New Classes at The Scrapbook Page

The July, August and September classes have been posted. So, go check them out at http://thescrapbookpageonline.com/. For all of you die cut machine owners you will want to check out Carolyn Grays Detailing your die cuts class. She really makes them pop off the page. The best part is she will cut the shapes for you. I am planning on taking it as well. The instructors love to use their own die cut machines so taking their classes can help inspire you to do more with your own machine. Well, have a good evening!

Aloha!

Aloh a, I am on vacation. I went shopping today and found a cute store and they have a blog. Check it out. I got the hula girl stamp and the stencil so I can make the card. Have a good day! http://islandscrapbooking.blogspot.com

Vote on the contest for the Scrapbook Page

The Scrapbook Page is having a summer contest http://scrapbookpage.blogspot.com/2009/06/voting-extension.html. So, go check it out and vote. The layouts are cute and might give you some inspiration. Voting ends Friday.

The replacement

This layout was inspired by an idea I saw in Creating Keepsakes magazine. I could not resist. Brian got me a new car for Christmas so I had to scrap it of course. I had driven my old car for 8 years so it was bittersweet when I got my new car. To make this layout I did my titling on the silhouette of course. I used the going places cartridge on the cricut which is one of my favorites. For the photo mats if you zoom in and look I used black magic coordinations paper and I used an embossing folder and then sanded down to the blue. It gave it a lot of dimension.

Animal Kingdom

I know I have been a bad blogger. However, I have been a really good scrapbooker. I have been very busy trying to make my Dad's scrapbook from my Disney trip. I have about 20 double page layouts, so I have a lot to post I just need to take pics. For the above layout I use both the Silhouette and the Cricut. The little jungle car was made on the silhouette. The animals were made on the Cricut as well as the title. I used Graphic 45, reminisce and coordination's paper this layout. I had a lot of fun making it. I have enjoyed making the Disney album it's such a change from my normal books. Have a good evening. I will post again soon,

Love the outdoors

This layout is from Utah last October. Brian hiked up to the top of a mountain while I was at the retreat. Not something a klutz like me likes to do. I am getting excited in June to go to Hawaii and do my page on the beach. That's where I am the happiest. I am loving the great weather.

Megan's Disney Mini

Hey, I just thought I'd share the mini book that fellow Page girl Megan made for me for my recent trip to Disney! She made the cover using the welding feature on the silouhette. That is my favorite new feature. Also, check out the store schedule she has some great mini book classes coming up. You can check out Megan at her blog http://www.bare-rosavert.blogspot.com or you can see her upcoming classes at The Scrapbook Page.

Transfer Tape and Embossing folders

The long wait for transfer tape is over. We received it at The Scrapbook Page today. Rumor has it that I will receive blades Friday. I will post a cute Disney book that Megan Anderson made for my recent Disney trip later today. We also received the new embossing folders from Quickutz. They are $4.99. You can check them out at http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/new.aspx?gc=21. Have a good night.

Game Night

O.K. so if you have not figured out yet I am a die cut junky. I use them on every layout. For this layout I used the dice on the silhouette and used them as little journal boxes. Hope you are having a good spring. Don't forget May 2, 2009 is National Scrapbook day. The store will be having a crop and lots of fun stuff going on in the store.

Silhouette Certification

I talked to Brian at Quickutz today and they are now letting anyone do the silhouette certification. It's now called a tutorial. So if you go to the following link you can learn a lot about your silhouette. It's how I learned the more advanced functions on my silhouette. Have a good evening. http://www.silhouettemachine.com/training/

Flowers

Hope you had a good Easter. We had our family over it was crazy. Lot's of good stuff for some future layouts. Hopefully we get some more spring weather. I can only get my tulips to open up if I bring them in the house where it's warm. My above layout is from last mother's day. I mad the tree with three full pages of flowers and a tree from the silhouette. I took me longer to glue them down then it did to cut them out but it looks great. The scalloped circle is also from the silhouette. Well, I have a good evening! I added a little bling to my website. Because, you can never have too much bling.

