Only One Week to Go...

When I started my journey scrapbooking professionally never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would ever end up teaching others how to scrapbook. I thought that I would never have anything to say that anyone else would want/need to hear. I'm not sure of the exact moment when that all changed but it did. It changed in a big way.

Teaching scrapbooking classes is something that I LOVE and something that I know I need to be doing, right now. I truly do feel that somewhere along my journey I do have something to say that others need to hear. When Big Picture Classes changed their platform to a membership program I knew that I wanted to be a part of their program. I nervously reached out to them and sent them my application. I was terrified to push the "send" button on that email. I'm so glad that I did. They accepted my application and my class ideas. My first class with them is called, Line it Up. I've had this class/concept in my head forever. This was my first "light bulb" moment when entered the online scrapbooking world. This class covers basic design principles and guides the students through how to make their layouts shine.

Thanksgiving Favors

Today over on the Scrapbook Expo blog I'm sharing how to make these adorable Thanksgiving favors

Come Listen to My First Podcast

It's my birthday! To celebrate my birthday (just kidding, it was actually a fun coincidence) I have something fun to share. Recently, I found the ScrapGals podcast. As you know, I fall head over heels for anything scrapbooking related. I love this podcast because it feels like I'm listening into a great conversation between friends about their favorite hobby. I had only listened to a couple of episodes when I got a message from Tracie Claiborne asking if I would like to chat with them on an upcoming podcast. My first thought was "No, way!! That's way too scary. What if I sounded like an idiot? OR what if I couldn't answer their questions? Ack!"

Scrapbooking Children's Favorites

Hey, happy Monday! Last week I was up on the Bella Blvd blog with a layout about my little man's favorite things. Scrapbooking children's favorites has always been something that I've done. Periodically I will have my kids make a list of their current favorites or if they're too little I make it for them. Occasionally I will add a few photos of their favorite things but usually I simply add a current photo of them and list their favorite things.

If you follow me on Instagram (if you don't, you should) you know that I recently came home with a vintage typewriter from a flea market. I've wanted one for years but I haven't been able to find the perfect one. This is the first layout I created with my new typewriter. I used the typewriter to create the journaling on a 4x6 journaling card from the Bella Blvd Max collection.

Stamped Thanksgiving Cards

If you're a regular visitor of my blog you know that I'm not much of a stamper. I love the look of stamps. I try to make them work for me but I'm just not good at it. Today, I changed that. I created some adorable stamped Thanksgiving cards for the Scrapbook Expo blog. Yes, I actually did it!

My sweet friend Mendi recently started her own company called Sunny Studio. Mendi is so sweet, she's one of my online friends that I would LOVE to meet someday. She has the most adorable stamps and dies. I used a couple of her stamp sets to create these fun Thanksgiving cards. I mixed these stamps with the Pebbles Harvest collection. I used a basic black ink and an acrylic stamping block. It's also important to have a pair of really sharp scissors . The "thankful for you" card on the far left is colored with Tombow markers .

Make sure to stop by the Sunny Studio to get your own stamps. You'll love them, I promise! and then Hop on over to the Scrapbook Expo blog and check out how I created these cards.

I have to admit, I'm pretty excited that I have a stamping success. Is there a particular tool or design that you struggle with?

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DIY Thanksgiving Banner

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday...I think I've mentioned that before. Last year, I created this fun DIY Thanksgiving banner. I love spending time with family around a big meal and not having to worry about gifts, costumes, or anything else; just family and lots of food. I keep my Thanksgiving decor simple. Most of my Thanksgiving decorations are DIY projects.
I gathered a few things from around the house and a few things from the Pebbles Home+Made collection by Jen Hadfield of Tatertots and Jello. I grabbed a few sheets of the Home+made Burlap Cardstock. This burlap is SO much fun to work with. If you haven't played with it yet, you really need to! I cut the burlap into a pendant shape using the Pebbles Homemade Dies (Banners). I cut the sheet of 12x12 burlap in half so that it would fit in my manual die cut machine .

 After I had all the pendant shapes cut out I grabbed an old paperback book that I rescued from the discard pile at the library. I tore a few pages out of the book and then cut them to the length that I needed.

 I wanted the burlap to hang just a little bit lower than the book page

Then I cut the teal portion using the die set too.