Handbag Challenge #2

From Adriel:

Here's my submission for Theresa Forseth's Handbag Challenge #2! When I saw the colors I thought of my daughter, Kayla. She has dark brown eyes and hair and she loves pink! So, I decided to do a scrapbook page of her with a pink shirt on! I haven't done a full-scale scrapbook page for years, so I've been out of the whole scrapbooking thing, but I wanted to do something with this picture and I really like how it turned out!

I used the all new Pink Pirouette along with Chocolate Chip CS. I had some Berry Bliss DS paper that went really well with the color theme. The ribbon from Bobbin is double-sided and has pink on one side and is reversed with brown on the other. It reminded me of the ribbon on the handbag. I used a huge flower from Heidi Swapps and made my own flowers from punches. I also embellished with chipboard letters and photo corners, along with rhinestones. The chipboard letters were a crazy deal at Target a couple of weeks ago. A pack of 55 alphabet letters was $1!!!!!!! They were even covered in this cute pink polka dot paper! Anyway, they worked great for this page! I enjoyed making this page and getting back into scrapbooking. Thanks for looking! Check back to Theresa's blog in a couple days to vote!

Just a Peek!

From Adriel:

Here's a peek at a couple of the cards we will be making at our upcoming Stamp-a-Stack/5 for $5. We'll be using a new set from the all new Fall/Winter Catalog along with some of the new in-colors. You don't want to miss making these cards and more!


There are a few spots left for this class! The class is this coming Friday, August 15, from 1-3pm. The cost is $5 for 5 cards! Don't miss it! Contact us today to sign up!

Thank You!

From Adriel:

I just wanted to thank those of you that voted for my entry. I appreciate your votes so much! So THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I'm currently working on some fun new things. One of them is a swap I joined on SCS! It's my first one and I'm excited about it. I'll post the cards when I am done with them. Another is altering a tin... making a file folder organizer... coming up with a couple cards for our next 5 for $5. I haven't actually started on the last three that I mentioned, but the ideas for them are forming in my head! Anyway, my main purpose today for posting was to thank you for your votes! Here's a a picture of beautiful sunflower to brighten your day!

A Favor to Ask...

From Adriel:

Hello there! I have a favor to ask anyone out there! You know the handbag challenge on Theresa Forseth's blog that I posted about on Thursday? Well, I won for this week's challenge! I know that sounds exciting, and it is, but it's not saying much about my creative talent since I was the ONLY entry. Nevertheless, I won a package of SU! Fresh Cuts notecards and I'm pretty happy about that! My winning entry is on the right!

Anyway, this is a 12-week-long challenge. Every week has a different challenge, inspired by a different handbag each week. The way Theresa has this challenge worked out is that each challenger receives a point just for participating. She takes the first 5 challenges she receives and also picks her own 5 and among those 10, readers can vote for their favorite one. Each vote in favor of a certain entry is another point. The entry with the most points for that week wins a weekly prize. In addition, the entry with the most points at the end of the 12-week challenge wins the grand prize! (More details here)

So, what's the favor? Would you consider voting for my entry? All you have to do is comment at the end of the post on Theresa's blog about my entry. (If you click on the link to the left, it will take you to the correct post where you can vote.) You can comment anonymously if you do not have a blog or wish to remain unknown.

I thank you all ahead of time for your consideration! I hope this will get someone else involved in this challenge! Challenges stretch my creativity so much and make me think outside of the box. I love that! Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for looking!

Handbag Challenge

From Adriel:

This is a first... at least I think it is... for me anyway! This is my second post in the same day! I have a good reason for this.

Theresa Forseth is hosting a weekly challenge on her blog for the next 12 weeks. What's the inspiration? Purses/Handbags! How fun is that? So, this is my submission for this week's challenge.

