Friday Crafting Crop - May 9th

Friday Crafting Crop

May 9th

10 AM – 9 PM

Bring your scrapbooking and paper-crafting projects and join us for a day of fun!

Stay the day or just a few hours...

CALVARY ASSEMBLY

3429 CHILI AVENUE

CHILI, NY

Cost- $8

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Artbooking Made Easy: Capturing Snapshots

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Interactive Scrapbooking Workshop #6 - Circle Pocket

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Workshop #6 - Circle Pocket
Sunday, May 18th - 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $10

These workshops, featuring interactive scrapbooking elements, will introduce you to new and innovative ways to liven up your scrapbooking layouts, making the experience as fun for the viewers as it was for the creator!  You can jump in at any point in the series.  Each workshop is a completed project on its own.  These techniques can also be used on cards and in art journals.

I am creating my samples in my CTMH Bluebird Crush Book.  If you choose to purchase a Crush book (either Bluebird or Modville) and two coordinating accessory packs (total cost = $26.64), you will qualify to attend any one workshop for FREE!  However, you can choose to attend any or all workshops without purchasing a Crush book.  Bring your own journal, or just a page to add to a scrapbook or self-bound book.

Skylark Canvas Workshop

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Saturday, May 10th
12:00 p.m.
Cost: $30

In this workshop you will make a 12"x12" canvas, ready for hanging when you get home!  We'll take advantage of this format by using lots of embellishments, dimension, and texture.

Color Dare #90 - Honey, Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim, Pacifica

Welcome to the weekly Color Dare Challenge from Color My Heart.  Each Friday the design team announces a color palette for you to use to create your project.  You can create any type of project you'd like, as long as you use the chosen colors.

Color Dare #90:  Honey, Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim, Pacifica

I love an ombré and I find that blues often work together more easily than other colors, so I had a lot of fun creating a card with this week's palette!

• I started out with a Pacifica (X5759) card base and added a stamped White Daisy (1385) panel.
• The border was created using one of the small accent stamps in the Believe in Yourself (C1574) stamp set, stamped in Pacifica Ink (Z2192).
• I then added strips of Outdoor Denim (1275), Pacifica (X5759), and Indian Corn Blue (1284) cardstock.
• The butterflies are from the Love This (B1432) stamp set and were stamped in Outdoor Denim ink (Z2140) on the Honey colored printed paper from the Jubilee Paper Pack (X7181B).
• Some clear Sparkles (Z1752) and a strip of Silver Shimmer Trim (Z1799) add some shine.

How will this week's color combination inspire you?  Visit Color My Heart for more information about the challenge, get inspired by the design team, and upload your project.  I hope you'll join the Color Dare!

Floating Your Fancy

Color Dare #89 - Juniper, Creme Brulee, & Sorbet

Welcome to the weekly Color Dare Challenge from Color My Heart.  Each Friday the design team announces a color palette for you to use to create your project.  You can create any type of project you'd like, as long as you use the chosen colors.

Color Dare #89:  Juniper, Creme Brulee, & Sorbet

• All stamped images are from the Easter Wishes (B1422) stamp set.
• I stamped the chick with egg shell with Black ink (Z2105) on both Creme Brulee (X5754) and Juniper (X5752) cardstock and cut out the images.
• I colored the chick's beak with a Sorbet-colored pencil.
• I stamped the sentiment with Juniper (Z2165) ink on White Daisy (1385) cardstock and layered it on a Sorbet (X5751) cardstock panel.
• I embossed a White Daisy (1385) panel with the Dot Embossing Folder (Z1924), layered it on a Creme Brulee (X5754) panel and a White Daisy (1385) card.
• And I added a few clear Sparkles (Z1752) for some bling.

How will this week's color combination inspire you?  Visit Color My Heart for more information about the challenge, get inspired by the design team, and upload your project.  I hope you'll join the Color Dare!

Spring Card Workshop

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Tuesday, April 15th
6:30 p.m.
Cost: $18

In this workshop you will make three colorful cards perfect to celebrate Easter and the spring season.  You will learn several tips for using colored pencils and make a fun accordion-folded display card.

