Customer Corner: Calendar in Use

For Christmas, I gave a bunch of my co-workers some of my craft fair products.  Most seemed to enjoy my CD case calendars from the previous year.  For Val, I noticed that she had my calendar on her desk last year, but also an assortment of other calendars which she used to jot down notes for the month.  She inspired me to create my 4x6 calendar, which is a little larger than the CD one...

Earlier this year, I was so pleased to see this calendar on her desk being used!  She was using the "things to do" section to write reminders and other events for the month.  I was able to snap this photo of her calendar "in action."

I was so thrilled that she was able to use the calendar to help her stay organized... Thanks, Val, for your support!

Another Digital Album in the Books

About a month ago, I finally finished a digital album that chronicled my adventures last summer.  My college friend, Rebecca, and I completed a National Parks "marathon."  I had hundreds of pictures that captured our journey through 3 states and 9 National Parks/Monuments in 7 days. 

The key to any digital album is in the artwork! Before I begin designing pages, I always browse through Creative Memories amazing collection of art online.  I try to find the best art to match the theme of my photos. For this album, I found two perfect collections...

"Wilderness Walk"

"Rugged Outdoors"

Once I have the artwork set, I find it speeds up the design process, as it limit my choices.   Of course, I mixed in some art from other packages for several pages, but I loved the earthy tones from Wilderness Walk and Rugged Outdoors.  They worked well with all my outdoor shots from my trip.

And the best part of finishing a digital book is being able to order a duplicate copy for the person you shared your adventure with!  Here's Rebecca with her copy {a very belated Christmas gift}...  If only I could have been there to see her reaction and re-live all the memories with her!

"I love Creative Memories, too!"

And that's the power of a Storybook!

March Workshop: My Cakes and Candles Cards

Just finished my cards for this Sunday's workshop... Here's to simplicity, as I tried to take advantage of the papers' bold prints and all the super cute stickers included in the pack.  Hope to see you on Sunday!

March Workshop: Cakes and Candles

We'll be making a set of birthday cards for this month's workshop. Who doesn't need a stash of birthday cards at home? We'll be using the new Cakes and Candles Addition to create our cards.  Here's a sample of the fun and festive colors of the paper pack...

"Cakes and Candles"

Sunday, March 18 from 1 to 4 pm

Nishida residence in Aiea

Kit Cost: $15
RSVP by March 9

bring your tape runner!

Bliss already created one of her cards... She created a "telescope" card that will be fun to make.  Hope you can join us later this month!

Here's the "closed" version of the card.

Open it up to expand it and reveal your message!

Power Palette Sale

As all Power Palettes {a set of coordinating papers and embellishments} are 30% off for the month of March, I thought I would share one my projects that I recently completed using a Power Palette.

For my 2010 album {yes, I know I'm a couple of years behind!}, I decided to use one Power Palette and the Page Planner technique to finish off this album as quickly as possible.  Page Planners are a set of four templates that allow you to "fill in the blank" with your scrapbook page.  The windows can be filled in with a picture, journaling box, or embellishment. If you rotate the template, then you have another layout, so a set of 4 actually gives you 16 different layouts... and the handy idea book helps with inspiration as well.  So here are some of my pages that incorporated the Page Planner technique with the Fabulous Power Palette.

Hope my pages show you how templates can be used to create simple but nice pages!  And of course, all layouts can be revamped and tweaked for hundreds of page ideas.  I think it always helps to have a starting off point, as it makes the task of finishing an album less intimidating. 

This month, Creative Memories is launching two new Power Palettes: Enchanted and Divine.  Check out the video below for a preview.  I'm definitely purchasing the Enchanted Power Palette... And with this month's sale, $49 gets you $70.50 of scrapbooking supplies.  Definitely worth it!

Do you have an album in mind that could use the help of a Power Palette? Wedding Album, Baby's First Year, A Year in Review, Family Vacation... the possibilities are endless!  Think about how quickly you could finish a project with a Power Palette and Page Planners...

Digital customers, don't worry, we didn't forget you.  Digital Power Palettes are also 30% and can be downloaded from my website for only $7.67.  Enjoy!