Skier, skater and sledding page

So I tried something different tonight…I brought down 3 layouts so the girls could see them and pick which one they wanted to do…well they liked them all and so I guess they plan on making their own pages. So here’s the layouts the girls and I did…oh yeah…I fell so my skiing page got dirty so I have to do a remake on that one.

Enjoy!

Sorry the pictures didn’t turn out so good on my layouts, I wasn’t feeling well so I took them still in the album with no flash so you could get a look at them…I haven’t added my glitter or journaling..and no snowflakes yet.

Brenda made two layouts..this is one, sorry I guess my picture came out too bright but you can see what a nice job she did on her page

I love the colors of Mel’s layout…and again, as usual, my friends create their own pages, but that’s the beauty of scrapbooking isn’t it! Be sure to leave a comment…we love hearing what everyone thinks of our layouts.

I’m so impressed with our new girl, Jane….she is doing so good at this…and look she even drew her face on her skier! You go girl! hehehheeh

This is my little friend Heather, she is quite the little scrapbooker and she loves to help…she took the picture below…been teaching her how to use my camera. She made these pages with a little help from her mom.

 

So just in case you didn’t know we have classes every Monday evening, held at SCRAPS, downtown Houlton. Classes are at 6:30, and if you come a little early, you can shop before class, most of the girls purchase their paper for their layout just prior to class after they see my layout. If you can’t make it to class…I am now offering online classes on Wednesday evenings…you just need to have Yahoo messenger and add me dimahi59. Classes are $5 and if you need files, those are an additional $2.00. I try to design using all 3 software's, DS, SCAL and MTC

My Little Sweetheart

  Here is a scraplift that we used in our class at SCRAPS in Houlton.

We had 9 ladies plus myself at class which was a lot of fun…it is so neat to look at how everyone looks at my layout and yet they end up with something totally there own at the end of the evening! I hope you enjoy our “Sweetheart” layout.

We used Surecutsalot 2 for the cut files..in my layout, I used Eskimos kisses pattern paper.                                                         

This is my layout…now check out the girls :)

Now for the girls layouts….First one is Brenda’s, for some reason her layouts have never gotten on my blog…I’ve taken her pictures, but I don’t know where they went..so I want to be sure to recognize her and her talent in Scrapbooking and welcome her back to class….and Bren…you are looking GREAT!!!!

 

 

The others will have theirs posted later as they would like to add their photos and show a completed layout…I hope you like these layouts…and please be sure to leave a comment…and if you are interested, I give live online classes on Wednesday evenings 6:30 EST, and you can get the file in SCAL or Make The Cut, or in Design Studio if you own the cartridge that was used to create this layout. And as always thanks for looking and Enjoy!

So I’ve been doing some online classes with different ones…and a friend of mine made this layout…she did a good job, especially since the internet wasn’t cooperating and she has 3 little ones…not sure if they were up or not when she did this, but she was able to complete her layout…Great job Becky!

In case you didn’t notice…Becky kind of changed the layout!!!!  lol

Happy Birthday Layout

http://scutfiles.blogspot.com/ If you click on this link, you will see some of the files I’ve been working on for all you who own SCAL or MTC. If you are looking for a certain cutout, let me know and I will do my best to create it for you. Or if you need a title, or scripted title, I love working on these files.

Last week we did a birthday layout. These came out really cute…I want to give a shout out to Lisa, who makes some of the greatest cutout files…I love using her cuts. Hoping to use more of them in the future. I think I own just about every one of them that she made.

IN these layouts we used eyelets, paper piecings, chalking and tearing, glitter glue and embossing…also used ribbon to create a dimension in our layout, a nice way to draw the eye to your photos and create blocking in your layout.

On to the photo’s: Enjoy!

Using Chipboard in our Layouts

This weeks class, we were using chipboard and applying different techniques in decorating them. Some of the different ways to embellish chipboard, is cover them with patterned paper, painting them, inking/chalking them, and embossing them…Some ways we didn’t do last night are, covering them with fabric, ribbon, felt, micro beads, glitter and there are many other ways to embellish chipboard. So don’t be afraid to include this neat little gadget to your layouts. Remember if you don’t have chipboard available, you can always glue several layers of cardstock together to desired thickness…and with the Cricut, it will always line up :) In our layouts we used some flourish chipboard and flower chipboards, I hope you like the layouts that the girls made last night. I will add my layout as soon as I finish printing my photos, so you can see a completed page.

Don’t forget to check out my other blog where I’ve been working hard to get new cut files up for all of you who have SCAL or MTC.

 

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This layout above and below is from our new student Anne…we welcome her to our class…and she fit in perfectly, yup she did her own little layout…great job and Welcome to Scrapbooking!

Christmas Elves

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A couple of weeks ago, we tackled a paper piecing that had many little pieces…but the girls never waivered…they did such a great job. We did a few things that we hadn’t done before, like splitting a page so it was on both pages…we did this by splitting our tree in half as well as our star. We chalked all pieces and then glued them together. I find the easiest way to glue such small pieces is to use a Ziggy 2 way pen. As you can see the girls put their own little touches to these pages, I really like how they make them their own…I tease them a lot about not doing my layout, but it is nicer to see them use their creativity and make it theirs. I hope you enjoy this layout that my ladies, and our young girl did….be sure to leave comments.

I will try and get the rest of the layouts posted as soon as I get their pictures. I have a bad habit of forgetting to bring my camera, want to send a Big Thank You to Gail for taking pictures for me that night and sending them to me so I could post them.

Cards my friend Norma made....oh I love her work!

Here are some cards that my really good friend made...she is a very talented lady...I think creativity is totally in her blood. I hadn't seen her for quite some time, and was so happy to see her at our last Scrapmania Weekend. She has gone through quite a lot in the past few years so I was more than happy to buy these beautiful cards from her...I am hoping she won't mind if I scraplift some of her ideas, but just like the ladies from my scrapbooking class, I will change it a little :) I hope you enjoy seeing her cards and maybe you too  will scraplift and make some. Love you Norma!

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This Lil Light of Mine

Here is another catch up post...this is a layout that we did in the beginning of November, entitled "This Lil Light of Mine". I love this bedtime bear, it was a painting that I had done a number of years ago, I can't remember the artist, but I took my painting and converted it into a svg file so I could cut it out with my Cricut. I made a few mistakes in the process, but it worked and as you can see, the layout turned out beautiful. I love how everyone's came out a little different and yet it was basically the same design.

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