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Amazing Paper Grace Kit Club 3-November & 2013 Calendars!

It's time for a sneak peek of November's Amazing Paper Grace Kit from Becca Feeken -- and it is simply gorgeous! You are going to love this month's dies . . . an elegant set of Filigree Corner Dies:

And Becca's A New Day stamp set is perfect for making calendar-based gifts, scrapbook pages, or cards!

Here are all the projects you'll be able to make with this month's kit (designed by Becca):

This month you can buy just the November Kit, or a Silver (6 month membership) or Gold (12 month membership). Please be advised that next month it is anticipated there may only be a few single month kits left after orders for the monthly subscribers are filled, so you may want to go ahead and choose one of the membershp options!  Amazing Paper Graces Kits are not available for purchase on the JustRite site though, so to purchase any of the last three kits, click here to shop.

Here's a project I made with the kit stamps and dies -- my November calendar, of course!

I was so excited to see this wonderful stamp set that is perfect for calendar making!  I die cut the Filigree Corners with orange paper and then placed them on a chocolate layer of cardstock, to make them stand out.  If you aren't in to making calendars, but like to scrapbook, remember any of my calendar page examples could also be used as a scrapbook page -- just replace the calendar with a photo! Part of one of the pretty sentiments, "Live in the present" was stamped onto a pumpkin, and I used the corner element from the stamp set as trendils on the top of the pumpkin!

To shade the pumpkin, I airbrushed it around the edges with Copic YR18:

The November word was stamped onto my own computer generated calendar.  Cut out, it measures 3.75" wide x 2.75" tall.  

The leaf is die cut chocolate felt, stitched with green Baker's twine. Green leaf stick pins accent the filigree corners.

CALENDAR INFO:
Since this kit will be perfect for making calendar gifts for the holidays, I took the time to make up my 2013 downloadable calendars you all have been asking for! You'll be able to find them on my Downloads & Tutorials page. For 2013 I'm offering this one size of calendar I used today (some larger months measure 3" tall x 3.50" wide) --either 2 to a page, for room to die cut or use in various ways; or 4 to a page, if you want to use closely trimmed calendars like I did here and save on cardstock. Both versions will come with and without the months already printed on them. More details can be found on my download page.  

As a bonus, if you haven't used any of my calendars in the past, here's a free download of November and December 2012's calendars for you to try out:   Download 2012 Grid Nov-Dec Calendars_SharonHarnist

Now, on to the rest of the hop!

These JustRite designers also have projects with these kit stamps and dies to share with you today:

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Sharon Harnist <=You are here!
Heidi Blankenship
Kazan Clark
Angela Barkhouse 

Thanks for stopping by on a Saturday!  Don't forget to enter my drawing to win an autographed copy of the latest Copic Coloring Guide 3: People in the post below this one!  ~ Sharon

{Calendar Supplies}
Stamps & Dies: Amazing Paper Grace November Club Kit; 
Other Dies: Spellbinders Pumpkins;  Memory Box Maple Leaf die; 
Paper: Neenah Natural White cardstock (for printed calendar); MME Lost & Found 6x6-Halloween; Echo Park 6x6-For The Record 2; Chocolate cardstock
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Potter's Clay & Toffee Crunch 
Accessories: Wool Felt, Baker's Twine, Maya Road Green Leaf Trinket Pin, Copic Foam Tape, 

Happy Halloween!

I had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful Pacific Northwest this past week, for our annual Copic team meetings in Eugene, OR.  We all took a break one evening between a couple of days of planning meetings and took a gorgeous, scenic drive to the coast (Florence) for dinner . . . fun times!

(Sherrie Siemens, Debbie Olson, Nancy Zenke, Lori Craig, Jenn Balcer, Me, Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker)

On Friday Jenn Balcer taught a Copic Standard Certification Class:

And since my flight didn't leave until later that afternoon, I helped out Jenn and some students a little:

Also in the class, from the Copic offices was Richard Owens, our inhouse online community expert, who Tweeted the above photos.  Did you know you can find Copic Markers on both Twitter and Facebook?  <== Just click on those links and you can follow those Copic pages, where you'll find exclusive photos like these, links to fabulous Copic projects, and even Copic contests!  Likewise, the Copic Blog is full of fabulous daily content as well!

On the flight home I was able to get a little coloring done so just in time for Halloween, here's a sweet Lockhart Halloween Cookies notecard that will accompany a sweet treat for one of my children's teachers tomorrow:

Aren't these Halloween Cookies adorable?!! I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored it with the Copic markers listed below.  For the white ghost and web cookies, straws and cookie sticks, I used Clear, Lemon and Melon Atyou Spica Glitter Pens to color in those small spaces.  Hopefully you can see the glitter in this closeup:

After coloring, I cut out the image and adhered it to an Inchie Arts Ivory Twinchie Square and popped it up on foam tape on a 3.50" Inchie Arts Neutral Inchie Notes (taupe).  Patterned paper was punched and adhered to the lower part of the notcard.

