Celebrate Friends Class

In this class, you will make a wall hanging to celebrate your friends. This is a cheerful decoration to remind you of the wonderful friends in your life. Please bring three photos to work with. You have two options:

• For $22, you will get everything you need to make the wall hanging.
  
• For $40, you will also get the Stampin Up Priceless stamp set. See pic below of the stamp set. This set is worth more than $30 (cost of set plus shipping and tax).

Celebrate Friends Class

Class Only $22.00 Class with Stamp Set $40.00

Happy Halloween!

I don't do much for Halloween. But my sister and her husband get really into it with homemade costumes and parties decked out with ghoulish decorations. I saw this foam Frankenstein face in the dollar-bin at Joann's and couldn't resist making a card for them. I added some orange Stickles to his cheeks and around the edges of the black mat. It was super easy and I think it's so funny to have this huge face on a card.

One Card a Month

I have a group of friends that I do arts & crafts with. We make a lot of cards so I organized a one-card-a-month swap. Each of us sends one card a month to various people involved in the swap. It's a nice way to get a little inspiration and happy mail each month.

Here are two of the cards I received in the last couple months from my friends Tracy and Deborah. I love Tracy's gatefold card with the tea cup images and charm. I really like gatefold cards; but I'm usually too lazy to make them myself. Ü Deborah is fabulous at sewing so it was fitting that she sewed on her card. It was extra fun to get this card, because she used some ribbon that I gave her. It's such a great swap!

New All-Occasion Card Class

On Friday, October 17th, in San Jose, I will be teaching my latest class -- a set of five thank you, birthday, and all-occasion cards made with Stampin Up papers and stamps. You will do a little stamping. Everything will be precut and ready to assemble. Easy, breezy, and fun! The class is $15 to make one set of cards. I can also send you a stamped, ready-to-assemble card kit for $15 plus $2.50 for shipping.

You can pay for the class with cash or check at the class or with a credit card by clicking the button below. You do not have to have a PayPal account to pay with a credit card: when you go to checkout, look for the link on the bottom left to continue without an account and simply enter your credit card information like you would at any other online store.

Class Kit

Class Kit Only $15.00 Class Kit By Mail ($15 & $2.50 shipping) $17.50

World Card Making Day Special: October 4-11

• To celebrate World Card Making Day, enjoy 20 % off a wide variety of fun and colorful Simply Sent Card Elements and easy-to-use Simply Sent card kits.
• See pgs. 176-177 of the Fall-Winter catalog; discount valid October 4-11. (Download the Stampin Up! Fall/Winter Idea Book & Catalog here.)
• Contact me to place an order for these specials and other Stampin Up! products.

Looking for some inspiration?

I'm a big fan of SARK's books. She has a wonderfully vibrant personality that is reflected in her work. Be sure to check out her new book, Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper, which is based on a workshop that she teaches to get your creativity flowing – a workshop that I'd really like to attend one of these days. Amazon.com is offering a special if you pre-order it now. I'm sure it will be yet another fabulous book from her.

My Sister at Work

I visited my sister at her work when I was home for the holidays a couple years ago. I got some really cute photos of her "at work." I love these photos. For this page, I used Doodlebug glittery chipboard letters, which is appropriate since my dad calls my sister "doodlebug." The patterned paper is Fusion from Autumn Leaves.

Mom's 60th Birthday

This is a layout about my mom's 60th birthday (a couple years ago -- I'm finally getting caught up on scrapbooking my photos!). I used Basic Grey's Blush patterned paper (except for the polka dot paper, which is from Chatterbox). I love the partridge. I normally don't use hearts for anything but I punched some for embellishments to match the hearts in the Basic Grey paper.

This was an experiment (I've been experimenting with different styles a bit lately). I normally don't place my photos cockeyed like this. But I was inspired by a layout I saw recently. It's also busier than I normally do. But I think it's fun and festive. I used a lot of Stickles to add some bling.