Simply Inspired Event - Classes and Goodies

I just showed you the project from Jenni Bowlin's class, now here are some more.

Charm bracelet and Necklace using Tim Holtz products and Graphic 45 papers, taught by Teri Davis who is on the DT of the store who sponsored the event, Simply Scrappin'.

Debby Schuh taught us some cool things using a composition book - I had never thought about cutting the front cover to use it as a frame! The second pic is the flap we made for the back cover. The subject of the class was "What's in Your Bucket", and the idea is to keep a journal about things you are good at - i.e. things you have in your bucket. I most likely won't use it for that, but haven't determined what I'll use it for yet.

Here's everything that was passed out over the weekend to everyone.

These are almost all my prizes - Jill and I each gave up one since we kept winning! The Halloween stuff is a project that was selling for $25, although there are only a few sheets of paper, a pack of stickers, and some ribbon. (Glad I didn't pay for it!)

These next two are from one of Margie Romney-Aslet's classes, "Flower Frenzy". Totally not my style! The first I pretty much followed, the second is a hybrid of both the other two layouts and still isn't my style, but at least I might have a chance of using it ;)

The next two are the left and right pages of Layle Koncar's layout class. Love this!

Here are some of the make-and-takes from the Sample Frenzy night - love them all! The first was supposed to be on polka-dotted paper, but I couldn't do it. Might move it over to a solid since this background is so busy.
This one will have a pic of me and Jill - notice the title says "Whoo let them loose?" lol.
Ornament with chandelier crystal and tag inside, and a plastic ring with a crown paper glued inside!
Cards.

Here are all the teachers except Teri: Jenni Bowlin, Rebecca Cross (owner of Pink Paislee), Margie Romney-Aslet, Debby Schuh, Layle Koncar, and Elizabeth Achvin who put on the event.

Still have 3 more class projects to show - gotta finish them first :)
Jenn

Simply Inspired Event - Jenni Bowlin's Class

Jenni Bowlin's class at the Simply Inspired Event was a 2009 Year-in-Review journal. I finished the base of the project in class, and did the rest at home last week. I of course don't have pics for Nov/Dec yet, but other than those, I'm done. I'm happy with how it turned out! I followed directions for part, but went my own way with decorating.

Cover

The front of each page is half a calendar month, and I wrote the highlight on the top. I will journal at the end of the year on the blank page you see; that's the back of the cover.

Jan/Feb/Mar. Each page is misted using various items as masks.

Apr/May/June

July/Aug/Sept

Oct/Nov/Dec

Thanks for looking!
Jenn

Last ProvoCraft Make-and-Take from CHA

There actually were a few I didn't do - but here's the last one I did. Was supposed to be a brown inky butterfly, and the "Life Is A Journey" was supposed to be repeated several times on the page - forget that lol! I inked the butterfly black and sprayed Pearl Glimmer Mist on it. Frame was pre-painted black for us, and we used the Yudu silkscreen machine to decorate the corners. This is going in my closet since it really doesn't match anything in my house lol! (Hung up in the closet - don't worry, I'll be able to enjoy it, I have empty wall space in there!)
Jenn

More ProvoCraft CHA Make-and-Takes

This is from the ProvoCraft booth. We used the Yudu screenprinting machine to make the main image, etched in the bottom left corner (hard to see), applied vinyl HOPE, and did the corners using the Cuttlebug. We inked up the embossing folder(!) itself with a similar shade of brown, stuck the paper in, and ran it through the machine - so cool! Gotta figure out where to hang this - doesn't match anything in my house lol!
Here's a close up of the corner - you can see a bit of the etching on the blue (glass needs to be cleaned lol).
Here is another ProvoCraft make-and-take that we didn't get to do there because it passed 5:00 (show end - they turn out the overhead lights at 5!!) and there were two painfully slow women in front of us. So the nice people gave them to those of us who endured the torture once the show ended. Not sure if I'll end up doing it or not - I have an altered recipe box already, and goodness knows I sure don't cook enough to have one just for Summer lol! (Ok, and there are too many dots on it, that's another reason. But not the ONLY reason! I swear!)
I have one more PC make-and-take to finish, hopefully in the next day or so, then I'll post it. I also have to take a pic of all the goodies we got from a big giant multi-sponsor make-and-take!
Jenn

