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A Giveaway!! Free seat in Art + Science !!!!

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Hello all my scrappy friends….and even my non-scrappy/not quite so scrappy friends!  I am thrilled to have a give away for you !!  As I mentioned a few months ago, I was asked to contribute content to the Art + Science of Scrapbooking re-run class at Big Picture Classes.  The class is going to start running this month!!!!  (insert hand clapping and jumping up and down!!)    In honor of this, I have one seat in A+S to give away to one of my blog/facebook/twitter followers!!

Art + Science collage 2Here is the info on the class:

Art + Science of Scrapbooking, 16 brain-boosting challenges to strengthen your creative process taught by Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson

http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/art-science-scrapbooking.php

Starts 5/15/2014 $45

Class Description

Are you a right-brained person who embraces possibility and spontaneity, thrives on imagination, relies on feelings, and thinks in symbols and images? Are you a left-brained person who practices strategy and order, finds comfort in facts, relies on logic, and thinks in words and language?

The answer to both questions is “yes!” In The Art + Science of Scrapbooking, a mind-bending workshop from Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson, you’ll learn to harness the creative power of both sides of your brain.

In four illuminating weeks, right-brainer Stacy Julian and left-brainer Jennifer Wilson will help you embrace your natural cognitive strengths. But they’ll also challenge themselves, each other, and YOU to find a new sense of balance and power as you explore the other side of your brain.

Read rest of description here

Link to Promotional video on YouTube

http://youtu.be/Jx0EglZEXgk

To enter, leave a comment here on my blog, or on my twitter feed or on this post via Facebook.  I will put them all together and draw the winner on Monday.  Contest Closes at Midnight, EST, Tuesday May 6th.   Good luck and even if you don’t win the free seat, I hope you will join us in the classroom!!

 

AND THE WINNER IS !

Thanks for this giveaway! It would b awesome to be in this class!!!

Thank you everyone who popped over and entered, I’m so excited for the class to begin!

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(inter)National Scrapbooking Day is almost here!

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Yup, a whole holiday devoted to one of my favorite hobbies!!  One of my favorite places to take classes is Big Picture Classes and they will be hosting a FREE online event tomorrow from 9-6 pst.  Hope on over to their site HERE and sign up.  It will be tons of fun with give-aways, challenges and loads of inspiration!!

National Scrapbook Day “10k”

National Scrapbook Day “10k”

On National Scrapbook Day 2014, come help us complete our very first “10k”—together we’re racing to add 10,000 new scrapbook pages to Instagram in just one day!

Sign up now for this FREE, one-day, online event brought to you by Big Picture Classes and Studio Calico. Ten expert scrapbookers will be sharing ideas and inspiration throughout the day, from inside a private online classroom.

Get inspired by nationally known scrapbookers!


Heidi Swapp

Natalie Elphinstone

Whether you follow the instructors’ lead or scrapbook to the beat of your own drum, we invite you to take pictures of your creations and post them to Instagram (hashtag #NSD10k) on May 3, 2014, for a chance to win great prizes from Studio Calico and our other generous sponsors.

Win great prizes from top scrapbooking companies!


Stock up on deeply discounted product kits now through May 3rd!

Leading up to National Scrapbook Day, Studio Calico is deeply discounting eight fun and fabulous kits just for “10k” participants—only $10 each while supplies last. Details, links, and coupon codes are available in our online classroom immediately upon registration. You’ll also love Studio Calico’s exclusive National Scrapbook Day kit, which will be available to “10k” participants on May 3 ONLY for just $19.99, including shipping anywhere in the world.

Special thanks to our Team 10k members:

Come scrapbook with us on National Scrapbook Day 2014!

Price: FREE! Just add to your cart and checkout to gain access!
Duration: 10 Hours
Crop Begins: May 3, 2014 at 9:00am PT
Crop Ends: May 3, 2014 at 6:00pm PT
Register Today! register
Registration End:

Registration will close May 3rd, 2014 at 6:00pm PT

layout share the last of 2013

Posted in Craft, Digital Scrapbooking, Documenting Life, Make Stuff, Memory Keeping, Photography by

I did manage to fit in a little digi-scrapping at the end of last year in between family and traveling and snow and ahem, not finishing my december daily or my Project Life  (both in process)  sometimes it’s just great to do something start to finish in one sitting…done

Digital Layout using Little Feet Digital Designs 30 days of Thankful kit

Digital Layout using Little Feet Digital Designs 30 days of Thankful kit

Thankful List using LIttle Feet Digital Designs 30 Days of Thanks / Cornucopia kit

Thankful List using LIttle Feet Digital Designs 30 Days of Thanks / Cornucopia kit

Both of these layouts (which I am presenting as a 2 page layout) are from a beautiful digital kit designed by my dear friend Janet Carr of Little Feet Digital Designs.  the kit is available HERE and it is gor-ge-ous as you can see.  Since the page with photos was so colorful, I opted to change all of my photos to black and white so they would stand out.  I used PSE8 (i know, i know time to upgrade) and the “convert to b/w” settings to change the photos.

Hope you enjoy!  Have more to post but signing off for now to survey the snow on the roof…

Have a great day everyone

Week in the Life – The put-together for Tuesday 9/10

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Well, I managed to pull this together in less than two hours including helping child with her homework AND watching Project Runway (squeeee!!)

I felt like a had a weird collection of photos for Tuesday, there were hardly any photos of people, mostly shots around the house and lots of the world while running errands.  So, I told seven stories.  View from the front porch, Sue, Dog, Nighstands, Project, Farm Co-op and Library.  It took a day of mulling it over to figure out how to work the photos into vignettes but I feel pretty good about it!

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Photos:  I started with 109 images, I deleted down to 82 (indecisive), of that I used 22.  I edited photos, mostly to brighten and lighten them up in PSE.

Templates, Paper and Embellishments (same as Monday):

Templates:  Ali Edwards  Week in the Life Layered Template Set 8.5 x 11 Vol. 05.  and my 9 photo template

Paper:  “Summer Blossoms” kit by WhimpyChompers Creative.

Embellishments:  Ali’s “Week in the Life Circles”  as a base, deleted the word inside and replaced them with mine.  Font is Antique Olive (chunky sans-serif)

Excellent!  Thanks for coming by!!  If you’re doing Week in the Life this year, how are you doing putting your layouts together?

slow and steady…

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Or just slow…

Well, we know what the road to heck is paved with…

My intention for assembling my Week in the Life layouts was to tackle, one day from last week, this week.  Alas, it is Thursday and this is as far as I’ve gotten on Tuesday…

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But it’s pretty don’t you think?  😉   Goin’ in…wish me luck!