Welcome BPC member, Lisa (Bluebird) She has loved all the photography classes and has been a BPC member since 2010. She lives in beautiful Kentucky and takes gorgeous photos. To see more of her photos check out her gallery.
Q: When did you start taking classes and why?
I was looking for an online photography class after getting my first DSLR in 2010. I found Elisha Snow's class offered through BPC and I was hooked! She taught us the basics of photography with her energetic style.
I then signed up for my first Tracey Clark class and have taken all of her classes. It's so fun to see everybody's take on the same prompt. I've met so many wonderful people who have encouraged and supported me. I love to encourage and support them too!
Thanks to everyone for all your participation during National Scrapbook Day, we were so thrilled with the participation. For the month of May we are featuring different BPC members and sharing a little bit about them. Join us as we learn more about you this month.
Dove lives in Germany with her husband, three kids and some bunnies.
Q: What has been one of your favorite classes and why?
In my favourite class Double Take I learned, that it's so easy and fun to use sketches. I barely did this before. I thougt it wouldn't be so creative and I couldn't scrap the layouts within my style. But I was totally wrong.
At first it was a little bit challenging but I learned how to incorporate my style and how to make the sketches work for my photos.
It also was my first time to share the layouts online and I enjoyed the feedback and the possibility to find fresh ideas from other students.
Q: If you could scrapbook with anyone who would it be and why?
My friend Moni. We have so much fun scrapping together every Monday morning if we can manage.
To see more of Dove's projects visit her gallery, and say hi!
Back by popular demand, Kidding Around {3} is the place to be for kid-style summer hijinks!
For way less than the price of summer lessons, camps or even taking the family to the movies, you get six weeks of playful prompts to entertain and engage your youngster during those long, hot, school-free days.
Register and read the rest of the description here.
Make scrapbooking faster and easier than ever with the hundreds of ideas in this new special issue from Creating Keepsakes, dedicated to scrapbooking simply. Discover quick tips for simplifying your layout designs as well as ideas for scrapbooking with limited products. Plus, with plenty of 2-page layout options, you'll get more photos scrapbooked in less time. It's all in Simple Scrapbooks from Creating Keepsakes.
Sign-up for the Creative Crop to access all the cool content and to be eligible to win awesome prizes, including the fabulous prize shown from Doodlebug Designs. For those of you registered for our live event, we will see you tomorrow and everyone can take part in the fun by watching the live stream in the Creative Crop classroom.
Giveaway details below, brought to you by Raffelcopter.
In celebraton and anticpation of our FREE online Creative Crop, co-hosted by Creating Keepsakes magazine, we are doing a week of giveaways with Creating Keepsakes.
We are also super excited to be hanging out live with some of our members at the Doodlebug Design headquarters, and we have a few spots left, details here.
Winners are Jengd, sweetkathyj, Ami P, and Mrsaboyer
Lift Me Up! will encourage you to take a second look at what you are about to discard and teach you some valuable skills and techniques to create beautiful and useful art. While you complete four upcycled projects with Mou--progressing from beginner to advanced--you will develop a new vision about transforming discarded objects into works of art using only standard supplies from your craft closet and some household basics.
Showcasing hundreds of scrapbooking ideas to inspire you throughout the seasons, this new special issue from Creating Keepsakes is a must-have resource for your year-round scrapbooking. With plenty of 2-page layout ideas to help you scrapbook more photos in less time, color combinations and patterns to refresh your creativity, season-specifictips for better photo taking, and more, you'll reach for Scrapbooking Ideas for Every Season again and again.
In celebraton and anticpation of our FREE online Creative Crop co-hosted by Creating Keepsakes magazine we are doing a week of giveaways with Creating Keepsakes.
31 Things is an invitation to "see into the life of things."
31 Things is an invitation to document your everyday life in a way that includes descriptions and reflections.
31 Things is about capturing life right now but will be much more in-depth on a single daily subject than the documentation you might be used to with projects like Week in the Life or Project Life. This is an opportunity to get more specific pieces of your story told with the goal of going more in-depth; get those pieces of your life documented with words.
Writing these 31 stories will be the heart of what we do over the 31 days, but our words will be supported and inspired by a single daily photo and a bit of crafty decoration.
Based on the popular Creating Keepsakes column of the same name, this new special issue showcases beautiful and practical scrap and craft spaces alike to inspire you. But that's not all. We'll also show you how to get these inspiring looks with easy and inexpensive do-it-yourself approaches. Whether you have a little space or a lot, this special issue will help you make the most of your space in order to get the most from your scrapbooking.
