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Almost deleted... but didn't :)

Hi friends! I haven't dropped by my blog much at all this year, so I came veeeery close to deleting my typepad account today. I'm just so busy with work and family, I haven't had any time to blog. And if I do post anything  online, it's usually on facebook or twitter. But I decided to - at least for now - keep the account open (just downgraded) for anyone who's looking for more info on the videos that Donna, Johanna and I made awhile ago (seems like ages ago!). Here (below) are the vBlogs if you're looking for them. Have a wonderful day! God bless :)

• vBlog No.97  Scrapbook page design
• vBlog No.96  Johanna's Super Mom card
• vBlog No.95  Donna's Crafty Chronicle
• vBlogs No.93 & 94  Johanna's mini basket & watercolor projects
• vBlog No.92  Johanna's card
• vBlog No.91  Johanna's baby gift
• vBlog No.90  Valentine's Day projects
• vBlog No.89  Candy Cane Fridays week 4
• vBlog No.88  Candy Cane Fridays week 3
• vBlog No.87  Candy Cane Fridays week 2
• vBlog No.86  Candy Cane Fridays week 1
• vBlog No.85  Random tips
• vBlog No.84  Donna's paper flowers
• vBlog No.83  Quick & easy cardstock albums
• vBlog No.82  Samantha Sibbet
• vBlog No.81  Donna's card & envelope
• vBlog No.80  Heat embossing
• vBlog No.79  Halloween projects
• vBlog No.78  Red Bee craft store
• vBlog No.77  Tree pages
• vBlog No.76  Donna's product line
• vBlog No.75  Photo tips
• vBlog No.74  Projects using Pinecone Press
• vBlog No.73  Dinopoly board game
• vBlog No.72  Johanna's crepe paper embellishments
• vBlog No.71  Dad pages
• vBlog No.70  Weigh in Wednesday
• vBlog No.69  Johanna's house cards
• vBlog No.68  Storage
• vBlog No.67  Pinecone Press book & projects
• vBlog No.66  How we got started in the scrapbooking biz
• vBlog No.65  Johanna's topiary tree
• vBlog No.64  Projects made using Pinecone Press
• vBlog No.63  Green scrapbooking
• vBlog No.62  More scrapbooking tips
• vBlog No.61  Slider cards
• vBlog No.60  Scrapbooking tips
• vBlog No.59  Everafter scrapbook store
• vBlog No.57&58  Charity event
• vBlog No.56  Flag banners
• vBlog No.55  Mini vacation album
• vBlog No.54  Trip to Santa Maria
• vBlog No.53  Blast from the past scrap challenge
• vBlog No.52  Mini acrylic page
• vBlog No. 51  Repurposed projects
• vBlog No.50  Composition books
• vBlog No.49  Year in Review pages
• vBlog No.48  Christmas pages
• vBlogs No.46&47  Candy Cane Friday week 3
• vBlogs No.44&45  Candy Cane Friday week 2
• vBlog No.43  Candy Cane Friday week 1
• vBlog No.42  Decoupaging a tray
• vBlog No.41  Scrapbooking our faith
• vBlog No.40  Notecard book
• vBlog No.39   Late night challenge
• vBlog No.38  Donna's paper flowers
• vBlog No.37  Die cutting machines
• vBlog No.36 Johanna's Halloween goodbag 2
• vBlog No.35 Johanna's Halloween goodie bag 1
• vBlog No.34 Johanna's birthday banner
• vBlog No.33   Mini book pages
• vBlog No.32  Johanna's storage ideas
• vBlog No.31  Donna's Prima kit
• vBlog No.30  Scrapbook faves
• vBlog No.29 Leah's cupcake
• vBlog No.28  Mini projects
• vBlog No.27  Notepad
• vBlog No.26  Johanna's cupcake
• vBlog No.25  Rachel Kaufman
• vBlog No.24  Epson
• vBlog No.23  What we bring to crops
• vBlog No.22  Mini books
• vBlog No.21  Favorite tools
• vBlog No.20  Johanna's recipe book
• vBlog No.19  Off the page
• vBlog No.18  All about me pages
• vBlog No.17  Girlfriends weekend
• vBlog No.16  Our first scrapbook pages
• vBlog No.15  Haircut by Fiskars
• vBlog No.14  Family trees
• vBlog No.13  CHA 2 Peas party
• vBlog No.12  CHA day 3 extra
• vBlog No.11  CHA day 3
• vBlog No.10  CHA day2
• vBlog No.9  Winter CHA 2008
• vBlog No.8  Focus on Photos
• vBlog No.7  Unforgettables charity event
• vBlog No.6  Scrapfest
• vBlog No.5  Biography card file
• vBlog No.4  Donna's card buffet
• vBlog No.3  My scrapbook room
• vBlog No.2  Donna's paper flowers
• vBlog No.1  So it starts

Downloads for address card file

Hello friends! Here are downloads if you'd like to create the address cards that I shared on the Scrapbooks etc. blog. 

To download for printing, cilck on the image below to open it up. Then right click and save it to your computer. For more details about the project and how I made it, check out the post at the Scrapbooks etc. website. Have a wonderful day! 

Teacher gift ideas

I think I'll try these gift ideas. Should be easy and fun to do.

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Photo strip hearts banner

What a great idea! Added it to my Pinterest.

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Cute & clever storage

Just saw this today - love it. Can you imagine getting this as a gift? 

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Definitely doing this one

This was originally from Anthropologie.com. I'll probably create the card template in Word or Photoshop and print it on heavy weight cardstock. I have a tab punch from Stampin'Up that looks just like these tabs so that should work too. The box I'll have to find but shouldn't be hard to find one comparable. It should also be easy enough to make a simple wooden box. I'll have to look. This would be a nice gift idea for a guy or girl.

Source: anthropologie.com via Leah on Pinterest

Quick & Easy

Hello crafty friends! Been a looong time since I posted. How's everyone doing? I've been swamped with work and just haven't had time to post. I'm still scapbooking and working with Scrapbooks etc. but I'm putting most of my time and energy into my family and into my research (currently researching new treatments for childhood leukemia and agressive breast cancer). Right now, I'm trying to decide if I can and should get back into posting regularly here my blog; or if I should let it go, especially since I'm on Facebook so much. Hmmm think think think. 

