Birthday Road Trip and A Class

 October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Carol and I took a class in Simsbury, Connecticut to celebrate our birthdays this month...it's been a long time since we relaxed and took a class where we were the students this time...and what a great time we had...we will definitely be doing this again...in the class we made a card and an ornament.

 We took a Honey Pop Class...this unique paper is a lot of fun to work with...there is so many possibilities with it...I chose the red and white Honey Pop to make my ornament...which is a Christmas Bell.

You can see the paper has a honey comb look to it...and it sure is pretty...of course my pic taking skills don't do it justice.

 I ended up removing the snowflake sticker off my Christmas Bell Ornament...I liked the plain look much better...and the ribbon was very pretty too...they were a perfect match together.

 We then made our card using the honey pop paper...I forgot to ask Susan about this die that has the outside sentiment...after getting home and looking at it...I really love it...the scene was stamped in dark brown ink.

 We smudged over the sentiment using an ink chalk to give it a soft matte look...it went on so smooth...for mine I used the Gingerbread Chalk...and the sentiment was stamped in black ink.

We then wrapped the red card stock a few times with this pretty gold cording.

The lights in the house and outside of the house was done with Smooch Ink...it has a slight glitter to it...it sure made the lights look like they were on...lol!

The inside of the card was also decorated with coloured pencils and a sentiment added...inside we used the Honey Pop to make a candle...the Honey Pop lays flat when you close the card and it's very light weight...but when you open the card you get this below.

We made the long trip down and back safely...no stabbing in the hand incident to report this time...wish I had time to show you all the goodies I got myself for my birthday...it's wonderful to treat yourself...everything is right...LOL!

Thank you all so much for droppin' by this morning and sharin' another road trip with me...enjoy again this chilly morning but I prefer this to the other you know what...lol...enjoy the rest of the morning...have a great day...and I hope you all have a stampin' good time.

Stampin' HUGZ

Beverley

Carol's Chevron Layout

  Carol is sharing her layout that she used incorporating her Chevron design that we learned from Susan at the New England Scrapbook company...thanks Carol for allowing me to share your page with everyone today.

 

Carol's recipe for scrapbook page:

Paper:
green plaid scrapbook paper
only orange...summer sun...bashful blue...and salmon.
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Top note die

Photo corners...scallop...and oval punches
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 Assorted chipboard...stickers...and alphabet letters.
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She hand made the chevron stripes...which we learned in the class.

Thanks for sharing Carol's Chevron project with me this morning...enjoy the rest of the day...and I hope you all have a scrappin' good time.

Scrappin' HUGZ

Beverley

Cupcake Thanks so Much-Chevron

This is the chevron that Carol and I got a mini lesson on at the New England Scrapbook Company when we took our road trip a couple of weeks ago...I tried my hand at it and made it to add onto a card...it worked wonderfully...my pics don't do the card justice...lousy pics today.

 The cupcake looks so yummy with it's big chunks of chocolate chips...lol.

I'm glad that this is a nicer picture...and you get to see the chevron a lot better...it was so much fun to make and I like that I was able to adjust it to different sizes to match my projects...I will be adding this as a fabulous embellishment to a lot of my cards and layouts.

This is the easy recipe:

Stamp sets: crazy for cupcakes...sincere salutations...and teeny tiny wishes.

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Card stock: cream assorted scraps...and cream printer paper.

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Ink: tangerine tango and chocolate chip.

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Markers: sakura clear glitter pen.

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Punches: key tag.

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Additional supplies: amber glass beads...scor-tape...crystal effects...stampin' dimensionals...yellow stickles...fiskar...and scor-it.

Thanks so much for droppin' by this morning...another big thank you to Susan from the New England Scrapbook Company for sharing this technique with us...what a beautiful day it is...enjoy it...and I hope you all have a stampin' good time.

Stampin' HUGZ

Beverley

Road Trip 2B-Stamp and Scrap Nest

As you enter The Stamp and Scrap Nest you are greeted by this wall of cards which welcome everyone to enter and come play...there were so many cards...I'm sure I didn't get the entire wall in the picture...but as you can see the ones that are visible are just gorgeous.

I purchased the die to make this card myself...and Susan shared some fabulous hints with me on using the glitter...thanks Susan!...I will definitely be trying that tip out.

Here is a glitter card that was done in a class...isn't it just beautiful...you all know I love bling.

This is Carol's Fav card from the wall...Penguins at Poolside...Carol luvs pengy's.

Here is my Fav card from the wall...Tea for Two...luv it...the doily die made a cute table cloth.

 Look at this great classroom...and you could just drool over all the goodies Susan has for you too play with...oops! I have to grab a tissue...I'm drooling again...lol...the wall is full of stamps...dies and punches...assorted tools and cutters too.

Here is a cute winter project that was offered at a workshop...I love this snowman stamp...and the little red drops are pretty accents.

Supplies for you to use in the workshop to make the card and take home. 

 These supplies were used to make the card...and was available for purchase...I may just have to go back and get these stamp...lol...what do you think Carol...ready for another Road Trip?

