Step it up Class

I will be teaching this class, Step It Up Class, one more time on Sunday September 11 from 1:30-4:30 in Willoughby at Restoration Church of Jesus Christ (9320 Chillicothe Rd  44094 south of Kirtland High School on the same side of the street).  It is mandatory that you registrar and pay up front and by August 28!!  I will have kits made with all scoring, embossing and die cutting done for you so I need time to prep for this class!  Please let me know as soon as you can NO EXCEPTIONS.  You will get printed directions with photos and envelopes with the class.  Most will not finish all of the decorating of the cards in this time frame so you will be able to follow the step by step directions to complete the cards.  Cost is $30*. I will have my store set up also at this event if you want to make any purchases please bring cash or a check.  Please contact me by email if you are planning on attending!!

*If you have a paypal account you can pay me for classes via paypal.me/ritakegg30 be sure to use friends and family!

Day at the Beach

This card will also be made at my annual Spring Stamping Event on May 22 or 23 from 1-4.  Please let me know by Monday if you will be attending so I can get the papers all cut!  Thanks.

Shell dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Stamp from Powerpoppy and words from Stampendous!

Step it Up Class

In my class called 'Step it Up' I will be teaching 3 more challenging cards at Adventures in Stamping from April 22-24 in Akron Ohio.  This card I am calling a 'Gated Stepped Easel Card' and folds up to fit in an A2 envelope (but I use an A6 due to the depth of the card).  I use a variety of different companies for this project from these companies: Elizabeth Craft Designs, Our Daily Bread Designs, Heartfelt Creations, Art Impressions, My Favorite Things Designs, We R Memory Keepers, and Lawn Fawn.  Go to their web site HERE to see the details and sign up.

If you are a local and interested in taking the classes I have been showing here in my home in Painesville please let me know and I will see about setting ups some dates.

Hey Foxie Boxie

This boxie has 4 note cards with 'Hey Foxie' on them, a fancy magnetic clothes pinnie with a holiday  fox (Eliazbeth Craft Designs), cookies, hot cocoa and a candy cane.  Made lots of different themes of these to sell at my craft shows.

 To see more of my work go to by business Facebook page Angelic Impressions and/or follow me on Instagram.

Micky & Minny Mouse Cards

I was asked to do a special order for a Minney Mouse card and came up with this design.  I liked it so much I decided to make a few extra to sell. I did a Mickey one too.  I was pleased with how they turned out.  Stitched circle dies are from My Favorite Things Designs, word stamp is from Our Daily Bread Designs and the flower die is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I will have these to at markets this week to sell.

Falling leaves Card in a Box

This card in a box was made with the tree die from Elizabeth Craft Designs, the leaves are a punch.  The trees are at different depths which you can not see in the photo. 

Cleveland Browns cards

Yes I have Cleveland Browns cards made too!  They sell quickly though.  This one is a side step card, die from Sizzix, and dawg  is from Elizabeth Craft Designs and Karen Burniston.  I made the background papers and Cleveland Browns from my computer.  The football, football player and touchdown words are from Echo Park.  They have a great collection of sports stamps with matching dies.  I got the football and of course the basketball but will be getting the baseball in the spring.  They are great since you can stamp them in one of the team colors and then add color with the second team color making them very versatile.   I have lots of variations of this card too.  I almost forgot the dog bone is from Paper Smooches.

Side step card - Blue floral with dragonfly

Wow I have been so busy making cards that I have not had time to take photos of them all.  I did take a few today and will get some projects posted.  If you have not come to visit me at the farmers markets yet you should ... great produce now and I have lots of cards and photos that are new.  I have been playing a lot with my new Sizzix die to make side step cards and really like this one.  This die has 23 dies in it and is so versatile.  Here I used printed paper and words from Our Daily Bread Designs, dragon fly die from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Flowers from Heartfelt Creations and leaves are from Sizzix. 

Clean and Simple Embossing with Dies

The frame of this card was dry embossed with the My Favorite things Stitches Curved Rectangle Stax.  Love the look!!  The bike is from a set from Dare 2B Artsy, words are from Paper Smooches, flower and petals are from Elizabeth Craft Designs. 

Negative Die cutting

This card is made with the negative die cutting technique with stamping on the inside of the layered front.  The cross die cuts are from Our Daily Bread Designs, the die for the foliage is ODBD, flower is Elizabeth Craft Designs and stamps are from ODBD.

Made from scraps 2

Here is a second card made like the last post.