In any case, I wanted to share what I did yesterday. Last night, I played around with some Making Memories Bravissimo. Decided to make a couple fun ribbons for my mom and dad who I saw this afternoon. Thought it would be something they'd enjoy hanging next to their family photos. And, sure enough, they did :) There's a little card and pocket on the back of each too. I also made one for my youngest son who aced his science test earlier this week - so proud! :D

It's nice being able to whip together something this cute and so very fast (yes I'm lazy right now, lol). You just pick and choose the accent ribbon, the rosette and the sentiment. You can find these and lots of other very fun Bravissimo designs at Michaels. Some come with the ribbon already attached. Also, just in case you didn't know, there's a Bravissimo Facebook page and Blog where you can get some great ideas for using these. Speaking of Facebook, if you're not already a friend of mine there and would like to be, please just send a request. Here's my page. Would love to meet you.

Okay, back to work for me. Have a wonderful day/night wherever you may be :)

vBlog No. 97

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since our last video. Johanna, Donna and I have all been so busy, and we haven't been able to schedule a time for all of us to get together. We'll try for June. In this week's video, Donna and I talk just a little bit about scrapbook page design. We hope you find it interesting and even somewhat useful. 

The winner of the Vintage Groove prize for Week 4 is Stephanie Vargas. Congrats Stephanie! Email me (leahfung@gmail.com) your address and I will ship the prize to you this week. I'll also ship the other MM winners from previous weeks at the same time. Congrats everyone!

Vintage Groove: Week 4

Hi friends, welcome to the fourth and last week of Vintage Groove! I say that but I'll probably end up doing more posts in the Summer because I enjoy making these so much. Before I talk about this week's jewelry piece, I want to let you know that at the bottom of this post I give the name of the winner of last week's Vintage Groove prize. I also give the names of the 2 gals who won the Fiskars' prizes from my National Scrapbooking Day vBlog video post. 

 

This week's piece is another necklace. I actually wore it today. It dressed up my jeans and t-shirt quite a bit (unfortunately, my socks weren't matching, Lol). To make this, I opened a link in the middle of one of MM's chain necklaces then I attached the "Believe" charm to each end. After that, I just had to attach little charms around it. It took about 20 minutes - a good project to do while watching TV. 

Just remember when opening the little metal rings (for attaching links and charms) move one side forward and the other backward as shown in the picture below. It works best this way. 

 

Prizes
This week's prize is cool! The winner will get MM's Vintage Findings scrapbook product. You'll also get Vintage Groove product: the "Believe" charm, a chain necklace, and the jewelry tool, which are all shown in the picture below.

 
 

Once I pick this final week's winner, I'll ship all the prizes out at the same time. Thanks for waiting. The winner of last week's Vintage Groove jewelry kit is Ava who posted on May 6th. Congrats Ava! Just email your address to leahfung@gmail.com.

Fiskars' Prizes
The winners of the 2 Fiskars' prizes mentioned in our last vBlog on National Scrapbook Day are: Fuzzstamp2 who posted here on May 3rd, and Scotia9338 who posted on YouTube. Congrats ladies! Email your address to leahfung@gmail.com then Fiskars will send those prizes to you.

New vBlog
I'll try to post the next video this weekend but it may spill over into next week - not sure yet. Until then, have a great week! 

Vintage Groove: Week 3

Hello everyone! In this week's Vintage Groove post, I want to show you one of the VG kits and a necklace I made using the kit. This piece took me about 20 minutes to make. It was easy to do because everything was included, and a picture of a finished piece was on the back of the package. 

  

Assembling the necklace is done just like the jewelry I showed before. It's all about connecting little metal rings - that's it! I start by attaching one piece to the suede chain and then continue adding more charms. Once I've added the last charm, I just attach it to the other end of the suede chain. Done!

 

Prizes
As promised, this week's prize is more Vintage Groove! A picture is shown right above. Isn't it cool?! Just leave a comment here and/or under my VG post on my Facebook page by next Monday for a chance to win.

Here's a LINK to the post on my Facebook wall.

The winner of the MM Panorama product from last week's post is Janet R. who posted on April 27th. Congrats Janet! Just email your address to leahfung@gmail.com and I'll ship this fun prize to you. Next week, our last week, I'll be giving away Making Memories Vintage FINDINGS scrapbook product and a Vintage Groove jewelry tool and charms. Until then, have a great week! Hugs :)

vBLog No. 96

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! Johanna makes a super cute card in this video. Also, we're giving away 2 prizes this week from Fiskars. For a chance to win the Fiskars prizes, leave a comment here, on Youtube and/or on the girlfriends blog by May 8th. 


  

We'll name the winner of Donna's Crafty Chronicle (shown in the last video) in a couple days on thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com. 

Have a great week!

Vintage Groove: Week two

 

Hello friends! Here’s week 2 of the Vintage Groove jewelry making and the Making Memories prize giveaway. Last week, I showed you a necklace that I recently made. I also made this fun little charm bracelet to go with it.

Making the bracelet couldn’t be easier. Just like the necklace, it’s all about the little metal rings that connect everything together. Basically what I did was select charms that I liked and arranged them in an appealing order. Once I had everything arranged, I just started attaching the charms together, one at a time, using the metal rings and the basic steps shown in the post below. Once the charms were connected, I checked the strand to make sure the length was just right for my wrist. Then I attached a “lobster” clip to one end of the strand - again using a simple metal ring to attach. To finish the bracelet, I added little charms to hang off the side, like the “L” shown in the picture below.

 

Prizes
The winner of last week’s prize is Tracy Gregory. Congrats Tracy! Send me your name and address, and I will ship to you a Vintage Groove chain necklace, a pretty pendant and some cute charms.

 

This week’s prize is scrapbook product from Making Memories (yes, I still scrapbook). The winner will get artist trading cards, word stickers, and ribbon and trim from their new collection Panorama. Just leave a comment here under this post and/or at my Notes on Facebook. Next Monday, May 3rd, I’ll randomly pick a winner. I’ll also have another jewelry project to share with you and another Vintage Groove prize.

vBlog Viewers
 On Saturday, I'll post a new video :)

Mini book made using packaging

In honor of earth day, I thought I'd link you to a little book I made using leftover Making Memories packaging. You can see lots more pictures of it at the MM Blog. There are instructions there too.

 

Don't forget to leave a comment in the 2 posts below for a chance to win prizes. 

Okay friends, I better get back to work now. I'm working in the lab today. Cheers!

Vintage Groove: Week One

Hello my crafty friends! As promised, here is my latest crafting hobby. Before I get into talking about it, don’t forget to read the very bottom of my post where I tell you about prizes that I’m giving away each week and about something exciting that I’m working on.

