Are you behind in your Scrapbooking and don't know where to start??? Do you get overwhelmed every-time you think about it? Join the club, I have started Kaitlyn's book, but she is now 3 1/2 years old and I don't even have her first year done. I was trying to get motivated to complete the book but was having trouble figuring out where to start. I'm now on the road to completion. Here is what I did:
1. Pick a end point for your book. For me I'm just focusing on Kaitlyn's First year.
2. Decide what you want to scrap. Go through your photos for the time period you selected and figure out what events you want to scrap. Going in chronological order helps. You may have to go through the photos on your computer and the one's you have printed out. Make a list of the pages you want to complete as you go through your photos. Make sure you put the date of the event and whether or not you need to print photos. Remember you don't have to scrap every single moment.
3. Decide where you want to print your photos. I usually use Snapfish.com or Costco.com to print my pictures. I like Snapfish because you can have them sent right to your house, or you can pick them up at participating locations. Costco is also nice because you can set it up to put the event information and date on the back of the pictures. When you print your photos order some 5 x 7 or 8 x 10's, it's nice to have different size pictures when you are Scrapbooking.
4. Organize your photos by page layouts. Once you receive your photos in the mail, or in my case pull out the box of already printed photos, sort them by layout. Something that helps is to get your album and put the photos in the plastic sleeves for each page.
5. Collect supplies. Start with your first page and set of pictures, go through your existing supplies and find coordinating paper and embellishments. Do this for each layout and slide the coordinating papers and embellishments into the sleeves with your pictures. If you don't have a huge stockpile of paper and embellishments bring your scrapbook with all the photos sorted and tucked in the sleeves to Scrap-n-Stamp. We can help you find the paper and embellishments you will need to scrap.
6. Scrap your pages!! Most people like to go in order from the start of the book to the finish. Sometimes I just lack motivation and inspiration, so with Kaitlyn's book I scrap to the corresponding month. So this month I was inspired by the St. Patties day paper, so I scrapped her first Saint Patties day(below) and Easter.
I hope this helps you get organized and get Scrappin'.......
Sneak preview on some of the little projects we'll be working on for future classes...Valentines is just around the corner :-) Happy Scrappin' and Happy Holidays!
I just found out, some of our wonderful customers nominated our store for the "Best Scrapbook store Elk Grove 2011". If you feel the same and would like to vote for us, check out this link and cast your vote!!! Unfortunately Saturday is the last day to vote, so if you want to be heard you have to act quick :-) Elk Grove On-line
This Craftsman tool box card would be the perfect holder for a Home Depot or Lowe's gift card.
Is your favorite dad a baseball lover, this card with a couple of tickets
We have a new Lasing Impressions Stencil card class. In this class you will learn how to dry emboss using a light box and a brass stencil while making 4 cards and 1 tag. The best part is the cost of the class includes the stencil too!! So, that's 4 cards, 1 tag and a stencil for only $30. Check out the samples below, this is a very versatile stencil, than can be used for Christmas too.
This week we are going to look at a few of Debbie's favorite things. She of course loves anything Asian.... And is very creative when it comes to making Asian cards. If you have not taken one of her Asian Card classes you don't know what you are missing. Scrap-n-Stamp has a great selection of Asian paper, Stamps and embellishments.
Asian Stamp set from Hero Arts
Custom cut Asian Lanterns
And our exclusive Asian paper!!! This is the only place you will find this fabulous paper.
Funny story, my mom sent the kids rain boots and I was trying to think of what kind of card I was going to make her, and was contemplating cutting out rain boots on my Pazzle. I hadn't had time to look on the Pazzle, but I happened to go to Scrap-n-Stamp for a crop night and I saw this Three Bugs paper that we just received. It was exactly what I was looking for and of course had to purchase some :-) 
I cut out the rain boots, applied glossy accents and added pop-up foam to the back.
Valentine's Day is over, but we still have some great Valentine's Day paper and embellishments. My favorite is the Crush collection from Bo Bunny. Just think of all the things you could use this paper for.... It's not just for Valentine's Day. You could make a cute Anniversary Card, or if you are throwing a Bridal shower for one of your girl-friends this paper would make cute invites or a card for the bride-to-be. Don't forget you could always scrapbook pictures from Valentine's Day. Here is a quick card I made just for fun.
Renee's supper sporty Basketball Chipboard Album
The canvas for Renee's next Creation....Stay tuned for the finished product.
U.S. Marines:
U.S. Air Force:
After Stickles:
There are a ton more ways to use Stickles. Add them on sticker or chipboard letters to give them an entirely different look. If you like to use stamps, they are great to make your stamped image sparkle. And as you can see in the first picture they come in a ton of different colors. Don't forget our anniversary sale is this Saturday (10am-6pm) and everything is 25% off!!!
