A weekend of scrapbooking has me completely exhausted. I took 5 classes at Scrapbowl and am excited about my almost-complete projects.
My first class was with Margie Romney-Aslett, the design queen behind Making Memories who guided us to create a stylish mini-album made of file folders we cut to size. MM's 5th Avenue line was the icing on the cake. Can I be honest here and say that this line was one of the reasons why I took the class. My Fab Life never looked so chic.
Next, Donna Downey gave us confidence in our painting abilities by proving cardstock is the perfect canvas for art expression. Included in the layout are cut-outs from dictionary pages, buttons and a felt heart. Celebrate Life is represented on my layout with photos related to my family, friends and love of papercrafting.
Stacy Julian taught me a process of creating a 6x6 album in a fashion that suits my time challenges. And that is called Fast Track where cropping and placement of photos onto cardstock, followed by incorporating patterned paper and embellishments.
In this class, I decided to create an album dedicated to Gals & their hobbies.
Stacy shared tips on how to color balance your 2 page layouts and cropping of photos.
I participated in a class with Shimelle Laine called Paper Patchwork that truly challenged my artistic boundaries. With printing our photos onto cardstock, we created a mosaic of photos and various squares we painted using a variety of techniques. My project is incomplete as I need to sew the squares together to create a collage wall-hanging. I intend to share a photo once it's complete (hopefully soon).
Lastly, Fit to a Tee with Tia Bennett was a fun way to express myself, using an old and/or favorite t-shirt and stretching it onto a canvas. My friends and family know of my love for Bon Jovi which made perfectly good sense to me to use a t-shirt from a recent concert for this project. We also created a small album to tell the story behind the t-shirt and include any memorabilia associated with it.
I've always admired Tia's alphabet stamps and asked her to write the title of my mini-album on the cover.
Also, attendees at the event were able to purchase Stacy's new book, Photo Freedom. My friends know how much of a supporter I am of Library of Memories. And this book is a great follow-up to The Big Picture.
And, my quality time with Paula has led me to work on revamping and reorganizing my craft room. I realize this is a never-ending task, but between Paula and Wendy's Organizing class at Big Picture, I am confident of the direction I'm headed in. I'll share my progress and hope to begin the process soon.
I can't emphasize enough how much I enjoyed the opportunity to create, learn and play. Although I was at the event with my friends, we hardly saw each other. Whether I was in a class or they were, we managed to capture what few moments we had together and make the best of it.
And that we did.
