Cheery Laminate Bag made with July Club Q Kit!

p.s.  My August Club Q Bonus Project is posted just before this one, if it doesn't show on this screen, please click on "older posts" (!) at the bottom right of this post! 


I promised to post these photos, then totally spaced it!  Remember last month when I mentioned the Mini Reserve in Farmington?  We had such a great time!  I can't tell you enough, if you have a chance to go to ANYTHING Quick Quotes ( classes or the Ultimate Private Reserve!), DO IT!!  Patsy and her crew are so awesome!  You always feel like you were treated like royalty! 

I wanted to share with you a peek at the laminate purses I made for Patsy and Janet, when they came for the Mini Private Reserve ( did I mention it was in Farmington!  And we had a great time!!  haha!  ). 

Recognize the quote?  Yep!  It's one of Patsy's!!

Have a great day!  Can't believe school starts right around the corner!!

Jean

QQ Club Q Redo August - Bonus Projects!

So.....who's up for a little Christmas Spirit?  The minute I saw this months new paper, Cherry Truffle,  and what Stacy had done with it, I fell in love!  Then I turned it over to the flip side and I was suddenly in the Christmas spirit!    So I jumped right in!! 

      

Actual  size is two and a half feet wide and about a foot and a half high!

I cut the letters out of foam core board, using a craft knife.  Then covered them with this awesome paper!  Here's a peek at each set......

I highlighted the H with Glossy Accents, added a ribbon and branch.  The O is highlighted randomly with Glossy Accents, gold Stickles and tulle behind the pinecone.

Glossy Accents highlight this H also, with the paper trims in my Club kit, I added a three clear buttons, the O is accented with paper trim, tulle and a berry spray.

This H is accented with pearl paint, tulle and ribbon.  The O is randomly dotted with Glossy Accents, paper trim, gold Stickles and tulle behind the pinecone.

Of course, my dear hubby thinks thinks I'm nuts for hanging this in the house in August!  But it makes me smile!

Thanks for joining me! 

Take a few minutes to enjoy something beautiful today!

Jean

QQ Club Q Redo July  -  Bonus Projects

Come Fly With Me Layout

The doiley, the frames, the title, Oh My!  What beautiful stuff came in the Club Q kit this month!  I started the fun with this two page layout, accenting the frames and title using silver!

what a fun way to highlight a focal picture!

I LOVE how it turned out!!  I can't wait until I get my black and white photos printed to go in this!!

Papaer Bag Mini Album!

 

Next, I got out my white paper sacks and made a playful paper sack mini album!  WOW!  Pockets galore and tags and more!

As you can see, I went a bit nuts with the pockets and tags!

Imagine all the photos you could have in this book!   Imagine the story it could tell!

As you can tell, I had a ball!  Love Club Q!!

Save a memory today!

Jean

June Club Q Bonus Projects!

Wow!  It's officially summer!  The kids are out of school and someone turned the temperature up!  Then, one hot day I got the COOLEST box, filled with June Club Q!    I am going to show you one quick sneek peek and then show you the rest tomorrow when I fill you in on the Farmington Mini Private Reserve!!

This paper just makes me happy!

The quote is Patsy's, and I cut it out on my cricut (the one I had on vellum just wasn't big enough!).  I also added glitter in the same color, lightly around the page.  SO simple and I absolutely love it! 

I had a fabulous time this weekend at the Farmington Mini Private Reserve!  I had the honor of transporting Patsy Gaut (head Guru at QQ) for the weekend and we had a ball!   I picked Patsy and her friend Janet up Friday morning and after a bit of sightseeing, we headed up to Farminton!  I will fill you in soon (as soon as I get the photos from the weekend!) and show you the rest of our adventure!

Until we meet again!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

Happy Mothers Day !
Hope you are having a great day!

We had a fabulous time in Farmington yesterday!  What a fun way to spend National Scrapbook Day!  I hope to have some pictures to share with you in the next couple of days!

I also wanted to take a second and remind you about the Quick Quotes Mini Reserve we are lucky enough to have here in New Mexico!

QUICK QUOTES MINI PRIVATE RESERVE HOSTED BY HEART TO HEART SCRAPBOOKS IN FARMINGTON NEW MEXICO!

Now is your chance to get up close and personal with the owner of Quick Quotes, Patsy Gaut!  She is such a great lady!  And talk about creative!  WOW! 

Here's the details:

Who:  Patsy Gaut, Owner and Creator of Quick Quotes

What:  Mini Private Reserve!

Where:  Farmington New Mexico

When:  Friday, June 3rd (eve only) and Saturday June 4th (all day)

Why:  Come and participate in an intimate learning experience with one of the industries leading creative spirits!  You deserve it!

How:  Brought to you by the lovely and talented ladies at Heart to Heart Scrapbooks, Rose and Elaine!

