"Winter" wood blocks class

Winter Wood Block Class

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!! I have my next class ready to go. I wish you could really see how beautiful this paper is on these words. We've got lots of ribbon, glitter and even pearls this time. The snowman is covered with glitter along with the "e". I just think this word is so pretty. If we can't have pretty white snow outside (I had a brown Christmas) we'll make it come inside I guess. Here are the details of the class. If you'd like to sign up please call me at 678-1730 or email me at jenandars@safelink.net.

Date: January 20th

Time: 10am (it will probably take you the normal 2 hours to complete)

Price: Class $28 Kit $24 (will NOT include glitter, paint, ink) Made for you $38 Wood only $15

Can't wait to see you all at class!!! Have a happy new year!

Treat Cup Class

When: January 13, 2010

Time: 11am - 1pm (don't know if it will take this long)

Where: Jen's house

Price: $15 (club members, $10)



We will be making 6 treat cup cards. These are the funnest and cutest things to make and receive. You can put candy in the cup and it is actually a part of your card! Stampin' Up! has also come out with heart shaped treat cups. We will be using all three stamp sets that work with the cups. If you would like to order your own stamp set and heart cups please let me know by January 4th. Stampin' Up! predicts that their supply will run out and is not guaranteeing availability after that date.



Sale-A-Bration also begins on January 5th. If you place a 50$ order you get your choice of many free stamp sets. You can view that catalog beginning on the 5th. Why not make your treat cup order and get something free!!!



I will post some pictures of examples at a later date but wanted you all to SAVE THE DATE for this fun class! Please email me or call me with your space reservation. 678-1730 or jenandars@safelink.net

"JOY" Wood Letters Kit

I am offering this word as a kit only. I just can't find any more time before the holidays to do another class on top of the three that are already coming up! So I've made this kit easy for you to put together. In the kit you will get 3 full pieces of paper from the same collection. They are double sided so you can choose what you want to use on your letters. Also included with the kit will be the ribbons and all of the stamped/embossed/punched pieces. All you will have to do is cut out your little tree and attach the other pieces. All of the stamped images you see (tag on "J", circles on "O" and tree on "Y") are embossed. The only thing you will need to provide is the stain and the chalk/ink for the edges of the letters. I will include complete instructions for your kit also. I hope you all enjoy these letters as much as I do. These letters stand approximately 11" tall. You can email me your order at jenandars@safelink.net or call me at 678-1730. Thanks and Happy Holidays!! And if anybody could tell me how to put my pictures where I want them I'd appreciate it. :)

Price: $20

I will have these delivered no later than December 10th but probably much sooner than that.

Advanced "FUN" Class

That's right, you heard me! We're going to learn how to have fun better than average people. hee-hee Just kidding. When I say "advanced card" class, everybody gets scared. They're not hard cards to make, they're just more detailed and you will need to follow my instructions to complete them. So we're pretty much just going to have more fun than usual! I have included the pictures of all the cards. They all use the same designer paper collection from SU. We will also make the cute little tote that goes with them. So for this class you will make 3 "advanced fun" cards and the tote. Here are the details:

When: Tuesday, December 1st @ 6:30

Where: Jen's House

Price: $10 (remember that stamp club members receive $5 off of all my classes all the time)

Please RSVP your spot by November 20th. I need the early RSVP due to SU closing their offices for Thanksgiving. Thanks so much and I hope you want to learn how to have fun like a genious!! hee-hee

Milk Carton Class

This is just one of the funnest gifts I have ever seen!! You can fill the little milk cartons with candy, gift tags, small surprises, a gift card, whatever you can think of! On the bottom of each carton is a special closure so that your recipient won't have to destroy the milk cartons to get to their contents. I will be offering this as a class and a kit. This cute little carton holder can be made with any paper or colors you'd like. I plan on doing some with Christmas papers for some gifts this year! For the class it will look like the one above. Here are the details:

When: Wednesday, November 18th @6:30pm

Where: Jen's House

Price: $12 for the class $15 for the kit. I will stamp all of your images for you and include detailed instructions for the kit and so that's why it costs a little more.

Please RSVP by November 9th so that I can get your supplies ready!

"Believe" wood letter class

Thank you to everyone who came to my fall card camp this week! I had so much fun and hope you all did too!

