New November Calendar

Here is the November Calendar.



Here is a direct link. http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/tbeck5/?action=view&current=November2009classcalendarcopy.jpg

Saturday Ocotber 31st 1-3 PM
Never Ending Holiday card
Join Tracy for this fun flip folding card. Fee $18




Sunday November 1st 1-3 PM
Copic 101 with Lisa Hetrick
The class will cover practicing the 1,2,3,1 technique on the stamped images that you will build the cards with & demystifying the number coloring system and practicing the techniques. Fee $22 (if you bring your own Copics) or $39 and you get to pick 3 Copic markers.

Monday November 2nd 6-8 PM
SEI Family 8 x 8 Album
Join Tracy for this fast paced 20 page 8x8 album. You will even leave with left over papers and embellishments to make more pages. Fee $25





Wednesday November 4th 6-8 PM
Check out our first class:Digital Scrapbooking #99A
Organizing Your Digital Scrapbook Supplies and Photos (Windows Only - Does not apply to Apple computers) (2.5 hours)
Class Fee $35 + Organizer Back-Up DVD
This is the most important class you will ever take for digital scrapbooking! If you can't find your photos and supplies in your computer you'll be frustrated and won't accomplish anything. Organizing your scrapbook supplies and photos sounds boring but it's easy and essential to retain your sanity when dealing with thousands of digital photos and digital scrapbook elements. If you're just starting out digital scrapbooking this is the perfect class for you to take. If you've already accumulated a lot of digital photos and supplies it's not too late!

Learn how to: Instantly install the Organizer Back-Up DVD (Additional purchase required) so that the 1000+ items on the book DVD are instantly tagged for you.
Organize your photos so you can find them quickly by the person in the photo, the date the photo was taken, or by the event.
Organize your digital scrapbook supplies so that you can find them by color, type of element, designer, or theme in seconds flat.
Set up the Organizer to suit your particular organizing style.
Explore options for organizing photos and scrapbook supplies that you never thought were possible.
Back up your photos and digital scrapbook supplies to protect against a computer crash or natural disaster.
Keep track of the digital supplies you've used in the event you need to find them again or want to submit your page to a magazine for publication.
Easily set up different Organizer Catalogs to speed up your digi-scrapping. Import your photos and digital scrapbook supplies into your computer and understand where they are located on your computer.
Unzip folders.

Thursday November 5th 6-8 PM
Sun Fun Layout with Glimmer Mist and Mudd Puddles
You will learn great techniques making this layout using two of the hottest products available Glimmer Mists and Mudd Puddles. Fee $18



Saturday November 7th 1-3 PM
Cindy's Flower Soft Card Class
You will learn how to make the most of your Polar White Flower Soft. Fee $20


Saturday November 7th 6 PM-2 AM
Pajama Crop Be comfortable and come crop in your jammies. That way you can roll into bed at 2 AM after a long night of scrapbooking. We give prizes out to everyone in their jammies. We serve dinner, soft drinks and chocolate fondue. $15

Sunday November 8th 1-3 PM
Bo Bunny Card Class with Chrissy
Join Chrissy for more of her amazing layered cards using punches, glitter and lots of paper. Fee $22


Monday November 9th 6-8 PM
"Write" On!
Still wondering how to add more meaningful journaling to your scrapbooks? Join Gina A. to learn the art of story-telling on your pages. Each student will create a beautiful 6 x 6 scrapbook while learning WHAT and HOW to write, HANDWRITING tips, COMPUTER JOURNALING tips, How to add HIDDEN JOURNALING to your layouts, And MORE! Each student should bring:Paper trimmer & ScissorsAdhesiveFavorite journaling pen in BLACK A photo or embellishment that represents the following topics:(one for each topic)
Home
Childhood
Laughter/fun

Tuesday November 10th 6-8 PM
Holly Jolly Christmas Edgy album
Join Gina for this beautiful layered Christmas album using one of the newest Bo Bunny albums. Fee $29




Wednesday November 11th 6-8 PM &
Monday November 30th 6-8 PM
2nd class in new Digital Series
Laying a Groundwork
It's highly recommended that you complete #99A Organizing Your Digital Supplies (Windows users only) before you take this class. Learn the essentials of digital scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements. Even if you think you already know the basics you'll be surprised how much you'll learn in this class. We will complete a quick page in class.
Learn how to:· Open your photos & digital scrapbooking supplies in Photoshop Elements from the Organizer and from folders stored in your computer.
Easily customize Photoshop Elements to make digital scrapbooking easier. Understand the different file types available in Photoshop Elements and how to use them. Add photos to a quick page. Add text to a quick page.· Match the color of your journaling text to a color on your scrapbook page.
Recolor digital scrapbooking supplies.· Rotate images and individual layers.
Work with layers-Don't worry it's much easier than you think! Save and store your finished projects in various file types and understand why this is so important. Bring to class:· Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski.· 4 pre-selected photos on a USB Stick (Best Method), camera memory card or CD to import. We will not have time to select photos in class.

