06/01/2017

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Vacation Fun, but now back to Creating! Greetings to All! Whew! I thought April flew by - now May has passed me by but not without having an awesome road trip with my hubby! More later about our adventures. So, getting back into the groove has proven harder than I ever thought. I guess I had never been away from my passion of paper crafting for more than a few days! But actually being gone for 10 days got my mojo in a grand funk! I managed to do one project just because I had to try something to bang my mind back into life. I cased this project from Melanie Joyner at Joy-Stampin. She is in Denmark I believe and she gave instructions in English, but some of the measurements didn't quite work for me. So, I made the template from her blog and figured out some that worked better for me. I have to admit that I loved her colors so much I had to CASE it pretty exact. I did change a couple things and re-arranged some of the elements, but it looks eerily similar to Melanie! Thanks Melanie!!! You managed to inspire me - exactly what I needed. By the way, Splitcoast Stampers has a great tutorial for the shadowbox and they give great measurements. Mine ended up being just a tad smaller than theirs, but it worked! Here is a side view showing the 3 layers - front, box, and back card. I am really happy with it, and think I will show this card at my Catalog Launch party June 11th. My peeps are going to love it. Have ideas swirling in my head as to other decors for it. Ooooo I can feel the mojo returning! YaY! Here are the supplies I used: Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111351] $8.00 Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00 Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle [145348] $54.00 Big Shot [143263] $110.00 Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00 Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978] $6.50 Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [131261] $23.00 Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [131263] $29.00 Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad...
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What a fun day! Catalog Launch Lunch! Greetings Paper Peeps! Yesterday (Sunday, June 11) I hosted my 2017-18 Catalog Launch Party. We had a blast! We made one make and take, but that is what we all wanted. Most of the time was spent looking at my display board, asking questions, ooohhing and aaahhing at the catalog, and then we got to work on the make and take. 11 women and 1 young lady came. I am happy to report that Ava and her Mom, Venus would like to have a class with young ladies~Ava's friends. We are going to plan an afternoon and have a little stamp club with the girls. Future Stampin' Up! demonstrators is what I am thinking!!! I took one order with two others in the works. But that is fine - several ladies are still mulling over the catalog and I think they will order some things! I am not out to sell, sell, sell...I just want everyone to know what is available to them and share in my fun. Eventually they "buy" into (pun intended) the fun! (smiling emoji!). Here are some photos of my display board and my display of new items. I couldn't include everything, I don't have a huge room to hold classes in. I squeeze (and I mean squeeze) the ladies around our dining room table and put up a folding table to display what I can. But we make do and more importantly have a wonderful time!!! Everyone is already excited for the Holiday Catalog launch!!! Do I really have to start working on some Holiday projects? Yikes! I will share pictures with products used of all of my samples in the next few days. Now, I have to recover and put away all of the things I took downstairs to display! Oof. Have a wonderful week, be kind to one another and make some time for Creating With Paper!!! Save Save Save Save

Michelle

I am all about crafting and creating unique projects using stamps, ink, paper and of course embellishments!

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