“Business” cards for kids

So, tomorrow is the last day of Preschool for my youngest. He’s off to kindergarten in the fall! He has made so many friends at his Preschool, many have been in the same classes over the past few years. He wanted to give out his phone number so we can arrange play dates over the summer. I created these cards in Storybook Creator Plus, using a freebie frame from the CM Project center. The frame is from the Construction Zone PP Addition - shown here in it's digital form but also available for traditional scrapbookers. The frame had said “Boys and their toys” but I put a box over that & put in Jamie’s name. Added our phone number (blurred out here on the internet) & my name because I’m thinking that even though the Moms have also known each other for a few years – maybe they can’t remember my name and are too embarrassed to ask. I know I can’t be the only one!

I printed a bunch up on cardstock & he'll hand them out tomorrow. Hard to believe we're done with Preschool in our household. Boy the time has flown by!!

All Day Web Workshop – Sat, May 2nd

On Saturday, May 2nd, join with thousands of others in the fun, inspiration, and education you'll find on Creative Memories' "Go Digital!" Facebook group. That's right! it's our first-ever nationwide all-day memory-celebrating event! Digital, Picfolio, Traditional. We're covering them all! We have the best of the best nationwide presenters on our agenda. Every two hours starting at 11 a.m., a new link will be uploaded to the Creative Memories "Go Digital" Facebook Group Page! You will be able to sit back and enjoy these 10-15 minute fun, informational and inspirational screen-casts! We'll be spotlighting the newest techniques and tools to make your memory celebration projects come alive with excitement! All day long there will be prizes, group challenges, and even a "People's Choice Page Design" Award in both Digital and Traditional Styles!
Mark the date now, get a friend or two, or six, or ten, together, for a fun-filled day online, on-the-go, or in your home! Keep checking back with "Go Digital" as we put more and more exciting teasers of the the BIG Day's events for you. Click on the informational photo page below to enlarge and see our May 2, 2009 all-day agenda!

 

I’ll be there – hope to see you on Facebook, too!

Peeps in a Jar – Easter S’mores.

I saw this project on a bunch of websites & made up some for Easter gifts for teachers & other special “peeps” :)

If you Google “Peeps in a jar” you’ll find lots of examples & methods for making these.  I combined a few & here’s what I did:

Crush 1 sleeve of graham crackers into crumbs & dump into the bottom of a canning jar – if you use ones with the wide mouths I would imagine it would be much easier, but I had these on hand.

Place your Peeps in the jar – against the side.  I used the end of a wooden spoon to smush the last one in. 

In the center of the Peeps place 1/3 cup of brown sugar.  This was easiest to do when I packed together several little clumps & dropped them into the jar.  Then I tamped it down using the bottom of a gravy ladle.  Place 1 1/4 cup of M&Ms on top & you’re almost done!

Here is a link to sheet of tags I made with Storybook Creator Plus.  They have the baking directions to make the Peeps S’mores.

I also made a circle label for the top.   

It features this little guy made with SBC+. You should be able to click on it, then right click on the picture & use “save as” to save it to your computer & import it for use in your digital projects.

 

This was a fun & easy project & would be great for other holidays, too – I know I’ve seen lot of other types of Peeps – pumpkins, ghosts, snowmen –pair them up with seasonal M&Ms & you have tons of possibilities!!

Happy Easter!

New Recorded Webinar Available

I just finished watching the “Toddler to Teen” Webinar. It’s fantastic & filled with lots of great tips for all types of scrapbookers, no matter what you’re working on. The Webinar focuses on creating an album that captures 18 years of a persons life but is really an overview of many CM album types & products with some fun ideas and techniques mixed in.

The webinar focuses on creating an album for someone that will be graduating high school but this would also be a great way to get started on an album about YOU!

At the beginning of the Webinar there is a nice explanation of the different album styles CM offers, too (PicFolio, Traditional, etc.) There is also a lot of information about products and a great intro to Digital Scrapbooking.

Here is the link to register & view the Webinar:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/563676142

Let me know if you would like to have a copy of the handouts mentioned in the Webinar emailed to you.

Baby Boy Borders

OK, I’ll admit it – the main reason I purchased the Discover Baby Boy Display Accent kit was for the one die cut piece of 12x12 paper. I used it on my Everyday Display (along with several other pieces from the kit – you can see it in this post) & love it! I had a lot of extra pieces from the kit & made up some borders. The kit contains a lot of photo mats & I cut them up and pieced them together to make most of the borders. I absolutely love the new Discover & Delight Power Palettes – they’re so easy and fun to work with!

Luckily, I have been such a procrastinator & am still working on Jamie’s baby album. Maybe these will help me finish it before his 5th birthday – yikes!

If you like these borders you may be interested in the Discover Baby Boy Power Palette Kit. It's only $21 and contains so much product!

Fantastic Freebies on the CM Project Center

Have you checked out the CM Project Center lately? It is amazing – so many great ideas – and now freebies to use in your digital projects!! Go to the Project Center & take a look around. When you want to see the freebies, click on “Digital Project Ideas.” You’ll see a list on the left where you can find the digital freebies & complete instructions for downloading & using the free files.

Here is one of the files – a complete page! All I needed to do was add my photos & a bit of journaling.

The page originally was pretty girly – it is from the So Chic digital kit so, with the click of a few buttons I changed the tones & hues to compliment the boys. Just one more reason to love StoryBook Creator Plus & digital scrapbooking!

New March Products

They’re here! I received my first order with some of the new March products last week & quickly put this together:

This hangs on my EveryDay Display. The background paper, swirly star accent and heart on the "My" tag is from the Discover Baby Boy Display Accents. I used the Tag Maker to punch out the tags from the kit also. I added some Swirly ABC/123 stickers and used the cocoa pen on the edges to age it a bit. The Title Sticker is from a retired Power Palette.