Avonlea Family Tree Frame

I'm so excited for next month's workshop kit! I swear the second I first caught a glimpse of Avonlea in the big general session at Convention I was already planning this project. The colors, the patterns are just so in my wheelhouse. And this new 3-D frame - gorgeous!

The tree looks super complicated, but my workshop breaks it down into of 6 different kinds of 3-D flowers. I used both the Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges to make these pretty 3-D layered flowers. Once each type of flower is made, the whole project will come together faster, simpler, and easier! I can't wait to hang this pretty piece up in my home!

I'm linking this project to the Paper Issues My Favorite Linky Party as my favorite home decor item from 2012!

Local friends, you can come see this in person at my Open House & Annual New to You Clearance sale on Saturday. We'll be making this fabulous project on October 20th (To Go kits will be mailed the week of the workshop). RSVP today to reserve your pre-cut Fabulous Frame workshop kit today!

Consultant Friends, click here to check out my new Consultant Kits!

Workshop and TO GO Kits

(1) Avonlea Frame Kit $25.00 USD (2) Avonlea Frame Kits $50.00 USD TO GO Avonlea Frame Kit (shipped to you) $30.00 USD (2) TO GO Avonlea Frame Kits (shipped to you) $60.00 USD

I'm linking my project up to and because they are super fabulous - go check out the Pinspiration and hope you are having a bloomin' good day!!

10 songs that make me smile...

Hi, Scrapping Friends! I apologize - back to school/starting coop preschool/kung fu disasters/lerning to can have kept me far from the Stamp Pad, so I don't have anything to share this week. We finally seem to be settling into the school routines, and I dropped Kung Fu (hip hip hooray!!) so next week should be better. In the meantime, here's a little sneak peek of the next workshop that I'll post in a few days...glitter! Only two days left to RSVP for the Pun Fun Cards workshop (or get a consultant kit)!

Plus I wanted to get back to playing Monday Listicles with Stasha, and it only took me until Thursday to get there - woo! This week's listicle is 10 songs. I'm making a list of ten songs that always make me smile, my own personal mix tape of goofy happiness. My singular criteria was that a smile must emerge on my face when I her the first opening notes - scientific eh? I needed a little extra happiness this week...oh coffee, why thou hast forsaken me!

Be forewarned...much cheese and sugar is forthcoming...and I could do way more than ten...

10 Songs that Always Make Me Smile - Youtube version

1. Steal My sunshine by Len...I want a butter tart!

2. Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls

3. Scrappin' Ladies by the CTMH staff...so much fun!

4. Silly Love Songs as sung by the Warblers...yes, I'm a Gleek! But I'm also cheap frugal and I love Darren Criss, so our only Glee Cd is the Warblers version.

5. Somewhere Only We Know by Keane... maybe not the happiest song, but I sing it every time...with feeling...when I'm alone...somewhere only we know...

6. Hey Ya by Outkast

7. Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley...dontcha wish you had his groovy dance moves?

8. Float on by Modest Mouse

9. Life Is a Highway by Tom Cochrane, not the version from Cars. When Gabe heard this one in the car he said "Who's singing this Cars song? It's WAY better!"

10. Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants.

May y'all be keeping the nightlight on inside that birdhouse in your soul...

Friday Favorite Things!

I'm so pleased to announce that the winner of this week's Friday Favorite Things Alcohol Marker giveaway is Selina! I've already emailed her for her color choice of our 40 fabulous Alcohol Marker colors. Congrats!!

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Today I have a variation of my Pun Fun workshop created for you by one of my fabulous team members, Cathy Lambert. She took my Flirty Pun Fun instructions and created these cards using the sweet new Clementine papers! How stinkin' cute are these? 

You can find more info on the Pun Fun workshop HERE, and on my Consultant Teaching kits HERE. I'll announce the next giveaway this weekend - Happy Friday to all!

P.S. - I've got a fun NEW Mystery Hostess Party open on my website. When you visit, just click on the Mystery Hostess party in the bottom right corner of my front page. Shop for the latest super fun CTMH goodness which will be shipped to you right away, then right before the party closes I'll draw a winner for $25 in FREE Products from our party participants! And everyone who joins the party gets a fun hand-stamped goodie from me in addition to the fab CTMH supplies. 