Okay, onto the craft! When I was at the CHA convention last January, my friends, Polly and Candi (contributing editors at Scrapbooks etc. magazine) talked me into going to the Making Memories booth to make a necklace. It didn’t take much to convince me to go because I had always wanted to give jewelry making a try. And oh my! I’m very glad I did. It is so fun and so EASY to do. In fact, if you look closely at my profile picture on Facebook, you can see me wearing that very necklace. I’ve made several different pieces of jewelry since that day – all the while, knowing basically nothing about jewelry making. And it’s a good hobby for me because I’m not really one inclined to wear jewelry. I’m a simple, boring girl who wears jeans, t-shirts and sneakers most of the time, and I almost always forget to wear any jewelry, except my wedding ring. But because I put this jewelry together myself – it’s just very fun to wear.

 

Each week for the next 3 weeks, I’ll be posting a simple piece of jewelry that I made using Making Memories new Vintage Groove collection. Shown above is a necklace I made not long ago. If you’ve never made this kind of jewelry before, no worries – it’s easy to do. To get started, you’ll need at least one tool and that is chain nose pliers. And if you don’t mind spending a few extra bucks, I recommend that you get round nose pliers as well. I’ll show close up pictures of each in a later post. Now keep in mind that I am very new to this craft, so please take everything I say with a grain of salt. It’s all baby steps for me right now.

Basically, everything I’ve worked with so far involves attachment using little metal rings like the one shown in the first picture below. To open up the metal ring and attach the jewelry piece to a chain, I grab the left and right side of the ring with pliers, as seen in the second picture. To open the ring, as shown in the third picture, move one side forward and one side backward. Never never open by pulling outward to separate. Once you slip the ring onto a chain to attach the jewelry piece, pinch the ring closed. It’s really hard to see that in my last picture, but what I’m doing in that photo is holding one side in place with pliers then pinching the other side closed. Even though I wrote a lot here to describe what I do, it’s really easy. Next week, I’ll show you a bracelet that I made to go with the necklace. 

 
 

Vintage Groove
Click here for PDF of stores that carry Vintage Groove

Prizes
I love giving away prizes, and MM has kindly given me some product that I can give to someone each week. This week, I’m giving away some of the new Vintage Groove jewelry!! It’s a brass oval chain with metal rings and a half dozen jewelry pieces to attach – not exactly, but kind of like my necklace. For a chance to win, just leave a comment right here on Facebook and/or you can leave a comment on my blog too: leahfung.typepad.com. I’ll randomly pick a winner next Monday and announce it here. I’ll also have another prize next week and it will be brand new MM scrapbook product – yes, I still scrapbook.

My News
Okay, here's my news! For the past 4 months, I’ve been diligently working with designers at MM on something I’m excited to tell you about - it's a BRAND NEW product line! They came up with a very cool crafty idea, and I’m helping them take it from concept to actual product. It’s beautiful, it’s fun, it’s cute, it’s a bit scrappy (you can get creative with it) but it isn’t a scrapbook product like you would normally find in a scrapbook store or craft store - at least not today. It’s different than anything I’ve seen so far, and I think you’ll like it. I really wish I can tell you more info about it, give you hints, and show pictures, but I am sworn to secrecy, LOL.  Just as soon as I get the go-ahead, I will share it with you first, here on on my blog and Facebook.

vBlog No. 95

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for the well wishes and prayers. After 3 weeks of being sick, I am so happy to be 100% healthy again :) 

Please come back tomorrow (Monday, April 18th) and every week for the next 4 weeks to see my latest passion in crafting. I'll post an image of what I made and give away a Making Memories prize each week! Also, tomorrow, I'll tell you (a little bit) about what else I've been up to with Making Memories. I haven't told anyone yet except family and of course Donna and Johanna. 

In this week's video, Donna shows us her very cool product, the Crafty Chronicle. You can win one by leaving a comment right here on my blog, and/or at thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com, and/or at Youtube. We'll put all the names together and randomly pick a winner in about a week. And don't forget to drop by here every week for the next 4 weeks for a chance to win MM product. 

Have a wonderful week. God bless!

vBlog No. 93 & 94

Hi friends! Really sorry I haven't posted in soooo long. I was overwhelmed with work at the start of this month then I caught the flu 2 weeks ago. And now, I have a sinus infection and cough so much that I can't talk on the phone or sleep for more than 3 hours :(  The good news is I saw a doctor on Monday who loaded me up with antibiotics and a couple other meds, so I'm hopeful to be better soon.

In any case, in this week's video, Johanna has a super cute Spring/Easter basket, and in the previous week's video, Donna shows us her watercolor papers. Then in next week's video, Donna, Johanna and I are together again :)

Okay, gotta go rest now. Enjoy the rest of the week and have a happy Easter. God bless!

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vBlog No. 92

vBlog No. 91

Hey everyone! In this week's video, Johanna shares with us the cutest baby decor project and shows us how to make crepe paper roses. 

She makes the hanging decor using a regular wooden frame which she painted white. She then takes inexpensive resin frames (bought at Michaels), paints them white and hangs them using sheer ribbon. I think the chandelier-looking pieces hanging from her banner are by Melissa Francis. It's an adorable project - Johanna is so talented! If you haven't lately, check out her blog for inspiration. Here's a link: ifjohannahadablog.blogspot.com

 

 

 

Prize
This week's prize is a paper-embellishment-ideabook kit from Pinecone Press. The papers in this kit are super cute - you can see a few in Johanna's project above. For a chance to win the kit, just leave a comment under the video on: Youtube, thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com, and/or here on my blog. We'll put all the names together and randomly pick a winner, which we'll announce on the girlfriends blog in 1-2 weeks. Good luck!

vBlog No. 90

Hi friends, happy 2010 and Happy Valentine's Day!  Can you believe we're on vBlog No. 90? I never thought we'd get this far. I'm so glad we decided to keep on going. Donna, Johanna and I love hanging out together and we love being a part of your lives. We just wish you all lived nearby so we could scrapbook and hang out with you too.

In this video, Donna and Johanna have fun stuff to share. Checkout thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com for more info. Soon after the 5 minute mark, I share a Valentine's Day page. My favorite part of the video are the outtakes at the end: as usual, I fumble my words plus Donna has technical difficulty & Johanna had too much coffee.

Here's my Valentine's Day page and right below that are pictures of Johanna's "green" Valentine's Day card and Donna's mini book. 

 

 

We'll announce the winner of the Smooch sprays and of the Little Yellow Bicycle product on the girlfriends blog in a couple weeks. Just leave a comment on YouTube, thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com and/or here then we'll randomly pick the winners. Until then, have a great week! God bless!

vBlog No. 89

 

Greetings, friends! Here's the last Candy Cane Friday this year. In the 2 videos, we share Christmas tags and bows. My favorite part of this vBlog are the outtakes. Here are pictures of a couple of the bows I made in the video:

Prize
For a chance to win the last idea book and scrapbooking kit prize for the year, just leave a comment here, on YouTube, and/or on the girlfriends blog. Donna will announce the winner on the girlfriends blog sometime after Christmas.