Again, I apologize for the awful photography. I hope the close-ups of the letters help you out. I think you can double click right on the pictures though and make them bigger so they're easier to see. The colors on these blocks are red, white, silver, and taupe. One of the papers even has flocking on it. All of the "e"s have silver embossing on them. If you need some more close-ups I can get them for you. Here are the details for this class and kit.

When: Tuesday, November 10th @ 6:30pm

Where: Jen's House

Price: $25 for the class, $22 for kit, $17.50 for wood only. The kit will include everything you need except the paint, ink, and embossing supplies.

Please let me know if you'd like to take the class or need a kit or wood by November 3rd.

"Fall" Wood Letter Class

I'm so glad that I've gotten so many requests for my next wood letter class. As usual, you can't see much from my awful photography. These letters include ribbon, rub-ons, heat embossing, glitter, and inking. As some of you have learned in the past, your papers might be slightly different than these but very similar. They will be in the same color family and mostly like these. Some of you might even chose to make yours a little different and that's great!! Here are the details.

When: October 22nd Thursday @ 6:30pm (Please try to RSVP by October 17th so I have some time to get your wood cut and kit put together) After the date of the class I will be adding $5 to kits because of the extra time to round everything up again.

Where: Jen's house

Price: $22

These letters are quite tall like the last ones. They are approximately 9 and 10 inches tall and are made using 2" wood. The price above is the class price. This includes everything you will need to complete the project including: wood, stain, paper, embellishments and class time. If you would like just the kit it will include the wood, paper and ribbons. It will NOT include the heat embossing, ink & glitter. The price for the kit is $18. If you would just like the wood the cost will be $12.

At the moment I am working on "believe" for a November class. Watch for this picture and details coming a little later next week.

Please feel free to tell your friends, family, and neighbors about my blog and projects. The more the merrier!! Welcome to the holiday season everyone!

Fall Card Camp Sneak Peak

I have mailed out the invites to this event but anybody is welcome! I am posting two of the four cards that we will be making. These two cards use two of our new colors and some of our new paper. Here are the details of the class.

When: October 9th, Friday

Time: 10am-1pm The cards will probably not take longer than two hours to make so you can choose when you would like to come in between these few hours

Place: Jen's house 330 S. 400 W. Burley

I will also have the new "fall" wood letters class for you to see along with other classes I will be offering for the holiday season.

Please call me at 208-678-1730 to reserve your spot for the class!

Class Date Correction

Sorry folks. I thought I had my dates all planned out well, that's what I get for thinking I guess. I need to change the "BOO" class to Wednesday, the 16th. The "WITCH" class will stay the same (for now).

"BOO" & "WITCH" Letters Classes

Are we all ready to get back to work? Kids are getting ready to head back to school next week I can't even believe summer is over. And since summer is over, we better make something to replace those "summer" wood blocks we made last. This time I am offering two classes. Choose one, choose both. They're both sure to make your home spooky cute this Halloween season!

I'll never learn how to put those pictures in right but here are the details.

"BOO"--letters are approximately 8 1/2 inches tall. These letters are simple and won't take long at all to make!

When: September 15th @ 7pm. Please bring paint brushes and scissors so you won't have to wait for some. Papers will all be different so first come, first choice.

Cost: $15--please pay when you sign up so I can purchase materials

"WITCH"--letters range in height but witch is about 16" tall and black "h" cat is about 14" tall. This word is really big and super cute. There is glitter on the "T" and the "C", heat embossing on the "W". My pictures don't do it justice. This one will take a lot longer than the "boo" word so I have scheduled it on a Saturday.

When: September 19th @10am. Please bring paint brushes (big and small). There are lots of tight places to paint on these so tiny brushes will help.

Cost: $30--please pay when you sign up so I can purchase materials.

The sooner you sign up the better. I have a lot of people wanting to do these and eventually I might have to put some of you out in the barn so I have enough room. hee-hee Please sign up for either class by September 7th so I can get your wood cut for you and have time to purchase enough materials. I hope you enjoy these next classes. Watch for my bi-annual card camp coming in October!

HOLY COW!!!!

