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19 Mai 2011

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! (;

18 Mai 2011

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! (;

17 Mai 2011

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: