink pad, papers (pattern & cardstock), covers, instructions & embellishments to complete each of the projects shown.
• The website scrapbookfunfest.com will include all the classes we are offering March 12. You can go to the website now & buy tickets for $20.