Cocoa and Crafts 1 Project 3

Woohoo! We've made it to the third project in our first Cocoa and Crafts class. I hope you are enjoying the projects and my videos have been easy to craft along with, even with all my boo boos. I mention it in the video, but for those with the kit be aware that there are TINY little pieces in one of your envelopes, so be careful when you unpack everything. Also, please note that I make a mistake (actually several of them) in the video, but at one point I list the scoring measurements and I state that a score line is 2 5/8 when it is actually 2 3/4. Oops. 

Here are the measurements:

Card base: 11 x 4 1/4 scored at 2 3/4 (NOT 2 5/8) and 5 1/2

Z fold strip: 11 x 1 scored at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2

"Cookie" pattern paper: 2 5/8 x 4 (2 of them)

Inside liner: 2 5/8 x 4

Vellum circle: 2 inches

"You are like" word strip: 2 x 3/8

And here's a listing of all the supplies used in this project, and don't forget, if you place an order under $150 use the Hostess Code you see in the upper right corner of this page so I can send you some extra goodies with your thank you gift. 

Next week will be our last project for this class. Looking forward to it and hearing from you and what you've enjoyed. 

Till next time...

God's love and blessings!

Cocoa & Crafts 1, Project 2

 

Hello there! We are on to the second project in our first Cocoa and Crafts Class. This one is a card with a surprise gift card pocket on the inside, the perfect thing for gifting a friend who shares your passion for coffee. (I would personally have to change this to chocolate, but hey, we all have our quirks.) 

Measurements:

Main card: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 (watch video to see how to score and cut for pocket)

Inside Crumb Cake Piece: 4 x 5 1/4

Inside Flirty Flamingo Piece: 3 x 2 1/2

Front Crumb Cake Piece: 3 x 2 1/2 

I hope you had fun following along with the video. Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think. I'm looking forward to next week's cookie card. :o)

Till next time...

God's love and blessing!

Cocoa & Crafts 1 Project 1

 

Woo hoo! It's finally here! Our first Cocoa & Crafts class. I hope you have your favorite beverage, your kit, some adhesive, scissors, and a half hour or so to craft along with me. If you're new here, and don't know what the kit is, check out my page above labeled Cocoa and Crafts to see what next month's kit is. 

I will be the first to say that I was super nervous recording the video, especially the first intro part. I'm just not great in front of a camera, but I want this to be a bit more personal than a lot of the how-to videos out there as this is a time for us to craft together, something we don't get to do much of these days. Anyway, I hope to get better and a bit more relaxed and organized as I do this. Please feel free to comment below any areas I could improve and what you liked about the video. 

Here are some measurements, in case you'd like to replicate this treat box and I've posted links below to all the items used. 

    Pink rectangle on front 1 3/4 x 2 1/8

    Pink strip inside flap 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 scored at 1 5/8

    Vanilla strip inside flap 1 3/4 x 3/4

So, what did you think? Who are you going to gift your treat box to? I ended up with four of them in the process of designing and filming so I get to hand a few out. I know one of them is going to a sweet lady at church whose bright smile and sweet hugs always make a day better. 

Thanks for crafting along with me. I'm looking forward to next week's class. 

Till next time...

God's love and blessings!

Re-Introducing Suite Samplers

I'm so excited with the interest in my Cocoa and Crafts classes and I can't wait to start them next month. Don't forget to sign up before October 11th. 

Today I would like to introduce you to another crafting opportunity I have for you. I've had a few ask me about the Suite Samplers I was offering several years ago before my surgery, so I've decided to start them up again. 

So, what is a Suite Sampler? It's just that, a sampling of items from one of our coordinating Suites. Each month I will offer a sampler showcasing one suite of products. Each one will include Designer Series Paper (DSP), coordinating cardstock, ribbon and embellishments, all mailed to you for $30. This month's sampler includes:

   

     12 sheets 6 x 12 Gilded Autumn DSP
     15 sheets cardstock - 3 each Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Mint Macaron
     2 1/2 yards each Mint Macaron Basket Weave Ribbon & Copper Grosgrain ribbon
     5 Acorn trinkets
2 sheets Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock

BONUS: If you choose to add the coordinating stamp set and/or punches you will get some extra FREE goodies from me.
 

