Friday, August 29, 2014

My next card making class!

Hello!
On Sept. 6, I am hosting a card making class in Dixon from 10am-12noon.
The class is for 6 cards for $15.00.  Bring your own adhesive, scissors and a paper cutter.
Here are the cards we are making, you make 2 of each style.  First up is a star card using the star framelits and the stamp is embossed with white embossing powder.
 Next, is a box Thank You card. It fits in an envelope by folding flat, and pops open to a box.
 Last cards are using the Blendabilities from Stampin' Up! You get to do 2 out of these 4 colors.

If you are interested in taking this class at It's all about the Scrapbook in Dixon.
Bring your own adhesive, paper cutter and scissors. To sign up for a class, send a check made out to, "It's all about the Scrapbook" or your credit card information with the date of the class and your name to: It's all about the Scrapbook 1670 N. Lincoln Street, Suite B Dixon, CA 95620 or call 707-676-5252 with the date of the class, your name and your credit card information. Let me know you want to attend so I will have enough materials for you!

Thank you for checking in!
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

Saturday, August 23, 2014

I was featured in an article in my local paper!!

Okay, so officially this is not the first time I appeared in the local paper, The Daily Republic, but it is the first time I am being spotlighted. Here's my first entry last year reminiscing about high school athletics.
Here's how it happened.  I received a FB message last week from the interviewer, Tony Wade, who asked if he could interview me for an article for the paper about what he referred to as "my scrapbooking adventures".  We scheduled to talk on the phone at 7:03pm. (He said he likes to pick odd times, for no reason.)
We had a GREAT conversation and this is the outcome!  Click the link below to the online article.

When he sent a photographer, Aaron, and I was SO nervous, so you can see me just sitting at my table, not sure how to pose.  I even had the photographer make a card while he was there.  This is the card he made.
And I knew that Tony was a Raiders fan, so I made him this card.   I picked a spinner card because I was describing it to Tony during our conversation and decided to go with one the Raiders emblem.  Because it's a moving card, I took a video of it in action.


ENJOY!!

Thank you for checking in!
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

Saturday, August 16, 2014

My card swaps for my Luv2Stamp Meeting

Hello,
I have been a member of the Luv2Stamp group, a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators, for over 11 years and one my favorite things we do when we meet is to swap!
WHAT IS A SWAP, YOU ASK?
We meet on a regular basis to share ideas and we come all together and create one card front multiple times and swap (trade) with everyone and you end up coming home with multiple ideas from everyone.  I think this is the largest one we've had in a while.  We have 50 swaps.
I can't wait to come home with 50 different ideas!
Here is my swap.
It's a version of a easel card, but I used the new Stars Framelits and the new stamp set, Bright and Beautiful.
I started with an 8-1/2" X 11" folded in half, at 4-1/4" and lay the largest Framelit so that one of the star points is laying on the edge of the fold.
 
Once you run it through the Big Shot you get the card like this:
 Then, you score across the 2 points of the front start as depicted in the picture below:
 Then, fold along the score line so it looks like this:
 Then, using the smallest and two sizes up and lay them on the Very Vanilla so it looks like this:
 You will get a shape that looks like this with a nice cut out.
And then I stamped it with some Real Red ink with the Bright and Beautiful stamp set.
Then, run a piece of Daffodil Delight with the largest Framelit and then emboss it with the Lucky Stars Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. This will be the front of the card.
I cut out the smallest star in Real Red and stamped with the Silver Encore Pad with the Shine stamp from the Bright and Beautiful stamp
Then, I layered the pieces to make the front like this: 
 Adhere the Daffodil Delight Star to the Real Red card like this, only on one part of the scored front
Here it is all standing up.
 Here's another version using Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, and a Real Red center.
What do you think?
Thank you for checking in!
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

Saturday, August 9, 2014

2 way Pinwheel card

Hello,
I can't remember where I saw this, but I really like this fold, so I called it a 2 way pinwheel card.
Here are the 2 ways the card can be folded:


First, start with a 12 X 12 paper, and you score using the Simply Scoring Diagonal Plate and score every side at 4", so it looks like this, I drew in the score lines so you can see it.

Then, using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool, score on each side at 10" until you hit the previous score line

 Next, cut the 4 triangles you created with the score marks.

 Flip over the paper and fold IN the first score line, then fold OUT the second score line

 When you fold the sides in a clockwise direction, like when you close a cardboard box, you get this version.

  When you fold the sides in a counter-clockwise direction, like when you close a cardboard box, you get this version.

Doesn't this look awesome with a double sided paper?

Thanks for checking in!
Sharon
EMAIL: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com