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Final Yearlong Class 2012 – Part 2 (and some awesome news!)

30 Wednesday Jan 2013

Posted by Sara in Classes, ScrapBook, Yearlong Album

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2012 Yearlong Album, Classes, Kelly Purkey, Simple Stories, Studio Calico, The Paperie, Wood Veneer, Year.o.graphy

So, yesterday got away from me and I didn’t post the LO’s I promised – oops! And there was a big exciting announcement made by The Paperie which caused a Twitter frenzy among the local scrapping crowd. I’ll get to that bit later!

First, here’s how I added my own personal twist to the final bonus pages of the Yearlong 2012 album. (You can see the original LO’s here).

The  things I use the most lately are wood veneer shapes and stitching and on these two LO’s, I loaded up!

choose to shine

For the first one, I added little birds (for my two chickies!), a bunch of stars (because they are the best wood veneer pieces ever), and a few other random pieces.

choose to shine - stickers closeup

I loaded up on the stickles and the Metallic Gold Mister Huey so there’s lots of bling. I also stitched over the sticker letters so they would stay put – I hate letters that end up floating around your LO!

choose to shine - bird closeup

The second LO also has a ton of wood veneer, stickles, and stitching, but I matted it on a 12×12 background too. Normally I place all different sized LO’s in the same album but my wedding album is all 12×12 so I decided to stick with that.

every picture

All I did to make the original LO flow into a 12×12 is spray the background with coordinating mist and add stitching to the top left corner. This is my go-to quick and easy way to switch a letter size LO in a larger square – simple add a couple of elements like mist or embellishments that tie the two together and no one will ever know it’s a mashup!

I added the wood veneer doilies to tie in with the stamped doily border:

every picture - doily closeupAnd of course, since it’s a wedding LO, I had to add the potty people and a heart!

every picture - potty people closeupNow, onto the exciting Paperie news….

Kelly Purkey is coming! And Krista and I get to share the teaching stage with her over the weekend! My class, naturally, is technique based so we’ll be making 4 cards with Ranger products and I’m going to try and fit in as many different products as I can – including the new Distress Paints!

If you’re in NL or are looking for a super fun weekend full of classes, cropping, and good times, sign up now and join us! Plus, it’s over St. Patrick’s Day weekend and since we do boast about George Street having the most bars and pubs per square foot in North America, you can bet there will be a party happening!

I do have to curb my excitement about Kelly a little and design and teach a few other classes before then – lots of fun and awesome things are coming your way!

S.

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24 Wednesday Oct 2012

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2012 Yearlong Album, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats, googly eyes, Guns 'n' Roses, gymnastics, Halloween, Kiddies, kiddies, Paul Simon, swimming

listening… to a lot of Paul Simon’s Graceland, one of my top 3 favourite albums along with Cats: The Musical and Guns ‘n’ Roses Appetite for Destruction. (yeah,yeah, odd mix, whatever!)

counting… to 10. A lot. Like over and over and over…. The joys of a strong-minded and stubborn 5-year-old. Sigh.

finishing… mini Halloween pumpkins with the kiddies. L wanted a regular face with googly eyes, Mr. G wanted lots of googly eyes like a monster, and Miss M opted for markers. They’re pretty cute. 🙂

working… on the next Yearlong Album class and the November LO for it.

itching… to break into this fun project for the Paperie retreat!

thinking… about next year’s Yearlong Album and getting excited for the changes – it’s going to be lots of fun play time!

eager… to get the supplies I need for all the Orlando inspired classes I want to teach. They can’t get here fast enough!

happy… that we finally figured out how to make Mr. G enjoy gymnastics again. One teacher, 5 kids, the gym to themselves – he’s thrilled!

also happy… that Miss M loves swimming so much that she complains her lessons are too short – and she’s moving up to the next level after only 6 lessons!

What’s going on with you right now? And what are your favourite music albums – can they compete with the mish mash of mine? 🙂

S.

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Yearlong Album Class – October 2012

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

Posted by Sara in Classes, Uncategorized, Yearlong Album

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2012 Yearlong Album, Simple Stories, Year.o.graphy

Yesterday was not only Monday but it was *a* Monday. Know what I mean? Yeah. Nothing that was supposed to get done got done and I was very happy when the day was over!

So here I am today, trying to play catch up a little and post yesterday’s blog – which means that the Tuesday Technique post is not happening this week…. and probably not next either, since I’ll be out of town. 😦

Moving on!

On Sunday I taught the October LO class for the ongoing Yearlong Album at The Paperie. Following the same trend as the past two years, October has turned out to be my favourite design!

Because we’re using 8.5 x 11 pages, the LO’s are pretty simple, leaving lots of room for pictures – we do have to fit an entire month’s worth of photos on here! 🙂

The “Count your blessings” panel is actually a pocket, we have one on each monthly LO for all those bits and bobs of memorabilia we collect, and there’s some fun random stamping and glitter happening here too.

We also completed a bonus LO that was inspired by Cathie’s sunburst and pie chart class at the Paperie last week. I offset my centre point but used the same basic principle and I love how the papers from Simple Stories worked for it – the sunburst looks awesome!

We also talked about the next Yearlong Album class (yes, I’m doing it again!) and it’s going to be changed up a bit next year! Think less themed pages, way more technique, and the album will be more flexible. What I mean is that if you don’t want a yearlong album because you’re doing Project Life, for example, it doesn’t need to be. It can be a basis for a Book of Me (Rae Lynn will be teaching a series of Book of Me LO’s and we’re hoping the two classes can work together, size-wise!) or a special moments album, or whatever you like!

People are already asking when registration begins so if you want in this year, keep checking the Paperie blog for when that will open – it sold out quick last year!

S.

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Things on Thursday

27 Thursday Sep 2012

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2012 Yearlong Album, Cocoa Daisy, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Maya Road, Pie chart, Scrapbook & Cards Today

 

1. I am so excited for this December kit from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and Cocoa Daisy, as I mentioned last week. This week, there’s been an exciting update – they have posted a sneak peek and I can pre-order it! And there’s an exclusive stamp and stencil set designed by Julie! Yay!

credit: Cocoa Daisy

2. Right now pie charts are a huge trend in scrapbooking and Scrapbook and Cards Today have an awesome tutorial by Nicole Nowosad on their blog showing how to make one. Definitely worth checking out!

credit: Nicole Nowosad and Scrapbooks & Cards Today

3. Speaking of pie charts, Cathie is teaching a class at The Paperie tonight and the focus is how to make and use pie charts and starbursts on your LO’s – this is going to be a fabulous class and I can’t wait to go!

credit: Cathie Reed

4. Maya Road is a company that has some super fun stuff, including coloured zippers. Now why, you might ask, would I want a bunch of coloured zippers in my stash? Watch this video by Ronda Palazzari and you’ll find out!

credit: Ronda Palazzari and Maya Road

5. I’ve been working on my next installment for the Yearlong Album 2012 – we’ll be doing October this week – and here’s a peek!

Hope to see some of you at class this evening!

S.

 

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5 on Friday

24 Friday Aug 2012

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2012 Yearlong Album, BoBunny, Simple Stories, The Paperie

The weather has been so amazing here that the blog has taken a bit of a backseat this week – sorry!

Since I missed my regular Things on Thursday post yesterday, I decided to steal from Krista for this week and do a 5 on Friday (thanks, Krista!)

1. Crop night at The Paperie tonight – yay! Love getting out with my friends and having a scrappy night, finished off with food, of course! Are you going? Still time to sign up! 🙂

2. I’m teaching my Yearlong Album 2012 class on Sunday and we’ll be working on the September LO. Here’s a sneak for those of you going:

3. The Paperie has an awesome Facebook page and they’ve started tweeting – are you following them? You should!

4. There’s some pretty cool distressing tips on the Bo Bunny blog – the first one looks awesome!

5. I love Simple Stories, and the mini album that DT member Wendy Morris is showing on their blog is amazing – super simple and gorgeous!

Hope you all have a great weekend and crossing my fingers I’ll see some of you tonight!

S.

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