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Autumn Waterfall cards

 

Please join us for another fun waterfall card making class.. this time.. the theme is "Autumn"

Saturday, November 6th from 6pm-8pm and Monday, November 8th from 10am-12pm and 6pm-8pm cost:  $45

Here are the 4 cards we'll be making.  remember.. all of the directions and templates will be available so you can make more of these cards and there's always 4 different layouts!

 
the first card is leaves.  i love this leaf set and there is a limited supply since kodomo is no longer in business.   we have several sets left, and it's always been one of my favorites.  these are real leaves that were made into rubber stamp images so you can see the vein lines .. these are beautiful!

 
i embossed each leaf in a different color.

 
the different metallic embossing powders really make this card come alive!

 
this next card
would be a great thanksgiving invitation!  it starts out with an appetizer.. of course.. dessert first!  hahahaha.. or something sweet.

 
keep pulling the card..

 
there's the turkey dinner.

 
and of course the pumpkin pie.  the for, time ,date, place stamp is on the tab.

 
this next card is very harvesty.  i used a beautiful leaf edger by ek success.

 
as you pull on the card you see different varieties of pumpkins.

 
this card has three layers.

 
this last card has only two layers.. and believe it or not.. it's more difficult to do the math for two layers and flip it up and down.  this is my before and after card.  the first layer is a turkey.. then...

 
then.. fresh out of the oven.. it's  cooked one!  hahahahaha.  the stamp of the leaves is by memory box...and the branch and turkeys are by a muse.  so fun!  hope you can join us!  please call the storeat 916 487 2737 if you are interested in this class!

 

Go Giants! Free make and take banner October 30-31st

The Giants are going to the world series!  Extra Extra.. we have a free fun make and take to show your SF baseball spirit! 

take a look at this fun banner!  you can make one too! 

Please come by the store between 11-1pm on sat or sun and you can make one too!  Take it to your tailgating or halloween party!  Laurie made this fun banner... i love how she even colored in the baseball player with giants colors!  so fun!  one per family please!!  hope to see you this weekend!

More fun with our new exclusive cherry blossom cardstocks!

Just wanted to share with you more fun projects that i made with our new exclusive cardstocks just for the paper garden.. i love our new papers... the colors, the look.. it's so fun!  i hoard it all... save all the tiny pieces... it's an illness.

these are notepads that i covered.  i also covered clothespins.. the matching sets make very nice gifts!  i will make a lot of these for teacher gifts this holiday season! our cardstocks come in six beautiful colors and on the flip side,  a soft cream color.  you can also print on top of these and the words still show up!

grab a pack of the cardstocks 10-dollars for 20 sheets 8.5 x 11 or an assorted pack for 10-dollars as well!  we'll have more fun projects with these exclusive papers!

 

Make and Take -- Tuesday, November 2nd

Please join us for a fun make and take

Tuesday, November 2nd 11:30am-1:30pm

just in time for thanksgiving and fall.. wouldn't this be so cute for a placecard holder too!!  it's perfect for the table.. and so easy to make with the pink oval marvy punch.  fill up the basket with m & M's or mini reece's... we'll show you how to put it all together .. please join us!

Handmade Holiday -- Friday, October 29th

Please join us for one of our most popular classes of the year.  Handmade holiday!!  this class is repeated in november and december because it's so popular and it's always sold out.  Take a look at all of the beautiful gifts you will make this year and it's all handmade!

we will give you the templates and measurements for the new designs!

the first class is this friday, October 29th 10am-12pm and 6pm-8pm cost:  $45.00

This first idea is made with the new ek success winter snowflake edger.  inside.. you will find hershey kisses!  stamps are by a muse and the cat's pajamas.

this next card is a gift card holder constructed by my husband ken.  inside you will see the gift card is neatly snuggled in with ribbon.  and the card does not fall out! stamps are by amuse and impress.

this next project is also constructed by ken.
the santa box is so fun with the suspenders!  the inside of the box can hold a small bag of goodies!  the inside of the box is suspended by a lip so the candy does not fall out!

i love this next project.  it's a hot cocoa packet with marshmellows!  i love this one and the punch out tree, snowman and candy cane are an all in one punch by marvy!

this next item is a toilet paper holder.  save them cause this is a big hit and especially for the holidays.. cause the inside are special gifts!

each holder on the front is a special sentiment

but the inside is the prize!

take a look.. the paper rolls hold gift cards and pictures!  what a treat.  anyone would love this gift,.... and it's good for the earth.. you are recycling!

last is another project my husband ken designed.  he designed the hat and head and laurie drew in the face.. so cute!  please call the store at 916 487 2737 if you are interested in this class!

 

 

 

Exclusive new cardstocks for the Paper Garden!

This is a very first for me and i'm so excited to share my very own papers for our store!

These are cherry blossom cardstocks in green, butter, mandarin, lavender, pink and robin's egg blue!  The cardstock are 8.5 X 11 sheets with design print on one side and cream cardstock on the other side.  you get 20 sheets for just 10-bucks!!!!  or we have a multi-pack of all colors for 10.00 as well!  These cardstocks came to life with the help of linda carnell .. the owner of a muse.  she helped me with the layout, colors, design and sent these to me all the way from seattle.  wow.. thank you so much linda!  i just love them!  i hoard all of it and can't wait to see more of these designs on our cards and invitations!  So fun!  please get a pack or collect them all!  hahahaha... you should have seen me open the boxes.. just like christmas!

Oh Christmas Tree!

Please join us for another fun christmas card class on Friday, October 22nd 10am-12pm and 6pm-8pm cost:  $35.00

We have some wonderful cards to get you into the holiday spirit!