     *Add the Beautiful Autumn stamp set ($17) get 1/2 pack (70 pieces) Champagne Rhinestones.

     *Add the Autumn Punch Pak ($39) get 3 6x6 pieces Brushed Metallic Cardstock (bronze, copper, gold)

     *Add the Beautiful Autumn Bundle (both the stamp set and punches $50.25) save 10% and get both the rhinestones and metallic cardstock

Important Information: Orders must be in by the deadline. I will order the products and once they arrive to me I will package them up and arrange to mail them or for local delivery/collection. If you are collecting I will add some extra cardstock to compensate for no postage cost. 

Deadline for this month is October 11th. To order please fill out this form. I will then email you an invoice to pay for your kit. If you don't hear from me within 24 hours, please email me at tammy.henderson@yahoo.com. 

Till next time...

God's love and blessings!

Introducing Cocoa and Crafts Classes

 

After surgeries and other life happenings, I am super excited to be back in my craft room again and hope to be sharing more and more with you. 

I'm sure you will all agree with me that this covid stuff is really getting old. I know many are under a lot of stress right now, and I think spending time in a creative outlet is a good way to help reduce some of that stress. I also think this is the best time to be reaching out to people to see how they're doing, and cards and treats are a great way to do that. So, I will be doing my best to help you in that endeavor.

Each month I will be putting together a Cocoa and Crafts kit that will include a stamp set, ink and all the pre-cut supplies you need to make 2 each of 4 projects. If you already have the featured stamp set or ink, you can exchange it for something of equal value. Then, once you receive your kit from me, every Tuesday I will post a video here and to YouTube demonstrating one of the projects in the kit. There will be some written instructions in the kit as well, but I know many are like me and are more of a visual learner plus you will be able to interact with the video by leaving comments and asking questions if needed. 

But why did I call it Cocoa and Crafts? Many other demonstrators out there are offering Coffee and Cards classes where they offer coffee for refreshment while making cards. Some were even hosting these at coffee shops, at least they were before the pandemic. Those who know me know I don't care for coffee, but I do love me some chocolate, in any form-hot, cold, dark, light, you name it. So, to keep the alliteration going, I went with Cocoa instead of Chocolate, and to make things fun, I will include some kind of chocolatey goodness in each kit as just a little extra something from me to you. And, since I plan on including some treat boxes or other types of projects in the kit rather than just cards, I had to change the "Cards" to "Crafts". So I hope you like the name, and I hope you really enjoy the kits and crafting along with me. 

Now for the important info for this kit.

Cost $50 Includes:
Nothing's Better Than stamp set
Cinnamon Cider ink pad
Early Espresso Ink Pad
All pre-cut supplies for 2 each of 3 cards and 1 treat box (The "coffee" card in this kit is also a gift card holder.)
Written instructions
Chocolatey treat
Postage, tax and packaging

NOTE: This stamp set has coordinating dies. If you would like to receive those in addition to the kit, your total would be $75 (You are saving $5)

 

The deadline to order this kit is October 11th! I will then order the items, get everything cut and packaged and back in the mail to you or arrange for local delivery/pick up as quickly as possible. If you are picking up, I will add a little extra something to compensate for no postage cost. The first video will post to Youtube Tuesday, November 3rd. 

To order, please fill out this form. I will then email you an invoice to pay for your kit. If you don't hear from me within 24 hours, please email me at tammy.henderson@yahoo.com. 

Thanks! I look forward to crafting with you! 

Till next time...

God's love and blessings!

Mail A Card Monday With Lovely Lattice

Hello there!