Made From Scrapes

The last couple of days I have been cutting papers and getting ready for my classes at Adventures in Stamping Convention in April.  I had so many 3/4" x 6" stripes of this beautiful paper from Our Daily Bread Designs Soulful Stitches Collection that I had to stop and make a card or two with them.  These two are what I came up with.  The papers go together so well and give the appearance of a pieced quilt.  They have a shine to them that I love on the cards but it does not show very well in the photos.  All  stamps, foliage dies and paper are from Our Daily Bread Designs. The circle are from My Favorite Things Stitches Circle Stax, larger flowers are from a die from Elizabeth Craft Designs and the tiny flowers are from a punch by Martha Steward.  Pretty good I think from scrapes of paper that I usually throw away!!

March Mojo Easter Card

 This is one of the Easter Cards for March Mojo Class this week.  This one is fun and whimsical and the other is more elegant and formal.  It was made with the Rectangular Pull Open die by Karen Burniston and Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I used double sided papers and a retired set from TAC called I love Easter.  This has always been one for my favorite sets for Easter.  I added a pop-up bunny on the inside, the die for this is included with the Pull Open die. 

Please let me know as soon as possible if you are planning on attending one of my classes this week so I can get the papers cut!

Mojo Time!!

Here is another card we will be making using a technique called Velveteen stamping.  It is so easy but gives a really cool look to you card and the feel of this card is really great too.  It actually feels like velveteen.  Let me know if you are planning on attending.

DIY Stamps

 I finally  tried making my own stamps using fun foam!!  Love the look and I then added the stamp to the card itself.  Can you find the stamp on this card???  LOL  Die cut for rubber duck is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  

Fox Cloze Pinnie

This is another Cloze Pinnie I made for my fall craft shows.  This one used the fox die from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The stamps are all retired TAC and the background is a Spellbinders die which is older.  I really love these new animal die cuts by Karen Burniston ... they are so cute.

Stop in to see me this Saturday at St Pasquale's from 9-4 on Wilson Mills Road.  The weather is suppose to be a lot better this weekend.

Bear Cloze Pinnie

 Can it get any colder???  I know we did not get as much snow as was expected but it was still way too much for me.  I am done with winter can we go on to Spring now???  I have been in the house for a few days now working to get restocked for my last two shows.  It is a great way to spend snowy cold days!!  Here is one of my new Gift Cloze Pinnies.  The idea for these is you can give it as a gift with a gift card, money or check in the envelope with you own personal note on the card OR you can use the clothes pin to close a gift bag with a gift inside and drop the note card with the envelope inside as a card encloser.  The clothes pin can be used to clip snacks etc closed or put on the refrigerator, locker, metal door etc. (it has a magnet on the back) to hold a recipe, photo, note, list etc or used as a paper clip on papers.  Great for a small gift for a friend, co-worker etc.  The bear is a die cut from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

My show this Saturday is the biggest all year at St. Pasquale's on Wilson Mills Road from 9-4 with a $2 admission fee.  Hope to see lots of you there!  I have made up a few new items for this show too.

Mittens Christmas Card

Here is another of the Christmas cards we will be making in the Nov Christmas card class.  I used stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs in the background with clear embossing powder.  The mittens are a die cut from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The stitched rectangles are from the new stitched rectangle stax from My Favorite things.

 

Here are a few more covered Candy bars I made for Craft shows this fall.  The penguin and owl die is from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The cross and greens dies are from Our Daily Bread Designs.  The ovals and snowflake dies are from My Favorite Things Designs.  I make these with a ribbon around them so you can slip in a tip, money, check or gift card for a larger Christmas gift if you like.  I also have slipped a small gift card on the back so you can write a few of your own words.  These are a big seller and I have quite a few different styles.  Last show I had people ask me to have some thank you and inspirational ones made to go along with the Christmas ones.

Friday from 7-9:30 Nov 7 and Saturday Nov 8 from 9-4 I will be in Chesterland (RT #306) at St Mark's Gift of the Magi show.  Friday night admissions is $5 and it will be a wine and cheese night for adults only.  This is my first time at this show and I am looking forward to it.  Stop in and check it out and say 'hi'!

Snowman Card in a box

This is a snow and snowman card in a box using a snowflake punch on light weight silver paper, a snowman die cut from Elizabeth Craft Designs and metallic blue swirls from two different dies from My Favorite Things. The larger white snowflakes are from Our Daily Bread Designs as are the words in the front.  The other words on this card are retired TAC stamps.  I think I made four of these for my craft shows.

Friday from 7-9:30 Nov 7 and Saturday Nov 8 from 9-4 I will be in Chesterland (RT #306) at St Mark's Gift of the Magi show.  Friday night admissions is $5 and it will be a wine and cheese night for adults only.  This is my first time at this show and I am looking forward to it.  Stop in and check it out and say 'hi'!