Monday November 16th 6-8 PM
Scrapping 101
Intro to Scrapbooking with Gina - Gina will teach you all you need to know to make your first scrapbook pages. You will learn how to use tools, pick colors and how to adhere your photos safely. Fee $12

Sunday November 22nd 1-3 PM
Holiday Cards and Card Keeper with Unity Stamps
Join Lisa Hetrick for this mega card class where you will make 12 cards using 3 of her Unity Christmas rubber stamp sets and some Flower Soft, just for fun. Fee $25



Sunday November 28th 1-3 PM
Chrissy's KaiserCraft Fold-out Cards
Chrissy took a great accordion folded card and doubled it to create this beautiful gift card. You will also make a small card and gift box.Fee $19


Layout Club - Layout of the week Just $6. Ask for it at the front counter.You do not have to be a member of the layout club to get the layout. We make extras for non club members. Here is this week's Layout.


Here is a preview of Sunday's new layout.

This week at Photo Scraps

What's happening this week at Photo Scraps



Monday Ocotober 12th 6-8 PM


Tuesday October 13th 6-8 PM
Copic 101 with Lisa Hetrick
This class will cover practicing the 1,2,3,1 technique on the stamped images that you will build the cards with & demystifying the number coloring system and practicing the techniques. Fee $22 (if you bring your own Copics) or $39 and you get to pick 3 Copic markers.

Wednesday October 14th 6-8 PM
Simple Blessings Album with Bind It All
Join Lisa Hetrick and learn how to use the Bind it All to create your own bound mini books. You will also learn basic stamping techinques that can be used for cards or scrapbooks. Fee $23





Wednesday October 14th 6- 8 PM
We will also be teaching this class on Friday October 30th 2-4 PM
Become a Digi-Expert! Earn the Digital Scrapbook Teacher's Digi-Degree* At Photo Scraps!Available for all versions of Photoshop Elements, Windows or Mac OK
Digi-Degree* (DD) ProgramAlong with the prestige of becoming an expert you will also receive a certificate suitable for framing. Photo Scraps will also offer additional incentives for completing this series of classes. Check out our classes required to earn this elite distinction:
#99A (Mac users substitute 300B Brushes)
#100A Laying the Groundwork#100B Basic Digital Page
#100C Speed Scrapping with Templates
#100D Basic Hybrid Page
Classes are taught by Tracy Beck following tutorials written by The Digital Scrapbook Teacher especially for the Digi-Degree series of classes. Class materials are required to be purchased for these classes. Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski and the Book Companion DVD or Organizer Back-up Catalog. $59.99 These materials will be used in all the classes shown.

Check out our first class:Digital Scrapbooking #99A Organizing Your Digital Scrapbook Supplies and Photos (Windows Only) (2.5 hours) Class Fee $35 + Organizer Back-Up DVD This is the most important class you will ever take for digital scrapbooking! If you can't find your photos and supplies in your computer you'll be frustrated and won't accomplish anything. Organizing your scrapbook supplies and photos sounds boring but it's easy and essential to retain your sanity when dealing with thousands of digital photos and digital scrapbook elements. If you're just starting out digital scrapbooking this is the perfect class for you to take. If you've already accumulated a lot of digital photos and supplies it's not too late! Organizational tips, tricks, and theory will be discussed that be utilized in other organizational programs such as iPhoto and ACDSee but we will not demonstrate those programs in class. Learn how to:· Instantly install the Organizer Back-Up DVD (Additional purchase required) so that the 1000+ items on the book DVD are instantly tagged for you. Organize your photos so you can find them quickly by the person in the photo, the date the photo was taken, or by the event. Organize your digital scrapbook supplies so that you can find them by color, type of element, designer, or theme in seconds flat. Set up the Organizer to suit your particular organizing style. Explore options for organizing photos and scrapbook supplies that you never thought were possible. Back up your photos and digital scrapbook supplies to protect against a computer crash or natural disaster. Keep track of the digital supplies you've used in the event you need to find them again or want to submit your page to a magazine for publication. Easily set up different Organizer Catalogs to speed up your digi-scrapping. Import your photos and digital scrapbook supplies into your computer and understand where they are located on your computer. Unzip folders.

