A Trip To Paradise

With A Trip to Paradise coming up in a few days, I thought I would throw out a teaser. If you are interested in taking this class, you can take it to go OR you can sign up for the alternate date. The alternate date will probably be in early August - right after I get back from Convention.

If you are interested in this class and the little grass shack, email me and I will order the Paradise stamp set for you! It's included in the price of the class! WOO HOO!!!

Central Park Tutorial

So far, Central Park is my favorite class. I love the bright colors and Basic Black. They just pop!! If you look back over this month, you will see the "sneak peek" of the cards!

With this 12-page Tutorial, you create a Messenger bag that holds both cards and envelopes! A paper/accessories kit will be available soon on my other website. http://www.mamaschroeg.com

A Trip to the Art Gallery

Here is a great class! This is, "A Trip to the Art Gallery." This fabulous class includes a 16 Page PDF with detailed instructions on construction of the box - which very DIFFERENT than it looks. I will be adding an option for the Kit shortly on my other website, if you are interested in purchasing the Kit (The kit includes all paper and accessories - pre-cut and packaged for your convenience.)

Just so you know, I will be releasing, "A Trip to Central Park," later this month. I ... umm... totally forgot to release this one last month! LOL! July will bring, "A Trip to Paradise!" I can't wait!

Sneak Peek of a New Class

Hey, what are you doing this Thursday? I have a class to knock your socks off!

Well, as many of you know, I have been doing a collaboration series called, "A Trip..." This is an on-going series of fun boxes and beautiful cards. In this next one, "A Trip to Central Park." We made a box to look like a messenger bag and filled them with four fun cards & envelopes.

This class is limited to the next 4 people as the Fashion District Rub-ons (part of the class fee) is sold out and I only purchased 4 sets! *sniff sniff*

Ever have one of those weeks?

I have to apologize. This is my busiest time of the month! I had plans for last week and they went completely out the window... but I am one of those people that rolls with the punches! I have lots to share this week. So, here's a project that I saw online and decided to re-create my own way. I am not the type to "buy" box templates so I figured out stuff on my own and I have changed a few things since making this box.

The front box will be a bit smaller to fit Stampin' Up!'s medium cello bags (which I filled with those super sugary candy pieces for the top of cupcakes or regular cakes). The inside has tubes for jimmies (or sprinkles or whatever you like). Basically, this is a birthday cake tote! I love this idea!

June 16th, you can do this class at my house. If you are interested in taking this class to go, contact me! We can do just the instructions or have a kit with cut paper and instructions!

May is National Scrapbooking Month!

I can tell you that my roots are deep in scrapbooking. I have always felt not only the creativity towards it but the NEED to do it for my children. It is their legacy that I am capturing on film (ok, in this day and age it's not film anymore it's digital) and with words.

Here is a layout that I did with my Scrap Club this month. This uses the Simply Scrappin' Kit, Sunshine Garden! I actually made three layouts using 1 sheet of the Designer Paper that comes in the kit AND 1 sheet of the "sticker die-cuts" in the kit. Something else you will find on the page is our Hodgepodge Hardware. Have you ever tried to "dye" these pieces? WOW!! It's a stunning addition to this page.

A Trip Down Fifth Avenue

Here is the second in the "Trip" series. This is "A Trip Down Fifth Avenue." This class makes an unbelievable box with 4 stunning cards. Pictured is the box front.

There are two options for you: the tutorial is only $7.95 - or the kit (paper and accessories needed to make the box comes cut and ready to go) for $15.95!! See my webpage: http://www.mamaschroeg.com/pages/tutorials/Fifth%20Avenue/fifth_ave.html

Coming soon is: A Trip to the Art Gallery! You don't want to miss this class either! It is stunning!!

Goofy Picture

Hi Everyone! I just wanted to post this picture of me. This was taken at our Demonstrator meeting. I was the Queen of Sales for the month of January in Kimberly's success-line. If you know me at all, you know that my fondness for pink is... well... not really there! I love Pink Pirouette but all the other colors of pink... The fuzzy pink tiara... the pink sash... and my pink shirt... UGH!!!

I am purple kind of girl. It is just so passionate. Anyway, I don't usually post pictures of myself... LOL - But this was just such a goofy shot... I felt the need to post it.

