June Card Class

In this class we will be stamping 5 cards with envelopes.
All the cards will be using new embossing folders, new metal dies, and lots of embellishments.

The Benton Bear card above uses Copic markers and some Flower Soft in his bouquet.

The dragonfly card is made from a brand new metal die that just arrived from Memory Box.

The leafy tree card looks a bit washed out in the picture, the cardstock is actually more brown.  This is also a newer embossing folder too.

The poppy die is another new Memory Box release.

The inside verse to this card reads "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss it you will land among the stars." 

Class Dates:
Saturday, June 9th @ 11 am.  (1 spot left)
Tuesday, June 12th @ 1 pm.   (full)
Wednesday, June 13th @ 6 pm. (full)
Monday, June 18th @ 1 pm.  (full)
Thursday, June 21st @ 6 pm. (Full)
Saturday, June 23rd @ 11 am. (1 spot left)
Wednesday, June 27th @ 6 pm. (1 spot left)

Cost:   $15.00, class fee MUST be pre-paid to hold your spot.
Supplies needed:  adhesive tape runner, pop dots,  scissors, quickie glue pen (or 2 way glue pen).

Make & Take for Dad

Stop by this week for a make & take DAD card.
Father's Day will be here soon, so make this cute little shirt card for the guy in your life.

You will learn how to fold paper to make a shirt... no cutting involved!
Inside reads "Enjoy your day", so you could use it for a man's birthday too.

Dates tou can just stop in:
Wednesday, May 30th thru Saturday, June 2nd during store hours.

Cost is $3.00

Garage Sale sign ups!

I am taking sign ups now for this years "crafty" garage sale.

Every year I gather together anyone who would like to make some $ on crafting products they no longer want or need.

The sale this year will be Sunday, July 22nd from 9-1.
Sellers will want to be here by 8 am to set up, more people shop earlier than later.

If you would like to sell, all you need to do is:

1.   Price your own items.  Price them to sell if you dont want to bring the stuff back home.
      (Especially Stampin Up stamps... a lot of people try to sell those off.)
2.   Bring your own table(s) and chair.  If you have a yard tent you can set that up too.
3.   Bring your own change to cash your customers out.  Bring some super market blue bags too.
4.   The cost per person to sell is $3.00, goes towards advertising.

If you are interested in selling, email me your name and phone to MonkeyScrapbooks@yahoo.com
Items can be new or used.  Email me with any questions.

Changito summer

It seems like its been forever since I stamped with one of my favorite kind of stamps... Changito.
I made this birthday card for my brother-in-law who lives in Hawaii and surfs all the time!  Its perfect for him.
I added a little bit of the sand color of Flower Soft under his feet, love this stuff... looks just like real sand!
The saying at the bottom of the card came from the "Make a Splash"  Pure Innocence set.

Of coarse if you have the surfer, you need the Changito "pool party" stamp to match.

May Card Class

In this class you will be stamping 5 all-occasion cards with envelopes.

  You will also have a clear box to hold them in or use to use for gifting them.

Tie a ribbon around this box and you will have a nice gift!

(I have extra clear card boxes at the shop for .99 cents if anyone needs more.)

We will be using stamps, embossing folders, ribbon, twine, brads, dies, and more to embellish the cards.  We will also be coloring with Copic Markers.

Lots of different occasions so you have a little bit of a variety.

Be sure to sign up soon, spots for the class fill up quickly!

CLASS DATES:

Tuesday, May 8th @ 1pm. (Full)
Wednesday, May 9th @ 6 pm. (full)
Saturday, May 12th @ 11 am. (full)
Monday, May 14th @ 1 pm. (1 spot left)
Thursday, May 17th @ 6 pm. (full)
Saturday, May 19th @ 11 am. (1 spot left)
Wednesday, May 23rd @ 6 pm. (Just added!) (full)


COST: is $16.00 and needs to be prepaid to hold your spot!! 

SUPPLIES: please bring your adhesive runner, pop dots, paper snip scissors (like Cutterbees), and a bone folder.

