Workshop Projects

The first project we did for the August Workshop was to create a Luminary using JustRite Stamps.

I showed the gals that they could purchase a Febreze Flameless Luminary Starter Kit from Walmart and used the base for their project.  They were given a LED light to use in case they didn't want to purchase the Febreze kit.

The Spellbinders Dahlia Nestie cut out the DP.  The JustRite Images were stamped with Black Memento Ink on the outside of the vellum and then Super Fine Ranger Embossing powder was applied to the ink and embossed.  Next the image was colored on the opposite side using markers.   As the light shines through it looks like stained glass.  Martha Stewart's Modern Garland Punch was used to finish off the top.  Selma helped me design this project and everyone loved it.

I wish it showed up better, but hopefully you get the picture

Next I showed everyone how to do some of the Tim Holtz distressing techniques using Grunge Paper, Distressed Inks.  It was so much fun seeing how everyone's turned out so different and they were all just beautiful.

The last project we did was to create this card using Cuttlebug's new Perfect Perennials  Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart's Quilt Punch and the Square Nesties by Spellbinders.  The Stamp is from HeartFelt Creation and stamped on the green piece that was left from the cut out window. 

I had everyone bring their favorite card they had made and put them on display around the room.  Each card was numbered and later in the day they voted on their two favorite cards.   .It was a very hard decision as so many were absolutely stunning.  I failed to get a picture of the winning cards, but hopefully someone else did and I can post them later.  That was really fun!!!

Gretchen's card was #1 and Maggie's card was #2. Gretchen was given a HeartFelt Creation die and Maggie received a Heartfelt Creation Stamp.  We will certainly do that again!!!

It was a great day and I think everyone enjoyed the projects!!!

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August Workshop

Yesterday was our August Workshop.  It was an absolutely a gorgeous day outside and inside as well.

Sixteen ladies and two men attended the workshop.  The men ate the food, and teased the gals, but

we just couldn't get them to stamp.  Of course, Jon was in on that as well.

As I mentioned before Darlene, came early and helped me get ready.  What a blessing she was to me!!!

Cathy and Brad arrived from Wisconsin Friday evening and helped us finalize thing Saturday morning. Everyone pitched in and made things so much easier on Jon and I.

Both Darlene and Barb Schram did demos showing the gals great ideas on making some gifts.

Darlene showed how to make an adorable box that holds cards and envelopes.  Barb made white chocolate

covered popcorn and then showed us different ideas on packaging.  Both were awesome and the popcorn was yummy.,

Next, I showed ideas using some of the new things I learned to do at CHA.  I gave tips using the Grunge paper, show how to use the Distress Inks, Martha Stewart Edger punch and The Heartfelt Creation Dies.

Then gals started on the three projects we had ready for them.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the day.

Lunch was wonderful as usual!  Great cooks in this group of ladies.

Lots of free stamps were given away to lucky winners, compliments of Heartfelt Creations and JustRite.

I will be adding pictures of the projects  later as the guys are working on some electrical stuff and will be shutting off our electricity.

Bottom row - Colleen, Penny, Gretchen, Etta, and Cheryl

Middle Row- Kelly, Joan (me) Jo, Stephanie, Darlene, Maggie

Back Row- Diane, Cathy, Barb, Vickie, JoAnn

Mom came out in the afternoon to spend some time with the girls. 

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JustRite Font Sets

Font Configuration Sets!

· Now Uppercase and Lowercase in one set

· Only one letter size per set

· More letters for more words

· Numbers are a separate set

Myriad Pro

 JB-08095 95 point Upper & Lowercase Font Set

145 Piece Set

• 52 Uppercase Letters, 2 Symbols

• 91 Lowercase Letters

$22.99 plus shipping

 Times New Roman - 95 point

JB-08064
176 Piece Uppercase and Lowercase Font Set

• 72 Uppercase Letters, 20 Symbols

• 84 Lowercase Letters

$13.99 plus shipping

 

 Times New Roman- 95 point Upper and Lowercase Font Set

JB-08062
141 Piece Set

• 52 Uppercase Letters, 2 Symbols

• 87 Lowercase Letters

$22.99 plus shipping

Curlz

JB-08077 

 - 50 point Upper & Lowercase Font Set

176 Piece Uppercase & Lowercase Font Set

• 72 Uppercase Letters, 20 Symbols

• 84 Lowercase Letters

$13.99

 

Curlz

95 point Upper & Lowercase Font Set

JB-08075

145 Piece Set

• 52 Uppercase Letters, 2 Symbols

• 91 Lowercase Letters

$23.95 plus shipping

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And, the winner is~~~~~~~~

Oh my goodness, I forgot to post this weeks winner this morning. I am so sorry, but the day has just gotten away from me. And, the winner is Cathy Willett.  This is Cathy's first time to enter any challenge and she even created a blog to do so.  Cathy will be receiving a package of Tim Holtz Grunge Board.  Congratulations Cathy!!!!