More CHA - Make & Takes

****1/16/10 - sorry, had to remove the album from Flickr since I'm only allowed 200 pics! If you want to see the pics that were here, comment and I'll do a new post with them****

I added pics of most of the make-and-takes I did to the Flickr album. Still have a couple more to finish and photograph! E-mail me or comment if you need the links to any of the companies I mentioned!

CHA Happiness!

****1/16/10 - sorry, had to remove the album from Flickr since I'm only allowed 200 pics! If you want to see the pics that were here, comment and I'll do a new post with them****


Jill, Cheryl, and I spent the week in Orlando at CHA. We had an awesome time! I learned so much and enjoyed almost every minute. Took 7 classes and all but one were awesome (one stunk!). Won a pink Slice and new card, a Scrap Caddy for my Cricut carts, and at the Supershow I won an OTT Light! Tons of freebies too. I haven't taken a pic of the make-and-takes, that will come later - still trying to put everything else away! Here's a slide show of some pics from the week - believe it or not, I didn't even take 50 photos! Enjoy!
Jenn

Another Project Finished!

I got this cute mini book from the SEI booth at an expo, and finally did it. There are iron-on accents that I adhered using my cute pink & black Heidi Swapp iron that Jill bought me (thanks Jill!). I used pics of my tree, my outside lights, and my niece and nephew from Christmas last December. You can probably tell, but the little yellow tag between the pages of Lexi & Brayden says her name on one side and his on the other. Enjoy!
Jenn

Twice in One Day! Project Share

I made this little book as a make & take at a crop a couple years ago, and finally did something with it. I filled it with pics of my nephew, Brayden's baptism. I'm the proud Godmother as well as a proud Aunt! I journaled on the last page a note to Brayden, and left the other journaling pages blank for my sister to fill in for him. Enjoy!
Jenn

Long Time, No Blog

It's been awhile since I've blogged, sorry about that! I am so far behind on everything! Today I'm sharing a birthday book that I made at Quickutz Club at Violette's, my lss. I turned it into a memory book for my niece, since we spent her birthday at Disney. But before I share pics of the book, I gotta show you what my darling husband did:
Yes, those are his keys in the freezer. Why they are there I have no idea. But it gave me a laugh when I found them!

Now here's the book - turned out cute, I think Lexi will love it! (To the Peanut Gallery who is bound to make a comment - YES, I do realize there are dots - that's what paper we were given to use in class!)

Project Share

This page was one of my monthly QK Club classes at my lss, Violette's. We did the basic layout in class, and the chipboard rectangle is supposed to have a clip on it, but I decided to leave it off so I could put the glass on the frame. I used the large mat as-is, and added the mats for the other two pics. It's going to be hung on the wall in my living room. Glad navy blue is a neutral - we wear a lot of it :)
Jenn

Looks like I figured it out!

I officially have a blog now, I've joined the 21st century!
So now that you're here, I'll share a couple things I made yesterday. The first is a perpetual calendar that I got in the crafts section at Wal-Mart and decorated using Scrap 'Til Dawn's Homemade Midnight Kit along with Gin-X Express-Ons rubons.


The next one is kind of goofy, but it means a lot to me. I recently quit my job after 9 years, and when I e-mailed all the people I worked with to tell them I got back some really nice notes. So I scrapped them all in a mini book using Imaginisce's Exotic East paper and embellishments (thanks Donna!). Although the flowers were part of the line, they didn't come close to matching - so I inked them.

I made something else but it's a gift so I can't post it here :)