Monthly Archives: December 2012

Art Journaling and Scrapbooking Classes

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Do you ever wish you could get away to attend a workshop that you think you’d enjoy?  Or what about a whole artsy, craftsy, scrappy weekend?  Ohhh that would be fun!  However, that   isn’t always something we can make happen.  Therefore, Lain Ehmann came up with the brilliant idea to have just such an event – virtually!  She calls it TrueScrap, and so far she has held four of them!

Now you can get any of TrueScrap 4 classes individually, and on sale!  

Each on is just $9.95 until 12/25!

Dirty Fingers Clean Design True Scrap 4 classHow about this class with Julie Fei-Fan Balzar!     This is a fun class and you’ll get to watch her in action and learn techniques you can try for yourself.  Click here to view more details on Julie’s class.

 

 

New memory file scrapbooking class with Heidi Swapp

Or maybe you want more scrapbook ideas.  Heidi Swapp shows Your Memory File scrapbooking techniques, and you can get some great ideas on ways to incorporate a lot into a small space. You can learn to take your scrapbooking a new direction! Click here to view more details on Heidi’s class.

 

 

 

Art Journaling 101 a Beginners Guide with Erin Bassett

 

 

You may wonder what the “art journaling” craze is all about, or you may like to pick up a few tips and techniques. Click here to view more details on Erin’s class.

 

 

 

Okay, that’s only three of the classes from TrueScrap 4.  There are 11 more to look at!

 You can see all the offerings by clicking here and scrolling through the classes!

Have fun!   

Professional Looking Project Photos Class

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How to take display picturesHello scrappy, artsy, craftsy friends!  Have you ever wondered how you could get some great photos of your work so you could share online, or have the photos for other purposes?  Here is a wonderful recording of a webinar with Nichol Magouirk showing how you can get professional looking results just like this picture!  Nice gift for yourself!

Save $10 and get it for just $7.

You can’t go wrong with this price!  Click here to view more details.

 

One Sheet Mini Album, Part 2 – Any Size

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I promised you I would show you how to make the One Sheet Mini-album using any size paper.  So here it is. I hope it’s not too confusing, but I think that you will get the idea and understand how you can size your pages and number of pages according to your sheet size. Disclaimers: 1.) I do not anticipate any cinematography awards for this. 2.) There is a reason I am not a hand model. If you missed the first video with the instructions, you can see it here.

During the rest of this week I’m going to share some information about some online classes and give you a chance for a special deal on those classes for the next few days. These could make some great gifts or you might like to just take advantage of them for yourself!

The first week of January will begin our series of using our supplies in different ways. Whether you’re stuck with a lot of supplies you’re just not using and have a lot on hand or you just want some ideas to use your supplies in different ways, I think you’re going to enjoy the series.

If you make some of these I hope you come over to the Artful Adventures Facebook Group and share what you’ve done we would love to see it. Speaking of the Facebook group, I hope that you will come over and join the group. It’s a group meant to share what you’re working on. I hope that we can encourage each other to try new things. Design and techniques can flow from one art to another. You can’t think of yourself as “just a scrapbooker,” or “just a stamper,” because it requires thought and design, which actually makes you a scrapbook artist, or a card designer!  What if you add in even more art techniques or types of products you use? Wouldn’t that be fun and perhaps make you feel even more creative?  Well get ready because we are going on some Artful Adventures!

Organizing Your Arts and Crafts Space

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Before we get started using the supplies we have on hand to create fabulous and fun things, I thought it might be a good idea to talk about organization in our creative spaces.

Craft Corner

Photo credit: chrissy.farnan @ flickr.com

Whether you only have a corner of a room, a closet, or a whole room, you will get the most from your creative time if you have some organization.  Some of us are not that organized by nature.  Plus, throw in the fact that many creative people are very visual and like to be able to see what they have available to work with, and you have the potential for a real mess!

Don’t dispare!  If you don’t have any idea about where to begin, we’ll offer some help!  One of the biggest things to know, is that you should NOT run out and buy a bunch more stuff to put your supplies in  — unless you truly have to have some help in sorting through it all.  If I’m on a big sorting mission, I find that cardboard file boxes from the office supply store are great. You have to fold them into its box shape, but they have holes for handles, and tops if you want to fold those up as well!  That way, you already have some boxes if you decide you need to take some of your stuff to donate!

 

  • Use what you have first: baskets, shoe boxes, larger boxes, plastic kitchen boxes, etc.
  • One of the best ways to organize is to put like items with more of their own kind so they aren’t lonely.  That way, all your ribbon is together, buttons, brads, paper, stamps, dies, punches…. you get the idea.
  • Once you find out how much you have of anything, you can deal with deciding where and what it will live in. Remember, it’s okay to actually purge!  If you have a giant bag of yarn and you haven’t used it in the past ten years, you probably don’t need a whole bag of yarn!  Keep a couple of skeins on hand and donate to the thrift store or a friend who will use it!
  • As you decide how to containerize your items, still use what you have for now!  Don’t invest a lot of money until you really settle on your space and layout.  Think about whether you like to be able to see your supplies or have them hidden away.  That will help you determine what kind of storage you should be considering.  Also, think about using vertical space, going up can creative a ton of extra storage!

Here is a nifty video from Lain Ehmann showing us around her craftroom, you’ll see how she has grouped her items together for convenience.

Lain has hosted True Scrap which is a virtual online getaway for scrappers/crafters and has had some wonderful classes.  Now you can get the classes by Aby Garvey for just $9.99 each!  What a great gift for yourself or someone else who may be considering getting their arts and crafts area organized for the new year!  Click on the links below for details!

Classes by Aby Garvey, just $9.99!

Scrapbook Organization Your Way, (scroll down to her name)

Solutions for Small Scrapbook Spaces

Audience Participation Time

  • What is your favorite tip or item that that has worked well for organizing your arts/crafts supplies?
  • What do you most struggle with?

One Sheet Mini-Album

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Here is a quick way to make a mini-album from just a single sheet of paper.  This episode will show you how to create the booklet from either cardstock or patterned paper.  Double sided patterned paper is my favorite for this project because you get to see both sides in different areas of your little book!

Although this sample has a definite holiday theme you can create one for any occasion, or any reason!  You can use little pictures, sayings or quotes, journaling, a tiny art journal… you get to decide!

What better way to use bits and pieces to embellish this little album, than pull from your stash!  Plus, what are you ever going to do with all that patterned paper you are “saving” for just the right project!  Come on, use one!  This IS the project a perfect piece of paper has been waiting for!  Wow, say that fast several times!  Create something fun, and then come over and join and post to our new Artful Adventures Facebook Group.

The next episode will show you how to use different sized of paper, other than a 12×12 sheet.  You will also learn how to determine the number of pages and the page sizes when creating your one sheet mini-album from any size paper!

A printable tutorial, along with 13 other great tutorials is available upon a donation to the American Heart Association through, “Scrappers Give Thanks 2012”. Hurry, it’s only available through December 25, 2012!