Fun Crop and a fun a layout!

Hey everyone!! I went to a crop last night. Yesterday was my last day of summer school and it was really hot so I must've been super tired because I only got one layout done....Between all the chatting and eating...I worked on it from about 6:00 p.m. until at least 10:30...I spent a lot of time hand cutting the letters and the flowers.





Anyway, everything on this layout is CTMH.
Extreme Happiness is the stamp set
Perfect Day and MoonDoggie papers
Lay out is from Cherish

My favorite part about scrapbooking at a crop is just talking with other people who love it as much as I do!! I also love it that we can share supplies!!



In case you are wondering about the 'Friends Don't Let Friends Crop Alone' shirts...I ordered 6 shirts from a neat website called Be Creative Scrapbooking. She offers a discount if you order 6 or more...Perfect for an entire group to go to an event! I am going to CKC-Tulsa in August and I wanted a couple of fun shirts for me and my friends to wear!! Anyway, if you want to get the discount you have to email her...so please tell her I sent you! She will give me a discount on my next order for referrals if you spend $20.00 or more!!

Extreme Happiness....here comes summer....

Yesterday morning I came into my craft room to grab a card for some police officers who have been helping with our summer school program.

As I flipped through my card box and my card basket, I realized that with all of the cards I have on hand...nothing seemed quite right.



Worst of all, I didn't have time to make anything! My goal while I am on summer break is to make more masculine cards! I am sure that the guys didn't mind, I did have spinach artichoke dip, chips, brownies, cookies and a huge banner signed by our students....but it would've been nice to give them a hand made card. (I will probably make one and mail it soon!)

And now for a few cards. These aren't for a challenge, they are just for fun! I love this stamp set: Extreme Happiness. It is a beautiful tropical flower that is perfect for lots of layouts and cards. I am sure you will be seeing it again soon.




I got the idea to use turquoise for the flower from a great blog that I follow, Kelly Jo's Stamp pad. She used a similar color combination for a color challenge. I haven't had time to play along with any color challenges lately, but I still love great color combinations.

Here I used the back of the stamped flower to create a white version of it. I saw something similar in the idea book. I inked the edges with a foam dauber to give it some color, but I love the white!!



I will be doing this little 4X4 card at a home gathering/workshop on Wednesday. It has some cute prisma glitter on the flower!

Monday's Workshop

I am having a workshop at my house. The cost is $10 and I will be demonstrating the basics on setting an eyelet and making a criss cross card. Everyone will make 2 of each card and 2 tags.

For the eyelet card, we will be making a matchbook card (thanks Kristie for the awesome tutorial!) This card will be pretty generic, but I will give everyone the option of creating a card for Father's Day.



For the criss cross card, we will be using the Extreme Happiness stamp set and Moon Doggie paper.




You can see one of the tags here and I will edit this post with the 2nd tag later. (It will feature stamping on watercolor paper!)

All of the products used are Close to My Heart (Except the eyelets and the hemp, they are from my stash...the Eyelets are K&Co.)