Returning after a long absence.

Been a few years since I posted anything.  Will be back up and running.  Just not sure in what direction.  Right now I am quilting more than paper crafting.  And my real job, the one that pays bills is keeping me very busy.  

Here is a quilt that I have finished.  In the picture it is just the top.

I am back. New Card

I am back.  Going to try to post at least once a week.  At this time, I am not a Close to My Heart consultant.  I would like to be one again.  Just have to see if life slows down, just a little.

Here is a card that I made for a card swap. 

Items used:
Kraft cardstock (CTMH)
Purple ribbon (from Michael's)
Friendship Bouquet stamp set S1205 (CTMH)
For Every Occasion stamp set (D1187 (CTMH)
Sparkle embossing powder (a la mode)
Juniper ink (CTMH)
Hydrangea ink (CMTH)

All Day Crop coming up, November 3rd.

Next All Day Crop,  Saturday, November 3rd.  9am-9pm.

 

 

Cost is $35

Lunch, Dinner, Snacks and Chocolate provided. 

Lunch:  Sandwich bar

Dinner:  Pork Carnittas and salad

Snacks:  Veggie tray, chips, Salty items, and…..

        CHOCOLATE!!

Beverages:  Coffee, Tea and water provided

Door Prizes

Games

Cash and Carry table:  for every $10 spent, receive $2 credit on CTMH orders placed at the event!!

Goody bags for each attendee

Will have workshops and kits for purchase. Will have sign-up sheets at event for workshops.   

RSVP by October 24, 2012

Contact:

Maranda: 541-401-5493

marandkd@yahoo.com

Lea:  541-401-1026

henthorne@centurytel.net

*limited number of seats available*  RSVP

 

Originial date was Oct. 20th, but had to change it.

OK, Need to be better at keeping up on My Blog.

Hi, Sorry for the disappearing act.  Will try to post more on here.  I just posted a whole bunch of items for sale on the Facebook page for CTMH consultants.  Will post pics here shortly.

Up Coming Workshop, June 23rd

Workshop, June 23rd. 
Noon-2pm is the Card workshop portion.
2-4pm is the Scrapbook workshop portion.
Cost is $10 for each workshop.
When you attend one or both workshops you can purchase the remaining paper pack with instructions for more cards and pages.  Here are a couple pictures of the workshops.

 

Please RSVP

Only have enough paper packs for 8 attendees.

I Am Back, Again. Birthday card

Hi All,
I am in Eugene at the "Just for Women" Expo.  Sorry for the lack of posts.  Have been extremely busy.  Will be attempting to post more. 
Here is a pic of a card that I made a month or so ago, for a Birthday card swap.  Please enjoy

Pics done of the house and property. House is officially "On the Market"

We have our house and adjacent land listed for sale.  Here is the website links
This is the link for the house and 9.9 acres
And
Here is the adjacent land

Now we will see how it goes.  Now, tax time is here.

Hopefully I can have more crafting time, SOON!

Next Workshop, Victory March 24 and 25

This whole workshop was designed by a fellow teammate, Tera Boring.  She used Florentine paper from Close to My Heart.

Thank You Tera!
 
You can do this workshop on either Saturday the 24th or Sunday the 25th.  Saturday's time is 11am-3pm. Sunday's time is 1-5pm.

My upline Maranda and I am putting this workshop on.  Come and have some fun with us.

You will need to RSVP by Wednesday the 14th, so we can make sure we have enough kits on hand.  There are different sizes of kits that can be purchased.

1. Best Kit; $25  This is for all 3 projects; 2pg layout, 2 cards and a mini album.  You will receive a Lev 2 Victory paper pack, Antique Copper Mini-Medleys package, 6 additional sheets of card stock, a piece of Chocolate grosgrain ribbon and flourishes.

2 Better Kit; $19  This is for the 2pg layout only, with the flourishes and accents.  You will receive a Lev 2 Victory paper pack, Antique Copper mini-Medleys package, 2 additional sheets of card stock and flourishes.

3. Basic kit; $12  This is for the 2pg layout without flourishes or accents, just the B&T and Cardstock.
You will receive a Lev 2 Victory paper pack and 2 additional sheets of card stock.

There will be plenty of left over paper for you to make more pages or cards.

Now for the pics.

Left hand side of 2pg layout.  Antique Copper photo corners and brads used on this page.   Along with flourishes.  The flourishes are cut out on the cricut with the Art Philosophy cartridge from Close to My Heart.

Right hand side of the 2pg layout.  Antique copper brads and an accent was used on this page.  More fluorishes, also cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge.

This is the 2 cards being made.  Ribbon, flourishes and brads used.

This is the mini-album being made.  The mini-album pages was cut on the Art Philosophy cartridge.  The far right, with the flourishes, is the front of the album.

this is the other side of the mini-album.

All Cricut cuts was from only 1 button on the cartridge. 

