Doodle Designs! from the Paper Rabbit

All you need is a few color pens and you get some fab layouts! And if you need help doodling, they offer classes!

http://www.paperrabbitmontrose.com/designs.html

Monday- Print Photos

I went to a one- hour photo shop and had my photos printed out. Yay! I'm on my way to completing some layouts. I must admit, I spent a few extra minutes glancing over and over at my photos thinking of how I was going to organize 60 pictures! I had printed photos from May & June (I've scrapbooked chronologically for 10 years). I know most scrap shops are now carrying Halloween and fall (some even Christmas) supplies, I'll have to resort to basic summer cardstock colors (like bright yellows, reds and blues), which will be a good thing since I know I have that in stock at home.

On Wednesday, Carmen and I will be going to CI Scrapbooking for a Lasting Impressions card making class. This will be lots of fun because those stencils seem to be very popular and have lots of uses! Hopefully this won't interfere with my 1 hour a night scrapbooking.

I'm so excited!

Making my Mistakes work for Me!

I finally came up with a new front cover (since my original front cover was on the second page). I turned the second page into a journal intro and decided to paste my membership card on there once it expires!

Upcoming Scrapbook Classes!

Right now is a great time to check out all the scrapbook shops (on the right hand side) for up coming classes. Below are a few that I'm very interest in attending, Hope to see you there!!!



Scrapbook Heaven: Lasting Impression - "Tis the Season" with Suzy Q!Thursday, October 23rd 2:30 - 5Thursday, October 23rd 6-8:30 Join Suzy as she shows you how to celebrate the Fall with Pumpkins!

Celebrate Thanksgiving with the most handsome Turkey you ever did see! Start getting those Holiday cards ready for the Holiday Season! These five great cards are embossed using templates from Lasting Impressions. Dry Embossing is a simple and very impressive craft that you will love! Gain great ideas, tips and tricks that will help you create cards, bookmarks, scrapbook pages, picture frames, gift tags, and more.

Scrappin' in the Hills Class:Halloween Book class
Halloween Book with Jenny

Thursday October 9th

$30 6:00-8:30 PM

Let's go Fishing!

This album was given to me by my sister who purchased it at Scrapbook Heaven. It took me a while to figure out how to decorate it add photos. My biggest issues is keeping my ribbons tied, even with a double knot they seen to unravel. I have more to add to my album, but I do want to show you guys that yes, I am working on something.

For an hour a day, you can do a 2 page layout a week. Monday, go to a 1 hr photo place a develop some pictures. Tuesday, sort out what you want pictures you want to work on now. Wednesday, look for embellishments and papers you'll need for your layout. Thursday, set up your design and start pasting pictures down. Friday, journal in your layout. Sat & Sun go to a nearby scrap store and buy extra stickers and things that you'll need for your next weeks pictures. Or sign up to a class and come home with a really nice layout that just needs you to add pictures!

Walking my Talk: For one week, I'll post what I worked on for an hour.

Price vs. Value?

Wow, Michaels and Joanne Fabrics has those really great deals on getting stuff for 30-40% off and if compared to some scrapbooking stores, it's a HUGE savings. BUT WAIT!!! Have you ever tired asking those staff members for help? They have no idea what you're talking about and if they do, they aren't very helpful. If you go to a scrappin' store, they have the products available for you to use in their crop rooms before you make a long term commitment in purchasing that big ticket die cutter. If you do decide to buy the cutter, they are so helpful with tips and advice that you won't find written in any owner's manual and they also keep you informed on new ideas of using your purchase. Please keep this in mind when buying stuff on discount from craft companies. Let's keep scrapbooking store thriving buy purchasing from them- in the long run, you'll save money because you'll be getting the most out of your product!

We're going to San Diego's Scrap Expo!!!

This friday is the San Diego Scrap Expo! Can't wait to share all the new products and ideas with everyone!

Using what I bought!