This is a cute "handbag" giftbag with a matching "wallet", which is actually a giftcard holder. When I went onto SCS today, I saw Wednesday's tutorial was for the diaperfold. This was perfect for what I had in mind for this challenge! I changed it a little bit (folded both triangles down instead of just one and also used the "back" for the front). I also added handles, since this is a handbag. I didn't use DS paper, but used River Rock CS for the purse base, then used strips of colored CS to decorate the front to mimic the inspirational piece. I tried to incorporate some stitching into this project, so I just drew marker lines with a brown Stampin' Write marker. It did the job. I'm a sucker for flowers and had to include them in my project! The "wallet" opens to hold a giftcard. I didn't have any giftcard holders on hand, so I just measured a credit card and made a holder based on those measurements.

The scalloped brown panel inside is actually a pocket. The giftcard slides in at the top and fits perfectly!

The colors I used for this challenge were river rock, baja breeze, tangerine tango, chocolate chip, pink passion, night of navy (or something very similar), and whisper white. I would've liked to have gotten some gold in there, but didn't have any gold. So this will have to do! Hope you enjoyed looking!

BTW, please excuse the photos! I had to use a different computer and didn't have access to my photo software or watermark image. I thought about if I needed to put Stampin' Up! on there, since I didn't use any stamps or DS paper, but thought I would just to be safe.

Birthday Calendar

From Adriel:

Mom showed you all her birthday calendar a few days ago. Now it's my turn!

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we went on a little trip up to a cabin. My mom brought along the supplies to make this fun project. So we spent one afternoon working on these and put the finishing touches on them when we got back. They were a lot of fun to make and I love the results!

I used a lot of different materials for this project. First of all, this whole thing started out as just a plain old file folder! After folding it this way and that, it was all ready to decorate! I first inked all the edges of the folder... I didn't really like the light yellow look of the file folder with my paper. I cut my DS paper to size and inked all those edges, too. Then I attached all my paper. I used rubons, chipboard, brads, ribbon, sticky tape, stamps... I'm sure I forgot something! Anyway, it was fun to make! Thanks for looking!

Stamp-A-Stack, Aug. 15

From Heidi:
Just reminding everyone about our Stamp-A-Stack coming up next Friday, Aug. 15. We make 5 cards for $5. We have some fun cards planned, using the new stamp set "Wow Flowers" along with the new "In-Colors". We just received SU's new Fall/Winter catalog, so the catty's will be available for you to browse through or take one home for $7. They've added some nice stamp sets, along with new Scrappin' and card kits. My favorite item is the "Build A Brad". You punch a 1/2" circle of Designer Series paper or stamp a custom image to build your own brad! Very fun!

Christmas in August

From Adriel:

I made some Christmas cards the other day. I know, I know. August! Christmas! I did this partly to get a couple done to sell on ebay. I thought there may be some early birds on there looking for Christmas cards. My reasoning probably seems silly... I'm a silly gal!

Anyway, onto the cards! My colors: whisper white, basic gray, old olive, ruby red, and bravo burgundy. I used whisper white CS for the base of the card, my next layer is basic gray, and then after that is the layer of either old olive or ruby red (depending on the card). This layer is stamped with the thingy from the Wow Flowers set... it kinda looked like a snowflake to me! Again, I'm a silly gal! I stamped the "snowflake" with versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder. It made a really nice background, snowflake or not! Moving on, my bravo burgundy strip is scallop punched on the bottom edge (yes, using the NEW scallop edge punch!), and attached to the various layers. A beautiful basic gray taffeta ribbon is tied around the burgundy strip before all these layers are attached to the white card base. The sentiment/stamped image which is really a snowflake FOR REAL, was stamped with whisper white craft ink and then embossed with this "Winter Wonderland" embossing powder I had on hand (no, not SU). Punched out with the scallop circle punch, with another scallop circle punch in gray behind. Attached with dimensionals and that's it!