So come and have some fun.  We will be doing the 2 pg layout first, then the cards and last is the mini-album.  I will have all the cricut parts cut prior to the workshop.  But will show you how it was done with a couple of samples.

All Day Crop, that was held on Jan 21, 2012

Here is a couple of pics of the crop Maranda and I held at my house.  It was a blast.  17 people.
Next crop is April 21, 2012. 9am-9pm.  Payment holds your spot. 

A couple Studio J layouts. Daughters Preg pics

Been busy.  Have not downloaded any pics recently.  Here is  a couple Studio J layout I did of my daughter's preg pics. 

Thanks for looking.  Hopefully life slows down just a little so I can get some artwork pics on here.

Elkette's Bazaar today.

I set up at the Sweet Home Elkette's Bazaar today.  Not much traffic came thru.  Sold 1 bookmark and 2 cards.  And got an order for 2 tupperware items.  Girlfriend sold 1 item, one of her post-it note holders.  I hope to get some artwork pics on here tomorrow.

This is a sunset pic from our deck.

Can almost see the end of the tunnel

Talked to the realtor today.  Almost there. 

I did work on some paper crafts tonight.  1st time since the 1st weekend of October.  Soon I will have some pics of artwork.

I joined Blogtoberfest sponsered by Tresa Black

I am going to get back into posting on my blog, wither it is about scrapbooking or just life.  Tresa is the sponser for blogtoberfest.  She is such an inspiration to me, a sister Close to My Heart consultant. 

So the hubby and I have been busy with our house.  Doing things that needed done, even if we were not going to put it "on the market".  The realtor we are using is wanting a professional photographer to come in, soon.  So I am going through the daylight basement, almost 1400 sq ft.  Working on one room,  whick is my "crap" room, I use it as a storage room really.  All my fabric, quilting, decorations and more stuff is in there. 
We already took a truck load of items to different charity groups.  I also gave approx 150 yards of fabric to 3 different groups.  Still have 10x more fabric than what I gave away.  LOL.  Then my scrapbooking room, not even going there!  Just going to organize it, for now.  I was going thru the basement as if moving, getting ready for that next step in our lives. 
And I have to paint the whole basement floor.

We decided that our next house doesn't need to be so big.  No children at home.  So smaller would be better for us.  Less space for me to fill.  LOL, again.

Well,  I will get art on here again.  I have been doing projects, just not getting photos downloaded.  I have a new camera.  It did not come with any cables.  Weird.  I bought it brand new from a camera shop, a Nikon D3100.  Just have to get a cable, soon.

That's all for now.

Pics of layout for Sunday, Sept 25th

Here is 2 pics, directly from the Reflections book. I do not have mine done yet.  The papers are not matching, but the pages we do, will be.

Next scrapbook day, Sunday Sept 25th, Noon-5pm

Hi all,
I have been busy.  Getting ready for the Women's Expo.  It was cancelled, just 2 weeks before it was to happen.  Bummer!.  Now I am working on our house.  Doing some upkeep prior to listing it on the market.

Now to the SCRAPBOOK day.  It will be Sunday, the 25th of Sept. from noon-5pm.  You can work on your own projects or on one that I am doing.

Info on my project is:
Using patterns out of the Reflections How-to Book.  It is a 2pg layout.  Everyone that decides to do this will have the same pattern, but different papers and accents.  They bring their own paper and accents.

Here is what you need to bring;
Photo sizes:  6x4 (3)
                     4x6 (2)
                     4x4 (1)
                     3 1/2 x5 (1, or this can be your journal area)
Paper sizes:
2 base pages ( they will have parts that are visable when done with layouts)
paper (a); 6x12, 5x7 (x2)
paper (b); 2x12, 1 1/2x 1 1/2
paper (c); 5x5, 7x5 (x3)

And what every accents you want to go with paper and pics.

Back from Vacation

I am back from vacation.  Will be putting new artwork up soon.  I have a women's expo in Eugene, Oregon on Sept. 17th.  Working on items to sell there.

New Grand baby

Hi All,
I have a new grandbaby.  I am still in Idaho with my daughter, son-in-law and grandbaby.  Will be here for a little more time.

Her name is Stella.
Born June 19th, weighed 7lbs and 9oz and was 20.5 inches long.

Creativity with Close to My Heart stamps

Wedding card

This card is made using a retired paper pack from Close to My Heart,  Floral Expressions. 
Colors used was Amethyst, Colonial White, Garden Green and Grey Flannel. 
Liquid Glass and Prisma Glitter was used also.
Stamp sets; D1445, Amore and D1309, Hearthrob.
Ribbon from Mistletoe creative basics

At H2H Challenge this week was wedding themed.

Enjoy

Graduation Card made for nephew

This is a graduation card I made for my nephew.

I used Black textured cardstock, from Close to My heart (retired), Colonial White cardstock (CTMH) and gold metallic paper (LSS).

I used part of the graduation announcement for this card. 
Enjoy