Celebrate World Cardmaking Day – join me in crafting for a cause
Did you realize that tomorrow is World Cardmaking Day? That’s right, there is a holiday to celebrate creating and sharing handmade cards! Many folks will be celebrating this occasion with stamping and crafting events, and I’m no exception. If you are in the San Francisco Bay area, join me as I celebrate World Cardmaking Day…
Kicking it up with Interactive Scrapbooking
At convention this year, I had the chance to participate in a class taught by Sherrill Graff on Interactive Scrapbooking. It was one of those times when I found myself going, “WOW!” over something that was fairly easy but so cool. So, when I got home, I knew I had to share it with others. …
Technique night – Masking and Reverse Masking
Last night was my August technique night with my meetup group and we focused on masking and reverse masking. For those of you not familiar with masking, this is the technique for using paper to cover (or mask) the area you don’t want to get inked. So, in this first card we did, you stamp…
A couple cards for my new Meetup group
Since I’m pretty new to the Bay area, I recently decided to start up a Meetup group as a way to meet new folks and find some other like-minded crafty people. Today was our first meetup, and so I planned a couple cards for us to work on over pie at Marie Callendars. Between work…
Trying out the BigShot – a card, a box, and the matchbox
I wanted to put up a quick post before I had to run into work. This week has gone by so fast and has seemed so busy, but the rest of the week should be more relaxing. On Tuesday, I was hosting a Technique Night focused on using the BigShot. Unfortunately, that night I had…
Get Connected Promotion plus upcoming events
I suddenly realized that I hadn’t shared with you all the latest promotion from Stampin’ Up! I don’t know about you, but I am always one for a deal and so I had to be sure you all knew about the latest deal from SU. From now until April 30th, every $40 you spend from…
Mom and Me stamping class this Saturday
While I work on getting pictures taken and up from my most recent project, I thought I would mention here on my blog my next class which is happening this weekend in downtown Portland. I’m hosting a Mom and Me event where you and your child (or you and your mom or you and your…
Playing with Pastels
ahhh… it feels good to back at the blog. I just getting over a yucky cold and just in time because my technique night was last night. We were playing with pastel chalks and between my cold and my half-cleaned craft room, I got a bit of a late start preparing for it. However, I’m…
Using Crystal Effects
So tonight was our Crystal Effects night, and I think everyone learned something new – myself included! I ended up staying up late last night as I kept finding new ways to use crystal effects that I wanted to try. If you haven’t heard of crystal effects, it is this great thick clear liquid laquer…
One of the cards from this weekend’s card kit
While I waited for my UPS delivery to arrive so I can finish my scrapbook layouts, I spent last night working on cards. This card grew a bit organically from me starting with the grey base, then picking the pink, then finding a layout, and then deciding on the stamp set. I don’t know quite…
Is it possible to craft without making a mess?
Well, I’m going to have to make this post quick, but I thought I would post the progress I’m making on a project since it seems to be taking me a while to complete it. 🙂 So, on Sunday (or was it Monday?) I started trying to get things together for my open scrap day…