Workshop Your Way - Chelsea Gardens

Workshop Your Way just got easier.  You now get the printed directions in the kits plus place card holders for the photos if you aren't ready to put them on your pages directly.  You don't need any stamping or inks for the actual 3 - 2 page layouts.  There complements, and embellishments to help make wonderful pages and extra do do our half pages or in your are creative, to make some more pages. 

These are the pages that you can make.  If you wish, you can get a stamp with thin cuts and use your inks, card blanks and other embellishments to make between 6- 9 cards. 

You can make 2 of each of these cards with the cuts from the original paper.  You can also choose not to cut out the paper that would go for the cads and use that for making other scrapbook pages.

Have fun! Be creative!  Check out my website and see all the Workshop Your Ways.  

Workshop Your Way Cards - You are more

Valentine's Day is coming and you can create some really great cards for that day as well as use the directions to make other occasions as well.  The Workshop Your Ways come with directions and pretty much all you need.  You will need inks, thin cuts and some watercolor pencils and Bashful shimmer Brush.  

These are the directions and stamps that come with the Workshop Your Way.  I had some other paper and used these as Valentine's Day cards.  I had some extra paper cut and there are only so many people to send Valentine's Day cards to, so I used other stamps and created these other fun cards.  You can use the directions and make changes and have lots of fun for future cards and seasons!  Get going and see what you can do!

Boxing Week Specials

Check out my website for each day's special offer.  

Remember that if you and at least 3 friends want to get together, I will come over and do a card workshop and show you all of the new things.  January 1, 2018 is the new Seasonal Expression.  That means all of those really neat things in Holiday Expressions will be done December 31, 2017.   

The new card classes are starting at Baraboo UMC on the 1st Thursday at 6:30pm.  The Portage Public library classes will be the 2nd Monday at 1 - 3pm. (must register through library) There will be a Spring Card buffett at the Indian Agency House at the end of February getting reading for Mother's day, Father's day, weddings and graduations.  All groups have a maximum of 10 people.  Email me @ revskell@gmail.com.  

Christmas Card buffet

Do you want to make 8 Christmas cards in 3 - 4 hours?  You have 3 choices of where to go! 

Here are the 10 card choices you will have:

Here are your three choices to make these cards:

November Thursday 9th at 2pm at the Indian Agency House in Portage Wi - 8 cards for $28 (the extra cost is to support the Agency House)

November Friday 10 at 2pm at my home N3272 Koepp Rd Merrimac, Wi -  8 cards for $25

November  Thursday 16th at 5pm at First United Methodist church in Baraboo, Wi - 8 cards for $25

You need to register before the events.  If you pay before the event at my house or church it will be $24.  You will have choices to make these cards.  You will receive a "kit" of items which you can use as you wish.  I will have things cut out for you and I will have done the heat embossing.  You will use water colors or markers on some cards.  You will have to cut some things.  Let me know if you are interested in making these wonderful cards.  One person can make 8 cards or 2 people can make 8 between them.  

October Cards and Stronger Together stamp set

October is a month for thinking about fall colors, birthdays and preparing for celebrations.  Into our world has come devastating hurricanes and mass shooting.  Close To My Heart has come out with a stamp with the proceeds going to hurricane relief.

You can purchase it from my website barbarapagekell.ctmh.com You can find it under Shop, Stamps and Charity.  It is possible to combine wonderful sayings on the inside of your cards as well as keeping them blank so that they are ready for multiple occasions in your life.

These are the October cards.

 This card uses the new think cut leaves with the older thin cut "Hello" and "Thanks".  Under the glitter leaves, there was a green leaf that was sponged with fall colors.  You can rotate the card to either landscape or portrait.  This one can be a card that you could us the Stronger together sayings on the inside.

It may not be visible but the background is the leaf embossing folder.  Because the Close to my heart paper has a white core, you can sand them and they show up white.  I still have some of the chalks we used to use.  I used makeup cotton squares to put the color on the leaves in the back.  

I used a heart embossing folder and didn't sand or put chalk on this card.  I had an old 4 stamp set that was great for this card.  I used the shimmer brush on the 'icing' to set it off and added some sequins.  I love the thin cut words from Close to my heart.  I also love the glitter paper.  The thin cut words seem to come out so much nicer than on the Cricut.  Check out all our thin cuts.  

Getting the best layouts for your albums!

Everyone wants to have great pages to put their photos on.  You can sit all day and only come up with a few pages.  You can look at the catalogs and figure out some really cut pages.  You can do the Workshop Your Way - which gives you 3 - 2 page layouts and cards. You can also use the "How-to-books".

I made 3 - 2 page layouts based on the new Volume 3 "Make It From Your Heart".  They give you the cutting guide and 2 examples of what you can make the pages look like.  The group I work with usually wants 4x6 photos landscape and maybe a few 4x4's.  I made some changes and these are the examples.

My sister Sue was over at my house and tried out the layouts and she came up with some great pages.

We both used older paper packets that we had laying around.  I used one called Scholastic and will probably put my grandchildren's first day of school on one page.  When I do I will post it. 

I am holding off on any challenges for now.  I may post them as "techniques" and see if anyone will try them and post their projects.  Pinterest has it's "Nailed it".  Maybe we can have that here. 

September Cards

These are the three cards we are making at church.  The top 2 are the ones we are making at the Portage Public Library. 

The top left is from the cards kit Cats and Bats.  It is a thank you card.  The Happy Halloween also uses the Cats and Bats paper. 

The bottom card is a random stamp using D1742 Constellations .  On the inside is "Happy Birthday" with the stars stamp going through diagonally over the Happy Birthday. 

The top left is from G1140 Workshop your way Kind thoughts.  You get to make 12 cards for $25.95 with shipping and tax.  You will need the Rose embossing folder and some thin cuts.

Visit my website at barbarapagekell.ctmh.com and find what you need!