Ok, so it's been a while since I've posted anything so I thought I'd stop by and let you know what's going on. My next class will be in September. I will be teaching another wood letter class. This one will be a Halloween word for October. I will have a word (BOO) for you to make with the option to buy a kit or already made "WITCH" word. I haven't calculated the prices yet so I will let you know when I find out more.
In October I will have a class for the word "FALL" to continue with my season series. I also plan on having my bi-annual card camp in October. Watch for your postcards for this one.
In November I will have a Christmas word and the word "winter" just so we have all four seasons covered. If you have an opinion of which Christmas word you would like please let me know so I can choose one because honestly, there are a million of them I could do like JOY, BELIEVE, SNOW, HO HO HO, SANTA, NOEL, PEACE. The November class could possibly be a Saturday so we can have all day to do two words.

Stampin' Up! has a mini catalog coming out beginning September 1st. It is the cutest one I have ever seen and I really do want it all (as usual). Watch for other little classes from this catalog, possibly two or three.

For the week of July 13 -20 SU is having a special. It is the square fire rhinestone brads for 6.99. They are usally 10.95. The item number is 109112 on page 179.

Whew!!! So as you can see, I better get busy. Please let me know if you'd like to see a class on a certain thing or let me know how I can help you. Thanks so much for being great customers and friends!!! :) Jen

Summer Wood Block Class

These adorable blocks are the next one in my wood word series. If you missed "Spring" you better jump on the band wagon now. hee-hee I had a lot of people asking for my spring letters after we had made them and as much as I would have loved to get you all a kit, I had to turn some people down because after I do the class it's very hard for me to find the same paper that I used. So if you know of anybody that might like these letters let them know about my blog so they can order theirs early. I don't know if you can tell by the picture (I'm an awful photographer) but every letter has glitter on it. The "R" actually has punched out flowers with eyelets for their centers. If you have any questions or would like to sign up for the class or the kit please let me know. My number is 208-678-1730 and my email (easiest way to find me) is jenandars@safelink.net. Here are the class details:

When: Tuesday, June 2nd, 6:30 sharp! (or you'll never get them done)

Place: Jen's house

Price: $21 (payable at sign up please)

One more thing......for those of you scared to paint, I will be painting the watermelon for you so NO WORRIES!!! :)

So here is another sneak peek at a couple of the cards for the card camp. I had a friend who requested to see them so you can all thank Melissa. :) Remember, if you bring a friend with you who hasn't been to one of my stamp classes you get a free stamp set! Details for the card camp are below in another post. If you have any questions you can call at 678-1730 or email me at jenandars@safelink.net. Can't wait to see you all on the 30th!

Card Camp Sneak Peek

Ok, here it is. I'm letting you see one of the cards we're making. I hope you like it. All of the details for the class are in the previous post. I also have one more special for you. If you bring a friend who hasn't been to one of my classes before you'll get a free stamp set! So call me or email me to sign up today. I have limited space in each time slot.

Get Connected!!

Have you lost touch with loved ones, friends, special people in your life? Oh sure, we all text on cell phones and type a mass email once in a while but how special is it when you get a handmade card in the mail? I can't force myself to throw it away! Well it's time to get connected the "original" way! I'll be having one of my fun "card camps" in April. I'll give you a few details now and I will post pictures of the cards a little later.



Date: Thursday, April 30th.

Time: Open house style 10-2 or 4-8 (cards will take approximately 2 hours to make)

Cost: $15 for 12 cards & envelopes (3 of 4 designs)



Stampin' Up! is also running a special for the month of April. Order $40 out of the new mini catalog and receive a free item off of page 208 from the big catalog.



Please email me @ jenandars@safelink.net or call me at 208-678-1730 to reserve your spot now.

SPRING Letters

I wish I could take better pictures but this is the best I could do with this one. These letters are made with 2" wood covered with cardstock. You can take the class to make this project or you can also order a kit to make it yourself. The kit will come with everything except the paint. I am hoping to make many of these "letter blocks" throughout the year so check back often!

