Hello!!

Are you ready to start making Christmas cards or gift tags? 

If you are looking for a jump start, maybe I can help.  I'll be teaching classes at both China Phoenix 2 and The Hen House Paperie in the next couple of weeks.  So here at the details.

This class of three cards will be offered at The Hen House on this coming Tuesday morning, November 27 at 10:30 a.m. or on Saturday, December 8 fr  om 2-4 pm. We will use dies from My Favorite Things and stamps from Hero Arts. Just for fun, I'll be bringing a variety of embellishments for the chevron card allowing you to keep it simple for mailing or kick it up with bling to attach to a gift or hand deliver!  I'm thinking plates of goodies for neighbors and friends ;D   

 Do you have some scraps of patterned paper or old Christmas patterned paper that you cant bear to toss?  Bring them and turn them into hexagons for fun cards and tags.  The possibilities are endless when you mixy and matchy. Come prepared to have some fun to "die" for.

Next is a class at China Phoenix 2 on Saturday morning, December 1 at 10:00 a.m. This class will use stamps from Hero Arts and several coloring techniques for making these poinsettias.  We will use Distress Stains, and Distress Ink Pads to get our desired results.  A spray of shine, some Liquid Pearls, watercolor paper...and you will have some Merry cards to add to your stash or actually use!! 

 You can call Nancy at 884-8217 if you would like to register for this class.

Thank you for hanging in with me through this long post and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

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!

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!!

An Artistic Christmas







Join me this coming Saturday afternoon for a couple hours of fun as we make these three Holiday themed cards at The Hen House Paperie. We will use two stamp sets from Artistic Outpost to create this set of cards that features lots of distressing (bring your Walnut Distress Ink pad and foam applicator), optional sewing, and some of the new bakers twine from The Twinery.I will show you how to add an embossed edge to your cards and to a dry embossed image for a special touch! The paper flower is made using a new Spellbinders die. You will love making this flower....bring your tweezers or quilling tool.

Class will be Saturday the 19th from 3:00-4:30.  I hope to see you there! 

Most of you have heard by now of the fire at China Phoenix 2 last Wednesday morning.  We are all so grateful that the shop kitty, Mr. Binx, survived and is expected to make a complete recovery! Clean up and restoration are well underway as Nancy and crew are working to get the shop back up and running just as quickly as possible.  Please keep Nancy in your thoughts and prayers.