Zentangle for Beginners Scrapinar

Have you wanted to learn more about Zentangles? How do they differ from doodles?
Zentangle video scrapinar with Mahe Husain
This is your chance to join us for a special video scrapinar with Certified Zentangle Instructor, Mahe Husain, hosted by Lain Ehman! Lain’s ‘scrapinars’ are always packed with both information and fun! What could make it even better? It is completely free to participate!

Join us live on August 26th at 1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific.You’ll even be able to ask questions!

Don’t worry, if that time doesn’t exactly fit your schedule, because it will be recorded and you watch it later. However, you MUST pre-register for this free event! Do in NOW before you forget!

Here’s the scoop:

  • Learn exactly what Zentangle IS and how it differs from other types of doodling and illustration
  • Learn 8 steps of the Zentangle method, allowing you to easily learn and master the basics
  • Find out how Zentangle helps you increase focus and be mindful
  • Get step by step guidance for two tangles

I hope to see you there! Pre-register so you don’t miss out!

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures!

KS

Scrapbook Page a Day – Prepping for LOAD215

Creating at least one scrapbook page each day of the month is not as difficult or crazy as it may sound at first. Especially if you are doing it with a group of people! LOAD 215 is just around the corner and that is exactly what we will be doing, creating a LayOut A Day. Each day we receive a prompt to interpret any way we choose, or we can just create a page of whatever we like. The goal is to get at least one scrapbook layout done each day.

LOAD215 Blog Hop

 

How in the world can you be prepared to create scrapbook pages for ideas yet to come? That’s a great question and here are some things I wish I had known before my first LOAD event.

  • Whether you are a paper scrapper or digital scrapper, I think one of the most important things is to take a look at what you have for photos and supplies. Even though I think I am a faster paper scrapper, I usually create digital pages during LOAD. I guess I like the flexibility it affords me, because of the number of kits I have available.
    • Browse through your kits and supplies for a brief review of what you already own! There is no need to spend more money if you already have a stash! You will find that by just reviewing your supplies, you’ll retain that info and be able to more quickly pull together a page.
    • Look at your photos. The same holds true about browsing your photos, and being able to think of a photo that may fit a prompt. When you’ve recently looked at your photos, you’ll think of something that will fit a prompt.
  • If you are paper scrapping, make sure you have plenty of adhesive and sharp blades for your paper trimmer!
  • Listen to the prompt as early as possible each day. That way, it may give you some extra time to process an idea before you actually sit down to create your page.
  • Join the Flickr group and share your pages! It is so much fun to see individual pages, and learn more about our online friends!
  • Don’t compare your work to other people’s. It’s not a contest. If all you did was put the photos on notebook paper and wrote something about the photo, or the story behind it, it would be a perfect page. In the end, it’s all about the photos and the words!
  • If you fall behind, don’t beat yourself up. Life happens! Just pick up and move forward. No matter how many pages you complete during LOAD, it will probably be more than if you had not participated. So be proud of yourself!

If I decide to do some paper scrapbooking during this LOAD, I am excited to already have some of my Close To My Heart Workshop On the Go kits on-hand. They not only include a paper pack, but even have layout instructions for two double layouts, along with embellishments and a special stamp set. How easy can it get?

If you are participating in LOAD 215, I wish you many completed pages!

Here are more helpful hints I’ve talked about before other previous LOAD events: LOAD212  LOAD 213

Be sure and check out what some of my other LOAD friends have to say about getting ready for LOAD.

Karen Fitting from Photos Kept Alive
Nicole Gray from Nicole’s Scrapbook
Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland
Lisa Hausmann from  Recklinghausen Musings
Wendy Aebi from  Life in the Button Factory
Connie Hanks from Clicky Chick Creates

Kristie Sloan from Artful Adventures {You are Here}
Kelli Panique from Use It Scrapbooking
Lain Ehmann from Layout A Day
Christy Strickler from My Scrapbook Evolution
Lynnette Nagle from The Sassy Scrapper
Danielle Leonetti from Scrapper on the Street
Danielle Hunter from Ecoscrapbook
Leslie Smith from Out of the Mire

Heather Dubarry from No Excuse Scrapbooking
Melissa Kay from A Day in the Life Of
Valerie Smith from From Valerie’s Heart
Marcia Fortunato from Musings and Memories

Cheers to YOUR creativity!

KS


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Why Use Food Photos?

Have you used food photos in capturing your memories when creating a journal or scrapbook page? I’ll admit that I have not done it very often. Yet, I have found that it really does bring up memories — good or bad! I have an opportunity for you to learn more about using food photos, so be sure and read to the end!

Many of you have heard me talk about Layout A Day, the online event where everyone’s goal is to create a memory page each day for a month. There is a theme to the month, and prompts for each day, which makes it interesting. It really helps you think of stories that had escaped your memory, and it’s fun to capture those memories once more! At least a couple of times, I used food as part of those stories. Here is a story about angel food cake, and how it reminds me of my grandmother. In later years, I found out that she made it all the time not because they loved it, but because my grandpa had a sensitive stomach and it was one of the things he could eat. I still think of them when I smell it! (Sorry about the photo quality!)

A memory of angel food cake at Grandma's!

A memory of angel food cake at Grandma’s!

 

Various Jello dishes and memories of them.

The many faces of Jello!

 

My friend Dani Leonetti, AKA Scrapper On The Street, is an avid photographer who really urges people to capture their everyday life in photos. She prompts us to take photos of things we may normally overlook. I wish she had been around a long time ago, because there have been several things lately that I just can’t remember the way they were, and a simple photo in the room at that time, could tell the tale! Dani has had several online classes and she has a new one starting next week.

