Well I am finally feeling better! Happy to say the cold has cleared up and now I need to say hello to the world again! We have celebrated a few birthday here since I last saw you. My SIL Shelley's birthday was on the 19th, my FIL Claude's birthday was on the 21st and my mommy's birthday was yesterday!!! Happy Birthday to 3 wonderful people in my life!!! Thanks Mom for everything you do to make my life better. I love you more than you will EVER know!!!!
I have so much to talk about...I have been absent from this blog for too many days! Where to start? My classes are sold out at Scrapfest in Kitchener...hope to see a lot of familiar faces in April. Love Scrapfest! Crop & Create is doing well in Winnipeg and Moncton. Can't wait for that. My blog redesign is coming along and should be appearing soon. I am working on a few videos to go along with this...
So much I want to share and expand upon in this book. If you haven't got your copy of Creative Foundations yet head over to HERE and get one! You will want something to reference once the tutorials start. I have to say THANKS the D. Denton for posting the first book review!!! Made me a little misty...so much work went in to this book and it was scary to put it all out there...all of your kind words mean a lot. A lot. I love to hear about which techniques you are using and I want to see the projects, too! Maybe we can start a Flickr group or something! That would be fun!
Can't wait to get it all done. I have lots to catch up on after being sick. I hate when life gets in the way of making stuff! :)
Lots of exciting stuff happening at Scrapbook & Cards, Today magazine that I want to talk about. First,
Cardmaps, Today Volume 2 will be hitting the stores soon!!! Very exciting!! You can order it HERE. it is packed full of card sketches and awesome samples!!!
Want a little more good news...now you can find great videos, tutorials and more on the new SCT You Tube Channel!!!! And the first video is part of a new series by the oh so fabulous Lynn Ghahary called "Create Today"!! Go HERE to read all about it!!!! It's a great video! Congrats, Lynn and SCT!!!
Be sure to head over to the SCT Fan page on Facebook right HERE and "like" the page. Lots of exciting stuff going on and you can help them hit the 10,000 "likes" mark! Wow! That is a huge number!!!
Now for a little Basic Grey goodness. I made a number of cards with their new releases for CHA Winter. Here are a few images I found on their blog...
What's Up...it is sooooo pretty!!
New line...What's Up
These are made from the Konnichiwa line. Delish!
This is Plumeria. Love the grey and purple. Beautiful stuff.
PB & J...my Fav!!!! I LOVE this line!!!!
If you haven't done it yet...go check out all of the new releases HERE. Kelly Goree has created some FABULOUS samples for the CHAW 2012 releases. I am inspired, how about you??
Vicki: I'm happy to have been your 1st reviewer. I'm giving your book as gifts this year to the crafters in my family. I'm having so much fun with it. And I tell everyone I meet about the book. I took my very 1st scrapbooking class from you in Langley, BC and you gave me so many new ideas. So now, I always read your blog for inspiration. Hope to see you in Burnaby, BC in June. Now, I think I'll go try another one of your techniques today.
Posted by: Dorina | February 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Thanks, Dorina. It means a lot!!! Make a point of talking to me in BC. I want to see what you are making!!!!
Posted by: vicki boutin | February 23, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Glad you are feeling better. My mom's birthday was yesterday too. See you at Scrapfest!
Posted by: Christa Trafford | February 23, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Hap hap happy birthday to one awesome Mama. I sure do miss her!!!Great big birthday hugs being sent her way!!!
Posted by: Laurie Turpin | February 23, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Hi Vicki, It's me Paola(Markham, Crop and Create) I loved! loved! loved the class you taught, it was full of great ideas and so inspiring. The pages I made that weekend are in my book and look amazing. I'm so sad that I missed registration for scrapfest. I will have to try much earlier for the next one. I'm so happy your feeling much better. I love checking your blog(everyday). Hope to see you soon!
Posted by: Paola | February 24, 2012 at 01:00 PM