Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Recipe Album

In case you missed out on the class this past weekend, here are some details to hep you create your own album.

The Project:
A cute recipe album using a 6x12 album from Pink Paislee and papers from October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker line and a splash of Graphic 45 thrown in for fun!

The Video Class:

The Pages:
My album consists of 6 covered and embellished chipboard pages that serve as the section dividers:






Close-ups of embellies:
and 10 page protected recipe pages:

The pages are designed to be double sided so the book will hold 20 recipes.

Some close-ups:

The Photography Tips:
I figured since I was going to make a recipe album, I should really brush up on learn how to take photos of food.  I found these great sites with fabulous tips on photographing food, which is really quite an art in itself.

The amazing Pioneer Woman
Photopoly
Photojojo
Digital Photography School

The Recipe Cards:
I uploaded the recipe cards I created for this class to Scrib'd for your own downloading pleasure.  The colors coordinate perfectly with the Modern Homemaker line (complements of Photoshop's color picker tool).  Click on the card to download that color.


Thanks so much for reading all the way through this post.  Stay tuned for information on our next class.  Check the Classes page to get all the latest updates.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Going Green Event Week 3

Happy Spring (even though it snowed today where I am--what the...?)!  March is flying by like the wind, so let's get to this week's projects, challenges and inspiration for the Going Green Event, shall we.

Use Paint Chips on your project
from All Things Paper
Day Fourteen:
Upcycle a pop top can into a cute treat holder
project by Michelle
Wrap a box board (ie. cereal or cracker box) shape with ribbon, yarn, floss, etc
card by Karen
Create a card using green ribbon.
card by Jackie
Upcycle a shirt cuff into a trendy bracelet: see this post on the Inspire Co. blog

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle on your layout
layout by Amanda
Use the word "green" in your title OR use green lettering for your title.
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layout by Marcia
Use one of these green ideas from Scrapbooks Etc. on your project.
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layout by Carla
Stop on by the forum and join us for some of these challenges.  Did you hear there's a cool prize at stake?  And the deadline for all projects has been extended to April 2nd at midnight EST, so there are no excuses!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Free Class Tomorrow!

Please join us at our new UStream channel for a free live class featuring the fabulous March Elite and Add-On kits.  We've cooked up a fabulous recipe album for you that you won't want to miss! 

Saturday, March 19
8:00pm EST


Visit the Classes page for all the deets!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Going Green Event Week 2

Week two of our Going Green event has flown by. Each day we are posting challenges, projects, inspiration and links with an environmentally-friendly approach.  All month long, we'll be singing Reduce, Reuse, Recycle as we craft our way to a greener outlook.

Here's what we've been up to this week:


Homemade Baker's Twine link:  If you're stuck and can't find the right color of baker's twine, here is an idea you can use. 

by Michelle
 
UPCYCLE scrap papers and box board into useful mini notebooks!
by Jules
Day eight:
REPURPOSE a store-bought card
by Marcia

Toilet Paper Upcycle: be inspired by Lolly Chops to create tp roll packaging.
by Karen


Use something destined for the trash on a layout.
by Jules

Day eleven:
Repurpose a CD container.  Video here

Let Alisa Burke inspire you to turn trash into treasure.

You have all month to play along with the challenges.  Upload your creation inspired from any of these posts and be entered to win some goodies from the Scrapbook Heaven store.  The more challenges you complete, the more entries you'll get for the prize draw.  All projects due by 3/31/11
Happy Green Crafting!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Going Green Event Week One

We are wrapping up week one of our Going Green event, where each day we are posting challenges, projects,  inspiration and links with an environmentally-friendly approach.  All month long, we'll be singing Reduce, Reuse, Recycle as we craft our way to a greener outlook.

Here's what we've been up to this week:

Day zero:
Magazine page medallions link:  As jewelry for your outfit or embellies on your pages and cards. Learn how to make them here.

Day one:
REDUCE your scrappy supplies LO challenge: Create a layout using items you have had in your stash -- nothing newer than six months!

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Day two:
Upcycle a VHS tape link: use any part to create an embellishment or other creation.  There are lots of ideas in their post, so please check it out here.


Day three:
Share your best green tip: like the homemade laundry detergent Jules' uses for her family's laundry.  Get her recipe here.

Day four:
Do you recycle? What types of items do you recycle? Does your town collect your items? Where do you keep your bins?

Here's a link that might give you some ideas to how to store all the different items you recycle.

Day five:
Stamp with trash LO challenge: use something you would throw away as a stamp or mask on a page.

You have all month to play along with the challenges.  Upload your creation inspired from any of these posts and be entered to win some goodies from the Scrapbook Heaven store.  The more challenges you complete, the more entries you'll get for the prize draw. 
Happy Green Crafting!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Welcome to Our March Guest Designer

First, we want to send a big shout out, "Thank You!" to Marcia for being such a super fab guest designer in February.  We all LOVEd Marcia's challenges for the Love, Love Me Do crop event, and she, as always, is super fun to chat with on the boards.  Thanks, Marcia.  We {heart} you!

Please help us welcome our March designer, Amanda!  Amanda has been around Scrapbook Heaven since last spring and always participates in the crop events and monthly challenges.  We are so excited to have you helping us out this month, Amanda!  Here's a little more about her {in her own words}:

I live in Saskatchewan, Canada with my wonderful husband, Shawn, and our energetic 120lb dog, Tucker. I am a physical therapist and have recently made the switch from working in the health care system over to private practice. It is a nice change and I am enjoying it very much.

I started scrapbooking just over four years ago, thanks to my dh! He thought it would be something I liked...I thought it sounded like a lot of work! I finally decided to give it a go and am so thankful I did! Now I can’t get enough. I love the shopping for supplies, taking photos, planning albums, the friends I have made as a result and most of all...preserving the precious memories I have of my family and friends.

I used to be very strict and organized with my scrapping when I began. I did every picture in exact chronological order and everything was clean lines and neat. Now I’m a bit all over the place and loving it! I am so excited to be GDT for this month!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

March Kit Reveals

Whew!  February flew by so quickly, didn't it?!  It's time for a new kit at Scrapbook Heaven and that means a new reveals from the DT.  This month's kits are jam-paced with October Afternoon, Teresa Collins, and My Mind's Eye.  Take a look:

click here to buy the Elite Kit


click here to buy the Petite Kit
click here to buy the Add-on kit

 Carla's Petite and Add-On Reveal: 
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Jules' Elite Reveal:
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Jules' Petite Reveal: