January 18, 2016

AZ Scrapbooking Class - Celebrating Your Arizona Visit

Located In the Green Valley Mall
101 South La Canada Drive
Green Valley, AZ 85614

Celebrating Your Arizona Visit
Tuesday - March 1, 2016
10 a.m.
Price - $26

Short on Ideas? Don't wait to go home to scrapbook your visit to Arizona.  Discover quick and easy ways to use both pre-made and customized embellishments to scrapbook your trip.  While this double-page layout shows four mats for photos, learn how to include hundreds of pictures - and even video to create a dynamic layout full of interest.
To register call (520) 393-7755.

What other types of papercrafting classes are you interested in?  Any techniques you'd like to learn?  Please leave a comment below with your ideas.

January 17, 2016

Customized Baby Layout

This page (Page 8 of Nathan's book) incorporated Mommy and Daddy's favorite football team for a fun pop.    A die-cut title from Miss Kate Cuttables was used and a Cute Penguins digital image from Raccoon Girl Design.
Challenges:

January 16, 2016

Standout Star

This page (Page 7 of Nathan's book) highlights a title from Miss Kate Cuttables.
Ugh...I have difficulty taking photos of scrapbook pages - gotta figure something out.  :D

January 15, 2016

Spray Mist Background

I tend to steer away from spray mists - but today added some white to my background with some homemade spray mist - for almost a tone on tone background. - Page 6 of Nathan's scrapbook baby shower gift.

January 14, 2016

January 13, 2016

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Cute penguins are key components of this page.  "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is the theme for my former coworker's baby shower.  This is one page of the photo album gift I am making for her - the photos on this page will be her invitation and others at her shower in February.

This layout is inspired by the January Stash Challenge #34 from Scrap Our Stash.  The inspiration is the cover of "The Cat in the Hat."  I used the blue/cream colors shown on the cover for my backgrounds...as well as the snow for my "Baby, It's Cold Outside" theme - embellished by the penguins standing in snow (white paint).

January 12, 2016

Another Circle Background

Since I had the cutting file all ready to go, I decided to use the same idea as my last post for a circle effect (inspired by Michigan Scrapbooker, Winter 2011-2012) using my electronic cutter.  A nice simple layout.

Adding Interest with Circles

Set your scrapbook layouts apart with some simple cuts - such as circles.  The circles (inspired by Michigan Scrapbooker, Winter 2011-2012) add fun and texture to the background.  These circles also make this the perfect entry for the current challenge at Moving Along, With Time - Spots and Dots.

Big and Bold Beginnings

An electronic cutting machine such as my Sizzix eClips is great for personalizing projects. My next project is a scrapbook for a former co-worker's baby-on-the-way.  This is the first page - their big announcements.

  

January 11, 2016

AZ Scrapbooking Class - Clean and Simple

Located In the Green Valley Mall
101 South La Canada Drive
Green Valley, AZ 85614

Clean and Simple Cards
Tuesday- February 23, 2016
10 a.m.
Price - $20

Short on Ideas? Make some clean and simple cards that amaze.  (Papers may vary.)




To register call (520) 393-7755.

What other types of papercrafting classes are you interested in?  Any techniques you'd like to learn?  Please leave a comment below with your ideas.

Dotted Paper Play

A bold, clean and simple card using Bo Bunny Paprika Double Dotted cardstock and Posy Patch stamp from Heartfelt Creations.  The sentiment is from Baer Design Studios.  A nice simple card to enter into challenge at Moving Along, with the Times - Spots and Dots.

Fun and Fast Cardmaking

For this card, I'm using a fairly large image (Blomsterflicka from Carinas Freebies) as the anchor - embellished with a posy from Heartfelt Creations.  I used Photoshop with red, black, and white to tie the image together with the cardstock used from Bo Bunny.  
This card is being entered into the challenge at CCC Digi Creations - Anything Goes.

2016 - Get Creative

NEW is the focus of this week's challenge at Get Creative.  We have a unique sponsor for this challenge - Rick St. Dennis.  His work is fun and quirky - I could not resist using his image "I Got Decorating to do."  I am very close to becoming this woman since I've retired - so for me it was a good reminder that perhaps New Year's Resolutions do have some merit.
Check out the challenge at Get Creative - we are starting off the year with some fun inspiration from the design team.  Then share your link to a "new" project.

January 10, 2016

Happy Birthday!

Shapes are ideal for adding interest to your cards.  Attach multiple layers of cardstock in different shapes - then use a simple flower (I'm using a Posy from Heartfelt Creations) to embellish it.
This card is being entered in the following challenges:

January 5, 2016

Alyce and Lila Bear visit Tucson on Halloween

I had several goals with this card.  I want to begin making desert-themed Halloween cards - thus, the cactus and pumpkin.  I also was working on a challenge with Kit and Clowder using the freebie image Alyce and Lila Bear.  And I wanted to join the challenge at Can You Case It #101 - color challenge with colors shown here.  The result?  Alyce and Lila Bear visiting Tucson on Halloween.  

January 4, 2016

Hobby Lobby Class - Paper Blossoms

Hobby Lobby - Tucson
5555 East Broadway

Paper Blossoms

Friday - February 5, 2016
1 p.m.
Price - $20 (includes all supplies)




Dive right into making four cards using Hobby Lobby’s “Be Bold . . . Be Bright” Foiled collection – combined with some paper-blossom die cuts.

Note
Paper colors/patterns may vary from pictures shown.

To register, call or text me at 520-576-8465.

What other types of papercrafting classes are you interested in?  Any techniques you'd like to learn?  Please leave a comment below with your ideas.

January 3, 2016

AZ Scrapbooking Class - Shaker Cards

Located In the Green Valley Mall
101 South La Canada Drive
Green Valley, AZ 85614

Shaker Cards
Wednesday - January 27, 2016
10 a.m.
Price - $22

Short on Ideas? This class is designed to introduce you to the Fuse Tool in creating shaker cards. While learning to use the fuse tool and reviewing confetti options, we will make three shaker cards. Papers may vary from samples.


To register call (520) 393-7755.

What other types of papercrafting classes are you interested in?  Any techniques you'd like to learn?  Please leave a comment below with your ideas.

January 1, 2016

Pittsburgh Bound

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Grandchildren provide lots of fun photos to create a scrapbook of photos, memories, and scrappin' techniques.  For this layout I was inspired by Sketch 464 from Scrapbook Challenges - an arrangement that's pleasing to the eye.  For a slightly different effect, I turned the layout on its side.
This is the last page of my Grandson's second scrapbook . . . and will be Pittsburgh bound tomorrow morning.  We don't have much contact with our grandson - parents too busy to Skype with last Christmas being the last time we visited online.  We've been able to visit Pittsburgh only twice - when he was born and when he turned one in May.  So he doesn't know us at all.  I wanted to at least provide an image that maybe he will at least be able to put faces to the names Grandpa and Grandma.

I also recently purchased the Fuse Tool and have been trying to find time to use it in a layout.  So we video taped a special message for Adrian and hid it beneath the third photo, as shown in this next close up.  This is fast and easy, once you get the hang of it!  The real question is will it withstand the tiny hands of a one-year-old boy.  
The message contains a code to STKR.IT.  When scanned, he will see this video of us blowing kisses to him.  I
To see the entire album, visit my Facebook Gallery.