Date: March 24  At Scrapbook Territory in Berkeley, CA    Time: 10a – 4p
With spring just around the corner and new products rolling into the store every week, it’s the perfect time to settle in for some creative play. Author and long time instructor May Flaum is visiting Scrapbook Territory for a special exclusive crop! Attendees will receive goodie bags and a layout kit featuring brand new (not even on store shelves yet!) Pink Paislee London Market Papers. There will also be give-aways during class, bottled water and snacks for attendees, and May will be doing five product demonstrations featuring Ranger, Pink Paislee, and more. She  will also be available to show you loads of her new projects that she’s been making, share tips and tricks, and assist you with your projects as well. More than just a crop – this is a day of creative play! Seating is limited so reserve your space soon.

Note: attendees should bring crop supplies and projects to work on

Call store to sign up 510-559-9929  http://scrapbookterritory.blogspot.com/    [email any questions to mflaum@ comcast . net)

All my classes/events this spring are totally unique! Watch for future class dates:

Scrapbook U on April 22 in San Jose, CA

Stamper’s Corner May 19 in Elk Grove, CA

Fun fact: This is one of my fave songs playing in my studio these days…

any requests?

Any specific product, or subject, or burning question you have for me about crafting or in general?

let me hear it!

I thank you for stopping by my blog, for reading, for wanting to spend a bit of time here with me.

I’ve got a mini-series that involves fresh projects + prizes every Friday in March.

YES. I will be posting about Tim’s new Distress Markers (so many requests for this)

I’m bringing a new version of my most popular on-line class to this blog (for free) this summer.

So yes, I’ve got ideas and will be sharing a lot of things… but if you’ve got a question, request, etc… well now’s a real good time as I plot out the upcoming weeks/months…

I have spring fever…

and a party to plan this weekend…

 
also in such a craft zone…

Here’s hoping for a very inspired week!

Blue Moon Scrapbooking has a huge selection available of the new designs! I prefer the 6″ stencils, the size just works better on my projects, and I use them all the time. Today’s pick is the stars & circles stencil. Used as a stencil, or inked and then “stamped” onto paper the design has so many possibilities. I could see it with reds and blues for a patriotic look, greens and browns for an outdoors or more masculine look, or any number of combos! I know it’s going to become a favorite and highly used one for sure.

Watch for a new stencil video + project coming this Thursday. I’ve got a lot of projects to make and mess to make with my new treasures – I’ll be sure to share here (and if you’re in Field Guide you’ll see it there too!) soon!

Happy Sunday crafting….

So I was playing around with something to spruce up the Dear Lizzy jar paper that I was using to make an embellishment – and I thought I’d whip up a video to share. It’s no secret that I’m loving the new Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line - and I am having a whole lot of fun with this sheet of paper and all those cute jars.

[direct link to youtube]

I think this idea could be used on any shape – I know I’ll be using it more in future for sure!

Supplies used:

So what would I, a crafter not known for her card skillz (though I do try my hand at them on occasion!), do with a card kit?  When they asked me if I’d like to play with one + blog my projects I was intrigued by the challenge, and took a time out from scheduled crafting to play…

This is the first tag I made. Very straight forward paper covering a tag (that was in kit), and a bit of stamping and light embellishing.

I do love making tags, and I decided to use some of the 6×6 papers from this kit to make a torn/pieced together tag. Here you can see how I layered the strips.

Then I cut off all the excess from the tag, and then inked the edges, misted, and added a few little touches…

Here’s a detail shot.

I really love how this tag turned out too. My next thought was, can I take this card kit and turn it into a layout? Of course! Because I use a lot of bits and pieces of papers on my layouts the 6×6 patterns were great.

it didn’t turn out how I planned (but that’s ok) – but I used a shell stencil on my page + gold acrylic paint.

For my title, I applied gold paint over letter stickers then removed the letter stickers as shown below.

I really love this aqua baker’s twine. Well actually, every piece of this kit was lovely from the little ink pad to the papers and stamps from the new Rhonna Farrer collection! I hope you enjoyed my look at this kit – you can check it out here if you’d like.

