Holiday Mini, a few cards to share, MLO Class, and Monday's Fun Day!

Can you believe it's October?


That means the Holiday Mini Catalog is now available for your viewing pleasure!

Email me this week to place those Halloween orders. It is taking an extra few days longer to get these orders filled by Stampin' UP! due to demand so please expect a week's delay.


Holiday Mini Catalog


These are a few of the cards we made at some of the workshops I held last month:

A swap card I made:

This Saturday at Memories Live On, I will be teaching a class using an Inkadinkado clear stamp set called "Garden Flower". We will be making this:

Speaking of clear stamps, I have a couple to give away for Monday's Fun Day!

Here's what you can get if your number gets chosen by Random.org.

I will also fill small baggies with these faux dew drops that I found at Michael's.

Okay! I want to know... "What are your favorite treats (candy/chocolate)?"

I'm off to get some sleep before the little ones get up in a couple of hours.

~ Jane

Never forget...

That day stands out in my mind like it happened just yesterday.
I can still remember being unable to move, frozen in front of my television screen... the shock of it all hitting me in waves.
"This is not happening... this is not happening... OMG, this is not happening..."

Here is a link to a beautiful tribute by Jason Powers titled "Can't Cry Hard Enough".

I don't know what to say except...
I will never forget.

with much love,
Jane

All About A Boy named Keiji...

My 3 year old started preschool last week in my classroom.

I just wanted to share some pictures of his first day with you.


Standing proudly in front of school sign!


Cutting and pasting...


There's no stopping this preschooler!


Legos, blocks, now puzzles... oh my!


Home at last! What's this? A card from Giulia?



What a day!!


Thanks for enjoying Keiji's first day in preschool with me!

Hugs,
Jane

Passing along some blog candy!

I found a couple of blog candies and thought you would like to have a chance to win too!

Would you like to have a chance to win a banner for their blog? I know I could use one! lol! Hurry! Loreen will pick the lucky winner tomorrow (Friday)! One blog banner at Loreen's Scrap Space

How about a blog candy package of 20 sheets of 12x12 BG pp, SU Daisies wheel, SU Easter Fun wheel, Bella images, Elzybells images, 3 x 5 plastic card holders? Jacquie is offering these on her blog, Javablustamper until Sunday, Sept. 7th!

Gina is celebrating a huge milestone! She has reached the 20k hit mark on her blog, Gina P Crafts! Congratulations, Gina! To celebrate this, Gina is giving away:
1 - 8x10 frame (holds a 5x7 photo)
1 - full sheet of On Board Accents from SU!
2 - 6x9 board puzzles
1 - mini photo album (see my Christmas in July post for project idea!)
Gina's also including one of her awesome cards from her blog so you can see it in person! How cool is that?
SO... you have until Tuesday, Sept. 9th, to get over to Gina's blog and get in on the blog candy!


Good luck!
Jane

Cupcake, anyone?

Here's a card I made for the Z-fold challenge that my Scor-Pal group is doing this week.
The "Z-Fold Card" tutorial is shared by Rose Ann Reynolds.

The Z-fold base is quick and easy to make.
4-1/4" x 11" to start.

Score at 5-1/2"




Move cardstock to the right to 1/4" mark.
Score at 8-1/2"



Fold into a "Z"




Here's the cupcake from SU's new Simple Birthday Thanks stamp set. I used my SU! markers to ink up the areas I wanted to stamp. Then I used some retired DSP and paper pieced the bottom of the cupcake. Using my handy dandy Scor-Pal, I scored some lines into the back of the cupcake, giving the front of the DSP some dimension. You can see that I used a sponge dauber that was inked up in Pumpkin Pie and added some color to the scored lines.




The sprinkles on the cupcakes needed some added dimension so I used my small hole punch to make mini circles and glued them on the cupcake.






The cupcake was mounted onto the cardbase with snail adhesive and pop-up glue dots.
Front DSP is 2-1/2” x 4-1/16”.
Inside DSP is 4-1/16” x 5-5/16”




Happy stamping!
Jane

My Scallop Envelope Bigz Die Box

I've been offline for awhile now trying to help get my preschool classroom ready.
I haven't been near my craft table except to try to organize, only to make more of a mess. *sigh*

Anyways, I had this in my head all night long and finally got an hour to be able to put it together!
I don't know if it's already out there or not... I think it's a really nifty box and I hope you like it!
It's super easy to put together!

