The Philosophy of Fun.

I would love to have you join my team. If you join my team in March you will receive a fabulous Cricut^® Art Philosophy collection FREE! If you already own an Art Philosophy collection, you can choose to receive $100 in select product credit* instead.  The collection, which retails for $99, is actually valued at over $124, adding incredible value to the New Consultant Kit. It’s time for everyone to embrace the philosophy of fun—Consultant and Cricut^® fun!

Dates: Offer valid valid March 1 at 9:00 am (MST) – March 31 at 11:59 pm (MDT).

 Your New Consultant Kit is only $99! You will receive an abundance of business and creative supplies and products in your New Consultant Kit. All the supplies in the kit have a retail value of over $288!

You can enhance your kit by purchasing one or more of our add-on collections for just $40 each—well below the retail value and available only during enrollment. It’s an investment that will reap big rewards!

Business Essentials (included with enrollment)

New Consultant Kit contents: 

• Read Me First Letter
• Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Books (qty. 10)
• Autumn/Winter 2011 Idea Books (qty. 5, while supplies last)
• "You Are Welcome Here" Recruiting Brochures (W1151, qty. 25)
• "The Rewards Come Now" Hostess Brochures (W1150, qty. 25)
• Studio J® Brochures (W111, qty. 5)
• Hostess Order Forms (W122, qty. 25)
• Customer Order Forms (W101, qty. 25)
• Studio J® Customer Order Forms (W1102, qty. 25)
• Studio J® Membership Cards (W1103, qty. 5)
• Studio J® 5-Pack Cards (W1104, qty. 5)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W470)
• Spring/Summer 2012 B&T Duos® Sampler (W1113, 48 – 6" Square Samples)
• Cello Bags (W1152, qty. 25)
• My Acrylix® Sweet Thanks Petite Perks™ Stamp Set (W2022, qty. 5)
• My Acrylix® Wonderful You Incentive Stamp Set (W332)
• Double Scrubber (Z1163)
• My Acrylix® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
• Bonding Memories® Glue (1512)
• Sponge (Z697)
• Liquid Glass (Z679)
• Micro-Tip Scissors (Z534)
• Outdoor Denim My Legacy® Faux Leather Album (Z1346)
• My Creations® Memory Game (Z1614)
• Workshops on the Go™ Stella Kit (G1032)
• Stella Complements Canvas Shapes (X7147C)
• Colonial White Die-Cut Cards (Z1738)
• Clear Sparkles (Z1104)
• Olive Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2137)
• Cocoa Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2114)
• Lagoon Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2195)
• My Acrylix® Urban Alphabet Stamp Set (D1507)
• My Acrylix® Just for You Stamp Set (B1398)
• 1" x 3 1/2" My Acrylix® Block (Y1002)
• 3" x 3" My Acrylix® Block (Y1006)
• Some items may not be shown. Contents are subject to change without notice.

 CONSULTANT KIT - SPRING 2012

Add-On Collections

Want more than just the New Consultant Kit? Select any or all of the remaining collections at the discounted price, plus tax and shipping.

Florentine Add-On Collection includes: 

• Workshops on the Go™ Florentine Kit (G1038)
• Pewter Badge Buttons (Z1704)
• Timeless Charms (Z1689)
• My Acrylix® Family Love Stamp Set (D1506)
• My Acrylix® Enjoy! Stamp Set (C1496)
• Goldrush Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2123)
• Bamboo Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2103)
• 2" x 2" My Acrylix® Block (Y1003)
• 2" x 6 1/2" My Acrylix® Block (Y1010).
• Some items may not be shown. Contents are subject to change without notice.

 CONSULTANT KIT - ADD ON 1

Pemberley Add-On Collection includes: 

• Workshops on the Go™ Pemberley Kit* (G1033)
• Color-Ready Garden Wooden Shapes (Z1718)
• Light Neutral Cardstock Shade Pack (X5913)
• Mini-Medley Accents Pacifica Collection (Z1698)
• My Acrylix® Love Clusters Stamp Set (C1484)
• My Acrylix® Card Word Puzzle Stamp Set (C1494)
• Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2130)
• Desert Sand Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2118)
• 2" x 3 1/2 My Acrylix® Block (Y1009).
• Some items may not be shown. Contents are subject to change without notice.

*Cricut® Art Philosophy cartridge required to complete workshop layouts and bonus project. (Cricut cartridge not included.)

