Fall Project Class

This adorable Fall project will be offered on

Monday Oct. 1st at 6:30pm. 

Once you know how to make it, you'll be making all sorts of them for fun and gifts! $12. 

This project class will fill up fast so sign up early!

Phone, e-mail, facebook us to sign up.

Make checks payable to Jennifer Peters

Reservation and payment due by September 21st

so there will be plenty of time for Jen to get the supplies and have everything ready to go.

Think outside the box

Hello everyone!

Let's talk a little bit about being different.

Sometimes different is a very good thing.
So when making cards or layouts, try something a little different, try thinking outside the box.

Here are a few ideas for working outside the box.

This card isn't your usual card that opens. 

 I used a tiny brown bag as a pocket for a tag on the front of a card.

You can stamp or write a sentiment on the tag and put it into the pocket.

Something a little out of the ordinary and it works.

On the layout below I have used pictures in a few different ways.

I used some of the pieces I had trimmed off the pictures to make letters.

The word "Sands" is cut out of pictures of the sand.

I used the Sizzix (which we have at MHP) to cut these letters, so it was easy to position the die on the small bits and pieces of pictures.

I had several pictures that were take from quite a distance from the subject.

This picture below is a picture of my husband at the top of a huge hill of sand. To give more attention and interest to him in the picture, I cut out various sizes of squares and framed him at the top of the hill.

I used card stock and another picture of the sand to frame him.

Doing this draws attention to the subject of the picture and reinforces the size of the hill he was on.

So next time you're making a card or a layout, try thinking outside the box, use some different supplies, or the leftover pieces, use a different style, do something out of the ordinary.

You might just love what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping in today, I hope I've given you some ideas and inspiration.  Hope to see you at My Happy Place soon!

Card Class

It's on!

  Card Class will be held on Monday August 27th at 7pm.

Stamp and complete 3 of each card for a total of 15 cards for $30.

  This is a pre-pay class, payments are due to me by August 20th.

 If you write a check please make it out to "Annette Rizzo."

  These cards are 100% ADORABLE, and youth themed. Who's in??

Our contact information is at the right side of the blog, so zip off an e-mail or give a call and let us know that you want to join in on this class.

It's sure to be a popular one!

Fall Schedule

Here are our dates for the fall months.  Hope to see you at My Happy Place soon!
Be sure to check back, there may be more dates for classes and crops added as time goes on. 
Please note that this schedule can be viewed by clicking on the tab labeled "My Happy Place Schedule" at the top of the page.
To make reservations or if you have questions our phone number and  e-mail address are at the right side of the page.
Happy Crafting!

September dates:
Saturday, September 8th  3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Kristie
Saturday, September 15th  3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Danielle
Sunday, September 23rd  3-11pm Pot Luck Crop $12.00 bring a dish to pass for dinner with Crop Queen Jen
Saturday, September 29th 11am - 11pm crop $18.00 with Crop Queen Danielle

October dates:
Saturday, October 6th 3-11 crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Kristie
Tuesday, October 9th 6:30pm  "Chubby Chums" card class with Kristie
Friday, October 12th 6-12pm crop $9.00 with Crop Queen Danielle
Saturday, Octber 20th 11am - 11pm Specialty Crop Theme TBA! $30.00
Will include dinner and prizes!
Sunday, October 28t 3-11pm Pot Luck Crop $12.00 bring a dish to pass for dinner with Crop Queen Jen.

November dates:
Friday, November 2nd 6-12pm crop $9.00 with Crop Queen Kristie
Sunday, November 4th 3-11pm Pot Luck Crop $12.00 bring a dish to pass for dinne with Crop Queen Jen.
Saturday, November 10th 3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Danielle
Saturday, November 17th 3-11pm crop $12.00 with Crop Queen Danielle.
Friday, November 23rd 11am-11pm Black Friday Specialty Crop $30.00 Will include dinner, prizes and some surprizes with Crop Queen Kristie

December dates:
Saturday, December 8th 3-11pm $12.00 Christmas Crop
Merry Christmas to all!

The Selflessness Project

Earlier this week I came across this story

and decided to make a card to send out to Matthew for his project.

Here is the card I made at MHP on Saturday.

