Friday, January 21, 2011

January Digi- Club was a success.

 Tracy C. had a great turn out for the first digi-club gathering.  The herd had a great time showing of their works and learning new things.   The digi-club meets once a month in the evening.  This is a digi- time you do not want to miss.

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A special surprise!  Tracy C. gave the entire herd of the digi-club a free digital addition download for attending!

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The digital club is a no additional cost club at the Craftin’ Cow.  To attend the digital club requires a regular day pass to the Craftin’ Cow.  The digital Club focuses on the Creative Memory Storybook Creator 3.0 software only.  If you are considering going digital, I recommend you to stop by and have a look at all the different creations being made.  Digital is not just for scrapbook pages. 

~t

Friday, January 14, 2011

February 2011 Cow Schedule

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February 1

10:30am-12:30pm

Let’s Play with Chipboard with Sue P.

Explore the possibilities with chipboard. You’ll make several elements that can be used on cards, scrapbook, or anything else.

Basic Paper Class Tool Kit and liquid glue

$15

February 1

6-8pm

Valentine Banner with Sue P.

Create a beautiful Banner for your home! Must bring your basic paper crafting tool kit. All other materials will be provided. Limit 10

$10

February 2

10:30 am – 1:30pm

All Occasions Cards with Sue P.

Creating 4 designs, 2 cards of each for a total of 8! With a wide range of sentiments that you can decide for what occasion.

Basic Paper Class Tool Kit. Limit 10

$12

February 3

11am-2pm

Bingo with Sue P.

Come craft and play a little bingo for prizes. Bingo games will be played every half hour.

*

February 3

6-9pm

Valentine’s Stamp a stack with Sherrill B.

You will make a total of 10 cards in 3-4 different designs. Basic Paper Class Tool Kit. Limit 10

$12

February 4 @ Noon - February 6 @3pm

SUPER BOWL CRAFTIN’ BASH!

This is a 3 day Super bowl crafting bash that will include prizes and sew much more!

Limit 30

$45 by 1/28

or $50

February 7

6-8pm

Valentine Candy Box Class with Sue P.

Create 1 special box to put your favorite chocolate in to give for Valentine. Basic Paper Class Tool Kit.

$12

February 8

6-8pm

Sewing: Tote bags with Sue P.

Class includes all materials needed to complete a 15” by 15” tote. Written instructions included. You will be shown how to change size to recreate as gifts. Bring your sewing machine and basic sewing tool kit. If you need to barrow a machine, please let us know when registering. Limit 10

$30

February 9

12:30-2pm

Brown Bag it: Cricut Scrapbook Pages with Sue P.

Pack your lunch and come make a double layout scrapbook page. These pages will focus on creating with the Cricut Machine.

Limit 8. Basic Paper Class Tool Kit

$10

February 10

11am-2pm

Bingo with Susan P.

Come craft and play a little bingo for prizes. Bingo games will be played every half hour.

*

February 10

6-9pm

Sew Patterns Together with Trish H.

Trish is ready to help you learn the mechanics of sewing those great patterns together. Come with your project and we will all work together to sew your project together.

*

February 11

11am-1pm

Digi -Jam with Trish H.

Getting into digital, but need some help. Pack your lunch and come on in to get some digi done.

*

February 11

6-9pm

Scrapbook Borders with Pat D.

Make 4 page borders themed for January, February, March, and April

Basic Paper Class Tool Kit – Beginners. Limit 10

$15

February 12

10:30am –12:30pm

Sewing: Tote bags with Sue P.

Class includes all materials needed to complete a 15” by 15” tote. Written instructions included. You will be shown how to change size to recreate as gifts. Bring your sewing machine and basic sewing tool kit. If you need to barrow a machine, please let us know when registering. Limit 10.

$30

February 15

6pm –9pm

Bingo with Sue P.

Come craft and play a little bingo for prizes. Bingo games will be played every half hour.

*

February 16

6-8pm

Scrapbook Page with Diane P.

Make a double 12 by 12 layout using Close to My Heart stamping techniques. Basic Paper Class Tool Kit, Limit 10

$15

February 17

10:30am –12:30pm

WOW card Techniques by Sue P.

Create 2 cards using the Lattice Techniques. Basic Paper Class Tool Kit, Limit 8

$10

February 17

5-9pm

SBC Digital Club with Tracy C. & Trish H.

A great time to get together and learn a few techniques and create digi-pages.

*

February 18

7-9pm

WOW card Techniques by Sue P.

Create 2 cards using the Lattice Techniques. Basic Paper Class Tool Kit. Basic Paper Class Tool Kit, Limit 8

$10

February 19

10:30am-1:30pm

Let’s Box it Up with Sue P.

Make 3 boxes from paper.

Basic Paper Class Tool Kit

$15

February 21

11am –1pm

Lucky Charms Banner with Sue P.