So, perhaps today you will be going about your day and you will find yourself humming your favorite Christmas tune or maybe you'll be thinking about all those Christmas cards you need to send out... and you will wonder, "Why am I thinking about Christmas in August?!?!?!" Well, you can thank little old me! Bye for now!

Little Things Make Life Big

From Adriel:

This is a card I made a couple of days ago. It is a monochromatic card and has LOTS of layers! The colors I used for this card were whisper white CS, not quite navy CS, and the new in-color, baja breeze CS. I started with a whisper white base for the card. I used baja breeze CS on top of the card base. I added silver brads to the corners of the baja breeze CS. I didn't have the ticket corner punch, so I just used my 1/2" circle punch to punch the corners out of the whisper white CS and not quite navy CS panels. I attached these to the baja breeze with SNAIL. I tied some 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon around this finished panel, then I used dimensionals to attach the baja breeze panel to the whisper white card base.

I used a set I haven't used in awhile: Happy Harmony. I REALLY like this set! I wish it was a permanent set, because it is really lovely! Anyway, stamped the "flower" (I think it's a dandelion) on baja breeze in whisper white craft ink. I used some "winter wonderland" embossing powder (not SU) that we've had hanging around. It added a nice shiny sparkle to the image! As you can see, I put a white layer under this stamped image. I used dimensionals to attach to card. My sentiment is stamped on whisper white CS in not quite navy classic ink. I attached this to an ever-so-slightly larger piece of not quite navy CS, then a piece baja breeze CS, and finally to a larger piece of whisper white CS that I scallop punched only two edges of. I dimensioned this even more than my image.

Anyway, wanted to share that with you! Have a wonderful day! And remember...it's the little things that make life BIG!

Bookmarks!

From Adriel:

Wow, it's been several days since I posted anything on this blog! I do have something cute to share with you. These bookmarks!

The first one is one that I made and the second is one that my 7-year-old daughter made! Kayla loves to create, too! Actually, my 5-year-old son, Jacob, begs to make cards and creative things as well.

Anyway, wanted to share these with you. They are SO easy to make. Just punch out scallop circles in DS paper and coordinating CS. Decorate the scallop as you like. For mine, I first punched out a 1" circle, then took a 1-1/4" circle punch and made the ring. Then I used a 3/4" punch for the center circle. Just attached the scallops to the paperclip with mini glue dots and tied some ribbon on the side! All done!

Birthday Reminder Book

From Heidi:

What a fun project this was to make. It's amazing that you can take a simple manila file folder and turn it into something that is practical yet so much fun. I'm looking forward to using this birthday reminder to help me keep all the birthday's straight. I love the little pocket that can hold tags, pictures, and receipts. The wish list page will be very helpful to write down gift ideas and prices, especially while I'm out and about and see something that would make a great gift for someone's birthday down the road. This is part of a 3-part series of classes we'll be teaching in the future called "Birthday Bash Trio"... can't wait to make another one!

Looks Yummy!

From Adriel:

I had a chance to play on Tuesday and enjoyed myself so much! I made a cute "piece of cake" box that turned out adorable, don't you think?

Anyway, it made me wish I knew someone getting married or having a party, because a bunch of these would make the cutest party favors! I got the template for these cuties from a fellow SCSer. The template she sent me is actually for a 3-tiered "cake". The "slice" I made was from the bottom layer. I just printed the template out on white cardstock, cut it out, stamped it, assembled it, and decorated it. The back opens so you can put something inside.


On a different note, I'm going away this weekend for my husband's birthday. My parents and I went in together and rented a cabin up in the mountains (away from this heat!) for his birthday. It should be a nice, relaxing time. I'm thinking about printing up a few more of these templates and bringing them along with me. I may have some time to play while I'm up there relaxing. I know my mom is bringing along a fun project to work on while we're there. You'll have to wait until we get back to find out what it is... have a nice weekend!

