Sneak Peek of almost-finished Designs...

I did it! I put all the cards together except for ... embellishments. So you're just going to have to come and RSVP for the workshop to see the finished designs!

Used in this set of cards:
* Embossing folders
* Shinhan Touch Markers
* Cricut carts - Art Philosophy, Artiste and Artfully Sent

Date: Nov 22, 2015
Place: My house - contact me for address/directions
Time: Anytime after 1:00 PM.

I will need to put the order out soon to make our Nov 22nd workshop deadline, so please let me know ASAP if you are attending and how many you would like to make. Without further ado...

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Card #4 

Card #5

Card #6

I look forward to seeing you all at the Christmas Card workshop! Hope you are staying warm this chilly day.

November and a month to Christmas!!

I promise you I am working hard on your card designs... I have three done, but this time I will post what they look like without embellishments, and you will just have to join in to find out what the finished product looks like!

Christmas Workshop Details
Date: Nov 22, 2015
Time: Anytime after 1:00PM
Address: My house! Message me for it!
Price: 3$ / card, comes with envelopes

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

November's constant campaign is Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking, only available in the month of November and it's a fabulous deal!

When you purchase any My Legacy album bundle you will qualify to receive a value pack of side load or top load Memory Protectors free - a savings of $23.75 CAD! Each bundle includes one Paper Fundamentals Enchantment pack, one Fundamental Stickers pack, one Peacock Fundamentals Assortment and three sheets of White Daisy cardstock. So if you're itching to try scrapbooking now is the perfect time for it! 

Next up is our November Stamp of the Month - Cheers, 2016!! Can you believe that we're so close to the end of the year already? 

There's a couple lines for journalling that go really well with scrapbooking and how cool is the font on some of these sentiments? I for sure am going to pick this up - loving the Dream and Cheers and I Can sentiments. This could be yours for 6$ with a qualifying purchase of 50$ CAD! 

And finally a quick sneak preview of new product coming Dec 1st - a beautiful planner!

Check back with me for more details Dec 1st! Hope you are staying warm amid the snowfall!

Workshop Cards!!!

I finally sat down and got them all done. As per feedback from the last workshop, I opted to stay a bit more simpler this time without a ton of techniques, since I've already taught you most of the more standard ones.

These cards can all be used as birthday or whatever other occasion you wish to make them for. The paper packs featured this time is Seaside (female) and Wanderful (male). They cost $3.00 each and include an envelope to take home with you.

Workshops will be hosted for August 9th and August 31st at a different location to be provided when you sign up for the workshop. It will run the usual hours from 1:00 - 5:00PM. Thank you to both hosts that graciously offered up their home to host this.

Girl 1:

Girl #2:

Girl #3:

Boy #1:

Boy #2:

Boy #3:

If you have any questions, let me know! Otherwise, I look forward to seeing you there. If you can't make it, I can also make and ship pre-cut kits. 

Enjoy summer!

This seems to be a habit...

... getting cards in for a specific deadline before I travel!! Did I mention I haven't packed anything yet? Eek! I can't believe it's getting close to Halloween already and my head is in Christmas. If you want to see what the inside of these cards look like come to the Christmas Workshop!

Date: Nov 22 / Nov 30th
Time: Anytime after 1:00 PM
Address: Email me - stamped.by.hand.ctmh@gmail.com!
Price: $2.00 / card, includes envelope.
Bring: Yourself, scissors, adhesive, and your chequebook.

Please RSVP with Card #, amount of that design you'd like to create and the date you have chosen. 

I'm considering a cash and carry option for some of the cute little embellishments that are featured in this year's Xmas workshops... plus if you know me... there's also going to be a little something extra for all my workshop attendees. Hope to see you all there!

Card #1: Inspiration - Scrappin n' Stamping by GJ

Card #2: Inspiration - Me!! http://stamped-by-hand.blogspot.ca/2014/01/layering-in-all-its-beauty.html

Card #3: Inspiration - Splitcoast Stampers

Card #4 : Inspiration - Case Study 202 Winner! I am so sad that Case Study has been discontinued, but her other blog - Random Acts of Creativity is still alive and well.

Card  #5 : Inspiration -  Craftin`Claire`s Paper Moments

Card #6 : Inspiration - Case Study Challenge 182 by Joni Nina Andaya

Papers featured in this workshop are Snowhaven and Yuletide Paper - look forward to seeing all of you there!

Summer workshop!!

Wow, what a crazy life so far between work, gardening, and trying to get all my ducks in a row for a summer workshop that was requested by my ladies :) The running theme for these cards were all layouts from Sketchbook Saturday Challenges! What can I say, I'm a huge fan of Chupa's work and her layouts were fantastic.

