THE SCRAPBOOK ROOM

How Nifty! Dixie is...

....well maybe I shouldn't tell her age. Maybe I should just say she's having a Birthday tomorrow (January 31st). Be sure to seek her out and say Happy Birthday or go by the shop and HONK YOUR HORN or something fun like that.

Everyone deserves to have fun when they are fif....I mean...when they are having a birthday...

so happy birthday cousin Dixie....my landlord for THE SCRAPBOOK ROOM...Hope you get to see this!

By the way, here's a picture of Dixie...it's a few years old so hope you all can still recognize her...

(Everyone feel free to post birthday wishes to Dixie in the comments section here....we'll be sure to show her PLUS I will make a scrapbook page for my shop album with all the birthday wish posts on it!

So start typing...

~Pauline

Pizza Crop Notice and a layout...

Hey there...

Don't forget Pizza Crop is tomorrow night (that's Friday, January 30th) from 6 pm to midnight....Cost is $10.00 includes pizza, pop and light dessert. This is a nice, relaxing evening...get out, socialize, work on some projects and maybe even learn some new things.

Please RSVP to me here, by email (thescrapbookroom@sympatico.ca), via phone (842-3132) or through Hair We "R" so that I can be sure to set up enough seats.

If you've been putting off getting those photos into albums, come on out and get back into scrapbooking!

You'll also want to mark Saturday, February 14 on your calendar....that's the date of the Sweetheart Crop & Dessert Contest...We're looking for the yummiest of desserts that you could serve to your sweetheart or just to your best scrappin' friends! And hey, if you're not into yummy luscious, high calorie desserts, try WOW us with something a little healthier. Remember, we have TWO categories...best looking AND best tasting. YOU judge. A light supper of soup will be served. Dessert will be available throughout the day. Cost is $8.00 WITH a dessert and $10.00 WITHOUT. Crop runs from 2 pm to 2 am! You MUST pre-register and PLEASE, show up if you register!

And finally...here's the layout I did last night. Just me and one scrapbooker for Wednesday night scrapbooking but we spread out on the whole table, gabbed lots and I got just THIS layout done...(a little slow but it was a good night)...so here's the layout...(details below the photo)....

 

The background paper is a dotted pattern by Daisy D (found in the Birthday Page Kit!), Core'dinations turquoise cardstock mat, a couple of random squares of pattern, letters by Daisy Ds AND (red) by Little Yellow Bicycle, journal block from Cosmo Cricket Journalling sheet(yep, I have a bunch of these!) and some random things like ricrac, lace, a brad, a Prima flower, square embellishment from Webster's Pages rubon sheet and the cute little angel sticker. Pictures were mostly cut to 3 x 3 except the larger one in the top left and the narrower, wider one in the bottom right. Photos were attached evenly onto turquoise mat cut to 9 1/2 square and attached to bottom and center of each page. Letters and embellishments were added, journalling done and that's it. Now WHY did that take me all night? Teehee.

Tell me, how long on average does it take YOU to do a layout. (Please don't be shy about your answers. Post a comment and show me you're reading...a sheet of those Cosmo Cricket Christmas journalling squares will be awarded to a random reader who posts by tomorrow night!)

That's all...see you tomorrow. Remember, it's always free to come visit even if you aren't going to scrapbook!

~Pauline

My 12 Page...

...so basically I've started another album. This one is a small odd-shaped book made by Making Memories. Inside are 8 x 8 pages which I quickly realized weren't going to be big enough for my 12  pictures from the 12th of January.

I trimmed the photos, even cut some out which I rarely if ever do and got set up on 12 x 12 pages...but then I started thinking that I really didn't want another 12 x 12 album...especially of these 12 photos...I wanted a fun little book that would be relatively quick to look at and easy to hold so...I went back to the 8 x 8 book....

Here's the result....

   

The left page has a flap that opens downwards....the right page has a flap that opens outwards from the center of that page towards the rightside. I did manage to get all 12 photos and some journalling in the album.

 

Papers used include Bazzill cardstock, Prima  (lined paper) and K & Co. (striped paper). I chalked the edges of everything, used various rubon letters for titles and a black Zig marker for journalling.

Has anyone else done a page?

whoa...

I guess it's a little confusing...you need to go about 3 pages back (at least--I lost count!) to the post at about 8:30 am with the video clip....Making Memories went crazy with posts today! I hadn't been back on there...now I have to go back on to read what I missed. Giveaways like crazy too. It might be worth checking out tomorrow too.

Still looking for the best of CHA...so let me know if you see anything!

~Pauline        

What the heck is CHA?

Well, if you read magazines or frequent scrapbook websites you likely know that CHA is the big Craft and Hobby Show where all the new scrapbook supplies get introduced. My email inbox has been flooded with emails from companies telling about their new products.

The new Basic Grey papers are AMAZING! What have YOU seen that looks good? Post a comment letting us know what's thrilling YOU!

Also check out the Making Memories website here. You won't believe WHO was spotted there! Heehee (here's a hint...it would have made my daughter Noella want to scrapbook!)

That's all for now...

~Pauline

PS Don't forget Pizza Crop is Friday night.

