2012 Captured // April Guest

Hi Everyone! 

I'm excited to share with you all that Lisa Truesdell (gluestickgirl around the web) asked me to participate in this month's Two Peas Captured class! Captured is a year long class dedicated to Project Life. A new lesson debuts on the 15th on every month. Full details here: 2012 Captured // April. 

I'm a huge fan of Captured, and I love the themes for this month's class -- Washi tape & Catching up when you get behind. Guesting along with me this month was the *amazing* Marcy Penner -- who has one of my favorite Project Life styles. 


Here's the spread I created for Captured. 

I'll be back on Thursday with some more details on using washi tape, and what I do when I'm running behind on my book. 


Until then make sure to check out Captured, 


and if you need even more Project Life Inspiration, please check out my monthly Project Life Inspiration Newsletter -- filled with tons of great tips, tricks, and freebies from around the web. 

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Sketch #8

Sketch #8 is up! This is a great one for all those circular, die-cut papers that are out on the market now. You can choose to back it on a square, or just leave it as is.

Check out the lesson and great samples here: . 
http://www.thecreativesoup.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1420

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Sketch #7

We are half-way through Sketch: Back to Basics, and I really want to thank everyone for playing along. Here is Sketch #7---a great way to use up all of those 4x6 photos you have hanging around the house. 

Check out the .pdf and the fantastic samples here at Creative Soup: Sketch #7

PS: The Creative Soup 4th Quarter Creative Team call is up, check it all out here: www.thecreativesoup.com/. 

I would love to work with some great new and inspiring talent!

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Sketch: Back to Basics - Sketch #3

Welcome to Sketch: Back to Basics! Over the next 6 weeks, on Tuesdays and Fridays, I'll be providing 12 brand new sketches, along with great inspirational samples to get your mojo flowing. This class is provided totally free, and brought to you by the wonderful Creative Soup.

A new sketch will be provided in .pdf form, along with several samples and notes from each of the designers. You can pick up the .pdf here on my blog, or over at Creative Soup.

Here is Sketch #3

And my take on the Sketch, using October Afternoon's Rocket Age:

You can download the rest of the lesson here:

http://www.thecreativesoup.com/

Thanks for playing along, Sketch #4 will be up on Friday.

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Sketch: Back to Basics - Sketch #2

Welcome to Sketch: Back to Basics! Over the next 6 weeks, I'll be providing 12 brand new sketches, along with great inspirational samples to get your mojo flowing. This class is provided totally free, and brought to you by the wonderful Creative Soup.

A new sketch will be provided in .pdf form, along with several samples and notes from each of the designers. You can pick up the .pdf here on my blog, or over at Creative Soup.

Here is Sketch #2

And here is my take on the sketch. You can also check it out in the .pdf file, along with the other fantastic layouts from our designers. 

Head over to Creative Soup to join the discussion and play along with us! 

You can also download the .pdf here:

Sketch #2

Thanks for visiting, there will be a new sketch up on Tuesday! 

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Get Messy @ ScrapFreak!

I've been asked to run my Get Messy artsy-scrapbooking class over at the newly re-opened ScrapFreak! Monica came to me and asked me if I would be willing to give Get Messy a second run. So for everyone that didn't get a chance to play along the first time, we both hope you can join in this time around!

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My class is eight lessons long, all in .pdf form; each lesson takes a specific look at a different "messy" supply.  We'll look at paints, inks, and much more.


Each Thursday a new lesson will be available both on ScrapFreak.com as well as here on my blog. If you want to join in on the discussion and the fun, head over to ScrapFreak.com and play with us!

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Sketch: Back to Basics -- Sketch 1

Welcome to Sketch: Back to Basics! Over the next 6 weeks, I'll be providing 12 brand new sketches, along with great inspirational samples to get your mojo flowing. This class is provided totally free, and brought to you by the wonderful Creative Soup.

A new sketch will be provided in .pdf form, along with several samples and notes from each of the designers. You can pick up the .pdf here on my blog, or over at Creative Soup.

Today's sketch features room for two 4x6 portrait photos, a strip along the right border, and some embellishments on the left side.  Feel free to change the sketch to suit your needs, flip it, add to it, take away from it, whatever helps you to create! Sketches are supposed to be the basic building block on which to start--and you can take it wherever you want!

You can download the lesson here:

Sketch #1

Please head over to Creative Soup and make sure the ladies who designed the fabulous samples know how much you appreciate them! 

And if you're interested in a Sketch: Back to Basics blog badge, you can pick one up right here!

Thanks for stopping by! A new sketch will be up on Friday. 