 CONSULTANT KIT - ADD ON 2

Studio J® Add-On Collection includes: 

• 3-month Studio J® Membership
• 5 Studio J® Layouts (must redeem within first 3 months).
• Some items may not be shown. Contents are subject to change without notice.

 CONSULTANT KIT - ADD ON 3

New Consultants who sign up between March 1—31 receive a FREE Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection* in their New Consultant Kit! The collection's retail price of $99 adds incredible value to your New Consultant Kit and will give you hours of creative fun with the included exclusive Cricut® cartridge, three coordinating My Acrylix® D-size stamp sets, and three sheets of matching Dimensional Elements shapes. Already own the collection? You can choose to receive $100 in select product credit** instead. Now is the time to embrace the philosophy of fun—Consultant and Cricut® fun!  Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection  $100 Select Product Credit *Offer available March 1—31, 2012. No additional tax is charged on the Cricut® collection when ordered during enrollment. Cricut® is a registered trademark of Provo Craft & Novelty, Inc. All rights reserved. **Additional requirements and limitations regarding the redemption and shipping of Select Product Credit apply. Select Product Credit is added to new Consultant account following approval of enrollment. Happy Scrapin', Janice

What could be better than Twins for Valentines Day?

Ok, let me clarify a little.  I don't mean Twins as in a date, or as in new Grandbabies.  Well they are kind of new Grand kids.  Charlie's friend went to a live stock auction yesterday and bought 4 baby goats, yes I said goats, or Kids.  When he got home with them his wife only wanted 2 so Charlie got a call from his friend and said he would take the two that they didn't want.  So today while Dawn was at school, Grandpa and I took Miss Hailey to the Base to pick up the Kids.  Here are some pics.

 Hailey found that they like to suck on her finger.  She thought that was pretty funny.

 Here Charlie is telling Hailey about the babies.  They are 14 days old, so they will need to be bottle fed for about another month or so.

 When we got them to our house it was time to feed them so Hailey helped Mom give them a bottle.

Charlie was telling Dawn to enjoy the ride home with the goats in the car.  They were so loud on our way home from the base, that Hailey asked if we could shut them up, or turn the radio on loud.

They are very cute.  Guess I'm gonna have to scrapbook the twins.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Happy Valentines Day

Here are the Valentines that I made for my Grandchildren, using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge and cut files form myscrapchick.com and svgcuts.com

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Next Saturday's Card Class in The Dalles, OR

Here are 3 of the 4 cards I am making for class next Saturday.

I am using Lucy Level 2 papers and Smoothie, White Daisy and Colonial White Card Stock.  I borrowed the Thanks A Latte stamp from my friend Jeanie.  I stamped it in Grey Wool ink and colored it in with Dessert Sand and Creme Brulee markers. 

 I got a free SVG cut File the other day for the Shamrock and I found a tutorial on how to make the Leprechaun hat, it was from last year.  I have seen the Leprechaun punch art on Splitcoaststampers before, but came up with my own version. 

This is the New Quick Cards-Butterfly A1120 I inked it up with Sky then rocked the stamp on Lagoon before I stamped it onto White Daisy card stock.  I layered it onto Lagoon card stock and then on the sky that I had embossed with Swiss Dots.  I inked the edges of the butterfly paper, the White Daisy and the Sky papers with Sky ink.  I love how the Butterfly turned out.  


My friend Jeanie came over to play today, she got a lot done.  I did too but it took me a lot longer to do it.   I am going to start having crops at my house soon, I will let you know when.  I think I can have 6 people here with plenty of room.


Happy Scrapin',


Janice

Last Saturday's Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book Kick off was a huge success.

The day started off a little rocky, several of us showed up at the Somerset Assisted Living center in Glad Stone, OR and found that when they booked the room they mis-read the Previous bookings times as 9:00 am - 12:00am as being done at Noon, so they tried to get us another room but they were all booked.  Luckily one of our new members and her friend knew of a place we could move the event to.  They even called Round Table Pizza in West Linn and they allowed us to bring our potluck in with us.  The Staff was AWESOME, even told us to leave anything we don't want and they would take care of it.  We had a total of 13 ladies show up and we all had a great time.  8 of us played Bunko and then we all took a table and spread out our stuff and went to work. I forgot to take my camera, but Shannon took pictures and sent then to me.  Here they are.

