tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322537180302404822012-02-12T20:19:10.176-05:00Life's a beach. Scrapbook it.Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14599644093168060627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932253718030240482.post-36177061277004481372012-02-11T05:00:00.012-05:002012-02-11T05:00:06.152-05:00

This Saturday the Stampendous design team has something extra special planned for you ... they have combined their regular monthly challenge with a blog hop showcasing some of the great new products released at CHA last month! I am super excited to have been asked to participate in this blog hop as a guest designer. Thanks so much to the Stampendous team for inviting me! So pull up a chair, grab

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Hi, everyone!I just wanted to quickly post and let you know that I will be teaching a class at Scrapbooks Plus in Chantilly, VA this Friday afternoon (February 10, 2012) from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM. There are still some spots available if you're interested & I would love to meet you if you're in the area!Here is a picture of the class projects:Create five beautiful Valentine projects for the

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Thank you all so much for your beautiful submissions to the challenges & for all of you who participated in the chat during the Super Bowl and contributed to making the event so much fun! Thanks especially to all our wonderful sponsors who donated prizes to making this a really fun event! You're all wonderful!Here is the list of prize winners from the challenges and from the random giveaways. If

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Hi, everyone! Here are all the links to the Stampendous "surf-by" giveaways:http://scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/2012/02/superbowl-sunday-with-stampendous-and.htmlhttp://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/2012/02/stampendous-color-fragments-are-here.htmlhttp://paperinkspirations.blogspot.com/2012/02/scrappy-bowl-sunday.htmlhttp://blog.artycarty.com/2012/02/05/

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The last thing a football player wants to see is a flag on the play. Lucky for us, flags can be a great addition to a project!Prizes for this challenge include:1. My Mind's Eye 6"x6" Paper Pad Bundle from Krystal O'Neill2. Sizzix "Tattered Leaves" die from Scrapadabadoo3. Martha Stewart "Hydrangea" border punch from Scrapadabadoo4. Paper Accents + DCWV Tradewinds Journal Kit from Petersen Arne5.

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Football players wear layers of padding to protect themselves on the field. Take a cue from them and make a project with lots of layers.Prizes for this challenge include:1. My Mind's Eye 6"x6" Paper Pad Bundle from Krystal O'Neill2. Club SEI "Good Natured" gift pack from Debbie Lignell3. Stamps + Fran'Tage from Stampendous4. Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Spray + QuickStick from Lifestyle Crafts5.

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I wanted to do two color challenges using the team colors. I was hoping one of the teams in the Super Bowl would be the Baltimore Ravens as their color combo is so striking. Unfortunately, the Giants and the Patriots have the same team colors, so I was only able to get one challenge out of them ~ not two. So I am challenging you to create a project using the red, white & blue team colors of the

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As the Giants and the Patriots face off again on the gridiron today, I am challenging you to create a project using a grid. Prizes for this challenge include:1. My Mind's Eye 6"x6" Paper Pad Bundle from Krystal O'Neill2. Club SEI "Fresh Cut" Gift Pack from Debbie Lignell3. Sizzix "Flower Layers #5" die from Scrapadabadoo4. Martha Stewart "Tulip Garden" border punch from Scrapadabadoo5. 3M

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Hi, guys!Chat was too crazy tonight to do random number giveaways on the show, so you can sign up for the random giveaways below instead.This post will be open until 11:59 PM Eastern time tonight for you to post your name and email so don't wait!I'll post all the winners here on my blog!Thanks!~Kathryn :D

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The 2012 Super Bowl is kicking off tonight at 6:30 PM Eastern USA time, and so is our Second Annual Scrappy Bowl Party! Since I am not into the whole football thing, I will be hosting a little Superbowl party on my USTREAM channel. The show will run during the Superbowl.We'll have USTREAM during the game, fun chatting, challenges here on the blog & some random prize drawings! So if you've been

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Hi, everyone!Just a quick post to let you know that this afternoon's regular USTREAM is cancelled since I will be 35,000 feet over the Midwest at the time it's supposed to air. ;D My airport shuttle leaves the hotel at 5:45 AM Pacific & I arrive in DC at 5:00 PM Eastern. It's going to be a l-o-n-g day.The evening show will be on at the regular time as long as I am still capable of sitting up