Bring to class:·
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski.·
Book Companion DVD or Organizer Back-up Catalog (available for purchase)·
Many digital photos/and or digital scrapbook supplies to organize.·
Post-it notes and a pen to make notes in your book.·

Class Includes:Free mini digital kit

Thursday October 15th 6-8 PM
Basic Grey Eerie Halloween card class
Join Tracy for this fast paced class where you will finish 12 amazing cards because I will be cutting all the papers for you. Fee $25


Friday October 16th Noon - 1:30
Hello Kitty Card Class for Mommy & Me
Join Chela for this adorable Hello Kitty card class perfect for moms and their little crafters. This class will be focusing on using the Sizzix die cutter system. Fee $13


Saturday October 18th
Demo Day 11-4 PM
Join us for 7 great projects all just $2 each. We will have a variety of cards and layouts for you to create. We do the cutting and you do the gluing. We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring a labeled tape runner. If you get to the store by 3:00 PM, you should have enough time to do all the demos. If you complete all 7 demos, you will receive a coupon for 10% off your purchases for the day.

We had many requests to do this technique again so Tina and Wendy are doing another fabulous accordion card.


Cindy has whipped up a lovely fall card.


You will get to play with Copics doing Linda's fall card.


Chrissy has a fun punch technique on her snowman card.


Monday October 19th 6-8 PM
Scrapping 101Intro to Scrapbooking with Gina -
Gina will teach you all you need to know to make your first scrapbook pages. You will learn how to use tools, pick colors and how to adhere your photos safely. Fee $12

Tuesday October 20th 6-8 PM
Layered Star Christmas Tree Album
Join Chrissy for one of her popular mini album classes. There are lots of fun pockets and hidden things in this album. Fee $21

Texas Updates

Friday morning, we woke up bright and early because we went to a new product review at 8:00 am. We got a few good gifts and then moved on to our first classes. I took a great class with Cat's Pajamas. They came out with 3 new adorable Christmas sets that I'll be ordering. Here is the owner of the Cat's Pajamas showing us how to make a count down to Christmas magnetic muffin tin calendar. Class coming soon!


My next class was with the Paper Cut and Impression Obsession. I flew thru 12 Christmas cards. I made some pretty cards that we may have to Demo.



Here is Lisa finishing up a great layout using one of their new lines not available yet in stores, Love Bandit. I guess I'll be ordering some Bo Bunny. Lisa has good Bo Bunny stories which I'll make her type to you later.


We went shopping in our gift shop in the lobby. When in Texas...

Tomorrow, I have a date with Tim Holtz. Well, I do have to share him with the rest of the class.

Day 2


Lisa and I had a very busy day stamping and scrapping. We started out at 8:30. Fortunately, the coffee was flowing freely with a side of sugar to give us energy. I had another great class with the ladies of Hero Arts. I made some beautiful Christmas cards that will be showing up in a class.



These girls have fun like Lisa and I do. They went to Abacrombi yesterday shopping and wouldn't settle for the bag with the ugly guy on it. They made the salesperson give them the bag with the hunk. Back in their hotel room, they sat the bag down on the dresser so they could look at him. His eyes were like great art and followed them around the room. True Story. They brought the bag to class and set it up under the slide screen so we all could enjoy him and his eyes.


We felt the need to escape the hotel and get real Mexican food. Lisa Halstead's husband recomended this restaurant and it was good. Loved the chips and salsa and my fajita salad.
The only problem was that the food was freshly made and Lisa didn't think it would be so hot. Little burned tongue and she developed a lisp.


After lunch, I had a class with Tim Holtz. He was playing with sticky backed canvas and Claudine Helmuth's paint. He gave some great advice and said that we should always use our assets when crafting. If something needs to be dried or flattened, we should use the Bun Oven. Another words, sit on it. Yes, he really gave this advice in class.


Lisa and I both got to take a great Bazzill class using their Lickety Splits albums and protectors. These pages would also work great with the We R memory Keepers albums and page protectors. We can't wait to complete an album and have a class.


This mini Christmas Album class was so good. It made me really fall in love with this paper line.


Here is Tim Holtz in action mixing UTEE for me. Ok, he did this for everyone while doing his make and take.


Tomorrow, We SHOP!

Day 3

Boy were we tired this morning. It was a struggle to get out of bed to go to a business class at 8:30. Luckily, it was a good class. At 9:30, shopping began in a fury. We started with some great new clear sets from The Cat's Pajamas. They had 3 new Christmas sets and even a nice Hanukkah set. Their cards are so cute!


Little Yellow Bicycle sent their national sales manager to show their new lines. They vowed never to do glossy paper again. Their Valenines line is to die for!


We went a little crazy with the new Bo Bunny lines. They are so pretty in person. They will be shipping in about 2 weeks.


We did not order the Wham It for our store but we had to pose with it since it was so crazy for a scrapbook convention.



We had a good time with Jennifer McGuire ordering Hero Arts. The new clings are wonderful and cover the entire front of a card. Jennifer and Shari were keeping a close eye on the Abercrombe guy. No one else had a chance.


Most of the goodies we ordered will be hitting the store in the next two to three weeks. You know I'll send emails with photos. Tomorrow, we have our last class with Creative Imaginations. It is a 6 hour class with lots of projects. Then, we fly home. Boo Hoo. These things always go so fast.