 I put some small stamp sets in the Bunko Prize bags, along with some embellishments and everyone was so excited to get them.  Shannon asked a question every 30 minutes and gave away 15 D size stamp sets.  The questions ranged from Do you have pets, to Are you wearing colored Panties?  

 Shannon ordered Cup cakes for our party.

 Jeri and Tiffany

 Julie and Helen

 Megan, Wendy, Lynne and Me in the red.

 Dawn, Megan, Lynne and me again.

Paula

Shannon.

 I made some cute little leprechaun hats, for my next class.  Here they are;

I will show you what I end up doing with them soon.

We had so much fun, and met several new friends to scrap with.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Prizes for Bunko.

Here are the little bags that I have been working on for the Prizes for the Bunko game on Saturday.  These came together so easy today and were so much fun to make.

If you have ever played Bunko, you would know that there are 4 prizes, Most Bunko's, Most Wins, Most Losses and Last Bunko.  Each bag has a tag stating which winner they go to.

Here is a close up of the "Most Wins" bag.

The decorative paper is from the New Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book, it is called Lucy (X7149B) and I used the small flower from the Card Word Puzzle C1494 Stamp set.  I made a cut file of the small flower for my Cricut so I didn't have to hand cut all of them.  I used a Permanent marker on White brads to make the center of the flower.  The bag and tag is from The CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  I used Cotton Candy, Pear, Blush, Colonial White, Vanilla Cream and Creme Brulee card stock.  

I would love to hear what you think, so please leave me a comment.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book is available on line now!!!

I am so excited, the new Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book is online now.  

Take a look and see all the new stuff.

Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book

Call me to find out how you can get one for FREE!!!

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Bunko pass-a-rounds for Saturdays party.

Here are the Pass-a-rounds that I made for the Bunko game on Saturday.  Yes they are candy bars wrapped up real pretty and hidden inside are tickets for the Grand prize Basket of goodies.  Here is the pic.

I really meant to work on the prize bags today, but have had a very busy day.  That is my priority tomorrow.

I am so excited about Saturday, I am having so much fun making all this stuff.  I can't wait to see everyone and meet my new friends at the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea book kick off party.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Saturday February 4th is our Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book Kick off.

Shannon and I are planning a huge Idea Book Kick off party for Saturday.  We are playing Bunko from 1-3 pm and then croppin' till we drop or 10:00 pm, which ever comes first.  I have been working on some decorations and wanted to give a sneak peek.  I am using the new Lucy level 2 paper pack, Cotton Candy and Pear.   Everything is CTMH except the Umbrella handle, plastic cups and candy.

I made the Umbrellas by cutting a 2" X 12" strip of paper and scoring it every 1/4" I folded it and glued the ends together.  I then used hot glue to secure the one edge together while holding a Stir stick in the center and added the little scalloped circle on top after I folded it between each of the scallops.  The paper on the right of the Bunny is a cupcake wrapper that I am putting inside the clear cups and filling with Valentine candies, each will have an Umbrella too.

I am making little packages for the prizes for Bunko and the pass-a-rounds.  I will show those later.  

The Bunny is our Bunko Bunny.

This party is gonna be a lot of FUN!!!

Check back often to see what else I post this week.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

More Artwork

I helped three of my grandchildren make cards today for their Great Grandparents.  Here are the cards.

This is the card Jordan made for his Great Grandma Barbara, for her Birthday today.  It is made with Roxie level 2 papers, a label cut out on the Cricut and a rose from a retired set.  The heart is cut from the Cricut also. The swirl that is stamped on the heart is from Harvest Happiness C1463.

 I helped Miss Hailey make this one for GG Barbara, it is made with the Sonoma level 2 papers and Smoky plum.  The flowers, heart and ticket are all cut out with the Cricut.  The heart was then embossed with an embossing folder from Stampin'Up.  The ticker was stamped with I Love You from the Tag the Occasion B1362. I added the rhinestone brads.  I punched the Decorative scallop border and sponged all the edges with Dessert Sand ink.

I helped Zack make this one for Great Grandpa Ron.  To tell him thank you for his gift.  We used Wonderland level 2 papers and Cut the Circle card, hearts and half circles out with the Cricut.  We stamped the hearts with the swirl from Harvest Happiness C1463, then layered one on Twilight card stack and popped it up with foam tape.

