Paper Expressions Rubber Stamping & Video Tutorials

LAST DAY for 50% off Savings!!

 Today is the last day to take advantage of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Extravaganza sale… with items on sale at up to 50% off… 

  Be sure to shop my online store HERE for specials today!

So far this morning I have all the laundry washed and dried, a pot of vegetable beef soup simmering on the stove top, my newsletters and reminders emailed, my class list on my demo site updated, 4 calls made and now I am off to keep decorating so I can have it done and get back to creating projects!

have a fantastic day and thank you for your business this year~ you guys are awesome and I love you!

Christmas/Holiday Card Class Information

I will be having a monthly Holiday Card class with the emphasis on "Christmas"  once a month at 2 different times/days for your convenience.. in Sept, Oct and Nov so you will have 60 hand made cards for your holiday mailing right after Thanksgiving!!

We will make:  20 cards and envelopes for $25.00 (pre paid registration "required)  each class plan 2 hours for the class.

September dates will be on Saturday Sept 26th from  10 am - 12  OR Wednesday Sept 30th  at 7-9 PM    

 

You can always take both classes and double your volume of cards!

October is the 17th  4-6 PM  or  the 21st from 7-9 PM

November is  the 14th f 10-12  or the 18th from 7-9 PM

 

Each class is $25.00 and MUST be prepaid 1 week prior to class dates. BRING YOUR OWN ADHESIVE

 

Come join the fun and amaze your family and friends with beautiful handmade cards!

Come take Classes from me "IN" Rogersville!

YES! I will be teaching classes at the

NEW Community Resource Building called "Cozy Cottage".  

Stop by on Thursdays to chat, check the class sign up list, pre register and pay and come take classes!   Examples of classes:  Technique class $5.00 per class you will learn 1 technique and it will be made into a project.  Holiday Classes, Box classes, Scrapbooking, and CROP night once a month, Card making, and more! Classes will usually be taught on Tuesdays and Fridays. one will be in the morning and one at night.

I will be "taking" the YOGA class offered there, so come register this week and go with me!

 

Watercolor Wash technique and projects...

I HAVE been stamping! FINALLY! Yahoo!  Here are a couple of the projects I made yesterday!

One can never have enough mini note books ready to have on hand for gifts, doorprizes or your own purse!  This uses the mini composition notebook and the 24-7 stamp set, plus shimmer mist spray and our scallop oval punch from the mini catalog!

 

This card was fun, It took me a few tries to get the technique down, but I think by jove I got it! I al also making roses for scrapbook pages- yum yum!  My friend Connie has several cards on her blog using this technique and she learned it from someplace else- you know how it goes!  The depth this technique brings to the flowers is wonderful I have a few ideas for other stamps up my sleeve so keep watching!

 

Be sure to click on the photo to see it larger and see the SHIMMER the flowers have using our shimmer cardstock-  just gorgeous!

Here is the table ready for tonights class!

 

Wish you were coming to class!  3 of my 7 gals had to postpone to next week- but no matter, we will have an awesome time 2 different days and think of all the cards I am gonna have made in MY card keeper box!! yippeee~

This next card was a swap card at our dowline/orhan meeting a couple weeks ago and I just love it-  Sue Made it and its one of my favs- I love this stampset  and papers! WE have the coolest swaps at our meetings and always great make and takes. support, chatting, SNACKS, and lots of ideas!  Why don't you come and join the fun?

 

ok, I am off to get more this and that done, Tomorrow Kay and I are skipping work for a play day-  a CHEAP play day according to my hubby! lol  We have spent every moment getting the garden in that we havent had even a date night so we are making up for time! lol   I think we are going to get PVC pipe for the garden green bean bed, a new frost free faucet to replace the one someone demolished by backing over it 3 sundays ago etc-  just fun stuff~ lol  for us just being together is fun! But I DO know we get lunch out! yahoo  he even mentioned a matinee! we will see

 

hugs to all!

 

12 Hour Crop: Only 8 spots left!

 

April 18, 2009   9 am - 9 pm  

Place: My studio

 It's like one big party! Grab your friends and join us for 12 hours of socializing & scrapbooking. Plus, enjoy food, drinks, door prizes, and a contest. Don't miss the fun--space is limited, so reserve your seat today!

 

email me for your pre-registration form

 

 

 

 

FREE TOOL TIME CLASS!!

   

  

A scrapbooker's creative workbench isn't complete without tools! But sometimes, the advantages & creative possibilities of a tool aren't obvious just by looking at it.

That's where Tool Time comes in! This class covers everything you need to know about the tools of the trade--trimmers, punches, die-cutting machines, &  more. Learn the features and benefits of each tool, plus get time to try them out for yourself. This class is a must for every scrapbooker and paper-crafter--sign up today!