Class date: Friday, March 27th at 6:30pm
Where: My house
Cost: $18 for the class or the kit $28 if you'd like me to make it for you

Email or call me to sign up for this class! jenandars@safelink.net or 678-1730

March Card Kit

These four cards are available in the March Card Kit. Each month I will offer a new card kit showcasing a particular stamp set. This month's stamp set is "Good Friend". The card kit costs $18. You will get enough materials to make 3 each of the 4 cards for a total of 12 cards! I cut all the cardstock to the perfect sizes. All you have to do is stamp your images and put the cards together. I also punch the cardstock in the case of the scallop edges. You can add on the "Good Friend" stamp set for $33.76 (includes tax and s&h). Your kit comes with detailed instructions and of course you can always call or email me with any questions you might have. I will need your order for this kit by March 15th so I can get the kits out by the end of the month. Please email me at jenandars@safelink.net with your order today!

It's Sale-A-Bration Time!

It's Sale-A-Bration time again! What does that mean? That means that for every $50 in Stampin' Up! merchandise you buy you get a free stamp set! Actually, you can even chose between ribbon and paper too. The things you can chose from are in a small catalog called Sale-A-Bration. So call me with your order today. This special offer ends March 31st. You can view the large catalog and the sale-a-bration catalog at http://www.stampinup.com/.


The above card was made with one of the stamp sets available for free! Here's the recipe.

Cardstock: rose red, bashful blue, white

Ink: rose red, bashful blue, kiwi kiss

Accessories: olive ribbon, ballet blue ribbon, dimensionals, scallop circle punch, paper piercer and template

Stamp Set: polka dot punches

Here is the recipe to make this little bag:

Ink: pirouette pink, cocoa brown

Cardstock: white, pirouette pink

Accessories: chocolate 5/8" ribbon, pink taffeta ribbon, big shot, big shot top note die, sponges to ink edges

Stamp Sets: doodle that, yummy (free sale-a-bration set)

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Love Note Box Class

Date: Thursday, February 12

Time: 10am & 7pm (choose which works best for you)

Where: Jen Ward's house

Cost: $15--"Love You Much" stamp set will be available to purchase for 10% off!

RSVP by February 4th

We will be making this cute little box and it's contents. You can plan on about two hours for this class.

The box contents consists of 8 cards and envelopes, 4 mini cards and envelopes, 4 tags, 4 pillow boxes, an address book, and pen. It also has a pocket for you to put stamps in. This little box would make a perfect little gift or make one for yourself to make that "note writing" just a little bit easier.

If you're unable to make the class I would be happy to kit this for you. There will be an additional $5 charge for shipping and handling if it needs to be mailed to you.

Reserve your spot at the table as spots are limited to a first come, first served basis. If you have any questions please email me at jenandars@safelink.net or call 208-678-1730.

This idea was cased from Jackie Topa. Thanks for the great ideas!

Stamp Club

I will be starting a new stamp club in April. My clubs are very simple. Clubs are a great way to receive free stamps and accessories without having to do any of the work! Here's how it works.

There are five girls in a club. You get to be the hostess twice a year and we take two months of the year off, usually August because of school registration costs and December because of Christmas. When you are the hostess you don't have to do anything extra. You will receive a hostess stamp set of your choice plus at least $15 in free merchandise.

Each month your order is due by the 3rd Monday of that month. Your order needs to be at least $30 before shipping and tax are added. Being in a stamp club is how I got started stamping. I was able to collect a few supplies at a time and now I'm well on my way to practically having to build onto my house to store it all (ok, maybe not that bad). It's also fun because each month you get a little bag full of the things you love.

Please email me if you'd like to join a stamp club. If I fill one I will start another. Oh! I almost forgot. My stamp club members also get $5 off of my classes (except ones that include stamp sets). It's great to be in a stamp club!

Family Frame Class

This is my next class I'll be teaching. You will need to bring a 5x7 frame of your choice and I'll provide the rest. It's a very simple project and a great way to display your family in a fun way.

Cost: $5 or free if you are a club member (let me know if you'd like more details)

When: Saturday, March 7th at 1pm (a ways a way I know)

Where: my home

Please email me if you'd like me to reserve you a spot.

Getting Started

I'm really new at this blogging stuff. I wanted a way to reach all of my customers about my stamping classes and this seemed like the best way to do it. I don't blog about my family like most normal people do, but I will blog about my business. Now if I can just find time :) If you have any opinions about what kind of classes you'd like me to offer please let me know. Now how do you get a picture of something onto here? You're in for a real treat, me trying to figure out technology.