Fifth Avenue Floral box class on June 12th

Yes - it's time to mark your calendars! Friday June 12th at 7pm is the time that we will be creating these fabulous boxes, and you wont want to miss out!

If you missed the previous post here, have a look and see how wonderful thses gift boxes are.

What yo will receive when you come to the class is your very own set of the Fifth Avenue Floral stamps (a $24.95 value), and everything you need to create the box and the five cards it holds. All ready cut and waiting for you to create them! This class will teach the fantastic time saving technique of "One Sheet Wonders". I know that you're going to love it!

This is a more detailed photo of one of the cards.

And as a bonus, not only will you receive detailed instructions emailed to you when you pay before the end of May, but you'll also receive a $5 discount! So for the low price of $30 before the end of May, you will receive your won set of Fifth Avenue Floral, and all the materials to make this box.

Just click the button to pay now with PayPal, or send a check made out to Megan Verhoeven to my home address (email me for that!)

I can't wait to see you and how much you will LOVE this set!

Fifth Avenue Floral box set

This box set is so fabulous! What a great gift to have on hand (come on, you know that it always happens - you think about how cool it would be to give Ms Friend a nice hand made gift, but you just don't have the time).

So - make sure that doesn't happen next month by making it ahead of time!

Stay tuned for more details, but for now, just enjoy this preview and get ready to not only create this sensational gift, but also own the stamp set used so you can recreate it at your leisure!

Let me know what you think, and if you want to pre-order the supplies to make this box set, I'll email you the details before the class even happens!

Have a fabulous day

Hugs

Megan

Build a page Tutorial

I'm not too sure if that is what you call it, but it's what I call it!!! I thought I would show you the steps that I took to create the page from yesterday's post here.


First, I started with a simple 6x6 layout. (Sorry about the photos - they shot a bit weird!!!)

So then I just placed 2 more photos and a journalling box on 8.5 x 11 plain Chocolate Chip cardstock that I had versamarked some of the roses onto. You can't see the roses very well, but they are in the top, left-hand side of the CC page.

Again, fairly simple, but a nice page if you use this sized album.

Then I simply added another photo on a mat with some journaling, being careful to overlay them (so it doesn't look 'added' on later!), made some simple ribbon corners to tie it in to the original 6x6 page, and finally added another water colored rose onto the layout! And there you have a page that was 'built' on a 6x6 page!



Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial, and remember that the DSP is on dale until the end of the month - buy 3 and get the 4th FREE!

Watercolor Rose Layout

Oma

This is a layout that I created in honor of Piet's Mum - my mother-in-law. It was hard to be away from both of our Mums this week, so it was only natural that I would think of her when I saw the roses. These are sensational accents for pages about mothers, love, or really any feminine page.

I also created this page using the "Build a Page" technique - start with a 6x6, build to 8 1/2x11 and then finally a 12x12. This is such a great technique to use when you want to highlight a special photo, or if you make a 6x6 in a class. I'll post a tutorial on it later on this week.

Recipe:
Designer series paper - Sweet Bella Rose
Stamps - Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink pads - Pink Pirouette, versamark
Stampin' Write Marker - Chocolate chip
Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, watercolor paper
Accessories - Chocolate chip tafetta ribbon, scalloped circle Big Shot Die,white embossing powder, aqua painter, classic ink refills - pink pirouette, riding hood red

So why not create a page for a special woman in your life? Whether it's a mother, sister or friend why not try this fun technique for yourself? And this month SU! is having a sensational sale on their DSP - buy 3 packs and get a 4th free! Call me today to place your order.

And don't forget that my Fabuous Friday classes are this Thursday and Friday evenings.

How cool is this rose???

I used watercolor paper, embossed the image and used a new technique that I learnt from another SU! Demonstrator, Patty Bennett.

I LOVE these things!!!

I'm going to teach this VERY cool technique on Thursday and Friday nights at my Fabulous Friday classes... there is still time and room to book in if you haven't yet!

The classes are held at my house at 7pm and you can email me at megan@verhoevenfamily.us to book your spot. We make 5 fabulous cards all for $15. Everything is there ready for you to stamp and create!

Looking forward to seeing some new faces this week...

Hugs

Megan

Patchwork Card

This is one of those cute patchwork cards that are popping up all over the place!

We're going to make this next week for my Fabulous Friday cards (on on Thursday too!).

It uses the Sale-a-bration papers cut out to 1 1/4" and then run through the Big Shot with the exclusive Top Notes die. I love that thing!

There's still time to book in if you're interested - just give me a call or send me an email.

Happy Easter everyone!

what it means to be Megan

What Megan Means

You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated. You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want. You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life. You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone. Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

What's" Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Julie's colour concoction

I decided to play along with Julie's colour challenge this week. It was such a lovely combo that I found myself wanting to make more and more using the paper scraps I had leftover!

The colours were:

baja breeze (one of the new in colors)

always artichoke(the card base)

mellow moss.

Mellow moss is becoming one of my absolute favourite colours these day. It seems like everything I make this week has at least some on it! Time to break out of the green pattern!!!

Orange Roasters!

I have to tell you that this is a title that made my day!!! It's a daily challenge on Splitcoast Stampers (from now on that will be known as SCS!!!!).

This is my entry and I had such fun doing this! When you get to know me better you will learn that coffee is my absolute addiction (if you want to make my day, bring me a Starbucks!!) and that orange is my fave colour!!So - to have both of them present in a challenge... Well, it's pretty close to stamping heaven!!!!

I also got to use up some of the stamps that I will be 'retiring' (even though they have been gone from SU!'s catalogue for quite a while!!)

Go and enjoy a cup of coffee for me!!!

Monochromatic Challenge!

They have all of these fabulous challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers and I've finally got to make some of them!

You can see my post for it here and check out some of the great entries as well!

I'm really loveing the sock monkey stamp set right now - of course not the actualmonkey(he still scares me!), but these cupcakes are adorable!

I found this reallychallenging - I'm not partial to just a plain cardstock and so to leave it without a background was difficult. But I think that I like the simple look of it!

Hope you enjoy this Maartie!! (It's for my brother in law's birthday!)

Supplies:

Stamps - Sock Monkey and Define your life

Paper- chocolate chip, close to cocoa and creamy caramel (all from the earth elements color family)

Ink - basic brown.