Penny's CHA report!

How fun!
Where do I start!!
There was so much to see and DO!
Scrapbook celebrity, make and takes, new product to see...
I think I could be there a week and not see it all!
We are having a HUGE sale VERY soon to make room for ALL the new products!
Beth and Kelly got SO much of the new products for YOU!

Here is my report of the event!!

I am VERY excited, of course, about the new Glitz Design products!
"Basic" is fun and colorful!
And their stickers with the rhinestones inside! Brilliant!
And they have some great new LARGER roller doodles! FUN!
Pink Paislee... they were my personal favorite... the one I got to choose...
Coming in October, Pixee Stix... little pixies of glitter!! Too cute to resist!
In the meantime, the alphabet stickers I can't WAIT to get my hands on!
And I am SO excited about the new Vintage Moon-a new release! LOVE this for fall!
They have some really fun die cut papers too! I would have gotten all the old and new if I could!
And I hope we add the stamps and rub ons to the next order!
Crate Paper... it was on my list, and Ashleigh loved it so much too, she requested it as her pick! Your gonna LOVE these new papers and embellishments!
Kaiser-wood embellishements (sounds weird, but I promise, it isn't!) rhinestones, paper, flowers, chipboard... and all with prices we can all live with! YAY Kaiser!
Tim Holtz... he always has such fun new products! Always distressed looking-industrial even, and all very usable! (Pic. especially for you Marion!!)

Prima... they have some GREAT new flowers, papers, and corragated cardboard pre-cut shapes! Yum!!
7 Gypsies... they have these great inked stamps... not the flip and stamp like now, but a little tower of stamps with three designs in the stack... and the red and flocked paper-yum!

Heidi Swapp... yes, this is Penny, not Candi! :) I LOVE their new boy line and the Christmas with the pink in it! LOVE it! The new transparencies are awesome too! Go Heidi!
American Crafts... the new puffy letters... the thickers... the new bright colored papers... Oh how I love American Crafts! And their PENS!!! Oh their pens!! Your gonna love 'em!
The Paper Element... OK, so I design for them! But I love their new lines! VERY usable! Very nice! (The circles in the corners show the other side of the paper-this paper is THICK and double sided!)
Making Memories... I SO want a little Slice! And the new line-Greenhouse. Soothing greens... new journaling notebook... and of COURSE I am STILL in love with all their tiny alphas!!
Teresa Collins... I'll admit it. I like some of her stuff, but I didn't go there with her product being my favorite. But WOW she has some great stuff! All our recipe book makers-AWESOME new paper line! Very modern and fun! And the new mini's that even have page protectors in the smaller sizes-so they are protected mini's! Might even get me to do one! The papers are great! Your love them! I promise!
KI Memories... their new "sheers" are SO bright and usable! I love the bold new designs! Die cut meets transparency, meets printed paper! They are SO bold and fun!
Oh, I know there are more... but it is so hard to keep it straight in my head!

Here is a little slide show to show the highlights! Enjoy!

Andria from Reminisce!!

WHAT a blast!! ALL classes were SOLD OUT!!!

They created, they laughed, they had fun, they won prizes...
Thank you SO much Andria, for coming to teach at Scrapaganza!!

And don't forget, you can get the Reminisce Flood 2008 paper at Scrapaganza!
All proceeds of this paper were donated to the American Red Cross and their recovery efforts!
Want more scrapbooking "celebrity" fun????
Don't forget!! We have Lance from Rusty Pickle coming to teach four AWESOME classes at Scrapaganza! You do NOT want to miss out on this!!
Space is limited on these classes, so sign up SOON to reserve your spot!!
Call TODAY! 563-391-0099!!!

It was CLOSE!!!

But at the LAST minute, Pearl pulled it out and beat Miss Ashleigh by 15 votes!!!
(They had over 400 votes each!!! Over 1500 people voted in total! WOW!!!)

Dang it! :)

Thanks everyone who voted for Ashleigh! She's still a winner in our book!
And anyone that didn't check out the Glitz blog during the frenzied voting... be sure to check out all their YUMMY new products!

It's Time to VOTE!!!

Help Design Diva Ashleigh become the winner of the Glitz Design Contest!!

She stands to win $500 in Glitz product, and a chance to have her layout displayed at the Glitz Design booth at CHA next week!!!! YAY!!

