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My Happy Place is a cozy, creative destination for scrapbookers and crafters to do what they love: relax and enjoy their favorite craft project. Our studio is a crafters dream! Our crops provide a venue ideal for scrapping - your own 6ft table, lots of space for friends, wi-fi, and many tools including a Cricut, Cuttlebug, and Sizzix Dies/cutter, to help you create beautiful scrapbook pages or crafts that your family will enjoy for years to come. We also offer a wide variety of classes and can host events such as birthdays, ladies nights, bridal/baby showers etc. that your guests will rave about for years.


Monday, January 14, 2013

Masking

Hi all you My Happy Place fans!
Here is a card I made for the Eureka! Stamps challenge for this week.
I'm on the design team and each week I make a card for the challenge on the 
The theme for this week is 
"Layer It Up and Let It Snow"
Kind of funny considering that it was around 60 degrees this weekend!
Have you ever used masking on a card?
I used a mask to stamp the trees onto this card.
It's an easy process and I'd be glad to help you learn more about it.
Just ask me about it when you are at My Happy Place next time.
I'd be glad to teach you.
Thanks for stopping in today, glad to have you.
 I hope you'll be stopping by My Happy Place soon and asking about masking.

~ Scrap Queen Kristie~




Thursday, January 10, 2013

Some cards to share


 Hello My Happy Place friends!
I just wanted to share a few cards that I've made recently.
They each have a special or different technique that I'd be glad to share with you.
When you come to MHP, just ask me and I'd be glad to share.
If you know ahead of time that you'd like to learn one of these techniques,
let me know and I will be sure to have the supplies handy
as they are not all things I keep with me at MHP.
Just leave a comment here or a message on our facebook page.


 
I made this card for the QKR Stampede design team challenge
"Make It Sparkle"
The background has heat embossing as well as glitter,
the snowmen are covered with glitter.


 I made this card using a homemade diffuser for the dry embossing.
 You can see better in this picture that there is a 
circle behind the butterfly that has no embossing in it.
  On this card, I used gold embossing powder on the
"magic dust"
 This card is actually a gift card holder.
The tree is embossed with gold embossing powder and heat embossed.
Here is where the gift card is hidden.

So let me know if you'd like to know more about these different techniques.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Hope to see you soon at My Happy Place!

~Crop Queen Kristie~

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Christmas Crop

Hey MHP fans!
I wanted to share some pictures from our
My Favorite Crafting Things Christmas Crop with y'all.
Somehow I missed getting a picture of our crafty friend Jen Peters, she must have been off doing some crafting at the Cricut when I took the picture of their table.  Sorry Jen. 
We had a fabulous time, everyone loved their gifts!
The food was wonderful and plentiful.
The company was the best and we had
lots of smiles and laughs!
I'm sorry we don't have a larger space to have more friends join us.
Sorry we missed some of you at our celebration.
Merry Christmas to all!
 
 




 



Be sure to check our schedule for the first 3 months of
2013!
Just click on the tab at the top of the page that says
"My Happy Place Schedule"
Hope to see y'all at some crops soon.
 
~ Crop Queen Kristie~


Wednesday, November 7, 2012

You're Invited!!!

Photo: I know it is early, but this annual party ALWAYS fills up fast so I wanted to post it now to give all my scrappers time to plan.  December 8th  6pm to Midnight is our Christmas Crop Party.  This years theme will be "MY FAVORITE (crafty) THINGS" and requires each participant to bring 3 items, all the same, costing approx $5 each.  We will do an exchange and everyone will go home with 3 new crafty gifts to use.  You also need to bring your favorite Holiday treat to share, can be a sweet - or an appetizer.  The crop fee for this party is only $5 and it will go to the Christmas Eve OutReach offering at Grove Street Christian Church.  Sign up early to secure your spot. and if you have questions feel free to ask.
I know it is early,
but this annual party ALWAYS fills up fast
 so I wanted to post it now to give all my scrappers time to plan.
 December 8th 6pm to Midnight
is our Christmas Crop Party.
This years theme will be
"MY FAVORITE (crafty) THINGS"
and requires each participant to bring 3 items,
all the same, costing approx $5 each.
We will do an exchange
and everyone will go home with 3 new crafty gifts to use.
You also need to bring your favorite Holiday treat to share,
can be a sweet - or an appetizer.
The crop fee for this party is only $5
and it will go to the
Christmas Eve Out Reach offering
at Grove Street Christian Church.
Sign up early to secure your spot
  and if you have questions feel free to ask.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Gift Card Holder Class

Just about everyone gives a gift card to someone for Christmas!
Want to be able to give those gift cards in style?
Come to our Gift Card Holder Class
with Kristie
on Tuesday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m.
You will go home with patterns and the know how to make
5 different card holders.
You will receive supplies enough to make 2 of each.
Here are 2 of the holders you will learn to make.
(gift card not included)
Cost is $15.00 per person
Please make a reservation and payment by
November 7th. 
Checks payable to Kristie Maynard

Hope to see you there!

Saturday, October 13, 2012

"Celebrate It" layout class!




This is just one of the 4 pages you will make in the
          "CELEBRATE IT" layout class - November 1st at 6:30pm.
** Make 4 12x12 layouts all with a birthday theme. 
They can be used as wonderful layouts in your books. 
Jennifer Peters our CREATIVE MEMORIES consultant
will share with us some other ways to display these fantastic
and versatile L/O's. 
Class fee is $22 and advance registration is necessary. 
Registration for this class will close on Oct 24th.
 

Monday, October 1, 2012

Falling leaves

Hello, from the girls at My Happy Place!
I just wanted to pop in and show you this card that I made the other day.
It's a pretty quick and easy card to make.
I will be having a post on my personal blog in about a week or so that explains how to make that colored strip, but if you're at MHP and want me to show you, I'd be glad to.
Just ask me how, it's pretty easy and can be adapted to whatever color scheme you want.
Hope you are having a scrap happy day!

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Adorable Chubby Chums Card Class

Mark your calendars for October 9th!
That evening at 6:30, Kristie will be leading a card making class using Chubby Chums images.
You will make 5 different cards and leave with supplies to make 5 more of the same.
Bring your favorite coloring supplies, colored pencils, water color pencils or crayons, alcohol ink markers, choose your favorite and bring them along. You will also need to bring your favorite dry adhesive.
 All other supplies will be supplied.
Reservation and payment is due no later than October 1st.
Fee for the class is $15.00, please make checks payable to Kristie Maynard. Sign up soon, as these cards are adorable and the class is sure to fill up quickly.
  Please note that the cards made in class may have different colored papers, but I will try to get them as close to these as possible.
Thanks! See you there.





 

Friday, August 17, 2012

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.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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!