cc103!!!!!

it starts tomorrow!!
yay!!!
Creative Chemistry 103 with Tim the man Holtz!  Even Jeff  (my husband and critic and knows about Tim well!!) is excited!!
I'm ready to go here!

margie

scrap buster album

14 sheets 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock:  I used the Recollections pack in pinks from Michael's.  They are on sale today @ 4/$10.  That's $2.50 per pack of 50, that means it costs 70 cents for all of the cardstock!

scraps that coordinate:  I went through my bins and pulled papers that had similar colors.
sizes will vary from 7 x 7 down to 3 x 3.  The book measures 7 x 7

I also put the entire thing together with Tacky Glue!  I used a "light  hand" and it worked great - I am not a fan of tape with this.  I need some play time and the ability to re-align.

A full size scoreboard is also needed, along with a paper trimmer.  I also used my WR envelope maker to punch the notches from each pocket.  There are 20 pockets!

Uses:  picture album, journal or even a Memory Game folder for kids (each pocket can hold a picture/word and they are all moveable!) 

It is very easy to make! 
Want to know how?  Check back again!  hehe......
margie

pop ups

the library offered a free pop up card/book class this week. 
It is a beautiful 4 story building downtown and is cool - meaning airconditioned!
We ventured down there and had a great time in a hands on, hour long class.

Everything was supplied, too.  Apparently the library offers something called "take 10" every day from 12 - 1pm and workers from the downtown area walk in, have lunch and learn something!  What a great concept!

I came home and gave it a quick try!  More to come!!

Oh,  those of us who drove and parked in the 3 level underground parking (yes you need to park underground so you can sit on the car seat and touch the steering wheel when you return - remember it is 106 degrees outside then magnified through the windshield.....) got a 2 hour free parking pass, too!!  Great bonus!!

check back again for a "scrap buster" project......
margie

free online class

Check out Carla Sonheim's blog (search her name and it will come up).  She has a free kids online art class this week.  I'm sure there will be some fun things to try.

margie

mariachis!!

spent an evening downtown at La Cocina!   Story telling, poetry slams, break dancing, free tacos, snowcones and pop!  10 minutes from home.
but the best by far, and the reason we really went (okay the free tacos came in a close second!) was this

 

 

Mariachi Music!!  Pueblo High School has a great Mariachi Band.  Yes, it is a class here.

And they were great!!  This is just a small portion of the group.  School doesn't begin for another week. 

 

Now back to the craft table.

thanks for stopping in today!

margie



club exchange cards

Just finished my exchange cards for SALSA, a stamping/paper crafting group that meets monthly here in Tucson.  There are over 75 members and at least 60 attend each month.
They have 3 monthly swaps:  ATC, theme card, and embellishment card.  You make one card and get one in return.  The ATC swap makes a certain amount and you get that many back. ( I decided not to make these).

the embellishments were the tags.
technique:  shadow stamping pigment white ink and overstamping with a die ink, off-setting just a little
die cut flowers that were crystal laquered for shine.
I used an old Hero Arts background stamp

theme:  "turn off and tune out"

embossed in white powder and "water colored" with distress inks (it took less than 10 minutes!)
the second image started the same but I  simply used a distress tool and swished across with 5 inks. 
I will keep it for another card.
Another old Hero Arts stamp and a much older quikutz flower die.

 

 

We meet tomorrow morning from 9am - noon in the Lucky Strike Bowling Alley!

 



 

samples and more

I've been working!!  Samples are piling up on the table.

cards, journals, Christmas and of course Halloween!

I hope to see old friends and new in Michigan.  More information about that will come!

We had a few new visitors here, too.  A bobcat stopped by for a while and then a few mule deer.  

I didn't get too close to the bobcat.  He was cute but we have been told to keep out distance!

The deer came right up to the fence.  Don't you just love their ears?!

Oh, Michael's has their paper packs on sale again:  $2 for pack of 50 sheets. I always pick up white, cream, kraft and black.  They are for layering and I even use them for journal bases, too.

stop back again!

margie

and another hot, hot, hot day......

Finished!!!!
Six all occasion cards and a cute card box!  And more scraps used up!

the box
it holds 6 cards and envelopes
the bow is the closure



oops, always start with the envelope size!!
luckily there is some play room



box and finished cards
 



added some embroidery floss,
stamping, embossing,

and distressing

 

 Watch for more on the card box!

 



 



 

 

 

 

and another hot, hot day.....

yep, it's another hot day - 104 right now.  So what to do??????
I pulled out the sketches I'm using in this year's GR 45 card class and made some scrap cards!

 

I also grabbed a box of scrap papers and went to work.  Actually the work was done.  I had the sketches from the online card classI have available, so all I had to do was plug in the papers.  A "no brainer" and a birthday gift is just about finished!!

 



 

and how hot is it?  well, the cheese did start to get soft but I was too hungry to wait any longer!

You got it.  I set this outside for a few minutes to see what would happen......

 

Time for me to relax.

margie

 

 

 

 



crafting on a hot, hot day......

It is so good to be able to complete a craft project and not only have everything needed...I actually was able to find everything I needed in a very short time!

I can't show you a picture yet but it used little mirrors, fishing line, DAP clear water-proof caulk (yes, I already have it!), large crystals with holes, large jump rings, split jump rings, key rings, crimp beads, crimping pliers, split ring pliers, 2 pairs of regular pliers, painters tape!

I even have enough stuff to make more!  Wondering what it is?  Think hanging garden ornaments that sparkle in the sun!  Sometimes referred to as Fairy Chandeliers.......

margie

oh....it's 105 at 1:30 in the afternoon.........

hmmmmmmmm......

something is missing.......

sometimes on your way to one project, you wander into another.  This started out almost three years ago at a Friday night demo - never finished it.  Now it is becoming something new.

And here are some of  the GR 45 August Sketches tutorial samples.  Interested?  Email me or leave a comment below.  10 cards are included this month!

thanks for stopping by.

margie

teaserscoming

class possibilities

newest on-line class offering

these are part of the on-line class
 gr45 card series:  Sketches 2016-August
more to come on this.......

every afternoon during the monsoon season

clouds roll in
wind picks up
thunder/lightening
rain?  maybe - maybe not

dinner at our local restaurant
tacos, nachos, Mexican cola

I have been trying to get things finished.  The weather has been a distraction.  I did clean up my work table so that should help.

Thanks for stopping in and keep checking back.

margie