Thursday, September 29, 2011

Rock Star Rosie Benefit countdown 2 days



The last several months I have been working on a benefit for a special little girl with brain cancer. We met Rosie last year when she and my son were preparing for their first communions. Rosie and her family have been raising funds for cancer research and Children's Memorial Hospital for years and now it is their turn.

In two days the Rock Star Rosie Benefit will be underway. I'm looking forward to the massage, the cake walk, the minute to win it games and the raffles. Oh my goodness there are some awesome baskets ready for silent auction and raffles. Last count there were over 180 and still more to wrap. Baskets include weekends in Chicago, golf outings, wine tasting parties, spa packages, fine jewelry, sports memorabilia, and lots more.

I will be there selling Katemade Designs with my friend Ginny from Goo Studio who will be selling her beautiful hand crafted earrings.
Other vendors include:

I'm really looking forward to meeting all of Rosie's fans and the party that has been planned for Saturday. I hope you can join us. Friday is the last chance to purchase advanced tickets by going to Research4Rosie tickets can be purchased at the event too.

Happy Crafting,
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Christmas Card Production has started

I feel so ahead of the Christmas card curve this year.

I generally start my Christmas card production in November. Almost too late if you are sending a lot of them - I don't so it's about right for me. But this year I have started already.

Each year I allow myself one new Christmas stamp or set. I have a lot and need to reign in the spending but one new one doesn't feel like too much of a splurge.

Last week I pulled out this  sweet partridge tree stamp, last year's one stamp, from Stampendous inked it up and just played with my Copics. I LOVE the results. So I will be making several of these cards. I'm learning a lot about how to get the most out of my Copics, following directions in the Copic Coloring Guide by Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker.

My son and I were in Micheal's last week and they had an end cap of Christmas stamps. There were several designs I would have loved to make cards with but the budget, limits of space and common sense said "stick with only one" so I called in the expert. I chose 3 I liked the most and asked my son to choose his favorite from that small selection. He chose the stamps that looked like children in a Christmas play. A wise choice. I have stamped that angel's face on numerous bits of scrap to make tiny gift tags. Those tags will be extras for those who buy cards from me at the Rock Star Rosie Benefit in two (2) weeks. I can't believe it's only two weeks away.

To learn more about Rosie go to Research4Rosie.com. If you would like to help spread the word about the benefit please send your friends to Rosie's site or post the flyer in your church or place of work.The flyer is available on Rosie's web site.

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Some days are for action.
Some days are for reaction.
Some days are for reflection.

Today was the former.

It was quiet.
It was solemn.
It was sad.

Today was not just about the anniversary of tragedy.

It was about recognizing what has been lost,
and what remains.

It was remembering that as a society, as a nation, as people
our best comes out when we are going through our worst.

It was about reflecting on how we live today.
It was about reflecting on the choices we make each day.
It was about reflecting on how we act and react toward one another.
Peace,
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Monday, September 5, 2011

Wishing it were all FREE.


I like the word FREE. Sounds nice doesn't it. No worries. No cost. No obligations.
Well several paper crafting bloggers are sharing codes to get a FREE trial at InLinkz Link Manager. I have seen the sites of the beta testers, Krisina Werner and Jennifer McGuire specifically, and loved the look of relevant links all neatly lined up below their beautiful projects. I used one of their codes and thought I would try this nifty new tool for myself.

Krisina Werner's video tutorial was incredibly helpful, making it easy to get started. I don't have a beautiful project today so I thought I would link to some items on my wish list. Admittedly I copied one of Kristina's links because it is just that cool. So here it is my first InLinkz link grid.

Some of these things will probably never make it into my collection as the budget is tighter than ever. But I can dream and save up for some of these things. So here is the question - Which of these items would YOU like to have and why?




Happy Crafting,
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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Recycling postage stamps on cards

In 1992 I worked in an office that received entries for a sweepstakes. There were a LOT of entries and so a LOT of postage stamps. I thought the wildflower stamps were especially pretty and saved them to decoupage a desk set for my mom.  I saved the rest for other craft projects.

I soaked the glue off all the stamps, organized them by them or color and put them in boxes and envelopes until I had time and/or inspiration to do another project. This weekend I finished several  sets of cards using those old postage stamps. Each set contains 6 cards with different color bases and each card has 6 postage stamps. I had enough wildflower stamps to make 6 sets. Sensing a theme here.


I used repositionable tape and my xyron to make the stamps into stickers. The process was a combination the perfect alignment tutorial and the my xyron tips found here. I lined up the stamps using a see through ruler and the sentiment was lined up using a stamp-a-majig so that each card has exactly the same layout. 


I will be selling these sets at the Rock Star Rosie Benefit on October 1st. You purchase tickets online and find out all about a special little girl who is fighting brain cancer by going to Research4Rosie.com. Come out and get a closer look at these sets and the 300+ other cards I'll be selling to benefit Rosie.
Happy Crafting,
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