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Happy Valentine’s Day!!

February 16, 2011 By JulieK

Well… I guess technically, it’s “Happy Day After Valentine’s Day” but I wanted to share the little projects I made with the kids for their classes… I had an idea in my head, and was looking for measurements for a pencil holder for the kids to give to their classes… Here’s the post I found to make an adorable little holder that holds 3 pencils… (not at all what I was looking for, but HAD to make it when I saw it…) Be Creative With Nicole

I cut and scored all of the papers (Kathryn wanted white, Sean wanted kraft), then let them pick a Valentine stamp to use (Many thanks to Ryan for the use of her big binder-o-stamps!!) Now, Sean picks a couple of simple stamps that he stamped using cranberry colored ink… Kathryn, I didn’t realize, chose her stamp (be mine, or else… perfect for her personality!!) and was planning to color them in… Had I know that, I would have had her stamp with black ink… oh well!! They are still cute I think :) I will just mention, that it took longer than I thought to cut and score 20 for each of the kids… now, who’s lame-brained idea was it to MAKE Valentine’s Day cards?? oh, right… mine… :) Love to make stuff :)

Here’s Sean’s

and here’s Kathryn’s

While they were stamping… I made some cards for their teachers… I used the same idea as the card club cards I made last month… But pulled out some vintage Scenic Route paper (man, I still miss Scenic Route!!) and Kraft cardstock… and filled them with yummy chocolate squares…

Snow Day! Upcoming Class at Ink About It

February 5, 2011 By JulieK

Snow Day… We’ve had 5 so far this winter… We haven’t had 5 snow days in the last 8 years combined!!! I’m afraid we’ll be going to school til August!! To help take away the fear of 100+ degrees in my classroom this summer :) Here’s a fun Snow Day book!!! At least the dog and kids are having a fun time in the snow!!

This mini-book, using Zutter Cover All’s and super-fun BoBunny patterned papers will be taught at Ink About It in Westford on February 17 @ 6:30 Call the store if you want to join us!!!

the front view:

and the opened cover

another view of the front:

Inside:

Another Zutter Class!!

January 21, 2011 By JulieK

Can't get enough Zutter?? Well, I'm teaching a Zutter Class tomorrow morning at The Crop Shop in Rockland, MA 10am :) We'll make 3 little projects as an introduction to the Zutter… Here's a preview of one of the projects… All 3 use the same (beautiful) My Minds Eye patterned papers, and would make a beautiful addition to your desk, or package them up and they make a beautiful gift as well… Call the store today if you want to join us!!!

Christmas Card Book!!

January 15, 2011 By JulieK

This is the 3rd year I’ve made a book out of my Christmas Cards… One of my very favorite projects I make every year… When I pulled out the other 2, the kids (and I) LOVED to look through and see all the cards from past years… This book is a project for this month’s Zutter class at Ink About It in Westford Ma… This Thursday evening… gather up all your Christmas Cards, and come and make this book

Here’s a link to last year’s book

http://juliek.typepad.com/gallery/2010/01/tonights-zutter-class.html

And here’s 2008’s book

http://juliek.typepad.com/gallery/2009/01/happy-christmas-2008.html

Merry Christmas!

December 22, 2010 By JulieK

I posted this on my personal blog too… But wanted to share here on my gallery as well!! Here’s the cover of the “Christmas Book” Which has nothing at all to do with Christmas, except that it is the Christmas present for most of the family :) I used a Shabby Princess Piece-a-cake album and the matching kit for elements… The actual printed book is 50 pages plus the cover… I make the pretty pictures (a year in review of sorts) and then upload it to lulu.com to have them printed and bound… 8.5×8.5 books, glossy cover and full cover… The best part… They arrived today :) Yeah!!

Here’s the cover of this year’s book…