Ok, so you are probably used to Makeover  Monday being brought to you by Andrea, but she is on a field trip with her kids to Niagra Falls.  So I am stepping into her day today to bring you my Makeover Monday project to do.  Now this is not normally my thing.  The reason is not that I don’t love other cards, its just that a) it takes me forever to find the one that I want to do, and also that this works better with Angie’s style then mine.  You see I can take any card with beautifully colored images and just put the same layout with different papers and image and it will be fine!  But that is not the point of the day, the point of course is to make it with our stuff, and its more meaningful to do that with this type of card that relies on elements rather than a main focal image.  So after an hour and a half of looking, I decided to do this one HERE .  It’s from the same blog that Ange went to last week.  The cards there were gorgeous and unique, tried one of the rumpled flower ones, but I think I need to work on the flower a little more before showing, otherwise you might mistake it for a crumpled bit of fabric which I stuck to cardboard.

Ok so anyways, I have a HUGE problem…………….I mean like Massive!!  I am in desperate need of HELP!!   My catalogue arrived today………….and well……………..I don’t know how to break it to those who have not yet seen it.   I am DEAD!!!!!  Ok, so how to explain this….. I have a catalogue quirk.  I color code things with highlighter.  Yellow is first order, pink is second order, orange is third order, and green is fourth order.  Pretty self explanitory.  The problem is the imbalance.  Yellow is far outweighing all other colours.  And then there is the problem when you try to over-colour other colours with yellow because you realize you made a terrible mistake in designating something for 2nd order instead of first.  And then there are the pen jots.  Eventually my catalogue is a disgrace and code which only I can dicipher.  Well let me tell you it is going to be damaging.  I am not sure…………… would my husband notice if his large screen TV dissapeared  to fund it?  I mean, is TV really even good for you?  I would probably end up doing him a favour, saving  him long hours in front of the TV playing Xbox…….. ok maybe not. *sigh*  Anyhoo, the catalogue is wonderful! 

Ok, lastly, this card is easy to make!  You take 3/4″ strips of CS and sew it to a Whisper White card front.  I suggest adding Dotto to the end so that they stay in place as you sew.  I also suggest not listening to dance music as you sew and zooming through your stitches so that you don’t end up with jumps ( as I did in second strip down from the top).  Once that is done, you will Take some Chipboard letters and cover with Whisper White Craft ink, emboss with Iridescent Ice embossing pwd.  and then stick it on with Tombow multi-purpose adhesive.  Last stick to pearls from your Pretties kit on the corner using you glue dots.  You are done!  Colours are:  Pink Pirouette, Pretty in PInk, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rose Red. 

Hope you have a fantastic day

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Well, I was really in the mood to challenge myself these past few nights.  I know it has been quiet on the Blog lately, but summer is one of those times that just keeps us really busy….. and then there is the fact that when I get an idea in my head, its hard to let go until I reach completion.  Now as you may know, I am really into studying and trying a lot of the pop-up and interactive cards, so I designed the template to create the form for this tower.  Now, I thought to myself, woudn’t this be the perfect project to offer as the bonus project for our next Online Class? 

So, you guessed it!  We are know going to opening up the registration for our next Online-Class, and boy are we excited again!  We will be continuing to offer the new class format of two week classes with 5 projects and a bonus, but now we will also be leaving the classes open for a year.  Now when you join, you are guaranteed to have access to all the videos and information for that entire year.  That means no rush to complete each project in the alloted time.

So what will this class involve?  Well, it is all about fun and extreme card making once again.  Cards that ‘POP’, cards that shake, cards the do fun things besides sitting flat!  We know that you will love the fun and versatility of all the designs.  And for the bonus, I promise, no large die for the main mechanisme. Note:  Princess design or instructions is not included, You must provide your own Princess of choice, be it stamped person image, picture of your own Princesse, or die cut.  We will provide sources, but include alternatives for everything!

