Are ya FEELING SCRAPPY???

I sure am!


Jayne, the owner of Feeling Scrappy, has decided to bring back the Sketchapalooza classes and I posted about them earlier.  I am completely psyched about it and in my first post about the classes, I forgot to mention that I am on her Design Team for the Sketch class starting June 4th!  I am!  I promise! 
I even created a sketch for the class!  Jayne encouraged me to look through my old pages that I hadn't used sketches for and to take a favourite and draw it out!  So, I did!  She liked it!  She liked it!  I am going to try my hand at a couple more too, I think. 
Anyway, I am pretty excited about the class.  Afterall, Jayne took a sabbatical from the classes for a little while and took care of family and it is so good to see her back out here doing her thing!  Way to go Jayne!!!
So, are you going to join me and take the class or what?!?!  You know you will love it!  I may have to do a little *Challenge* during the class for a special little package from me!  I think I will do that!!!  
Just go to her blog - I linked it on the sidebar of this blog and buy the class!  You won't regret it!  
Here are a couple of my layouts from previous classes.  They really are for everyone and some of my very best layouts came from taking these classes!

Seriously, you really should think about it!  I will be there cheering you all on and encouraging you!  See you in Class!
Until Next Time,
SCRAP ON!
~Cyn~

Feeling Scrappy is Making a COME BACK!

Jayne announced on the Feeling Scrappy Blog that she is starting classes again!  I am so pumped!  Sketchapalooza is BACK, baby!!!!  Woot! Woot!  
For those of you looking for inspiration or just to get out of your "scrappy rut" or to find that "mojo" that went missing, THIS IS THE CLASS FOR YOU!
Check it out:

"Sketchapalooza #7 - June 4th

We have a new Sketch Class all ready for you! During this class you will be provided with tons of brand new original sketches (5 per week!) with examples of finished pages from our talented designers during this month long course. This fast paced, exciting class is suitable for any level of scrapper and caters to both traditional and digital artists alike. This class is perfect for anyone who wants to get a tons of pages done and wants to have a ball doing it!
Here is what you can expect during this class:
• A full four weeks of class running from June 4th to July 3rd
• Detailed sketches made exclusively for you by our designers
• 20 total sketches (5 per week!)
• Digital templates provided for each sketch in PS/PSE and SBC+
• Tips and tid-bits to keep your creative juices flowing
• Fabulous creative examples for each sketch by our talented designers
• A private class forum with lots of support and friendly conversation
• A gallery filled with layout examples
• Self-paced class - do as much or as little as you like
• A PDF file including all the sketches from the class for you to keep for future reference
• Prizes - who doesn't love a chance to win?
• Plus a few surprises :)

The cost for this month long class is only $25.00.

Ready to sign up? Just click the "Buy Now" button."   Go HERE.


I am definitely taking the class.  This is a fabulous way to get your MOJO back and get back to scrapping!  Some of my favourite layouts have come out of the Sketchapalooza classes. So, I am totally pumped!  


Here is one of the layouts that I completed from a sketch that Jayne created for Sketchapalooza 2 - it was the graduation sketch #2:

I hope to see you in class and I can't wait to see how your layouts look after the class starts and the first set of sketches go up!  See you in CLASS!
Until Next Time,
SCRAP ON!
~Cyn~

SSNA Retreat 2012

This past weekend, I spent the weekend at the Red Rooster Retreat with some ladies from ScrapShare.  Check out my pics:

 My retreat partner, Jessica

 Jessica, Marta and I pretending to be "Scrapping ANGELS"  ha!

 Me and Jess

 Me, Christy and Marta

 Jessica, Me, Christy and Marta

Jessica, Pam, Christy and Marta.

It was a great weekend and I got completely caught up to April 8 2011 in my Project Life Album.  More posts to come about that.  I also completed 15 traditional pages for my other albums using sketches from CTMH Idea Books.  I am pretty psyched!

When it was time to plan for this retreat, I did a power layout of current printed photos that were sitting in my power sort boxes.  Then I took all of the photos I have taken since January 1st 2012 and copied them into a 366 folder to be renamed and printed.  I then started renaming the files to 1-1-12, 1-2-12, and so on.  When I printed them at CVS, they were printed with that name on the back and it was SO easy to put together.  What I didn't realize is that the majority of the photos I wanted to use for this album were VERTICAL!  Good thing I bought Variety Pack  2 which has both horizontal and vertical page protectors in it.  I was a little frustrated when I first started adding the photos to the page protectors because I didn't realize the orientation of the pictures would be such an issue.  Newbie error!  Ha!  It's okay though.  It looks fabulous so far.  

I am now onto the next set of photos for the last week.  I am really enjoying this process and when I got home from the retreat and showed Ben the album, he seemed to enjoy looking through the album too!  Not bad eh?!?!?!  My current page count for 2012 is now up to 157 pages for 2012!  Woot Woot!  Go ME!!!
Now, to figure out when the next retreat is so that I can get some more scrappiness in!!!

Until next time, 

Scrap On!

~Cyn~

Sketchapalooza 4 - Sketch1

I just put the finishing touches on this Sketch for the class. Hope you like it. I used a bunch of scraps and cardstock that was in my "small scraps" binder. It is GREAT for the Use Your Stash Challenge that I am doing! Not sure where the pieces came from, but they fit perfectly for this layout!
Here is the journalling I did on this particular page. Sweet. sweet story! This layout is going in my Book of ME album or the All About Us album. (per Stacy Julian's Library of Memories). Don't forget to check out Lita's Blog today to see the newest sketch and my attempt at it! It is FAB!!!
~Cyn~

Tomorrow is SKETCH DAY!!!

Lita is releasing her second sketch in her second week of doing sketches! I am excited because I got the sketch a couple of days ago and finished a "sample" for her Blog.
I am sworn to secrecy until she releases the sketch and the only thing I can tell you is that IT ROCKS!!!
So, don't forget to check Lita's Blog for the sketch tomorrow!
Woohoo!

After she releases her sketch and the samples, I can post on here mine! I can't wait for you to see my sample! I stuck pretty close to the sketch (which I don't always do) but the pictures I had fit REALLY WELL!!!!

Catch ya on the other side!!

~Cyn~

Photo Order...

I placed an order at Snapfish to have my photos here in time for the Sketchapalooza 4 class at Feeling Scrappy LAST WEEK....They were mailed on Friday and should be here by now.

Are they here yet?

NOPE! Can you tell how frustrated I am? I am super-dee-dooper frustrated! The last set of photos I ordered were uploaded to CVS and I could drive around the corner to pick them up. Except when I got them, they were not the right size or they had people's heads cut off! So, I figured with my free prints (120 of them) and the other 50 I needed to order, I could just get all of them at once and start to work on them.

Well, they STILL are not here! I will be stalking the mailman today in the hopes that he has them in his truck! Cross your fingers for me!

~Cyn~

Embracing Imperfection...Litabell's New Endeavor!

Check out my friend Lita's blog. She has begun a new endeavor with producing SKETCHES and posting them to her blog. She starts tomorrow and I can't wait! I love to use sketches and I especially love my friend Lita! Her scrapping style is awesome and we have the same love of a particular Vampire who sparkles....
Our other friend Karen will be doing some samples of Lita's sketches too! Karen, Lita and I bonded over TWILIGHT but their scrapping is awesome! I am sure you will see when you pop on over tomorrow!!!

Check out Lita's Blog! She posts her FIRST SKETCH tomorrow!!! Go Lita, Go! Can't wait to see Karen's interpretation of Lita's sketches too! You go Girls!!!! Woohoo!