Follow Your Art Card ... And a Good Laugh ... On Me

Before I share today, I'll give you a Toby Joe update.  We thought his knee injury had healed but, unfortunately, it has not.  He now has another 2 weeks of confinement in his future.  We hate this even more than he does!  They sedated him and took extensive X-rays yesterday and he doesn't have any cancer or growths in or on his bones and no fractures, but he does have severe arthritis in both hips... and the torn ligaments in his knee.  This dragging of his back feet may be his way of compensating for all that's going on with him.  He will be re-evaluated in two weeks and is still facing the possibility of surgery on his knee.  This is a huge concern because he is 12 years old now and will be 13 in September, but our vet told us that she has done this surgery many times on older dogs, so we have complete confidence in her.  Keep good thoughts for our Toby Joe, please.
And now, for today's post and a good laugh ... on me.
You can have a good laugh on me with today's card because, after meticulously cutting out the ribbons image, I then realized that there was a die in this new set - just for cutting this piece.  It was brand new and I'd forgotten about it.  Geez!  At least now I'll be more willing to cut and use this image again.  Anyway, I hope you like my card ... and you can quit laughing now, hee hee hee!  Hey, why are you still laughing?

Terracotta Tile and Crumb Cake?  Yes!

The ribbon is stiff and sturdy, but in a very good way.  It's easy to work with it and you can tie the knot pretty tight and press it down before attaching it.  Also, be sure you twist it around a bit, to get all the scalloped trim showing just right.  I used Liquid Tombow to attach it and then set a large punch on it while it dried.  

I really like how this card turned out.  This is another new set that I've barely scratched the surface on possibilities for using it.  Expect more on this one, too.

WHAT'S UP NEXT:

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

August 12 / Pay to register by August 5.

We’ll be decorating a Pressed Petals Journal cover.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

August 20 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

September 9 / Pay to register by September 2.

We’ll be making a home décor sampler.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

September 17 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

CHRISTMAS CARDS RETREAT / 1:00-5:00 / $35.00

Sunday, October 6

Pay to register by September 27.

Fee includes snacks and all your supplies.

We’ll be using several card designs, using fun new holiday products.

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

October 14 / Pay to register by October 7.

We’ll be decorating a beautiful Copper Tea Tin for the season.

We’ll also be celebrating our Scraps and Prayers 10^th Anniversary.

Expect some special surprises at this class!

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

October 22 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE PARTY / 2:00-5:00 / RSVP REQUESTED

Sunday, November 3

Come enjoy holiday displays, inspirations, projects and more!

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

November 11 / Pay to register by November 4

We’ll be making beautiful Christmas cards or a Christmas project.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

November 19 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

December 9 / Pay to register by December 2.

We’ll be making beautiful Christmas cards.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

December 17 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

BONUS NEWS:
The 2019 Holiday Catalog goes live September 4.  My regular customers will be getting one in the mail in August.  They'll ship on August 5.  I'll also have extra copies here in my studio. 

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by my blog neighborhood.  Have a beautiful day!

Purple Posy Birthday Card / New Classes / Schedule Updates

I have some pretty Purple Posy for you today.  It combines the best of several of our wonderful new products.  Some of these are so popular they've blown off the shelves and are repeatedly on backorder.  A new batch just came in, I'm happy to say, and my local back orders are now all officially caught up.  Yay!  You'll love making new creative projects with these frames and all their coordinating products.

Actually, I think every single thing involved with this card is brand new, with the exception of the card base ... new paper, new colors, new stamps, new ribbon, new punch, new embellishment ...  Wow!  How fun!!!

Fun Fact:
Every one of our brand new In Colors are in our Woven Threads DSP.  I've never been a big lover of light purple, but I do love it with our Pretty Peacock.  Aren't these frames just the best ever?!

UPDATES ON WHAT'S NEXT: 

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

August 12 / Pay to register by August 5.

We’ll be decorating a Pressed Petals Journal cover.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

August 20 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

September 9 / Pay to register by September 2.

We’ll be making a home décor sampler.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

September 17 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

CHRISTMAS CARDS RETREAT / 1:00-5:00 / $35.00

Sunday, October 6

Pay to register by September 27.

Fee includes snacks and all your supplies.

We’ll be using several card designs, using fun new holiday products.

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

October 14 / Pay to register by October 7.

We’ll be decorating a beautiful Copper Tea Tin for the season.

We’ll also be celebrating our Scraps and Prayers 10^th Anniversary.

Expect some special surprises at this class!

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

October 22 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE PARTY / 2:00-5:00 / RSVP REQUESTED

Sunday, November 3

Come enjoy holiday displays, inspirations, projects and more!

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

November 11 / Pay to register by November 4

We’ll be making beautiful Christmas cards or a Christmas project.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

November 19 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00

December 9 / Pay to register by December 2.

We’ll be making beautiful Christmas cards.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLASS / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS

December 17 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT

 

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by my blog neighborhood.  Have a beautiful day!

Goodies from our Party. We had so much fun!

I love my Open House Parties.  We always have so much fun.  I was blown away by the positive feedback I was given concerning projects I had on display.  You inspire me to keep creating more for you to enjoy!  I did a little survey on a tentative Christmas Retreat, too, and I'll share more about that VERY SOON.  For those who came and those who took the time to respond to my emails, I thank you sincerely.  You make my heart happy:)  If you were unable to attend my party and would like a catalog, you can arrange a time to stop by and pick one up.  I'll have some available at my Annual Garage Sale this coming Friday and Saturday, as well.  These are the 3 Make and Takes we made.  I used our new Scalloped Note Cards for each one.  I'll be sharing more details on them soon, along with some other projects using these same note cards.

Here are the bookmarks I made for everyone.

Here's a close-up.  Can you see the beautiful fern stamps on it?  These were stamped in VersaMark Ink, to give a light, watermarked image for extra texture.  The Scalloped Linen ribbons come in all 5 of our new In Colors!  I love them! 

I will announce party winners in a day or two here on my blog.  I have several lucky winners!  I did forget one major item.  I realized, when I was looking over our game sheets last night, that I totally forgot to include "What is Lana's favorite new In Color?"  I can't believe I forgot that one!
So...
I guess I have to tell you my favorite.  Maybe I forgot the question because of my struggle to actually choose a favorite.  I like them all, but I think my favorite would be Pretty Peacock ... followed closely by Terracotta Tile and Rococo Rose.

 UPDATES ON WHAT'S NEXT:

June 28-20 --- 8:00-5:00 Friday / 8:00-Noon Saturday

MY ANNUAL GARAGE SALE 

I'll have lots of stamping and paper crafting products for sale.

Come and find a good bargain!

July 8 -- Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $18. 

Pay to register by July 1.

This class is already nearly full, so don't wait too long to sign up!
We'll be making some more beautiful cards and enjoying using some fun, new products.  We'll be working with White Craft Ink and I'll have a couple of really fun ways to use the Stamparatus to share with you, as well as a new fun fold card design.   I hope you can join us.

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by my blog neighborhood.  Have a beautiful day!