National Scrapbooking Day Final Artwork
I had a great time on Saturday showing the techniques and process to create 3 very different layouts. Here are the final pictures of the layouts. The videos are up on my YouTube channel. This layout was full of techniques – inking, reverse stamping, rock and roll stamping plus more. Having fun with inking and water using Distressed Oxide inks and distressing the paper to create this more rough looking layout. Using the Silver paper to create realistic looking tools. The last layout used print and cut, inking and some glitter paper to help these pictures standout. May the 4th…
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May 1, 2024 – New Chapter
Today is the day that I start on this new adventure with Stampin’ Up. It has been a long month and not without some stress to try to get all the pieces lined up and understood. But I made it to today and I have a live website with Stampin’ Up – Lizsscrappingstudio.stampinup.net. I got a host code generated and I have a cart full of items that I want to order. BUT today I need to create with my starter kit. I finished my catalog walkthrough on YouTube and I want to dig into the papers and start creating…
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New CTMH Branded Product
Tomorrow, May 1st, the new Close to My Heart Branded product will go live on my Stampin’ Up! shopping site! ‘ Paper pack and sticker sheet, dots, scrapbooking and card making workshops, stamp and thin cut set, alphabet thin cut, and 7 CTMH stamp pads, 10 CTMH 2 tone card stock will be available while supplies last. CTMH Products will be listed under Shop Now > Menu > Shop Products > CTMH Products If you head over to my Facebook Insiders page you can download the Mini Catalog. It has all of the item numbers and sample artwork there for…
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CTMH Gnomes for Spring Layouts
I had a lot of fun playing with the Gnomes for Spring collection. The papers had a bunch of my favorite colors and patterns to work with. I was able to get 13 layouts out of the paper and stickers. My YouTube channel has all the process videos for how I created these layouts. Spring is here and these layout showcase the change of seasons.
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National Scrapbooking Day May 4, 2024 Schedule
I am excited to share that I will be doing 4 YouTube lives on May 4. 2024 to celebrate National Scrapbook Day. I will be featuring new Stampin’ Up! products, creating 3 layouts. Live Event Schedule: Click on the “Notify Me” button in YouTube to get a notification when I go live. It is the easiest way to remember when I will be live on May 4th. I will have a give away(s) throughout the day for participation on my Facebook Insiders Group! So join over there for more fun conversations and artwork posting. Here are some samples of the…
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SU New In Color Club Question
As I transition to Stampin’ Up! on May 1st I am looking at ways to best support that move and customers. Since In Colors 2024-2026 will be new for me and for customers on May 1st I was interested in finding out if people would be interested in a In Color Club? It would be a 5 month commitment. Each month you would get one of the new In Colors: It would include: Does this sound interesting to anyone? Price point will be around $45-50 per month plus shipping approx. $10 I think at this point. This would allow us…
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Decision Made
It has been a roller coaster of emotions that last 6 weeks with CTMH announcing its closure. I have been mad, sad and grieved this lose of my current creative outlet. But I have now moved to excited about the future and the possibilities with Stampn’ UP! They are invested in building a scrapbooking line from the ground up and I get to be part of that process. I that is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of something from the very beginning. To have input and design direction and lending expertese where they do not have…
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Special Release of New Products – April 2024
As part of the transition there is going to a special release of new products on our Maker websites. They go live at 2pm PDT/3pm MT today March 29th For 24 hours these stamp sets and stamp and thin cut sets will be limited to 1 per set per customer. After the 24 hours it will open up to purchase additional sets if you like. Don’t forget Cardstock Carnival ends on Sunday night as well. Orders of $100 have a better shipping cost percentage in general. SU WILL NOT be picking up our colors as part of the products moving…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Today is Thanksgiving in the US. I have been reflecting on my blessings in the past week. Each day there is a lot of good things in my life. Health Family Ability to travel and see the world Good conversations with my daughters Dogs Beautiful days There is so much good in the small little things of everyday life. It is seeing them and saying something to yourself or out loud so that it becomes real. Today I get to be in Hawaii with my family and I could not be more grateful for this time as a family. What…