New Rileys

Riley the Moose is always doing something new...

Here are just a few of the brand new ones.

Hours Change

I just wanted to post a note in case you didnt see it on FaceBook, the hours are changing...

Monday- Closed
Tuesday- Closed
Wednesday- 12-6:30
Thursday- 12-6:30
Friday- 12-6:30
Saturday- 10-4

Weekend Sale!

Stop by this weekend

Friday, April 13th and Saturday, April 14th

for the weekend sale!

Receive 10% off your entire order (excludes sale items) this weekend

and receive a poker chip for 10% off the next time you stop back!

Cards for mom

 Its time to start thinking about cards for Mother's Day soon.

On the card above I used the My Favorite Things die called "Paper Doll Border" to cut out the doll chain and the matching stamp set for the words.  I wanted something a little different than just saying Happy Mother's Day on a card.

If you came to the last card class then you made the Easter card above.  I used the exact layout and papers but changed the SRM clear stickers to make it a Mother's Day card instead. 

April Card Class

 In the April card class we will be stamping 5 cards with envelopes.  The cards will be different occasions like birthday, get well, thank you, etc.

We will be using different supplies and embellishments to make the cards.  Such as Copic markers, embossing folders, cutting dies, and more.

The bear card  uses a paper glaze to make the honey look realistic.

This card below uses one of the Hero Arts/Sizzix matching stamps and embossing folder sets.

Supplies to bring:
adhesive (tape runner), pop dots, scissors.

Cost:
$15.00, Class fee must be paid to hold your reservation!  I will be out of town the first week of April so check the store hours before stopping by for payments.

Dates:
Monday, April 16th @ 1 pm. (full)
Wednesday, April 18th @ 6pm. (1 spot open)
Saturday, April 21st @ 11 am. (full)
Sunday, April 22nd @ 1 pm. (full)
Tuesday, April 24th @ 1 pm. (full)
Thursday, April 26th @ 6 pm. (full)
Saturday, April 28th @ 11 am. (full)

Oh Baby!

I made these cards using dies and stamps from My Favorite Things.
They have a set of alphabet dies that I spelled out "Oh baby" and "cheers" with.

The tags were made with the notched tag set.  Its a set of stamps with matching dies to decorate the tags with.  That is where the onesie and clover came from.

I just added a brad and a mini clothes pin for a little decoration!

New cutting dies

New dies from Memory Box have come in.  I love the cutting dies from this company, they are very intricate in their designs and so pretty.

March Card Class

 March will be here soon, and hopefully so will the signs of spring!  I think my March card class feels a little spring-y...

 In this class we will be stamping 5 cards with envelopes.  We will be using quite a bit of Copic marker blending and some other techniques.  The card above uses flocking on the teddy bear and her blanket. (A bit hard to see in the photo.)

We will be making a card for Easter too.  This one isnt stamped, it uses the SRM clear stickers.

 The card above is a bit dark, I'm really bad at photographing navy cards... they always look black.  Both the cards above and below have sections popped up for dimension, the balloon and the butterfly net are raised.

Class supplies needed:
adhesive, pop dots, small paper triming scissors.

Class Dates:
Tuesday, March 13th @ 1 pm. (full)
Monday, March 19th @ 1 pm. (full)
Wednesday, March 21st @ 6 pm. (full)
Thursday, March 22nd @ 6 pm. (full)
Tuesday, March 27th @ 1 pm. (full)
Thursday, March 29th @ 6 pm. (1 spot left)
Saturday, March 31st @ 11 am. (full)

Cost: $15.00, a pre paid reservation will hold your spot.

If you like Cyber Riley...

If you like "Cyber Riley" on the computer...

Then you will love "Cell Phone Riley"!
This embossing folder in the background goes perfect with either stamp.  These cards are great for any teenagers or any of your technically addicted friends.  The tag die is just the right size for most of the Riley images and can be run through your Cuttlebug or Sizzix.

6x6 Doggie Album

This class will be a super cute 6x6 album for your doggie!
It will be a 12 page flap book style of album.
There will be lots of removable tags and flaps to fill with pictures of your special pet.  You will personalize the cover with your dog's name.  I will most likely give this album to my husband for a birthday gift since Buddy is his sidekick.  This album can make a great gift or a nice way to remember a pet that has passed.

If you are unfamiliar of flap books,  there are 3 sections with a page that flaps open in each section to give you 12 pages.  There will be lots of die cuts, punches, and embellishments to make this book unique.

Supplies you will NEED to bring:   

adhesive runner, Scor Tape (important), glue pen, pop dots.

Class Dates:

Tuesday, February 28th @ 1 pm.  (full)

Wednesday, February 29th @ 6 pm. (full)

Thursday, March 1st @ 6 pm. (1 spot left)

Saturday, March 3rd @ 11 am. (full)

Cost: $18.00, a paid class fee will hold your spot.

Adhesive Sale!

Stop by on Wednesday or Thursday this week (February 1st or 2nd) for the adhesive sale!

Buy any $10 worth of store products and get any of these three adhesives on sale.

There is the 2 pack E-Z Runners... retail price $10.99, sale price $5.99

Tombow Mono adhesive tape runners... retail price $7.29, sale price $3.99

Tombow Mono adhesive refills... retail price $4.99, sale price $2.99

Store Hours

 February 1, 2012 are 12:00-8:00

February 2, 2012 are 12:00-6:30

Supplies are limited!

Card sets...

 I have always loved the Changito stamps and I thought this one would be perfect for Valentine's Day!

Their hands are perfect for adding any kind of shaped brad, it looks like they are holding the hearts.

This card could also be used for an anniversary card too without changing a thing!

Sometimes you need to send a card for someone going through a tough time.  I used this "So Sorry" stamp set from Hero Arts, it has 3 sayings and the fern (?) stamp.

 Its a bit hard to tell from the photo but I used Bazzill Kraft paper and a brown satin ribbon. The butterfly punch has 3 cute little butterflies that I added (everyones favorite) tiny pearls onto.

This square set of birthday cards just uses a small flower punch.  I actually punched the flowers out of the white paper, used colored scraps behind the white, and placed black brads in the center of the flowers.

I tied a little twine around instead of using ribbon.  This twine is on sale at the shop for .25 cents a yard!

February Cards

 February is card class time again!  We will be stamping 5 all occasion cards with envelopes.

We will be using a few different techniques and products such as Flower Soft, Copics, embossing, masking, and the new Sizzix Framelits ( Framelits are the new stamps you run through an embossing folder).

Supplies to bring:
adhesive, paper snipping scissors (smaller tip the better), pop dots.

Class Dates:
Tuesday, Feb. 7th @ 1 pm. (full)
Monday, Feb. 13th @ 1 pm. ( full)
Wednesday, Feb. 15th @ 6 pm. (full)
Saturday, Feb. 18th @ 11 am. ( full )
Sunday, Feb. 19th @ 1 pm. (full)
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd @ 6 pm. (full)
Thursday, Feb. 23rd @ 6 pm. (full)

Cost: $15.00 and must be prepaid to hold your spot.

Valentine Class

 In this class we will be constructing a Valentine explosion box with 2 matching cards.

When you remove the lid of the box it opens to reveal 8 pockets. 

 The pockets have cards inside that you can journal or add photos to.

 There are 2 levels of pockets inside... This is the second layer shown below.

You can fill your explosion box with candy too for a Valentine gift.

We will also be making 2 unique cards.  One is a gift card holder and the other one is a pop-up card.

The pop-up card lays flat for mailing, but pops up to be displayed.

Class Dates:
Saturday, January 21st @ 11 am. (full)
Wednesday, January 25th @ 6 pm. (full)
Monday, January 30th @ 1 pm. (full)
Wednesday, February 1st @ 6 pm. (full)

Supplies Needed:
Paper cutting scissors, adhesive, pop dots, bone folder (if you have one, it helps).

Cost:
Class is $20 and must be prepaid to sign up.