Emerging Color

From Adriel:

I haven't gotten to create anything for a few days and I'm having withdrawals! I did create a card for a workshop this Thursday last Friday, but I didn't take a picture, so I have nothing new to share! I'm hoping I'll be able to squeeze some creative time out of this week. In the meantime, I'll just have to be content with showing you a card I made a few weeks ago. This was my first attempt at the "emerging color" technique. It was pretty fun!

I started with a whisper white CS square and stamped the small flowers in a few colors all over the white square. Then, using versa mark and a larger flower stamp, I stamped 3 flowers on the card and used clear embossing powder to heat emboss the large flower images. Then with a brayer, I applied the old olive ink over and over the square. I repeated this a few times. Then I wiped the clear embossed flowers and finished the card as shown! Pretty neat, huh?


Well, that's all I have to share today! Have a wonderful day!

New Decor Elements!

From Adriel:

Stampin' Up! has begun selling a new product line called Decor Elements. This new product line is self-adhesive vinyl art for walls, mirrors, windows and other surfaces. Decor Elements can be purchased from a Stampin' Up! demonstrator (like Heidi). Below is a link to a blog that another demonstrator put up. She put these Decor Elements all over her house and they look amazing! Check it out here!

So what did you think? Pretty neat, huh? What an easy way to dress up a wall or add more character to a space. If you would like more information about this awesome new product line, let us know!

Chipboard is Awesome!

From Adriel:

I meant to post yesterday, but I've just had a weird week. My water heater broke Monday (water in my house, in my garage), got it fixed Tuesday (our friend and dear brother in Christ, Dave, put in a new one for us!), and yesterday was errands and swimming. So... (long breath), I'm just hanging out at home today and thought I would quickly put a new post on here. I know you wanted to know all that.

Anyway, I will share a card with you that I made a few weeks ago. I love the colors of this card!

For this card, I used DS paper (Bali Breeze), River Rock CS, Taken w/ Teal CS, and Whisper White CS. The only stamping I did was with the little flower from "Fresh Cuts" in versa mark on the River Rock panel and the "for you" from "Fresh Cuts" in Taken w/ Teal ink. The DS paper is great on cards. So anyway, about my title: Chipboard is Awesome! Okay, the square with the flower cut-out is a chipboard piece from Stampin' Up!'s Blossoms and Basics chipboard assortment. I just covered it with CS and trimmed and sanded the edges. I also distressed the edges with Taken w/ Teal ink, added a rhinestone to the middle and voila! Let me know what you think!

August Newsletter

From Heidi...

The August newsletters are in the mail, so be looking for them either in your snailmail or email. Adriel did the designing of the newsletter this month. I like the colors and clip-art she chose, it reminded me of summer colors. Hmmm... maybe there's a card that is waiting to be created with the newsletter colors and summer theme.

We've included a lot of information in this newsletter, as well as a creative card challenge. I hope some of you take the challenge, I'd love to see what ideas you come up with. Our newsletter lists our upcoming classes, a short article on what we do and offer, as well as information about the stamp club that will be forming in September, so be sure to take a look.

I'm excited about our free workshop in August. We've ordered the new "Flower Power" card scrappin kit and the "Wow Flowers!" stampset and are anxious to share all the creative ways they can be used. I can't wait to design and play with them myself. We'll be using either one or both of them for one of our "make-n-takes". You'll also get a chance to preview the new "In Colors" that will be featured in the new Fall/Winter catalog. They're very cheery and bright. I'm looking forward to using these colors in my upcoming projects.

July's 5 for $5

From Adriel:

It's been a few days since I posted anything on here. I thought I would share with you some photos from the 5 for $5 class we did last Friday. These are the cards we made (all materials Stampin' Up! unless noted):


These first two are the same card (layout in a vertical direction), but they end up turning out a little differently at the end. One is used for a more feminine card and the other is unisex.

