Summer Mini Album Kit

Hello and a happy ay to you all,

Well my August Mini "Buzz & Bumble" Album went so well that I only have 3 of the 20 kits with instructions left. WOW, that is wonderful. Because they went so fast, I decided that I would do another one with different papers and embellishments. This is still a 5" x 7" Pocket Mini Album, and I will be teaching a class this month as well. I really do love the papers that I used in this album,  it reminds me Summer Fun. The album consist of the "Surf's Up" papers and stamp collection from Close to My Heart (CTMH). I also included 2 buttons from my stash that are colored with Copic Markers.

Here is the front of the Album:

 

On this album, I added a belly band as a closure.

 

Inside of the album.

 

Two large photo mats, one on each side.

 

These photo mats will fit a 4x6 photo.

 

Using stamps to decorate the Large and Medium Tags.

 

The other side of the Large and Medium Tags.

 

Photo/Journaling Tags in a Small and X-Small size.

Decorated only on one side, so you can put a small photo on other side.

 

 

This class is $20 and my schedule will be on Meet Up tonight. If you would like to just purchase the kit, the price is $20 plus postage (which will be USPS Flat Rate Priority Mail), US customers only.

 

Thank you for looking and have a blessed rest of your week.

 

Kathryn

Stampin' Up! Warehouse Sale

To any and all of you that live in the area of Sandy, Utah...........

On September 6th and 7th, 2013, Stampin' Up! will hold a warehouse sale that will be open to the public. They are only selling retired products for those two days. This event will be held at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.   Current products will not be available to purchase at the warehouse sale. Stampin' Up! will give out catalogs and let all shoppers know how they can find a demonstrator, if they need one. So pass on the news for any and all who you know in the area.   Happy shopping to all you that get to go!

Save 15% Butterfly Bundle. Starts Today!

Hello all,

I know another post. Well my little one is trying to earn some more points to be able to get some more supplies from Stampin' Up (SU), so I was asked to put this on my blog to help her advertise. LOL She is 12 with a major love of paper and embellishments. She is going to be just like her mother.  Anyways this is a special that is really a great one, as this bundle is extremely nice. I love butterflies and this stamp set is one of my favorites. I use it in my scrapbooking all the time and having the punch has made it much easier for me. Now I am not fussy cutting out the butterflies.

 

Save 15 percent when you buy the Papillion Potpourri Stamp Set and Bitty Butterfly Punch together.
Dates: August 29-September 30, 2013.  To order, click on the highlighted product numbers below under "Bundle Item!"

Bundle Item	Page in Catalog	Description	Retail Price	15% Savings Price	Amount Saved!
135311	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Clear-Mount) Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$30.90	$26.27	$4.63
135312	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Wood-Mount)  Papillon Potpourri Wood-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$34.90	$29.67	$5.23

Papillon Potpourri 

Bitty Butterfly Punch

To order this or any of the other wonderful products from Stampin' UP (SU) please use my daughters site at: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/creationswithkathryn

 

Thank you very much and have a wonderfully blessed rest of your week,

 

Kathryn

 

Pictures of Mini Album Class #2 for August

Hello to all you wonderful crafters,

The day is going really well and I am finishing up on some many of my "To Do List" items. That is a really wonderful thing for me, as I never get to the end of a list. LOL Pretty sad I know, but every dang time I turn around there are several more things that have been added to my list. Well the good thing is today, I got to finish getting my post done for my Blog. YEAH!!!!

Well on to the fun stuff. This is a 5" x 7" Pocket Mini that I made for my August Class #2 Mini Albums. I love the papers that were used in this album, cause it reminds me both of Spring time and Fall. The album consist of the "Buzz & Bumble" paper and embellishment collections from Close to My Heart (CTMH). I also included "Backyard Basics" stamp set and framelit from Stampin' Up (SU) as well as 2 buttons from my stash.

Here is the front of the Album:

 

Here is the inside of the Album:

 



 

 

This album has 3 pockets on the right side and 4 pockets on the left side. On the right side, there are 2 side/top open pockets that hold a large and medium tag. The 3rd pocket on the right holds a large photo mat style tag and opens to one side. On the lefts side, there are 3 top load pockets with 2 small tags in each (a total of 6 small tags), with a stamp bee as the pull tab. The 4th  pocket on the left holds another large photo mat style tag and opens to one side.

Well hope you all liked this Mini, I would love to here your comments on what you think.

