One Sketch, Two Totally Different Cards

More cards needed for some co-workers, so I turned to Mojo Monday for a sketch inspiration.  These were super quick to put together! This is Mojo Monday Sketch 265.

I think this paper (CTMH La Belle en Vie) is becoming my new go to paper for "girlie" cards that aren't too girlie!  The dots around the edge of the purple square were done by using the stitching guide on the awesome CTMH ruler to poke evenly spaced holes in the paper, then I used the backside as the front and just took a piece of sandpaper to it to highlight the holes.  The flowers leaves and butterfly were all cut from the new CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  Of course, the piece of frayed burlap ribbon is a must on all my cards now it seems ;-)

Here is the second card, a plain and simple card using a retired paper pack from CTMH.  Perfect for a guy!

Happy creating!!!

Christmas Card Workshop Sneak Peek!

Here's a sneak peek at one of the cards that we will be doing at my Christmas Card workshop.  I actually love this card and can't wait to show you this cool technique!

I have a couple of spots left and when full will set up a second workshop, so let me know if you are interested! Check out my full workshop list here .

Heart 2 Heart Challenges - Something Halloween

This week's challenge at Heart 2 Heart is to create something for Halloween and/or involving pumpkins.  I don't know why, but I had a very hard time with this one.  With my kids being older now and no longer doing the Trick or Treat thing, I don't have Halloween costume pictures to scrap every year, and also don't have the pumpkin picking and carving pictures to scrap either!

I ended up trying out a new technique with a suspended element in the window of a card, and I actually really like how it turned out!  I'm going to have to incorporate this idea in some Christmas cards I think!

Here's my spidy card.

It's a pretty clean and simple card, but I like the effect.  I think next time I would use either beige or black thread to string up spidy, the white is a little too visable.  Hmmm....I think I'm going to have to dig, I think I have some clear thread somewhere that I should try!

The paper is last year's Halloween paper pack.  The spider and the word Halloween are both cut from the Artiste cartridge.

Head on over to Heart 2 Heart Challenges to show us your Halloween creations!

Thanks for looking!!!

Creative Workshops and Classes

Join in for fun times while learning new techniques and tips.

If you don’t see a class that you’d like, please let me know and I’ll try to arrange something for you!! Also, if there is something specific you’d like me to teach, let me know. 

All classes are held at my home in Strathroy, if you would like a class for friends at your home, let me know!

Wednesday November 14,  7:30pm-9:30pm – Christmas Cards (special price)  $15

          - 10 cards, 2 each of 5 designs, with envelopes.

Tuesday November 20, 7:30pm-9:30pm  – Brag Book Mini Album    $25

          - at each mini album class we will make a different type of mini album, you will learn a lot of great techniques.  This class will be a brag book that is perfect to give grandma or mom for Christmas!

December – Kids (10 and up) beginner scrapbooking class and/or cardmaking class

          - still working out the details for this, but please let me know if you are interested and I will let you know as soon as I know the details.

Tuesday January 15, 7:30pm-9:30pm – Interactive Card Class   $15

          - 8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes (assorted events). 

Wednesday January 16, 7:30pm-9:30pm – Technique Scrapbooking Class  $15

          - 2 complete and embellished two-page layouts using a few new techniques.

Sunday February 3,  1pm–4:30pm – Kids (10 and up) Valentines Day Cards  $20

          - 20 classmate cards (a couple different designs) and one special teacher card

          - snack of cookies and milk/juice will be provided

Wednesday February 6, 7:30pm-9:30pm – Card Class    $15

         - one very special Valintine card

         - 6 other cards, 2 each of 3 designs with envelopes (assorted events)

Wednesday February 20, 7:30pm-9:30pm – Technique Scrapbooking Class  $15

         - 2 complete and embellished two-page layouts using a few new techniques.

Wednesday March 20, 7:30pm-9:30pm – Vacation Mini Album    $25

        - at each mini album class we will make a different type of mini album, you will learn a lot of great techniques.  This class will be a vacation mini ablum, perfect for a quick and beautiful way to capture vacation memories!

Contact Dorothy Seiler at dorothyseiler@hotmail.ca or 519-245-8119 for more information and to register.

Congrats Cards - lots of layers!

I don't know why but I always find congrats cards for a wedding to be the most difficult to find inspiration for.  I needed to make two cards for girls at work, I wanted to do something with their wedding colours but I was having a hard time feeling inspired to create.  Then I saw the Deconstructed Sketches sketch (DS70) for this week, and things came together very quickly after that!

Here are the two cards that I created using multiple CTMH stamps some CTMH paper and some paper and ribbon from my stash.

H2H Challenges - Anything Christmas

This weeks challenge at H2H is to create anything Christmas.  

I needed to work on my samples for the card class I'm holding in November so I decided to do a card for this challenge and kill two birds with one stone :-) I used one of our new stamp sets and cardstock.

I used a pattern from the new Make It From Your Heart publication from CTMH.  As you know, I love sketches!!  I love the sayings on this stamp set, here is what I put inside this card.

Head on over to the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog to check out the other awesome Christmas inspiration.

I’d love to see your Christmas creations too!  Here's how to join in this week's challenge:

1. Use mostly Close To My Heart products, though it doesn't have to be 100%.
2. Create your Christmas creation
3. Post your project to your blog or other online gallery.
4. Come back here and directly link to your blog post, not your blog home page. 
5. Mention Heart 2 Heart somewhere in your blog post indicating that you are playing along with us and link to our site. 
6. Consider adding the H2H badge to your blog. We'd love to spread the word and see more crafters participating! 
7. Finally, you have the whole month of September to join us on any of our September challenges and be eligible for our Top Ten!

H2H Challenges - Stressed out Biggie card

This weeks challenge at H2H is to create a "biggie" card, a card larger than your standard cards.

My card is 5x7 and it's Stressed Out - no, that's me this weekend, the card is distressed with my CTMH edge distresser.

I used a pattern from the new Make It From Your Heart publication from CTMH.  As you know, I love sketches!!  I didn't alter the pattern much as I wasn't feeling as creative as normal, but still the card came out nice if I do say so myself.  I used the Stella paper pack and the Love Life stamp set.

Head on over to the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog to check out the other awesome inspiration, I'm truly humbled by they cards that the rest of the design team created this week!!!

I’d love to see your BIGGIE cards too!  Here's how to join in this week's challenge:

1. Use mostly Close To My Heart products, though it doesn't have to be 100%.
2. Create your BIGGIE card!
3. Post your project to your blog or other online gallery.
4. Come back here and directly link to your blog post, not your blog home page. 
5. Mention Heart 2 Heart somewhere in your blog post indicating that you are playing along with us and link to our site. 
6. Consider adding the H2H badge to your blog. We'd love to spread the word and see more crafters participating! 
7. Finally, you have the whole month of September to join us on any of our September challenges and be eligible for our Top Ten!