May 2011 – Page 5 – Craft With May

NSD ready, set, give-away!

with the last hand-out printed and the bags all packed into the trunk of my car… I’m ready for National Scrapbook Day. I’ve done everything from host on-line crops at home to teach, attend crops to just enjoy scrapbooking at home on this day each year (for the last 8 years or so)… and I LOVE it.

To share the love, I’ve got a give-away. It’s pretty simple. I’m teaching classes all day tomorrow, and I’m sure to have some extra goodies. A few sample projects (cards, tags, etc). Some supplies that need a special home. Leave a comment here – and on Monday night I’ll draw the lucky winner…

Emboss. stamp. cool.

I made a cool whoops that has become a cool discovery.

I used:

I have no affiliation with them – but just FYI www.simonsaysstamp.com has all Tim’s product – so it’s a great source if you don’t have a local store.

Oh, and the product that is SO relied upon these days is vital for this… I’ve taken to yelling out “heigh ho silver!” when I pull it out…

oh yeah baby. perfect pearls mist in perfect pearl is THE must have these days.

So what am I talking about? Here’s the video to show you:

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Happy National Scrapbook Day Eve

Happy Friday.

I’m running around double checking everything for tomorrow – National Scrapbook Day!! I’ll be in Elk Grove at Stampers Corner, and reporting “live” via twitter for sure if you want to check out what’s happening.

Yesterday the girls went for swim lessons and I HAD to take a “first official swimming of the season” bathing suit shot. Err… they didn’t do what I’d wanted but that’s ok. Their personalities shined through…

Both girls did great at lessons – listened to teachers + worked hard.

and in the end their ideas for pictures were better than my own.

ps – don’t worry about e’s bandaged hand. She just has a wee boo-boo on her palm and the bandaid won’t stick, so daddy taped it up for her.

Happy Friday!!

new eye candy…

Inspiration is out there.

you just have to know where to look!

So today I followed a link suggested by Melissa and fell down a rabbit hole of awesomeness + beauty + lovely + straight up wow.

I can NOT POSSIBLY express to you the degree of their awesomeness, but here are two favorite images I’ve found so far:

GO!!! GO NOW!!

http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/

Photography is truly inspired, and all of the visual inspiration has my brain BUZZING with possibility. http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/ is where I’ll be now, just filling my mind with ideas until I must run into my studio and play…

May 4 check in!

Happy May 4!! Ive just got a few behind the scenes peeks for you today!

National scrapbook day is almost here!! I am super excited to be spending it at Stampers Corner in Elk Grove, ca. There are just a few spots left- so if you want to come i’d suggest calling the store ASAP!

I’ve been working on packing up kits, sweet treats, and making a few extra sample projects too. After all- national scrapbook day is special indeed!!

What do you have planned? Be sure to check in here – as I’ve got projects + treats to share…

And if you’re taking my on-line class we’ve got goodies there too!! There are still a few days left to join in the fun- check bigpictureclasses.com/maywithmay.php