(now the fine print!)

Friday Eve, June 3rd from 6-9 pm $40 
Reception, Hors d'oeuvres, and at 7 pm a 12x12 Canvas Art Project taught by Patsy!

Saturday, June 4th from 9 to 9, $125
FIVE workshops, each consisting of FOUR page layouts!  (get that, 20 pages!!) all taught by Patsy!

PLUS:  Lunch and Dinner will be provided

AND!  Prizes and Giveaways!!

So, how do you sign up?  Call 505-564-3278 ( Heart to Heart Scrapbooking) and reserve your space today!!  Hurry, because it was already almost full last weekend!  Tell 'em Jean sent ya!

(if you are in need of a hotel, just let me know, I checked out the options when I was up there last weekend!)

Visit http://www.shopquickquotes.com/ to check out a sample of some of the projects!


I have been to several of these Quick Quotes Events and I am always amazed at the quality, and quantity of great product and prizes!  You don't want to miss this!

Jean

Celebrating National Scrapbook Day!

Hi Everyone! 

Happy National Scrapbook Day!  I have two BIG things to blog about today!!

First, I am in Farmington NM celebrating National Scrapbook Day with Heart to Heart Scrapbooking!  We are having a Fiesta today!!  We have projects galore and the decorations are SO great!  I can't wait to see the faces as they walk in this morning!  We have a full day of FUN planned, and I will take pics of it all.  (That way you can pretend you were here!!)

Secondly, make sure you get over and check out our NEW Quick Quotes BLOG!!!

www.blogQuickQuotes.com

Brynn (Our NEW Social Media Director) has been hard at work and is ready to introduce you to our NEW Design Team Members!  (Congrats to them!)

Finally, an inspirational, creative and fun place to check in everyday!!

You won't want to dilly dally, as there are TONS of prizes to be given away PLUS there is even a special for Mothers Day!

So go check it out!  And then tell all your friends!


I'll be back.....(imagine that will the Arnold accent!)

Jean

Quick Quotes Rocks!

Hey!  Isn't it great to see the sun shine and it actually be warm outside!  (For those of you who don't live here, New Mexico is very tricky.  Most of the time, the sun is shining beautifully....so you can imagine the chaos your brain feels, when you walk out the door and it's 34 degrees!    It's kind of like brain freeze!  (Can you believe I actually think that's funny!)  But then once in a while it will catch you......you head out in your jacket and by the time you get to the car you have sweat rolling down your face!)  Look at that, just like my Mom always said, another reason to watch the news every day! 

Ok, I must be finally getting into this blog thing, I just wrote an entire paragraph, inspired by one sentence about warm weather.  Is that sad?  Bear with me, I am kind of feeling like a radio deejay, just rambling to myself in an empty room....if you sing in a blog, can anyone hear you?   ( welcome to my brain!)

Believe it or not, I do have some real blogging to do!   So let's get started!

Quick Quotes at Creating Keepsakes Convention in Mesa Az!

Wow what a blast!  I headed over to Mesa with my fun friends from Farmington (thanks for a great time Elaine, Dixie and Terri!), who went WAY out of their way to pick me up! ( Thanks again!)  When we got to Mesa we visited The Container Store and ran thru (literally!) IKEA. 

Then the real fun started!  Quick Quotes had the best booth there!  I was lucky enough to work with Patsy (owner of Quick Quotes!), her daughter Sunny and Barbie at the Quick Quotes Booth!!   I got to run the make and take table, where we made the CUTEST flip flop album (real flip flops and all!)  Just like all Quick Quotes stuff, they went together fast, and were really adorable!  I loved being able to work with all the visitors who came by the booth!  (Patsy also made sure I had some free time to shop...thanks Patsy, I had a great time!)   I also got to give away the GRAND PRIZE!  Terry Donahue from AZ won a bag of Quick Quotes Goodies worth of $100!  (Terry wore her Quick Quotes T-shirt to the convention!) 

(that's me on the right, Terry on the left!)

Patsy taught some awesome Quick Quotes classes!  If you ever get a chance to go to a convention where they are.....drive as far as it takes, trust me!

As a matter of fact, if you are looking for a retreat....Quick Quotes offers one of the very best!  Quick Quotes Private Reserve is TOTALLY AMAZING!  I won't go into detail here, you can get the full scoop here... http://www.shopquickquotes.com/ !  (don't forget to come back!  I still have more rambling, as well as some cool stuff!) 

Now on to  some cool stuff!  May Club Q Bonus Projects!  (Can I just say.....I love my job! I am soooo lucky!)

This month I had a blast with the kit!  It made me feel like summer was here!  My first project was a purse, check it out!
This is the front.......

