It's time to scrap!!....and my daughter's news!!

Big day here.....
Maggie passed her final with flying colors and will be pinned a graduated RN tomorrow evening!!!  This is especially big news as the earlier reports today had her failing her final and thus this final phase four, and thus in an emotional free fall into the depths of despair !!  Not sure what the error was, but she aced her final and overall score!! I'm sure she's probably explained it all very humorously here. I'll try to post pics very soon....now for the crafty stuff.....!

Do you love Basic Grey?  Want some help in putting their latest and greatest to use?  Scraps Galore is part of BG's Page of the Month (POTM) club.  Each month, BG puts together a 2-page layout that uses their latest collection.  It contains new papers, embellishments, and photo instructions for making the LO, sometimes even including bonus on-line links for projects using the leftovers from your kit.  Here is their August POTM layout:

Lucky for me, I get to teach this class each month at Scraps Galore and help you put your layout together!  Our class for August will be Thursday evening from 6-8pm.  Our theme is "favorites".....so make a list of about six favorite things, places, events, etc.  I chose to make a list of six events or things that have highlighted my summer.

If you have ever taken one of my card making classes, you know how much I love to sew on my projects with my little Janome Sew-Mini.  So no shocker that I also love to sew on my scrapbook layouts, too!  This layout has a lot of faux stitching on it, however, I will have my trusty little machine set up Thursday for anyone who wants to give actual sewing on their layout a try.  Of course faux stitching is always fine of you prefer.

Aren't these papers and embellishments wonderful?! You will have plenty of leftovers too for another LO or card making! YUMMM!! Call Elizabeth to at 858-1080 to find out more or register for class.

Supplies to bring:

Craft knife

Adhesive

Paper Trimmer

Detail Scissors

Fine tipped black pen for journaling and faux stitching

Foam adhesive

Liquid adhesive

5/8" circle punch of you own one....I'll bring mine 

Photos used:

two 4x6 trimmed in class to about 3 1/2" w X 3 3/8"t 

you could also use 4-6 small photos in addition to the above photos .  These would be 1.5"- 1.75" squares. 

Flowers

Are you ready for class Saturday morning?  I sure hope so!  We will meet at The Hen House for a morning full of technique and flowers. 

We will color with Copic markers, watercolor with the Brand new Distress Markers, and do embossed resist using distress ink pads and foam applicators.  I'll also show you how to use Perfect Pearl in white to add sheen to your "paint"!

Bring your Distress Markers if you have any, and  foam applicators for Broken China, Peeled Paint, and Mustard Seed if you have.  You will also want to have your own paint brush for water coloring. So much fun!!   And as always, your basic kit including foam adhesive.  I can't wait to share these techniques with you.  I will have the new Ranger watercolor brush for you to try out and see what you think!  Charlene has a great supply of these also.  See you Saturday morning!!

Bzzzzzzzzz........

Have you heard the buzz??  

The Hen House Paperie is hosting a Swap Meet this Sunday afternoon from 1-4 where you will be able to shop other people's used supplies and goodies!!  In addition to being a great crafting yard sale, there will be make and takes occurring inside as several of us Design Chicks will have cards or tags that you can make for about $5 each. The card above is the one I'll be teaching.  It will include the new Mr. Huey spray mist, MME Indie Chic paper and Washi tape!!  Hope I see you there!

Summer Rides......repeat class!

How cute is this sweet camper!!  Growing up, my parents, brother and I would go camping in a camper built by my grandfather that looked just like this!! There were only five feet in it from floor to ceiling, and as my brother and I got older, we soon couldn't stand straight up in it!  Just a step inside of it in the spring would confirm that we had grown since the fall's last camping trip.  So of course I fell in love with this Unity stamp the moment I saw it and knew I would have to use it in a class this summer.


Here are the other two cards we will make Saturday........

Aren't these images fun?? You can join me Saturday morning at the Hen House for this class!  I will teach you how to draw inspiration from some beautiful My Mind's Eye paper and how to use that inspiration and turn it into a card! We will be using Unity bike stamps and their adorable camper stamp to make a versatile set of cards. I hope to see you there!!

Flowers to wear!!

I promise this is the last family photo!!  But I thought it was too cute to not add!! My mother plays the marimba in church every time they have a service, and my father plays his alto sax with the singing.  So after church last night, we were just having fun making "a joyful noise" together, like old times. Now onto the cards and classes........!

 Do you remember the fabric flowers we made awhile back?  Well, while I was laid up unable to move from my back problems, I played with more fabrics, rolling and twisting them into flowers.  Then one night I began playing with these flowers while my mind was thinking about ways to wear them.  In just a few minutes, I had a lovely bib style necklace laid out and I was in love!!

 I wore it the next day and can't wait to share it with you on Friday at China Phoenix 2!  Class will be from 1:00 - 4:00. Cost of this class is $40 and will include all of your materials. If you have taken my handmade flower class either last winter or earlier this spring, you get a $15 discount on this class!!

