Graphic 45 Spring 2011 Card Class-Easter, Mother's Day & More!!

Are you a Graphic 45 addict? Then you need to join me at 10 AM on April 9, 2011 to create over eight cards created with the newest Graphic 45 Spring papers & die cuts. We'll complete tons of cards including Mother's Day, Thank You, Happy Spring, Misc. and tons more! Technique: you will learn how to resist stamp during class! Also included with the $20 class fee are lots of ribbons, Maya Road pins, dimension, dimension, dimension and of course the perfect for cards Prima pebbles. Contact The Scrapbooking Studio at (309) 736-7242 to register for class today.

A note of Appreciation...

Happy Mother's Day

Kiss Me

Reminisce Blog Hop

Welcome to the Very First Reminisce Blog Hop! If you've just arrived from Tami Sander's blog you are in the right place. If not, I'm glad you found us today! You can visit the Reminisce blog for the complete list of details and blogs (they are also listed below) that are participating and play along. We have some fantastic prizes you can win too! The blog hop starts today, March 9th, and runs through Midnight CST on Sunday, March 13th. To have a chance to win a prize, just leave a comment at each stop and then a comment on the Reminisce blog telling us about your blog hop experience. (Please be sure to use exactly the same name in each comment). Then return to the Reminisce blog on Tuesday, March 15th and find out if you've won!

Here's what I created to share with you: St. Patrick's Day Cards...I know I am only 25% Irish, but on St. Patrick's Day I feel like I am 100% and I enjoy sending cards to my Irish friends :) I've made a few St. Patty's Day cards to share with you using the newest Irish paper line from Reminisce called Celtic Pride. It offers lots of opportunities for diversity and I love their border stickers too!

All three of the cards in this collection use Celtic Knot, Celtic Harp, and Celtic Crossing double sided papers as well as the 12x12 border stickers (I cut them down to use on cards).

Think green thoughts!

Thank you for stopping by! Before you hop along to visit Becky Kremke's blog, don't forget to leave a comment here on my blog. Now you can head over to Becky's Blog for more Rockin' Reminisce projects! (In case of any glitches you can always go back to the Very First Reminisce Blog Hop entry HERE).

Ordered list of blog hop Stops:

Andria Gibson

Kim Holmes

Lynne Forsythe

Cindy Noesen

Gina Hanson

Tami Sanders

Shelly Maxwell (you are here)

Becky Kremke

Heather Dewaelsche

Robin Gibson

Angela Ploegman

Sweet Tooth March Release includes two new card kits!

I am thinking spring flowers & pretty birthday parties for girls! This four card collection is fresh picked and ready for you to gather armloads of birthday wishes for all the young ladies in your life. Quantities are limited. $8.99/kit includes instructions & color photos order online at www.sweettoothscrapbooking.com

Boy, oh boy! Here's another kit for the guys in your life. Lots of metal embellishments from Tim Holtz, Little Yellow Bicycle acrylic shapes, embossed papers, chipboard and more---the boys are gonna luv 'em. Quantities are limited. Order your four card set online today at www.sweettoothscrapbooking.com

Let's Scrap Blog Hop

This layout was created with LYB's new spring line. I used Tattered Angel's glimmer mist on the Prima flowers, canvas banner, & Maya Road chipboard arrow to "match" them to the pretty spring papers. I also broke out a punch I purchased a few weeks ago-EK Success flower border. It's really pretty and delicate. Shelley H. took the photos last July.

This was a Valentine's challenge on the hop. Don't tell Mark you've seen his Valentine before him!

Reminisce's newest Graduation line of papers & stickers. Their new papers are printed on heavy cardstock which makes them PERFECT for cards! I love it! Also used a Stampin' Up punch for stars & notebook paper. This challenge had to include a list!

This pretty butterfly came buy last summer, created his/her chrysallis just under our mailbox about 1 ft. from the front door. We watched as it turned from green to black, black to black, sparkly gold, and orange and then emerge. It dried it's wings, hung around for quite a while and finally flew off over our neighbors house. It was a great experience for Julianne & Charlie, although I think I was the one most excited. Bo-bunny papers, Prima flowers, coffee-filter die cut flowers (Tim Holtz die) with Tattered Angel's glimmer mists & other hand made paints (reinkers).

New February Release: Sweet Tooth Card & Layout Kits

I was inspired by some gorgeous papers from American Crafts, Reminisce, Creative Memories, and Prima's flowers to create a collection of wedding cards. This is a collection of five cards and is available now from the Sweet Tooth Website.
Echo Park's Little Boy paper collection and Cosmo Cricket's Boyfriend chipboard buddied up for a fun-loving rhetro feel collection of four birthday cards for young men and boys. Tiny clothespins, buttons, self-adhesive chipboard shapes and more wait you at Sweet Tooth.

Check out Cindy's February 2011 Layout kits on her blog.

Reminisce's Newest Line-Sneak Peak #5

Hop on over to the Reminisce Blog and leave a message to win FREE STUFF!! (Who doesn't want free stuff?) The giant stickers are really cute & fun!

Reminisce Sneak Peak Day #4-Graduation Celebration

Check out the latest from Reminisce! Visit their blog, leave a message and WIN!!

Reminisce Sneak Peak-Day 2: Celebrations!

You are going to love playing with these papers & dimentionals & stickers! Perfect for party invites & favors, cards, oh, and scrapbooking too!

Sweet Tooth Valentine Cards with Echo Park's Life is Good Collection

Valentine Cards created with Echo Park's Life is Good Collection of papers and journaling cards (lov'em).

This is a collection of six Valentine Cards I created yesterday. I am not usually able to create an entire collection all in one day; but the design and colors of this particular collection are so easy to work with, I just can't quick raving about them!

Thanks for taking a peak!

Let's Capture Our Memories Card Challenge

Original LCOM Card Challenge Post: http://letscaptureourmemories.blogspot.com/2011/01/card-sketch-16.html

This was a fun challenge because it made me leave my comfort zone (which could also be called my LAZY zone)! The challenge was to create a card with either stitching or stars. I choose the stitching and created three stitched flowers using a Bazzill template and embroidery floss. I used the Basic Grey Curio paper & sticker line, Prima stems and packaging, Tim Holtz "Love" die & distressing tool, Marvy Uchida punches, EK Success piercing tool to create faux stitching, pop dots, and Xyron adhesive. The completes card measures 5.5x8.5". Thanks for taking a peak at my "Love" card!

First Time Ever..

Class is in Session! I'll be teaching this 6x6 mini-album class at The Scrapbooking Studio on Saturday, February 12, 2011 beginning at 1pm. The Scrapbooking Studio is located in Moline, IL. This class/kit includes Echo Park's Little Boy line of of brightly colored papers and journaling cards, Prima's canvas tags, Americna Craft's Bone Glossy Chipboard Thickers for titles, buttons, twine, Bo-Bunny 6x6 chipboard mini-album, color photo instructions plus tons more! Register for class by phoning the store at 309-736-7242.