Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Tales of A Craft Class Junkie: Breaking the Rules

There are so many classes to take and so little time. Life always get busy and unexpected events happen. In the past, I would not always get the time I wanted to play around with the Scrapbook Coach classes over at Get It Scrapped. Now that those classes have been integrated into the Get It Scrapped Membership with Masterful Scrapbook Design, I was able to find time to work on them.

After taking the On a Block seminar last year, I became keenly aware of just how often I rely on a blocked design. This month's seminar features rule breaking ideas. The compositions are different than my go to design and I am hoping that completing several layouts will help me to try to incorporate a  different design every now and again. I am one of those people that needs to do something a few times in order to make it into a habit.

Supplies originally from the JBS Mercantile Feb kits
Snuggles Now Accepted By Christy Strickler |Supplies Cardstock: Colorbok; Patterned Paper: Elle's Studio, Pebbles,American Crafts; Letters: Jillibean Soup, October Afternoon, Jenni Bowlin; Tickets: Jenni Bowling;Tags: Elle's Studio; Tape: Freckled Fawn; Stickers: October Afternoon; Other: Doily, Tags, Button

This layout is one of my new favorites. Not just because of the cute photos, but also because the design is so different from what I use. I love how this design breaks rules but works so well.







Made with Supplies from the August JBS Mercantile Kits
The Lil Supervisor and the Motorvan by Christy Strickler |Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Stickers, Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup; Letters: Jilibean Soup, October Afternoon; Wood Veneer; Sequins, German Foil: Jenni Bowlin; Other: Paperclip

My son used to call my grandparents' Rv the Motorvan. I love how this design allowed me to use scraps of paper from the August JBS Mercantile kit to complete it.







I have a few more layouts to create for this Scrapbook Coach lesson. I love how the designs I am using are so different from my normal choices. I also love how these designs work so well with leftover scraps. I am really making some good use of leftover bits.

If you create any layouts from the Scrapbook Coach series, we would love to see them in the Get It Scrapped Gallery. Meanwhile, I hope you will join in for this month's topic. I am a guest teacher in the Photo Play series.

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Most supplies were a part of past JBS Mercantile kits, available while supplies last. Other options include:



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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Welcome March!

 I welcomed the beginning of this month the same way I welcomed February... cropping with the Get It Scrapped gang. I managed to complete quite a few pages yesterday. Almost all of my December Story has been completed except for two layouts. I was pretty pleased with how much I managed to accomplish despite spending a large portion of the day just talking.

March 1st is also the reveal day for JBS Mercantile. I decided to start my month by getting some use out of my Silhouette Portrait. I have made it a goal this year to use more of my tools. My first step was to take a Silhouette Fundamentals class over at Creative Passions Classes. I have gotten part way through the first class and find myself using my silhouette a whole lot more than I was before.

I used this month's exclusive JBS Mercantile Kit cut for this layout. It's a free cut file that is included with every main kit purchase. This month's cut features a Plus One stencil. It leaves behind this awesome plus sign style confetti. I decided to use a glue pen to adhere rows of the tiny symbol on this layout. It creates a wonderful tone on tone texture. You may have noticed I am using this Lavender Sachet homemade mist a lot lately. It's very close to radiant orchid. I used a brush and allowed the mist to run down the page.The black sequins from the Classic Sequin Assortment have a slight purple sheen that went well with this layout.




Here is a closeup of the little plus signs. Yes, a few are missing. That's ok. It just adds a little visual interest to the pattern.









I will be sharing the actual stencil cut design later on this month. Meanwhile, don't forget to check out the fabulous JBS Mercantile Design Team Kit Gallery.

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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Game On! Time to play Calvinball!


It's that time again! Calvinball is a game of ever changing rules. The main goal is to have fun and use up your stash of supplies. Smack talk is encouraged.

Here are the rules so far:
Rules:
1. game runs from March 1st till midnight on March 31st.
2. one layout (or half of a 2 page spread), one project life page = one point
3. one mini-album page (covers count as pages), one card, one tag = 1/2 point each
4. projects = 1/2 - 2 points, depending on size.


Bonus points:
1. First time playing Calvinball = 1 point
2. Showing up at the March 1 GIS Crop = 1 point
3. Blogging about playing Calvinball with a link to this thread = 1 point (may be awarded prior to the official onset of the game)
4. Blogging updates to your Calvinball status = 1 point (may be awarded once per week)
5. Commenting on 10 Calvinballer's layouts = 1 point
6. Commenting on 10 Calvinballer's blog posts = 1 point
7. Putting 10 layouts into albums = 1 point (may be awarded once per week)
8. Bringing in a new recruit = 1 point (per recruit)
9. Updating Calvinball status on other social media = 1 point (may be awarded per media once per week)
10. Taking the style quiz (see below) and posting the results = 1 point






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