Mini Stamp Camp Meet & Greet

 Mini Stamp Camp Meet & Greet

Date:  Sunday, August 20, 2023, 1:30pm CST

Spaces are currently available for our first ever Mini Stamp Camp Meet & Greet event.  Participants will be making three greeting cards, plus a surprise.  COST:  $10

Contact us via email at:  pelicancraftslongbeach@gmail.com to save your spot.

Sneak Peak at two of the projects:

  

Interested?  Be sure to email us at the email shown above no later than August 10, 2023.

Scavenger Hunt

Do you like to participate in Scavenger Hunts?  Well, we have one for you.  To participate all you need is the current Stampin'Up! Annual Catalog or access to a computer where you can pull up the catalog to find the products listed below.

stampinup.com

Each week on Monday we will post a list of items to find.  All you need to do is "look through" the catalog and tell us which page and the corresponding item number (if shown) that the item is on.  Send us via email your list with the answers by midnight on the following Sunday and we will put your name in a drawing for a surprise from us.  The drawing will be completed and the winner posted when we post our new list of items on the following Monday.  Our email is pelicancraftslongbeach@gmail.com and we look forward to hearing from you.

Scavenger Hunt List for Monday, July 31, 2023

Sara Douglass                                                    Dimensionals

Earthern Textures Bundle                                  Craft Some Memories

Paper Pumpkin                                                   Hey Chuck Bundle

Be sure to send us an email to enter the drawing.

FANCY FOLD FRIDAY - July 28, 2023

 Fancy Fold Friday

On the second and fourth Friday each month, we will show different types of Fancy Folds and how to create them.  Be sure to come back on the second and fourth Friday to see the next Fancy Fold and how to make it.  

Materials Need: (Note:  All products used are from Stampin'Up! and can be purchased through Diana's Stampin'Up! Store on the left or your own Stampin'Up! Demonstrator.)

Granny Apple Green Card Stock - Item No: 146990  (2 sheets)     

Basic White Card Stock - Item No: 159276

Paper Trimmer - Item No: 152392

Bone Folder - Item No: 102300

Multipurpose Liquid Glue - No: 110755

GATE FOLD

You will need one sheet of colored card stock for the base (Granny Apple Green or your choice of color), one sheet of Basic White and a Paper Trimmer.

Using your Paper Trimmer, cut one sheet of Granny Apple Green card stock along the 11" edge at 5-1/2 inches, we will only be using one-half of the sheet of card stock.

Score along the 8-1/2" side at 2-1/8" and at 6-3/8" with your Paper Trimmer.

After scoring your card stock, fold the two sides towards the center. Crease the folded edges using the bone folder for a crisp edge.

Using the paper trimmer, cut a 3/4" x 11" section off the second sheet of Granny Apple Green card stock.  This slim piece of paper will be used to create a "belly band" to hold the card closed.

At this time you should have the pieces shown to the left.

We will be attaching the smaller Basic White pieces to each side of the base card and the larger Basic White piece to the center of the base card with the glue of your choice.  

Here is the catch to today's Fancy Fold, we will not be finishing it until next Tuesday, August 1st.  Why?  On the first and third Tuesdays of each month we will be sharing stamping techniques for Technique Tuesday.  I will finish this card on Tuesday using our first stamping technique, sponging.

Be sure to tune in on Tuesday to finish the card and learn about sponging. 

Storage Solutions and Ideas

 Have you ever wondered, "How am I going to store that?"  Boy, I sure have.

I use to store my stamp pads in shoe boxes (not clear ones, lol) and had a hard time finding THE stamp pad I wanted.  So, I moved up to clear storage bins -- that worked better, but I had to keep moving all the stamp pads around until I found THE stamp pad I wanted to use.  Hey, don't even get me started on storing markers and re-inkers -- I believe I tried everything under the sun.  THEN, someone told me about Stamp-n-Storage.  All I can say is THEY have made my life so much easier.

The first item I purchased was a stamp pad/marker/re-inker holder, and I LOVE it.  I still use it to this day and I have had it for several years.  Here is what one looks like:

This storage unit comes in white or natural and is made to hold either 24/36/60 stamp pads, markers and refills.  It also comes with the option to sit on your desk or to be hung on the wall.

If you are like me, you LOVE punches. Sometimes I feel like I have a gazillion of them, but I ALWAYS want the new one on the block.  My next purchase was a holder for my lock-down punches:

This guy also comes in white or neutral and can hold up to 32 large lock-down punches, and can either sit on your desk or be hung on the wall.  A whale-tale unit is also available.

Metal Dies -- Please do not ask how many I have -- let's just say lots, and lots, and lots and leave it there, lol. How many do you have?  Are they floating all over your home?  Some are stuck in a drawer?  In a box (somewhere)?  This handy-dandy storage container was a must have.  It can hold a lot of dies.

This guy not only comes in white or neutral, but also with or without a lid; and, it comes in small, medium and large -- to fit your needs.

And these magnetic cards are a MUST HAVE to help keep your dies under control.  As you can see in the box above, these cards fit nicely into them and viola (imagine the slash above the a) your new storage solution has your dies under control.

