November 2014 Scrapbooking Workshop -- Chalk It Up

Chalk It Up is the paper line we are using for November.  It's great for all those back-to-school photos, but I can also see it being used for other events, too. 

Let me know if you are interested in joining our workshops.  We typically meet every other month.  The next workshop will be January 12th and 13th.  I'm not sure yet what paper we'll be using.  We'll be voting on the next couple of kits at our November workshops.  They will be from the  CTMH Annual Inspirations idea book and/or the new Seasonal Expressions!

 

September 2014 Scrapbooking Workshop -- Seaside

We are using the Seaside paper line for our September workshop.  I love this paper!!  I think it's the best beach paper and embellishments that we've had in a while.  As usual, I used a lot of Flip Flaps -- love those things!  What a great way to get a lot of pictures on your layouts!

Let me know if you are interested in joining our workshops.  We typically meet every other month.  The next workshop will be November 10th and 11th, and we'll be using the Chalk It Up! paper line from the new CTMH Annual Inspirations idea book!  

July 2014 Workshop -- Skylark

Skylark was awesome to use with some pictures I took on the beach in Cancun last year.  I didn't really immediately think beach when I first saw the paper in the catalog, but once I saw the paper in person, I knew the colors as well as the sayings included in the dimensional elements and stamp set would be perfect!

Let me know if you are interested in joining our workshops.  We typically meet every other month.  The next workshop will be September 8th and 9th, and we'll be using one of the paper lines from the brand new CTMH Annual Inspirations idea book!  There are nine fabulous new paper lines to choose from!!  Let me know if you would like a catalog.

 

 

May 2014 Workshop -- Ariana

Ariana is really pretty paper.  I just love the colors and the patterns.  I had just taken a bunch of photos of Will and Olivia (and a few of Billy and me) on Easter, and this turned out to be the perfect paper for them.  

Let me know if you are interested in joining our workshops.  We typically meet every other month.   The next workshop will be July 14th and 15th, and we'll be making pages using the Skylark paper line from the Spring/Summer 2014 CTMH Idea Book.  Let me know if you would like a catalog.

March 2014 Workshop -- Jubilee

Here are our workshop pages using the Jubilee paper line.  What fun paper!!  I had a ball scrapbooking some older pictures of the grandkids (2 layouts from 2010 and 2 layouts from 2012).  This paper line is all about summer, so I wanted to scrapbook pictures of all 4 kids enjoying the summer.  The paper also made me think about the State Fair, so I finally had the opportunity to scrapbook photos of Olivia and Will at the Virginia State Fair in 2010.

Have I told you how much I LOVE our 4x6 flip flaps???  Believe it or not, I scrapbooked 80 photos on these four 2-page layouts -- now that's a lot of flip flaps!  Many times I have so many great pictures and even though I narrow them down, I still have a lot of pictures to scrap.  My theory is I'd rather get all my pictures from an event on just a couple of pages, even if those pages end up being a little thick and heavy.  It's still more economical than having ten 2-page layouts for an event, and it will take up less space in an album.  Flip flaps also provide a great place to "hide" your journaling, leaving more room on the front of the layout for those cute, smiling faces I love so much!!

Let me know if you are interested in joining our workshops.  We typically meet every other month.   The next workshop will be May 12th and 13th, and we'll be making pages using the Ariana paper line from the Spring/Summer 2014 CTMH Idea Book.  Let me know if you would like a catalog.

January 2014 Workshop -- Sparkle & Shine

Major kudos and thanks to fellow consultant Dana Kessler who created the design for these great pages using the Sparkle & Shine paper.  I used her basic design and then tweaked them a little to use the embellishments we are using for this paper pack as well as the black and gray glitter paper.  Aren't these pages great -- sometimes it's just fun to create over-the-top pages  (click on any photo to enlarge)!

My Cricut has been chirping away in preparation for this workshop!  There are 23 different Cricut cuts on these three pages, all from the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.

I used multiple 4x6 Flip Flaps on the last two layouts -- they are so easy to stack.  Not only are they a great way to get lots of photos on a layout, but I also like to put my journaling under the last Flip Flap.  

Let me know if you are interested in joining our workshops.  We typically meet every other month.   The next workshop will be March 10th and 11th, and we'll be making pages using the one of the new paper lines from the new CTMH Idea Book that goes live on February 1st.   Let me know if you would like a catalog.