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Sketch: Back to Basics

September is here! There are just so many reasons to be excited. Football starts next week, as well as my totally free online sketch class.  Sketch: Back to Basics is brought to you by Creative Soup.  New sketches will be up every Tuesday and Friday starting next week, through the middle of October.  There are some really great tips for kickstarting your creative process through sketches, as well as some kick-ass samples from some really talented ladies!

I will be posting the lessons here on my blog as well.

I've also designed a couple of blog/forum badges. Feel free to take them and use them anywhere you'd like. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you join me next week for Sketch: Back to Basics!

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Get Messy! - Day Six: Watercolors

download today's lesson here.

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope your week is going well.  Jeff and I are headed up to the new apartment this afternoon with a carload of boxes. And even though my sister took up a carload of boxes for us over the weekend, it still looks like we haven't put a dent in the place. We sure do have a lot of stuff. 


That being said, and before I get into Lesson Six of Get Messy, I'd like to ask if anyone is interested in any scrappy stuff? I have a lot of older (and some newer) stuff that needs a new home.  Some of it would be for the everyday scrapper, lots of good manufacturers stuff, but some of it is partially used, or loose.  I also have a bunch of older scrap stuff that would be great for little kids to play around with, to just glue down and whatnot. If you're at all interested in some stuff (for you or your kiddos) leave me a comment here, and tell me what you could use and I'll do a drawing over the weekend. 


Now, back to Get Messy! Lesson Six: Watercolors!


Today's lesson is all about watercolors! I've been loving watercolors so much lately, they have a permanent spot on my desk. 

We'll look at a couple different types of watercolors, and a bunch of great CT samples. Here's the page I made. Inside the lesson, there is a step-by-step tutorial on how to create the background.

You can download today's lesson here.

Remember to leave a comment and let me know if you'd like to win some stuff for yourself, or stuff for your kids (or a girl scout troop, etc). I have lots of stuff that I would love to send to a new home!

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Get Messy! - Day Five: Gesso

Welcome to Get Messy! - Lesson Five: Gesso

You can download today's lesson here.

Today's lesson is all about gesso! You're gonna want to have your aprons on, and your desks covered up, because we'll be getting messy again today.

We'll learn what gesso is, what kind to get, and a bunch of different ways to use it!

All our lessons will be provided in .pdf form. If you need to download a .pdf reader, you can get Adobe Reader http://get.adobe.com/reader/.

Here is a page that I created for this lesson. I have such a good time playing around with paint and color, its such a relaxing activity for me. If anyone is interested in topics for future tutorials, or classes, please let me know. I'm always interested in ideas and suggestions!

Once again, you can download the lesson here:  Lesson Five: Gesso

And if you've missed any of the previous lessons, you can catch up here:

Lesson One: Overview

Lesson Two: Misting

Lesson Three: Inking

Lesson Four: Acrylic Paints

PS -- Sorry for the low-quality pictures lately; I've been working with just my iPhone, the camera is packed up already. Another thing to look forward to after the move!

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Get Messy! - Day Three: Inking

Day three of Get Messy! is up and running.  Today's lesson is all about misting.  I talk about the various types of inks, a couple of different techniques, and a bunch of great samples from the Creative Soup CT. 

I also show a step-by-step tutorial on how to use different inks for your background with masking and multiple ink techniques for embellishing. Here is my final product: 

Thanks so much for participating! 

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Get Messy - Supply List & Sneaks

Yesterday I was finally able to announce Get Messy --the spring class I'll be teaching over at Creative Soup.



The supply list for the class is up and you can check it out here.

Some of the materials I'm going to be working with:
- Acrylic Paint
- Mists
- Watercolor Crayons
- Modeling Paste
- Gel Medium
- and much more!

I'll leave you with a couple of sneaks to give you a taste of the fun in store!  Thanks for stopping by, and remember to head over to Creative Soup for my class!

If you have any questions about the class, please ask---this class is going to be really hands-on, and I love answering any questions that might come up!

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Get Messy!

Hooray! It's finally time to announce the Spring class I'll be teaching over at Creative Soup! The class is totally free to anyone registered at Creative Soup, and will start on May 2nd!

We are gonna get messy!! This 10 lesson class will try to help you to incorporate multiple fine art (and fun art) supplies into your everyday scrapping projects!

We will be working with some really fun and messy art supplies--some which have already worked their way into mainstream scrapping, and some which might seem a little further out there!
I'll post the full class supply list tomorrow. 

We'll have step-by-step lessons, photographs illustrating each technique, and unlimited Q&A sessions!

Please join us starting Monday, May 2nd for our first lesson!

There is never a fee for any of our Creative Classes! So come join in on all the fun!!

I also taught myself photoshop yesterday, and made us a couple badges---so grab one for your blog; or anywhere else you'd like to show them off!

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