I have 2 upcoming classes...both at The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline, IL. Call the store directly at 1 309.736.7242 to register!
Fast, Fun and Fabulous Layouts-Saturday, April 28th 10AM, $24
And a Friendship mini-album class-Saturday, April 28th, 1:30, $28
This one's all about working with canvas, foil and inks of all types!
Hope to see you there!
Check it out...another edition of the Fun, Fast and Fabulous Layout Class is coming to the Scrapbooking Studio on June 25th...call the store at (309) 736-7242 to save your space!
Hope to see you there!!
about my classes on Saturday at The Scrapbooking Studio...this is the AM class....10:00-12:30
This is the PM class...2:00-4:00
Call the store at (309) 736-7242 to sign up...space is limited...
Working on a layout...hope to share soon!!
I cropped a few weeks ago, on a Saturday and got ALOT of things accomplished, which, if you've cropped with me before, IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL! Usually I spend most of my time chatting, eating, spending $$ and staring at beautiful pieces of paper trying to decide what to do...well, NOT THIS TIME...well, I still ate, spend and stared, but I DID do alot less chatting and ALOT more working...some examples...
A layout of my DD in India, using Pebbles new Happy Go Lucky and Ever After:
I finished up my samples for my March Fast, Fun and Fabulous Class at the Scrapbooking Studio...here's a peek of one of the two pagers, using a sketch in Allison Davis' Sketches for Scrapbooking, vol. 3. and some American Crafts City Park papers!
I did ANOTHER American Crafts layout...using their BRAND NEW Campy Trails papers...this one was picked up for publication in October 2011 Scrapbooks etc. magazine, so I can't share it (quite yet)...
I finished my SEI lifestyle projects, as I'm guest blogging over there next week...super excited about this one, here's a sneaky peeky of my 1st project...
Phew, I'm beat, just redescribing the crop...but it sure was FUN...gotta do it again soon!!
Hi scrappy friends!! I have two classes coming up on March 26th at the Scrapbooking Studio in Moline, IL...call the store at (309) 736-7242 to register...here's the DEETS (details)...
Saturday, March 26th, 10 AM-12:30 - Fast, Fun and Fabulous Layouts, Spring 2011 edition...
Join ME for the Spring Edition of the Fun, Fast and Fabulous Layout class...this time it's all about rain showers, clouds, flowers and spring break!! Learn how to make some handmade paper flowers, textured clouds and an umbrella accent from punched shapes. Each class participant will receive all the precut papers to assemble the pages and a full sheet of letter stickers to customize their page titles...this class is 2.5 hours, $24 and you will leave with 5 pages!! (1 single page layout, 2 double page layouts). Bring your standard kit to class (wet/dry adhesive, trimmer, scissors, journalling pen). Cost is $24
The 2 page layouts in this class are based on Allison Davis and Doris Sander's book, Sketches for Scrapbooking, vol. 3
Saturday, March 26th, 2-4 PM, Fast, Fun and Fabulous PHOTO EDITING
You spend hours on you pages to make them perfect, why not learn how to improve you photos in under 5 minutes? This is an introductory photo editing class where participants will learn how to organize their photos, straighten images, crop images, selectively highlight images, convert to black or white/sepia and fix minor exposure issues. Participants are encouraged to bring thier laptops to class with the latest edition of Adobe Photoshop Elements (30 day free trial is fine) downloaded. The store has a limited number of laptops available as loaners, but please call ahead and reserve them if you need to. Images to practice editing techniques will be provided. Cost is $20.
I'm thinking of Fast, Fun and FABULOUS Christmas decor this week....here's some quick links to get you INSPIRED...
Spellbinders has a TON of fast Christmas ideas up on their blog--loving their dimensional ornaments and tags...
There's a flip and fold mini album tutorial up on the Jillibean Soup blog....
American Crafts has quick and easy cards on display...
Tammy Tutterow has a week's worth of luminaries on her blog...here's the link to the one with the tutorial...TUTORIAL
This post is from a few years ago, but I LOVE this wreath...and there's a tutorial too!!
And then there's my winter luminaries...TUTORIAL (pic and link on the right sidebar)
Hope this gets your holiday creativity flowing...toodles!!
Welcome to week 2 of my Fast, Fun and Fabulous on Fridays...you can see the first post HERE!
I'm going to continue on the INSPIRATION theme and link you blog readers up with some of my FAVE, Fast, Fun and Fabulous scrapping peeps...no, I don't know them...but I do love their style!!
There's more, of course...but I didn't want to overwhelm anyone...TOODLES!
I'm working on a (gasp) mini album...yes I am!! It's led me to the question why I don't do more minis...and it comes down to time...I like fast, easy projects and minis always seem to take me FOREVER to put together...probably exactly because I don't do too many, so I don't have any standard 'plans' to lean back on and speed things up...BUT, I do create some time consuming altered items, so that can't be the whole reason...turns out, when I do an altered item, I break it down into small, managable bits that can be accomplished in 30 minutes here, 30 minutes there, with LOTS of interuptions...I decided I should be able to apply that to a mini album...so I AM!!
This mini will be an album to document my family's upcoming trip to India...it'll be my 3rd trip and I've collected so many pictures each time, I decided this trip would perfect to document in this manner...since I've been inspired by the recent art journal blog posts of Megan, Amy and others I'm going to create a fancy artistic cover. And because I see December Daily albums EVERYWHERE courtesy of Ali Edwards...I'm premaking the album and planning to just add pictures and journalling as I go...hopefully I score this baby on Friday...(19.99 at best buy, regular 49.99)
which will allow me to create the album pages practically in real time...(I'm using the excuse that my DS has to do a picture/word journal of the same trip for his class homework as the reason to buy my toys!!) Check back later this week for pics of the cover and some pages...
On another note, one of my favorite ebook companies, Ella Publishing has released an issue near and dear to my heart...2 page layout design!! LOVE that they're doing this...
Toodles, and thanks for stopping by!
Try and say that 3 times fast!!
I'm starting a weekly feature here on the blog...each Friday I will highlight something or someone that helps make the scrapbooking, paper crafting process FAST, FUN or FABULOUS...most of you know that I'm a married, working, mother of two little ones and that presents a time challenge when it comes to creating...I'm often asked, how I get everything done, so I thought I share some thoughts, insights and inspiration, at least as much as I have...so here goes the first installment...
FAST, FUN AND FABULOUS--let's talk INSPIRATION...
Paper crafts, cards, or scrapbook pages come together alot quicker when you have MOJO, or an idea, or a color scheme already in mind...these things allow you to get 'down to business' assembling your project more quickly than if you had to start from scratch...I can recall many a project that started without any inspiration at all, just me moving my scrap crap around on my table, over and over, waiting for something to click...usually it doesn't...so I make sure I am up to date on the latest trends, the hottest color schemes or best sketch sites...I also document ideas as they come to me...usually on scraps of paper I later drop by my computer...this way all my ideas are 'in my face' all the time and when I sit down at my table I've got several good starting points...if I'm really stuck, I'll scraplift MYSELF...I've got a bunch of 'favorite' layouts, some published, some not, that I turn to for inspiration when the time is really tight...so here's some linky loving to get your inspiration tank FILLED and ready for the next time you have time to create...
Color Trends:
Style Trends:
Sketch Sites:
Have fun and happy crafting...until next time...TOODLES!
