Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Great Ladies who did a Great Thing

Last April, I had the privilege to offer a make 'n take at the Scare Away Autism fundraising crop down in Oceanside, California.  Ok, it was a Twilight Crop - so you really didn't have to convince me too hard.  But seriously, my pal Sheila is a fundraising DIVA, so when she asks, I do have a hard time saying no.    Three ladies who raised the most moola for the cause were to win a special gift....a private Zutter Bind-it-All class with me.  Now, I have never considered myself to be a bonus prize, but it was again, my honor to treat these fabulous ladies for a job well done.

So on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, I taught this album class "Home."  Now I wish I could take design credit - at least for the cover.  But I will share that I took the cover concept from this mini canvas make 'n take from Reflections 2009.  I wish I could remember who provided this MnT - and I would give full credit.  In fact, I don't even think I made this MnT (I asked Elena from Scrapbook Royalty to stand in line and make one FOR me!!)

But I took the cute cover design and created it on Zutter Canvas Artboard - because nothing makes you feel super artsy like painting on canvas!  I used some of Donna Salazar's papers to create the house (specifically Memory Mosaics "Textures", and her "partridge in a pear tree" stamp -which clearly doesn't look Christmas-y here (which was the intent).  You'll see, however, that the ladies made their tree by free-cutting some felt.  Another option for the stamp-o-phobic, which I sometimes am.
Here are Jackie and Brenda with their "Home" albums.  I love Brenda's Elvis apron.
And Christi and Michelle - who is the owner of the fabulous Jazi Crafts who hosted the crop and this bonus class! 

And, then, there's my sister, Li.  She is just starting to get into paper crafting, so I let her crash this class.  She is so new to this that my 8-year-old, Franny, was helping her with the paper trimmer and Scor-it-All.  She did really good, though, so she may be raiding more of my supplies (hmmm...better keep a better eye on things when she comes to visit!)

The ladies were treated to not only this class, but some goodies from Kiki-Art, and another Zutter class kit filled with Prima goodies.  All fun.  All good.  And all for a great cause. 

Great job Jackie, Brenda, Christi and Sis! 

4 comments:

Jan Hennings said...

Cute album!

Ali H said...

Hi Nan
I have had a Bind It All for a while - the blue one - but struggle to get it to work & make the holes straight & in the correct place - your 101 class looks interesting & helpful but would it be useful for me if I only have the blue verson not the new Pink one ? Kind regards Ali in Wales

Scrappy Running Me said...

Yes, Ali, you can take BIA 101 with either the original blue colored BIA or the pink V2.0. It doesn't matter which you have. We cover all the basics of usage.

You can click here to get more info: http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/info.php?id=256

Nan

Jennifer Priest said...

Very cute!!!! I want to say that Rebecca Gawryl taught that mnt for Scrapbook Oasis but I could be wrong.