This is May Flaum for Big Picture Scrapbooking. Hey there, and thanks for clicking on my promo audio for Adventures in Scrapbooking: Use Your Stash.

Now this is my third Adventures in Scrapbooking class. You know what, I love that this is the topic that we are exploring. I don't know about you, but I have some chipboard, I have some stickers, shoot, I have some product in my studio that has been here before I had children. There are a few things that were here before I was even married! So I've got some old stuff in here and I want to get that used, but likewise, I don't want to be paralyzed when I get something new and wonderful and just stare at it and wait for the perfect project…no, I want to get it used! I want to make the most of what I've got and just get my stories scrapbooked…get my 4" x 6" photos out, pull out my 12" x 12" cardstock and patterned paper and just go, just do things, have fun…and that's what you're going to find in this class.

Not only am I going to share my layouts, I'm also going to encourage you and share ideas about how to pull your stuff together, how to get the most out of supplies, how to do substitutions, how to make things work for you, how to keep things simple and, by the way, simple is so not the same as boring. Simple is a lot of fun. You know what, just get creative and have fun using your stash, whatever that might be. I don't just mean supplies either. It could be if you've printed out tons of vacation photos or tons of photos period and you want to get some stuff done. Every week we're going to have a two-page multi-photo sketch that gets e-mailed to you in addition to the handout. As I'm making my notes and as I'm building this class, I already have too much good stuff so I'm going to be doing bonus handouts. There are going to be Skype hours which is the chance for you to one-on-one video chat with me which is a lot of fun, and it's free if you've got the internet, you can just hook yourself up to Skype and we can talk and I can help you. Of course we've also got the message board and the galleries, and the handouts. There will be presentations. There is going to be an online social which is kind of an online crop that I will have some prizes for. We are just going to have all kinds of big fun. I'm really looking forward to what you all do with your stash, how you inspire yourself, how you are inspiring to others, to me. This is going to be a lot of big fun. I really hope you join me.

If you have any questions about class please do not hesitate to email me, mayf@bigpicturescrapbooking.com. If you would like to learn a little bit more about me, maybe see some of my projects, find out more information about class, you are welcome to come on over to my blog, that's www.mayflaum.wordpress.com.

I hope you have a wonderful day and I hope I'll see you in class.