Create a beautiful Banner for your home! Must bring your basic paper crafting tool kit. All other materials will be provided. Limit 10 Basic Paper Class Tool Kit

$15

February 22

6-8pm

Let’s Box it Up with Sue P.

Make 3 boxes from paper. Limit 8 Basic Paper Class Tool Kit

$15

February 23

10am – 2pm

Stitch along with Trish H.

We will be stitching those great free Wal-Mart quilt patterns. I always get them at the Taylor Rd Wal-Mart. Grab your fabric and pattern and we will piece together. This is a great time if you want to learn or just have company when you stitch.

*

February 23

6-9pm

All Occasions Cards with Sue P.

Creating 4 designs, 2 cards of each for a total of 8! With a wide range of sentiments that you can decide for what occasion.

Basic Paper Class Tool Kit Limit 10

$12

February 24

11am –1pm

Bingo with Sue P.

Come craft and play a little bingo for prizes. Bingo games will be played every half hour.

*

February 24

6-8pm

Lucky Charms Banner with Sue P.

Create a beautiful Banner for your home! Must bring your basic paper crafting tool kit. All other materials will be provided. Limit 10

$15

February 25

6pm –8pm

Bingo with Sue P.

Come craft and play a little bingo for prizes. Bingo games will be played every half hour.

*

February 25

8pm - Midnight

Midnight PJ Party with Trish H.

Let the party start! Bringing Trish’s notorious PJ party to the COW! Bring your stuff to work on, there will be some great FREE make and take. Bring a little finger food to share. RSVP please!

*

February 26

10am-6pm

Tracy’s Digi Camp

A boot camp for digital. Be trained by the best on using your StoryBook Creator by Creative Memories.

*

February 28

10am-2pm

Pack and Play with Trish H.

If you want to get out and craft but always have a baby in tow, this is a day for you. Come craft away with your tot. Requirements your tot must be able to stay in a pack and play, exersaucer, or highchair; this is to insure safety for your children.

*

Basic Tool Kit

Paper Class: rule, small scissors, pencil, and adhesive

Sewing: Sewing machine, thread, scissors, pins, fabric pencil, and seam ripper

Digital: Computer and CM Storybook Creator 3.0

* These special sessions are free with your day pass to participate in. Except for Special Events like the Craftin’ Bash, you can come to craft anytime the doors are open. Even if a class is in session.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Operation Write Home – Valentines Bash Highlights

We had a great time at the bash.  We Made just over 100 cards for the troops!

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Everyone was hard at work for our heroes!  We used some great card templates made from Just so Scrappy digital artwork.  Of course, a few of us had to get a little showy by making a penny slider monkey flying off with his balloons.

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Our cards were received by our handler Dixie!  She had this to say!

Oh, my. These cards with the hanging hearts are awesome! Thanks for the cards and the donation!

Happy New Year!

Dixie

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See Sharon P., all that hard work was noticed!  Our next card bash is

Monday, March 7th, 2011

11 am to 2 pm.

You can bring any cards you have already made.  You can make your own cards from scratch and assemble them at the bash.  Or come assemble some of our kits with your own personal touch.  Remember all the punches, stamps, sizzix dies, and cricut cartridges are at your disposal to create these heartfelt creations for the troops.

 

This event is free to benefit our heroes.  Please do not use this “FREE” time for your personal use.  If there is a request by the participating herd at the bash, we can extend hours for your own personal time.  Please RSVP if you would like this option.

Thanks for helping us give a little back for everything that them and their families sacrifice.

Introduction to Sewing Webinar

http://homeschoolblogger.com/webinar/beginning-sewing/

 

I ran across a great webinar for my fellow crafters that would love to learn to sew.  There are a total of 4 webinars created by Janome for the Homeschooling blog.  Each webinar has attachments to work on great little projects.  Only 2 of the 4 webinars are available at this time.  You can view these webinars and learn more about the classes at the link at the top of this post. 

 

I encourage you to try something new everyday.  As we build our schedules, we will have some great sewing classes for beginners and intermediates.  Until then, I hope these classes give you some great general knowledge about your machine.

 

~trish

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Update January Schedule

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Class Descriptions and pricing is here.  Interested in a jam session? Learn more here, remember jam sessions are included in your daily pass.

Jam Sessions

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We are going to start Jammin’!  We will be posting an updated calendar listing all of our Jam sessions.

Jam sessions are 2 hour sessions that are focused on a particular tool or technique.  The Jam sessions will focus on what the herd wants to know and learn.

Jam sessions will include: Cricut basics, using the sizzix, inking techniques, threading your sewing machine, embossing, and much more.

So if you want to learn how to, bring your things to learn.  This  is a great time to learn how to use your tools, so be sure to bring them.

A Jam Session is included in daily pass.

I hope you like to JAM!

~trish