I used some distress inks for the background and alcohol inks to color the

"Flying Girl Holder" (#21701)

"Oval Balloon" (#5201)

and "Heart Balloon" (#5204)

which are all images from Eureka! Stamps

The grass is stamped with

"Field Grass Right" (#38925)

from Biblical Impressions.

The girl and balloons were fussy cut and adhered to the card with foam tape.

I hope you'll read the story about this little boy and maybe make a card or two to send off to him for his project.

On their facebook page his Mom says they have already surpassed his goal and it is bigger than they ever imagined and I'm sure it's going to keep on growing!

Upcycling on card.

Hello My Happy Place friends!

Here's a simple card that you can make from your "trash"

Yes!  That's right, I said trash!

The last time I was at MHP I wanted to make a card with this design, but I was having trouble finding some paper scraps that matched. 

If you have ever come to MHP you probably know Marie, well she saw I was having problems and tossed a paper at me and said "try this"

What I ended up doing was punching these squares out of the front cover paper from a pack of paper.  You know the one, it shows strips of the papers that are in the pack.

Thus I used trash to make this card!

I arranged the squares and adhered them to a piece of scrap from my stash then ran it through the Cuttlebug in an embossing folder.

I used "Just a Note" (#6405)

from Eureka! Stamps for the sentiment at the bottom and added some pink and blue embroidery floss.

Easy peasy!

Next time your are going to throw away your "trash" think again and see if you can make something with it.

Check here to see another way that I used "trash" on a card.

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment and let me know if you have ever used "trash" on a project.

Hope to see you soon at My Happy Place!

Video from Stamp TV

Hello MHP fans!

Today I'm sharing a video with you.  I love Gina K's videos on Stamp TV, she always has wonderful designs and some great tips.

This video shows a great tip for lining up panels on the front of your card.

It also shows how to use the Bow Easy.

Some of you have seen my home made version of this tool that I have at MHP.  Here's a chance to see how it is used.  Now if you ever want to borrow mine home made one at MHP, just ask.

To be honest, it may take me a minute or two to remember how to make a bow with it as I don't use it all that often, but we'll figure it out.

This is the card she does in the video.

I'd love to see your version of it.

Happy Stamping!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3EcX2RJlqqI

Chubby Chums

Hello!

To see the whole write up of the story behind these cards, visit my personal blog, Kristie Kreates.

Now I just want to show you these little guys and ask what you think.

A couple of the gals at MHP would like me to do a class to make these cards.  What do y'all think?  Would you come to a class to make these cards?

Leave a comment and let me know if you would like this class offered at My Happy Place.

Stamping on Layouts

I do a lot of stamping and it is becoming more popular at My Happy Place.  Here is a blog post that I thought y'all might be interested in. 

It's about stamping on layouts, something I love to do,

but just don't do very often.

I think I need to make an effort to do more stamping on my layouts.

Anyone want to join me?

Here are a few layouts that I have made in the past that I have used stamping on.

This layout the entire title

"Kelsie Angel Baby" was done with stamps

and then colored with watercolor crayons.

On this layout the JOY and the Christmas trees were stamped

The JOY was colored and the trees were fussy cut.

When my nephew and niece got married they used peacock feathers in their wedding.  In the scrapbook I made for them this was the title page.

The large feather was on the paper, but the smaller one was done with a stamp and gold embossing powder.

Here are some more of the peacock feather stamps.

I stamped them with VersaMark ink and then went over them with

Perfect Pearls for the color.

On this layout, the shoe at the bottom of the page was stamped and colored.

I just happened to find a stamp that the shoes were almost the same as the shoes Renee wore for the wedding.

These are a few ways that stamps can be used in scrapbooking.

Why not give it a try?

If you need some instruction or help in any way, be sure to ask, I'm there to help anytime!

Thanks for stopping in today, hope you have enjoyed this post.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think.







Technique

Want to learn some new techniques? 

How about this one?  Simple!

You know those acetate packages that are so hard to get into,

 then you cut up and throw away?

You know the ones that Cricut cartridges, new tools etc. come in!

Well, don't throw them away!

Bring them in to My Happy Place and I'll show you what you can do with them to repurpose them for a card or a layout.

Here's a card that I used some acetate on.

Ask me how next time you stop in. 

 I'll be glad to show you how!

All you need is a piece of acetate

and we have the Cuttlebug and folders to work with.