So help her out ladies, and vote for Ashleigh HERE!!!

Good luck Ashleigh!!

WOOT WOOT!!!!

Paper Trunk Birthday Celebration!

Happy Birthday Paper Trunk! Though many of the prizes have been given out, there are many
fun ideas and "green" tips!

Come by and say "Hello"!

I even contributed in the fun with a couple of "green" tips! (I was their April Guest Designer!)

Paper Trunk uses recycled packaging and prints many of their collects on recycled paper!

Scrapbooking can be made just a little bit greener if you do your part:

-Use a reusable shopping bag (Scrapaganza has them available with our logo!!) when shopping for supplies!
-Look for products that use recycled papers-there is even a cardstock company that is using windpower in production!
-Save those scraps!! Have draws dedicated to organize your scrap papers by color! There are SO many things you can do with scraps! Mosaics, punched shaped, strips and borders... if several choices of the same color are available together, they might just spur some creativity!
-Use your packaging in your LO's! There are a TON of ideas available online for using your packaging! Use the plastic cover over embellishment for a shadow box... or cut out a fun design or word from the packaging... the options are endless!
-Look around your house! You might remember, Design Diva Candi made flowers out of the TP roll... use old material for flowers, or strips for borders or mats... use washers, paperclip or pins as embellishment... Use junk mail to highlight a favorite thing...


The ideas are endless!

SNEAK PEEKS!!

All of us at Scrapaganza are SO excited to see all the new product that is being premiered at
CHA (Craft and Hobby Association=Craft Show!!) in 2 weeks!!

If you want to see many sneak peeks of product in one place, click here!!

If you see something ya like, let Kelly and Beth know!
If something special continues to be requested, we will be sure to give it a second look!!

We want to bring what YOU want into Scrapaganza!!
So comment or just stop by and let us know!!

Help us shop for YOU!!

PSL-OUTSIDE!

Imagine Kelly's surprise when she finds out that she, the paper crafter, is filming her segment of layouts and other paper projects, outside... in the wind... on the top of a hill...
Let's just say, she was VERY glad to be borrowing KWQC's roll of scotch tape!

That's right, we taped EVERYTHING down! :)

Regardless, Kelly performed near flawlessly, and kept her usual cool!

You can click here, and click on "Paula Sands Live on July 1st, 2008"!
Enjoy!

See Kelly up there on the top right? :)

Yep, right above the road!
No Hands! No Hands! :)
Ready to start...
Paula appreciating Candi's AWESOME window creation! I was going to give you a picture, but ya know what, your gonna have to come visit us to see this in person!! VERY cool!!
Talkin' shop...
Doin' a vinyl rub-on...
Thanks Paula (and Demond)!! We love to come to PSL LIVE! Even outside! :)
And thank you Katie, for being our biggest fan!! Much appreciated!

Glitzy Girls!!

Thank you for entering the Glitz contest this month. Our winner this month is Angela....

Love this layout with the boy line and the grid rub ons!!

Here are the other entries...
(Suzie)
(Angela)
(Angie) (Angie)
Congratulations to all who entered. Angela be sure to stop in soon and pick up your prize! We also have $5 coupons for all entries.

Next Challenge... With all of the weddings that go on in the summer we are going on a wedding theme... KIND OF... Your layout DOES NOT have to have anything to do with weddings... just contain the following...
*Something old
*Something new
*Something borrowed
*Something blue

Fun, huh?? ALSO.... we want to make this month HUGE... so if someone submits and tells us you referred them (and you submit) we will have an extra "goodie" for you!! Tell all of your friends and family! We will have the Design Diva post their layouts soon. Have fun with it! When submitting please include a list of your four things. Please e-mail entries to scrapaganzaonline@gmail.com or post a link in these comments. Entries are due July 31. Thanks again for playing and good luck!

Scrap -N-Art Ezine

Check out ALL the inspiration in this Scrap -n- Art download!!!

Subscribing is free! All you have to do is "click", wait, and then you have a 100 page PDF filled with full color, page after page, of inspiration!!

And the products used are up-to-date current, as the layouts were only submitted a couple months prior to the publication, unlike paper magazines, which are working with product/submissions from 6 months ago... though we love our paper magazines too, this is a great alternative! When working on a "lift" of a ezine page, just keep it up on your computer as you work, or print out that one page...