Class Fee:  FREE
Dates:  4-9-09     7-9 pm
            4-16-09    7-9 pm

Place:  My studio

pre registration required- space is limited

     

CONTAIN YOURSELF!!!

 

Yesterday was Kay's Friday off, so we headed to St Louis (3.5 hr drive one way) for 2 reasons, The Container Store and a trip to the Temple! We had a wonderful day! (nope, no Archivers this time lol)

I am in love with the Container Store!!  PLUS:  I had one of Oprah's special coupons and a lady gave me an extra, so we saved on both sales we made yesterday! Even betta!

Here is ONE of our new projects.  This one is for my studio and I already have it full of my tools by my tool table!

 

 

I love this and hope to get a huge type rack like these behind my door and eliminate the plastic ones that aren't working so well anymore.

We have a shelf project for behind the pantry door, so off to help with that. I will share photos of it tomorrow!

hope you are getting organized today too!

UPDATED: 5pm

 I am adding new photos to my stamping room album of the progress of the storage I am taking about - we have them up and filled now-

OH I forgot to add these-  new decor for my stamp room- click on the photo to see it larger!  Awesome!

 

and one last thing-  click HERE to see what hubby "wants" to do to our house next year. OH MY! Be sure to watch EACH video! WE have talked about this for a long time,(when we were in Boise we lived on the Christmas light tour and he decorated all out!)  Doubt it will ever be this elaborate but he HAS the experience to do it- so have at it I say! lol  talk about freaking out the neighbors!  Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

My Class Schedule info

Class Schedule for FALL 2008
New Catalog Party!		Sep 20, 2008
Group Meeting		Oct 1, 2008
World Card Making Day Ozark Craft Fair		Oct 4, 2008 Oct 2-5 2008
Cards Galore Class  Monthly		Oct 5, 2008
Girls Time Out To Scrap! Monthly Treat Bag Class		Oct 10, 2008 Oct 13, 2008
Big Shot Club		Oct 17, 2008
Punch it Up "Word Window"		Nov 12, 2008
Stitched Exotics  Class		Nov 15, 2008
Stitched Exotics Class		Nov 17, 2008
Group Meeting		Nov 19, 2008
Punch It Up "Oval"		Dec 3, 2008
Christmas Party Group Meeting		Dec 10, 2008
Punch it Up "Round Tab"		Jan 14, 2009

Items will be added and removed as necessary!  Come join in the fun!

My new Toy!!!

Last night we went shopping for a TV with dvd player for my stamp room and brought this little goodie home instead!

Kay and I will be setting it up tonight! Now I can scan again!  Its a photo printer, printer, scanner and 1 page at a time copier. (I have no use for a fax- hubby has one on his printer)

More fun news-  Today is the day that I have had planned for 2 months to go ALONE to the mall and pick up some much needed items. I will be back this afternoon to stamp with Merr and work on some stamp camp samples~

have a wonderful day!

My Classroom & Workshop

Today I am sharing photos of my classroom and work area in my stamp room.

When we moved in a year ago, this room was bare concrete walls.  My wonderful hubby and I framed the walls, added sheetrock had a wonderful  young man named Nathan Hart  tape and mudd then I painted.   We have a set of cabinets and counter to add along the wall where you see the stamps and cardstock (when money allows)  and we still have carpet to add.  I love my room and so do my customers.  They especially love that they can book a workshop and hold it here in my classroom and all they have to do is show up and have fun!   You can see more photos of the work, other rooms etc on my webshots site under the "House" folder.

WEATHER Update FIRST then the photos! Right now the rain has stopped and instantly (no kidding) turned to ICE everywhere.  Schools are closed so teens are home and we have 2 projects today-  Christmas Cards and put up the tree!  WE are expecting snow this afternoon. HOORAY!  For a PNW girl, that is music to my ears!  Just missing my good old woodstove. (insert sad face here)  ok enough for now and on to the photos, sure wish the room were as clean today as they are in these photos!! Remember,  click on the photo and it will come up larger or go to my webshots site for full size photos.

This last image (yes, I forgot to rotate it sorry! just lean to the left)    is the drawer in my file cabinet where I keep all my scrap cardstock.     I used our small round punch and punched the cardstock out stapeled it to the name tab so you can either see the color to put it away or read the name to be sure you are in the right folder!  I show all my classes where this drawer is and tell them that they have free use of the scraps so that we arent wasting cardstock when we make projects.  (of course I provide whatever they need for the class project, but sometimes they just want a small piece of something and this is a perfect way to help out) ok friends, I am off to get the kids going, set up stations for making our Christmas cards and get to work!   We will be putting up the tree this afternoon. (as long as we have electricity we will be fine! or then we go to the neighbors to sit by their wood fire and stay warm) missing my woodstove (insert another sad face here).