Chat & Prizes on Saturday
Our chat has been move to tomorrow 12/19. Drop by my Facebook at 6pm Pacific Time for a link to the live webcam chat. [Update 12/21: The chat was sooo much fun!! Thanks for dropping by. Congrats to the winners of the: Smooch sprays, MM Vintage Findings, and MM Mistletoe prizes. Thanks Smooch & Making Memories for the prizes.]

Thank YOU!
Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. I'll keep you all in my prayers and please keep me in yours. God has been so good to me (more than I deserve) and I am VERY thankful for my family and friends, including all of my internet friends :) God bless you! 

P.S. There's a good chance that you'll be seeing Donna, Johanna and me again in more vBlogs in 2010!

vBlog No. 88

Hi friends! This week's Candy Cane is all about simple homemade gifts for Christmas. While I love all the ideas, Johanna's cookie dough gift idea is what I'll be doing this year. It's perfect for my siblings and friends who, just like me, love food and would never turn down a warm cookie, LOL.

Because we had so much content in the video, I didn't share any projects, but this is the memory board I shared in the last video. You can get the instructions HERE at Making Memories. 

 
Also, here's a card I recently made. It has a CD pocket on the inside because I like to include family photos from the year to share with others in addition to my family newsletter. More info and instructions for making the card are HERE on the Making Memories blog.

 

Chat with live webcam on Saturday
Be sure to join Donna, Johanna and me for a chat on Saturday 12/19 at 6pm PT. Just go to my facebook at that time and I will have a link to the live chat. We had so much fun yesterday chatting - thanks everyone! Donna gave away Smooch glimmering sprays. She may have more to give away this week too. I will be giving away Making Memories (thanks MM!). I have some MM Mistletoe product and Vintage product as prizes. Donna and I will be on live web cams so you can see and hopefully hear us too. I can hardly wait till this weekend!

Prize
Speaking of prizes, we're giving away another Christmas idea book and kit. Just leave a comment here, on the girlfriends blog, and/or on Youtube by this Friday for a chance to win it.
 

Paper Wreath Video Class & Kits

 

Hi everyone! My video class is now up. Thanks for your patience. If you're interested in taking the video class, here's the LINK at the Girlfriends University. The video class shows all 3 wreathes (for Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Halloween) and includes instructional PDFs for each project and a printout for the Halloween labels. All for $7. 

The video should immediately be available for viewing, instantly, no waiting. If not, please let us know (there should be a "contact us" button on the website). 

The video includes outtakes - some of which Donna taped while I was away at a parent-teacher conference. She videotaped the "other" side of my scrapbook room (it was messy!) and even my bathroom!

I've also put together 3 kits into 1 big kit, which has the materials needed to make all 3 of my wreath projects (see the link for details). It's just $30 for ALL 3 kits plus shipping. If you're from out of the country and want to buy the kit, just drop me an email and we'll figure out the shipping cost to your country.

Cheers! :)

vBlog No. 87 Candy Cane Friday

Here's the new Candy Cane video. Lots of fun holiday decor ideas.

Prizes
Leave a comment here, thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com and/or at YouTube for a chance to win the Fancy Pants Christmas kit shown in the video. We announce all winners on the girlfriends blog.

Let's chat
Speaking of prizes, don't forget we have a chat and prizes this Friday 12/11 at 6 pm Pacific Time on Johanna's facebook or on U-Stream. We'll post the details for that soon. 

YouTube channel
I just added Hello Kitty to our YouTube channel for the holidays. Johanna loves Hello Kitty. If you subscribe to our YouTube channel, you'll get the latest video before it's even posted on our blogs.

Have a great week, everyone. I'm tied up all week writing 2 research grants plus working on projects for MM and BHG. I pulled an all-nighter last night. Hopefully, I won't have to do that more than one more time this week. I'm sleepy today.

See you on Friday!

vBlog No. 86 Candy Cane Friday

Greetings! Hey, as promised, it's Candy Cane Fridays! I love love love this time of year. It's definitely my favorite season. For the next 4 weeks, we will post a new Holiday-themed video on each Friday.

In this week's vBlog, we all share Christmas cards we made. Johanna and Donna both made some very cool cards. I show how to make the front card shown below. Sorry you can't see the other 2 cards very well, but the second card below will be shown on the Making Memories blog soon, and the third card was in the Nov/Dec issue of Scrapbooks etc.

In addition to the ideas and tips, we're giving away a Christmas idea book and kit from Pinecone Press. So, just leave a comment here, on YouTube and/or thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com each week for a chance to win.

We're also doing a few live chats on Facebook. The first one will be on Donna's Facebook next Friday, Dec. 4th at 6pm Pacific Time. All 3 of us will be there and we're giving away more prizes!! We're looking forward to chatting with all of our friends! If you don't have a Facebook account, it's really easy to set up. And once you're in Facebook, just search our names to find us and request that we add you to our list of FB friends. You can also just click on my FB button on the right side of this page to get to FB.

Have a great weekend! We'll see you next Friday with a new video, chat and prizes!

vBlog No. 85

Greetings! In today's vBlog, Donna and I share a few random tips. I never realized it before, but after watching the video, I just noticed that I say the word "rub-ons" kind of funny. Not sure why I say it that way. I'm weird.

In the video, we also talk about video classes that we'll be doing soon. The video classes will be available for immediate viewing once you buy them, so you don't have to wait for a CD to come in the mail, and you get a step-by-step instructional PDF too. Also, the price of the video classes are great. They'll probably be anywhere from $4 to $8 so it's easy on the pocketbook.

Don't worry about us stopping the vBlogs - we'll keep doing our silly videos... until we're exhausted or until you're tired of us, which will probably come first, LOL! Seriously though, after the new year, I'll have to evaluate my free time for 2010 and think about if I can keep doing the vBlogs. I love doing them!

Prizes
To see who won Donna's handmade flowers from the last video, it's announced at thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com. If you'd like a chance at winning this week's little bag of goodies from Donna, leave a comment on YouTube, the girlriends blog, or here.

Girlfriends Cruise Sneak Peek & a Chance to Win $250
Here's a sneak peak of the project I'll be teaching on the Girlfriends Scrapbooking Cruise. It's a Live, Love and Laugh Spinner Photo Album. And if you like my project, wait till you see Johanna's and Donna's class projects - WOW!

