Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue Card Class!

 My New Year's resolution is to get class samples done 'early' and posted so here's 3 out of 4 card samples for my upcoming class on Sat., Jan. 21st from 10-12pm.  Class fee:  $24  Bring a Basic Kit including plenty of tape runner, Vintage Photo distress inkpad, Antique Linen or Old Paper distress inkpad with blending tool.    Pre-register by calling the Shoppe at (315) 633-5325.

I have a friend who collects flamingos and she will be the recipient of this card.  All the images on this sheet are different and I anticipate we'll have a lot of fun working with them!

So far, this is my favorite card because it has a pocket on the inside to hold photos or a special memento from a vacation.

Inside of card without the photo tuck in.

Inside of card with a photo tucked in!  Cool huh?

Are you dialing the phone to register yet???

1 Day Before Christmas Eve!

Finally got into my wrapping groove and have continued with up-cycling of used brown kraft paper found in shipping boxes from my husband's office.  Good old Martha's fringe scissors came in handy for the bag toppers.  Run tape along the top edge of the bag for quick application of the fringe.  Flowers are hand cut circles in 3 different sizes held together with a tiny brad and scrunched together.  Get out your glue gun to affix the flowers to the bag fast.  A leftover card from last year's Christmas stash finishes the project.  Okay, gotta take these to the girls at the office!

7 Days 'Til Christmas!

I purchased this towel at Zerillo's, a favorite local holiday gift shop, and knew I'd be giving it as a gift.  The towel was so holiday-ish that it became the wrapping for a jar candle!  Add a bit of twine and some sprigs from craft store sprays and it's done!  This would work with scraps of fabric or muslin too.  Guess you could say this is Part 2 of my 'pioneer woman' series...
P.S.  There was Day 8 which was get the darn Christmas cards made and in the mail!!!!  I made two styles, one a true paper crafted and stamped card and the other was a family photo paper crafted card however, I didn't get photos of them to share.

9 Days 'Til Christmas!

Last weekend we went to a friend's birthday party in Armonk, NY and I wanted to wrap a bottle of wine for them.  Well, as I looked at all the recycled materials I seem to be collecting, it occurred to me to grab some brown kraft that I brought home from the office and wrap the bottle with it!  (Rather than packaging peanuts and bubbles, I'm seeing companies use brown kraft more and more!)  I needed to jazz up the overall package so I made a flower with several layers of hand cut circles held together with a little brad.  The dimensional affect comes with scrunching each layer toward the center!  So easy.  The fringe was another random act using my Martha Stewart fringe scissors, but regular scissors can do this trick also.  I cinched the paper together at the neck of the bottle by taking a length of brown kraft and twisting it as tight as I could which formed a 'rope' that I used to tie around the bottle!  Paper is surprisingly sturdy when twisted.
I call this my 'pioneer woman' packaging as it is totally created from recycled materials!  The entire wrapping actually lifts off the bottle and can be re-used again and again!

PAC Holiday Meeting Project!

Here's a sample of one of one of the four projects from last night's annual holiday meeting!  I used a Kaisercraft 3d wood ornament and with just one of the two halves created this lovely vintage ornament.  We also made a darling matchbook mini gifty with two Dove candies tucked inside.  Sherry's project was a perfect little gift card holder/folder that has us all scrambling to make some for our gift lists!  Jane's project was a sweet tag with a 3d scored star on the front and a little diecut bow.  Plenty of food goodies were brought by our members too.  There were gorgeous handcrafted bags and altered items for our gift exchange and, as always, our favorite moment of the evening is exchanging 30 tags with each other!  A good time was had by all and to all a good night!!!!