Sonja Meets Willoughby

I love this line of paper from The Angel Company, it's called Willoughby, it's just beautiful. It's one of my very favorites. I made this sometime back for the Winger Design Team over on Paper Wings, it is a Sonja Purse, it comes plain and you add the paper of your choice. There is also a little mini album that you can decorate to match! I hope you are having a most wonderful weekend! Hey and does anyone know what happened to the beginning of November, it seems like the month just started, how did we get to the middle already!??

Upcoming Classes You Don't want to Miss!

I am very exited to share some of my upcoming classes with you today! Here are some previews of 3 classes that I will be doing for the holiday season. The cards are part of my Christmas card classes that I have been teaching every month. These are from the next class which will be held on Saturday Nov. 8th, there are still some spots left if you are interested in joining us, or let me know if you would like a kit!! I think these are my favorite so far, I love the paper and they are so sparkly!!

The Star Book is one of my all time favorite projects, there is a lot of WOW to this little album, but it is actually quite simple to make!! In the class we will be making the 6"x 6" size but I will give you directions for two other sizes as well, stacked they make a beautiful Christmas "tree", great for a table decoration!! This class will now be held on Saturday Dec. 13th.

Finally the last picture is of a CD mailer that I have turned into a gift card holder with a matching ornament to tuck inside. This will be part of my "Creative Packaging" Class to be held on Friday Nov. 14th. There are several projects for this class, I am really exited about all of them!! If you would like to see more drop by Scraps of Life and take a peek!

If you are interested in any of these classes, or if you would like to order a kit, please contact Scraps of Life! Hope to see you there!

File Folders and Owls-Kathi's Card

This is a birthday card I made for Kathi, one of the fabulous gals in my hostess group! Kathi makes these wonderful huge cards out of file folders, so I thought I would give it a try! No stamping on this card, everything is paper pieced. The idea for the owl was from a card I saw in a magazine by Kim Hughes, love it! And it was super easy using my circle punches!! The "owl" paper is from We R, it is double sided, bright, and just lovely!! I used brown card stock for the tree, I just (yes Sandy I said "just"!) hand cut the branches. The leaves are die cut with a spellbinders leaf die, out of some green card stock. I found the file folders already printed in that beautiful blue! I really love how it turned out, hope you enjoy it too!

Angel Art Challenge : Halloween!

Here are a couple of fun Halloween creations that are quick and oh so fun to create! I found these little buckets at Target, 2 for a dollar! So cute filled with some candy and dressed up with the new "Glitter Goblins" stamp set from The Angel Company, I just love those bat wings!!

The clam shell card and blooming envelope I made using my nestabilities. For the image, I was inspired by a really great card I saw on Barb Lemone's blog awhile back. The background was all sponged using masking techniques, the wonderful cat is from "Happy Haunting" from The Angel Company. The sentiment is a gift with purchase stamp from the current catalog.

I hope you enjoy these projects and take a look at the other Angel bloggers who are participating in this challenge!!

Vicki: http://angelstamper2.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-themed-angel-art-challenge.html

Stacy: http://stacy.typepad.com/

Jany: http://scrapbookandmoremania.blogspot.com/

Christina: http://inkmistress.wordpress.com/

Melisa: http://paperliciousdesigns.blogspot.com/

Maria: http://stampinfoolmeier.blogspot.com/

Barb: http://fosterdesignhouse.blogspot.com/

Imaginisce Christmas Cards!

Last Saturday was the second of four Christmas card classes I am teaching. It was really fun, a big thank you to all the wonderful ladies who were there!! These are 2 of the cards we made, all the paper is from Imaginisce, it is really beautiful and fun paper. The stamped images on these 2 cards are also from Imaginisce, I love that when you can match paper and stamps!! Sentiments are from Amuse. If you look closely at the ginger men you will see that 1 has a bite out of it! I thought it was kind of funny with the "bah humbug"! I hope that your day is wonderful, and thanks for stopping by!!

Retreat Cards!

This last weekend was so much fun!!! I taught 3 classes and spent time with 14 of the most wonderful gals around!! I can not remember the last time I laughed so hard or so much! Thank you, to all of you for making my time so enjoyable!!

These are a couple of the cards that we made on Saturday. We used the new Christmas line of papers from My Minds Eye, just so whimsical and fun! I will try to post more pictures during the week, hope you are having a really great day!! Thanks for stopping by!

Autumn Mini Album Class

Here is one of my upcoming classes at Scraps of Life! It is a 16 page post bound mini album decorated with the beautiful rich fall colors and patterns of the Sonoma line of papers from Scenic Route. This paper is gorgeous!! It would make a great gift or cherished keepsake filled with all the things you are thankful for, or blessed by. I will be teaching this class on October 11th, if you are interested please contact Scraps of Life! I will also be teaching the second set of cards in my ongoing Christmas Card Club, on that same day. Hope to see you there!