Tuesday, June 1, 2010

June 2010 Newsletter - Masculine Cards


Masculine Cards

Come to this stamp-a-stack class and make 9 masculine themed cards in 3 designs. Get ready for Father's Day and summer birthdays! Mix and match sentiments to make any combination of Father's Day cards, birthday cards, "thinking of you" cards, or blank cards. 

We'll be tying ties, playing with brads, buttons, and staples, and using my new Big Shot machine.  You won't want to miss it! 

Date: June 12 
Time: 2:00pm
Place: Charly's house
Class fee: $18.00
More info: CharlysInkLink@gmail.com or (970)206-9120











"Get the Scoop" Party and Open House

Come for the ice cream, stay for the sneak peak!  I will be serving ice cream cones and giving away door prizes while you make cards, shop my Stampin' Up! garage sale, and "get the scoop" on the new Idea Book and Catalog for 2010-2011.  I will be taking pre-orders for the new products, and reserving free copies of the new catalog for anyone who schedules a workshop for July or August.  You won't want to miss getting hands-on with the newest stamps and products.  Come early to get the best deals at my Stampin' Up! garage sale!


June Featured Card

Have you seen the new Presto Patterns paper in the Summer Mini catalog?  These specialty designer papers come with a pattern in a resist ink.  That means when you cover the paper in colored ink, the resist pattern shows through.  In this example the resist is in a diamond pattern, and I rolled on the Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry colors with a brayer.  

Want to give it a try yourself?  Book a workshop with me and you and all your friends can make this card (or a similar one) for free!  Email me at CharlysInkLink@gmail.com for more information.  




CALENDAR
June  9: Masculine Cards sign-up 
June 12 2:00: Masculine Cards class
June 13 2:00: Freestyle Stamping Club
June 19 1 - 4: "Get The Scoop" party
July 8: Christmas Cards sign-up 
July 17 2:00: Christmas Cards in July
July 18 2:00: Freestyle Stamping Club
Aug. 5: Mini Scrapbook sign-up 
Aug. 14 2:00: Mini Scrapbook class
Aug. 15 2:00: Freestyle Stamping Club

Freestyle Stamping Club
Come to my Freestyle Stamping Club to give yourself a little crafting time and stamp with friends.  I will provide ink, some stamp sets, basic tools, and I will have paper packs available for $5.00.  Any of my current customers are welcome to come - if you have purchased $15 or more from me from the Stampin' Up! catalog in the past 3 months, then you are one of my current customers.

June Class - Masculine Cards
Father's Day is right around the corner.  Make the men in your life handmade cards with strong images, colors, and designs.  We will make 9 cards in 3 designs.  Class fee is $18.00.  

"Get The Scoop" Party and Open House
Ice cream, door prizes, and make-and-take cards are just the beginning!  Shop my Stampin' Up! garage sale to get retiring stamps and great deals.  "Get the scoop" on new products, place pre-orders, and reserve your copy of the new catalog by signing up to host a workshop.   

July Class - Christmas Cards in July
Finish all your hand-made Christmas cards now, and be stress-free and prepared when the holidays come around again.  We'll be making 30 cards for $30, using the new holiday Simply Scrappin' kit.  Please sign up by July 8th.

August - Flip-Open Mini Scrapbook
This 5"x 6" flip-open mini scrapbook is a breeze to make with one of our Simply Scrappin' kits.  With 14 pages, this unconventional scrapbook has a lot of room for pictures and journaling.  Class fee is $18.  Please sign up by Aug. 5th. 



Super-Mini Scrapbooking as Jewelry











What does a scrapbooker wear as jewelry?  Tiny scrapbook pages of course!  Here I've created super-mini pages, which are still recognizable as scrapbook layouts, in my 1" x 1-1/4" Simply Adorned necklace pendant.    

Can you call these scrapbook pages if they don't contain any photographs?  I think you can.  The art of scrapbooking has evolved far enough so that a design can still be recognized as a scrapbook page, even without photographs.  To me, you can call a design a scrapbook page if it contains these elements: 


1) a layout design
2) one or more focal images
3) journaling
4) background paper or a background pattern
5) matting/layers
6) (optional) multiple textures - such as embossing, textured card stock, paper piercing, etc.
7) (optional) multiple materials - such as ribbon, rhinestones, twine, glitter, beads, etc.

The challenge with super-mini pages is, of course, to find images small enough to be proportional in a page which is only 1" x 1-1/4".  Thankfully, Stampin' Up! solved my problem with their new set "Itty Bitty Bits".  I also used the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack to make tiny circles and flowers.  

But there are more images you can use besides the one set.  I've successfully used tiny details found in larger stamps.  Look with new eyes at all your stamps.  Don't forget your Stampin' Around wheels!  Also consider cutting out small images from designer series paper, or even shrinking images using My Digital Studio.  

Making tiny scrapbook pages using materials intended for 12"x12" pages takes ingenuity, creativity, and inventiveness.  Give it a try!  You may find yourself with a whole new hobby.  And if you wear your new pages in a Simply Adorned necklace pendant, you'll find yourself with a whole new jewelry wardrobe too!  

Supplies: 

Simply Adorned 1" x 1-1/4" charm (#116798) 
Simply Adorned 24" chain (#116800)
Itty Bitty Bits (#117056)
Rough Type (#118659)
Punched Posies (#118535)
Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (#118309)
Scallop Trim border punch (#118402)
Travel Journal designer series paper (#117156)
Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (#119976)
Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz (#118772)
Stampin' Emboss powder: clear, white (#109130 and #109132)
Basic Black Stampin' Write journaler (#105394)
Big Shot machine (#113439)
Heat Tool (#100005)
cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, 
So Saffron, Whisper White
ink: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Versamark, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Bashful Blue


Charly Bratt
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
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