 

Hope your week is blessed with good happenings. Till next time,

 

Kathryn

 

PS: If you would like to order from Close to My Heart (CTMH) you can use this link to my site: http://creationswithkathryn.ctmh.com. If you would like to order from Stampin' Up (SU), you can use this link to my Daughters site: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/creationsiwthkathryn/ (She loves the papers and embellies so this is how she gets them without breaking the bank)

Pictures of the Mini Album Class #1 for August

Hello and hope your week is going well. Mine is going great!!! I found out a couple of weeks ago that I am going to be a Grandmother for the 1st time in April 2014. I am tickled pink or blue, not sure which yet, but it is such a wonderful thought. I actually thought I would dread the day I would be called Grandma, Nana, or any of the other nicknames that are used. LOL I am so looking forward to spoiling that baby to the ends of the earth.

Ok enough, I need to come back to now not the future. So I had 2 classes for my Mini Albums this month. The first one was 3 different wallet size mini's using Close To My Heart (CTMH) "Surf's Up" papers and embellishments, and stamp sets D1538 "Bright Sunshiny Day" and C1544 "Surf's Up" from the WSOTG (Workshop on the Go). They turned out so cute and everyone loved them. Here are some pictures of each of them.

Album #1 - Simple Fold Mini

Album #2 - Wallet Style Mini

 

 

Album #3 - File Folder Mini

 

 

 

Well I hope you enjoyed my pictures of the 3 mini albums that were in my Class #1. I will have the other Album in another post today. 

 

Hope your week is blessed with good happenings. Till next time,

 

Kathryn

 

PS: If you would like to order from Close To My Heart (CTMH), you can use this link to my site: http://creationsiwthkathryn.ctmh.com 

 

 









August Card Class

Hello to all you Cardmakers and Scrapbookers,

Just a quick look at the cards that were my August 2013 card class. All products used are from Stampin' Up.

This first card is my favorite. I love the owl punch and how you can change is colors. He is just to cute. This card is an A2 size card, so no extra postage.

 

I decide to add an Owl and Branch to have the card flow to the inside.

 

This card is also an A2 size card that uses several of the SU punches and a Edgelit from the Finishing Touches Edgelits collection. I did color the 3 pearls on the card with my Copic markers to bring in the green and used 1/8" ribbon from my stash.

 

I pull over the front to the inside using the Boho Blossoms punch.

 

This card fits into an A2 size envelope perfectly. I know that it has a special name, but I call it a Gift Card Holder Card. I used the Blossom punch and 1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch.

 

The inside has a nice area to write a hand greeting or you can stamp one if you would like. I left off the sentiment, cause wasn't sure what people wanted to say.

 

Well hope you all liked my cards, I will have another post showing 3 wallet size mini albums and 1 Pocket mini later today.

 

Hope your week is blessed with good happenings. Till next time,

 

Kathryn

 

PS: If you would like to order from Stampin' Up, you can use this link to my Daughters site: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/creationsiwthkathryn/ (She loves the papers and embellies so this is how she gets them without breaking the bank)

 

 

My April Card Class Projects

Hello all you fine crafters,

Hope the beginning of May is treating you all well. For me it is as I finally have my blog working the way it should have been.

I did a couple of card classes last month and thought I would let you see what I was teaching. There are 2 sets of 3 card. One set is for the Father/men in our lives and the other is for the Mother/girlfriend in our lives. Hope you like.

 These first 3 cards are for the Mother/girlfriend:

 

This card has 4 layers plus the base for the card. The colors used are from Stampin Up and are Marina Mist, Basic Black for inks and cardstock. The other cardstock is from CTMH and is Colonial White. The stamp sets I use are from Stampin Up and the image is from Serene Silhouettes and the saying is from Blessed Mother. I also use gems, punch for the saying and a paper piercer.

 

 

Front of Card

Flip up of card

 



 

Inside of the card.

This card uses the Stampin up color Rich Razzleberry and a DSP from a retired paper. The stamp sets used are also Stampin Up and is Vintage Verses. The dress is from the Dress Form Framelits in the Spring Catalog. I also used the 2 1/2" Circle Punch and the 2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch. The cream paper is by CTMH and is Colonial White.

 

 

Front of Card 

 

Inside of card.

This card uses Stampin Up colors: Whisper White, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery. The stamp set used for this is Field Flowers. I also used the the Scalloped Oval Framelit and the next size below of the Oval Framelit to make the cuts. The embossing folder is Lacy Brocade. The ribbon was Pool Party from Sale-a-Bration and is no longer available. 

 

This is Card the people who attended my class got the choice of what stamp they wished to use. This is card 1A.

