Valentine Card Workshop

Need to make some Valentines for friends, family, or your husband? Come on over for a card workshop on Tuesday, 7 February! I'll be offering both a morning and evening workshop. Kids are welcome at the morning workshop! 0930-1130 for the morning, and 7-9 at night. Cards are $1 each to make, or 11 for $10.

There are 6 examples to choose from, only 1 says "Valentine's Day" so you could actually use these year round when you want to send a lovey dovey card. We'll be using Close to my Heart papers and the CTMH Cricut cartridge which is rockin' awesome and cuts the shapes before you stamp them (all hearts in this case).

Please RSVP if you can make it, and give me an idea of how many cards you plan to make. Hope to see you!

Thank You Card Workshop

So, it's about 2 weeks after Christmas...have you sent out your Thank You's? If so, congrats! You are WAY ahead of me! But if not, please join me on Thursday, Jan 12th in the morning (from 0930-1130) to make some Thank You Cards! You can make 7 for $5 or 15 for $10.

Here's a less-than-fab photo of some of the examples...taken from my phone. Pardon the quality. I hope you can make it! Please RSVP to me so I know how much paper to cut! Everything is included, cards, paper, adhesive, stamps, and envelopes.

And as always, kids welcome!

"BE MERRY" Banner Workshop!

Since so many of you LOVED your THANKFUL Banners, I've created a Christmas-themed banner!

I am holding the workshop on Thursday, 1 December, TWICE! A morning workshop from 9:30 -11:30 (kids welcome), and an evening workshop from 7-9. The cost is $15 and it includes everything~

Please RSVP by Tuesday, 22 Nov, so I may order your chipboard banner (which has to be shipped from Utah!). Just send me an e-mail or leave a comment to RSVP!

"THANKFUL" Banner Workshop

Looking for something to hang across your mantle for Thanksgiving?

How about joining me for a fun 2 hour workshop where we will cut, glue, stamp, and decorate this adorable "THANKFUL" Banner. We will start by using the CTMH Chipboard Banner, measuring 7x6 for each banner flag. The solid chipboard will last for years to come, so this cute banner can be packed away and used again! Everything is included in the workshop fee of $15. The banner, ribbon, glue, adhesive, cardstock, embellishments, etc.

The pictures don't have enough light to do the banner justice. It really is cuter and "brighter" in person! I made use of the Fall color palette as well as my "leaves" stamps.

I'm holding the workshop TWICE on Thursday, 27 Oct. The morning workshop will be from 9:30-1130am, and the evening workshop will be from 7-9pm. Please RSVP soon to hold your spot because I only have 5 CTMH Banners. If I have a handful more of RSVPs by this Wednesday, I can place another CTMH order in time to get here by next Thursday. RSVP Soon! Thanks!

Katelyn's Arrival Announcements

I was so excited to make PINK {birth} announcements! Woohoo!

Katelyn is obviously not a baby, but I still felt she should have an announcement! After designing the card and buying all the supplies, I quickly changed my plan from mailing them to my "Christmas Card list" over over 100 people, to about a dozen immediate family (and one cousin) who would put them on the fridge or something! I apologize to all my friends who didn't get one. It's nothing personal, I really just made them for my sisters/brother, mom, mother in law, sister in laws, and Brian's grandparents. That's it! Oh, and Cousin Patty because she thinks she is my sister. LOL.

I hope you like them! I think they turned out super cute!!!

Time for a WORKSHOP!

I know, I know... it's been a while, but I'm back! And I have plenty of good excuses as to why I haven't kept up with my scrapbooking blog...most having to do with our new DAUGHTER Katelyn! We've been home from China for exactly a month, so it's time to get back to scrappin!

This workshop will be fun AND cheap! We're going to make chipboard albums and the workshop fee is only $5~ I found these albums for cheap so I'm passing the savings on to you. The workshop fee includes everything to make these cute 5 page albums, you just need to bring 5 small photos! The "flower" pages are about 6x6 inches, but with the shape, you will have to crop your photos to 4x4 or even 3.5x3.5. It's a simple, 5 page payout and it'll take about 2 hours to complete (that's factoring chat time, ladies!).

I'm holding the workshop THIS Thursday, 13 Oct, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Bring your kids and they can play with Katelyn while we get to scrappin!

Please RSVP my commenting on the blog or e-mailing me at lifeisgood@brianamanda.com

Space is limited to 5 people! Thanks and I hope you can make it!

Card Making Workshop

I can't believe it has been 3 months since I've hosted a workshop!

I'm excited to host the first workshop of summer! Many of you have kids out of school, but don't let that stop you from coming. You can bring your kids and they can play with my kids while we make these cute cards using the Sophia paper collection from CTMH.

The workshop will be Tuesday morning, 12 July, from 10-Noon at my house.

Here are examples of the cards you can make:



Make as many or as few as you'd like. They are $1 each and come with envelopes. Buy 10 get one free!!! I have stamps for all occasions, and these examples show Thank Yous, Congrats, Happy Birthday, etc., but you can always choose something else (I have TONS of options).

Please post a comment or send me an e-mail to RSVP!

Here are close-up photos: