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vBlog No. 20

This week, Johanna shows us her recipe mini album, and we talk about the importance of scrapbooking our recipes and those handed down from past generations. I hope you enjoy the video. We'll be back with a new video in 2 weeks.

Thanks everyone for your comments and for sharing your off-the-page projects with us last week. We loved them and were so inspired by you! Everyone who left a comment was entered into a random drawing for a prize, and those who posted their projects had their names entered 4 times. It turns out the winner of last week's vBlog prize was someone who linked us a project. The winner is Jennalee and she posted this cute pencil project. Speaking of the word "cute", Donna and I said "cute" six times in the video, LOL! Jenna, please email me your address and I'll get your box of Prima, Three Bugs in a Rug, Autumn Leaves and American Crafts goodies in the mail.

Have a great week, everyone!

vBlog No. 19

Hi everyone! Today's video is about scrapbooking "off the page". Johanna, Donna and I used ribbon, brads, flowers, and other scrapbook supplies to decorate hats and flip flops. It's not a very instructional video; we're just having fun scrapbooking. Here are a few pictures of what we made.

Johanna's hard hat

Leah's flip flops

Donna's flip flops

Donna painted her planner after she left the corporate life.

We're giving away a prize
Post a comment under this video by next Friday, May 9th, and you're entered into a random drawing. The prize is: a bottle of Prima flowers, a Making Memories flocking and foil kit plus other fun scrapbook products from Three Bugs in a Rug, Autumn Leaves and American Crafts! If you post a link to an "off-the page" project that you made, your name is entered 4 times!

From the Heart
Donna has organized a charity event called "From the Heart" and it will be hosted at the Red Bee in Tustin, CA on Saturday, May 31st. It's going to be a wonderful event and lots of fun! I'll be there doing make-n-takes around 2:30 so I hope you can come to the event. For more info about the event, check out Donna's blog. I hope to see you there!

Fiskars TV
I have a new video at Fiskars TV where I show how to make this flip album and simple frames using acrylic signs. To drill the holes, I use the Fiskars craft drill which works like a charm. You can buy the acrylic signs at Staples and Office Depot. If you can't find them or if you want them pre-drilled, let me know, and I'll put a few in the shop.

I'm teaching a class in Corona, CA
On Saturday, May 31st, 10:30 a.m., I'll be teaching my address/birthday reminder Rolodex, and as part of the class, I'll also teach my paper roll frame. If you're interested in taking the class, it will be at Once upon a Time in Corona, CA. Here's the phone number: (951) 372-8214.

Enjoy the weekend! God bless! 

 

vBlog No. 18

Click on the video above first then click on the video below for the second part

Donna, Johanna and I decided to create All About Me pages, and in today's video, we share them with you. We had fun making ours and we encourage you to make at least one page all about you.

My page is mostly digital. I used a very user-friendly scrapbook software called Scrapbook Factory Deluxe so it took about 30 minutes to make the page - most of the time was spent thinking about and typing the journaling.

I loved Donna's and Johanna's pages. Donna's was made using product from Prima. Behind the frame she tucked in 3 journal tags.

Johanna used Around the Block and some fun quotes. In the video, both Johanna and Donna have some fun news to share regarding Prima and Around the Block.

Bookmark this
Today's scrapbook website that we recommend is bhgscrapbooksetc.com. They have videos, blogs, contests and lots of great ideas and inspiration. There's also a page at Scrapbooks etc. that features my column On Assignment. Here's the link to the On Assignment page.

Win this prize
This week, I'm hosting a Designer Challenge on the Scrapbooks etc. website. It's part of Scrap-a-faire. If you create a page using large patterned die-cut paper (details are on the Designer Challenge page), and post your page in the Designer Challenge Gallery by this Sunday night, April 27th, you are entered into a random drawing to win these beautiful papers and embellishments from Making Memories. Speaking of Making Memories, they have a brand new website, so check it out: makingmemories.com.