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Hi, everyone!Just a quick post to say that technology is not our friend tonight, so we won't be diing a USTREAM this evening. We will see if we can get something sorted out for tomorrow or another day, so stay tuned.In the meantime, I have been posting photos to Twitter of some of the things I saw at the show, so I hope you enjoy them. I am looking forward to posting more photos tomorrow. I am

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Hi, everyone!I'm headed to the airport in just a few minutes here & then it's off to Anaheim. I'm going to try to do some blog posts from California, but they probably won't be until the end of the day. To keep track of what I'm up to during the day, you can watch for tweets. A link to my Twitter page is in the previous blog post. You can view the account and the tweets without being a Twitter

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Hi, everyone!Just a quick post to let you guys know that I am now @Kathryn_Scraps on Twitter! I got an account so I can tweet photos and other info from CHA next week. You can follow me here: http://twitter.com/Kathryn_Scraps.Can't wait!~Kathryn :D

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Hi, everyone!I'd like to invite anyone living in the area to join me at Scrapbooks Plus in Chantilly, VA on Wednesday, February 15th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We are on the calendar & ready to rock. :D I hope to meet some of you from the show in person & maybe do a little scrapping and, of course, a little shopping! Since it's the day after Valentine's Day, I was thinking it might be fun to

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Hi, everyone!Last week when I said the Frosty Window albums would start shipping on Monday, I totally forgot that it was a Federal Holiday and, therefore, no mail service. Needless to say, the albums did not start shipping yesterday due to the fact that the USPS was not working & I am unable to keep track of what day of the month it is. ;DThere were a few posts yesterday from people having

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Hi, everyone! I hope you all had a great week & that you've got lots of exciting things planned for the weekend.My chipboard and acrylic order FINALLY came yesterday, so we will be busy little bees this weekend cutting out hundreds of Frosty Window albums for you. Since we're just about ready to start packing them up and shipping them out, we decided to start taking orders. Frosty Windows will

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Hi, Everyone!In Thursday evening's USTREAM show we had lots of fun making three cards for Valentine's Day. One of the viwers asked if I could post some photos of the cards on my blog, so I am taking a break from cutting out Frosty Window albums to share them with you.You're My Cup of Tea:To make this card I sketched a teacup on some scrap paper and used it as a template to trace my paper. I used

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Hi, Everyone!In this afternoon's USTREAM show, we made this candy box:The box has a cute little drawer that opens to hold 20 Hershey's Kisses or a standard size card (or both!):The USTREAM was recorded, so you can check it out here if you'd like to see how it is made: Valentine Candy Box.Unfortunately, I was really tired when I wrote my notes for the dimensions down & so I gave several different

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Hi, everyone! I just wanted to quickly post about some of the projects we'll be working on & the supplies I'll be using in my upcoming Valentine USTREAM shows. Not all of these papers and tools will be used this Thursday, but they will be making appearances during the remaining January shows as we work on our Valentine projects. Try to look in your art room as see what you have that might be

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The 2012 Super Bowl is right around the corner, and so is our Second Annual Scrappy Bowl Party! Since I am not into the whole football thing, I will be hosting a little Superbowl party on my USTREAM channel.This year the Super Bowl kicks off at 6:30 PM Eastern USA time on Sunday, February 5, 2011, so that's when we'll kick-off our UStream show! The show will run during the Superbowl.We'll have

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Happy New Year and thank you all SO MUCH for joining us during the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day parties! I had a blast both days and I was very excited to be able to participate in this event this year. A HUGE THANK YOU to Laura Denison of Following the Paper Trail, and Barrie & Carol of Scrapadabadoo not only for inviting me to host this year, but also for all their hard work in making this

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Hi, everyone!I want to thank all of you for sending in your RSVPs for the New Year's Eve/Day Bash! Sign-ups have closed, but show times and locations are available on the event website: 2012 New Year's Scrap Bash.For my New Year's Day Hangover Party project, I'll be creating a desktop calendar similar in design to this Rolodex mini album: Kids.Instead of pictures as shown above, I'll be using

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Hi, everyone! I hope you all had a very merry Christmas yesterday & that you had nice things in your stockings and not coal. Unless you totally deserved coal, of course! ;DJust a quick post to remind you that the regular 2011 football season is over, so there will be no more Monday night football shows until the 2012 football season begins. We will have one more football related online party &

