Four Seasons Scrapbook Frame

I have had this frame for about a year......I just couldn't decide what I wanted to do with it.  Finally, last week I decided that I was tired of storing all of them ( I have 13 more!).  So, I found this great website, http://www.52sketches52weeks.com/  and starting looking for sketches to case.  These are the pages that I came up with......and a new class was born!  Four Seasons Scrapbook Frame!  Attendees will get the frame and then create the four 8x8 pages.  The small white discs in the corners are really strong magnets that hold the pages in place.  So, you can create the pages, display them for as long as you'd like, and then add them to an 8x8 scrapbook!  The stars of my pages are my two great kids through the seasons (and the years)! What do you think?

Love in a Box

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new paper Love Impressions in the Occasions Mini!  This is a very simple box that holds completed cards.  The box is made from one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 Really Red cardstock!  I will post the dimensions soon!

Inside the box are these cute cards!  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new red glimmer paper too!  The pictures really don't do it justice.  You can't get the full effect of how shimmery it really is!  My nine year old daughter wants to use it for her Valentine's projects for school!  She LOVES it too!  These will be the projects at my January classes! Enjoy!

Dollar Store Decor

Hello!  It has been awhile since I have posted!  We had a wonderful 10 day vacation during the first two weeks of August and the rest of August was spent preparing for the new school year!  I am returning to my fifth grade teaching position after four years.  During those four years, I was an instructional coach in my school district.  While I loved the job, I really missed being in the classroom with the students on a daily basis.  So.....we started back to school this past Monday.  It truly feels like I was never away! I know that I am where I belong!  It just feels right!

Anyway, that explains where I've been!  I have been stamping too!  This is a project that we did at my late July Stamp Camp and at my Senior Circle class.  We made a summer flower insert and also a Christmas wreath insert.  It is a great frame to be able to change out the picture depending on the season or holiday.  The frame came from our local Dollar General store.  I am not sure where else they are located, but they just seem to have better quality items. Everyone seems to be looking for inexpensive items that they can embellish, alter, or use to add to their projects.  This frame was $1 and it came with a beautiful white ribbon.  You can't see it in the picture because I couldn't get it to stand up correctly for the picture. I have had such fun scouring the store for items, that some of my customers have asked me to have a class with those items.....I am considering Cheap to Chic as the name of the class!  What do think about that idea?

Picture Purse

 This is a sample of the picture purse that I will be featuring in my next round of classes.  I learned it from a teammate in Michigan!  I love the the fact that it takes so few supplies (1 sheet of 12 x 12 DSP  and 1 sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock and then a little extra of each to create the flap on the purse) to create this cute purse!  I have not yet added pics, but I will!  This would make a great baby or wedding shower gift!  Any teacher would love to get this at the end of the year from her class!  Birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and/or Christmas would all be appropriate holidays to use this as a gift!  Best of all, they can be personalized to match the receiver's personality and tastes!  Let me know what you think that you would use this purse for! 

Christmas in July!

This past week, I held my annual Christmas in July classes!  These are the projects that the guests made!

This is a cute poinsettia isn't it!?  Do you recognize the punch that was used to create the petals and the leaves?  It is the ornament punch!  Quick and simple.  I think that these would make great ornaments for a wreath or a tree too!

This is card number 2!  Love this new set!  Another very quick and simple card!  The clear mount stamps make lining the ornaments for the tree much easier!

I really liked how this turned out as well!  This is the first time that I used the wood sheets!  They cut nicely and the punches were easy to use on it as well!

This was the featured project on SCS last week!  Just in time for me to use at my classes!  I used the new holiday paper and I modified it slightly.  We made divider cards for the inside of the box!
What a nice way to carry your projects home! 

It is never too early to start thinking about the holidays I guess!