How about another prize?
I'm hosting a chat at Scrapbooks etc. this Saturday, April 26th at 11 a.m. CST. Please drop by if you can. I'll be giving away another great prize! I'll try to persuade Donna, Johanna, Wendy and others to come chat with us too. Here's the Scrap-a-faire chat schedule, click on my name and it should take you directly to the chat after you log in.

Have a great weekend, everyone!  God bless!

vBlog No. 17

Here's a video of our Girlfriends Scrapbooking Weekend. Thank you to our sponsors, Ever After Scrapbooks and to everyone that attended! Special thanks to my dear sweet friends and awesome teachers: Donna, Wendy, Candice and Johanna.

Class Kits
If you are interested in buying a kit of any of the projects shown in the video, just email and let us know.

Winners from last week's vBlog
The winners of the Pinecone Press books and scrapbook kits are: Sharon O. and Bonnie. Congrats ladies! Email me your full name and address and I'll get that in the mail for you.

Johanna, Donna and I hope to have a new video up this time next week. Until then, have a wonderful week. Take care!

vBlog No. 16

Hi everyone! In today's video, Donna, Johanna and I talk about our very first scrapbook pages and contrast that with one of our latest pages. I really enjoyed seeing their first pages and talking with them about how our styles have changed over the years. Check out my little heart border along the bottom of my first page. I was so proud of it. I should also mention that I was scrapbooking with photos taken using a disposable camera that someone gave me. I think the biggest difference between my first page and what I do now is all the patterned paper I love to use. The little animals on my page are die cuts and were made using Cricut.

Have a look at our pages and let us know what you think. I think we've changed just a bit :)

My first page and latest baby page:

Donna's first page and latest page:

Johanna's first page and latest page:

Yay, two prizes to give away!
Thanks to the generosity of Pinecone Press, we have two prizes to give away this week. Just leave a comment under this video by next Wednesday morning, the 16th, and you're entered into the drawing. We'll announce winners late next week.

Bookmark This
This week's bookmark this is Scrapscene.com. It's a great place to see what's new in scrapbooking. It's always current and has lots of links to scrapbook events, contests and cool new scrapbook projects from known scrapbook designers.

Scrap-a-faire Chats
I'll be hosting 4 chats at Scrap-a-faire this month. Please drop by if you can. I'll try to persuade Donna, Johanna and Wendy to come chat with us too. My first chat is tomorrow night, Friday, April 10th at 7-8 p.m. CST and I'll be giving away a prize! Here's the Scrap-a-faire chat schedule, click on my name and it should take you directly to the chat after you log in.

Girlfriends Weekend
Our Girlfriends Scrapbooking Weekend was a hit! It was even better than I imagined it would be. I'll try to post some video clips of it soon. To see some pictures and get the scoop on the event, check out Donna, Johanna and Wendy's blogs. I was still recovering from a cold and not feeling my best, but I honestly have never had more fun at a crop. Everyone went home with lots of great product thanks to all of our fabulous sponsors! Thank you sponsors!! I also want to thank everyone that attended (I made tons of new friends), Ever After Scrapbooks and, of course, Wendy, Candice, Johanna and Donna! Thanks everyone!

Our first Girlfriends Scrapbooking Weekend went so well, we're hitting the road and will have a Girlfriends Scrapbooking Weekend in Las Vegas in August! More details to come. We've also had many requests to do one on the east coast. If you're a retailer on the east coast and would like us to come to your town, let us know and we'll see if we can work it out.

Emails
I can't seem to catch up on all my emails and I'm sure that I've missed seeing or replying to some, sorry about that. If you're waiting on an email from me, give me a few days and if you don't hear from me by then, please give it another try. I'll try my best to reply to everyone.

Thank you! Have a wonderful day!

vBlog No. 15

Warning - do not attempt this at home, LOL!

Here's a quick silly video outtake. We'll post a scrapbook video later next week. Donna, Johanna and I will be showing you our very first pages. We'll have a prize too!