 It is hard to believe that we squeezed so much into one day...and met so many wonderful people...we also had fun on the way home...we stopped for dinner and a little rest before hitting the road again...we laughed our selves silly when I hit my hand with a straw and thought that I had stabbed myself with a knife...we almost had to pull over we were laughing so hard...OMG what a drama queen I am...but I really thought it was a knife...we made it home tired but safe...what a fantastic day and road trip this was...Thanks for stoppin' by this morning...and I hope you all enjoyed our little adventure as much as we did...have a great day...and I hope you all have a stampin' good time.

Stampin' HUGZ

Beverley

Road Trip 2A-Stamp and Scrap Nest

Thanks to Susan from the New England Scrapbook Company Carol and I took a detour from our original plans...yes we took an unexpected  side trip and ended up here...The Stamp and Scrap Nest...the owner here is also named Susan...her grand daughter and staff were just fabulous too...this is just way too much fun for our hearts!...YIKES!!!

Carol is having a great time in the card stock and paper sections...I'm not far behind her...but I had to stop for a second and snap this pic of her...this is the side half of the shop...and from the pic you can see some of the back section of the store...tons of stuff back there too. 

Carol is totally lost in the stamp section...she had to put on her glasses for this section...she didn't want to miss a thing...lol...she just can't decide from the huge selection of stamps...and truthfully I wanted everything...most of the stamps also had an example near by to give you some inspiration.

I was able to get some wonderful chipboard accents for my scrap projects and smash journals that I'm working on.

I was so happy to get these fabulous Butterfly Dies...I'm going to make some great projects/cards with them...another fav was the poppies die that will coordinate with a stampin' up set that I have...my mind is already bubbling over with projects.

Susan suggested I get the metal shim you see in the background...it's suppose to make the intricate dies cut through much better...so of course i had to have it...and a little glittery spray bling to my shopping cart too...I love bling.

I added some DSP to do my scrapbook project that I'm working on.

Some more DSP that I just couldn't pass up...the dark brown sheet reminds me of a chocolate bar...mmmmmmmm! I love chocolate...lol.

Finally...here are some of Carol's goodies that she scored...and was excited about.

Our road trip is almost at an end...it's getting very late and we have a long trip home...we will have to stop and get some dinner...but I hope you will stop by tomorrow and check out the final leg of our fun road trip...thanks everyone for taking the time to drop by this morning...enjoy the rest of the day...and I hope you all have a stampin' good time.

Stampin' HUGZ

Beverley

Road Trip1C-New England Scrapbook Company

Here are some of the goodies I was able to get...I love mini albums and had to pick up these...they're full of fantastic inspiration...and I can't wait to start making some of my own.

I love chip-boards...rub-ons...and stickers...they make cards and projects quickly and give such beautiful dimension to your work...the New England Scrapbook  Company had so many...I think I was over whelmed...but in a good way...just didn't know what to pick up...lol...I love the ones I did decide on though.

I love those little feet paper clips in the right hand corner...I know exactly how I'm going to use them...lots of goodies here for my scrapbooks and smash journals.

I absolutely love the Butterfly template...Susan gave us a quickie lesson on how these are used...I see new projects in the works...and I love the new Tag Frames dies that I bought too.

Now I have too say...this is freakin' incredible...my daughter is in Japan as you all know and was having a hard time finding Japanese scrappin' goodies for me...New England Scrapbook Company...has DSP from all over the world and most of the 50 states...how freakin' stinkin' cute is that...I'm besides myself with glee...lol...Carol actually broke out into a song...please don't ask...lol...you can see some of the papers below...and another wall to the right had more with stickers and chip-boards.

 Here are a few of the Japanese DSP I was able to pick up...I'm so thrilled. 

There was also coordinating embellishments that I just had to add to my collection...I can't tell you how happy I am to have found these for my projects...talking about it now...I really feel like singing out loud myself.

Are you all warmed up now...there's still more to come on this road trip...drive by tomorrow and see what's happening...see where we head to next...Susan thank you so much for a fun filled day...you're a walking book of knowledge...thanks so much for sharing...Carol and I will be coming back...and very soon...thanks everyone for droppin' by this morning...enjoy the rest of the day...and I hope you all have a stampin' good time.

Stampin' HUGZ

Beverley

Road Trip 1B-New England Scrapbook Company

I wanted to share some of the beautiful work that is on display at the New England Scrapbook Company...I think almost all are past...present or upcoming workshops...what an absolutely fun place to be...below is a double Jolly Christmas layout.

Here is a double Micky Mouse layout...I remember when my daughter was into Micky...I have to see if I still have pics...because I love the colours.

Here is a Winter or Holiday project from Little Yellow Bicycle...a cute tissue box.

Here are some fabulous past card projects that are on display.

Another set of beautiful projects that are on display.

I'm not big into Halloween...but this Spooky Mini Album...which is a past project is fantastic...I love it.

 Isn't this fantastic too...a beautiful Step Card...also a past workshop...very pretty...you all know I love banners.

This is some of the goodies Carol got for herself.

 Here's a wider angle of Carol's goodies from the New England Scrapbook Company.

At the end of the day...Carol was extremely happy with her purchases...no buyers remorse...she got all that what she wanted.

Thanks for stoppin' by this morning...but this road trip isn't over yet...stop by tomorrow to see how much more trouble Carol and I got into...enjoy the rest of the day...and I hope you all have a stampin' good time.

Stampin' HUGZ

Beverley