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They have arrived! Recipe too!

Heartfelt Creations and Spellbinders preorder items have arrived and will start shipping next week.  I will start packaging them and get them out to you as fast as I can.  If there is anything else you need, please let me know right away so I can add it to your order.

This weekend is the workshop and the gals start arriving today for it.  Darlene Pavlick arrived on Wednesday and I don't think I would have made it without her.  Selma created this weeks Challenge card and helped me with one of the projects we are doing. What a blessing they have been to me.

Yesterday Darlene stocked the store with all the new items and rearranged everything. What a tropper! I can't wait for the gals to see it.  Today is tear down my craft room and get the tables all set up. Tonight we go out to eat with the gals that have arrived from out of town.

Mom has been a busy beaver too.  Wednesday, she made pie crust (her specialty) and peeled peaches for a Peach Custard pie.  Yesterday, she peeled apples for a pie.  It is so nice she can help out this way and it gives her something to do to make her feel needed.  And, the pies were yummy. 

I thought you might enjoy seeing a picture and recipe of the Peach Custard Pie.  Many years ago, my Mother-in-Law made this pie for picnics out on their pontoon boat and I love it, but had never asked for the recipe or made it.  The other day I got to thinking about it and wondered if perhaps she had the recipe in the church cookbook.  Sure enough, there it was so I tried it and it was just as good as I remembered and one of the easiest pies I have ever made.

Peach Custard Pie

1 unbaked pie shell

 1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp. flour

2 Tbsp soft butter

Mix together.  Put half in the bottom of the pie shell

Slice peaches and lay in crumb mixture to fill the pie shell

2 eggs beaten (3 of small eggs)

Pour on top of peaches and spring remaining sugar mixture on top of the peaches.

Bake at 400 degrees until set like custard (about 45 minutes for my oven)

Another tip I learned from the Food Channel was to put a cookie sheet under the pie as it bakes and the bottom of your pie crust gets done and browns so nicely.  It works too!

Let me know if you tried this great recipe and how you like it!  Enjoy!

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Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #12

Selma has created our weekly challenge card this week since I am busily getting ready for a workshop here this weekend.  Isn't it gorgeous? You can read the details on how she did it on her blog at http://selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/joans-garden-thursday-challenge-12.html

Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Thursday to Thursday Challenge #12.... Make a card or project this week and use the following:


Striped paper
Pearls or Brads
Piercing
Stamped Fall Image; preferably (but not required) a JustRite Stamp (Selma used Autumn Blessings by JustRite


You will have until next Thursday (September 2) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your card/project. A winner for the prize will be chosen from a Random drawing and will be announced Friday morning (September 3). You can enter more than once.
This winner of week #12 challenge will receive a JustRite Stamp.


Below are the guidelines.
You must have a blog or post to the SCS gallery.
Post your challenge card to your blog.
Or if you are posting to the SCS gallery, you will need to use a special code to tag your card to the challenge. This week's code is JG826 and needs to be posted with the challenge.


Link your card/project to the Blue Inlinkz icon listed at the bottom of the challenge.
Important, please have a direct link to your challenge card and not to your blog address.


Comments always appreciated. I love seeing your cards! Thanks for playing!!

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Heartfelt Creations

Falling Leaves DieCut

HCD 707

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Bold Falling Leaves

HCPC 3333

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Elegant Autumn Swirl

HCPC 3330

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Rustic Autumn Wheel

 HCPC 3327

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Oak Leaf Background

HCPC 3332

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Open Falling Leaves

HCPC 3334

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Pumpkins/Autumn Vines

HCPC 3329

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All Seasons Tree

HCPC 3331

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Cardinal Dies

HCD 706

$21.95 plus shipping

Cardinal Bird Feeder

HCPC 3347

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Cardinal Bird Family

HCPC 3353

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Cardinal Holiday Mailbox

HCPC 3349

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Cardinal Pine Cone Border

HCPC 3348

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Cardinal With Holly Berrries

HCPC 3351

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Church In The Wildwood

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Elegant Holly Swirls

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Holly Berry Filler

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Holly Leaves

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Joyous Noel

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Large Cardinal Pine Bough

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Let It Snow Flurries

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Snowmen Melt Your Heart

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Snowy Cardinal

HCPC 3352

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Holly Ornament Dies

HCD 705

$21.95 plus shipping

Snowflake Medallions

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Snowflake Medeley

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Single Snowflake

HCPC 3344

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Petite Madillion Background

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Ornament Medallion

HCPC 3365

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Fancy Ornament

HCPC 3337

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Vagabond

Vagabond designed by Tim Holtz

manufactured bySizzix

I cannot say enough wonderful things about this machine.  It is my favorite tool.

