CAR 3 - PART III

SOOOOOOOO COOOOL!

It was such a great experience to be able
to attend Celine Navarro's workshop!

She is such a funny girl - we had fun making jokes.

Right, Nina!? (;

And this is the WONDERFUL album we made:

I took it home, empty and unembellished - but know it is
"My family history"-album!

LOVE IT TO PIECES! ((((;

Mini-me! (;

Too funny - some months ago,
Celine had posted the link and her photos made at
http://www.laphotocabine.com/

and when we received the workshop-material-list
I new right away, that I already have a photo-strip to use! (;

And these are the 3 photos of my parents I love

soooooo much!

(Yay for 80's knitted pullovers, Mum! (;)

Ok, 80's-style in general! (((;

The extra-mini-booklets

LOVE that picture of my dad!

Oh, how I miss him...............

My baby-sister (;

The result...

SO I CAN SAY: IT'S CELINE'S FAULT! (;
I had to buy these 4 lovelies (;
I EVEN FOUND US (Nina and me)
THE LONG SOUGHT FOR
MARTHA-STEWART-PINKED-CIRCLE-PUNCH!

If Celine is anywhere in a reasonable distance

holding a workshop I'll try to be there! (;

Late @ night (9-11p.m.)
I attended Shimelle's mini-book-workshop.
Unfortunately #1: the WS-material had not been
delivered in time (Jenni Bowlin's Mod Podge Album)
so lovely Ms. Shimelle had prepared an alternative kit
and workshop.

Unfortunately #2: I don't like flowers...
I don't need flowers...

But that's what it was all about.

I made the best out of it and tried it.

Maybe I can make a use out of this knowledge one day! (;

The best: Shimelle signed one of the mini-pages for me! (;

I was really tired - it had been hot and humid all day,

but when I tried to sleep - I couldn't...
Day 2 over...

1 left...

CU soon! (;

k

CAR 3 - PART II

After the first - really great workshop with Dani
we had an hour long break for lunch.

AND THEN?
Then we got to know

Ms. Shimelle

She is such a wonderful,
artsy
and cool looking person.

And her workshop?
One word: INSPIRING

When we received the class kit the color combo we
encountered looked really CHALLENGING:

 forest green, rose, aubergine, red and kraft

I really loved the Jenni Bowlin stickers and the special
clearstamp-set Shimelle designed for the class.

But at first I thought: how can I put them, my photos and
these papers to a good looking result?

But, you know what?
I made a decision: to just go with the flow and
dig right into the class kit using it up right away!
Ok, THAT was a bit overenthusiatic for the time
of the class, but up to know I have finished 5 layout.

By just using the kit and Shimelle's sketches! (;

3 of them are really finished & here they are:

 (sorry for the messed up pics... the light was... let's say: challenging)

This LO is SO NOT ME (;

I ended up making it more straight
than Shimelle's sketch and still it feels messy to me.
I'm sorry, but I am a graphic designer
AND I LOVE ME A CLEAN DESIGN with LOADS of free space...(;

But I LOVE the experience,
the fact, that I had to try layering.

The second layout, which I LOVE.
Although, when I saw the pink papers I had not thought

 And the third one, which I made at home
AND THAT I REALLY REALLY LOVE.

Ok - I fell back to my style... (;

I will show you the remaining two layouts
when they are really finished.

Maybe I'll update the photos above, too,
because their quality is really poor...);

They deserve something better! (;

CAR 3 - finally - my results - PART I

There was a time, when a young woman went
out of her scrapbooking cave
to mingle with other crazy people sharing the same passion.
Her first time AT A CROP - the first time meeting other ADDICTS.

And WHO was that person that got her out of her cave???
Lovely NINA!
We had "talked" about CAR3 and I thought about it for some MINUTES (;
and when she said, she had booked and was searching for a room-mate
I WAS IN! (;

We booked the room the next day and the rest is history! (;

So after leaving work "early" @ 3 p.m. Friday the 8th of April
I drove to CAR3 (Crop am Rhein 3).

