Final Day of Paperganza

Hey friends - I'm back with Saturday's activities at Paperganza, plus the games we played on both days. Our first class was with Libby Hickson, now with Pink and Main. I've known her for many years from when she worked with Hero Arts; this was our first in-person meet. Libby taught two different cards - first up, a sweet strawberry basket box card:

Supplies: Provided papers all die cut

Dies - Pink and Main Berry Pop Up

Other - Pink and Main gems & foiled sentiment

The second card was a fun shaker using one of P&M's A2 layering shaker covers:

Supplies: Paper - provided in kit

Stamps - Pink and Main Bugs & Berries

Dies - Pink and Main Scallop Rectangle Dies

Other - Pink and Main Small A2 Shaker Cover;

special shaker mix for event;

our own markers (I used Copics)

The second class was from Karen Burniston who does the amazing inside pop-up cards. Actually, I just remembered she was second on Friday - oops; I flipped her with Amanda. In any event, I'll show the card closed then open:

Supplies: Paper - Echo Park Bee Happy &

others provided & pre-cut

Dies - Karen Burniston Photo Fan Pop-up,

Flutter Charms, Word Set 12 Anniversary,

Fun Flowers, Lorna Label Pop-up (fishtail banner),

Stamps - Karen Burniston Popcorn Phrases &

Photo Memories

During the afternoon on each day, we played a game. On Friday, each pod received an envelope of 8 card packets, all with a card base, envelope & stamped elements. Our pod got a Colorado Craft Company Big & Bold Hello Bunny; here was my take:

I ink blended the edges of an A7 card with blue & the bunny with Antique Linen DI. Colored the rest with Copic Markers, then added some stickles to the flowers. Adhered Ms. Bunny to the card with foam tape & did the same with the fussy cut sentiment. The seed embellishments were given to us with the packet. Not really my cup of tea so I gave the rest of mine to podmate Kimberly who loved them.

On Saturday, we had a card swap with 10 of the cards we brought. The 11th card had been displayed around the room throughout the event on colorful decorated poster boards. For the game, this card was given to someone in the room who had to CASE it and give their card to the originator. I ended up with a card using a lady image that reminded me of Mary Poppins. Luckily, we'd received Mary Poppins papers (The Practically Perfect Nanny from Relatively Thoughtful) in our swag. Here's a photo of Teresa with her card and me with my CASE of her card. We then kept each other's cards.

Betsy, one table over, got my robot card to CASE; she did a great job using stamps in the swag bag. I'm holding the card she made me and she has my robot card (details HERE if you missed them).

In the evening, there was a mystery theater production that included attendees in roles. We had to guess "who dun it". It ran a bit long but the attendees who took roles were very good! Paperganza was such an incredible event; I hope they hold another one next year!!

We received so much swag and other free stuff - seemed like someone was constantly popping by the pods to deliver glue, dies, stickles - unreal! I was glad to be driving home so I could fit it all in my vehicle!!

Thanks for visiting and checking out my Paperganza cards! I'll be back tomorrow with an end-of-month post for Die Cut Divas (July Birthday Challenge link HERE).

Happy crafting!!

More fun from Paperganza

Hi all - I'm back with more on Paperganza, the in-person Craft Roulette event held this past weekend. Warning: photo heavy post ahead!

On Friday, things started early with a pastries breakfast followed by two classes. Class one was taught by Tanya Kostynuk from Riley and Company, the one with the darling moose image who now has cute friend images and snarky sayings. We used the Crocodile friend on our card:

Supplies: Paper - Photo Play A2 Zfolds & 

Salt & Sea Collection

Stamps - Riley and Company Funny Bones Summer Body,

Basic Dress Up Crocodile & Dress Up Beach Accessories

Tanya, a breast cancer survivor, has tons of energy & a great teaching style. The class kit contained 2 Z-fold card bases, one of which we cut down so we could make a double Z card. It also included layering papers & elements ready to assemble. Tanya had the images stamped & colored, then made into a print and die cut for us. This is a handy way to make a bunch of cards - try it at home with images you've painstakingly colored! I've listed and linked the Riley and Company supplies to Tanya's store.

Here's a photo of the card open:

Class two was taught by Amanda Stevens from Pear Blossom Press (a co-planner of Paperganza) using her light products along with adorable items from Trinity Stamps. We actually made two light-up card during the session! I'll show the card as is and lit.

 

Supplies: Provided papers already die cut

Stamps - PB Press Stamp and Die Bundle

Dies - Trinity Stamps Blast Off

Other - Pear Blossom Press One Light;

Trinity star embellishments (special mix

for the event)

You use vellum in the light up area and it shows off nicely!!

