A Little Help from My friends

I dont' know how to express my feelings in words.But I will say you ladies are the most amazing bunch of gals on the planet and I love you all dearly.

A few weeks ago tragedy struck my very dear friend JoAnn. Her beautiful home suffered a terrible fire and she lost everything. That in itself was bad enough but JoAnn volunteers her time and supplies to teach papercrafting classes in her area schools ,grades 1-6. She also lost all of her supplies. Years and years of collecting supplies were gone in an instant. This is the time of year when she has all the kids make Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts and cards. She had classes scheduled for May 2,3,8,9& 10. When she said to me " I don't know what I am going to do...if I can't do the classes I have committed to and I have to let the kids down...that  will push me over the edge"

Here is my beautiful friend who has just lost everything and she is worried about letting the kids down! I had to do something!!

So I made a few calls. One was to Sizzix and they stepped right up and sent her a demo machine. Alright!...That was easy! So I asked Laura (Follow The Paper Trail) if she would make an announcement on her show that Friday nite. She told JoAnn's story on her live UStream show and asked the viewers to help by sending anything they had extra in their scrap supplies to JoAnn so she could keep her commitment to the kids.

Well the emails poured into me asking for her address so they could send her some boxes of scrap supplies. By Monday boxes had gone out in the mail and by Wednesday they were showing up at JoAnn's doorstep. Box after box arrived filled with everything she could possibly need. She was so happy! She was going to be able to keep her classes for the next day!

JoAnn went and held all her classes last week and so far this week and the kids got to make their Mother's day gifts and cards. The kids just love her to pieces. She even has all the boys decorating their boxes and making cards to go in them. She has each student decorate a box that she and her friend frantically worked to cut out and assemble the day before. And the kids each made 4 cards to go in the box to give to their Mom's for Mother's Day.One little boy told JoAnn "Mrs. Dunn...you are funner than recess" That just about says it all.

I can't thank all of you enough. You jumped into action to help a total stranger and help them to help others. But most of all your love and kindness touched the heart of someone who desperately needed it at that moment and you all helped her to get thru one of the toughest times of her life.

You ladies are amazing and I am so, so proud to have you all in my life. Thank you...thank you...

Thank You! from the bottom of my heart!

In just a few short days boxes and boxes started to arrive from all over.

Enjoy some pictures of the happy and creative kids.

 

First graders so busy and quiet you could hear a pin drop

 

A very happy young lady

 

 

Moms will be so proud of their budding young artists

 

Busy, busy.

JoAnn and her friend Terry worked day and night making hundreds of boxes for the kids to choose from

This mom has a lovely Mother's Day gift coming to her
And so do many other Moms and Dads on Father's Day because of all the wonderful things you all sent to help JoAnn.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
Thank you again and again
I love ALL of you dearly
Big ...HUGE Hugz,
Barrie

Beautiful Mother's Day card

Welcome friends! Today we are sharing a Tri-fold shutter card.

 

This Beautiful Mother's day card uses the Pink Paislee Hope Chest paper collection.

Special Occasions call for special cards so today I'd like to share with you how I made this card.

 

 Step 1 -

place 5 1/2" x 12" piece of cardstock horizontally on scor board and scor a 2",4",8",10".

Step 2 -

Place paper vertically in paper trimmer at 1 1/4 and cut from 2" scor line to 10" scor line.

Flip over and repeat on opposite site at same dimensions.

Step 3 -

Fold at scor lines to match picture above.

 

Step 4 -

Cut cardstock matting 1/8 smaller than card base sections:

2= 1  7/8  x  5  3/8

2= 2  7/8  x  1  7/8

2= 1  1/8  x  3  7/8

4= 1  1/8  x  1  7/8

1= 2  7/8  x  3  7/8 

Step 5 -

Cut coordinating pattern paper 1/8 smaller than cardstock matting sections:

2= 1  3/4  x  5  1/4

2= 2  3/4  x  1  3/4

2= 1  x  3  3/4

4= 1  x  1  3/4

1= 2  3/4  x  3  3/4

 

Step 6 -

adhere papers to card base using

adhesive of choice.

 

Step 7 -

From the Paper Goods selected die cut and mat onto cardstock and hand trim around edges to create a 1/16 border.

Using Tim Holtz Distress markers and water brush color in butterfly to match papers.

 

Here is a closer view of the colored butterfly which I covered with glossy accents once 

dried.

Step 8 -

Create a small cluster of flowers to accent lower left corner of paper goods die cut.

I like to use the rolled flower dies and spellbinder foliage dies.