I made the ribbon handles hook in with a bosher, a metal swirl and one of the beautiful pearl brads! 

this is the back.  Can you see the vine wrapped around the ribbon handle?  Love it!

The envelopes in the Club Q kit inspired me to make an Envelope Mini Album!  I used six by six envelopes and with tags in each envelope, this baby will hold TONS of photos! 
This is the front....

inside pages....

What do you think?  Does it make you think of summer? (and ice cream and a slip and slide!  Oh there I go, showing my age!)  I was really delighted with how it came out!  And the amount of photos it can hold!  Whew!

Eyes tired yet?  I guess you can tell I'm a new blogger, since I don't post often, but then I post long!  So, I am going to sign off, with a promise to blog again soon with pictures of a project I made for National Scrapbook Day!  I will be joining my friends in FARMINGTON, with their store...HEART TO HEART....and their fun celebration!  So tune in again soon!

Also!  Quick Quotes if starting a blog soon!  I will keep you posted!  We have some very talented designers on our new design team, so keep your eyes peeled!  (don't worry, I won't let you miss it!!)

             

       Jean

Show and Tell!

Today I have lots to share!  First I have Quick Quotes Bonus Projects from March and April!  Beautiful stuff!  (If I do say so myself!  Hee hee!)  and then I am also going to share some of the projects we made up in Farmington at our Stamp Workshop!  We had a ball!  (I'll share more later in the post!)

Quick Quotes Club Q Bonus Projects!

The March Kits featured brand new paper from Quick Quotes called Damsel in Distress.  It contained great paper as well of a bunch of really terrific quotes from Patsy, love 'em!  I started with the canvas and decided to focus on one of my favorite quotes...

It will hold a large photo in the circle and three smaller hanging from the bottom.   A close-up shot shows a bit of detail, the awesome butterflies, and the paper flowers (I just contoured the petals and added a button) and the title, which I embossed in black and then dusted with pearl ex powder to highlight the color of paper I added)


Next I needed a new notebook to help keep my head straight!  So I grabbed one and started decorating!  I love how it came out so much, I used as inspiration for my Stamp Workshop!  I love carrying something that looks good with all my to do lists hidden!


The April kits featured the brand new paper French Quarter.  Lovely to say the least!  I jumped right in and made this great key hanger! 

 Since I was on the organizational blitz, I made a letter holder, so I would have somewhere cute to put my incoming urgent bills (somehow a cute place makes them easier to tolerate!)  I painted the holder first, then decorated with the beautiful patterns included in the kits!



I also needed a gift this month for a friend having a birthday, so I put my thinking cap on and found this little wood purse that looked like it had potential!

I plan to make a set of cards to hide inside to complete the gift!  I think she'll love it!

 Farmington Fun!  I headed up north to teach a Stamping Workshop for my favorite gals at Heart to Heart and since my workshop was on Sat, I headed up Friday and was lucky enough to take Elaine's Basic Grey Layout Class!  I can't remember the last time I got to take a class and I really enjoyed it!  Plus we made some awesome pages!  The Basic Grey kit came with four one page layouts and using a little extra paper, and the extra goodies that came with the kit, Elaine created terrific second pages for each!  How cool is that!  Check these out!

 

Aren't they great!  I love them!!

Then on Saturday, we had our Stamping Workshop! 

 I love teaching at Heart to Heart!  The ladies are all so great!  The store is one of my favorites, ever!  Seriously, if you have not been up there, it is worth the trip!  They carry a super selection of stuff you don't see other places!  And since you're going up to check it out, try to come the weekend of May 7th for National Scrapbook Day!  We always have a really fabulous time!  (And I will be there teaching a project too!)  Just tell I sent you!  (hee hee!)  You are also invited to come up to Farmington for a Quick Quotes Mini Reserve!  It is being held June 3rd and 4th and Patsy Gaut, the owner of Quick Quotes!  She is one extremely talented lady!  Not to mention being so nice and approachable!  Now is your chance to spend some up close and personal time with a mover and shaker in the industry!  Plus you will make some awesome projects!  You will not leave disappointed!  I will also be there doing make and takes for Quick Quotes!  Speaking of make and takes, I will also be at CKC in Mesa next week!  Come and visit us in the Quick Quotes Booth!  I will be teaching make and takes and can hardly wait!!  Come say hello!

Whew!  Tired yet?  I still want to share a few shots of the projects we did at the stamping workshop!  The object of the workshop was to use our stamps in easy quick new ways, that also said WOW!  I think we accomplished that!  Take a peek!

I have had some requests for this workshop down here in ABQ, so I will keep you posted when I set a date!

Thank you so much for joining me!  I appreciate you! 

p.s.  I am trying to learn at least one new thing each time I post, wish me luck!  I tried a signature, not my favorite, but I will keep trying!