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Hi, everyone! Just a quick post to let you know that we're done with Christmas projects & today we'll be working on a baby album! My sister asked me if I could make an album for one of her co-workers & since I happened to have some cute baby paper from Simple Stories, I agreed.I've covered all the album pages already, so today we'll be working on embellishments. This is an album designed to

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2012 is right around the corner, and so is the Second Annual New Year's Eve Scrap Bash, hosted by Laura Denison of Following the Paper Trail and Carol & Barrie of Scrapadabadoo! This year they've added a second show, hosted by yours truly. New in 2012 is the First Annual New Year's Day Hangover Party, hosted by me and Carol & Barrie of Scrapadabadoo! This year there are additional prizes and

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It's been several weeks of packing, unpacking, packing again, loading, unloading and loading again, but we are finally starting to get settled her in NOVA. The scrap area is not even close to being set up, but it is organized enough for us to have USTREAM tonight! Hooray for the return of Monday Night Scrapping!Tonight, Monday, November 28th at 8:30 PM: Gratitude Album on my USTREAM channelA big

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We're finally here! We have reached that place called "home" which Robert Frost described in his poem Death of a Hired Man as "the place where, when you have to go there, / They have to take you in.” (lines 122-123). You can read the whole poem here, if you like: Death of a Hired Man. Now we just have to unload this truck, make it through Thanksgiving & then things should settle down. Whew!

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Hi, everyone! Last night we made it to Wilson, NC before calling it a day. We made up all the time we lost Saturday switching vehicles around and re-packing stuff. Because we did so well yesterday, today is an easy day. Just four hours left on the road & then we'll be there. Yay! So we'll be heading out soon for our last little bit of driving. First, though, we have to wait for Mr. Lifeguard to

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Woo-hoo!!! We are FINALLY over the Florida border. That means that over 1/3 of our trip is already done. Nice!We had to get off the highway right before the border for an Agricultural Inspection. I totally would have taken pictures for you guys of what an Agricultural Inspection looks like (I was hoping for dogs), but they didn't even ask us if we had any produce - they just waved us through. So

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Well, folks, even the most organized of movers can still experience set-backs. We had two in the last two days. The first was the fact that it poured down rain Friday and slowed our trailer packing progress immensely. So much so that when we were only about 75% packed at 6:00 PM, we threw in the towel. Then we discovered on Saturday that we had 25% space and 30% stuff. After wrestling with it for

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Today is the big day! We're hitting the road and heading back to DC! It's been a long week of de-cluttering, organizing, packing an even more packing, but we're finally ready!So here's the schedule for today:9:00 AM: Return cable boxes and modems to Comcast so we don't have to pay them a billion dollar fine for not returning their equipment.10:00 AM: Pick up trailer from U-Haul10:30 AM: Head to

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Our super movers came back today at 7:55 AM (!) and commenced loading our boxes and furniture into their truck to go to the storage warehouse. Despite a minor SNAFU related to crating our plasma TV and a little whining from the movers about how we have the heaviest mattress on the planet (we know, we know - you're not the first movers to mention this to us) they were finished loading and on their

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Hi, everyone!Imagine my surprise yesterday when the packers who were supposed to be at our apartment between 8:30 AM and 9:30 AM actually showed up five minutes early. Anyone familiar with the concept of Miami Time knows that an estimated arrival time of 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM is code for 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Consequently, I was still asleep when they pounded on the door at 8:25 AM. All was well,

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Hi, everyone!Well, we worked hard all weekend, and everything is ready for the packers. We got rid of everything in our house that wasn't beautiul, useful or of sentimental value. When our stuff is finally delivered from storage it will be only our very best and most loved things. It's a relief to know we won't be unpacking and finding places for any junk.Today is a big day around here. The

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Oh, who am I kidding? Moving is a huge pain. Let's get real.So here was yesterday's schedule of activities:Organize and de-clutter the dreaded third bedroom aka the room where we put stuff when we have no idea what else to do with it, but we're not quite ready to get rid of it. WE DID IT! It looks so nice in there now ~ we could even have guests over to stay without them tripping on anything.Move

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Hi, everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your Saturdays. Somebody in the universe should be able to relax and enjoy the weekend. Unlike those of us who have to spend the weekend on moving-related issues. Yesterday we tackled the Master bedroom, master bathroom and master closet for de-cluttering. That was a HUGE project. We got together two large contractor sized bags that needed to go to the

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Here's a friendly video reminder about the importance of breast self-exams. Even if you're already doing breast self exams, you should really take a look at this video:You're welcome!Now, on to USTREAM. As most of you already know, I am moving back to the Washington, DC area during November. That is going to disrupt the normal USTREAM schedule, as I will be taking two weeks off from the show.