And don't miss me, Penny, on page 67!! :)

Check it out! Click here!

Enjoy!!

PSL Tuesday...

Be sure to watch Paula Sands Live (KWQC) on Tuesday for "Scrapbooking the Quad Cities". There are so many activities going on in the Quad Citites, and Scrapaganza has great ideas to get them scrapbooked.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you for adding us to your road trip!! The lovely ladies from Ingenious Inkling included us on their trip and had nice things to say :) Be sure you stop by her blog, too!

Look who was Spied on GLITZ!

Our own Design Diva Ashleigh Dillion, is featured this week on the Glitz Design Blog!!

Click here to see Ashleigh featured on Glitz!!

Way to go ASHLEIGH! What a GREAT layout!!

Ranger U Report!!! (From Penny)

Hi all! I am VERY happy to report that I am back from Ranger U!! YAY!!
I had a GREAT time!! WOW!
I am still recovering from it all! It was a wonderful experience!
So much learned in 3 days!

And our class was the FIRST to be certified educators for the whole curriculum!
We "learned it all" in 3 days! OK, not EVERYTHING there is to learn-they had to modify to get it all done in three days, but it was a LOT!!!

I learned over 70 techniques in those three days!

I learned Melt Art from Suze Weinburg (WOW, this lady is amazing, and fun!!! I had the privilege of going out to dinner in a group with her, and she is a wonderful lady! Can't wait to go to New York and eat Sushi with her! :) )

I learned ALL about Claudine Hellmuth's New line with Ranger!! Can't tell just yet! Sorry ladies! But I will tell you, she is incredible! This is a GREAT lady! WOW!!

And then 2 and 1/3 days with the fabulous Tim Holtz!!

We did a tag of each technique learned! WOW! I have a HUGE stack!AND we got SO much stuff, it had it's own suitcase!! Seriously!! (Thanks Terri!!)

We painted, and inked, and crackled and cracked up! (LOL!) and distressed, and stamped, and...
{whew!} I even got to see "behind the scenes! I took a Stickles right off the line RIGHT after it was filled and capped!
This is the FABULOUS Bernie Berlin!! Demonstrating just how messy we all got!! :)

And I got to meet some FABULOUS people!! Be sure to come by my blog, where I will tell you a bit more about the people I met at Ranger U!!

The plan... to offer regular workshops at Scrapaganza, so that you to can learn the techniques!!

The first Ranger classes are scheduled for August!!

Keep checking back!! We are formulating a class series, and will give you the details as SOON as we have them worked out!!

Check my blog for even more!!

See ya soon at Scrapaganza!!!!

Join us for a class!!

We have a lot of fun and creative classes being offered in July. Get out of the heat {or rain???} and join one of the designers for an exciting afternoon. This week I will be featuring the classes on the blog, so you can see what they are all about.

First up... Under The Stars Layout Class. Come join Kim Garner, the newest Rusty Pickle Chef, to create 6 pages full of summer adventures! Using Rusty Pickle's newest paper, "Under The Stars", you will make pages for camping, fishing, hiking, and just enjoying summer. This class will be held on July 26th, 10 am until noon. The cost is $24. Stop in or call Scrapaganza 563.391.0099 to get registered. As always, kits are available if you can't make it.

Glitz it up!!

Your challenge for June is all about Glitz! There are NO stipulations to the challenge besides the fact that you use Glitz Designs products. {You can use other products, but must use Glitz) Your deadline for this month is June 30th. E-mail, leave a link in the comments, or stop by the store.

*Just to confirm, we are choosing a winner this month like past months, not a drawing.

Here are some of our projects to get your creativity flowing!

(Kelly)

(Beth)

(Ashleigh)

(Candi)

(Candi)

Challenge Results

We had such great entries this month we couldn't decide a winner! It was fun to see everyone's High School pictures. To determine the winner we decided to let Hallie {my daughter} help out with a drawing...