Join my party today!

Now, back to your Happy Friday, Stamping Peeps!!

Dakota Pages for Scrapbook Club!

Good afternoon, ladies! I meant to post this yesterday for my Monthly Memories Club gals, but was feeling a little under the weather. So no pics got added (sad!) but I'm feeling much better (glad!) and I'm posting as is (phew!) On the first two pages I used the Foil My StickEase to make the faux "bows". I also used a Twilight Alcohol marker to tint the resist pattern on my Houndstooth Irresistibles Alphabet, making my letters Blue and Black! 

I used patterns from the new Make It From Your Heart book for all the pages, which I am so LOVING!!  One of our favorite things to say around my boy-infested home is, "There's no extra charge for awesomeness." Make It From Your Heart sure proves that! So much awesome tucked into one $7.95 book! For this second set of pages I embossed stars in the background (which is black distressed with Black ink, but I pumped up the contrast to bring out the shiny stars). 

Finally, I stamplifted one of the actual samples from the Make It From Your Heart book but twisting it to fit my Dakota papers. The original had rainbow colored banners and  hand stitched clouds - as in every cloud was stitched all the way around the edges. We just went to the State Fair (ONE FAIR DAY, lol) and this year for the first time the boys rode this suspended chair ride that s...l...o...w...l...y... drifts across the fairgrounds. Of course, my train obsessed boys insisted on calling it the air tram. I'm planning an 8x6 Photo Collage of all the random fair pics (including tractors, an actual tiger, and a great big pickle) on the left and the awesome "air tram" pics for the right page. 

My clouds are not stitched...yet...I'm holding back for now! I did stamp them with third generation Slate ink using the swirly flourish in the Dakota Stamp set and added a glitter glitz "silver lining" to each cloud. I felt that the Dakota colors (and the Whisper Grey CS color) were a better fit for our typical Oregon weather. 

Although Gabe did say to me, completely earnestly just a couple of days ago, that something must be wrong with the sky. when we asked him why he explained, " 'Cause there aren't any clouds. The sky is supposed to have clouds!"  So John and I may be transplants, but our boys are Oregonian through and through!

Catch ya back here tomorrow to post the Friday Favorite Things Alcohol Marker Give-away. Good luck, and may your sunny summer skies be full of clouds. Just the way they should be!

Pun Fun Card Workshop!

How much do you LOVE this fab NEW Pun Fun Stamp set!?  When I got this at convention I was  so excited. I just love all the clever punny sayings and adorable little images. It's the perfect set for learning how to use our new alcohol Markers too!  

Pick your style of purse!

Make this fab set of twelve 3x3 cards with a cute Artiste purse to hold them, all pre-cut and ready for you to stamp with the adorable Pun Fun stamp set - which is included in your kit! You'll create 2 of each design so you'll come out a Pro on using our new Alcohol Ink Markers. We'll be learning to shade, remove color, and stamp background blocks, all using these fantastic new markers!

Kit includes one purse and TWELVE cards!

Date: Saturday, September 22th (New To You Sale and Open House from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Location: Wendy's Stamp Pad (or precut To Go kits are available to be shipped right to you!)

Cost: $25 includes your own Pun Fun stamp set!

Included: Pre-cut, ready-to-assemble cards, Pun Fun Stamp set, and fabulous scrappy company!

PLEASE RSVP by September 15 to get your Pun Fun Cards workshop kit! Only 8 spaces available in person!

Workshop and TO GO Kits

(1) Pun Fun Cards Kit $25.00 USD  (2) Pun FunCards Kits $50.00 USD  TO GO Pun Fun Cards Kit (shipped to you) $30.00 USD  (2) TO GO Pun Fun Cards Kits (shipped to you) $60.00 USD

 

Want to teach my workshop? Consultant Instructions Kits are available HERE!

I'm linking this project up to the Heart 2 Heart mini cards challenge.

And don't forget - just one more day to enter this week's Alcohol Marker giveaway!

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