We will use all new and different fabrics in this class, and learn different ways to embellish your flowers to stand alone, top a special gift, or whatever your imagination wants to do with them.

Burlap, anyone??

Maybe you have a special piece of fabric, or a vintage trim or finding you would like to incorporate into your necklace.....bring it along and I will help you!   I can't wait to see all of the beautiful pieces that will be made by the end of class Friday!!  Make sure you call Nancy to get your name on the class list!

I'll be back tomorrow with the details of Saturday's card class at the Hen House

  

Hello Minnesota!

Hello!!

Guess what?  I'm in the Twin Cities visiting my parents! I'll share a few photos with you before I go on and tell you about my classes that are coming up this weekend.  If you don't want to see the family pics, scroll on down and nobody will be the wiser ;D

Me and my brother whom I hadn't seen in ten years!!

The four of us...

And now for the crafty chapter!

Well.....Blogger is telling me that it isn't feeling well so I'll be back in a bit to see if I can add more pics and show you class samples.

Classes

When it comes to sympathy cards, I don't know anyone who actually enjoys making them.  I never have one made in my stash of cards and decided to change that.  This Hero Arts stamp set has wonderful sentiments and  beautiful flowers in it.  

So Saturday afternoon, we are going to make this set of sympathy cards together.  I think it will be easier to make them with friends, and know you will have three cards on hand.  I will bring lots of sentiments to pick and choose from, including this Hero Arts set. These are designs and images that you will be able to use on other cards also.  If you don't want to make sympathy cards, you can easily change out the sentiments for any occasion! There will be plenty of ideas to choose from to meet your needs.

Class will be at China Phoenix 2 this coming Saturday from 1:00-3:00 in the afternoon. As always the machine stitching on the cards will be optional....but is really fun!  You can call Nancy to sign up at 884-8217. I look forward to spending a fun afternoon with you at the shop!!


Now for other news.....!


Thursday marks a new adventure for me as I begin teaching Basic Grey's Lay Out of the Month at Scraps Galore!!  Classes are the 4th Thursday evening of each month from 6:00-8:00pm. My first class will be Thursday evening and I can't wait to scrap with you!!  We'll be using fun papers from the What's Up line, and you will have plenty of leftover product to either make another LO or two or a handful of greeting cards.

I know the photography is all wonky, but it gives you an idea of what we'll be doing.  

These papers and embellishments are so much prettier and brighter in real life!!  Fun stuff!  Hope I get to see you Thursday evening.


Thank you for hanging on through this very long post!  I hope to post again in the next day or two about family and the big surprise I got last Wednesday!!

Faux Stitching

If you've ever taken one of my classes at either China Phoenix 2 or the Hen House Paperie, you know that I LOVE to use the sewing machine on my cards.  It makes me crazy giddy.  Maybe it's because unlike dress making, stitching on cards doesn't need to be precise or have perfectly turned corners!  The trend right now if for messy stitching, so imagine my glee when I saw this Hero Arts stamp set.  I knew I had to use it in a class for those who like the look of machine stitching on their cards, but really do not enjoy using the sewing machine...or even have one!  Even better??  You can stamp the frame and still take it to the sewing machine!!  And that is exactly what we will do in class Sturdy morning.  You will get to either just stamp these frames, OR stamp them AND stitch them!!  Can it get any better?  

As if that wasn't great enough, we will use several techniques for the flowers which are part of this stamp set also.  We will use our Copics on two cards, and paper piece the others....or you can do whatever you prefer on your set of cards.

I think this set of cards would make a great gift set or be a nice addition to your stash of cards to grab from when needed.  

Class will be at China Phoenix 2 This Saturday from 10:00 -12:00.  To sign up, you can call Nancy at 884-8217 or email me at krosecrans@comcast.net
Hope to see you Saturday!!


Now for some personal news:

A few days ago I was working on making sure my table calendar and my portable calendar were all in sync, transferring class dates to my table calendar, making sure nothing was being overlooked.  As I turned the page the end of May, I got a huge suprise!!  What did that say up there?  What???

It was Maggie's handwriting.....and she wouldn't have written in my book if it weren't true..........I was going to Minnesota to visit my parents!!  They live in Prior Lake, and I haven't seen them since they were here visiting during our great blizzard of December 2006!! I am SOOOOOO excited!!  Thank you kids!! I can't wait to go Fasser, fasser, UP!! ......I love to fly


Thank you for hanging in with me for this very long post!

Enjoying today...

What a beautiful day it is in Albuquerque!!


This morning started out awful for me as I was sicker than a dog with a migraine.  I couldn't even walk straight, but needed to get this last card done.  Nothing was looking right, but eventually I held my head still enough, got enough medicine, and was fortunate enough to whip out this card.  Now I'm enjoying my day a lot ;D  


The cluster image on the tag is such a fabulous image!  I could stamp it all day long. Yum!