If you're thinking about coming on the Girlfriends Scrapbooking Cruise, try to sign up before December 12th if you can. Everyone who signs up by that date has a chance at winning $250 of cruise money or cash - your choice! You can get more info and/or sign up by contacting Lorelle: (877) 419-1783 or Lorelle@thecruisecrew.com.

vBlog No. 84

Hello everyone, today's video is very cool. As you may know, Donna's paper flower technique is my all-time favorite craft technique. It might have even surpassed my love for sewing on my pages or at least tied with it, which I never thought would happen. In today's vBlog, Donna shows us how to make her flowers even more beautiful by layering. She's so creative!

 

To find out who won my gated album, pocket album and Donna's post-it-note keeper, go to thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com (we'll the post winner on Sunday). For a chance to win Donna's paper flowers, her greeting card, and the flower that I made too, leave a comment on the girlfriends blog, YouTube and/or here.

Have a Happy Halloween! God bless!

vBlog No. 83

 

Hey everyone! I really hope you like today's video. In today's vBlog, I show how to create quick-and-easy mini albums, including a gated mini album, using patterened cardstock and glue. It's a fast, fun and inexpensive project.

 
 
Prizes
The winner of the prize shown in the last video will soon be posted on the girlfriends blog.

To win my gated album, mini book, and Donna's post-it-note keeper, just leave a comment here and/or on the girlfriends blog and/or on YouTube by October 26th.

Free Newsletter
Here's info on Donna's blog about our quarterly Girlfriends newsletter.

Classes at Scrappin' Attack
Next Saturday, October 24th (10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.), I'll be at Scrappin' Attack teaching my Holiday Traditions and Memories book along with a Slider card project and Halloween buffet. Hope to see you there!

vBlog No. 82

 

Leave a comment here, on the girlfriends blog and/or on Youtube for a chance to win this:

For a chance to win the fabulous flag banner stamp set in the video, leave a comment & subscribe at morepaperplease.blogspot.com.

Tonight, I couldn't resist! I bought the stamps shown in the video. Here's the link (yes, I am an enabler, LOL!): pinkpersimmon.com.

 

WOW! 1,332 YouTube subscribers
Hey, I just noticed that we have 1,332 subscribers on YouTube! When did we pass 1000? LOL! Thanks for signing up :)

 

Newsletter
Donna is putting the final touches on our first newsletter. If you haven't signed up yet for the free newsletter, just email Donna at donna@thegirlfriendsclub.net and put "newsletter" or "subscribe me" in the subject heading. The newsletters will have all kinds of fun info, personal updates, Q&A, project sheets, and a chance for more prizes.

vBlog No. 81

Happy Friday! I hope everyone is having a great month so far. It's going by so fast, isn't it? I've been keeping myself busy this month with research and some writing for BHG. I'm also trying to adjust to my kids being back in school. With dropping and picking up the kids from school and other activities - not to mention play dates and birthday parties - it really fragments the day. I'm sure all the moms out there with kids in school and doing extracurricular activities, know exactly what I mean. It's hard to get any work done and tiring too, but hey, we're moms, that's what we do :)

This weekend, I'm cleaning my house and scrapbooking. I'm working on a new project and I can't wait to share it with you. I hope to give you a sneak peek next week. I'm making this project to teach on the Girlfriends Cruise. If you haven't made vacation or scrapbooking plans for next year, check it out - it's going to be super fun. And for a 5 night cruise with 3 classes, 3 mini classes, a  photography workshop, and non-stop cropping - it's a great price!

In today's video, Donna created a simple card and envelope using her Winter Wishes collection and the Scor-it board and Scor-it template. We also talk about a quarterly newsletter that we have planned and about project instructions that we'll soon be selling for just $2 each at thegirlriendsclub.net.

In this week's video, Donna is giving away the card she made. To enter a random drawing for her card, just leave a comment on thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com, or under the video on YouTube, or even here, and you're entered into a random drawing. We'll announce the winner on thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com in about 2 weeks.

Upcoming Classes & Kits
Here's a quick list of the classes I'll be teaching in the next 4 weeks. If you'd like to take a class, just call and reserve a spot. If you live too far to take the class but are interested in a kit, just email me (email link on the upper left).

Tags & Pockets Address Book
Pink Pineapple, Sept. 26th, (760) 598-2222

Wreath & Treat Box
The Red Bee, Oct. 3rd, (714) 838-1200

Holiday Traditions & Memories Book
Scrap n' Yap, Oct. 11, (626) 357-2727

Want to see a digi page that I made?
I made my first 100% digital page this week. Although I use my computer almost every time I create a page or project (for photo editing, journaling, adding digital elements, etc.) I only have used it as part of my page or project. So this time, I wanted to try a 100% digi page just for fun. I created the page for the October On Assignment challenge for Scrapbooks etc. You can see my digi page HERE.

Okay, I'm off to scrapbook now. Have a fun and relaxing weekend! God bless!

vBlog No. 80

Hi everyone! In today's video, Donna shows a basic how-to for heat embossing.

The winner of last week's prize (the Halloween kit) is on the girlfriends blog.

vBlog No. 79

Hi all! Happy September! In this week's video, Johanna and Donna create very fun projects using the new Pinecone press kit which has My Minds Eye Halloween papers plus a chipboard album and other fun embellishments. I just took the scraps left over from Johanna's kit and glued them onto some mini paper bags - very simple but fun and frugal. If you'd like to buy the Halloween kit, you can get it on the girlfriend's blog. Also, you can leave a comment here or there and/or Youtube for a chance to win the kit.

Girlfriends Get-a-way Cruise
If you haven't heard yet, Johanna, Donna and I are doing a cruise in May 2010. It's going to be a blast! 5 nights, 3 classes, 3 mini classes, a photography workshop, and tons of cropping! We're really looking forward to just hanging out scrapbooking with everyone. And even though it's a "Girlfriends" cruise, it doesn't mean you have to leave your husband and kids at home (unless you really want to, heehee). There is so much for everyone to do on this Royal Carribean cruise ship! We all plan to bring family and friends along with us. For more info, click on the link above or just scroll down the page for more info.

Pink Pineapple, Vista, CA on Sept. 26
I'll be at the Pineapple teaching my Tags & Pockets Address book and slider card at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 26th.  

Red Bee, Tustin, CA on Oct. 3

On October 3rd, I'll be back at the Bee - this time, teaching a Halloween wreath made using Making Memories brand new collection "Spook Alley". The little stitched felt ghosts are so cute, aren't they? Nice work MM! :) In addition to the Halloween wreath, I'm setting up a candy buffet and everyone will be able to make a treat bag or goodie box (pictured on the right) filled with candy, of course!

