A Layout, A Door Hanger and a Gift Bag (Oh My!)

Finally, I'm back in the saddle and teaching a new class for Halloween!


And talk about "bang" for your buck...In this you will create a two-page layout, a Halloween door hanger, and a gift bag all for just $30! These projects feature the super spooky "Apothecary Emporium" line from Echo Park and you will receive an entire collection pack for your class...which means you will have oodles of leftovers to take home after class! We will learn some fun pleating, glittering and layering techniques, and of course enjoy snacks and even a couple of prizes. Of course, if you can't make the class, you can always purchase a kit with color photos and instructionsenjoy snacks and even a couple of prizes. Of course, if you can't make the class, you can always purchase a kit with color photos and instructions.

In addition to your basic tool kit, please be sure to bring the following to class:

•Crop-A-Dile

•Strong salon-style emery board

•Glue dots

•Foam tape (Pop Dots or equivalent)

•Zip Dry, Helmar Quick Dry, or Beacon's 3-in-1 liquid glue

•1/8" Scor Tape or Red Line tape
•1/4" Scor Tape or Red Line tape

•Scissors
•"Quickie" ball point glue pen

You can catch this class at:

Scrapbook Daisies in Long Beach
Sunday, October 16th
at 12:00 pm
Call 562-377-0302 to sign up!

OR:

Memory Lane Scrapbooking in Los Alamitos
Wednesday, October 19th
at 6:30 pm
Call 562-799-0506 to sign up!

Relay for Life: Team Hope Garden

Team Hope Garden is a Relay for Life team benefiting the American Cancer Society. We started our team in honor of our dear friend, Patty Donnelly, an oncology nurse who was diagnosed with Lymphoma in 2001. In all her 25 years of being a nurse and walking in many charity events for her patients and friends, no one has ever walked for this loving and giving woman until now. Team Hope Garden will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Lake Forest, Ca on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 beginning at 10 am at El Toro High School.

Relay for Life is a family-friendly event and is for everyone who wants to participate… whether you can only walk one lap around a high school track and can only donate $5 to those who wish to run marathons and donate more. Relay for Life is a 24-hour event where our team will walk for a full 24 hours. Each team participating in the event is required to have at least one team member on the track at all times… yes, even at 3:30 in the morning… remember, cancer does not sleep. Our team members will camp out overnight at the school while live music and movies are played. You’ll be inspired and motivated, and will have a good time while doing it. We encourage you to come join us… whether you choose to donate to our team, or come and walk for a couple of hours with Patty (even a lap or two), or become a full-fledged team member.
Please join Team Hope Garden on Wednesday, September 14th at Applebee’s in Fountain Valley for lunch or dinner, or both! Present this flyer and Applebee’s will donate 15% of your check to Team Hope Garden!

The fine print… you must have a flyer with you in order for your check to count so be sure to print this flyer and bring it with you. If you plan on joining us for both lunch and dinner, make sure you have two flyers. Simply click on the image above, a new page will open, and print it from your browser. Team members will also have extra flyers with them that day so be sure to see a team member if you forgot your flyer.

We will also have a silent auction and raffle between 6-9pm. Raffle winners need not be present to win. Hope to see you there!

For more information about our team or the Relay For Life event, please visit the Team Hope Garden website. To make a donation to a particular team member, please click on his or her name in the right sidebar and you will be directed to their individual Relay for Life fundraising site. You can also choose to donate to our team as a whole or better yet, join our team! Simply click on the Team Hope Garden link in the right sidebar and you will be directed to our Relay for Life Team Page.

We hope that you will continue to visit our site to stay up-to-date on our team’s progress and to find information on our upcoming fundraising events. Thank you so much for your support in helping us find a cure for all types of cancer!

A New Class!

Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 6:00-8:30pm

Cost $35.00

If you're not busy, why not join me over at Memory Lane Scrapbooking in Los Alamitos for this classic and elegant mini album designed to showcase 6-8 of your favorite and most memorable photographs. This chipboard mini book has oodles of gorgeous product from the Crate Paper "Portrait" collection. In fact, there is so much product in these class kits, I promise you will have plenty of leftovers for other projects and scrapbook pages. Journaling cards, crochet flowers, ribbon and rhinestones adorn each page along with 2 entire alphabet sticker sets for you to personalize and truly make this book your own. In class we'll be doing lots of layering, plus we'll learn a handmade flower technique. And don't forget, if you can’t make the class you can always order a kit with color photos and instructions!

In addition to your basic tool kit, please be sure to bring the following to class:

•Crop-A-Dile

•Strong salon-style emery board

•Glue dots

•Foam tape (Pop Dots or equivalent)

•Craft knife & cutting surface

•Favorite tape adhesive

•Cat's Eye chalk ink in Creamy Brown (or equivalent)

•Scissors

Layouts to Share

Hi everyone...long time no see!

I'm back between life crisis' to quickly share a couple of projects. This month, Martha gave me some of the "Summertime" collection by Echo Park to play with and make some store samples. This line is super bright and colorful, perfect for all your fun, outdoor summertime activities, including finger painting!


And wouldn't it put a smile on your face to receive this happy little card from someone special just because?


These are just two of four projects I enjoyed creating with my Echo Park "Summertime" kit. Two see the other two, including a two-page layout soon to be available for purchase, stop by Scrapbook Daisies and check them out!

New Sketch Challenge!

I don't know about you, but for me, there's nothing worse than staring blankly at a 12" square of white paper! Planning and starting a scrapbook page is arguably the hardest part of scrapbooking, and that's why I love sketches so much! They make getting started so much easier! So if you're looking for a little inspiration today...a little jumping off point...pop on over to the Creative Imaginations blog and check out the new layout sketch challenge for May based on my layout created with the new "Heidi" line by Samanta Walker:


As always, you could win a prize package worth $25 just for playing along!

Just a Quickie

Stella and Rose from My Mind's Eye is another paper line I've been awaiting anxiously for since it debuted at CHA. Well, Martha got some in at Scrapbook Daisies recently and asked me to make a couple of layouts to display with the collection.

Twist my arm...right?


Yep, still a little obsessed with the doilies. And baker's twine. The title letters are a wooden alphabet that I just LOVE from the Daily Junque collection from House of Three. I left them raw here, but have been having a blast painting, misting, sanding, and altering them on a few other layouts I have in the works for the Lytle Scrapper retreat in July (stay tuned for a lytle sneak peek).




That is NOT another doily peeking out from under those flowers. Okay, it is. But in my own defense, you can barely see it. Had some fun misting flowers and butterflies and I even whipped out my stamps and stamped on a tag. Can't remember the last time I did that!

Thanks for stopping by, I gotta get over to Michaels to pick up a new pack of doilies with my 40% coupon.

Creative Imaginations & Memory Box

They go together like peanut butter and jelly...like salt and pepper...like...margaritas and salt even! Go check out the C.I. blog and see what the Design Team has been up to with Memory Box's gorgeous rubber stamps and Luminarte! And when you're done drooling over there, pop on over to the Memory Box Blog and see what their talented team came up with over there! PLUS...Don't forget to comment while you're there for a chance to win some great Luminarte and Memory Box prizes!! Here's what I came up with using a super cute butterfly stamp and some Twinkling H20's: The photo is my now 88 year old gradmother when she was just about 24 or so, and that's my mother on her lap. I just love this photo, and I love the way this romantic little frame showcases it. Step-by-step instructions are over on the C.I. blog in case you want to try your hand at one of your own. Either way, thanks for stopping by!