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Hi, everyone! As most of you already know, I am moving this week! We'll be packing up and heading back to the Washington, DC area during November, so I just wanted to write and let you know what the USTREAM schedule will be for the rest of the month. I will be taking two weeks off from the show, but Laura Denison from Following the Paper Trail graciously offered to guest host some of the shows

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Hi, everyone!I swear I am not dead or anything, even though I haven't updated my blog in forever. Lately I have been WAY busy getting ready to move. This move has had some additional complications that we didn't have to deal with in past moves. There are lots of details we're not used to dealing with. For example, the bulk of our stuff is going into long term storage and not into a new home.

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Hi, everyone! I have decided to sell my Photocentric Imagepac Stampmaker since we are decluttering in preparation for a move & I don't use it often enough to justify the expense of moving and storing it. I feel like it should go to a good home where it will be well used and well loved. I've only used it a couple times & it's just taking up space at this point, so I am selling the machine, the HP

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Hi, everyone!Starting at 2:00 PM Eastern USA, we'll be catching up on the pumpkin! The plan is to go until the two partially finished pumpkin pages are done. That way we can start fresh with a new pumpkin page tomorrow Monday night & get back on track.Normally, I am live every Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and again from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on my USTREAM Channel: Live on the {Scrap}

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Hi, everyone!If you tuned in for last night's USTREAM class on the pumpkin album, then you know USTREAM was acting way crazier than normal. I had wanted to try and catch up on the pumpkin last night, but instead we got farther behind! Instead of having one partially finished page, now we have TWO partially finished pages.I was thinking that we could have a catch-up class on the pumpkin Sunday

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Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you gals know what project we'll be working on this Thursday. I know last Thursday we had a special USTREAM show that pushed back our regularly scheduled project, but we're back to the recipe album this week! The recipe album is made from chipboard and the Crate Paper "Farmhouse" collection. There are so many cute kitchen elements in that collection ~ I just loved

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Hi, everyone! Today I will be working on two special projects during my USTREAM shows, using two new stamps I purchased from Simply Betty Stamps.During this afternoon's show, we'll be making a spooky home decor element using the Spider Queen stamp and some 12"x12" patterned paper. This project is also easily modified for Christmas home decor {or pretty much any holiday, for that matter}.During

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Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you gals know what project we'll be starting on today's USTREAM. I'm going to be starting a recipe album made from chipboard and the Crate Paper "Farmhouse" collection. There are so many cute kitchen elements in that collection ~ I just loved how it looked. What you'll need:Four sheets of 8.5"x11" chipboardBinding rings {size depends on how many recipe pages you

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Hi, everyone! I just uploaded the seventh and final video in the My Mind's Eye "Sunshine" paper bag album series over on my YouTube Channel. This video shows the whole album from cover to cover. You can view the video below or click here to check it out over on YouTube: Sunshine Album, Part Seven.Before I show the still photos of this album, I wanted to remind everyone that tot is my Monday Night

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Hi, everyone! I just uploaded the sixth and last "making of" video in the My Mind's Eye "Sunshine" paper bag album series over on my YouTube Channel. There will be one more video in the series where I show the whole album from cover to cover. You can view the video below or click here to check it out over on YouTube: Sunshine Album, Part Six.Here are some stills of the layouts featured in the

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Hi, everyone! Now that my computer is fixed, I can actually work on editing and uploading videos again. Hooray! I just uploaded the fifth video in the My Mind's Eye "Sunshine" paper bag album series over on my YouTube Channel. You can view the video below or click here to check it out over on YouTube: Sunshine Album, Part Five.Here are some stills of the layouts featured in the above video:If you