MRSP Price is $249

MY  PRICE IS $225.00 plus shipping

Please e-mail me if you would like order the Vagabond.

To read more click on the Vagabond tab under Items in my store.,

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Mom and Lily

You can click here to play Joan's Gardens #11 challenge!

 

This such a happy day for me.  Look at my Mom!  She is out in my craft room working on a quilt.

Doesn't she look great?  Jon ,Phillip (son-in-law) and Todd (my grandson in law) built her a ramp last weekend.  Now she can get in and out of the house by herself using her motorized chair.  What a blessing!

Lily (my Great-Granddaughter)

This is Lily's first horse show to ride her horse.  She is 8 and so adorable.  She was thrilled to death to win 2 ribbons for 2nd and 3rd place. We are so proud of her.

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And, the winner is~~~~

You can click here to see this weeks Challenge.  Thanks for playing!

And, the winner of Joan's Gardens #10 challenge is Patty Chapman!  Congratulations Patty.
I will send Patty a Mo Manning Stamp for being this weeks winner.  Way to go Patty!!!!!

Thanks to all of you who played the Challenge this past week.  I hope many of you can join us this coming week. I decided to do something a bit different this week, so I hope it challenges you to join us!!!!

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Tag using Grunge Paper

My First Grunge paper Tag

I have a new love and it is working with Tim Holtz Distressed Inks and his Grunge Paper.

This tag was cut using my Cricut from a manilla folder because I didn't have any Tags.  I have them on order, but they won't be in until sometime in September.

I had the priviledge of taking a class from Tim Holtz at CHA last month and I learned so many new techniques.  I will be carrying some of his products as soon as they are availble.  If there is anything

in particular that you would like for me to order for you, just let me know.

Don't you love learning about new things and techniques?  I sure do!  I saw this
Grunge paper at CHA and knew it was something I wanted to try.  So what makes this different from Chipboard?  Tim designed this product so that it was flexible and it doesn't tear or crack.  You can ink it, sand it, roll it and do just about anything to it and it remains the same.  Grunge paper is sold in 12x12  and 6x12 sheets. You will love this stuff!!!!  If you want me to order some for you, please e-mail me.

First I cut out the tag, then I stamped the Distress Ink pad on my Craft Mat (this is a must have to do this procedure as nothing sticks to it ) and sprayed it with my Mini Mister.  I used my heat gun to dry it and

sprayed it with Ranger's new Perfect Pearls Spray (awesome stuff, available in October)

Next I cut out the 2 sizes of flowers from the Grunge Paper, ran them through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss dot Embossing Folder.

Next I inked it using the Distress Inks and sanded the dots to make them stand out.  I cut out the stem and leaf and also inked them.  All was attached to the tag and a bow was added.

Tim Holtz has a ton of videos out to teach this technique.  You can start here and look at the side bar for more videos.  Also, I love Wendy Vecchi's work too and you can see some videos here

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Joan's Gardens #11 Challenge

Here is what you need to do for our Thursday to Thursday Challenge..... Make a tag this week and on the tag you need to use something heavier than cardstock.  You can use Chip Board if you don't have any of this wonderful Grunge paper.  The colors need to be old and vintage looking.  You can add metal, cork, flowers or anything you have in your stash.  Of course as always, if you don't have any, you can substitute something else.


You will have until next Thursday (August 26) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your card/project. A winner for the prize will be chosen from a Random drawing and will be announced Friday morning (August 27). You can enter more than once.

This winner of week #11 challenge will receive a pack of Tim Holtz Grunge Board.



Below are the guidelines.
You must have a blog or post to the SCS gallery.
Post your challenge card to your blog.
Or if you are posting to the SCS gallery, you will need to use a special code to tag your card to the challenge. This week's code is JG819 and needs to be posted with the challenge.

Link your card/project to the Blue Inlinkz icon listed at the bottom of the challenge.
Important, please have a direct link to your challenge card and not to your blog address.
Comments always appreciated. I love seeing your cards! Thanks for playing!!

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart." (Psalms 37:4)

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Cuttlebug Embossing Folders in stock

If you would like to order these embossing folders, please email or call me at 574 656 3663 me with your order.  I accept Visa, Master Card, Discover and Paypal.  I have them in stock now.

Heritage Cuttlebug Embossing Folders.

Embosses

2) 5x7 & (2) A2 Sizes

$16.99 plus shipping

Create a Critter Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Cuttlebug Embossing Bundle 4/Pkg

(2) 5x7 & (2) A2 Sizes

  $16.99 plus shipping

Retro Kitchen Embossing Folders

(2) 5x7 & (2) A2 Sizes

$16.99 plus shipping

Preserves Embossing Folders

(2) 5x7 & (2) A2 Sizes

$16.99 plus shipping

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