Here’s some links to the other products I used/added in:

Frayed Burlap ink pad

Shell stencil

Gold paint dabber

But love in general is always something I’m down to celebrate.

Today I want to share some favorite craft products that feature pink + hearts. Because I won’t lie – I love that Valentine’s Day features pink.

Basic Grey Kissing Booth.  this line makes me so happy. All that beautiful pink + chocolate-y brown. LOVE. The stitched heart paper is my favorite. 

Hero Arts 4 Hearts stamps - they’re a great size + shape, and I find myself using them more often than any other heart stamps. I do love my Hero Arts stamps.  

Tim Holtz heart (mini) dies - I use (and adore) these little hearts almost every week. They’re the perfect size + shape for most all my projects. I’m SO glad to have them! They’ll cut through all kinds of materials too- love that. 

Doodlebug Twine - really anything Doodlebug is cute, but all their “cupcake” and “Bubblegum” colored (pink) supplies are my very favorites. I love their pink! This card of twine has quickly become a go-to for me this month.

Distress Stickles in Spun Sugar - I love worn lipstick, but Spun Sugar is my go-to soft pink distress stickles color. Love!

 Dear Lizzy Neapolitan trims

What are your favorite love (or red or pink) products? Do you like a bit of glitter with your love pages? Like some metallic added in? Or are you all over the map with how you scrapbook loved ones?

I’m off to my Big Picture class to issue a love-related challenge now – I challenge you as well - do some love-related craftiness and share!

All of these products + many more love, heart, and pink craft supplies can be found at simonsaysstamp.com

but as the one who made class, shouldn’t I?!

Today I have some quotes + blog links from students.

Kristeen…
I really like how free you are with your crafting.  Makes me want to be less of a perfectionist.  I started misting this past year and I tell people that I need to do it, because it is messy and that is good for me.  I need more mess and less neatness in my creations.  Watching you helps give me ideas on how to incorporate mist in regular scrapbooking pages.  I had not done that previously.  I think that I will get out all my stuff and start on my travel scrapbook and have the pages be made and filled with the techniques learned from this class.  Will be a memory maker in more ways than one.

Barbara…
I have signed up for so many classes that I have never completed, I decided that I just was not going to sign up for anything else until I finished some other things.  However, you tweeted that the class was now up and running so I just had to go look at it one more time and decided to purchase the class.  After reading over the pre-class materials and reading the first week handout and viewing some of the videos I am now convinced that I made a great decision in purchasing this class.  I am so inspired just in the past hour I have spent with the materials.

Siri blogs…
http://hundoghand.blogspot.com/2012/02/distress-stains-and-sticky-back-canvas.html

Dawn…
I am loving class so much!!  I feel so inspired I don’t even want to get out of my PJ’s.  I just want to stay in my room and work. But kiddo’s must be fed and laundry must be done =) But I am absolutely LOVING the paint with mist.  I just painted a page for a layout.  Can’t wait to share that.

Emily blogged here:
http://aplaceformyscraps.blogspot.com

Sarah…
I love the look of blended colors and layering, but haven’t known how to create that effect. I love that you are showing us how things work. I’m also loving seeing how you play and experiment. That is more freeing than you might know! At first, I was thinking, okay, now I need to go to the store and buy all these supplies. And, then I thought … no. I’m going to go home, see what I’ve got (I know I have paintbrushes, at least one mist, some stamps and inks, and paper) … and I’m going to use these core ideas to create something colorful … I’m confident that I know enough to be able to play. And, perhaps my own ideas and style will really start to show through!! I’m so grateful to have a guide – and such a loving and encouraging voice in my head.

Sherry blogs:
http://sherrys-crafty-corner.blogspot.com

SoapHouseMama blogs:
http://purplemailbox.blogspot.com

More student blog posts…

http://myscrapbookevolution.blogspot.com/2012/02/bringing-ju-ju-bee-home.html

http://elinjanne.com/2012/02/09/how-i-stay-inspired/

http://www.crafty-creativity.blogspot.com/

http://crystalsgarden.blogspot.com/2012/02/inspiration-explosion.html

If you’ve blogged about class please do feel free to leave a link in the comment section here!

Registration is still open until Wednesday if you would like to join in.