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UPDATE: We had a tech out the house this afternoon to replace the motherboard on my computer & it appears to be working now. Hooray! So we are on for the first episode of our Monday Night Football scrapbook show tonight at 9:30 PM Eastern USA time over on my USTREAM Channel: Kathryn Scraps LIVE.Tonight is scheduled to be our first night of Monday Night Football. Unfortunately, the computer I use

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Hi, everyone! I just uploaded the fourth video in the MME "Sunshine" paper bag album series over on my YouTube Channel. You can view the video below or click here to check it out over on YouTube: Sunshine Album, Part Four.For some reason, I didn't take any still photos of this layout & I already mailed the album off to the recipient, so the video is all I've got for this one. Sorry about that!If

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Every once in a while there's a Weird Al song that is just so right on with a particular thing in my life. White and Nerdy was one of those because, well, I'm married to that guy.The latest one that really got me laughing was Party in the CIA. Probably because of Mr. Lifeguard's current job hunt. There has been a lot of talk around here lately of CIA, NSA, Pentagon, counter-terrorism, and that

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Hi, everyone! I hope you all had great weekends & have some fun stuff planned for today's holiday!I spent the weekend cleaning my scrap area. Not as fun as you might think! On Friday and Saturday, I destashed and filled three Medium Flat Rate Boxes with papers and other odds and ends from my scraproom. One of them I sold on my blog Saturday & the other two are available now. One weighs over seven

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Hi, everyone! I hope you all have some really fun stuff planned for the weekend! I've been doing a little too much shopping lately & was starting to run out of room for things in my scrap area. To free up some space, I went through my supplies and filled a Medium Flat Rate box FULL of papers & other goodies. The box is STUFFED and weighs over 10 pounds! This Mystery Box primarily filled with

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Hi, everyone! I just uploaded the second video in the MME "Sunshine" paper bag album series over on my YouTube Channel. You can view the video below or click here to check it out over on YouTube: Sunshine Album, Part Two. Here are stills of the completed pages show in this video: Thanks for watching! ~Kathryn :D chasing those clouds away

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Hi, everyone! I just uploaded the first video in the MME "Sunshine" paper bag album series over on my YouTube Channel. You can view the video below or click here to check it out over on YouTube: Sunshine Album, Part One. Here are stills of the completed pages show in this video: If you like the way this paper collection looks, I'll be using it again during my USTREAM shows

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Good morning! Just a quick post with A TON of photos. I finished this little 5"x6.25" paper bag album yesterday and I am so excited with how it turned out. It is made from the Michael's brand "Celebrate It" paper bags and has a chipboard cover and canvas spine. As always, you can click to pictures to make them larger and see more details. I did make a video, which I plan to get edited and

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Just wanted to quickly post and let you know that Irene is now north of Miami & all we got was some rain. Thanks so much for your prayers and good thoughts ~ we're in the clear! ~Kathryn :D

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Hi, everyone! I wanted to thank all of you for your prayers and good wishes. It means a lot to both Mr. Lifeguard and to me. I just wanted to give you an update on Hurricane Irene. Last time I checked, she had shifted her course east & might miss Miami entirely. Now if she'd just head straight east into the ocean & leave everyone in the Caribbean, Gulf and East Coast alone, that would be sweet.

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Hi, everyone! As many of you already know, I have a weekly USTREAM show. My USTREAM shows are every Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and again from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on my USTREAM Channel: Live on the {Scrap}Beach. All times are Eastern USA {Miami/New York}. To convert to your time zone, click here: Time Zone Converter. If you've been participating in this show for any length of time

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Hi, everyone! We have been busy little bees cutting out hundreds of pumpkin albums for you. We're just about ready to start packing them up and shipping them out, so we decided to start taking orders. Pumpkins will begin shipping on Monday, August 22, 2011 in the order in which purchases are made. Here's a picture of the pumpkin album: The album measures approximately 8.5" x 9.5", so it's

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Hi, everyone! I am excited to announce that I have finished the "Sunny Days" childhood album & I am so happy with how it turned out! I have photos of some of the pages, as well as a video showing how all the interactive elements work. This album primarily used papers and embellishments from the Pink Paislee "Hometown Summer" paper collection. I used an AccuCut die as the album base and

