Fa La La La....Arggghhh!

I've been hosting an all day Christmas card making event for quite a few years now.  It's a full day of holiday spirit, creativity, food and friends.  I  love doing this class!  It's not about making money or teaching technique or getting "my name out there".  It's more about giving something back to those who I work and play with all year.  This year I have fifteen ladies joining me next Sunday and that day is going to be amazing!  However...the downside of fifteen people and a twenty card creative day is the prep...for three hundred cards! Sheesh!  My living room has been overtaken by paper, ribbon, buttons and ink, ink, ink!  It has the distinct look of Santa's workshop with only one slightly exhausted, over worked elf ha ha!  I always end up making a few more difficult to prep cards while I'm designing this class.  I always convince myself that the prep won't be all that bad..."they're just snowflakes, right?"  Until I have to punch out, die cut, paper trim eight million of them!!!  I never learn and I honestly wouldn't do it any other way. The biggest problem I have during prep time for this class is the inspiration I get!  Problem?  How can that be a problem you say...?  I get inspired and have to drop everything to create something else!  It makes for a very long prepping process to say the least.  I may sound like I'm complaining but really I'm not...I just shake my head at myself sometimes. Oh the holidays for a creative person....
I thought I would share with you a creative distraction that I did yesterday...perhaps as centerpieces for our tables on Sunday.  Tim Holtz....I love you and your lantern die!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Miss.C

Daylight Savings Early Morning Creations...

4:30 a.m...that's what time I was up today...4:30 A.M.!  Ridiculous I know, especially on a Sunday but it is what it is.  The house was quiet, I had access to the T.V. and Netflix (anyone who lives with teenager's appreciates this sentence) and I had a double double fueling the fire.  I finally organized my craft room so I found so, so, so many goodies I had completely forgotten about and projects that were half finished or packages of things that needed using up. At Memories and More we went through a long spell of bringing in paper tole supplies, especially around Christmas.  I thought it would be a perfect time to finish up those leftover images to add to my holiday card stash.  So here are this mornings results compliments of a Tim Horton's double double and the time change...

Thanks for stopping by...

Miss C.

Ready for the Witching hour....

Normally my holidays don't really overlap where one overtakes the other...except this year.  Halloween is my number two holiday after Christmas but it has never taken a back seat...ever.  Normally my costume is ready to go, decorations are up and already gathering dust.  This year my decorations went up yesterday...sigh.  Christmas actually usurped tonnes of my time this year and it's not even November yet!  Anyways...the decorations are up and I have to say I love the way the house looks!  I left the cobwebs off this year so I can actually light some candles and not catch the house on fire.  I love bonfires...don't get me wrong but the thought of my craft room burning up gives me heart palpitations!  Take a peek..

So as you can see...we have no shortage of skulls...so if you ever lose your head....eh-hem...never mind.  I also made some treats for my youngest son Shae's dance studio.  What a committed group of dancers to be going to work so hard on a day where every other teenager is out having fun.  I wanted to dress up Kit Kat bars more appropriate for the occasion.  I think I did a pretty good job disguising them don't ya think? I played with Tim Holtz's Retro Halloween stamp and die set, the Tim Holtz Tattered Banner strip die along with My Mind's Eye Wicked paper line. Touched everything with some distress ink and Voila...Halloweenified!

 
Have a frightfully great day and I'll post some costume pictures soon!

Miss. C

Copics...you colour my world...

I need a theme song for my Copic markers.  I'm thinking something inspirational. Uplifting...even romantic.  I have such a love affair with them you see and I feel I need to express my love of my grown up crayons. Anyone relate?

 I come from a family that has a fairly strong history of artists and musicians. I however cannot even draw a stick man.  I discovered paper crafting and found out that I am artistic after all. And to be able to colour and not have to buy colouring books and crayons is amazing! I 'watch' all my TV shows while I colour and quite often don't even look up at the screen.  I can tell you what happened but not necessarily what anyone looked like ha ha ha.  Copics...sheesh!

 I thought I would post what my favourite kind of cards that I create look like.  Take a peek...

 Thanks for dropping by...

Miss.C

the 20/20 Christmas Card Experience Update!

Here they all are ladies...book your spots soon!  I've only got a few left!

The 20/20 Christmas Card Experience

* 20 cards & envelopes

* 10 different designs

* your own roll of Be Creative tape

* tonnes of space to stretch out

 Sunday, November 17, 2013

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Holiday Park Resort (over Ricardo's Restaurant)

Cost:  $40

This event is also a potluck!

Please call to arrange payment to reserve your spot!

250-712-0502

(Please be aware that although I do my best to use all the exact products in my samples, some cards may not be exactly as shown)

The 20/20 Christmas Card Experience with Charmagne

It's that time of year when we pull out our holiday stashes and drool, drool, drool! Every year I do an epic Christmas card making day with lots of food, friends and creativity!  Here's a sneak peak of a few of the cards we will be making...

The 20/20 Christmas Card Experience

* 20 cards & envelopes

* 10 different designs

* your own roll of Be Creative tape

* tonnes of space to stretch out

 Sunday, November 17, 2013

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Holiday Park Resort (over Ricardo's Restaurant)

Cost:  $40

This event is also a potluck!

Please call to arrange payment to reserve your spot!

250-712-0502

Halloween Treat Bag Sweat Shop...

My little sister Dez and I have been making treat bags for various holidays for my nephew Connor since he started Kindergarten  five years ago.  It's so much fun to be creative and play with all the kiddie stuff now that my own kids are pretty well grown up.  Now...when we started this whole thing, classes were smaller and Connor was the only one in school.  Queue up to October 2013. My niece Alexis has now started Kindergarten and has been brought up seeing all these gorgeous treat bags made and delivered to Connor's classmates.  Of course...we have to make them for her class too!  Something we didn't think of when we started way back when...sheesh! Not only are we furiously creating for two classrooms but for a heck of a lot more kids!  Kudo's to all you teacher's out there, the classrooms are packed to the rafters!  We have 52 treat bags to make and stuff but we managed to sweat through 22 of them yesterday...almost half way there? We mainly went with Bella Boulevard's "Trick or Treat" paper line this year...we love that stuff!




Have a great day

Miss.C