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Clean and Simple
I have been quite for the last few weeks working on cards for my holiday card buffet. It was a great success so much so I planned a second one first week of Dec. I have a few new cards to add to the mix for the ladies. Here is one of them. It is very simple in its color but beautiful in person. Using just White Daisy and French Vanilla Cardstock. White and Harbour glitter paper gives this card a it just the right amount of pop. Other Supplies Stitched Rectangle Thin Cut Joy Thin Cut Winter Flurries Thin…
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Count down to Christmas
I know we have not even hit Halloween yet but this countdown if for my Christmas Card Buffet this weekend. I have 2 more cards to finish and am so excited to share all of them with my friends. Here is a sneak peek of the newest design. This is a center cut dimensional card with this cute doggie that looks like it has gotten into the tree trimmings. Used A Furry Merry Christ stamp and thin cut, Evergreen Cardstock and Ink. Intense Black Ink. Deep Red Shades, Light Green Blend, Muted Brown Blend and Aqua Blue Blend Tri-Blend markers…
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Photo Friday – Procrastinating
First off is my weekly checkin on your photo review – did you do it? I have been doing some research as part of prepping what I want to talk about and I have found I am as guilty of procrastination with organizing my photos as I am trying to get others to get their photos out and scrapbooked. What I realized is that I don’t have a plan. My photos are all over the place and every time I want to print a photo I have to download it to my computer to print it. When I down load…
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Grit
It has been a great week. I received such positive feedback from my Maker family on my first workshop – Boo Crew. It felt so good to have the hard work get such positive comments. It was a confidence booster. It pushed me to get my card buffet launched and invite some friend to make cards with me. I am so motivated to create more and more. Grit is the word of the day. A combination of consistency, hard work and hustle. This layout was so much fun and the fact that I could pull colors from our Cardstock to…
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Christmas Card Buffet
With the holidays fast approaching I am hosting a Christmas Card Buffet to get some Christmas cards made early. The buffet will include 10-15 different cards options that you can choose to make. All of the materials will be supplied with full instructions for making each card. A few teasers of the cards you could make Cost is $25USD and is a local in person event only on Oct 30, 2021 from 1pm -3pm. Message me if you are local to San Mateo and would like to attend and I will send you all the other details.
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Photo Friday
Just checking in again- did you review your photos last week? Congratulations if you did your review you are halfway to a habit. So this week is a short post about photo printing. I found a new app that will let me resize my photos to the 3×3 and 4×4 sizes that I like to used on my layouts. It is an iPhone app Print to Size and it allows me to crop and resize my photos to these square sizes. Another app I use is the Epson Creative Print app for collage prints. It’s does very similar job for…
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Finished Artwork
It has been a busy week. I am working hard to finish my first workshop and it has been harder to do then I thought it would be but I am determined to finish and get it posted. But I did finish some other artwork this week. I created a 1 page layout using my scraps from our Pumpkin Spice paper and sticker sheet. It’s feels great to use up all the paper in a kit. Also wanted to show the versatility of our current National Stamping Special Slimline Celebration. Using the circle die cut as an accent and the…
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Photo Friday
Happy Friday! So to start did you review your photo’s last week?………..No? So that is ok, every week gives you a new chance to start again. So review this weeks pictures and create a calendar invite for each week. This week is going to be iPhone focused with the photo app. Did you know there is a “memories” algorithm that will group like photos together and create a movie with music? Chances are you have seen it pop is an a notification and ignored the notification. This feature is a great way to get a curated grouping of photos without…
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Slimline Celebration