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TGIF, everyone!Today is the last day of our "Week of Layouts" here and on my YouTube Channel. Each day this week I have posted a new video with a new 12"x12" layout. I hope you've all had as much fun this week as I have!I made a sketch for each layout that will be available for you here on my blog as part of each day's post. I actually drew all my own sketches for this week's video series on

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Hi, everyone!Today is the fourth day of our "Week of Layouts" here and on my YouTube Channel. Each day this week I have posted a new video with a new 12"x12" layout. I have one more step-by-step YouTube tutorial filmed, edited and ready to upload for you tomorrow.I made a sketch for each layout that will be available for you here on my blog as part of each day's post. I actually drew all my own

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Hi, everyone!Today is the third day of out "Week of Layouts" here and on my YouTube Channel. Each day this week I will post a new video with a new 12"x12" layout. I have two more step-by-step YouTube tutorials filmed, edited and ready to upload this week.I made a sketch for each layout that will be available for you here on my blog as part of each day's post. I actually drew all my own sketches

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Hi, everyone!Today is the second day of out "Week of Layouts" here and on my YouTube Channel. Each day this week I will post a new video with a new 12"x12" layout. I have three more step-by-step YouTube tutorials filmed, edited and ready to upload. I made a sketch for each layout that will be available for you here on my blog as part of each day's post. I actually drew all my own sketches for

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Hi, everyone!Today kicks off my first ever "Week of Layouts" blog series. Each day this week I will post a new video with a new 12"x12" layout. I have five step-by-step YouTube tutorials filmed, edited and ready to upload. I made a sketch for each layout that will be available for you here on my blog as part of each day's post. I actually drew all my own sketches for this week's video series on

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Hi, everyone! I just got an email from Jamie alerting me to today's deal on PeachyCheap. It's the "Summer Soiree" stamp set by Fancy Pants that I used in the house album on Thursday:So if you were interested in that stamp set, run over to Peachy Cheap TODAY and grab it for $9.99 + S&H.~Kathryn :DEnabler

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Hi, everyone!I hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday and that you have a great weekend. I just wanted to give you all a little notice that on Monday I'll be kicking off my "Week of Layouts" series here on my blog. I have five step-by-step YouTube tutorials ready & a new one with a new layout will be posted each day. That's five new layout videos! The first post will go up on Monday, July

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Hi, everyone! We're having more fun with our "Sunny Days" Childhood Summer House Album on today's USTREAMS show. Today we'll be finishing the "Dinosaur Land" layout by adding a fun "ROAR" banner and some places for journaling. I will be using the Pink Paislee "Hometown Summer" paper collection for all of this & it's going to be lots of fun! Here's a picture of the front cover:My UStream shows are

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Hi, everyone!I continue to get emails from individuals having trouble viewing the archived UStream recordings. This is the fix that worked for me:1. Install the Mozilla Firefox web broswer: FireFox.2. Install the AdBlock Plus for Firefox add-on: AdBlock Plus.3. Install the Ad Block Plus "Easy List" filters: Easy List4. Enjoy ad-free UStream broadcasts & recordings!If you STILL have problems after

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July 2011 Crop Challenge #6: A Baker's DozenThe prize for this challenge is my Colorful Bunch baker's twine sampler pack from The Twinery.Scrapbookers tend to be creative in and out of the scraproom & I'm guessing many of you are a whiz in the kitchen! Create a layout, card or other project inspired by baking of recipes. This doesn't actually have to be about baking ~ you can use kitchen imagery,

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July Crop Challenge #5: Home, Sweet, HomeThe prize for this challenge is one of my house minis.To complete this challenge, do a layout or other project with a home theme. It can be a layout about your home, or a card for a new homeowner in your life ~ whatever!Layouts may be any size {12"x12", 8.5"x11", 8"x8", 6"x12", etc.} and can be either a one-page or two-page layout.Enter the challenge by

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July 2011 Crop Challege #4: Get 'Er Done!The prize for this challenge is Bev Allaire's embellishment goodie bag.We all love kits ~ class kits, page kits, mini album kits, kit clubs, etc. But sometimes we have a little bit of a problem finishing our kits. So this challenge is to get out one of your unfinished kits & get 'er done! If you have absoluetly no unfinished kits, you can submit a layout