Here’s what the class includes:

• This class runs from July 12th – July 23th.  We’re running the class over a 2 week time period, instead of our old 1 week class, so that you have more time to create and share your projects with your online classmates.
• In this class you’ll learn how to make 5 projects + a bonus project (the one shown in the picture). All the projects will include templates so that you can make them no matter what tools you own, with the exception of princess.    The bonus project will allow you to create Tower and landscape.
• The projects will be posted on the Monday, Wednesday & Friday of each week
• A Video tutorial for EACH project
• A pdf handout for EACH project
• A daily forum
• A project gallery to share your own work
• ONE fun chat session where you can chat with Soph and I and your fellow classmates
• The classroom will remain open for a year

The second class we’re offering is  have been doing some great techniques and layouts.  Simply Scrapin’ 102 con’t the journey with 5 fantastic single page 12″ x 12″ layouts and a bonus double 12″ x 12″ layout!  What can you expect?  Modern, Fresh, Fun, and Vintage.  We try to incorporate a little bit of everything into our classes.  This is a wonderful starting point if you are new to Scrapbooking, but also a great place to learn new tricks and techniques if you are already an old hand.  So try it out, we promise you won’t be disappointed!

Here’s what the class includes:

• The class runs from August 9th –August  20th, once again we’re offering this as a two week class.
• In this class we’ll be sharing with you 5 single-page and one bonus double-page 12″ x 12″ layout. Each layout is for multiple photos.
• Each layout will be presented as a sketch and then as our take on the sketch.  You can follow our pages exactly or adapt them to your own photos and to your own supplies
• A pdf handout of each layout including the sketch, a photo of our sample, dimensions, a full supply list and written directions.
• Video tutorials for some of the techniques featured in our scrapbook pages.  Please note that unlike our other online classes there may not be a video per layout.
• a forum
• a gallery to share your projects with your classmates
• The classroom will stay open until the end of August 

The Early Bird price per class is $22.97, however, if you sign up for BOTH classes then you pay only $19.95 PER CLASS for a total savings of $6.00. If you decide to sign up for both classes then you will need to use the coupon code: JULYAUGCLASSDEAL.  To use the coupon, first add both classes to your shopping cart by clicking on each link and then enter the coupon code into the appropriate section of the cart and hit APPLY (if you don’t click on “apply” then the cart won’t calculate the discount).

Interactive Cards  Early Bird Price: $22.97

Simply Scrappin’ 102 Class  Early Bird Price: $22.97

If you’ve been on the wire about taking one of our online classes, now’s the time to give it a try!  Remember though, the Early Bird Price is only Temporary, after that the price goes up to $24.95 each.

As is our custom we are giving away 1 FREE class registration to BOTH classes.  To enter in our give-away please leave us a comment in the comments section below.  As part of your comment please let us know which class excites you the most and what type of future classes you’d like to see.

Please Check out our next post down to see the winners of the Class Planners!

It is time to list the June Workshop Planner winners!  We always have fun with this, and love to be able to give back to you ladies who give so much.  Now it seems, from looking back that we failed to list the winners to the May Workshop Planner winners, so we will also be doing that, and we apologize for the oversite!  i am not quite sure how it happened, but we will fix that today   So without further ado…. the winners for the May Workshop Planner are:

 
Roberta Smith
May 4th, 2010 at 1:20 pm   edit

Ok, its not than that I think that this card is a slump……it’s that I feel in a slump.  I am suffering from what one might call ”New Catalogue Slump”!  It is when the multitude of stamps that one owns fails to provide the proper inspiration or satisfaction!  And here is the super sad part, I have lots of sets, all beautiful, some rarely (ok some have not been inked *gasp*), and here I am pining to see new sets, smell new catalogue smells, feel that crisp beautiful book beneath my fingertips. 

How can this condition be cured?  Well perhaps by backing the mailman into a dark corner, and shaking my catalogue out of him.  I have a theory that they are withholding it for their own viewing pleasure.  Every day I check my mailbox, and every day it is empty……I ask you can it be slow….or could some more devious plot be at work? 

Well ok, maybe my conspiracy theory is a little exagerated, but maybe not!  You must be the judge of that!  So in the meantime I did a rather simple card which concentrated on watercolouring.  I find colouring very relaxing, and often colour images while I think of ideas.  So I took this older retired set called Woodland Cottage and watercoloured it with my actual watercolour pan paints.  I coloured the cottage and the arbour.  The arbour was cut out and popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I find that with this kind of image and colouring, you don’t want to really take away from it by adding to much embellishment, so I made it into a shadow box by cutting a frame with a 5/8″ wide border.  The card is 5″ x 5″, and the frame is popped up with dimensionals all around.  The arbour which is popped is under the frame, not over, and a bit of glitter was added with some Crystal Effect.
Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!