Monday, December 2, 2013

Cyber Monday Sale - 40% off!


For Cyber Monday this year we are offering our biggest class discount ever! TODAY ONLY sign up for our January 2014 Sketchapalooza Class at a 40% discount. That makes this class only $15.00!

To take advantage of this deal use the buy now tab in the right side bar. This offer is only available until midnight (EST).

Friday, November 1, 2013

Sketchapalooza 13 - January 12, 2014

We are excited to announce our next class - Sketchapalooza 13! Class will start on January 12, 2014 and run for over 5 weeks. This will be a perfect time of year to devote to your memory keeping! The holiday rush is over and everyone is ready to settle in and get to business :)  Let's spend the month together creating beautiful scrapbook pages :)

During this class you will be provided with tons of brand new original sketches (5 per week!) with examples of finished pages from our talented designers during this month long course. This fast paced, exciting class is suitable for any level of scrapper and caters to both traditional and digital artists alike. It is perfect for anyone who loves working with sketches. Never worked with sketches before? Give it a try you will love it!
Here is what you can expect during this class:
  • Over a month of class time starting on January 12th
  • Detailed sketches made exclusively for you by our designers
  • A wide variety of sketch styles with some from each of our four designers
  • 20+ total sketches - 16 single page and 4 double page (5 per week!) 
  • Digital templates provided for each sketch in both Photoshop and Storybook Creator!
  • Tips and tid-bits to keep your creative juices flowing
  • Fabulous creative examples for each sketch by our talented designers
  • A private class forum with support and friendly conversation
  • A gallery filled with layout examples 
  • Self-paced class - do as much or as little as you like
  • A PDF file including all the sketches from the class for you to keep for future reference
  • Prizes - who doesn't love a chance to win?
  • Plus a few surprises :)
The cost for this month long class is only $25.00.
Ready to sign up? Just click the "Buy Now" button to the right in the sidebar :)

Monday, September 30, 2013

Designer Highlight: Julie Schmehl

One more week until our Sketchapalooza 12 class begins! The last designer I will be highlighting for this class is Julie Schmehl. We are thrilled to have her back to deign for this class. Her fresh, quirky style is always filled with fun surprises and she has a personality to match. So fun! You can read more about Julie HERE from her first Feeling Scrappy highlight.


Below are a few pages she made during our last Sketchapalooza class. Be sure to stop by Facebook today for another cute layout and for a hint at an upcoming class special!




Hope you will join us next Monday for another fun class!
 

Thursday, September 26, 2013

FS Designer Highlight: Stacey Rhea

It is almost time for our next Feeling Scrappy class! Sketchapalooza 12 starts October 7th. I am excited to introduce you to another one of our designers. Stacey Rhea has been a part of the Feeling Scrappy family for awhile now and I have long wanted her to design for a class. Her digital pages are amazing and she keeps the focus on the photos. She is sweet and funny and I know you will love her sketches too! Below is a little about Stacey in her own words:

Stacey Rhea


I started paper scrapbooking almost 15 years ago.  I completed over 90 traditional scrapbooks until two years ago when I switched to digital scrapbooking.  I instant fell in love and have not looked back.  I love the "no mess" part of digital, just minimize my program and come back to my page when I have time. :) I am a "bad" influence on my friends and am converting many of them into digital scrapbookers.
 
I am a divorced mom of three who loves photography. I am the team photographer for our high school football team.  LOVE IT!  I am very privileged to have a photograph hanging in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Even more excited that the photograph is of one of my children.  Justin (20) is now a junior in college studying mechanical engineering but played football in high school.  Josh (17) is a senior in high school and an avid football player. I am enjoying his senior year with lots of pictures.  My baby-girl is Jenn (15).  She is my cheerleader/volleyball player.  I also have two golden retrievers, Jake and Jazzy.  Most of my pages revolve around my kids and keeping up their books so you will see many sports pages from me.
I am so looking forward to adding my clean simple line pages to this class.

Here are a few of Stacey's pages from our last class:





Hope to see you in class!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

FS Designers: Amanda Bay

As we gear up for Sketchapalooza 12 that starts this October, I thought you might like to meet the designers for the class. I will be posting each one here over the next few days with a few sample pages they did in our last class. First up is Amanda Bay!



Amanda has become an old friend of Feeling Scrappy. She has designed for several of our classes now and always has such a fresh, happy approach! You can read more about her HERE from her first Feeling Scrappy "highlight". She has already created some fabulous sketches and samples for our October class plus all of the PDF templates of the sketches. Below are a few pages she made during Sketchapalooza 11. Be sure to stop by our Facebook page to see more!