Goodie bag!

Here's a way for you to get one of the goodie bags from our upcoming Girlfriends Scrapbooking Weekend:

• Call your friends and family that might be able to attend
• Get at least one of them (who hasn't already signed up) to call the store to sign up and pay for the event
• Email me the name of the person that signed up because you referred them

This is limited to the first 10 referrals. Here's the number at Ever After: (760) 433-9313.

It's going to be a great event! I'll try to video tape some of it and post it on the blog. Have a nice day!

So much to say so little time

South Africa
Hello friends! How's everyone doing? I got back from South Africa last week. I had the most amazing time! I spent the first 3 days there on safari! It was unbelievable, beautiful and breath taking. After that, Aubrey and I traveled to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Jeffrey's Bay as part of a scrapbook roadshow.

The safari, the road show, everything was organized by one of the most wonderful and generous persons I've ever met, Michelle De Souza (right), and she had an excellent team: Sindy (left) & Lynn. It's nice to know that we have dear friends on the other side of the world.

I swiped this picture collage from Michelle's blog (thanks Michelle!); these are pictures taken at the first event in Johannesburg. Everyone we met was so nice. Aubrey and I had such a great time teaching at all the events. For lots of pictures of us in South Africa, check out Aubrey's blog.

Michelle, Sindy, Lynn, Anton (Michelle's husband), thank you all so much for giving Aubrey and I the time of our lives!

Girlfriends Scrapbooking Weekend
We're just one week away from our Girlfriends Scrapbooking Weekend at Ever After Scrapbooks! There's still room, so call today and sign up: (760) 433-9313. For hotel accommodations, the closest hotel is Holiday Inn Express: 3170 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92056, (760) 757-2200.

Here are a few sneak peaks:

There will be 5 classes, a photography workshop (bring your camera), goodie bags, make-n-takes, cropping, prizes, a page contest, plus breakfasts, lunches and snacks are all included.

Here are the sponsors of this event (thank you sponsors!):

• Making Memories
• Prima Marketing
• Around the Block
• Epson
• Queen and Company
• France Meyer/Chart Pack
• Creative Imaginations
• Pinecone Press
• Avery
• Software Cinema
• C&T Publishing

The tools, supplies and photos to bring with you are listed below. If you don't have some of these and you want to buy them, you can get them at Ever After Scrapbooks when you arrive.

• 12" Paper trimmer
• Fine tip scissors
• 1/8" hole punch
• Stapler
• Crop-a-dile if you have one
• Eyelet setting tools if you don't have a Crop-a-dile
• Double sided adhesive or tape runner
• Liquid glue (Art Glitter-Designer Dries Clear or Zip Dry suggested)
• Pop Dots
• Paper piercer (or something to poke holes for brads)
• Corner rounder
• Diamond Glaze or Fabri-Tac glue
• Exacto knife
• Dark brown or distressing ink (preferably a smaller pad for tight spaces)
• Black pen (or whatever your favorite pen is to write with)
• Photos for Wendy's project: great family times photos: one 2 3/4"x 2" for cover, can be horizontal or vertical, four 3 1/2"x2 3/4"
• Photos for Leah's project: at least 2 photos (friend or relative) which will be cropped to 1 3/4"W x 2 1/4"H, plus one 3 1/2" square photo
• Photos for Donna's project: a 4Wx6H or 5"Wx7"H photo
• Optional: edge distresser, brads, sand paper/file

Videos & Etsy
Johanna, Donna and I will continue to do videos but it may be a few weeks before we do. Thanks for your patience; we're all just super busy right now. As far as the etsy shop, Johanna and I will post a couple new kits in a week.

Just me
On a personal note, I'm doing well. It took awhile for me to get over the jet lag but I'm back to normal now. I'm spending most of my time enjoying being with my family. I'm also working in the lab 3 days a week. The diabetes research is going well, and all is well with Scrapbooks etc.

Okay, I gotta run. Have a fun and relaxing weekend! God bless!