If you live too far away to take my class but would like a kit of both the wreath and goodie box, just email me (link at the top left).

Scrap n' Yap, Monrovia, CA on Oct. 11
In mid October, I'll be in Los Angeles county. I'll be teaching my Holiday Traditions and Memories keeper plus a slider card at Scrap n' Yap on October 12th at noon.

San Diego Examiner
I'd like to give a huge thanks to Shannon Fralish at the San Diego Examiner for writing a very kind article about me (thank you, Shannon!). Here's a link to her article: Artist Spotlight. She also wrote an article about the Scrappin' Escape event that I taught at. Here's the link for that: Scrappin' Escape. Great job, Shannon!

vBlog No. 78

Good day, friends! In this week's video, Donna and I talk about basic tools and supplies for the new scrapbooker. It's an idea that we got from YOU - several of our viewers are new scrapbookers and some have emailed or posted on our blogs this year requesting we do a video about what's needed to get started in this wonderful craft. So Donna and I had fun walking around the Red Bee in Tustin, CA. If you're ever in Southern California, you should drop by. You'll be SO glad you did - especially this time of year when they start filling it with Fall and Winter crafts and decor - gorgeous stuff! It's a large craft store with tons of scrapbook product. Whenever I'm in Orange County visiting family or friends, I always make a point to drop by - it's that good!

The winner of the idea book from vBlog No. 77 will be announced later today on the girlfriends blog.

Girlfriends Address Tags & Pockets Book
This Saturday, August 22nd, I'm teaching in San Diego at a Scrappin Escapes retreat. There will be lots of cropping at the retreat and a nice variety of really cool classes to choose from. If you're interested in just taking a class and not the whole retreat, you can do that too. You can sign up for a class in advance or even the spot. I'll be teaching my Girlfriends Address Book at this event. Recognize the faces below? :)

Holiday Traditions & Memories Kits
I saved some kits from the class I taught last weekend. The composition of the book is similar to the girlfriends book shown above but this Holiday book is for keeping all of those most favorite Holiday memories, traditions, recipes, photos, music and cards in one cute mini book. Just scroll down the page to see it. If you'd like to buy a kit, they are $35 plus $5 shipping for U.S. or $10 for outside the U.S.

Join me for Operation Showers of Appreciation Crop

Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know about a cool charity event that I'm a part of later this month at the Pink Pineapple in Vista, CA. The event is Operation Showers of Appreciation Crop and it will benefit military families who are expecting babies - isn't that cool?! The event will be on August 29th and it's a 12-hour crop!

This event is organized by Scrapbook Royalty which means it's a cream-of-the-crop crop! There will be great prizes, goodies left for everyone by "fairy fly bys", tea time, and more. I'm really looking forward to it. Making Memories is a sponsor of this event (thanks sooo much, MM!) and is donating all the product for my class! Shown above a couple pictures of the project that I'll be teaching at the event. It's a photo pennant banner made using MM's brand new Vintage Findings papers and embellishments (love this collection!).

There are still spots left, so if you're interested, you can register HERE. If you live too far to attend but would like to donate to this wonderful charity - and get my class kit! - go ahead and register then email me and I'll ship the kit to you on the 29th.

vBlog No. 77

This week, we're talking about trees. Not long ago, I noticed that Johanna, Donna, and I have all made pages with trees on them. Here's my tree page:

I made this page awhile ago for a Sticker Challenge over at Scrapbooks etc. The latest challenge I posted over there was a challenge to: Get Creative with Your Adhesive. I hope you can join in the fun, and if you post your page on or before Sept. 11th, you have a chance at getting published in Scrapbooks etc. If we pick your page, I'll contact you by email about a week after the 11th.

 

Have a great weekend!

My Holiday Book

Hello! Here are more pictures of the project that I'm teaching at the Red Bee in Tustin, CA next weekend on Saturday, August 15th. I still need to add more photos and journaling to the book but I wanted to share it with you anywho. It's a Holiday Traditions and Memories book filled with photo/journaling tags and clear pockets plus a place for your favorite Holiday recipes, extra photos or greeting cards, and a CD.

The event at the Red Bee is called Santa's Summer Splendor and it's a 3 day Holiday-fun-filled event. If you like, you can take just the one class, but the other class projects are great plus there are make-n-takes and prizes too, including a Slice! Making Memories is a big sponsor of the event (Thanks MM!). Here's the number if you'd like to sign up for the event or just the class: (714) 838-1200. 

You can see more pictures of my chunky little book and a description HERE.

If you live too far from Tustin, CA but would like a kit with instructions, go ahead and email me to let me know. My email is on the left. The kits are $35 (plus $5 for shipping in the U.S., $7 to Canada, $10 for other countries. We'll start shipping these on or before August 14th.

I'll post a new video and all the winners either tomorrow night or Saturday sometime. Until then, take care!

Come cruising with us!

Girlfriends Getaway Cruise

Hello everyone! Hey, have you ever wanted to scrapbook, take classes, and just hang out with Donna, Johanna and me for several days? If you said "yes", maybe you should seek professional help :o)  Just kidding, just kidding!

Seriously though, if you ever thought about spending some time with us, cropping, relaxing, and just having fun then this is the event for you! We are soooo excited to let you all know about a crop-and-cruise that the 3 of us will be hosting May 3-8, 2010. We're doing this in partnership with Crafting Cruises. Johanna and I have worked with them before and they are fabulous!

The cruise will be on an awesome ship - the Royal Carribean's Radiance of the Sea - and we're starting in San Diego, CA and heading to Cabo San Lucas! Johanna and I went to Cabo San Lucas earlier this year, and I can't decide which I loved more - the white sandy beach or the yummy authenticate Mexican food we ate while sitting on that beach.

Donna, Johanna, and I will each teach a class plus there's mini classes, lots and lots of cropping (we'll be there cropping along with you), Johanna's photography workshop, games and prizes! In the coming weeks, I'll post the class and crop schedule then in the early Fall, we'll start rolling out the sneak peeks of all the class projects.

Click on THIS LINK to get all the info about the cruise. It's $100 to sign up and you can make monthly payments if you like. And it's fully refundable up until the very last payment in February. 

We're hoping to finally meet and get to know many of our vBlog friends from outside of California and even from other countries! Crafting Cruises can help you make all your travel arrangements. You can bring your family and friends along too because there's so much to see and do on this cruise to Cabo; though, I look forward to lounging on the deck with a cool drink and a good book :)

vBlog
We'll post a new video and the winners of all the recent vBlog prizes by end of this week. See you then!

vBlog No. 76

 

Hey everyone! In today's video, Donna shows us her new product line (Congrats Donna!). You can see more images of her new product and projects on Donna's blog. She's also giving away the little sprial notebook she made in the video along with more materials so you can make one yourself. Just leave a comment under this video at YouTube or on the girlfriends blog. If you left your comment here, we'll include that too.