Three weeks until class starts! Can't wait!

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Sketch Challenge

Happy Summer! I hope you have been enjoying every last moment of warm weather and sunshine :) As we start to prepare for our next Sketchapalooza Class, we thought it would be fun to have a little sketch challenge.

Just complete a page based on the sketch below by Julie Schmehl, one of our talented designers. You have until Friday, August 9 to post a link to your page here in the comment section or to post your layout on Feeling Scrappy's Facebook Page. We will draw a random winner on Saturday the 10th of August. Of course we need a little prize! How about 1/2 off the price of our October sketch class? :)

Here is the sketch:

 
 

Friday, June 28, 2013

Sketchapalooza 12 - October 7, 2013

We are excited to announce our next class - Sketchapalooza 12! Class will start on October 7, 2013 and run for over 5 weeks. This will be a perfect time of year to devote to your memory keeping! School is back in session and the holiday rush has not yet begun. Let's spend the month together creating beautiful scrapbook pages :)

During this class you will be provided with tons of brand new original sketches (5 per week!) with examples of finished pages from our talented designers during this month long course. This fast paced, exciting class is suitable for any level of scrapper and caters to both traditional and digital artists alike. It is perfect for anyone who wants to get a tons of pages done and wants to have a ball doing it!
Here is what you can expect during this class:
  • Over a month of class time starting on October 7th
  • Detailed sketches made exclusively for you by our designers
  • A wide variety of sketch styles with some from each of our four designers
  • 20+ total sketches - 16 single page and 4 double page (5 per week!) 
  • A  pre-class "classic" bonus sketch from our early classes
  • Digital templates provided for each sketch in both Photoshop and Storybook Creator!
  • Tips and tid-bits to keep your creative juices flowing
  • Fabulous creative examples for each sketch by our talented designers
  • A private class forum with support and friendly conversation
  • A gallery filled with layout examples 
  • Self-paced class - do as much or as little as you like
  • A PDF file including all the sketches from the class for you to keep for future reference
  • Prizes - who doesn't love a chance to win?
  • Plus a few surprises :)
The cost for this month long class is only $25.00.
Ready to sign up? Just click the "Buy Now" button to the right in the sidebar :)


Sunday, June 9, 2013

Class Layouts: Digital

Sketchapalooza 11 is in full swing and everyone is busy posting beautiful layouts. It is not to late to  still join in the fun! (Super easy to catch up especially if you are a digital scrapper as we provide all the templates for both Photoshop and Storybook Creator!) Today I wanted to share a few digital layouts from our classroom gallery with you :)

This bright, sunny layout is by Amanda Bay:


Loved this perfectly color coordinated layout by Tricia Kleber:


What a great way to include lots of photos! This awesome layout is by Barbara Sanchez:

 
Kim Clark adds lots of fun and color with this layout:
 
 
Last one for today is from Char O'Hara and has a warm, rustic feel :)

 
I will post more layout gems from class soon! Have a great Sunday :)

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

FS Designer Highlight: Brenda Molina

Sketchalappoza 11 started off with a bang yesterday and it is not to late for you to join in the fun!

The last class designer that I am introducing you too is a long time friend of Feeling Scrappy. Brenda Molina has shared her talents with us both as a participant in our classes and a designer. We are lucky to have her!

Brenda Molina

I was reluctant to get into scrapbooking thinking it would suck me in. It's one of the very few things I've predicted about my life that was entirely accurate. I started out with Creative Memories in 2002, and then branched out slowly. Attending many scrapbook retreats and seeing what everyone else was doing - not to mention the field trips to local scrapbook stores - broke me of my CM-only requirement. I started digitally scrapbooking in 2007. Prior to that, I'd been pretty up-to-date with my picture printing, so anything already printed at that time still gets scrapped traditionally. Anything since about mid 2007 gets scrapped digitally.

