More pages from my 7Gypsies wood album

I covered up the quote marks on the green side.
Did you notice the flower punch 'negative' strip I used on the green side? I put kaiser pearls in the centre or each punched out flower.

I love the 7 gypsies gaffer tape. So easy to use! And the designs on the black background are great. The different shaped pages are a lot of fun to create with. I'll show you more of my album tomorrow.

Upcoming Classes

Hey everybody we have lots of classes coming up soon! Here is just a sneak peek of some of them. On April 28th Crystal is teaching a Easter layout called Easter Sweetness! This class is from 7-9pm and is $30 and $25 for members. Crystal has also added a couple of mini books on the page for you to add extra photos or journalling spots.
Lynette will be teaching a Chrish Canvas class on May 5th. This will make a great wall hanging. The class is from 7-9 and is $35 and $30 for members. Our kids class is on May 9th. Christine will be teaching this class and its a Handmade Handbag. We offer this class at two different times, 10:30-12:30 and 1:00-3:00pm. This class is just $10 and make sure to register early as space is limited. Another class that Crystal is teaching is on May 21st from 7-9pm and its a Precious Baby Board Book. Its available in Pink and Blue. Crystal used the new Animal Safari line from Little Yellow Bycile. The class is $35 and $30 for members. Hope to see you soon. And we also are now open until 8pm on Fridays!

Doodling

I had fun with my zig pen on this page. I freehanded the page border and then after cutting Tikanii out of the photo I doodled squigly lines around him.
Then I added the title, bits of 7Gypsies rubons and some Kaiser bling.
Very quick! Very fun!

Mother's Day is coming up.

I picked up one of these fun looking 7Gypsies board books with the plan of filling it full of photos of the kids and sending it to my Mum.
I also picked up 7Gypsies papers with coordinating rub-ons, stickers and brads. Love when everything matches and I don't have to think too hard about what goes with what.

I chose three Making Memories paints that matched and painted the front and backs of each page with a dry brush. I didn't worry too much about even coverage; I wanted a distressed look.


Once the paint was dry I chose my photos and started working on my pages. Here are the first couple before I glued anything down. I punched the flowers out of the red and white polka dot paper using the white dots as the flower center. I think I need to add some stickers to this page.


I like the way this page is looking. Maybe some doodling and a few of those red & white flowers?

I'll show you more of this mini album as and when I get it done.

Prima's April Sketch

Prima has their April sketch up. You can check out what their fabulous DT has done with the sketch on the Prima blog. Everything from one photo layouts, to 4 photo, to six photo. It's amazing how everyone can come up with such unique layouts using one sketch for inspiration.
I used two photos on my 'Captain Cutie' layout.

The papers are all Cosmo Cricket from their 'Campy' line. I embellished with some Pebbles chipboard, Prima pretties and the title is Chatterbox 'Artsy-licious'

New, New,New !!!

There are so many new and exciting products in the store, it may make a scrapper feel "giddy with glee!" I am the first to admit that I feel like a kid in a candy shop when coming in and seeing the girls unpacking boxes and putting new products on the shelf. I love nothing more than slowly roaming the store waiting to discover the latest new trends and products.

My personal favorites so far have been the My Mind's Eye line, the Pebble's line (both loose and the paper packs) as well as the variety of tulle and other wonderful ribbons that have come in.




With this influx of great, new stuff, I have been thrown into a scrapbooking frenzy and I can't seem to stop! Do you need a bit of inspiration to get your motor running? Just come down to the store and check out all the great products and the wonderful classes that are now available and I'll bet you'll have the urge to create something wonderful!

Easter Class

So I thought I would post a couple of pictures of the Easter Layout
I am working on for April's class. This layouthas enough
room for two horizontal, 4x6 photos, one
vertical 4x6 photo and seven 4x4 photos or a ton of journaling space. The right page has three tiny mini books that allow you to hide or fit more photos and journaling than you would normally be able to fit on one page. The flaps close flat with a little dap of Mono Multi dried so it is removable.

I used some of the new My Minds Eye paper and Stampendous stickers. Did anyone else think that those Easter Egg stickers were just really big, really shinny, and a little bit much? It wasn't until Michelle did the display case outside the front door of the store that I realized the potential of these goodies. Thanks for the idea Michelle! I scraplifted your idea for my layout.
I just have to finish the title for this layout and of course the instructions. Then I will bring it to the store. Lynette and I will discuss dates and price and post as soon as possible.

Until then take lots of Eastery pictures to fill up this layout and see you in class.

I had more pictures put I couldn't get the writing, pictures and spacing to look right with the pictures on the right side of the page like this. It's getting late and my patients are a bit thin for this drama! LOL.

More New Layouts!

Hello everybody, I have just added some more layouts on Flickr. Heather and Trina have been busy bringing them in. Come and check out what they used on their layouts. Hope you enjoy! See you soon.

Competitive photos or competitive paper?

Have you ever found yourself feeling overwhelmed with a layout because everything just seems to be way too busy? This was the boat I was just in! From the minute I began this layout, it gave me trouble and I couldn't figure out what the problem was. I LOVED the paper and LOVED the pictures but together they were not working well. I completed the layout and felt dissappointed and unhappy with it and left it sitting on my kitchen table for almost a week hoping some "solution" would magically appear in my mind the more I looked at it.



Well, I found my solution and to me, it made all the difference in the world. All I needed to do was to change the colour of my pictures as there were too many competing colours. As soon as I changed them to B&W, the layout calmed down and everything seemed to "flow" together and not compete. If you ever feel that way about a project, remember the option to switch the colour to black & white or sepia.


I was relieved that it was a simple fix and Unforgettable Memories made the changes easy to make as they now have their own photo developing lab within the store. Within a few minutes, I had adjusted the colour of my pictures as well as their sizes and my problem was solved! If you haven't used Unforgettable's photo lab, you should! save time and develop your pictures while you shop for all the great products to go with them! The sizing choices and development quality are excellent! Don't just take my word on it! Come on down and give it a try!

Are you suffering the winter blues?

I am not sure about you, but I know I am finished with winter and all the "stuff" that comes along with it. Mother Nature seems to be having a difficult time making up her mind these days so I therefore decided to take matters into my own hands.

What did I do to help beat the blues away, do you ask?

I ran down to Unforgettable Memories and got my hands on the most fun, vibrant "summery" papers and embellishments I could find and scrapbooked a couple of "fun in the sun" layouts about summer. Lynette has a great selection to choose from and I had a blast using the wonderful "Snorkel" line from Cosmo Cricket. If you haven't already seen it you need to come in and check this paper line out with its matching stickers and title sheet. It is so colourful and fun! It made me feel great just playing with it!

The other gorgeous line that I worked with was Kaiser scrapbook's and needless to say, it too helped put a smile on my face!

So until "Old Man Winter" and "Mother Nature" can come to some kind of consensus, I will keep hope that spring and summer are truly on their way by scrapbooking with this season's "hottest" new paper lines!