Showing posts with label GinaK. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

So much fun!

A few weeks ago two girls from Cafemom that I chat with and swap cards with were talking about a Bella class they attended. I too, love the Bella's and was eager to join them. I had emailed Christa and Carol about the class and quickly called made arragements to join them for a class. The first one was cancelled because the Bella's weren't going to be there on time. Not a big deal as we were all able to reschedule to a few weeks later. The picture of us (L-R)- Me, Christa and Carol.

Well, I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was to make the almost 95 mile trip! Yes, it was quite a long, boring drive but well worth it. We met at Red Robin for dinner where Carol greeted Christa and I with goodie bags filled with yummy smelling candles, candle holder and a cute notebook. We chit chatted over dinner and then made our way to the scrapbooking store. I walked in and felt like a kid in a candy store. The store is amazing and so is their classroom area. This picture is not even the whole store... Check it out!



The class was 2 hours long and I even learned a new technique! I had purchased the Koh-I-Noor from GinaK Designs but hadn't had the chance to pick up the mineral spirits to use with them so I have been using my blender pens. I LOOVE how the mineral spirits worked with the pencils we used last night and can't wait to use them with my Koh-I-Noor pencils!!! I have to admit that most of my time was spent coloring. I only managed to put one card completely together. How sad is that? Between talking and enjoying the coloring time flew by! Afterwards I was able to shop and picked up a few goodies for my SCS Secret Sister. I sent her first package out this weekend so she should be getting it soon.

Anyway, I had a blast, the food was yummy and the girls were as fun in person as they are online!



I wish I lived closer to them. They were so much fun to hang out with and I hope to head down there again. Perhaps for an all day crop or something and without a doubt...another Bella class!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

So many new goodies



Once again, I've not been able to keep up with my blog. I have gotten so many new goodies in the past few months that I've been busy working on cards and other projects. I ordered some GinaK stamps and I have to say that I'm now addicted! They are so much fun! One in particular set; Owl Always Love You is fabulous. I was browsing the gallery on SCS and came across a card made by Faith (aka Markie's Mom - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/ ) and I had to see if I could come remotely close to her card. I gave it a whirl and this is the end result. You can see her card on her blog as well. Her cards are breath taking. The colors are soooo vivid.
Here are the two that I made...