For national stamping month CTMH has created this adorable bundle of products. This special includes slimline dies for the bubbles and stars plus you can choose from 4 stamp sets: Little Gnomes, forest animals, fish and phrases. The 3 character sets come with dies for almost all the images making them quick and easy to make these cards. You can buy them in a bundle as well and the bundles are discounted making them a great deal. This week as I am finishing my workshop I am going to be used these dies on my scrapbook pages too. Already got…
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Photo Friday
This is going to be a series of weekly post about photo’s. I am going to cover all sorts of topic on photo’s from how to evaluate your photos, to backing up, printing, editing, the the dreaded deleting. Hoping to help manage the oodles of photo’s you have. This week I am going to start with the photo’s on your phone. This can be done while you are sitting in front of the tv or any other time that you and in your phone not doing anything productive. The key is to start small and tackle a little bit each…
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Oct Album Retreat – Last Call
Our virtual album retreat is happening Oct 7-8th. 22 12×12 pages are part of this retreat – that is 11 full layouts designed and taught over the two days. Complete a full album in a weekend! The great thing is not only are the pages predestined and cut for you, but you also get all of the teaching on design and techniques to creat balanced layouts. It is a lot of fun to hang out with the home office, other crafters and makers! The final result is an album you can so off at the end with your pictures and…
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Labor Day
So this is a non-scrapbooking post. This weekend was spent with more as a re-charge and re-connect weekend. Playing golf with Steve and a friend. 22nd wedding anniversary on Sunday. And today a 26 mile bike ride today. That sounds more impressive than it is. I went with a friend that has electric bikes so there was assistance with the ride but it was fun and I felt like I accomplished a good workout. Rounded out the day with a bbq with neighbors that we have not been able to see since before the pandemic started. It was nice to…
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Sept/Oct 2021 Idea Book Launch
September 1st was a double launch. Our bi-monthly idea book also came out with the start of the holiday season showing in these paper collections. These fall layouts are getting me ready for some pumpkin pie and Halloween sweets. The first set of holiday papers are so cute on this layout with one of the holiday stamp sets Farm Fresh. I am waiting for my shipment so I can play with these papers. Can’t start a fall idea book without setting adorable Christmas stamp sets. I am working on a card workshop for Oct. Be on the lookout for the…
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Christmas in September
Today was the big day! CTMH Annual Catalog launch. New colors, new papers, new stamps …. So many goodies to look at and get inspired by. This cover is just so pretty but there is so much more. Our new colors are just gorgeous. Which color do you love? I have to say that Harbour with that deep green blue color is just hard to resist. But a close 2nd and 3rd are Mulberry and Shortbread. This deep fuchsia color is just full of life and fun. With the complementary embellishments I can’t wait to play with this one. As…
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Tutti-frutti Stamp Of the Month
One more day left to order the Aug stamp of the month. I recreated this layout from the July/Aug idea book. Then I copied it to a slim line card. Don’t miss this one, expires at midnight. Process video on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/scrappingstudio/videos/575812607126135/ Distress oxide inks Tags thin cut Cardstock Tri-blend markers Liquid pearls Wooden hearts Sequins
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Isabella artwork
Time for creative part of the blog. This artwork is from the Isabella collection in the July/Aug 2021 idea book. Some layouts showcasing this paper collection. At the Beach stamp and dies Isabella scrapbooking workshop Almond Sapphire Cardstock Mink and Espresso ink Tri-bend markers – Ocean gloss spray
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My Why…
I started scrapbooking in the late 90’s. I started with my wedding planning, A book I would not recommend starting with. I loved the process of designing a page and putting pictures down on that design. I have always struggled with the stories, mostly because I have really terrible handwriting. I have been scrapbooking off and on over the years as my kids were growing up but it was never consistent. During the pandemic I found that I really wanted to to get creative again with all of the home time and trying to fill that time with more than…
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Welcome to my Studio
I am hoping that you will find some great ideas through my blog and my site to give your family stories life. Creating treasures for people to look at and enjoy. Being able to sit down and explore a life lived and enjoyed through the art of scrapbooking.
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