Interactive Scrapbooking Workshop #5 - Flip Flaps

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Workshop #5 - Flip Flaps
Sunday, April 27th - 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $10

These workshops, featuring interactive scrapbooking elements, will introduce you to new and innovative ways to liven up your scrapbooking layouts, making the experience as fun for the viewers as it was for the creator!  You can jump in at any point in the series.  Each workshop is a completed project on its own.  These techniques can also be used on cards and in art journals. 

I am creating my samples in my CTMH Bluebird Crush Book.  If you choose to purchase a Crush book (either Bluebird or Modville) and two coordinating accessory packs (total cost = $26.64), you will qualify to attend any one workshop for FREE!  However, you can choose to attend any or all workshops without purchasing a Crush book.  Bring your own journal, or just a page to add to a scrapbook or self-bound book.

Pineapple Paper Artists Team Blog Hop - Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book

The new Close To My Heart Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book is full of wonderful new paper packs, stamp sets, and embellishments.  The Pineapple Paper Artists have used these products to create this inspiration-packed blog hop.  Whether you are just beginning your journey or you came here from Scrappy Sandra's Custom Creations, I hope you will continue on until you are inspired by everyone's artwork.

Paper :  Skylark (X7177B)

Solid Cardstock:  Colonial White (1388), Sweet Leaf (X5639), Lagoon (X5762)

Inks:  Dessert Sand (Z2118), Chocolate (X2111)

Stamp set:  Believe in Yourself (C1574)

Next, hop on over to Harriet's Butterfly Kisses to see another beautiful project!

Color Dare #88 - Smoothie, Buttercup, Sunset, Lagoon, Sweet Leaf

Welcome to the weekly Color Dare Challenge from Color My Heart.  Each Friday the design team announces a color palette for you to use to create your project.  You can create any type of project you'd like, as long as you use the chosen colors.

Color Dare #93:  Smoothie, Buttercup, Sunset, Lagoon, Sweet Leaf

This week, the Color Dare features a rainbow of colors.  I adore rainbows!  The only thing better than seeing my favorite color is seeing it within a full color spectrum.  If you want to sell me something, all you have to do is display a rainbow of items and you will instantly capture my attention - like a bug to flame!  :)  So I instantly knew wanted to create five items, each in one of the colors.  I could just picture a line of cute, colorful projects.

• I started out with a package of My Creations Treat Tubes (Z1823).
• The spools of thread are cut out of Bamboo cardstock (1301) using the Artiste Cricut Cartridge (Z1790).  The cut size is 1 3/4".
• The colored "threads" are cut from Smoothie (X5763), Sunset (X5756), Buttercup (1271), Sweet Leaf (X5639), and Lagoon (X5762) cardstocks using the Artiste Cricut Cartridge (Z1790).  The cut size is 1 3/4".
• I then wrapped a piece of coordinating embroidery floss around each spool and glued a needle to the assembly.
• I cut another spool from Black cardstock (1386). The cut size is 1 3/4". I glued the black spool to the back of the colored spool, offset just a bit to create a shadow.
• I cut a colored button to the top of each tube, again using the Artiste Cricut Cartridge (Z1790).  The cut size is 1".
• I finished the tubes by adding pastel colored M&M's.  YUM!

And because a rainbow is just not complete without purple, I added a sixth treat tube in Gypsy (X5757), just for my own pleasure!  I'm going to be donating these little cuties to my quilt guild for our quilt show boutique table.  Hopefully someone else will be drawn in by the rainbow and the guild can earn a few dollars to support our charitable projects!

I can't wait to see your rainbow!  Visit Color My Heart for more information about the challenge, get inspired by the design team, and upload your project.  I hope you'll join the Color Dare!

Lion Cubs Photos

I visited the quickly maturing lion cubs at the Seneca Park Zoo today.   They must have been enjoying the warmer weather because they were more playful than on my last visit.  The following are just a few of my favorite shots.

Balloon Talk - April 2014 Stamp Of The Month

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5 — that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing. Shop Now!