LRS - Project Reveal

Be sure to hop on over to the Little Red Scrapbook Design Team gallery to check out all the amazing projects the girls made with the September kit.  Here is what I did:

Card Challenge at LRS

Little Red Scrapbook Monthly Card Challenge:  Sewing butterflies

I absolutely adore the oodles of butterflies on the Huckleberry Hill paper in his month's kit.  I love fussy cutting, but I just could not bring myself to cutting out all those lovely butterflies.  Instead, I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch which fit inside the printed butterflies perfectly!  Arranging the butterflies in a grid pattern and sewing down through the centers reminds me of the butterfly specimen examples from science class.  This is a great way to add dimension to your projects.  Try it out!  Upload your completed project in the LRS gallery and link back to the challenge thread.  I can't wait to see what you do!

LRS September Kit and Sneak Peeks

Check out the fabulous September kit at Little Red Scrapbook!

This month features October Afternoon Woodland Park paper line and loads of amazing embellishments.  You can see a complete list of items included in the kit in the LRS store.   Here are a few sneak peeks of what I made with the kit:

Important Announcement About Copic Classes

It has been nearly three years since Sue introduced me to Copic markers and I started teaching classes at Pizazz It! Scrapbooks.  Since then, we've moved our little group to Hobby Lobby and continued classes there.  You ladies are such a joy to be around and I have thoroughly enjoyed researching and learning different techniques to bring you each month.  Lately, however, I'm finding the creative juices are drying up and my heart is just not into teaching any more.  The class is ready for a fresh face and fresh ideas.  I am THRILLED to announce that Charmaine Blue will begin taking over teaching Copic classes at Hobby Lobby in August.  She is amazingly talented and really has a passion for Copic markers.  I'm excited for the group to learn new techniques and fresh ideas.  I'm excited for Charmaine because I know teaching has been something she has been thinking about doing.  And I'm excited for me to continue to participate in the class with you wonderful ladies as a student!

The transition to a new instructor should be pretty smooth.  Charmaine plans to keep things the same for now, but I'm sure changes will be made down the road as she sees ways to improve upon the process.  If there are any changes you would like to see made, please don't hesitate to let Charmaine know.  She is also very interested knowing what techniques and stamp images you would like to see in future classes.  Charmaine's email address is cqblue@att.net

Please join me on congratulating Charmaine!

July Copic Class

The heat is on, but luckily coloring with Copics is an indoor sport!  Here are the cards we will be working on this week.  I just love the color combo!  Also, I received my Silhouette Cameo replacement and hoping to learn how to do print and cut this week so you won't have to cut out the flowers.  Yeah!!
When:  Saturday, July 28, 12:30 - 2:30

Location:  Hobby Lobby
5865 Chantry Drive, Columbus OH, 43232
 
Cost:  $15 paid to me on day of class.  Cash is preferred and I'm unable to take credit cards (sorry!)

What to bring:  Scissors, glue dots, pop dots and adhesive

Copic Markers:   BV00, V17, YG63, YG03, Y15   These colors are all sold at Hobby Lobby.

Please let me know if you will be attending class and if you would like an additional kit for $4.  See you on Saturday the 28th!!

LRS Sneak Peeks

Here are a few sneak peeks of the awesome LRS July Kit.

LRS Friday Fun

Hop on over to the Little Red Scrapbook Blog to check out a cool idea using banners in a creative way.

Hobby Lobby June Copic Class

In case you missed the last Copic Technique class at Hobby Lobby, here is a recap.  We learned how to color in fabric folds and used a darling digital stamp found on Google images.

Copic Markers:  R81, R83, R85, R89

(Brownie points for anyone who can tell me how to rotate this last photo.  It is NOT uploaded like that.  Kindly tilt your head to the right to view.)

Any hoo......I still have a couple more card kits left.  $15 for the class kit with instructions and $4 for each additional kit.

Mark your calendar for the next class which is July 28 at 12:30.  Markers and technique to be announced shortly.

Introducing ScrapKids!!

ScrapScription is proud to introduce a series of four 2012 ScrapKids albums! Our new ScrapKids kits take their lead from the best of what ScrapScription has offered in the past and turn it into a kit especially for kids! We've simplified our design with fewer cuts, bright papers, and geared the kits toward tweens, teens, beginners, and even the young at heart.  You'll love our kid friendly designs as well as our kid friendly low price.  Future kits will include teen friendly themes such as friends, school and Christmas.  However, we couldn't think of a better way to showcase our first album for kids than to start off with a bright and cheerful summer themed kit!

THIS IS THE SWEET LIFE!

THE SWEET LIFE - 6" X 6" CHIPBOARD SCALLOPED TAB ALBUM -   To kick off our ScrapKids series, we started with a Maya Road 6" x 6" chipboard album as the base and headed over to one of our favorite designers, Jill at Jillibean Soup, to add some summer themed papers and embellishments from her Watermelon Gazpacho Soup line. Then we threw in some Doodlebug Designs cards and envelopes, added those tags and pull out pages ScrapScription is known for and voila - The Sweet Life was born! What better way to spend time with that special young person in your life, scrapping the day away, and creating that extra special keepsake that he or she can proudly say, "Look, I made it myself!" As always we are including step-by-step colored directions, so get your The Sweet Life album today!

Cost: $30       

BUY THE SWEET LIFE NOW!!

Stamping on Modeling Clay

Kaiser Kraft had a great idea in their monthly newsletter about stamping and inking on modeling clay.  It would be another great way to use stamps, however, I am not able to Pin It to Pinterest because it is in PDF form.  Soooooo, I'm shamelessly copying it to my blog so I can Pin It so I won't forget. 
...aaaaand the second photo is wonky.  Doh!