Recipe for these two cards: Sahara Sand CS, Soft Sky CS, Apricot Appeal CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Whisper White CS, Priceless set, Tagger's Dozen set, Versa Mark, Apricot Appeal Stampin' Write marker, Night of Navy Stampin' Write marker, scallop circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, 1-1/4" circle punch, sheer white ribbon (not SU), rhinestones (not SU), mini glue dots, and dimensionals.




This one we made two of at once. I think teaching customers how to make two of one card is an invaluable lesson. It doesn't really take a lot more time and you end up with two instead of one. My mom designed this one.

Recipe: Bashful Blue CS, Barely Banana CS, Basic Black CS, Real Red CS, Whisper White CS, Bashful Blue ink, Barely Banana ink, Basic black ink, Mellow Moss ink, Fresh Cuts set, scallop circle punch, red ribbon (not SU), scallop scissors (Friskars), and dimensionals.

This last card is actually a gift card holder. It is a "W" card that has a gift card insert inside. Super cute and super versatile. My mom designed this one as well. I don't have a picture of the inside... sorry!


Recipe: Sage Shadow CS, Blue Bayou CS, Whisper White CS, Porcelain Prints DS paper, 2" circle punch (not SU), scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, corner rounder, Seeing Spots set, Blue Bayou ink, brass brad, and dimensionals.


So that is what we did! Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Another Challenge

From Adriel:

Good morning! I had some time yesterday to play with our stamps and paper, so I made a card for Kristina Werner's color inspiration #15. The colors are below and they were so fun to play with!

So... this is what I came up with. A mod card, somewhat masculine, that I will use to give to my husband at some point in time.

I used the 3/4" circle punch and the 1/2" circle punch to make the little rings, just like the bedding. On the certainly celery, I used a stamp from the set "All in a Row" and used white craft ink. I applied paper piercing to the bottom of the card and around the half circle (punched from 1-1/2" circle punch). I used chocolate chip taffeta ribbon around the certainly celery panel. I raised the certainly celery panel up with dimensionals and attached the really rust side panel on top of the certainly celery with dimensionals as well (though it's hard to tell in the pic.) I wish I had been able to make more than one card and done something else, but I didn't have time.

Here's the recipe:

CS: chocolate chip, close to cocoa, certainly celery, really rust, whisper white

Sets: All Holidays, All in a Row

Ink: Close to Cocoa, White craft

Accessories: paper piercer, chocolate chip taffeta ribbon, 1-1/2" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals.

Thanks for looking!

More Inspiration...

From Adriel:

Here's some links for more inspiration. I love seeing other people's work. Hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did/do!

teneale williams
story about a girl
debbie's designs

The next one made me smile. Can you guess why?

one happy stamper

Well, that's all for now folks!

One Sheet Wonder Project

From Heidi...

Last night I finished up the One Sheet Wonder I've been planning in my head for the past few weeks. I like how it turned out. I shared it at one of our classes today and they all liked it. We'll be offering this project in our October class. It's a nice gift by itself, or extra special if a gift card is added. I used an 8-1/2x11 sheet of white cardstock and was able to get 4 cards, 1 gift card, 1 tag, 1 Post-It note cover, 1 candy cover, and 1 bookmark...I'd say that was pretty good for one sheet of paper. I like how quickly it went together once the white cardstock was custom stamped. It was a very fun project.

I wanted to stay with one stamp set, so I used the new "Fresh Cut." It's block stamp made a great background for the occasional flowers and stems I threw in and the greetings were perfect for the gifts. I used Cookiestamper's ideas for the two cards, interchanging the "Fresh Cut" stamp set for "Priceless."

Additionals: CS-So Saffron, Mellow Moss, Certainly Celery; Inks-So Saffron, Blush Blossom, Mellow Moss, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Basic Black; Various punches, ribbon, brads, sticky velcro dots, and a cello bag to package the gifts in.

Here's What You Missed!