This time, I also wanted to showcase some of the beautiful paper packs that CTMH has in their catalog. The three paper packs featured are Ivy Lane (girl birthday cards), Timberline (boy birthday cards), and Skylark (baby congratulation cards)

Card #1 - Girl Birthday
Inspiration: Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #80

 

 Inks used: Smoothie, Cotton Candy, Gypsy

Stamp: Inspiration Flourishes, Dreamer

Card #2 - Girl Birthday

Inspiration: Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #67 

 

Inks used: Gypsy, Cocoa

Stamp Set: Quick Cards - Island Greeting, Banner Wishes

Card #3 - Boy Birthday

Inspiration: Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #92

Inks Used: Twilight, Cocoa, Ponderosa Pine

Stamp Set: Robot Family

 

Card #4 : Boy Birthday

Inspiration: Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #59

 

Inks Used: Outdoor Denim

Stamp Set:  Country-Born

 

Card #5: Baby Congratulations #1

Inspiration: Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #76

Inks Used: Goldrush, Autumn Teracotta, Ponderosa Pine,Cocoa

Stamp Set: Give a Lift, Banner Wishes

Card #6: Baby Congratulations

Inspiration: Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #67

 

Inks Used: Ruby, Cocoa, Whimsy Pigment Ink Set, Basic Pigment Ink Set

Stamp Set: Buggy Love, Give a Lift

My go-to accessory is foam tape above everything else. What`s your go-to accessory for card making or scrapbooking? 

The workshop dates are 

• Sunday, June 29th 
• Saturday, July 26th. 

Cards are priced at $2.00 each and come with envelopes. As well, I can also create card kits with pre-stamped pieces for the same price per card. Finally, cards assembled from previous workshops are also available for sale at the Summer 2014 workshop for $3.00 each.

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine!

 

 

Holidays From The Heart Gift Guide and Christmas Workshop

Two neat things to tell you about today.

First of all, Holidays From the Heart Gift Guide!

For each $100 that you order, you can choose a free "star" item from the Holidays From the Heart gift guide. There are some gorgeous products in there that cannot be found in the standard CTMH Idea books so make sure you look through the gift guide.

Secondly here are this year's designs for the Christmas Card workshop.

Card #1: This was inspired by a Pinterest Pin from Handmade Holiday

Card #2: This was inspired by Andrea Ewen's take on Case Study #158

Card #3:This was inspired by a Pinterest Pin from SplitcoastStampers

Card #4: This was inspired by Iwona Palamountain's take on Case Study #108

Card #5: This was inspired by Anya Schrier's take on Case Study #135

Card #6: This was inspired by Iwona Palamountain's card from her personal blog

This year, I trimmed down to six cards as I found it hard to maintain 8 designs, and from last year's experience kept most of the cards to more simplistic rather than difficult designs. After all, sometimes the simplest cards are the most elegant. 

If you'd like to buy a set of cards to put together as a pre-stamped kit or purchase pre-cut cardstock along with the associated stamp sets, please let me know.

It's getting cold - we got our first snows last weekend!

It's going around...

... must be flu season. My only participant for last Saturday phoned and said she had the flu, so that got cancelled. I'll see what happens about her choosing another date to cardmake or if she'll join the other ladies at the end of Nov.

 

However, I was semi-productive and was able to make gifts for all my workshop participants last weekend. I took the new Artiste cartridge for a whirl and it's got so many fun things in it! It did unfortunately cut one of my shapes off center, so I decided to update the firmware for my E2.

I made little bags which contain a little something for each of them coming by!

I'm hoping that everyone is hale and healthy for my November workshop and for all of you - stay safe this Halloween!

Trick or Treat,

Christmas Workshop Designs are here!

My workroom is a mess with blocks, stamps, cricut mats and inks everywhere, but I had a ton of fun making up these designs! And I cannot wait to get to the workshops - I'm looking forward to crafting with friends and having tons of fun with paper and glue.

Again many thanks to Case Study for all the inspiration - there's a ton of talent over there and some drop dead gorgeous cards to boot. It once again is spearheaded by Chupa of Random Acts of Creativity who also sits on the design committee. Half the fun of doing card workshops is the excuse to go and dig through Case Study.

Card #1 is from Case Study Challenge #89, inspired by Iwona Palamountain:

Card #2 is from Case Study Challenge #85, inspired by Debby Hughes:

Card #3 is from Case Study Challenge #99, inspired by Teneale Williams:

Card #4 is from Case Study Challenge #83, inspired by Laura Bassen;

Card #5 is from Case Study Challenge #90, inspired by Beverly from Uniko (the winner!)

Card #6 is from Case Study Challenge #96, inspired by Debby Hughes:

Card #7 is from Case Study Challenge #106, inspired by Shirley-bee from Shirley-bee's Stamping Stuff (another winner!! )

Card #8 is from Case Study Challenge #104, inspired by Maureen Plut:

I apologize for the sad quality of these photos, but I'm almost out the door to catch yet another flight (can you tell one of my other hobbies is travelling?) but I wanted to get these designs out to those lovely ladies who are joining me for my workshops Oct 27 and November 24th. 

All the cardstock bases are courtesy of Michaels, but all embellishments, inks, patterned cardstock, and stamp sets can all be found in the latest CTMH catalogue. 

I'll never learn to pack the night before,