Santa's Summer Splendor
In the video, we also share projects that we're teaching at the Red Bee's event called "Santa's Summer Splendor" August 14-16. If you'd like to take one or all of our classes just call (714) 838-1200. If you live out of state or out of the country and would like a class kit, go ahead and post here to let us know and we'll put you on a waiting list just in case we have any leftover kits.

I'll probably take pre-orders on my kit, so if you know you want one, go ahead and email me to let me know (my email link is on the left of this page). This way, you're certain to get a kit.

My project is a Holiday Traditions and Memories book, and it's meant to hold my all-time favorite Christmas pictures, holiday recipes, and family traditions. It's filled with lots and lots of photo tags and clear pockets on practically every page plus pocket pages at the end to hold your favorite greeting cards, extra Winter photos, and/or a CD for more photos or music (I'm putting my favorite Christmas music on that CD; I love Christmas music!).

 

I hope you like it :) Have a wonderful day! God bless!

vBlog No. 75

Johanna has some great photo tips in this week's vBlog. Her new CD is packed with info just like this. There's a button at thegirlfriendsclub.net and at thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com just in case you want to buy her photo class CD. If you want to take your photography to the next level then this is the CD for you. I learned SO much from her - it's a great class!

We're giving away one of her CDs, so leave a comment at YouTube or the girlfriends blog by August 1st for a chance to win her CD.

vBlog No. 74

Hi everyone! I"ll post more text soon and I'll post in the chat window too. Hopefully, tomorrow :)

Two Classes this Saturday
I'm teaching 2 Paperclip Classes this Saturday, July 25th, at Everafter Scrapbooks in Vista, CA. Here's their phone number if you'd like to take my classes: (760) 630-2767. If you sign up for both classes, you get another fun little project for free.

Pinecone Press Kits
Here's a link to buy the book & kits.

vBlog No. 73

Hello friends! In this week's video, my little guy shows you a board game that he created. He designed the whole thing. I helped with the computer stuff and printing, but he decided on all the content, did much of the typing, chose the fonts, colors, etc.  He even thought of crumpling strips of green cardstock to glue around the board. He must have picked up that idea from watching Donna in our videos :) 

The board is simply a 12x12 sheet of chipboard with a sheet of cardstock glued on top. A smaller piece of chipboard was glued on oneside for the title. I helped my son put the crumpled green cardstock around the board. We tried using regular glue at first but I switched to a hot glue gun which made it go a lot quicker (I did all the hot glueing). 

Dinopoly Printouts
It's a lot of fun if you let your kids plan and create their own game from scratch, but if your little one wants to make this Dinopoly game, please email me. I have the printouts for all the Dinopoly board game blocks, "Fossil" and "Bone" cards, Dino money, etc. I'm more than happy to share those with you.

Summer Classes

Hello friends! I thought I'd tell you about the classes I'll be teaching this Summer.

Everafter Scrapbooks, Saturday, July 25
My first stop is at Everafter Scrapbooks in Vista, CA. I'll be teaching 2 back-to-back paperclip projects: my Prima wall calendar and my Summer Fun wall decor. Each class is just $25. If you sign up for both, you get a free extra project which you can see on display at the store. It's a day filled with paperclips, projects and prizes :)

Yellowbird Scrapbooking, Saturday, Aug 1
I'm not sure what I was thinking when I planned this, but I'll be teaching 4 classes in August! At Yellowbird Scrapbooking in El Cajon, CA, I'm teaching this cute Girlfriends Address Book filled with lots of clear pockets and photo tags - each with email, cell phone number, blog address, and birthday. It's a 3hour class and it costs $40. I'll be teaching this same project at a Scrappin' Escapes event too, details below. 

Red Bee, "Santa's Summer Splendor" event, Saturday, Aug 15
In mid August, I'll be teaching a Holiday traditions and memories mini book at the Red Bee in Tustin, CA. Donna, Johanna, Candice Carpenter, and Stephanie Ackerman will also be teaching at this 2 day event. It's cropping and lots of Christmas/Winter Holiday projects. Fun stuff! I'll post a picture of my project and more event details soon.

Scrappin' Escapes, Saturday, Aug 22
Later in August, I'll be teaching at a 3 day scrapbooking event. It's my first time teaching at a Scrappin' Escapes event in San Diego, so this will be fun too. I'll be teaching the same Girlfriends Address book that I'm teaching at Yellowbird (shown above). It's the same project, 3 hour class, $40. Just so you know, you don't have to sign up for the 3 day event to take my class. You can sign up for just the class if you like, and there will be other scrapbook classes there too.

Pink Pineapple, "Operation Showers of Appreciation Crop", Saturday, Aug 29
At the end of August, I'll be teaching a photo banner class at the Pink Pineapple in Vista, CA. It's part of a wonderful charity event organized by Scrapbook Royalty. Here's a sneak peek of the project:

Project Kits
I'm not sure what class kits I'll have left over after all these classes and events this Summer. But if you're interested in one or more of these projects, just let me know which one - please post it here (it might get lost if you try to email it me). And I'll let you know first if I have any extra of that particular project kit.

Have a great week, everyone! I hope to post the next video on Friday. It's a short video but kinda cute :)

vBlog No. 72

In this week's video, Johanna shows us some very cool things we can make using crepe paper streamers. I was really inspired!

 

 

Don't forget to weigh in on thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com today.

Do you Slice?

Hey everyone! This week, I've been working on lots of Making Memories projects which will be display samples in the MM booth at the upcoming CHA. I decided to take a break and post on the blog. I thought it might be fun to share with you some of the projects that I made for MM's new Slice idea card file. I hope you like them :)

Do you have MM's Slice? It's pretty cool, isn't it!

 

 

 

Enjoy the day! I'll post this week's vBlog tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon. Johanna has something very fun to show you in the video.

vBlog No. 71

Happy Father's Day to any dads out there! As you might have guessed, today's video is about "Dad" scrapbook pages.

Here's one of the pages in the video. I made it about 5 years ago but it feels like much longer than that. I love and respect my dad, so this page is special to me. If you'd like to read the journaling, just click on the image.

 

 

Here's another page. Although I took the photos and scrapped the page, Rob did the title, all the journaling and picked the quote. Inside the little folded paper on the left is a hand written letter from him to the kids. So this really is his page created for our boys.