 

Thanks for stopping by to check out this Beautiful Mother's Day card using the Pink Paislee Hope Chest paper collection. You can find all your scrapbooking supplies at Scrapadabadoo.com

 

Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Dawn

 

Carol / Barrie

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CHA 2013

What an amazing time CHA was this year... We got to see so many people, do so many things and it seems to takes a while for this old brain to process it all. Barrie, Laura and Joy arrived a day early as Laura was scheduled to teach a class for G45 and the other girls pitched in to help her out. I am sure Barrie was wondering if she was going to actually be able to make it, as Laura and Joy left her before she got her britches on. She struggled for a half hour, but managed to get them on and buttoned... She really was a trooper and had a great time even if she was in a cast and limited as to what she could do.

Suzanne Shinji once again took care of all of our hotel needs by bringing us goodies to sustain us during our visit... she brought so much stuff they had to bring it up to the room on the Bell Hop Cart... Next year we are making sure that they are put in Mine and Barrie's room as we were not aware that there were M&M's !!! I think Joy got all of those !

 

Jim, Cesar and I all flew into  Long Beach airport and were picked up by Leisa Herbst, and Carolyn Price. We stopped at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant for dinner before going to the hotel and the food was fantastic, but the company was even better !!

I just can not get use to tossing peanut shells on the floor and having it be ok. 

 

 

These gals also make us great gifts when we come and we so love them all !! You two are the Best Best Best... And Leisa even took us back to the airport too !!! Thank you !!

 

 

We were all excited to head over to the convention center on opening day.. we must have made quite the site walking over as there were quite the group of us.. We had to stop and take a picture and of course you can see who had a new phone.... The sun was out, but boy was it cold..

 

 

 

The first thing we wanted to see was the envelope maker from We R Memory Keepers and that is where we headed first.... Jim and I jumped in and did their make and take to see how it works and we do believe that you all are going to Love it.... works like a dream and you can do every size envelope you can imagine !

Then we were off to discover all of the other goodies and we were pleasantly pleased with what there was to see....

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Cheery Lynn dies ...

 

 

Cherry Lynn had a wonderful chicken wire die

 

A lattice die that they made the cutest arbor out of

 

 

And my favorites of course are all of the bird and bird cage dies

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Then it was on to Kaiser Craft ... need we say more ?

 

 

 

 

 

Kaiser Craft of course knocked my socks off with some of their Beyond the Page Storage..

Here is the Cupboard, the Tool caddy and a couple of their other chests, and display items.

 

 

They have new metals coming out... label holders, drawer pulls, corners and hitch posts.... I think the thing that impressed me the most about this release was that each package has 12 of the same finish it it... I like that as there are some projects that just need more of the same finish and I won't have to buy two or three packages to get the amount I need.

 

 

Their wood elements make me crazy !!

 

 

 

 

And lets not forget their wonderful stamps and papers !

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With so much excitement and activity, Barrie needed a bit of arm support and of course there was a Gentleman there to help out....

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The new Dylusions Sprays.... we have them on order !
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Sizzix.... always to die for ( pun intended )

 

 

 Embossing Folders and Pop & Cuts Dies

(notice I chose the coffee one to show)

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Farm House was a new Company (at least to us)

And we really loved what they had to offer

 

Blank Books

 

Metals

 

 

And some great paper collections too

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FabScraps .... oh la la !

 

I had to stop by the FabScrap booth and say hello to the lovely ladies who so kindly sent me a big box of goodies for winning their October contest.... They are so nice and I just love all of their goodies

 

 

They have new embellishments and they let us know to keep our eyes open for more fabulous catches to add to the others that we can not keep in stock !

 

Jim and Cesar had to take a sit down break....

 

 

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Prima Is always a hit

 

 

 

New Metals

 

 

Blank Books

 

 

Templates

 

 

 

Wood elements

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So that is about all I have pictures of... I always seem to forget that I have my camera or get just too busy to stop to take pictures !!!

We are hoping to have the Envelope Board in soon... We should know on the 21st when the ship date will be... I am really excited for you all to get your hands on these... They were the hit of the show for sure.

I took a ton of pictures the night of our Pizza Party, and when I uploaded them they were all blurry and not one of them was usable..... We did have a great time and want to thank all who came... We sure did enjoy our time together and hope that we an all do it again next year !

 

 

Oh, one last thing... we did find some of the Memory Wire that Barrie has been searching years for. They gave us a sample and Jim is always one to think outside the box on new product uses.

I think he was hoping it would work like the breathe right stips  since he had such a stuffy nose...

I told him he could keep it when he offered to give it back...

 

 

Thanks for looking and we hope you have enjoyed all of the recaps that have been on the web

Hugs to you all

Carol & Barrie