Sangria Layout

This month's scrapbooking layout features Close To My Heart's Sangria Paper Packet along with cuts from our Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge!  I plan to add family photos featuring our freshly painted red barn to this layout, hence my use of the papers featuring new colour Pomegranate; however, by flipping your papers around, you add more Poppy and Eggplant! Create this layout with me on Saturday, November 28 at 7:00!  Cost is $10.00 or $5.00 when you place a $25+ order!
Picture sizes (L-R): 3"x3", 4"x6", 4"x6", 4"x3", 4"x3"

Painting this barn is a labour of love, to say the least.  I believe the last time I painted it we only had one of our three kids!  Needless to say, it had been put off too long!  

A little help with the roof from JV Painting & Decorating

Finished!

Georgie: It's not just for babies!

I mean, he's cute.  Darn cute.  But don't pigeonhole Georgie.  Flip our Georgie papers over and you've got some sophisticated and subtle paper for any occasion!    I wanted to show you Georgie two ways-- I used Mojo Monday Sketch 420 to create these cards.

La Vie en Rose Card Set

Join me Saturday, October 24 and create this boxed card set featuring new products like papers from the new La Vie En Rose Paper Packet, one of our new colours, Poppy, our watercolour paints, as well as My Acrylix stamp set "For Family"!  You'll go home with six beautifully packaged cards, complete with lined envelopes, for any occasion! Cost is $20 or $10 if you place a $25.00 order.  Space is limited to 6 guests so reserve your spot today!  Please bring your favourite adhesive.  Workshop starts at 7:00 p.m.!  Please RSVP by Friday, October 23.

Urban Birthday Card

Here's a quick card I made up using our new Urban and Nevermore papers!  I embellished this easy tri-fold with our Durables Triangle Studs.

Summer Summary

Join us on Saturday, September 26 and summ[e]rize your summer!  This Picture My Life (PML)-inspired layout features a traditional page on the right and one of our PML page protectors on the left!  I plan to add our Flip Flaps to mine, adding photos of each of our summer camping trips!  Your kit includes everything (including the page protectors) you need for the layout pictures.  Cost is $10.00 or just $5 if you place an order of $25+!  Feel free to invite a friend!  Class starts at 7:00 p.m. at my place!  Please RSVP by Friday by dropping me an email, text or call!

Retirement Looks Good on 'Em!

Today is my Dad's birthday.  I called him this morning while he just so happened to be trimming limbs off a tree while balanced in a tractor bucket.  So, we exchanged quips about "living to see the next one" and obituaries. . . but it brings to mind the fact that retirement looks good on some people. 

And, it can look good on your projects too. 

Here in small town Millet, we have an annual Harvest Fair-- a weekend chalk full of activities for all ages and stages.  One of the main events for my kids is the bench show, which calls for submissions of everything from garden oddities and LEGO® creations to weaving and paper crafts.  While my kids bagged up second cut alfalfa, canola and barley, I went to work crafting these cards using some retired products from my stash.  Sometimes, retirement can look pretty good.

These cards show how even the same design can look totally different just by switching up the papers and embellishments!  

This Christmas card won 1st place and $3.00 in prize money ;)  It uses a current Hostess Only stamp set as well as the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.  However, I had to do some fancy thinking to make it a tri-fold window rather than the intended single-fold.  The paper and embellishments are REALLY old though!  You'll have to have been a CTMH fan for a long time to recall them!  Challenge accepted?

Can you name the retired product?  You'll get 10% off your next order if you can name them!

Current product used:

Colonial White Cardstock $10.50

Floral Embossing Folder $9.75

Woodgrain Embossing Folder $9.75

Z1375 Kraft 12"x12" Cardstock $10.50

You Mean The World To Me

B1467 $10.95 Retires August 31

White Daisy Pigment Ink $8.25

Chocolate 12"x12" Cardstock $15.95

Pathfinding Paper Packet $10.95 (Retires August 31)

Quatrefoil Embossing Folder $9.75

Classy and Quick with Cricut® Artfully Sent

We recently had the privilege of attending a wedding for a beautiful young couple from our church.  Their wedding colours happened to be the same as ours were . . 16 years ago next week!  I created this card featuring Outdoor Denim and gold using our Cricut®  Artfully Sent cartridge and the stamp set "Happy to be Friends" and love the way it turned out!

C1605 Happy to Be Friends $15.25

Z2066 Ranger™ Princess Gold Embossing Powder $6.50

Z3017 Cricut®  Artfully Sent $109.00

1275 Outdoor Denim Cardstock (Retiring August 31) 

Z553 Bonding Memories™ Glue Pen $4.95