And for those of you who fall into the same category as me (too many dies --never!!), Stamp-n-Storage has released a new item that can hold a LOT of dies, and 6x6 paper (if you want).

 Look at all that storage. Amazing!  You can purchase a two-drawer or a four-drawer unit to hold your complement of dies.  Okay, okay, I admit it -- I ordered one and it is on the way.  I'll post pictures after I move all my dies over to this cutie.  Oh, before I forget, it comes in white or neutral.

Stamp-n-Storage has so many nice storage solutions.  Hop on over (click on the link on the left side of this blog) and check them out.  (Please note I am an affiliate of Stamp-n-Storage and do get a commission from any purchase you make through my link.  You are not charged the commission, it is covered by Stamp-n-Storage.)

Mini Journal Booklets

 Good Morning and welcome to our first Junk Journaling post.

Diana and I were crafting over the weekend and made these adorable mini journals by Vectoria Designs.  The were quick and easy to make.

The second picture is the inside of the first journal shown.  Pockets on every page with a few envelopes for keepsakes thrown in.

We Are Open

 We are up and running after a rather long delay.  

On July 15th we participated in the Christmas In July Event in Long Beach, MS.  Our booth featured cards  and 3-D projects made with Stampin'Up! products.  We had a blast and were very fortunate to have a good turnout.  Below are a few pictures of our booth and a few of the products we sold.

Our booth looking out at the rest of the vendors:

 We offered greeting cards and various stocking stuffers, teacher appreciation gifts, etc.:

Candy holders, glass nail files, tissue holders, bookmarks, etc.:

We many wonderful people from around the area and some from a fair distance away.  We offered a drawing for a door prize for one lucky entrant.

Yay!  Priscilla won.  Congratulations!

Stay tuned for more and be sure to check out our class schedule.  Contact us via email at:

pelicancraftslongbeach.com.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 Welcome to our blog, Pelican Crafts (of Long Beach).

Diana and I love to create and plan to keep you interested, on your toes and busy with paper crafting ideas galore.

Diana primarily focuses on stamping (in all its forms) while I focus on junk journaling.  BUT; here’s the twist, we both love to stamp and to junk journal.  You will see projects in both areas from each of us from time-to-time … and maybe a combination of the two.

JUNK JOURNALING is what it sounds like, take that nonsense mail and turn it into little works of art – journaling with junk.  The best part of “junk” journaling is “junk” means different things to everyone.  There is not a right way or a wrong way, it is what makes you happy and becomes your style.

Be prepared to learn a whole new vocabulary, lol.  Below are a few definitions to get you started, but I have many more to introduce to you, as will Diana.

JOURNAL:  A junk journal is a “book” you create; whether you repurpose an existing book or create one from scratch.  A junk journal can be anything and contains signatures (described below), such as:

                    a) a daily journal with space for your thoughts and feelings;

                    b) a record of an event; i.e., a wedding, being pregnant, a trip, a subject you are interested in, a place, a memoir;

                      c) life experiences; or,

                      d) whatever you think of to journal about

JUNK, again, is exactly what it sounds like – junk:  It can be trash you plan on throwing away; i.e., an old envelop you received in the mail or from someone, a cereal box (to use to create a cover for your journal), a newspaper, a magazine, a clothing tag, a receipt, an old book, an old birthday or Christmas card, a flyer you received, the plastic tab off a loaf of bread, the metal ring off a soda can, old jewelry, old photos; if you can think of an item to use, it is probably junk.

                       Then there are printables – a whole new world will open up to you.  You can find images you want to use on line (be sure the copyright has expired) or you can visit many sites (stores like the ones on Etsy) where you can purchase whatever you can imagine.

SIGNATURES:  A journal (or book) contains several pages.  The larger your journal (the more pages you have), the more difficult it becomes to put together.  Therefore, we use signatures (or small groupings of pages) to help make it easier to bind.  A journal can have one, two, three or more signatures.  All depending on what YOU want it to be.

                EXAMPLE:  Let us say your journal has 30 single pages (or as in most journals 30 single pages could turn into 120 pages, I’ll explain in my first video) and you try to bind 30 pages all at once, it can become rather bulky and difficult to complete.  Consider taking those 30 pages and breaking them down into small increments; like three batches of ten pages or six batches of five pages.  Each “batch” is called a signature. Each signature is then added to your journal by sewing it in (again, I will discuss in my first video).  By breaking it down you are able to manage your pages easier.  Using the 30-page journal as an example, all 30 pages can be the same subject no matter which signature they are in (like a cook book), or each signature could be a different related subject (like a journal of a trip to Scotland, England, France or Italy).  Each signature could pertain to each country you visited. 

Starting to make some sense out of this?  Still confused?  I sure was when I started! (And truth be known, some days I still am, lol).  It can be overwhelming, but it does become easier the more you play around.  Watch some videos on YouTube (I’ll mention my favorites throughout my videos).  If I learned a technique from someone, I’ll let you know where and from whom I picked up that technique.  Let your imagination have free reign and explore the world of junk journaling.

Diana and I encourage you to come back every day or two to see what we have been up to.  We encourage you to ask questions and we are happy to help where we can.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

January 2, 2023 -- Overview of Junk Journaling Video

Both of us are looking forward to your visits and your feedback.  See you soon.