From Adriel:

Saturday we had our very first project class! We made the mini accordion album. It was fun to see how each album turned out differently for each person. I enjoyed my time, although I was a little stressed at how much longer the class took than I expected. Well, you live and learn! Now I know project classes take 3 hours, not 2! Being the first project class, I think this went very well and I'm ready for the next one!

Anyway, for those of you who didn't make it, here's what you missed.

Like what you see and wish you had come to this class? I've got some good news for you. We offer project classes twice a month. We will be doing this same class on July 14, 7-9pm (although it may take a little longer). Space is limited, so register soon for this class! You can contact us here.

Just Saying Hey...

From Adriel:

I hope all of you are enjoying your long weekend. We had a nice relaxing day yesterday, complete with a BBQ and fireworks. Chandler's fireworks are pretty lame. Every year we say that and the next year, we go watch them again. I guess we like how close they are and that it only takes 5 minutes to get a good spot to watch. Maybe we'll try Tempe's fireworks show next year... who knows. Things are very uncertain right now and I just take one day at a time.

I don't own one patriotic stamp set, so I have nothing creative to show you in that sense. The stamp collection that my mom and I own has a lot of flowers in it. I love flowers!

Since I don't have anything patriotic, I'll just share a nicer photo of the cards we did at the library last week. The other photo I put on here was an ugly color. Also, with all the library classes we've done, we collected quite a few of the same card. I made a matching box based on this tutorial. I changed the dimensions so that 5-1/2"x4-1/4" cards would fit. I love how the box turned out. I was so excited to make something so cute! Hope you enjoy it!

Happy Fourth!

June is over and now we're already into July. It's amazing how quickly time flies. We finished up our June library workshops and they were both great. Our last library workshop was a mother/daughter class and we were pleasantly surprised by the size. The last we'd heard there were only 6 signed up, but we ended up with 17... as a result, we were short on supplies for one of the cards, but several of the moms were gracious enough to forego the second card. The library classes were a great way to meet new people in the community, I hope we can do this again... maybe at Christmas time.

Don't you love Adriel's card she finished yesterday? I told her it looks very "urban" and upscale. We're both looking forward to the mini-accordion class this Saturday. This was Adriel's design, so she asked me to make sure her directions were accurate by making one. Well...the first one I started, turned out to be an example of how important it is to read the directions carefully. I didn't match the right sides together correctly and it turned out to be a good laugh.

Hope you all have a safe and happy Fourth!

Meeting My First Challenge!

From Adriel:

I have wanted to do this for a long time and I finally did it today! I took on color inspiration/challenge #14 on K. Werner's blog for these 5 colors.



Basic Black, Basic Gray, Ruby Red, River Rock, and Whisper White

I would never have chosen these colors to go together, but I love them! I used a set (Seriously Sassy) that we originally got to use with teens, but it seemed to go with the whole inspiration well. Hope you like it! Let me know what you think!

Recipe:

Card measures 6-5/8"x3-1/4"

Inspiration colors (listed and shown above)

Seriously Sassy stampset
Little Pieces stampset (soon to be retired! sniff, sniff)
Tagger's Dozen (also retiring)

1-1/2" circle punch
1-1/4" circle punch
1-3/8" square punch
1-3/4" square punch

Basic Black craft ink pad
Classic Basic Black ink pad
Clear embossing powder
Ruby Red Stampin' Write marker

Basic Gray taffeta ribbon
Basic Black brads
Dimensionals (of course!)

BTW, I know this is my second post today, but I couldn't wait until tomorrow!

Recipe Scrapbook

From Adriel:


Here is a picture of the recipe scrapbook that we will be doing in August. This is just the front of the flip book. The recipes are inside. I was being dumb when I took pictures and didn't get a picture of the inside! I will do that today (if I remember) and put it on here soon. Anyway, the theme for this album is "Summer Favorites". I think everything about this screams "SUMMER!", don't you?

This album was inspired by a recipe scrapbook featured in the Stampin'Up! Stampin' Success publication for March '08, pictures shown below. (Gotta give credit where credit is due!)