I've been married for 21 years and have a 18 year old boy, Isaac, and a 16 year old girl, Sarah. I've been a stay-at-home mom since Isaac was a year old, which was one of those things I've predicted about my life that was entirely NOT accurate. I started back to work January 2013 and am loving it. We moved from Naperville, IL to Tampa, FL in 2005, and we currently plan to stay here forever.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

FS Designer Highlight: Melissa Marti

Sketchapalooza 11 starts tomorrow! I am excited to introduce you to another designer today! Melissa Marti designed our Storybook Creator templates for our last class and is joining in this class as a regular designer in addition to doing the templates. We are lucky to have this talented lady join us for Sketchapalooza 11! :)

Melissa Marti


Hey! I'm Melissa Marti - a small-town Midwest girl. I was a high school math/English teacher in a former life (pre-kids), but now stay home with my three littles (5, 3, 1) and enjoy time with them, scrapping/designing templates, and I'm a consultant with Creative Memories, too. I'm the wife of a dairy farmer, so our lives pretty much revolve around the cows' schedules and the weather. ;) My kids love being outside playing with the cows, farm cats, dirt, and all the other good stuff that comes with living out in the country. It makes for some great photos!! 

If you like my sketches/layouts, check me out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/To-Be-Remembered-Scrapbooks-Melissa-Marti-Creative-Memories-Consultant/173364509365538?fref=ts (not a nice, easy web address - sorry!) On my FB page I host speed scraps every Sunday night, post video tutorials on Tutorial Tuesday, give away fan freebies (usually templates), link to great freebie kits, and more!

Saturday, June 1, 2013

FS Designer Highlight: Julie Schmehl

We are gearing up for our next class - Sketchapalooza 11! The sketches are all ready to go and our designers are busy creating beautiful samples and digital templates for each and every sketch. It's time to introduce you to our designers. I will be highlighting each one here over the next few posts. First up is Julie Schmehl.

Julie is just like her pages - cheerful, fun, colorful and friendly. I am so excited that she will be designing for this class and who knows - maybe we can persuade her to do another one! :)
Julie Schmehl 
 

Hi, I'm Julie! I'm from Eastern Pennsylvania and lived here all my life with the exception of a one year journey to live in Las Vegas. My first foray into scrapbooking was in 1996 at a friends Creative Memories party. I remember saying to the consultant, "I cannot cut my pictures". Well, fast forward many years and now I cut people and objects out of pictures to use as a focal point. I love color and paper which is evident in my scrapbooking style which I would say is fun, funky and whimsical. I recently started dabbling with digital scrapbooking but definitely prefer "cutting and pasting" with traditional paper scrapbooking as I find it relaxing. I have a Bachelors degree in Interior Design which definitely shows in my scrapbooking with the use of color and patterns. When I'm not scrapping you will find me working in the financial industry writing and developing instructor-led and eLearning training for three call centers. Lastly, I love Kermit the Frog who tends to show up in my pictures and scrapbooks pages. I look forward to designing for you and seeing everyone's creativity.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Sketchapalooza 11 Class Schedule/Photo Sizes

We are so excited about our next class which starts this Monday! We have an awesome line-up of sketches and page examples all ready to inspire and motivate you to get some scrapping done :) Our sketches (24 pages worth!) offer a great variety since they are designed by four different designers - each with thier own unique style. Plus each and every sketch has Photoshop and Storybook Creator templates all set to go - so digital scrappers will find pages even easier to finsh.  So lets kick off summer with some serious scrapping! (You can sign up for this class in the sidebar to the right of this post.) 

Sketchapalooza 11 - Class Schedule/Photo Sizes

*The sizes of photos are just to give you an idea of what is to come and how the sketches were designed. That being said we encourage you, as always, to do your own thing and use the sketches as a starting point to where ever the creative process takes you!
 
Week One
June 3rd Sketch #1 (1 - 4x6 V and 1 - 4x6 H photo)
June 4th Sketch #2 (6 photos of various sizes in round photo block)
June 5th Sketch #3 (3 - 4.8x3.2 H photos, 2 - 3.1x3.2 photos and 1 - 6.5 x 4.3 H photos)
June 6th Sketch #4 (4 - 4x6 V photos)
June 7th Sketch #5 - Double Page (6 - 3x4 photos)

Week Two
June 10th Sketch #6 (4 - 4x4 photos)
June 11th Sketch #7 (4 -2.7x3.5 V photos and 3 - 3.7x2.75 H photos)
June 12th Sketch #8 (2 -3x6 H photos and 1 3x4 V photo)
June 13th Sketch #9 (1 5x7 photo)
June 14th Sketch #10 Double Page (6 - 4x6 H photos plus 2 small square photos)