Stamps are Unity (bike and Enjoy....) and My Mind's Eye's "Be Amazing" (cluster, today, starts at bottom).

Faith and Flowers

I have a couple of cards to share with you!  The first card features the Fleurette stamp from Hero Arts and Crate Papers's gorgeous papers.  There is also a new Prima stamp that is a strip of three adorable tickets!!  I just had to use those too!  They just magically jumped onto the card and wouldn't get off.....sigh....do you see them peeking out at the bottom? 

The next card uses the Unity stamp Move Mountains.  I love that verse and couldn't wait to get it incorporated into a card class.

The gorgeous papers are from Authentique, and the ink is Momento.

I love that both of these cards use handmade flowers, made using the Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone die!

Not only does this die made beautiful pinecones, it makes dainty little flowers with just a few tweeks in your tecnique!  I can't wait to show you how to make these and practice them together so you can gain and leave with confidence, knowing that you can do these yourself!!  This class will be tecnique heavy so we are only making the two finished cards.  However, you will master those sweet flowers that are so on trend right now.

Class is scheduled at the Hen House Paperie for Next Saturday afternoon at 12:30.  We will Cinco de Mayo the early afternoon away, playing with paper, adhesive, Copics, and Vintage like goodness! You can either email me at krosecrans@comcast.net or call the Hen House at 221-6366 to reserve your spot in the Hen Coup.  Hope to see you there!!

It happened!!

Its been a good three months now that I've been walking to strengthen my back after surgery.  These are mostly daily walks that are 2-3 miles.  Friends have told me how I will love how the endorphins make me feel.....and I keep waiting and waiting, only feeling fatigue at the end of a walk and a sense of " I got another walk out of the way and lived to tell about it". And my back is happy.

Well that all changed for me on Wednesday's early evening walk. I noticed a new pep in my step, and a song in my heart....was this one of those endorphins they talk about that magically occur when you exercise?? I happily finished my walk, showered, felt even better, then got energized enough to design and stamp a card!  The Mojo was HOT!!  I sure hope this is a new trend for me and that tonight's walk will bring TWO endorphins my way;D

Here's the card I made after that walk.  Stamps are Unity and My Mind's Eye. Inks pads are Momento and Versafine black.  Toss in a few Copic markers to dot the flowers and that's it! Oh I want to go for a ride on THAT bike this evening!!

This is one of a set of three cards that will be taught at the Hen House Paperie in June called "Summer Rides". The first class will be Tuesday, May22 at !0:30am, and will be offered again Saturday morning, June 9 at 10:30!!  More pictures will be coming.  As always, you can sign up by emailing me at krosecrans@comcast.net or by calling the Hen House Paperie at 221-6366.

Flowers

Hello!
Thank you to all of the wonderful ladies who came and made flowers with me at China Pheonix 2 this weekend.  We had a lot of fun and made lots of flowers.Of course there was a lot of laughter as well:D

This Saturday morning, we will meet again at China Pheonix 2 and make cards that feature some beautiful Hero Arts flower images. I can't get enough of the wonderful Hero Arts flower stamps!  They are so yummy!!

Class will be from 10:00 until noon.  We will use a variety of coloring techniques including distress inks, paper piecing, and Copic markers.  If you would like to join us, call Nancy at 884-8217 or email me at krosecrans@comcast.net.  Spring flowers....here we come!!

It's been awhile...

Edited to add:
It would be helpful if I'd actually included a photo of the flowers we'll make!!


Hello!!
It's been a long, long time since I've sat at my little PC and written a blog post.  My back has recovered wonderfully from surgery in January, and I get cleared in a few days to get back to teaching card making! I have really missed this part of life and am excited to get back to doing what I love. Thank you for all of your prayers and support as I have been recovering.  And a huge thank you to Maggie for helping out and taking over my blog while I was out!  She was also a fantastic nurse to me!!

The first class on my calendar will be at China Phoenix 2 where we will learn to make all sorts of fabric flowers to embellish your cards, scrapbook pages or as part of a gift wrap embellishment. When I offered this class last year, it filled up quickly and was very popular.



Once you learn how to take trim, a favorite fabric scrap, old seam binding, or even wired ribbon and turn each into beautiful, unique flowers, you'll find yourself fiddling with these and making flowers when you should be cleaning house or cooking.  

Class will be this Saturday morning from 10:00 am - noon.  Bring your buttons or brads to add to your finished flowers.  You will also want to bring a small bottle of Fabri-Tac adhesive to secure your flowers.  Perhaps you have some ribbon, trim or fabric that you would like to see turned into a flower.....bring it along! I will be bringing needles and thread, but you may prefer to have your own. Don't wear anything fancy!  We will have thread all over us by lunchtime, but we will be so happy ;D

You can either call Nancy at 884-8217 to sign up, or contact me via email at krosecrans@comcast.net   I look forward to seeing you and making beautiful flowers on Saturday!