 I wish I could stay and write more but because it's Father's Day, I need to go spend time with 2 very special guys in my life. Have a wonderful day! God bless!

vBlog No. 70

Hello friends! Today's video is different and not too scrappy but I hope you find it interesting. We're starting something new today on the girlfriends blog, and it's called Weigh In Wednesday. It's a day, where we all check in and talk about how we're doing with eating (or not eating) healthy foods and exercising. If you have any tips for losing weight or just being healthy, we'd love to hear them! All 3 of us are trying to lose a few pounds.

Donna made the cutest little chunky mini book to keep track of her calories. So Johanna and I wanted to make one too. Instructions for all 3 Weigh In mini books shown in the video will be posted at thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com later today. And the winner of last weeks' Prima Paintables Pinecone Kit prize will be announced there too.

Here's my Weigh In Mini Book:

Made more kits
Thank you, everyone, who purchased my Days to Remember Rolodex kits and/or Paperclip Calendar kits. I'm sending out my last 2 Rolodex purchases today. I have 3 more of Paperclip calendars left. 

For those who weren't able to get one of the Days to Remember Rolodex kits, I have good news! Today, I bought more of the supplies needed for that kit, and we'll be putting those kits together tomorrow. So if you'd like one, I'll start shippng them out on Friday, June 19th. I'll also be posting some of Johanna's kits tonight.

Class kits

Hey everyone! I promised to post my extra class kits for sale. Thank you SO much for your patience! I'm posting these about 4 months later than I planned - sorry about that. Time just flew by!

A few things to note... I'm posting these on my blog page (instead of etsy). Here's the link to my little shop. I haven't figured out yet how to control the shipping costs for those who buy more than 1 item. So if you decide to buy more than 1 item, let me know and I can either give you a price break (as a paypal refund) or I can throw in some fun scrapbooking product into your box - your choice - just let me know, thanks! Also, I don't know how to set a limit to the quantity in my stash. So please please keep in mind that I could run out before you place your order. That means you could place an order and it turns out the item is already sold out. If that is the case, I would return your money right away. But hopefully it won't come to that. I'll try to keep track of the number sold and pull the plug as soon as I sell my last one (I'll put "Sold out" below it). Here are the 2 kits that I have right now. I'll start shipping them out on Saturday.

Days to Remember Rolodex Kit

Paperclip Wall Calendar Kit

vBlog No. 69

Hello friends! In today's video, Johanna shows us her adorable Little House Greeting Cards:

She made these using the Pinecone Press Prima paintables kit, which contains: Prima's paintable papers, a big set of water colors, a full set of brushes, a painter's palette, tuelle, and Donna's dictionary paper scalloped circles (for making paper flowers). If you're interested in buying the kit and idea book (it includes the Fancy Pants kit), or just getting the idea book, click on the flowers below. To see projects made using the Fancy Pants kit, check out vBlog 67.

  

This week's prize
We're giving away one of our idea books together with the Prima Paintables kit! Just leave a comment by next Tuesday, June 16th. We'll randomly pick a winner on Wednesday morning.

Emails
I'm going to apologize again for my email replies (or more appropriately put - lack thereof). As of 4:08 p.m. today, I have 301 unread emails. I just can't catch up. If you have emailed me and I haven't replied, please please don't think I'm ignoring you. I'm just not sure I can reply to everyone who emails me. I will try my best this week to get caught up but I doubt I can email everyone back.

Photography Fridays
Starting this Friday, our own in-house photography expert, Johanna Peterson, will be giving fabulous photo tips and ideas on the the girlfriends blog. So drop by thegirlfriendsclub.typepad.com on Fridays.  We're also going to start doing something a bit unusual, starting next Wednesday. I don't think I would describe it as fun but we're hoping it will be helpful :)

vBlog No. 68

Happy June! How is everyone doing on this fine June day? All is well on this end, but I can't believe how fast this year is flying by, and school is almost over too! I think I'm more excited than my kids are about the school year coming to an end.

In today's video Donna, Johanna, and I talk about storage. It's got some pretty cool ideas, I hope you like it.

Prize Winner
Thank you, everyone, for posting here and/or on YouTube! We enjoy reading your comments. We randomly picked a winner last night. The winner of our new idea bookand the Pinecone Press Fancy Pants kit is Liza who posted on May 23rd at 10:12 AM. Congrats Liza! Please email me your address, and we'll get your prize into the mail. For those who didn't win, we'll be giving away another prize next week.

Prima Studio
If you haven't dropped by lately, Prima Studio has quite a few free videos now. The outtakes there are fun too (I think it's mostly because Donna and I have a knack for making mistakes, LOL!). They also have video classes on CD and kits.

On Assignment
I posted a new challenge for On Assignment. This challenge involves sewing so I'm excited to see the pages submitted for this call. The pages we pick from this challenge will go into the January issue of Scrapbooks etc.

vBlog No. 67

 

Happy Friday, everyone! Hey, sorry I've been posting the vBlogs later and later in the week. With the school year coming to an end, I have been running around non-stop. I honestly have no idea why I agree to help out with so many school parties and field trips. I should learn to say "no" more often or at least once in awhile. In any case, here's today's video. Our new Girlfriends Club ideabook is published (yay!) so we show a few projects from the book made using one of Pinecone's new kits which was created for us and the book. This kit has Fancy Pants papers (love these papers!), 2 sheets of sturdy cardboard, ribbon, and denim. Johanna, Donna, and I ended up creating very different projects - what a surprise!

Here's what I made using the kit which is shown in the video. The ideabook is filled with fun pages and projects like this. I loved everything that Donna and Johanna made in the book - they really outdid themselves!

I'll be teaching this project at Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks in Vista, California in June. Donna and Johanna will be teaching at this event too so come if you can. It's called the Girlfriends Summer Workshop: A day of fun projects and cool, new scrapbook techniques.

This week's prize
We're giving away the new idea book and the Fancy Pants kit as a prize this week (there will be another giveaway in the next video too!). Just leave a comment by Sunday, May 31st, and we'll announce the winner here on June 1st. We'll post our next video then too. We have more fun projects to show made using a Prima paintables kit.

Here are buttons if you're thinking about getting the kits or the book. The prices are great(!) if I do say so myself but no thanks to me :o) 

That's all for now. Enjoy the weekend!

     

vBlog No. 66

Part One

 Part Two

Hi friends! Slight change of plans. We're still going to post the videos on my blog, so here's the new video. It's actually a long vBlog and split into 2 videos. A viewer from YouTube asked us to do a video about how we each got started in the scrapbooking industry.

As always, thanks so much for dropping by! Have a wonderful day. God bless!