New Butterfly Card

One of my local meetup groups that I'm a member of has allowed me to put a card making event on the calendar.  I'm very excited of the possibility this might bring to my business!  My first event is this Friday and I went with a birthday theme because EVERYONE needs birthday cards.  We are making one feminine and one masculine card.  Here is the feminine card.

I'm keeping it very simple as I'm not sure how crafty anyone will be.  I want this to be a monthly event so I don't want to scare everyone away after the first event!  I was inspired by another demonstrator Deena Boos.  I adapted her card slightly with the supplies I had on hand and changed the color to Primrose Petals to showcase this new in-color.  Here's a side view to see how it's popped up and the primrose petal butterfly underneath the stamped butterfly makes it really stand out.

I just love this card and could really change the color and saying for many things.  What do you think?  I will let you know how the first meetup event goes next week.  Stop back tomorrow to see the masculine card.

*I will post the supplies needed to make this card in a future post.*

Butterfly Card

I had my party to celebrate the retiring products on Friday.  I wanted to show you the card the attendees made using A LOT of the retiring supplies.

The card is featuring one of my favorite stamp sets Flight of the Butterfly so I'm very sad that it's retiring.  I think I might just keep this one hidden when I try to sell all my other retired sets next month.

Supplies needed to make this card:

Card Stock: Whisper White

                     2011-2013 in colors - Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party

Stamp Set: Flight of the Butterfly (retiring end of May)

                  Sweet Swirls standard wheel (retiring)

Ink: Pacific Point

       Versamark

        Old Olive

Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon Old Olive (retiring)

                     Clear Rhinestone Brads (retiring)

          Tools: Crop-a-dile (retiring)

          Punches: Butterfly (retiring)

                          Eyelet Border (retiring)

          Adhesive: Snail

                           Stampin' Dimensionals

                          Mini Glue Dots

*Remember: You have until May 31st to get the retiring products.  Please note some of the accessories may not be available because they are while supplies last.  Head over to my Online Store to begin shopping now.

First Meeting

I went to my first meeting on Wednesday night. It was with fellow demonstrators so it was great meeting these ladies. I was about 10 minutes late. This was my first time really going out since having my baby in December and I didn't time it right. Plus there was some traffic. When I got there the ladies were working on their projects. It cost $5 to make 5 projects. We made a box, 2 cards and 2 pages for a calendar. It was a lot of fun because this was my first time really using some of the products. It was nice talking to the ladies since I'm a new demonstrator too. They gave me some great ideas to help build my business. I left looking forward to the next one and wanting to get a group together to craft. I kept thinking that's exactly what I want my business to be like, having a group who gets together at least once a month to make projects. I just need to start finding people who are interested in paying to craft. I'm hoping after my first workshop I'll have a few who are interested.

Here are the projects we made

During the crop we also exchanged the cards we made. I was very impressed with all of the cards everyone made. I was definitely motivated after being at the meeting to craft. Here are these wonderful cards.

Our next meeting is March 9th. Unfortunately I won't be able to go because we are flying to Pittsburgh for a few weeks. I'm hoping I can still make the projects they make for this meeting. Each time we are going to make 2 pages for the calendar so I don't want to not have March and April pages. Hopefully the host will keep the supplies for me for the meeting in April.

Let me know if you want to know how each of the projects were made. I can give you a list of supplies needed and you can buy from my site. I can also host a workshop to teach you how to make any of these projects. Contact me if you are interested in making these projects.