Congratulations Charlene!! What do you think of a drawing every month?? {It takes the pressure off us!} I'd love your feedback if you like this or not. Here are the entries for the month. (click on the layout to make them larger)

Sara

Suzie

Marion

Robin

Charlene

Charlene's journaling reads:

There is no such thing as time machines. But if there was, I would go back to my senior year in high school to have a good talking to, to my 17 year old self. I would tell the younger version that we made mistakes that would affect the rest of our life. I would try to tell her be yourself, find yourself. Our life should not revolve around Kevin. Go to college, learn how to do something, we'll need some kind of skill eventually. If you have the smallest idea of breaking up with Kevin, do it! There are other fish in the sea that will want you, and he will break our heart. Go do things; don't sit at home waiting on a phone call or letter from Kevin. They'll be few and far between. Try to get to a doctor for depression, you have it and we're gonna need medication for it. Go for a walk or get on the bike you're getting for graduation. Exercise is actually fun and feels great and makes your mood better. Learn how to eat right, change your habits now. It only gets harder. Live your own life; don't let anyone tell you how. The last thing I would leave with my younger self is this. If you don't listen and go down the same path, be ready. Be ready to live with roaches in a run down house in NC for 5 months. Be ready to live with Dad in Ohio, after you're married and pregnant with your 1st child. Be ready for a divorce, it will be nasty. Be ready to live with Mom, with 2 little kids. Be ready for a bad rebound period. Be ready to have major conflict with 2nd husband's family. Be ready to spend 5 days in a mental hospital, for postpartum depression. Be ready for hubby # 2 to walk out. Be ready to fight for him to come back. Be ready for major problems with child # 2. Read up on ADHD. We will survive, although there will be times you'll think how can I possibly deal with this, how much more can I take? You will find you're stronger than you think.

Stay posted for the next challenge... in the meantime dig out or stock up on Glitz!!! {wink, wink}

Extend your alphabet stickers....

Alphabets stickers are back "in"... everyone is making them... there are tons of fresh and fun fonts!
One of MY personal favorite is all things "Thickers" by American Crafts!
LOVE them! Always gotta have MORE!
BUT eventually, ya run short...
One way to make them last just that much longer is to use them just a bit differently, to make the sheet usable longer! YAY!

Here's a list of ways to make use of what's left, cuz ya just know you have a hard time parting with them! I know I do!

lower case b - upside down makes a q
lower case c - add a full stop on the middle to make a creative lower case e or add an extra side to make a lower case d
lower case d - upside down makes a p
lower case g - some can be turned upside down to make a b (cut the tail!)
lower case j - can be cut down to a lower case i
lower case m - upside down can sometimes make a w (vice versa)
lower case u or n - can be switched to be either when upside down
lower case x - cut off one leg to make the letter y
upper case A - can be cut to an upper case V
upper case B - can be cut to an upper case P
upper case E - can be cut to an upper case F
upper case G - can be cut to an upper case C
upper case H - can be cut to two upper case I's
upper case P - add a leg to make an upper case R
upper case Q - can be cut to an upper case O
upper case R - can be cut to an upper case P
upper case T - can be cut to an upper case L
uppercase Z - can be turned to an upper case N (vice versa)
upper case V - add a dot to make an upper case A

{Beware}

Beware.... Glitz Design has recently assigned two spies to scope out the message boards, blogs, anywhere Glitz has been posted for the BEST Glitz layouts, projects & cards. These two spies will be choosing one featured "project" each week until the BIG reveal at CHA. At this time they will choose ONE designer to have his or her work SHOWCASED at the Glitz Design booth at CHA Summer 2008 in Chicago. {Did I mention that designer would also get some Glitzy Goodies??}

Scrapaganza has recently got in TWO of their lines (a very trendy pink and black, zebra print girly line and a very "dirty" browns and blues and oranges rusty boy line) and plenty of frosting and roller doodles! Be sure to stop in and check it out! Feel free to leave a link in the comments below of your Glitz work!!

Also, stop by Glitz Blog and check out the weekly ideas for Glitz products!!

Here are the spies: {you may recognize them in the Quad Cities!! SHHHHH!!}

All About Paint...

Do you love the look of paint... but not sure how to use it on your scrapbooking? Be sure to stop by scrapstreet.com e-zine for ideas and inspiration. Follow this link to go directly to the paint page. Under the article you will find my "Write it on your heart canvas". Enjoy! ...and don't forget to sign up for my class in June to make a canvas with Fancy Pants products. {it's like scrapbooking for your walls!!}