Getting Ready!

Hello Everyone!

It is almost Labor Day and In have been busy preparing for my first ever class at the Southern Tier Scrap Gathering.  The ladies have made a few changes this year, dropping a few group classes and adding more hands on technique based classes.  I am hoping the participants enjoy the new setup but we will find out soon.

I never knew how involved teaching a class could be.  I only have a few hours a day to work on this so it seems like the going is slow.  I keep coming up with new ideas to add to my setup so maybe this is the reason.  LOL

So anyway, in the meantime, I had some cards to do so here they are...

 

Sympathy card using a collage stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black on white mat.  

Layered this on black onto a blue base card.

Inside:  A computer generated sentiment in blue above a border cut with the 

Cuttlebug and a Sizzix Border die.

Sympathy card using a HOTP Fern Mini Stamp.  Walnut ink stamped off to lighten the color stamped randomly on white card cut with Sizzix Deckle Frame.  Olive green frills stamped around to add color to the mat.  Inked edges in walnut.  Attached to olive green card base.

Inside: Computer generated sentiment in black on an embossed deckle frame, inked edges and partial stamped image on corner.

Any Occasion card using Faux Washy Tape technique on white card base.  Torn pieces of paper attached staggered with a HOTP Love Mini stamp.  A button and baker's twine on top of a paper flower finishes it off.  Blank inside for message.

White card base with patterned paper, layered multi-stamped flower and stamped banner.

Inside is blank for message.

That is all for today.  I will be posting pictures of my class setup and hope I have good things to report about my class and the changes made. 

Happy Scrapping

Reesey

Happy Birthday America!

NEW OPPORTUNITY!

Hello Friends!

I recently attended a scrapbooking show in Syracuse NY and ran into one of the ladies who puts on the Southern Tier Scrap Gathering in Elmira, NY.  She asked if I would be interested in teaching at the next gathering.  Well, of course, I said I would be interested and we have since had a meeting at which I presented an idea for a class to her and she approved it!  So in September, I will be teaching a class to 30 scrappers for my first time ever.  I am both scared and excited.  I have so much to do to prepare.  I have to send in BIO and a description of the class for the registrations.  Then I have to make instruction sheets for each person taking the class and put together 30 kits for those students.
Whew!  Makes me tired just typing it. 

My BIO and description is done.  Now to work on the instruction sheets and I want to have a practice run with my hubby who knows nothing about scrapping so that I can see if my teaching is sufficient.  If I can teach him to make this project, I should be ok.

I will keep you posted of my progress.

Thanks for stopping by!

Reesey

HELLO!

It's been so long since my last post you probably have forgotten about me!  I have been so lazy about any paper crafting lately that I almost forget how to do it.  I have been remodeling my craft room since December which is not a good time to do it in New York but when the snow goes away, I go out to play.  I finally got my table in the room and have more space to actually craft without having to take my Cricut and Cuttlebug off the table every time I do a project.  I also got some stamp organization tools to have my stamps more accessible.  It is amazing how much stuff I have that was hiding in boxes and drawers.  Now I will have them out but organized which for me is a huge deal!

So, now I am busy making bouquets for my son's wedding on June 20th.  My husband and I were surprised with this news just before we went on our tenth anniversary trip to St. Thomas.  So I was gone for two weeks, and then started planning in April for a wedding in June!  Yikes!  But it has come together nicely and his fiance' found a beautiful dress that only had to be hemmed.  It fit her perfectly and she is lovely.  I think my son will be surprised and delighted.  I think he may be more excited than she is if that is possible.  I will post pics of the whole thing after the excitement is over.  Oh did I mention that I am also making the cake.  Whew!  When it is all done, I will need another vacation.

So for now I will leave you with some pictures of our Anniversary cruise to St. Thomas!  Enjoy!

On the ship

Magen's Bay Beach from the top of the Island
(We got married there 10 years ago)

Me and the Hubs at St. Maarten

CocoCay

Ryman Auditorium - Grand Ole Opry

Happy 10th Anniversary

I got a TOP 5!

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by to visit!

Just wanted to post about my FANTABULOUS Top 5 selection for my Thanksgiving card at 

FANTABULOUS CRICUT!

There are some gorgeous cards here and I love to visit all the blogs of the people who enter their creations. 

 Not only are they fun to look at, but it sparks my creativity and makes me work harder to make a better piece not matter what it is.

So visit those blogs and enter those challenges!  It's a lot of fun!

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/12/wednesday-winners-challenge-238-give.html

Reesey

Thanksgiving Challenge Entry

Hello and welcome to my world.

I am entering thisThanksgiving card into the following challenge:

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/11/challenge-me-monday-238-give-thanks.html

I used the Thanksgiving Cricut Cartridge and a Spellbinders Scallop Oval Die with my Cuttlebug.

I started with a kraft base and rounded the corners. I cut the ovals with the die out of a mustard yellow and used the tan mat to emboss the ridge on the inside of the scallops.  Then I measured just inside the embossed ridge to get the size for the cameos.  It was about 2 inches and I cut these in black.  I attached the cameos to the ovals with tape runner and added the pumpkin button with a glue dot.

On the inside, I cut the Leaf Border at 1 inch which cut the width not the length.  I used the swirl cutouts from the cameos in the upper corners and stamped the greeting "GIVE THANKS". 

(I had forgotten to take photos before I had co-workers sign it so you can see some of their signatures).

This looks like it was a really simple card, but the measurements of the cuts always get take me the longest to figure out.  Someday I will get the hang of it.  Enter more challenges maybe?

Thanks for stopping by!

Reesey

ACTION WOBBLE Challenge!

Wow!  Two challenges in one month.  What got into me? 

 Maybe a little holiday spirit. 

Every year where I work, we select a family in need from a list provided to us by local charity organizations.  I make the card and this year I really had fun creating this card.  Our family has a small child and I thought an Action Wobble was just the ticket!  And while I am at it, I thought I would post it and enter it in the latest Wobble Wednesday Challenge!

 http://challenges.action-wobbles.com

I started with a cream base and edged it with some ink in a light brown.  The turkey is from the Cricut Create a Critter cartridge as well as the word "Gobble".  He is on an action wobble and backed by a Spellbinders Scallop Oval in cream topped with a green regular oval run through with the embossing mat to leave a rim on the edge.

A black mat frames a piece of grid pattern paper and fall leaves completes the front.

The inside features a pumpkin with sentiment and matching fall leaves.  A little inking around the edges gives the paper some dimension.  

And here is the fun part...

Thanks for stopping by!

Reesey