This is a fun starbucks inspired card.  I used the peppermint patty punch by martha and made a peppermint latte!  with the warm wishes sentiment!  stamps are by hero arts (don't you love the coffee cup??), savvy, a muse and memory box.

this next card is a fun cupcake/holiday card.  the christmas tree is a multi punch by marvy.  cupcake is by impression obsession.  yummy!

This next card i originally did for a valentine card making class... then my girlfriend joy showed me her card with this same stamp in a halloween version and i told her.. omg!!!  i am going to make this into a holiday card.  thanks joy!  i love this stamp.. probably because i love candy and anything that has a vintage or nostalgic twist to it!

this is a fun snowman card.. i like to make cards that don't necessarily have traditional christmas colors to it.  i like the snowman because he's so oversized!

another fun staircase card using new edging punches by ek success and the trees are by martha stewart.  so fun!!

and of course.. you can always send a miniature penant banner to your friends and family for the holidays or for a hostess gift!  simply.. PEACE!

hope you can join us this friday for our holiday class!  please call the store at 916 487 2737 if you are interested!

Make and Take --Friday, October 29th and Saturday, October 30th 11:30-1:30pm

Please join us for another make and take Friday, October 29th... and Saturday, October 30th.  This one will be so fun, because it screams autumn and owls!  My husband ken made this little treat and you will love to make it.  I can't believe how easy it is!  you know ken and his punches, he can create almost anything!

these are our m & M plastic bags.  Ken used a 1.75 frame punch by mcgill and then scored it in half.  the eyes are using a 1/2" and 5/8" circle punch by ek success... and then throwing on googly eyes.. that's it!  the beak.. it's a small standard daisy punch by marvy and he just cut off one of the petals.. how clever!!!  your friends will love this!  you can make it too!  please join us on the make and take day and you will also receive 10% off your entire purchase!  Mark your calendars!

We'll always have Paris!

Come join us for another wonderful Paris Inspired card making class!  This class will be on

Monday, October 18th 10am-12pm and Saturday, October 23rd 6pm-8pm.  Here are the cards we'll be making.  These are so fun!

This first card is beautiful with all of the colors!  I used black and a cocoa stardream cardstock to make card.  the background is a flourish stamp by hero arts.  the "postage stamps" are a cube by b line designs... and the crowns.. i just love this stamp... it's a 4-sided cube by b line and it has 4 different royal crowns on them.  the fleur de lis is by judikins.  i also love the fleur de lis edger punch.. by ek success.  the daisy flower is a punch by marvy.

this next card screams chocolate.  all of the stamps are by a amuse and i used the brown liquid applique by marvy to fill in the choc.  boy.. does it look great when you don't heat set it.  it really looks like a choc. ganache!

this next card took me awhile to put together since my husband wasn't around.  but i made it!  it has french doors that open into a chandelier!  i heat set the background in detail black and it really makes the card!  stamps are by a muse and impress.

This next card is really easy to make.. i wanted to make a vintage french card.  i used all black to show the detailing of each stamp.  and then used a dauber to edge the card.

lately, in the classes, i have been making fun penant banners for a project.. and this one was just too cute and so girly!  i used fun fashion stamps.

finally.. i had to make a french poodle and had my husband come up with a punch out poodle.  can you believe he made this from punches?  too cute!  we saw a similar poodle on split coast stampers and my husband thought this was really cute, and then chelsea came up with the idea to use our pom pom ribbon for the feet!  soooooo cute!

please call the store at 916 487 2737 if you are interested in this class!  we promise a good time!

 

 

 

Asian cards --Friday, October 15th

Please join us for our monthly asian card class.  Remember.. all of the cards each month are different!  you can have a wonderful collection of cards if you sign up for all three.  you get 10-dollars off!  The class is this friday, October 15th from 10am-12pm and 6pm-8pm cost:  $35.00

Here are the cards we'll be making!

 
the theme is asian card travels.. and this particular card to me is kyoto.  so beautiful, so classic.  go back to 1990...fresh out of college, i sent out 200 audition tapes to tv news stations around the country hoping to get a job as a reporter from a demo tape i made at kcbs tv in los angeles.  at the time, my uncle was the city commissioner of los angeles and he was good friends with anchor tritia toyota who was primetime anchor woman.  through this wonderful connection i was able to get an unpaid internship and at the end, follow reporters reporters for a week and make a newsreel tape.  so fun.  however, landing that first on air gig took a lot time and effort, so i became a flight attendant with northwest airlines and it took me to japan!  this reminds me of kyoto! i used a cherry blossom sprig from a muse and embossed a blossom flower from memory box for the background.

 
this next card is so elegant.  ilove the colors.  i stamped the background in a old fashioned kimono print by memory box and then cut out the kimono and punched out the chop.

 
this next card is using all of the new memory box designs.  i love dave's new asian stamp line and if you get just one of these images, you will have a lot of card samples, because we have made so many!  you are welcome to take whatever pix we have in the store of these beautiful cards. 

 
i think this card is my favorite and because kyoto and japan in general celebrates a big cherry blossom festival each year --this one screams beauty with the flower border punch by martha and the butterflys.. of course, the colors are so pretty too!  stamps are by memory box.

 
this one is a simple card made with just white stardream cardstock.  i stamped the flourish and connected a happy birthday stamp.  the little flowers are scored and this idea was by the talented julie ebersole, who taught this in one of her classes two years ago.  it is one of her most talked about cards in our store.  we have customers who say.. what is this and where can i get this punch and how do you do it!  it's a little origami fold and when you open it, it has little star flowers inside.  reminds me of hello kitty's little twin stars.  hee hee!

 
and finally , another staircase card idea with little asian kids in a wintery setting!  stamps are by memory box.  so fun!  please call the store at 916 487 2737 if you are interested in this class!