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July 2011 Crop Challenge #3: Stars and Stripes ForeverThe prize for this challenge is Zandra Cudney's etal embellishment grab bag.We all love flowers, but soometimes it's just a little too easy to put a flower on a page or project and call it done. The third challenge is to make a layout or other project using stars, stripes, buttons and other embellishments to tell your story ~ NO FLOWERS

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July 2011 Crop Challenge #2: Primary ColorsThe prize for this challenge is Kim's & Dawn's Prima white Wildflower Pillar Pack.With the fourth of July and Independence Day holiday right around the corner the red, white & blue color combination is popping up all over. Drawing on this, make a layout, card or other project following the "Gallon, Quart, Pint" rule and using the colors red, blue and

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July 2011 Crop Challenge #1: Lazy Summer DaysThe prize for this challenge is Belinda Akers's charm goodie bag.One of the best things about summer is that the extreme heat gives us an excuse to enjoy just being lazy. Whether you enjoy napping in the shade of a tree, lounging on a hammock or reading by the pool, make a layout, tag or other project that captures the joy of doing nothing important.

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The July 2011 Virtual Crop is today from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. All times are Eastern USA {Miami/New York}. To convert to your time zone, clock here: Time Zone Converter.During the crop, I will be streaming live from my scraproom with some projects and chit chat for you to enjoy: my UStream channel.This crop will also have challlenges and prizes for you to enjoy.

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Hi, everyone! Today's the big day ~ we're starting the "Sunny Days" Childhood Summer House Album UStream series! Thank you all so much for your patience as we worked to get all the albums out to everyone in time for the class. I will be using the Pink Paislee "Hometown Summer" paper collection throughout the album. Here is the sample front cover I created for my album:I will start the album

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Happpy Monday, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your weekends. I was super productive. Not only did we get out another quadrillion or so houses, but I ALSO FINISHED THE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ALBUM!!! YAHOO!!! Of course I had to get in there and start creating as soon as I had finished all my "work" projects, so I made this tag:This is the first time I have used this caged bird die from Tim

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Hi, everyone! I finished the sample for the front cover of my Pink Paislee "Hometown Summer" childhood house mini album. You can see a picture of it here:I will be working on this album during my regular Thursday UStream shows starting on Thursday, June 30th at 2:00 p.m. I am live every Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and again from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on my UStream Channel: Live on the

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I am pleased to announce the day and time for the July 2011 Virtual Crop: Saturday, July 2nd from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. All times are Eastern USA {Miami/New York}. To convert to your time zone, clock here: Time Zone Converter.During the crop, I will be streaming live from my scraproom with some projects and chit chat for you to enjoy: my UStream channel.This crop

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Hi, everyone! Happy Monday! To make the start of the work week a little bit better, I decided to post three little sneak peeks at the front cover of the upcoming USTREAM childhood summer series featuring the Pink Paislee "Hometown Summer" collection and my chipboard house mini. This series begins at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 30th.Enjoy!After this Thursday night's show, I'll be uploading a new

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Hi, everyone!Mr. Lifeguard and I have been busy little bees this past week! First, we cut out another 45 house albums & placed what I am hoping will be our last chipboard order for a while {fingers crossed; we'll see how it goes ~ if we need to order more chipboard for you guys, we will!}. So far we have cut out 90 house albums. At 11 chipboard pieces per album, that is 999 die cuts. It's taken

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Hi, everyone! While I was surfing the Internet last week, I came across a story on the Bazzill blog about a young man with a very special project. Ten-year-old Stephen Goodman, a fifth-grader in Surprise, Arizona, wants to send a thank you card to all military personnel. Not to one platoon, or to just one division, but to every actively deployed service member in the U.S. military.Donations are

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Hi, everyone!There have been lots of issues reported lately with viewing the archived UStream recordings. A little research taught me that it is a known issue with UStream, and that most playback issues are caused by bugs in the autoplay ads. To bypass these autoplay ads and enjoy a more pleasant UStream viewing experience, try the following steps:1. Install the Mozilla Firefox web broswer:

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Hi, everyone! I made a quick video of one of my already in use travel journals so you could get an idea of what we'll be doing with the "Make Ahead Travel Journal" UStream series. The series starts on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern USA time. The series will be recorded for later viewing, so don't worry if you can't watch live. You could also use this same set of instructions to make

