Wednesday Sponsor Giveaways: Elise Blaha, ReVa, Studio Calico, & SheyB
One person will receive a spot in Elise Blaha's Get Crafty workshop.
Get
Crafty
is an online workshop led by Elise Blaha. Over two weeks, this class will explore
techniques on how to build mini books and layouts from the ground up.
We will break away from the traditional scrapbooking products and
design our own paper and embellishments. Each weekday, there will be a
lecture, a project, an idea to try that day and an idea to save for
future use. In addition, there will be photos, journaling prompts and
giveaways. Class starts on June 1st.
One person will receive the June kit from ReVa (click to see the full list of supplies). Read more about Rebecca on her personal blog here.
One person will receive the June Studio Calico kit called Soda Fountain.
One person will receive a camera strap and a lens bag in their choice of the fabric from *Shey*[B].
To be entered in today's drawing please leave a comment below sharing your best advice for a new scrapbooker. What did you wish someone had told you when you first started? Comments will close tonight at 8pm Pacific with the winner's posted shortly after.
Just a quick reminder from last week's giveaway post that Transparent Touches & Tag's kit subscription offer ends today. If you sign
up for 6 months, you will receive a fun goodie bag filled with
scrapbooking products for FREE with your first kit. After you sign up,
email Monica (info@transparenttouches.com) to let her know that you
heard about TTT from this giveaway. Offer ends today.
Take your inspiration from anything and everything! It doesn't have to be perfect, or "fit the mold" It's about you, and your memories, don't overthink it! :)
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The advice I would offer is to start with TODAY! Don't get bogged down by all the past photos that you haven't scrapped, just begin with the here and now. Secondly, don't try to scrap everything, just stick to the moments that inspire you to create!
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First- the pages don't need to be perfect. And not every page needs to be a masterpiece.
Second (although perhaps more importantly)- remember to do the journaling or write notes about the photos- life seems to go by in a whirl and it's difficult to remember the who, what, when and why (the stories) behind the photos at a later date. I struggle with this every time I scrapbook!
And have fun!
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My advice would be to not worry so much about the stuff, the embellishments, but to write stuff down because it's so easy to forget the details.
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Don't get caught up with all the "stuff" ... focus on the journaling/photos and capturing the moments. Use the paper/embellishments to support the creative process!
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My advice to a new scrapbooker is "it's ALL good". Your family will be happy that you documented something even if you didn't document it using the latest and greatest product and didn't do it as well as another scrapbooker could have. Heck, they'll probably NEVER see another scrapbooker's work!
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my advice would be to not buy huge paper pads (be selective) and invest in tools that will stand the test of time.
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My advice would be to try not to get caught up in all the hype about the new "must have" papers, products embellishments etc. I know I am still guilty of buying way too much stuff! Keep in mind that you are telling your story, not seeing how much of the latest and greatest you can fit on your page! Also make sure to include photos of you on your pages :)
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I wish someone had told me to organize my photos before I started!
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Buy the basics, don't hoard, don't scrapbook every photo, use your own handwriting and tell the story.
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Don't worry about your layout "looking right" - go with the flow and let your photos and story the focus of the layout. Look at your photo for inspiration if you're stuck! But the most important advice is to HAVE FUN!
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Buy the basics, do not hoard, don't scrap every photo, scraplift if you are stuck, use your own handwriting and tell your story.
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I wish someone would have told me to keep my picture's organized it's hard to go back and do that.
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I wish that someone (anyone!) would have told me to stick with just a few colors of cardstock and not feel compelled to buy every color under the rainbow. 8+ years later I still have much of that rainbow cardstock...and now I primarily scrap using kraft, white, cream, or brown. Oh well!
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let go of making it perfect!
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Don't be afraid to copy others' ideas. I look for inspiration on the various websites and create a layout based off of them. It also gets the creative juices flowing :)
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try before you buy if at all possible, and purchase little by little to see what you will actually use. storage is a concern, so less is more until you know what will actually get used. and use what you purchase! saving it for something special leads to clutter and paralysis when you actually sit down to make something.
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I wish someone told me that its "OK" for your pages not to look like the "perfect" pages in all the idea books! Use other people's work as inspiration, but you don't have to copy cat! Just tell your stories!
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Do what makes you happy and don't get caught up in thinking that you have to "keep up with the scrapping Jones'!"
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Best advice: you don't have to scrapbook chronologically, nor do you have to scrapbook everything! Pick your favorite photos or events and scrapbook those. Seriously, when you take a few thousand photos a year, it is just not realistic to scrapbook everything.
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my advice to a new scrapper would be to use what you have.look around your everyday life and put those things into your books and pages.Also, i would tell them that all the latest and greatest products are really cute but you just dont need to keep buying in order to create meaningful pages and books.
i wish someone would have shown me the pleasures of working with stuff from my everyday life earlier on.
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I wish someone told me I didn't need a ton of stuff to start with. I bought a lot of stuff I really didn't need or like.
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i wish someone would of told me to just stock up on solid color paper and then buy patterned paper when you know what you're going to use it for!
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Hi Ali-
I hope all is well with the family. The advice I give people I meet who are new to scrapbooking, actually I will give it to anyone, is to not save supplies. When I first started I would get something really neat and I was super excited to use it, but I wouldn't, I would save it. My thinking was that I was keeping it for that perfect project, but it would never come. The item would sit there not being able to contribute to anything. What a waste.
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I would tell any new scrapbooker to KEEP IT SIMPLE! It's so easy to get caught up in all the "goodies". All those fun patterned papers, cool embellishments and fun gadgets and tools can be a lot of fun but they can also be a little overwhelming too, especially to a new scrapbooker. Try to remember to keep the focus on the storytelling and capturing and recording all those special moments. Remember that your journaling and your photos are really the most important part. All the other goodies are just the icing on the cake.
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