Have you ever wondered why it is that some scrapbookers' layouts are identifiable a mile away? Have you ever though, "I wish I could figure out what my scrapbooking style is?" If you can answer yes to either of those questions, this class is for you.

Meet with me on either Saturday, May 17th (6:30pm) or Saturday, May 24th (6:30pm) for a workshop style class. This is going to be an interactive class, so I'm keep the class size down to 6 people. We'll be discussing what factors can go into helping you discover your scrapping style, key things to look at in that process, and some practical steps for pinpointing those things.

Please bring with you:
-two pieces of cardstock in your favorite colors
-several pieces of your favorite patterned papers
-an embellishment or two that you bought for no reason except that you just love it
-anything that you tend to reach for time and time again on your layouts
-some favorite photos (either you like the way they look, or they stir a strong emotion in you)
-basic tools (trimmer, adhesive, pens, scissors)
-clippings from magazines, both scrapbooking related and not; these need to be things that strike your eye for some reason or another

You will go home with a Design Workbook that you will be able to refer to as you continue to grow more comfortable in your scrapbooking style.

Cost: $20
Instructor: Virginia Tillery
Call Scrap Etc. at 985-9323 to sign up!
(please email me at 2blackflipflops@gmail.com if you have any questions!)

Labels: classes, inspiration, Scrap Etc., scrapbooking misc.

Hey y'all, just wanted to update you with one of the classes at Scrap Etc. this weekend for National Scrapbook Day:



Katie B's class is a Play Banner!

It will cost $15 at 2:00pm on Saturday, May 3rd.

It is so cute, using lots of Accucut Dies and Hambly! . She used the word PLAY and has several pictures of her two kids on it.

You will be able to use any 4 letter word........well, not any! Let's keep it clean!

You can see that most of the shapes are using the Accucut machine. The papers are Fancy Pants, Hambly and Prism cardstock.

It would be so fun hanging in your kid's room or over the mantle for a little spruce up for Summer!

Labels: classes, links, pictures, Scrap Etc., scrapbooking misc.

(I can just hear some of my friends totally cracking up at the fact that there is a National Scrapbook Day. So those of you cackling right now: no need to read further. This will be a full-on nerd post.)

So next week, on May 3rd, scrapbookers everywhere (well, I guess just in America because it's only *national* scrapbooking day, not international... or maybe not. Who knows.) will be celebrating this fun hobby.

Scrap Etc. is holding a weekend long scrap bonanza.... read below for more details (and to see the layout I created for it!):

National Scrapbook Day

May 1-3

Sales, Sales and more Sales! We are going to be giving you GREAT discounts on select merchandise. Be watching on the Blog for more information. I will try to send another email to give you more scoop on the BIG sale!!!! We are going to have Escape Night Crops at the store on Friday and Saturday. Come and crop with Tracy and Molly from 6pm-Midnight both nights! Cost is $5. There will be room for 8-10 people and lots of giveaways!

Vanessa's class on Thursday night at 6:00pm. is using a clear album we have created on the Accucut Machine. You will be using Heidi Swapp Runway papers and chandelier charms. Cost for this class is $20.00 Please call the store to sign up ahead of time.

Tracy has created this adorable photo album. It is the perfect size to fit in your bag to use as a brag book! It would also make the perfect Mother's Day gift for mom's and grandmother's! Come in early on Saturday (8am) and Tracy will show you how to make this adorable album. Cost $5.00. Please call the store to sign up in advance.

Katie will be teaching a Summer Banner class using Hambly, AccuCut, Fancy Pants, and My Mind's Eye. I saw it today- it is SUPER cute!

I created this layout with the Heidi Swapp World Traveler papers. If you came to the event you got to do Heidi's version. Come and use the same stuff to get a whole new layout! If you didn't get to come to the event......now's your chance to get a hold of the awesome products we used! Cost FREE!!!
I won't be there to teach this layout because of a prior engagement, but I'm getting my amazing scrapbooking friend Gretchen McElveen to teach it for me. (Thanks, Gretch!) She'll be teaching it on Saturday, May 3rd at 11:30 am.

Don't forget about the Sale. There are going to be some AWESOME deals!!!!

So....

are you ready to scrapboooooooooooooooooooooooook?!!!

(That was for you, Donnie. heheh)

Labels: classes, Craft ideas, layouts, links, pictures, Scrap Etc., scrapbooking misc.

So very, very tired.

Must unpack.

Here's some photos. More coming soon once some peeps email me theirs. Forgive the lack of quality in them... sometimes it's all about just trying to capture the moments. :)

Labels: pictures, Scrap Etc., scrapbooking misc.

Why does stuff make me "happy"?

Why can't I seem to use my time more wisely?

Why did I wait so long to pay my $22 library fine?

Why is my scrapbooking desk an enormous mess?

Why can't there be an invisible shield around my front porch to keep all of the pollen off?

Why can't it be much, much easier to leave the house with three kids?