It's Mail A Card Monday, and it just so happens that I had cards to mail out to my awesome team members. It was just a little something to say Happy New Year to them. I decided I wanted to play with the beautiful new Lovely Lattice that you can get FREE right now with Sale-a-Bration. Isn't it a gorgeous set?

I really wanted to play around with this one and do some watercoloring, so I used watercolor paper. I started by embossing the image in gold which made the watercoloring much easier. I just kind of had to stay in the lines.

For the watercoloring I first got my "palettes" ready. I squished some ink onto the lid of my ink pad by firmly pressing the bottom and top of the pad together. I then placed a drop of reinker of the same color off to one side. This gave me basically two shades of the same color with the reinker drop being the darker. To do each flower, I started by spreading a layer of plain water over the entire flower with an Aqua Painter and then filled in with the lighter color of the flower. I then made sure a couple of petals were wet (sometimes I had to lean my head over to get a reflection from the window to make sure it was wet) and then I just touched the tip of my Aqua Painter in the reinker drop and then touched it to the base of the petals. As long as the petal was still wet, the reinker would spread out giving a nice gradient look. I did this all around the petal working a few petals at a time. The smaller flowers were done in one go. I actually made each of the cards with different colors so I could see how they looked, but I got so excited about mailing them out I forgot to take pictures until I'd already sealed three of them in their envelopes. :o( At least they will be a bit of a surprise to the recipients. The one was done with Flirty Flamingo, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive.

Have you seen the new Butterfly Beauty Thinlet dies. Oh my! So many butterflies! It has two large, absolutely amazing dies, but it also includes LOTS and LOTS of small and tiny butterflies. The tiny ones are the size of rhinestones and were the perfect accent to my bouquet. I cut them from gold foil paper to match the embossing and the gold foil strip along the side. To give my focal point a little extra "somthin' somthin' ", I rounded and punched each corner with our Detailed Trio Punch.

It was really hard to photograph this so you could see the shiny embossing.

What do you think? I hope you get a chance to put something in the mail soon to brighten someone's day. 

Till next time...

God's love and blessings!

Hand Delivered Birthday Card

Hello there!

I've been working on cards for this month's Card Buffet. Each month I make 4 new cards, and my crafters get to choose between those 4 plus the 4 from the month before. They choose any 4 they like and they get to make 2 of each. I have everything pre-cut and instructions in each box, so they can work at their own pace and we get to chat together for a couple of hours. I always have hot tea and cocoa available, but I do need to get better at having some snacks to go alongside. If you know of any good recipes, please comment below. Maybe muffins, or coffee cake and such.

Here is one of the cards I've designed for this month using the Hand Delivered hostess set.

I'm always in need of more birthday cards, and this one was just fun! It does come together pretty quickly as there is very little coloring. Really, just her blouse and shoes. The stamp fills in the skirt and belt, and the balloons are punched. I used the 1 inch punch for all but the light blue balloon in the front. That one was just a bit too small to fill in the front, so I used a 1 1/4 inch for that one.

The patterned paper on the front comes from the Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper. That set is originally designed as a "baby" set, but the colors in it are quite versatile.

You may notice that the balloon on the envelope in each picture is in a different spot. I couldn't decide where I liked it, in the lower corner, or right next to where you'd write the recipient's address. Since I did two samples for this card, I did each envelope different. Which one do you like better?

Don't forget to take advantage of Sale-a-Bration. There are some pretty amazing things you can get for FREE. It's not just stamp sets either, there's ribbon, embellishments, super cool foil paper, an entire card kit, and even some dies. I love getting rewarded for shopping. :o)

You can find links to the products I've used below or, if you're local to me I'd love to have you at my Card Buffet.

Till next time...
God's love and blessings!

Hostess Code Bonus: Please use this month's Hostess Code when you place an order. It will allow me to pick up some goodies to share with you when I send out your Thank You gift at the end of the month. (If you check the "Do No Contact" button when you order, I cannot legally contact you in any way, which means I cannot send you a Thank You gift or any extra goodies. :o(  )