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.
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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.
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.
Well we are so excited to provide you with a super giveaway that includes one spot in Heidi's upcoming class, The Art of Observation and a $40 bundle of her new product from Pink Paislee!! Whoopy!
About the class, "Heidi will help you test unique observation techniques and record your thoughts, feelings and discoveries… she'll then help you combine your findings with photos and her trademark "fabulous" to fuel the creative process. Each week will begin with a clue and a question. An observation assignment will follow, and you'll work together inside the BPC community to combine them with favorite photos and creative techniques…to better and more thoroughly document your life! "
read the rest of the class description and register here.
To enter leave a comment here on the blog sharing your favorite scrapbooking tool and include your state and or country.
Giveaway closes Friday 3/23 at 5:00 pm PT
Winner to be announced by Monday 3/26.
Update!! Heidi did a blog post all about using her Memory File system, you can read it here, and see the rest of her project.
It usually starts with one idea. An opening line. A title. An idea about a person I happened to observe in the airport. And once I’ve started dreaming, I can’t stop until I’ve told the whole story.
Creativity comes in so many forms, and for me, writing a novel was always at the back of my mind. It was the thing I thought I’d do…if I ever found the time. It seems that for us creative types, it’s easy to want to explore a variety of mediums—from papercrafting to painting to writing to photography. In my mind, each is another way to tell my story.
And I believe we were born to tell our stories.
When I first started writing my novel, I knew I wanted to tap into the world of scrapbooking, to pull all the things I loved about the craft into this little Mayberry-esque town I’d created. See, in my life, scrapbooking had become more than just something I did every once in awhile. It was the hobby that housed my creative outlet, my cherished friendships and my connection to future generations.
A Sweethaven Summer is more than just a book about a sweet little cottage town on the beach of Lake Michigan. It’s a story centered around an old scrapbook, one whose faded pages hold secrets that can bring forgiveness and new beginnings. Most of all, it’s a scrapbook that brings people together.
Because that’s kind of what art does, isn’t it? And art that helps you grieve, allows you to express yourself, helps you keep a record of your life…is like instant glue, binding you to the people you share it with.
Over the last 2+ years that I’ve been working on this novel, my entire life was turned upside-down. We moved across the country, then moved again. Our kids started a new school not once, but twice. My husband started a new job. I started a new job. And you know what kept me sane throughout all of it? My creative outlets. During that time, I began to paint. I wrote. I took the time to scrapbook all that was going on. I found time to tell my stories… Without these things in my life, I honestly don’t know if I would’ve survived it all!
Often, we think our art is frivolous. We think taking time to be creative is unnecessary, but I disagree. I think it’s our creativity—however we choose to express it—that paints a clearer picture of who we are. It helps us uncover truths about ourselves, to push ourselves. And yes, it keeps us sane.
Whether you’re writing a novel you’ll see on the shelf at Barnes and Noble (a dream come true!) or writing a letter to a child who you haven’t spoken to in years or painting a picture that will surely brighten someone else’s day or simply leaving a message that lets the world know you were here…none of it is frivolous. It’s all valid and necessary.
Go ahead. Be an artist. Do the thing that stirs a passion in your belly. Find that fire and pursue it. I can tell you…no matter how much work it requires, it’s worth it. 100%.
"My creative dream is to fully evolve from a chronological/event scrapbooker to a truly inspired & intentional storyteller, which I have made great progress with thanks to TWELVE."
CLOSED Giveaway:
One person will win a copy of Courtney's book, A Sweethaven Summer and a spot in her self-paced class, Permission to Live a Creative Life, by leaving a comment below sharing a creative dream, something you wish to accomplish.
" I am so bummed that I just recently heard about Project Life. Apparently, I have friends who have been doing this for a couple of years. I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to do this!!! -"
I got to hear Becky speak at The Creative Connection last fall and she shared her vision for Project Life as well as some insight to its evolution. I was truly amazed and am thrilled with her success in creating such an ingenious method for capturing life. Three cheers for Project Life!!
We invite you to join the Project Life community here and exchange ideas with others enthusiasts plus share your creations. (plus it is free)
The winner can pick the color style (from what is in stock) and will receive one of each of the items listed below
Project Life Binder
Core Kit (coordinating with the binder)
Big Pack of Design A Photo Pocket Pages
GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
To enter, leave a comment below; include your first and last name, and location.
Giveaway closes in 48 hours at 11:00 am PST. Winner will be randomly selected from comments and announced by 2/17.
New to the Project Life concept? Learn more in the short video below.
Today is our last day of giveaways and we have a fantastic giveaway for you today, a spot in popular teacher May Flaum's new 12 week class, The Curious Scrapbooker's Field Guide.
About the class, "During each of the 12-weeks of class, there will be a focus on specific techniques and products. Adding texture, stitching, mists, stamping and everything else she could think of – May has created a class full of information and inspiration. Students will find scrapbook layout project examples each week as well as projects such as cards, tags, altered projects and mixed media canvases. This class features a new colorful PDF handout and videos each week, and an A-Z basics library of 26 videos."
Yeah we love Unity Stamps and they have added two sets of their new stamps to this giveaway. Thanks Unity!!
CLOSED GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
To enter, leave a comment below sharing your favorite scrapbook technique. Giveaway closes in 48 hours at 6:00 am PST. Winner will be randomly selected from comments and announced on 2/6.
Winner is Karen Kellenberger
"Other than some stamping on my pages (title or a few embellishments), I haven't really used any techniques in my scrapbooking. This class sounds like a lot of fun, and those stamps are wonderful!"
Hope you are enjoying our week of giveaways, today's class is Scrapbooking Your Faith by Courtney Walsh.
About the class, "In Scrapbooking Your Faith you'll learn that you don't have to be a scrapbooker to preserve this side of you. Rather than feeling limited by a single medium, we'll explore a variety of ways to document your faith, including traditional scrapbook pages, journals, home decor, mini albums and more. You'll see that when it comes to collecting memories, the way you do it is secondary."
To sweeten the day our friends at Adorn It have offered to give away Happy Hearts paper collection and Happy Hearts fabric fat quarter stack with a reatil value of $60.00
About the Happy Hearts collection
ADORNit’s Happy Hearts Collection is available in both fabric and paper and includes coordinating ribbon and embellishments. The designs have playful elements like polka dots, chunky flowers, and lots of Valentine color! And of course, hearts everywhere!
Everybody wins! Download our Happy Hearts Papercrafting Sampler for free. Here's the link:
CLOSED GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
To enter, leave a comment below. Giveaway closes in 24 hours at 6:00 am PST. Winner will be randomly selected from comments and announced on 2/3.
***Winner is CKCpurple
"Love, love, love the Adorn It Happy Hearts collection. WOW!!!"
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