I used to dump out my little baggies of letters and sort through them to see if I had the necessary letters for the project I was working on. Not anymore. Now I tear off and save the packaging and X out the letters as they are used. For packages with multiples of some letters I use a pencil and write the number beside the letter to indicate the current quantity. Now I can see at a glance how many letters are in my package without having to empty them.
If your packaging doesn’t come with a display of letters, it’s easy to print out your own.
Welcome to Day 2 of our giveaways! I hope you are getting excited for National Scrapbook day and are planning on participating with us in our FREE Creative Crop.
Are you looking for a class to help you use your stash while embarking on a journey of creative fun? Do you want to put a dent in your pile of photos whilst learning through sketches and example layouts how to create visually effective layouts? Double page scrapbook layouts are a great way to create a more cohesive looking album, include more photos and stories in your layouts and still have plenty of room left over for creative fun! What could be better than getting a whole class packed with two-page layouts? We're doubling the fun with not just one, but two of our fabulous teachers, and they are teaming up for a BPC class like never before!
Read the rest of the description and register here.
CREATING KEEPSAKES GIVEAWAY: 2 copies of Easier Than Ever Scrapbooking Treasury
Your time is precious - that's why you need ideas for beautiful scrapbook layouts that you can create in under an hour. Join Creating Keepsakes magazine as we show you:
time-saving strategies to help you scrapbook better and faster
oodles of two-page spreads to inspire you
multiphoto designs you can create with the basic scrapbook supplies you have on hand
lots of fabulous layout designs using 4" x 6" photos
material lists for every layout so you can gather the tools and supplies you'll need before you start your layout
step-by-step instructions to help you easily scraplift each layout
time estimates for every layout to help you make your scrapbooking time more productive
183 eye-catching layout designs you can create in 60 minutes or less
Welcome to our annual MAY class giveaway week. Each day this week we are giving away classes and goodies from Creating Keepsakes. We are all looking forward to celebrating National Scrapbook Day events all week long and of course our FREE online Creative Crop co-hosted by Creating Keepsakes magazine. Don't forget to sign-up to access all the cool content and to be eligible to win awesome prizes.
In the same light as the previous classes in Tracey's popular Picture series, Picture Black & White will inspire and challenge you to look at the world around you in a whole new way; this time with a monochromatic twist. Throughout the class you will receive thirty photo prompts delivered to your inbox. You will receive each prompt every other day which will allow ample time to shoot and savor each prompt. Sixty days in the classroom setting with thematic videos from Tracey will help creatively guide you as you capture your vision, using the muse of a monochromatic pallet.
Part encouragement, part inspiration and part empowerment, Tracey will not only offer her signature prompts, she'll be sharing the whys and hows of creating compelling and creatively composed black and white images.
Read the rest of class description and register here.
CREATING KEEPSAKES GIVEAWAY: Family Scrapbooking Kit
Honor your family by creating nine 12" x 12" layouts capturing your family ties. You'll use Fancy Pants Designs Summer's End Collection to document everyday activities, the comings and goings in your home and the people that complete your life with layouts you'll treasure for years to come.
During the live Creative Crop event on National Scrapbook Day each of the twelve teachers are participating in a live chat and I am gathering questions.
I love to upcycle everyday things. I take it as a creative challenge. In honor of Earth Day, 4/22/2012, here’s an upcycling tutorial.
Steps:
I started with a button package and detached the bubble from top. Look into your stash to find a sturdy chipboard packaging that you can upcycle.
I painted the surface with Chalk Paint. You can do the same following instructions on your paint bottle. ( If you don’t have chalk paint, you can use chalkboard cardstock to cover the surface.)
Once the paint dried, I applied glue to the back edge of the chipboard and attached a long piece of fabric into a simple ruffle. You could use paper instead if you don’t have fabric handy.
Then I stitched around using my sewing machine for a more finished look. If you don’t like to sew, make sure to use a very strong adhesive.
I added a flower and hanger from the same fabric. You could use twine or ribbon and any flower you may already have.
Now, your mini chalkboard is ready to be hung.
If you too are a fan of upcycling make sure to check out my upcoming 4-week workshop Lift Me Up! where you’ll find four upcycled projects, from beginner to advanced that will make you want to see beauty beyond the obvious in everyday discards.
Also, don’t forget to join me for a chat during National Scrapbook Day between 6:15-6:45 in the Creative Crop Classroom where we can talk more about my upcoming workshop Lift Me Up!
Thanks and have a creative day!
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