A more than 4 hour drive after a normal working day...
LET'S SAY: I arrived there just after 8 p.m.
Just in time for the Meet&Greet.

Nina and I met for the first time IRL and we felt right away,

that we were on the same wavelength!

(JA, auf Englisch existiert der gleiche Spruch!)

I was soooooo tired, but didn't sleep until late at night...

The next morning we started our first workshop @8:30!!!

BUT IT WAS SOOOOOO WORTH IT!

My first EVER scrapbooking-workshop was hosted by lovely
DANI PEUSS
the owner of my favourite scrapbooking-online-shop!

And here is my finished mini-album:

The little cow next to it is soooo appropriate for this vacation-mini,
as we had many enCOWnters - oh, what a joke! (;

Some details:

 This time I wanted to include some coordinates.

God knows why... (;

We do love our new punch - do we, Nina!?!?!? (;

 Isn't that fake-polaroid-style too cool!?
Thanks Dani!!!!

 More beloved punches - and some pages from the other mini

that I prepared for London! (;

LOVE that picture of us!
And LOVE the page! (;

 

RIGHT HERE:

The second book you see here is the road-book I took

to England with me, to scrap on the road, but I stuck to my

post-it notes (;

It's finally what it was meant to be: keeper of our holiday-story!

 

 An overview of our trip

 The pile of post-it-notes (;

 And the rest of the pictures and pages.

Just LOVE my Studio Calico stamps

YES - these views exist next to each other.

Two idyllic scenes - in a way! (;

 The next spread smells - of fennel!
I love this smell! (;

 Experimenting with leftover-pieces of punched
out paper and glimmer mist.

 And finally: the mini-book-home!

IT'S GROWING! (;

 ...that's it for tonight - too late already! (;

The next post is coming soon - I PROMISE! (;

A few more workshops-results to show! (;

NIGHT!

k

DEINE HILFE IST GEFRAGT

Heute mal ein Post auf Deutsch, denn es geht um UNS - die deutschen Scrapbooker!

Die liebe Nina schreibt gerade ihre Diplomarbeit zum Thema “Scrapbooking und das Handmade Movement – Hintergründe und ein deutsch-amerikanischer Vergleich”.

UND GENAU DAZU BRAUCHT SIE UNSERE HILFE!

Denn wir können ihr helfen, dass sie so viel Rückmeldung wie möglich auf ihre Umfrage bekommt!

Hier geht's zur Umfrage!

Hier noch etwas von Nina zur Umfrage selbst: Die Umfrage ist anonym. Eure Angaben werden absolut vertraulich behandelt und nicht mit eurem Nickname (Spitzname) oder eurer E-Mail-Adresse  in Verbindung gebracht. Nickname und E-Mail-Adresse werden ausschließlich zur Ermittlung und Benachrichtigung des Gewinners/ der Gewinnerin verwendet, sie werden nicht an Dritte weitergegeben und werden nach erfolgter Gewinnbenachrichtigung unverzüglich und vollständig gelöscht.

Damit ein möglichst realistisches, unverzerrtes Bild entsteht, ist es sehr wichtig, dass ihr wahrheitsgemäß antwortet. Macht euch keine Gedanken darum, was wir hören wollen oder was besser klingt. Wie gesagt, eure Angaben sind absolut anonym und es ist systembedingt nicht möglich, diese zurückzuverfolgen. Also nichts beschönigen und nach besten Wissen antworten, dann wird diese Umfrage ein voller Erfolg!
Auch ganz wichtig: Bitte nehmt nur ein Mal teil. Diese Umfrage ist im Rahmen einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit erstellt worden; alle gewonnenen Daten werden nicht für wirtschaftlichen Profit genutzt, sondern ausschließlich in meiner Diplomarbeit verwendet werden.

Und es gibt sogar etwas zu gewinnen: einen Gutschein aus dem Onlineshop von Daniela Peuss.

Also nichts wie ran an die Umfrage! (;
Sie macht sogar richtig Spaß! (;