Miss Mary made one for Great Grandpa Ron last week that was an easel card.  It had a flower pot with 3 purple layered flowers.  It turned out very nice and I forgot to take a picture of it. Maybe she will bring it back before they send them off.

It is always nice to hear what others think of our cards,  give some love by leaving a comment.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

New artwork.

My DH's 60th Birthday is tomorrow and I made a couple cards for him.  We couldn't figure out how to get together on his actual Birthday so we got together last night.  We had pizza and Red Velvet cake.  YUM!!!. Ok well they had the cake and I had fruit. I did make my own Pizza, I used a brown rice tortilla and I mixed onion, garlic and Basil into tomato past and put the tomato paste on top of the tortilla.  I then added ground turkey, mushrooms and pineapple then shredded Rice cheese on top.  Baked in the oven at 425 for 10 minutes till the cheese melted.  Yum.

Any way here are the cards I made for him;

I made this card for all of us to sign for Steve.  I used Sonoma level 2 papers with Stamp sets Blue Ribbon C1464 and November's Stamp of the Month Cherish the Day S1111.  The Happy Birthday stamp is from Gracious Greetings a set that has been retired for years, but I still love it. I used Dessert Sand, Colonial White, Olive and Smokey Plum CS and Dessert Sand, Cocoa, Olive, Petal and Smokey Plum ink.  I added 2 large Cocoa brads to the labels that I cut out with the Cricut.  I cut the Tickets and star out with the Cricut also.

I made this card to give Steve on his actual birthday.  It is an easel card.  I used The edge strip from Roxie level 2 paper pack Hollyhock, Dessert Sand, Dutch Blue and Sky CS  I used  Decembers' Stamp of the months Mad about You S1112.  I punched some Butterflies from the Hollyhock cs and stamped them with the swirl from the stamp set and colored the bodies with Dessert Sand ink.  I added the HEELS to the second ticket because I added High Heels to the inside of the card. (See below) I cut the heels from black cs and from the Zebra stripe B&T paper.  I also used the Happy Birthday from Gracious Greetings on this card. I cut all the tickets from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.

 I get SVG Cut files from MyScrapChick.com and the shoes were a new file from this week.  It also comes with socks and boots and you can make cards with them.  So cute and they are on sale.  You should check out the site.

I like how both of the cards turned out, I hope Steve does too.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Get Well card

Here is a card I cased from Tresa Black over at Fabulously Artsy 

I used the stamp set from Rock The Block to make this card.  I used Smoothie, Pear, Black and White Daisy card stock.  Smoothie and Tulip ink.  I punched a 1/2" and two 1/4" circles from black then added sparkles.  The Get Well is from Tag the Occasion B1362. I stamped the Get Well on a 3/4" White Daisy circle and layered it onto the 1" Black circle.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Thank you cards for Steve.

I finally finished the Thank you cards for Steve to send out.  I mostly used CTMH products but occasionally I used some SU stamps too.  I tried to keep them pretty simple, so here they are.

 I used an old SU background stamp and the Thanks is also SU.

 This card is using CTMH's Sonoma Level 2 Papers Chocolate, Colonial White and Olive CS, Olive, Bamboo and Dessert Sand Ink . The stamps are Love Life D1482 and A Little Thanks D1444.

 I used the same stamps and papers only changed the stamping a little.

 I used some older paper here and I can't think of the name.  I cut out the decorative labels and Leaves out with the Cricut using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  The flower is CTMH Scallop Circle punch and the Thanks is SU's.

 I used the CTMH's Wonderland Level 2 Papers and Colonial White CS.  I cut the card out with the Art Philosophy cartridge then layered the wonderland papers.  I used SU's Thanks stamp and the CTMH Love Life D1482 stamp set.

 These are also made using Wonderland Level 2 papers and the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

 I made this card using an old French Script background stamp and CTMH's Love Life D1482 stamp set.  I also used the Sonoma level 2 papers and Gypsy CS.  I also used Dessert Sand ink.

 I took Sonoma Level 2 papers and stamped SU's French script on it then added a flourish from Love Life D1482 then added it to the Colonial White card base.  I stamped The SU Thank You onto Colonial White cs and stamped the flourish from Instant Memories C1466 

  Like I said earlier I tried to keep them simple because I had so many to make.  

 I plan on making more projects soon so check back often.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice