December Class Previews

Hey there everyone!
WOW!!!
Two posts in two days...
Doesn't happen very often...
But I did want to get some pictures posted for my classes that I will be doing at my local JoAnn's in Temecula...
With all of my local scrapbook stores closing...
(BOO-HOO-HOO!!!)
I am now teaching locally at JoAnn's -
If you'd like to sign up for a class you can call (951) 296-1370
I may also start teaching at my house -
so look for that announcement after the holidays...
Anyway...
Here are the pictures for the classes for December:

The first class is Christmas Cards & Gift Tags
I have lots of cool ideas for Cards, Money Holders, Gift Card Holder, Ornaments, Gift Tags, etc...

















I will also be teaching the Christmas Canvas Class












And then a Lighted Glass Block Class











Finally...A Scrapbook Design of the Month Class










ttfn,
terina

Sketch Class with a Twist!

One of the classes I taught on the ship was a "Sketch" Layout Class
But this one had a little twist...
I kinda liked it!
I gave everyone a homework assignment
And then we went step by step to create a layout...
The twist was that although everyone was using essentially the same layout -
Everyone's page looked completely different!
Here's the layout that everyone used:







(I got this sketch from www.pencillines.com)



And here is what some of the pages looked like after they were done:
Mary's - Kona Coffee











Tammy's - Lazer Tag











Elaine's - Garden Girl
She actually turned it into a two page spread








Stephanie's - Puppy Love











Diane's - Totem Pole








Kathy's - Heritage









Dora's - Student of the Year








Kathy's - Showgirls








Nancy's - Talia








I liked this class alot!
It was fun and I enjoyed seeing each pages "personality" emerge!

ttfn

Christmas Sketch Layout

Here is the new sketch layout for November...I will have another Christmas layout for the month of December...both are using the new product from Sandylion and designer Kelly Panacci. Hope you like them!




Check out the calendar for the dates that I will be teaching this layout!

Camping Sketch of the Month Layout

Here's this month's sketch...Preserve all those fun summer memories by the campfire roasting marshmellows on this fun double page layout! Look for it at your LSS starting this month.

Happy Campin'!

Be a Sketch Star!

Have you taken a sketch class with me in the past and have re-created that layout using different paper, embellishments, ribbon, etc? I would love to make you a "Sketch Star". Send me a jpeg picture of your layout and I will put it on my blog for everyone to see! I know there are several of you out there - because many of you have shown me your new layouts! AND THEY ARE AWESOME!

Can't wait to see what you've done and to share them!

Using Sketches to make other Layouts

Tonight in class we had a discussion on sketches - of course I'm a huge advocate of using sketches! I use them all the time! But some people still don't get it - how using the same basic layout can actually look different by just changing the paper and embellishments. Well - I have some samples! If you didn't know already - I am the mom of 4 boys! No girls for me - that's alright! My boys are awesome!

Some of my classes in the past have looked a little "girly" - If the product "speaks to me" I have to use it in layouts. For example: Last months GIGGLE layout



It's a great layout...I just can't use this particular layout for any of my boys' pictures. So, I used the same sketch and made the layout work for me...Here are some samples of what I did:

Essentially the same layout, I just changed it a bit to fit my pictures. Look at the upper right corner of the right pages. For the Giggle layout - I used a scalloped flowery thing that I made. When I changed it to make it a baseball page - I found a great pattern paper that had a huge baseball on it. I just tore around the entire baseball and adhered it to that corner (trimmed off the edges and voila!) I made the sketch fit the theme of my pictures! Most of the pictures are from a layout I did for my older son. I did the same layout for my three older boys, because they were on the same team this particular year - I did throw in a sample of what I did to one of my other boys' page...I had more pictures of him that I wanted to get in there - so I added a hinged picture.
Hope this helps to inspire you to take another look at sketches and use them to fit you and your pictures!

Sketch Planning Progress - Update

Just wanted to show you the layouts that I completed this last Friday...although I didn't get all 7 layouts that I planned - I did complete 6 PLUS I did a few more that I had ideas for...so here they are to show you my progress. It was really easy - because I had already done all the work beforehand planning where I wanted everything. I just picked out paper and embellishments that I wanted, and went to work putting them together! I even used the Cricut to make some titles! I'm excited to plan out some new layouts!

Tropical Paradise Sketch of the Month

ALOHA! This layout is the newest addition to my sketch of the month layouts...Bright, colorful, vibrant paper, stickers and ribbon. Check out my calendar to see when and where this class will be held. Hope to see you there!

Sketch Planning Progress

Here's my progress with planning my pictures and sketches. I'm going tomorrow to scrapbook and I plan on at least getting these 7 layouts finished! I wanted to show you what I did in my sketch book...It took me a couple hours, but once I got the hang of it...it really flowed! I jotted down notes saying if I had paper or not... Most I don't so I'll have to get some tomorrow while I crop. I'll post pictures when I have them ready!

Sketch of the Month

Sketch of the Month: This is a great class that is becoming very popular FAST! This class is a great asset to those of us who aren't exactly caught up on our scrapbooking! What it is, is I take a sketch (either my own design, a Becky Higgins' sketch or a sketch from other places) and I design a two page layout using that particular sketch. At the class we create that layout. After everyone is done, I then go with each student (if they wish to do so) and I help them pick out paper and embellishments to make the same layout, just in a different theme. Sketch layout design is a terrific way to get caught up on all your scrapbooking. It helps me sometimes when I have "scrapper's block" and just can't think of a layout. I look through my sketches or my idea books, pick a sketch and go. If you go to the gallery on my website: www.scrappychickspagekits.com you can see sample pictures of all the sketch of the month layouts. Some themes include: Christmas, Pirates, Best Friends, 2 of a Kind, Happy Birthday, Meetin' Mickey, Makin' A Splash, A Good Hare Day, King of the Grill, and Oh Baby, It's Cold Outside. THIS MONTH'S THEME IS: GIGGLE...I used Kelly Panacci paper, stickers and embellishements by Sandylion. Of course there are lots of extras including ribbons!