Coming soon: A class to knock your socks off! We will take a trip to the Funky Forest!! This class is done! I am working on the instructions this weekend. I can't hardly wait to show you. I am sitting on pins and needles! WOO HOO!!

Double-Baked Tiles

I have had a lot of questions lately about how I got the black outline on my tiles. Well, I experimented. I have done that a lot lately. I made two really cool discoveries.

This is the first one. This is the double-baked tile. Normally, tiles are made with bold stamps (not outline stamps like this one), craft ink, glassy glaze and an oven. This one is no different, however, I used an outline stamp! How do you color it like it is?

Here's my first tutorial!

1. Stamp your outline stamp in a very dark color on a clean, dry tile (I get mine at Lowes). Here, I used Black Craft Ink. I think it's beautiful already! But we are going to add some color! Just wait!

2. Sprinkle Glassy Glaze over the wet craft ink.

3. Pop the tile into a pre-heated oven set at 350 degrees, directly on the oven rack (do not put them in a tray or baking pan). Bake 10 minutes.

4. Let tile cool completely.

While you are waiting, get your next supplies. A palette (my fancy word for paper plate... hehe), craft ink re-inkers in colors you wish to paint your tile, an aqua painter, paper towels, and baby wipes.

5. Put a drop of re-inker color on your palette (depending on how much color you are going to need is going to dictate just how much you put on). You can always add more if you need to. (Don't forget re-inkers like Encore! metallic and White (makes great snow))

6. Check your aquapainter. If it is damp, dry it off with your paper towel. You don't want the brush wet. Slightly damp is optimal. Craft ink and water do not mix. Glassy Glaze and water do not mix.

7. Start painting your tile. The craft ink will only stick to the tile. You may notice this as you are painting.

8. It is always best to start from the middle and work your way outward. Sometimes that's harder to do as you want to use all the same color first so you don't have to keep cleaning the brush over and over again.

9. If you make a mistake, your baby wipes will be your best friend. DO NOT saturate the Glassy Glaze in any way when you wipe off your mistake. Just a quick wipe over the boo-boo. Now, be sure to dry where you wiped!

10. Craft ink stays wet for a while. However, if you see that your paint is pulling away from where you wanted it, re-paint it then drop the Glassy Glaze over your wet ink. This will stop the paint from running. You do NOT want to touch your brush to the Glassy Glaze on the tile though. It will get caught in the bristles. It is best to put the Glassy Glaze on once your completely done painting your tile.

12. Bake your tile again for 10 minutes in the same 350 degree oven. Let completely cool before tying a ribbon or other embellishments for your tile. When it comes out of the oven, it should look like the picture at the top!

Enjoy!

Tomorrow's lesson? Tiles & Glitter?? OH YEAH, BABY!!

DVD Tin Class

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to post something new more often. Here is my DVD tin class that I am had tonight. Is it not gorgeous??? I am totally in love with it!

I used the Big Shot (and my customers will too) to cut out the Top Notes shape both in Very Vanilla and Basic Grey. Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze are the dominant colors in this project. It is absolutely lickable! I also love the filigree brads too! WoW!! This project made me sit up and take notice!

I showed it to my upline and she looked at it... looked at it some more and said... "I wouldn't change a thing." That is such a HUGE compliment for me! WOO HOO!!

Anyway, I had to share... aren't you sorry you didn't sit in for this class? You should be! hehe!

New Pretties

On Wednesday night, there was a Stationery Box Class at my house! I featured some of the retiring paper (Bali Breeze and In Colors Texture). The ladies there really seemed to love it! During the class, stampers made not only the box but 4 cards, 3 note cards and 2 gift tags (which can also be made into a card!). This is one of those gift tags! The stamp set featured on this tag is called Dreams du Jour. It is BRAND NEW!! It will be in the new catalog coming out on August 11th! The rest of the paper is Rose Red, Whisper White. The ribbon is River Rock! You can't really tell in the photo but the butterfly is stamped, then stamped again on another piece of paper, cut out, and popped up on Dimensionals with a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds on the wings. It is just beautiful!

I am doing another Stationery Box Class on August 24th. This will be a completely different looking box (although the template is the same). I will be using new paper, new stamp sets... Oh I am so excited I can hardly stand it!