Wednesday nights have been SO quiet that I may soon have to resort to opening only if there are people booked to scrapbook. Perhaps the cold is holding the scrapbookers back and they will return when temperatures warm up....but for now...I'm hating being there alone so please, if you can, RSVP if you'll be coming--even just for a visit!

I love Shimelle!

Yeah! In case I've never mentioned, Shimelle's the cutest little girl from England who runs the most amazing online scrapbook classes....I've done a few of them, downloaded some and missed some that I wished I had taken....

She's got a new one she's offering all for free ....it's called "Right Now"...You can follow the prompts on her website here...or just go and check it out...lots of fun!

Here's the web address if the link isn't taking you there...http://www.shimelle.com

Shimelle is also a regular in the British scrapbook magazine Scrapbook Inspirations.

I love just making little books just because I can. Someday somebody just may pick them up and read them and just feel good or be glad...I wish I could do that with books from my Mom or Grandma. Don't you? And that, my friends, is WHY scrapbooking is important (aside from the fact that it's so darned much fun!)

Have a great weekend!

~Pauline

How'd They Do That?

If you're wondering how Bridgette and I made those photo collages with our photos, about the easiest thing I can say is my photo software did it.

I  am using Picasa which is a free program for organizing and sharing your photos. (Not that I've used the organizing part of it!) Just go to www.picasa.com and follow directions to download. Your own photo software (maybe it came with your camera or maybe you bought something like Photoshop Elements) may also have this feature. Go to HELP--it's usually that last word along the top--open it up and search for collage in the Search feature.

Trust me, I'm not real photo-adept so this is not hard. Once you've dropped the photos into the collage, (yes, you'll need to use that "browse" box and find them in the folder you put them in on your computer), you can even order an actual print of the collage.

Here's a jumbled one I threw together just to make sure my instructions work. It's from last weekend's pajama crop!

Now how cool is that?

Have a great weekend--if you don't hear from me--or GIDGE--again before it's over.

~Pauline

That Gidge...

If she's gonna sneak in, she needs to at least make sure the picture posts right. Is anyone else seeing it? Come on, Gidge, you got us curious. Where are those 12 pictures?

~Pauline

I think it might be fixed now....Can YOU see it?

Hey...Its Gidge! Yep I'm back!

I even remembered to do my 12! I will post a pic below...

My boys woke up in the morning in 1 room separate beds, and went to sleep in a different room all made over in bunk beds! I also took a picture of my dead roses that I got from Hubby for my birthday, The icey trees on my way to work in the morning (I love when the trees look like that), My paint swatches for Ethan's new room, and hubby in there prepping the walls, My New blanket (another thing I love lately),

And a few others throughout the day...Successful 12! You know...if any of you see these pics and think it looks fun just start now, do the other 11 months on the 12th! No one will really know! haha

OH! And I'm so bummed that I couldn't be at the PJ Crop...but rest assured everyone...my SLICE is back in my hands...safe and sound!

I will check in again soon! Maybe I will have something for Pauline to give you all! That is if...you are reading!

Keep in touch!!!! If you do... I will!!!!

Gidge

This 'n' That...

Hey there...

I'm finally rested up after a busy but oh so fun PJ Crop. I did manage to slip in 12 pictures on the 12th...not totally great ones but 12 nevertheless. It was quite an uneventful day....I took several pictures of clocks in my house....mostly in relation to what I was doing...getting up, having coffee, going to bed...one shot of the cat and a squirrel at the patio door (I missed the one where the squirrel had it's paws right against the glass as did the cat--staring each other down!), the woodstove signifying heat, my reading materials, my dinner plate at my desk and a shot of the livingroom floor which is new and I love. There. I've slipped them into one collage for display purposes here and will post the page as soon as I complete it...If anyone else would like to share, just send your stuff to me or send us the link where it is or ask for my help...

And here's my 12...

 

And I only did three layouts on the weekend (and started a fourth) but here's a little peek at one of the layouts... I used dark red bazzill cardstock and some Cosmo Cricket Christmas papers (You ought to see the NEW Cosmo stuff coming out soon....go to www.cosmocricket.com to check it out!)

I actually used some of the squares that are on that top sheet that often comes in a package of patterned papers....cut my photos all the same size and attached them to the page with some patterned squares in some spaces. Of course, I inked all my edges with chalk ink because I love, love, love that look (want to know how to do it? Come see me!) I used a bit of vintage lace as trim and tore a circle to use as an embellishment. Date letters were cut from Bridgette's "Slice" machine. Now I need a Slice machine too. (Go to makingmemories.com to check out the Slice, then get me to order you one! or go to youtube and check out the videos on the slice. By the way, excuse  my scan--especially for the page on the right. It's pretty distorted but I'm sure you get the general feel. As always, click on photos to see them larger.

   

This is an excellent and easy way to use lots of photos on a layout. Don't worry about cutting off parts of the photos--bits of heads, hands etc. Just decide how important they are to the point you are trying to make. I used 14 photos on these two pages. What's the most photos YOU've used on a page? 

Let me know and don't forget to come scrapbooking tomorrow because it's Wednesday..and you can!

See you there?

~Pauline