Why is our library so freaking cool about having three little kids running around in it (well, minus Sabriel, she can't really run around. Yet.) ?

Why do kind people get taken advantage of?

Why haven't I finished making my rolodex cards for the swap at the Event?

Why do the Hills have to move to Mississippi?

Why can marriage be so hard sometimes?

Why do the little rolly pirate skulls from the Happy Meals make me laugh?

Why does my husband put up with my shenanigans?

And why does he continue to laugh at my "Wachovia" joke? Oh wait. He doesn't. That's me that still laughs at it. hehe

Why did I have to tell Atticus FIVE TIMES THIS MORNING, "Stop asking me to put on your tiara!!"?

And why does this make me wonder exactly how secure he is in his masculinity? ;)

Labels: faith, family, funny, home, kids, links, marriage, Scrap Etc., video

Man, I can't tell you how much I hate Mondays...

back to housework, cleaning up after the weekend, trying to get back to our normal routine, etc. etc. etc.

Here are a few things that are making me happy today, since I need some of those reminders at the moment:

-Kari Ann came over to visit today
-Got a lot of creative ideas spinning around in my head
-I just won this
-My May Crop Addict kit is on its way to me
-Heard a really great sermon yesterday and it's still rolling around in my head (a huge feat for someone who has a chronic case of mommy brain)
-My brother graduates from police academy next week (dude, does anyone else automatically think of the Police Academy movies and the guy that can make all those cool sound affects when they read that?)
-Em turns three on Wednesday
-Only 16 days until the Event!
-I got some really cute & flattering jeans this weekend at Kohls.


Alright, gotta run... I need to take a shower... clean up the house some... you know, since it's 3pm and all. ;)

I'll leave y'all with another layout I made for Scrap Etc... this one is using new Heidi Swapp, some Jenni Bowlin, and Making Memories.

Later dudes!

Labels: faith, family, layouts, links, pictures, Scrap Etc.

Here's some design team work for Scrap Etc. using the new Fancy Pants Clear Albums, Papers, and Felt.



I love these little albums so much. So incredibly fun to use!

Check out that awesome little Heidi Swapp chandelier crystal- oh my goodness, expect to see me using these a lot because I am addicted!

Labels: Craft ideas, family, kids, mini albums, Scrap Etc.

(other than play in snow, that is?)





We've still got a few spots left in my "One Fine Day" class at Scrap Etc.

Time: 9:30am (depending on the weather, I may bump it up a little later in the morning- you can call the store before you come to check)
Cost: $25

You will complete a 6x6" SEI album with 20 pages, get to play a little with the AccuCut machine, and learn new techniques, along with receiving Heidi Swapp butterfly masks, alphabet stickers, and Fontwerks labels to go home with.

Bring adhesive, glue dots, and 20 4x6" or smaller photos (and if you don't have the pics gathered, come on anyways and you can put together the album and add the pics later).

If you would like to take this class, just come on down to the Scrap Etc. store in the morning and you can pay for the class when you arrive.

If you are interested in this class, but can't come in the morning, email me at 2blackflipflops@gmail.com and I can set you up with a kit & full color instructions for each page.

Labels: classes, Scrap Etc.

Here are some layouts I did for Scrap Etc:

**click on any image to see it larger**

This one is using brand new SEI papers. I loved these little birdies! Too cute! Got some Blossoms and Buttons from Making Memories on here too, along with some of their fabulous little notebook paper from the 5th Avenue collection.









Basic Grey's new Archaic line is SO adorable! I figured you'd probably be seeing a lot of little boy layouts with this product, so I figured I'd give it a little bit of a different spin. Em is decently into dinosaurs these days, and when she first started recognizing them, she called them "dino-roars." So cute!






I did this one with new SEI papers as well, along with a few other things. I created this for a challenge for the Crop Addict online crop last weekend. My challenge was to use the new Pantone Spring 2008 color predictions as your color scheme. Kind of broke me out of my old faithful "turquoise and green" rut. ;)




Finally, another one with the Basic Grey Archaic line. Kim at Crop Addict did a challenge to use hidden journaling on your layout, and that gave me the push to finally make this layout that has been bumping around in my head for a while. The journaling is about my thoughts around the time that I found out about Rick Burgess' son's death. It really has affected some of the way I view Atticus, for at least this season in our life. I know that I absolutely love all my children, and I cannot imagine the horror and grief that would overcome me if I lost one of them, but for the reason that I was pregnant with Atticus at the same time Sherri was pregnant with Bronner, I seem to transfer some of those feelings onto him. I have thought and prayed a lot about Sherri in the last month or so, imagining all of the things she must be feeling and going through... so some of those thoughts ended up in the journaling on this page.








Sorry for that sad note at the end of this post... just something that has been on my heart lately.

That's the end of my marathon of posts today! Thanks for stopping by to read my ramblings... I don't say it enough, but I truly appreciate the little bit of joy I get in my inbox each time I see a new comment has been posted here. :)

Labels: kids, layouts, Scrap Etc.