Let me know what you think!



Here's the Scallop Envelope after I ran it through the Big Shot:


You will need 4 of them.
It's best to use Scor-Pal tape to attach the tabs to each other, scallop side up. I have used snail adhesive but it doesn't hold the box closed and it will fall apart eventually.

It's easier if you bend the tabs down and attach fold to fold to get that perfect alignment.


All in a row! Just attach the end to the other end and you have a cube!


You can leave the panels flat like the picture above or you can attach the end tabs together and get a set of panels, two together, like the picture below.

Flatten to adhere the DSP 2-3/16" x 12"


Flatten the opposite direction to crease all sides of the DSP.


Turn over and fold in the bottom, one on top of the other. Tuck the last end under and it will hold nicely. I lifted each loose end and added double sided tape (glue dots work great) to each tab to secure them down. I did the same with the long tabs along the inside of the box. I don't think it's necessary, but I did it anyways... it looks nicer.


Decorate the front and add some ribbon...


Add a little treat inside...



Happy stampin'!
Jane

Welcome home, Jana!

Okay, so it's been a couple of weeks... LOL!
WELCOME HOME, JANA!

I finally met Jana in person when she arrived here and let me tell you, she is just as sweet in person as she has been online. I'm glad you are back here now so that I can get to know you better, Jana! :) You can check out her awesome work over at Jana's Creative Pursuits in Stamping. I just saw that she made a super cute onesie! I'm going back to comment in just a few minutes!

Here's a card that I made for Jana:




A close-up of the window before I attached it to the card:


I have a little "toot" to share. :)
I belong to a Yahoo group for Scor-Pals and this card was part of a "Flap Card Challenge". It was selected to be put on the Yahoo home page! I'm just so pleased as punch over this! lol! The cards submitted for these challenges are all fabulous. Thanks, Scor-Pals!

hugs,
Jane

First Day of Kindergarten!

Yesterday was the big day! Ken is officially in Kindergarten!
I wanted to get this post up yesterday but was emotionally and physically drained.
Needless to say, it was just a really long day! lol!

I have a bookmark and a flap card to share, but before I post those later tonight, I wanted to get these photos up from the first day of Kindergarten.

You will see that his best bud, Spud, has decided to keep him company on this very special day.

Ken and his dear friend just found out they are going to be in the same Kindergarten class!


New backpack and outfit from Obaachan and Ojiichan!


Walking together with our neighbors to school!


Meeting Mrs. M. for the very first time!


The proud parents!


Hope everyone had a terrific summer and a wonderful first day back to school!

Calling All Nor-CAL SCS'ers! A Work Of Heart Studio Gathering!

Calling all Northern California SplitcoastStampers!
Come out, come out, where ever you are!

Check it out!
SanJoseLady has posted a thread at SCS for a gathering in September for us!
Northern CA/Bay Area (in San Jose) Get Together

Where? A Work of Heart Studio
When? September 13/14 or 20/21 or 28

Here's what SanJoseLady has posted at SCS:
The owners of the shop are waving the listed fee for the use of their studio, we can have the room for free, as well as use of their non-consumables. You can bring your own consumables or purchase consumables at the shop. They will allow us to bring in food - whether you all decide to bring your own food and drinks or send me checks ahead of time for a Costco run, if you want me to make a costco run please post a comment, I would imagine that $5 per person will allow us to get snacks and drinks.This is an informal relaxed gathering, just a chance to meet other local stampers and SCSers, and you can either bring a project you're working on (like Christmas cards!) or bring nothing and use whatever the studio can offer. You would only pay for consumables.

WHAT A DEAL!

I've posted that I am available only on September 13th or 14th, but please don't let that stop you from going another day. I will be sure to visit if the event happens on another weekend!

Let's get together, okay?

Walking down memory lane...

I just got an email from a friend from when I was on PaperCrafts message board.

Cindee wanted to let me know she had started blogging and had scrapped a picture of when we got together back in 2006.



I just wanted to share it with you...

layout by Cindee Campbell Ellenbarger

In the picture, starting at the bottom left and going clock-wise: Debbie, Mary, Cindee, Lindsey, me, and Lucy. We met up for a card class at Stamper's Warehouse in Danville back in June, 2006.

You can visit Cindee at her new blog, CindeeQ's Crazy Busy Life.