Dani is passionate about food! Not just the food, but the meaning we attach to it — the events, the relationships, the traditions, etc. What better time to think of that than holidays and the foods we share; and feel like we can’t have the holidays without them! Listen to her in this video:

Dani’s new Insta-Food, Christmas Edition is starting December 18, and runs until January 1st! I am giving one of the prizes during the event! It will be a free spot in my Art Journaling Basics class, with a twist on how to give photos an artful twist!

Go over to Dani’s Scrapper On the Street site and read more about the Insta-Food, Christmas Edition class, and get signed up!    Hurry and register before you forget!  Use Coupon Code: SCRAPFANS to save $10  Dani is giving away 1 Free Seat to my readers, so use the rafflecopter entry below. If you win the free seat, and have already registered, the money will be refunded. Plus, you can enter once each day before the giveaway closes!

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Free Class for a New Year, New Planner

Have you been to one of Lain Ehmann’s free classes or “scrapinars” as she likes to call them? They are packed with information! Each month a special guest shares on a different topic. While these started out being primarily scrapbook related, many have morphed into things that are more artful, while still being applicable and interesting to scrappers!

I am anxious to see this month’s presentation, as I think it may be a bit like the enormously popular Facebook group, The Documented Life Project (in an extended memory keeping way).

While a beautiful planner may not give you more than 24 hours in the day, it can streamline your schedule and your memory-keeping. In this month’s free scrapinar, we’re welcoming the amazing Layle Koncar of Simple Stories!

December Free Scrapinar

Layle is known for her bold, colorful, eye-catching scrapbook and pocket pages… AND for her easy-to-follow, entertaining teaching style. She’s going to show us some of the latest trends in customizable planners, demonstrating how fun and gratifying it is to combine your stories with your day-to-day planner.

Here’s What You’ll Learn:

  • The latest products available for fun and colorful planners
  • How to make your planner do double-duty as a memory-keeping aid
  • Fun ways to use products you already own to customize your planner, pockets, and pages
  • … and more super time-saving tips!

While Layle will be sharing the new “Life… Documented” planner line from Simple Stories , she’ll be sharing ideas that can work with just about any planner or product line. You won’t want to miss this interactive, entertaining session. And as always, we’ll have time for YOUR questions. This scrapinar is the perfect kick-off to your 2015!

Click here to register for the free class. Even if you can’t attend live, you’ll have access to the replay for a limited time!

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures!

KS

Creative Christmas Bundle

Creative Christmas Bundle Projects and ideas from 15 crafters and designers.

Projects and ideas from 15 crafters and designers.

I am so excited to tell you about a creative bundle of goodness, which I’ve been working on behind the scenes, in preparation for the big day it is released for sale, November 24th. It is a collaborative effort of 15 crafters and designers, which can give you a jump start with ideas and how to instructions on many great holiday projects!  You’ll want to be sure and go check out the information about the designers and sign up to get updates.

Here’s a peek at some of what you’ll find in the Creative Christmas Bundle:

  • 2015 printable photo calendar
  • Advent calendar, printable supplies, tutorials, and suggested daily activities
  • December Daily scrapbook sketches and more
  • Printable pocket page cards
  • Cut files for Silhouette and Cricut
  • Gift ideas and tutorials
  • Christmas-themed cross-stitch patterns
  • Printable Christmas cards
  • Tutorials for making photo gifts
  • Tutorials on using apps to create and print photos and photo gifts
  • Art journaling (for any time of year)
  • Upcycling for a green Christmas
  • Plus bonuses galore

You won’t want to miss out on this bargain, if you are even the least bit prone to creativity! Valued at over $250 it will be on sale for just $29.99!  You can meet the designers and sign up to get the email for the initial release here. The sale runs from November 24 – December 1.

Creative Christmas Bundle art journaling basics online class coverI am bringing my Art Journaling Basics class online, and the first release will be part of the Creative Christmas Bundle!

In this class you will:

  • Learn what art journaling is.  Discover ways you may decide to use it.
  • Receive tips on what to use for a journal. Don’t get lost in the sea of choices, you can make informed decisions.
  • Learn how to make your own journal by recycling a book. It’s easy to go green!
  • Learn about basic supplies and adhesives. Don’t spend money on supplies you don’t need to get started. Find out what you may already have on hand that will work.
  • Receive product recommendations. Get tips you can use to make your selections and save time and money.
  • Learn how to create five fast and easy ways to make backgrounds. Get started right away,  so you aren’t staring at a blank page wondering what to do next.
  • Receive a list of page prompts and learn how using prompts can spark your creativity. Never feel ‘stuck’ or lacking ideas!
  • Receive printable images and quotes to get started without delay! Great to take shopping!

Bonus 1You will also receive the original Artful Adventures Art Journaling Basics eBook for free! This ebook in .pdf format also contains links to the videos and the printables, giving you multiple options to access the class information.

Bonus 2: A private Facebook Group to connect with others and share your projects without the judgement of family and friends who have no idea what you’re doing! We’ll have our own fun!

What you get:

7 Lessons

5 Videos

6 Pages of Printable Images (91 single images)

2 Page of Quotes and online quote resources

Samples with basic description of steps to complete.

List of page prompts

Printable list of basic Product Recommendations

This class is a steal at $20, but it will be part of the Creative Christmas Bundle. So you can have access to the online class and do it whenever you want to, and get all the other goodies in the bundle as well! All content is available upon payment of your Creative Christmas Bundle. You’ll receive a code for your class registration, and there is no expiration date to access your content. Hurry over now to sign up and get updates!

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures,

KS