I hope you enjoy trick-or-treating tomorrow night where you are!

Stamps: Lockhart Stamp Company-Halloween Cookies, 
Paper: Inchie Arts Neutral Inchie Notes-Taupe, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, My Mind's Eye-Mischievous 6x6
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,  
Copic Markers: YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18, YG03, YG63, V12, V15; Atyou Spica Glitter Pens-Clear, Lemon, Melon
Accessories: Inchie Arts Assorted Twinchie Squares-Ivory, EK Success Edger Punch-Dotted Scallop, 

JustRite Stampers October Release-Final Day!

Today is JustRite Stampers’ last day for October release blog hops, but before we get started I wanted to mention a few things:

--Please be sure to drop by the JustRite Inspiration blog this morning -- the winner of the October release blog candy giveaway will be announced!

--JustRite Original Halloween Sale: 30% off Happy Halloween, Trick or Treat, and Halloween mini sentiments, just in time for the holiday!  You can find these sets over in the Super Sale section of the JustRite webstore, along with some other great steals!

Today we have more new introductions in JustRite’s new CLEAR line of stamps -- first is Autumn Words. What a fabulous set, full of great words and leaves you’ll use for scrapbooking, cards and all kinds of Fall projects!

Set of 40 Clear Stamps: 5 Decorative Elements, 24 words and 11 numbers, which include autumn leaves, Fall months, Autumn words to mix and match and numbers.  The words are designed to coordinate with JustRite Custom Dies: JB 08955 Nested Sentiment Dies and JB -08950 Nested Frame Dies.

And Market Place Alphabet -- love this font, which coordinates with the Autumn Words above!

A set of 107 Clear Stamps: 54 Letters, 18 Numbers, 31 Symbols, 2 Decorative Frames, 2 Decorative Elements.  Letters measure 5/16".  Market Place Alphabet Stamps coordinates with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals Lg, Classic Ovals SM and Labels Eighteen. They also coordinate with the O Christmas Tree set we showed you yesterday!

I used the Autumn Words set to create my October calendar :

I stamped all three of the leaves in different colors of Memento Dew Drops: Bamboo Leaves, Potter’s Clay and Sweet Plum, to create a patterned paper background -- so quick and easy!  The adorable tiny acorns were stamped with Desert Sand and Rich Cocoa ink.

I machine stitched the leaves background to green cardstock.  To create the pumpkin accent, I lined up several of the Fall words on an acrylic block and stamped them with Versamark ink onto pumpkin cardstock and then die cut it with Spellbinders Pumpkins.  A row of “grass” was created with Spellbinders Classic Triple Scalloped Edgeabilities dies.  I think the “October” and other months in this set were included just for *me*, LOL!

To finish my calendar, I stamped a row of words in different colors of ink at the bottom of the calendar.  These design team members also have projects with these stamp sets to share with you today:

Sankari Wegman
Michele Kovack
Angela Barkhouse
Sharon Harnist  < You are here!
Heidi Blankenship 
Kazan Clark 
Kellie Fortin

Thanks for stopping by . . . enjoy your week!

{October Calendar Supplies}
Stamps: JustRite Clear-Autumn Words, acrylic block,
Dies: Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Pumpkins, Twisted Metal Tags & Classic Triple Scalloped Edgeabilities; Grand Calibur
Paper: Neenah Natural White cardstock; Gina K Designs Fresh Asparagus & Pumpkin Spice cardstock
Ink: Memento Dew Drops-Bamboo Leaves, Desert Sand, Potter’s Clay, Rich Cocoa, Sweet Plum; Versamark
Accessories: Sharon’s Downloadable 4.50” Calendar, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares,

Happy World Card Making Day!

The World Card Making Day challenges have begun over at Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom and remember, the sale in the store is going on all day as well!  Be sure to check out the challenges every 2 hours, beginning at 8am Pacific and enter as many as you'd like, for you best chance to win that awesome grand prize I showed you yesterday!  And all you have to do to for a chance to win each designer's challenge prize package is leave a comment for us on each of our challenge posts!  

Here's a little sneak peek of my challenge project (my challenge will post at noon Pacific / 1pm Mountain / 2pm Central / 3pm Eastern):

I hope to see you there and I hope you have fun making some cards today!

Stamps: Lockhart Stamp Co-Autumn Gate, 
Dies: Memory Box Maple Leaf die; Sizzix Tim Holtz On The Edge Die-Scallops, 
Paper: Memory Box-Paprika notecards (card base), Jack O Lantern cardstock (leaf); My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 6x6-Sunshine, Copic X-Press It Blending Card; 
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy; 
Copic Markers: E30, E31, E33, V15, Y00, Y15, YG61, YG63, YR00, YR12, T0, T1; Orange, Melon & Lemon Atyou Spica Glitter Pens,
Accessories: Inchie Arts Assorted Neutral Inchie Squares; Black Baker's Twine; black button; Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares; Ranger Ink Blending Tool;