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Hi, everyone! I have a long post today with lots of links and info, so please get a cup of coffee, a bottle of NoDoz & a couple toothpicks for your eyelids.First, I finished the Flora & Fauna Paper Bag Album.I completed my "Flora & Fauna" paper bag album ~ photos placed, journaling written, 100% totally DONE! I have been working on it during my regular Thursday UStream shows. This is a paper bag

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Since selling my Cricut freed up some valuable desk space & earned me a nice chunk of crafty change, I was able to buy myself a machine that I knew I would use: the Sizzix Big Shot Pro. I have wanted one of these babies ever since Spellbinders came out with the Grand Nestabilities. I know that Spellbinders makes a machine that cuts these dies, but if I was going to buy another machine, I didn't

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Hi, everyone! I have decided to sell my Cricut since I never use it. I feel like it should go to a good home where it will be loved and cherished. I've only used it a couple times & it's just taking up space at this point, so I am selling the machine, my gypsy, the cartridges, ALL OF IT for $349.99 + shipping. All of the following are included in this bundle:Machines:Cricut Expression Machine {

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Hi, everyone! First of all, I wanted to let everyone know that I found the little piece of paper I was looking so frantically for during the last UStream show ~ lol! I found it during my third examination of the contents of my trash can & immediately attached it right to the page so I wouldn't lose it again. :D Phew! What a relief!Second, I have *FINALLY* finished the "Family Circus" mini album I

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Hi, everyone! I have the winners of the National Scrapbook Day challenges!Challenge #1 Winner: KayChallenge #2 Winner: DarleneChallenge #3 Winner: BevCongrats to the winners! Winners, please click here to go to my website and fill out the contact for with the address where they want the prize shipped: Contact Form. If I do not receive contact information before the end of the week, the prize will

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Hi, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your weekends! Between National Scrapbook Day and Mother's Day, I know we all had a lot of fun things to do!I uploaded the fourth and fifth videos in my "World's Best Dad" masculine album tutorial series over on my YouTube Channel last night. You can view the videos over on YouTube by clicking these links, or watch in the players below: "World's Best Dad"

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I hope everyone had tons of fun yesterday during the National Scrapbook Day festivities! I know I did, even if I am totally exhausted today! I need to sleep for a week, I think. :DJust wanted to do a quick post to let you know about a HUGE National Scrapbook Day Giveaway from Bella Blvd! Click here for the deets: Bella Blvd NSD Giveaway.Happy Mother's Day!~Kathryn :D

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Tomorrow is Mother's Day in the United States, so this challenge is all about moms. I want you to create a project either FOR or ABOUT your mother. It can be a layout about your relationship, a card for your special lady or anything else you can think of!The prize for this challenge is the Impression Obsession "Crackle" Stamp.To participate in this challenge, create a new, never before seen

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Photoshop is an awesome too & it assists us in creating beautiful layouts with photos of all different shapes and sizes. Sometimes it makes thing more complicated for us, though, so this challenge is to make a layout using two good old 4"x6" photographs.The prize for this challenge is the Impression Obsession "Map" Stamp.To participate in this challenge, create a new, never before seen layout

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Use this color scheme designer to create a "triad" color scheme: Color Scheme Designer. When the site first opens, it will show a "mono" color scheme. To switch from "mono" to "triad," simply click the circle that reads "triad" underneath. Then you can move the single red dot around the ring with your mouse until you see a color scheme you like. Use that color scheme as the basis for a layout,

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Hi, everyone! I wanted to remind you that I will be participating in a UStream Hop on National Scrapbook Day! National Scrapbook Day is this coming Saturday {May 7th}.National Scrapbook Day UStream schedule: all times Eastern USANoon to 3:00 p.m.: Laura Denison of Following the Paper Trail3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Gina of My Scrap Room6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.: Roxy and Yolie of Your Paper Pantry9:00

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I hope you all had a great weekend! I went to a new scrapbook store called The Paper Niche and met up with Olga, Eileen and Elaine for some shopping and lunch. It was a GREAT store ~ lots of beautiful things. I picked up quite a few fun items, mostly embellishments. I did get a kit they had there that was just gorgeous & grabbed the yellow Corner Chomper as well.I uploaded the the second part of

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