 

Card 1B

 

This is Card 1C.

This cards all used CTMH Colonial White Cardstock and Stampin Up's River Rock Cardstock and DSP. The ink was also River Rock. The stamp sets used are: Bring on the Cake for the 3 different sayings and Feeling Sentimental for the images. I did use a corner rounder on Card 1A and the Label punch for Card 1C.

 

 

This card is a Double swing. This view is of the front of the card.

This view is from the top..

 



This is the open view.

The cream cardstock is Colonial White from CTMH and the Soft Suede and Night of Navy are from Stampin Up. The ink was Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Night of Navy from Stampin Up. The stamp sets used are The Open Sea for the images and Bring on the Cake for the saying. I used the Labels Collection Framlits Dies to create the Swing. I also used a Metallic Brad on one of the images.



 

Front of last card.

 

Inside of last card.

This card used Colonial White cardstock for CTMH and Night of Navy cardstock and DSP from Stampin Up. Inks used are Not Quiet Navy, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake. The stamp set are The Open Sea and Amazing Family. I also used the Oval Collection Framelits to cut the ovals and the Heart Punch to create the Scallops on the DSP and the saying layer.

 

Well hope you enjoyed my cards and I look forward to showing you my May cards soon as well as the layouts that I will be doing scrapbooking workshops on.

 

God Bless and thank you for looking,

 

Kathryn

Wedding is over.....

Well the wedding is finally over and family have all gone back home and my home is my own again. The only sad thing is that my Mother in Law got sick and it made things these last couple of weeks a bit stressful, but she is better now. Thanks be to God.

I have been MIA, cause of family being here from out of town, and also did take time out for hubby and I to re-do our Vows. We thought after 27 years that it was time to re-confirm our commitment to each other. Next one is to be on our 50th, and with a blessing from Above it will happen and be on our 50th Anniversary.

I have tons of classes and projects coming up here starting next week. Four card classes, a Retreat and a 2 day crop all in this month. Wow talk about over load. LOL I have tons of new ideas for cards and layouts that I will be starting to post here starting May 1st. There will be card and scrapbooking kits for sale, classes for cards and scrapbooking, a beginning Cricut class and Copic Marker class (these are to give people the knowledge of the products and why they are worth the monies for them to spend or not. Also for those who have a Cricut and Copic Markers to learn the basics and the maintenance for them.

Also starting after the 15th of June through the end of July, I will be having an open class on certain days during this time so anyone interested in a class will be able to call me an set up a one on one class or a class with just them and their friends. I can't wait for these as I think this will open the doors for those people who have so little time to be able to take a class.

One more thing, if any of you have suggestions of things that you would like to see or be discussed regarding Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, Mini Albums or anything that is Paper Craft related, I would love to hear them.

Thank you and God Bless you all,

Kathryn

Wedding - So Busy

Hello all,

I hope that everyone is having a very blessed Easter Break. I am taking 5 minutes out of my day to post this, so everyone know that I am so busy. My oldest is to be married this Easter Sunday and there is so much to do and getting ready for all the family that will be showing up here. So I will not be posting anything until after the 7th of April as I have so much to do and so much family that will be here. But starting after that I will be posting the up coming crops, classes and other fun things that will be happening here at Creations With Kathryn and here at my home and other places.

To end this, here is my beautiful Daughter and her husband to be in one of thier engagement photos.

 

Please say a prayer for good weather, cause as of right now it will be raining and she picked such a beautiful place I would love to see us having that outside wedding.

 

Thank you all and may your Easter be blessed with nothing but love and kindness.

 

Your Friend,

 

Kathryn

 

Anything Spring Blog Hop

 

 

Talk about being inspired. This is my take on Anything Spring. I might have gone a bit over the top.

 

This first card is using Stampin Up products and a Cuttlebug Die for the Hello.

This second card is using Close To My Heart products and Copic markers for coloring in the image.

This third card is all Stampin Up products. This is a card for my Step-Mother who just got out of surgery.

 

 

This forth card is also all Stampin Up products. This one is for my Hubby just because.

Hope you enjoyed my take on Anything Spring. If you are interested in any of the products used in any of the cards, please feel free to contact me at (916) 524-2490 or creationswithkathryn@yahoo.com.

I am your last stop so if you started at Pam L's blog you have gone through all of us. If you haven't seen us all the list below will lead you to the right place.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Pam L. ~ http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/
Robin S. - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/

Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com
Robin C -http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/
Cicily - www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com
Ellen - http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/
Camille - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Kathryn - http://www.creationswithkathryn.com