July and August Classes

From Adriel:

Here is a list of all our classes this month. All classes are open to ages 12 and up, unless otherwise noted. Normally, registration and payment is due 2 weeks in advance for supply and preparation purposes; however, July's events still have spots open. Registration is open for all classes below.

July 5, 1-3 pm: Project Class - Mini Accordion Album ($10)

July 11, 1-3 pm: Stamp-a-Stack (5 cards for $5)

July 14, 7-9 pm: Project Class - Mini Accordion Album ($10)

August 2, 1-3 pm: Project Class - Recipe Scrapbook ($10)

August 15, 1-3 pm: Stamp-a-Stack (5 cards for $5)

August 18, 7-9 pm: Project Class - Recipe Scrapbook ($10)

Lots of Fun!

From Adriel:

Today we did a free library class at the Sunset library. We did a mother/daughter class, which was fun because, HEY, we're a mom and daughter team! So that was somewhat ironic.

All the cards turned out wonderful and I enjoyed watching the moms and daughters enjoy themselves. I love it when people who don't think they can do anything crafty make one of the cards and are amazed that they did it! I love the simplicity of stamping and card making... anyone can do it!

Here's a picture of one the cards we made today. You can view more pictures on the slideshow on the side.





Note: The colors in this photo are TERRIBLE! It looks like old olive, but it's really close to cocoa! Hard to believe, I know, but it's true. I'll have to get another photo in here... and SOON!

One More Week!

From Adriel:

You still have one more week to register for our project class on July 5! The project we will be featuring is this cute, mini accordion album.

It is so versatile and can be used for any theme or event. This would make a great gift for someone, because pictures can be added later. We will be doing a friends OR family mini accordion album. It unfolds into this wonderful memory album.

You don't want to miss out on this adorable album! Register today by contacting us: twohappystampers@gmail.com.

Class info:

Where: At Heidi's house in Chandler (directions given after registration)

When: July 5, 1pm-3pm (one week away!)

Cost: $10 (this includes supplies and everything cut out and ready to go. Also, you will be given step-by-step instructions to take home with you so you make this project again on your own!)

We hope to see you there!

From Heidi

This is my first attempt at blogging. Adriel set this blog site up for us and I think she did a great job! So I've taken a picture of a bookmark we've been demo'ing this month at out library workshops and I'm going to see if I'll be able to place this post and the picture onto our blog site. We have been busy this month. We've been doing workshops at all the branches of our public library with attendance varying from 1 to 20. We have 2 workshops left, one today and the last one this coming Monday. They've been a lot of fun. I think the best part has been meeting so many wonderful people. I'll let you know how the last 2 workshops go.

I don't know if you noticed that I made a card to put the bookmark in. Adriel came up with this idea last night... I thought it was a fun idea. It's a nice way to give a little gift with a card to a teacher or a friend.

Blog is up and running!

From Adriel:

Our blog is up and running, as you can see. It was so easy to do, it made me ask myself why I haven't done this sooner! I am now an official "blogger"! We're still new at this, so give us time to get in the groove of blogging. This may even inspire you to create your own blog! (It is SO easy to do!) Or, you may be ahead of us and have a blog already. Whatever the case may be, let us know your blog site so we can connect with you in this form as well! This will be fun!

Before I sign out, I want to share a project with you that Heidi did. It is a 6x6 scrapbook page and a card, both made with the same Simply Scrappin' kit, Rose Cottage. These kits are so great, because all the colors coordinate, you get printed double-sided paper AND solid textured cardstock, along with 6 sheets of self-adhesive die-cuts! Everything is ready to be assembled and if you have a limited amount of "creative time", this is the perfect way to do scrapping or even card-making, as you can see in this photo. The kits make great cards, too! Also, you may have noticed that she used a similar layout for card and scrap page, with great results both ways! Good job, Mom!