Saturday, July 30, 2011

A Special Baby Brag Book From Lunch Bags!





I put this album in a challenege going on at: http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

I hope to be offering these to make in classes come September! In the meantime check out my list of classes below!
Meet me at Michaels in Palm Coast, Fl.:
Crop Night August 20th from 2 to 8 p.m. $5.00

Spotted Canary Scrapbook Classes $25
4 Wednesdays beginning Aug. 10
3 Paper Ed Classes $25 each:
Card Tricks
Create 5 Unique cards
Aug. 8 from 1-3 p.m.
Sketch Out
Create 2 page layout and two cards
Aug. 15 from 1-3 p.m.
Texture Wow!
Create unique art for display
Aug. 22 from 1-3 p.m.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Blog Award!

I just received this award from Lois at "My Creative Corner!" Thank you so much for thinking of me. I love being part of a creative group of bloggers sharing their gifts with others.

 I am passing this award onto the following bloggers:
Sheila at shesasassylady.blogspot.com/
Suzanne at cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com
Lorraine at cardcreationsbylorraine.blogspot.com

Things about me!
I love my wonderful family, my adorable two year old grandson and my ten year old ballerina!
I always wanted to grow up to be an artist.
I love doing crafts of all kinds.
Learning new things to teach at Michaels is simply wonderful!
I love working at Michaels.
I love that Michaels is around the corner from me!
Meeting new creative spirits thru my blogging is just so cool!

Thanks so much for the fun I have doing and showing my art and crafts online!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

A New Card Evoks an Earlier Time!



I took a trip back to St. Augustine to visit “Claire’s Collectibles Fun Rubber Stamps.” Of course I came home with several new stamps! Two of these work well together, as a matter of fact one goes into the other! Great Impressions number G416 is a lovely rose bush and fits over and centered on Great Impressions H212, a lace frame. It’s fun to color the rosebush with my Tombow markers and cut it out with an oval shape Spellbinders Nestability die and my Cuttlebug. The lace frame is stamped and embossed in white on pink card stock.


I cut around the frame leaving a bit of a pink rim. I then adhered the rose to the center of the frame with a little overlapping.



Next, I stamped the ballerina silhouette #GR1160 from Stampabilities, in black. Then, I cut the ballerina out leaving a white rim and I put foam dots on the back.

Real lace trim and flowers added to the mix make a lovely card evoking an earlier more innocent time.
By the way other stamps can be bought in the Great Impressions series, including one that stamps a lace table cloth.
I love changing my style when working with new stamps.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

New Great Classes at Michaels in Palm Coast!

Here are the latest projects made for my job at Michaels in Palm Coast, Fl. These paper lunch bag mini scrapbook albums were fun to make and easily created in two different styles. My students are going to enjoy them! The class isn't available yet, but look for it in the coming months. Many new classes will be coming along and I am so excited that I will be teaching them. Please check back often to see my latest schedule. I am putting the August following the mini album photos so scroll down a bit!







I hope pictures are enough to spark your interest. I love what I do!
The following is the August Schedule of class at Michaels in Palm Coast, Fl.
Meet me at Michaels in Palm Coast, Fl.:
Crop Night August 20th from 2 to 8 p.m. $5.00

Spotted Canary Scrapbook Classes $25
4 Wednesdays beginning Aug. 10
3 Paper Ed Classes $25 each:
Card Tricks
Create 5 Unique cards
Aug. 8 from 1-3 p.m.
Sketch Out
Create 2 page layout and two cards
Aug. 15 from 1-3 p.m.
Texture Wow!
Create unique art for display
Aug. 22 from 1-3 p.m.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Crop Day Today at Michaels in Palm Coast!

I just want to show off another project sample for my Texture Wow Class coming up in another week! This one is a gift for my grandson!
I'm loving these and want to make more......I wasn't into doing them and after I made one for the store, I saw what could be done.
Great for gifts! I'm thinking of making them for friends.
Crop Day today from 2 to 8 p.m. Come and play in the classroom!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Please vote for my granddaughter!

Tonight was fun at the Black Cloud, where my granddaughter danced for everyone! She is entering a video of the dance at www.disneychannel.com You can vote for her in the next day or so. Go to Shake it Up! Make Your Mark and then look for Ekatereena, 10 Fl. Keep checking the latest ones show up first!
disney.go.com
Find Disney Channel TV shows, original movies, schedules, full episodes, videos, games, and shows on the go!
 
Thanks for your votes!
Carla

“Starform Stickers,” Make Classy Cards!



If you haven’t discovered “Starform Stickers,” you need to run to the nearest scrapbook store. These stickers are wonderful for cards, scrapbooks and stationary. They come in a variety of styles and colors.

After these lovely stickers are peeled away from the backing sheet and placed on your work, they can be colored using paint, crayon or felt tip pens. They do recommend “Glaze” markers to fill in the negative spaces, of the designs, because they offer and embossed look.
So far, I have placed the kimono stickers #1088 on various papers making each card a stylish art composition.

A really nice thing about these kimono stickers I that the detailed design inside the stickers lift to be placed on one card, while the negative design left can be trimmed around to used and glued to a second card. 

So, instead of just two designs you have four in a package. There are so many amazing packages to choose from.

For more information on these great stickers, projects and techniques go to www.starform.com.
Watch for future posts documenting my experiences with other designs and styles of stickers from “Starform Stickers.”

Saturday, July 9, 2011

I got the Stinkin Cute Blog Award!

I would like to thank Dr. Sonia at www.Cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com for this award and pass it on to some really creative folks!
I enjoy reading and get inspired by so many blogs and so many should get awards! Here are my five choices:

http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com (Wonderful designs)
http://craftingwithkatie.com (great ideas to use my Cricut)
http://ramblingsofatexascraftroom.blogspot.com (sweet inspirations)
http://thebugbytes.com (great for information and super projects)
http://willcookforsmiles.com (my dear daughter-in-law, who helps me get out of trouble and has my adorable grandson. Oh and great recipes)

To accept each award, link back to the person who gave you the award, write a few things about yourself  and pass on the award to at least 5 bloggers.
Thank you so much bloggers!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

My Motorcycle Father's Day Card won!

I entered it into a contest at:
http://paperthisandthat.blogspot.com/
I'm really excited.......I've never won a contest online before!
Carla

Monday, July 4, 2011

The Birthday Party Thank You Note



Ok, so my customer loves the Rapunzel party invitations, so much that she wants thank you notes to match! Ah another challenge….I didn’t see the movie, but most people know the original tale. Well, it seems that in the Disney flick “Tangled” Rapunzel has a chameleon friend named Pascal, a colorful lizard creature. There is my pop up idea for the inside of the note card!
The lizard in “Life is a Beach,” is on page 56 in the Cricut cart book. I cut him at 3”. For this pop out, I cut the strip right from the card base. From the folded edge of the card on the outside, I drew 2 short parallel lines toward the edge of the card. I cut those  lines starting from the folded edge. I folded the cut strip back and then folded it forward again. When I opened the card I pushed the strip through to the inside of the card. I closed the card and pressed firmly. Then I opened the card to see the pop up strip. Before putting the lizard in place I cut and glued a fern paper for a background. I glued Pascal’s tail to the pop up, making sure he did not show out of the card’s open edge, when it is closed. I cut a pink cloud with a Nestibilities shape and stamped it in silver “thank you.”

I cover the front of the card with blue, to hide the cut out and glued a 4” crown and a 3 ¾” castle from the Cricut cart Paper Doll Dress Up on page 47.
Oh yeah, my customer loved the sample and now I have to make 14 lizards!