After visiting 14 plus scrapbook stores, I was bound to buy a few things here and there- mostly pattern paper, sticker sheets and a couple of inkpads. Toward the end of the Shop Hop adventure, I realized just few stores sold Sizzix and Quickcut dies. So I started to buy 1-2 at each store that carried them. They have helped me to become creative again, not just thru scrapin' but also with card making. I went to 2 birthday parties and made gift cards using my sizzix dies! The cards looked great, now I just need to work on my writing. I also added (quickcut) flip flops and sea shells to a make-n-take mini album I recieved at one of the stores. I also finished off the owl and mini album with my new chalk inkpads, not sure if you can see them, but it looks cool!

Clear Paint Bucket- Pirate

Since it's Pirate Season at the scrapbook stores and I had some left over paper from my mini album, I made a "Family Archival Fund Bucket" (this is where I stash my dollars for scrapbooking)! I used ribbon and clothesline string which I chalked with "Color Box fluid Chalk inkpad" (my new favorite product & it's made in the USA)! I made the keys and locks with a Sizzix Die-cut that I bought on clearence. The bling on the skeleton is from a packet various sizes that "Me & My Big Ideas" sells.

Mini Album Pirate 2

This album was made by using 6x6" cardboard and key rings. Scraparazzi Scrapbooks had a simiular album for where I originally got the idea. I changed the layout and added my own embellishments. I found the coin ribbons at Walmart.

Day 3: Part 2 of the Orange County Stores

Eddie and the boys joined me in my Scrappin' Adventures! We started at Scrapbooking Heaven, a slightly hidden store with assorted supplies. They had the cutest card ideas I've seen, luckily they have classes to teach us how to make them.






We traveled a few miles south to The Scrapbook Garden. This fairly new store just opened a few months back and is well organized and just received a new shipment of halloween clear stamps that I haven't seen any of the other stores carry! The stores mascot is just as friendly as the staff and loves being petted!





Once Upon a Memory (19060 Brookhurst St, Huntington Beach, 92646 714-965-0088) is such a great store, the customers volunteer to work there which means they are keen on all the new products and love helping new customers around the store. One of the volunteers was very much in the Pirates theme and they gave me a gift as well as a make-n-take that you could actually work on in the store. This was great because I was able to relax and really taken the atmosphere of the store. They even gave out bottled water!






Oh Scrap! became the last store on my list since my boys were bored of being in the car and driving around. So before they made me "walk the plank" I gave in and voted we return home. This store was filled with stickers and bling! Bling are the newest gems accessorizing pages and cards. This store also offered classes for beginners and the lates were so clean and simple, great for beginners!

Day 2: Monrovia Area

Ed and the boys joined me on today adventure tour!

Our first stop was at Pages from the Heart, while this store is small, it does have plenty of new products. One of the staff members was nice enough to take a picture of me at the store!



The next store we anchored at was Stap n' Yap. This store had a dinosaur quickcutz that I was looking for and a lot of other quickcutz that I had not seen at another store.

This is the shortest of the tours because there isn't too many stores out in this direction.

A Pirate's Life for Me! Day 1: aug 8, 2008

Months before this day arrived, I had recieved my socal shop hop passport, sponsored by Scrapbooking Roads. (You can find the list of all the stores participating on their website.) I'm only posting the stores I've attended and how I view them as a customer. Carmen joined me on my scrapbooking adventure (and thank goodness, since she was better at directions than the mapquest I downloaded.)


Our fisrt stop was at my new home store, (long story)Scraparazzi (located at 6738 Bright Ave, Whittier, CA 90601 (562) 907-0083). This store welcomed us with such excitement, it made a perfect begining to our road trip! I like the way they have kits made of paper and stickers that match perfectly with themes. This makes it easy to work on a project and have everything you need already together.


Next, we headed down to Strickly Scrapbooking The staff member stamped my passport for their store and for the other stores that are no longer participating. So that was nice of her.

Then, we "sailed" further east to Scrappin' in the Hills, where Carmen discovered a hidden treasure map! We we returned it in for our prize which was a cute summer seashell card make'n'take. We've took classes at this store about four years ago and they still had my information on their system! Comparing the price of several stamps, and other products, this store was least expensive and they also had great sales!

We continued our voyage north Imperial Hwy to The Scrappin' Table. The stores were just minutes from each other with very friendly staff! The host gave us cupcakes with the cutest skeleton ever and they had a huge scrap station area! This store just opened in December '07 and they have a lot of new products and ideas to share.