Supplies: provided die cut papers

Stamps - Trinity Stamps Hey Cupcake

Dies - Trinity Stamps Cupcake Card

Other - Pear Blossom Press Candle Light

You huff on the lit candle and it blows out!!

Aren't those light up cards amazing?! Of course, it would take much more time if you had to die cut all the elements. Double thick foam tape (she used a 3M tape) goes behind the element with the "push" stamped. You line up the light's on button behind the "push" and then use the thick foam around the battery pack. Amanda shared tips of how to mail the cards with a panel to keep the battery from engaging. You can also make the cards with a trap door to get at the battery pack to change the battery (not done in this class).

After lunch we had some open crafting time. I stamped and colored some images for an upcoming card. Then we played a game - I'll share the games in a separate post. We had time for Happy Hour in the bar, then a buffet dinner before Craft Roulette 277 aired live right from the hotel - so fun!! Neither host Mary Gunn nor her guest Amanda Stevens ended up making cards on camera. There was plenty of banter with attendees before some technical difficulties; Mary had just come over to talk to me when the roaming mic died - oh well, I was busy crafting! I made my card during the LIVE & uploaded it to the gallery using my phone - a first for me! But when I got home I took a better photo:

Supplies: Paper - Brutus Monroe Circus Life;

Max Macias handmade papers

A2 cards gifted from podmate Erica

Stamps - Craft Roulette The Basics

Other - CR business card

Here's my contribution view with the spun parameters:

• Project - Zoyfold: This format is a Zfold with an added card to fold over it - what's called a Joyfold. 
• Colors - Local Sport: I did red/gold for the Kansas City Chiefs! 
• Element - Craft Roulette: I used a CR business card included in the swag bag, plus stamps from their merch store.
• Random - Up-to-Date: Mary referenced a song "Up to Date in Kansas City" so that's what I stretched mine to be since I was LIVE in Kansas City.

Here's a view of the card standing so you can see the Joyfold part better:

After the roaming mics died, Mary & Amanda headed back to the broadcast table and did more giveaways. My sister-in-law Donna won something & so did Arlene; I was the unlucky one this time... After the show, our pod headed back to the bar for desserts! Fun day!!

I'll be back tomorrow to share the Day 2 classes & the games. Thanks for visiting & happy crafting!

A Robot & ATC for Paperganza!

Hey crafty friends! I've been MOA for a bit - here's why - PAPERGANZA!! I was very excited to travel to a Craft Roulette in-person event in Kansas City this past weekend. I drove down with my sister-in-law Donna and we met Diva Arlene (A Bit of This and That) who flew in from California.

Here's the card I created for the Paperganza card swap:

Supplies: Paper - Spellbinders A2 card;

Sunny Studio Rainbow Bright; scraps;

My Favorite Things Black Licorice & Limelight

Dies - Trinity Stamps Robot Builder;

Hero Arts Phrase Bubbles (retired)

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Embossing Folder - Sizzix Interface (retired)

Other - Recollections gems and heart;

computer printed sentiment

We had to bring 11 so here's a shot of the entire batch:

It took many hours to assemble 11 little robots, especially paper-piecing the bitty roulette wheel - yikes! I made most of robots the same, except for eye color changes. If you look closely, though, I gave the robot at lower right lips! I used a Spellbinders sun die set (see a card with the sun HERE). It was very fussy so I ended up only doing one with the lips - LOL. But I enjoyed the effort to create these little guys - attendees loved them! I'll tell you what we did with them in another post.

The fun started with Thursday night check-in/meet & greet and ended with a dinner Saturday night. While hotel costs were separate, the event fee included all meals, classes and an incredible swag bag. The hotel meeting room was arranged with tables of 8 with plenty of room for crafting! They called them "pods" and allowed for decorating them. We kept ours simple just some sparkly tablecloths and low centerpieces that didn't impinge on views of the instructors. I brought an ATC and some Spellbinders gems as a little gift for my podmates:

Supplies: Paper - many scraps

Dies - Whimsy Slimline ATC Windows;

Spellbinders 4 Petal Thank You Floral,

Colorful Expressions Sentiments (DOM-Aug24), 

& Honey Bee Jar (DOML-Jan24)

Stencil - Frantic Stamper Old Brick Wall

Other - Paper Studio stars; Hero Arts Unicorn White ink

On the back I used Whimsy ATC Frames and Signatures stamps.

Here's a photo of Arlene, me & Donna (left to right) shortly after check-in. I look pretty windblown from unpacking the car - yikes!

I'll be back tomorrow with more photos & details, as well as my Craft Roulette card made during the event. 

I'm adding my robot card to Darnell's July NBUS Challenge #76 since the robot builder dies are newly used.

Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty day!!