Inspiration Station: Fabric flowers on a Pillow

Wouldn't little flowers like these be fabulous mixed with a vintage fashion layout?

Thursdays with That Scrappy Girl

I just added a new project to That Scrappy Girl's blog. Hop on over there to check it out!

Inspiration Station: Old photos

No color schemes today, just a few thoughts.

When I'm junking I often find lots of old vintage photos. Each time I come across a stack of lost photos, my heart sinks a bit. These poor people have lost their families, and that makes me sad.

Label your photos ladies. And for heavensake, get them in an album so you don't become lost 50-100 years from now.

Inspiration Station: Carnival Ferris Wheel

I don't know why, but I really like this little erector set style ferris wheel. Honestly? I'm afraid of heights and they certainly aren't my favorite carnival ride, but I do see inspiration in the colors and form.

I could see this color scheme working equally well for summer and winter layouts.

Everything I Need to Know...

Last weekend I was fortunate to get to take a class from THE Tim Holtz in Shawnee, KS at Stampers Ink. The ladies from the store asked all of the attendees to make a page about themselves for an album they were going to present to him.

Over Memorial Day weekend I set out to create a page about me. Imagine my surprise when I couldn't find a photo of myself to use! I mean, I read things in magazines and other blogs about how important it is to get out from behind the camera and include yourself in your scrapbooks, but surely, I thought, this doesn't apply to me!

Well dear friends, yes. Yes it does!

Fortunately my mom put her photography skills to work and we set up an impromptu photoshoot. Can you believe that this "headshot" was taken along a bedroom wall with incandescent lights! Ah, the magic of photoshop.  ;)

• Scalloped paper is spritzed with Ranger's Adirondack Color Wash.
• Internal square is a piece of paper from the Tim Holtz resist pad inked with distress inks and finished on the edges with gold dabber.
• The tags are made from clay coated paper and colored with distress ink using a watercoloring technique.

Inspiration Station: Creamy Neutrals

Some warm, creamy neutrals for your design inspiration today. And have I mentioned that I love the folded book? Oooh the texture! Why can't I think of brilliant things like that? :)

OMG! Class with Tim Holtz! :)

Last weekend I had the privilege of getting to take a class from Tim Holtz. For those of you who know me personally, I'm not really one to get all caught up in the celebrity thing, but let me tell you, I'd follow this guy anywhere! His fun-loving, carefree approach to art is liberating! I really could just sit and play with his inks and stamps all day.

The class was in Shawnee, KS so my mom, two friends and I made the trek from Des Moines on Saturday morning to make a quick girls weekend out of our road trip. We only signed up for one class, but let me tell you, I didn't want our class to end!

On Sunday we did a little shopping at Scrapbook Page and then had lunch at Bates City BBQ. While we were at Bates City BBQ, my friend Julie struck up a conversation with a gentleman in line behind her who'd driven an hour and a half just for the ribs! When he discovered that none of had ordered ribs he ordered an extra slab and dropped it by our table to try. How cool is that? I love it when random acts of kindness occur. Makes you realize that maybe everything you see on TV just might not be true.

Here are a few pictures from our weekend.

Day One

My scrappy companions:

   

Class hadn't even started yet and we were already having fun!

We took the Patchwork Pandemonium class. We picked it because it's a technique-laden class where you try out and learn to use tons of the Ranger and Tim Holtz products. TOTALLY worth it!

Oh. And of course I doctored up my patchwork when I got home... more about that later.

Class is over. No more Tim :(

Day Two

A sampling of photos from Scrapbook Page. They had awesome displays! Here's just a small sampling of them.

Then it was off to Bates City BBQ where they had fun little signs everywhere.

Oh and the RIBS... the RIBS... I am still drooling over these (and secretly trying to come up with a reason to return to Shawnee, KS just so I can eat them again)!