September Sneak Peek

It's Monday!! That is very exciting for me this week, because I don't have to substitute teach or go anywhere, so I get to stay at home and work on the workshop for this weekend. That should be very exciting for all of you who are coming, too, because otherwise, I wouldn't be ready for it! Here is a picture of three of the cards for this weekend. So far I'm going with a fall/Halloween theme, but I still have to come up with 2 more cards, so I may stray from the theme a little for them.

I still have some kits available from last months workshop, so if anyone is interested, just let me know. You can scroll down to a previous post to see three of the cards. As a whole, I think it was one of my favorite groups of cards ever. My kits come cut, stamped and ready to assemble, complete with a color picture of each card. For now, the price is $15, the same as if you came to the workshop. However, in January, I will be raising that to $20 to cover the time I spend stamping them. At $2 per card, that is still a bargain! And you will also get the table favor from the workshop that month.

Keep an eye on the calendar, because I am planning a calendar workshop. (Okay, that was a funny sentence!) There is an awesome calender kit in the Holiday Mini Catalog that is available October 1 (I should have some minis at the workshop this weekend) and I am working on using that kit to make a date book to carry in your purse. I'm also going to work on a scrapbook page for a class that I'm teaching at the Southern Indiana Scrapbook Friends Fall Retreat in November. I've been wanting to do a scrapbook class for a long time and am hoping to "get it together" and come up with one to also share with all of you who won't be at the retreat.

One more thing to share -- this summer I was a counselor for a group of girls from our church at Camp Illiana. I took little photo album "kits" for them to stamp and put together and, then took pictures and printed some them on my Epson 4x6 printer so they would have memories to take home with them. Needless to say, they loved it! So now (months later) I am making them all a disk with ALL of the pictures I took so they can have more printed if they want. It's not finalized yet, but the disk holder on the left is a prototype of what I am going to give them their disk in. It says "Time spent with friends is time well spent." I think they will like it, too.

ENVELOPES

I have ordered some bulk envelopes and have some available to sell. They are non-Stampin' Up! envelopes, but are the ones I use at my workshops. I have them available in the following quantities and prices:

$6.00 for 100

$3.50 for 50

$2.00 for 25

$1.00 for 10

This price includes shipping and tax. I thought this might interest those of you who are making your own Christmas cards and are needing envelopes.

Have a great day!

Bag in a Box and Onine Ordering

Well, I know some of you have been waiting forever for instructions for the bag in a box that we made at the CJ's Bus crop. I'm SO sorry, but life just seems to be happening and the days are flying by! So, I apologize that this is not going to be an extensive tutorial -- because that would take another 2 weeks -- but I will give you some basic instructions.

What you need:

1 4x4 piece of cardstock A, scored 3/4" from each edge (this will be the bottom of the box)
1 11x1" piece of cardstock B to cut with the scallop edge punch to go around the bottom of bag

1 4 1/4 x 11" piece of ivory (or white) cardstock (patterned paper can be used here, also)

Scrap of cardstock B to punch 2 tab punches

5" of ribbon

1. Cut into the score line once on each corner (create tabs, don't cut off the squares)

2. Put adhesive on each tab and fold into a box.

3. Punch 1" strip of paper using scallop edge punch

4. Punch 2 tabs out of matching cardstock

5. If using plain cardstock, random stamp images to decorate.

6. Put adhesive on all four sides of box and "wrap" patterned sheet around the box. Seal the seam on the back of the bag.

7. Attach tabs to top of bag and embellish as desired.

Here is a picture of the final product. Please note: using these measurements you can get 9 box bottoms out of one 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock and 2 "bags" out of one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11. The bag can be made taller by cutting the ivory cardstock (or designer paper) bigger, such as 11 x 6 or 11 x 8.

Let me know if you have any questions!

ONLINE ORDERING IS HERE!!
Stampin' Up! has just introduced online ordering. If you visit my Stampin' Up! website -- http://www.2scrappygirls.stampinup.net/ -- you can place an online order, complete with qualifying hostess benefits. Please note however, that if you have a small order, there is a minimum shipping charge. Call me first to see if I can add it on to one of my orders (which I usually can) and save you a few dollars.

I have been stamping a lot this weekend to try to get ahead for my upcoming workshops. In the next couple of days I will post some pictures of what I have been working on!

Have a great day!