Dorothy and her peeps

Yes, peeps were harmed for this project. My husbands work had a contest to decorate peeps. So my sister who can do all things crafty pitched in and made this super cute Wizard of Oz characters. Well, have a Happy Easter!

Easter Inspiration

Happy Easter! Today my layouts are from Carolyn Gray and Barbara Spade. The top one is Carolyn's she used the silhouette with the spring portfolio CD. Carolyn designs and teaches at The Scrapbook page. The second one is from Barbara Spade and she used the Quick Kutz Easter border, chick and egg border dies. Don't forget to go to the www.scrapbookpage.blogspot.com and vote for your favorite Reminisce Easter layout. Also, don't forget The Page has all of their alphabets buy one get one free. Have a good Day inspiration

Hogle Zoo Utah

These pictures are from our trip to Utah for the Quickutz retreat. I used wallet size photo and a five by seven. For the die cuts I used the Animal Kingdom cartridge on the Cricut. Yes, you are correct I now have the Cricut expressions. I still love my silhouette and the fact that I don't have to have all the cartridges. For titling and getting things these exact size on the first cut. This page could be done with the silhouette. Have a good day!

Eat at Mo's

This was one of the first pages I did on my silhouette. When we were in San Fransisco we found a little hamburger restaurant called Mo's. It was yummy. So I made a 6 inch hamburger to fill the space. Their was a dog outside who wanted to eat at Mo's.

You're such a Hoot

I wanted to use this owl from the moment they released it in October. At Christmas one of our nephews was playing in a cloths hamper. When I tried to take his photo he turned his head, when I told him I would keep his presents I got a cheesy smile. The owl is a Quickkutz download and then I used one of the branches. I removed the cutout eyes and used googly eyes instead. Well, I am off to teach class. Have a good day!

Random shapes

We had snow yesterday, so I took photos of all of my layouts for my blog. The top two photos are a cupcake from the Block Party portfolio CD. After I cut it out I used the cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the top with swirls and then I used sparkly embossing powder. For the bottom of the cupcake I used the crimper. The next one is just a cute little snow hat. I have another layout that I need to fix but I used the top of the hat and made it into a meatball. Julie Case used it as an egg last week for a recipe divider. For the pizza, I used the shapes on the side of the silhouette and then used the scallop circle and topped it with little pepperonis. After it was done I cut the pizza crust so it looked tossed. I designed it on the screen by layering it so I could get the proportions correct. So, that is all for this post. I am going to add some more layouts in a minute.

What's a Cuttlebug?

So I was asked what a cuttle bug is. It is a machine similar to the bigshot that you can emboss or die cut with. If you look at the birthday layout that has the nubers on the side, I embossed it with the cuttlebug and then inked it. I will be teaching a class in May and June on the differences in the die cut machines and how to use them. Which is the perfect class for me the tool junky. If you go to http://www.thescrapbookpageonline.com/ you can checkout all of the latest classes. I have several Silhouette 101 and 102 classes. I have seen the other instructors layouts and they are all super cute. Tomorrow I will try to post a new layout. Have a good evening.

Comment Moderation

Thank you to everyone who has sent me comments. I just learned today when I was editing a post that I have to look at the comments for them to post. My husband said look you have 5 comments. So sorry it took me so long to post your comments.

Spring layout

Spring is getting closer. Yesterday it was 80 degrees here. I love spring! This layout is a day in our yard last summer. The birds are the birds a calling from the 12 days of Christmas on the silhouette. The little flower I sketched. I love sketching things it gives it a real handmade look. I really need to take some more photos I am running out of layouts on my computer. I also need to scrapbook. I am going to the Omaha Zoo tomorrow. So I will have more pictures to scrapbook. I am so far behind. Well, have a good evening.