Have Yourself an Interactive Xmas

Well, as per usual I have come up with a class that will most likely drive me mad to teach!  I seem to have some sort of sad addiction to complex cards.  The new class schedule starts this week, along with my interactive xmas cards class on Friday.
My gal pal Val (I'm such the poet) gave me the inspiration for the exploding xmas card/decoration.  (She's the Bill to my Ted on our excellent craft shop adventures).

My 11 year old son Connor actually gave me the idea for the pop-up Santa card.  Last year he created a hilarious interactive card all by himself that featured Santa Claus going up and down the chimney, with his legs sticking out and a speech bubble coming out the side saying 'Help! Help! I'm stuck!!' Freakin' hilarious.  When I showed him my card he looked at me in outrage and yelled at me that I'd stolen his idea!  So I promised to put in a disclaimer ;)

The shaker card uses the Penny Black snow globe stamp and the Stampendous elf - sooo cute.  Secretly I just did it to justify my buying the stamps ;)  Maybe I'll use it again soon to do a layout about my snowglobe collection.....

Well, I don't have anything else exciting to add, except that I fell in love with a cat named Jingles yesterday, and daren't go back into the pet store for awhile in case I come out with an adorable furball stuffed down my jumper (hey, and I'm not a cat person per se - but this guy was hilarious, a total goof-ball, he'd fit right in around here.) Sigh.  I'll have to send Connor in for the crickets for a while until I come to my senses...no wait he'd be as bad as me, it'll have to be Dion ;)

Cuttlebugging and Xmas

Well, I feel exhausted from this week already and it's only Wednesday!  I've been compulsively organizing and labeling things at work and implementing systems.  I think Fiona fears standing near me for too long in case I label her as well...no wait, I already have - I made her  a name badge, LOL!

So this week my Cuttlebug Cards class is running on the Thursday night - I might just have to drive to work for that - far too chilly!

Saturday we are having an all-day Christmas in July class.  I'm teaching these 3 cards and Fiona has made a very cute village from the Collections houses.  It's a bit hard to tell from the photo, but the 1st card is an easel card (I'm a bit partial to them at the moment).  I really like the 3rd card - it's a quick and easy pop up card with a built in gift card holder. 

Materials: Cuttlebug embossing - Candy Cane Stripes; Tim Holtz Fades - Bingo; Spellbinders - Fair Aisle Pendants and Borderabilities; Stampendous; Crate Paper; Sassafras Lass, WRMK