Week Three
June 17th Sketch #11 (1 - 4x4 photo and 6 - 3x3 photos)
June 18th Sketch #12 (1 - 4x6 V photo, 2 - 2x3H photos and 1 - 3x4V photo)
June 19th Sketch #13 (3 - 3x4V photos)
June 20th Sketch #14 (1 - 4x6 V photo, 1 - 4x4 photo and 4 - 2x2 photos)
June 21st Sketch #15 Double Page (1 4x6V photo, 3 - 4x3H photos, 1 4x2.5H photo, 2 3.5x2.5H photos, 1 - 2.8x4V and 1 -2.5x3.5 photo plus 1 - 5x7H photo)

Week Four
June 24th Sketch #16 (3 - 3x4 V photos and 2 - 3x5H photos)
June 25th Sketch #17 (1 - 4x6 H photo)
June 26th Sketch #18 (1 - 4x6H photo, 2 - 3x4 V photos plus 3 - 4inch oval photos, 1 - 5.5 inch oval photo and 3 - 3 inch oval photos)
June 27th Sketch #19 (3 - 4x5.3V photos and 2 - 3x3 photos)
June 28th Sketch #20 Double Page (2 - 4x6H photos, 1 - 4x6V photo, 1, 4x5H photo, 2- 4.5x5.5H photos 1-4x3.75H and 1 - 4x4photo)

July 7th Class Ends - Prize drawing held!
August 1st Classroom Closes
Next Class starts October 7th!

Saturday, May 4, 2013

National Scrapbook Day Special!

We couldn't let National Scrapbook Day pass without a little gift for you! From now until Monday morning at 8:00 am est you save $5.00 on our June 2013 Sketchapalooza Class ! Making this month long class filled with sketches and inspiration only $20.00! To register and take advantage of this NSD special just click the button in the left side bar :) Hope you are all scrapping the weekend away!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Sketchapalooza 11 - June 3, 2013

Ready to start off your summer with some brand new inspiration? We are excited to announce our next class - Sketchapalooza 11! Class will start on June 3, 2013 and run for over 5 weeks.

During this class you will be provided with tons of brand new original sketches (5 per week!) with examples of finished pages from our talented designers during this month long course. This fast paced, exciting class is suitable for any level of scrapper and caters to both traditional and digital artists alike. It is perfect for anyone who wants to get a tons of pages done and wants to have a ball doing it!
Here is what you can expect during this class:
  • Over a month of class time starting on June 3rd
  • Detailed sketches made exclusively for you by our designers
  • A wide variety of sketch styles with some from each of our four designers
  • 20+ total sketches - 16 single page and 4 double page (5 per week!) 
  • A  "classic" bonus sketches from our early classes
  • Digital templates provided for each sketch in Photoshop and Storybook Creator!
  • Tips and tid-bits to keep your creative juices flowing
  • Fabulous creative examples for each sketch by our talented designers
  • A private class forum with lots of support and friendly conversation
  • A gallery filled with layout examples (well over 300 layouts were posted in our last class!)
  • Self-paced class - do as much or as little as you like
  • A PDF file including all the sketches from the class for you to keep for future reference
  • Prizes - who doesn't love a chance to win?
  • Plus a few surprises :)
The cost for this month long class is only $25.00.
Ready to sign up? Just click the "Buy Now" button to the right in the sidebar :)

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Class Feature: Traditional Pages

We are in the middle of our second week of Sketchapalooza 10 and the gallery is filling up with beautiful pages! Today, I am sharing a few traditional (paper!) layouts that caught my eye :)

Becky Rico shared this sweet page - love her use of washi tape on the clips! So clever!

 
Loved this birthday page by Nichole Christian the colors work so well together!
 

Julie Schemehl shared this totally fun double page layout, hand-cut borders between photos? Fab!


Who can resist this sweet photo and title to go with it by Erin Lyttle?

Be sure to check our Facebook Page where we are featuring a digital layout by Pam McEwen :)

You can still join in this class at the link to the right or mark your calendars for our next class starting June 2013!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Class Feature: Digital Pages

Sketchapalooza 10 is in full swing and the gallery is already starting to fill up with beautiful pages!  Did you know Feeling Scrappy provides both Photoshop and Storybook Creator digital templates for each sketch as a part of your class fee? It isn't to late to join us! Here are just a few of the digital pages being created in class:

This awesome page was made by Julie Schmehl:


This one photo layout was made by Melissa Marti:

A fun beach layout by Barbara Sanchez:

And a cute take on those Back to School photos by Stacey Rhea:

I will be sharing more pages with you here (paper ones next time!) and on our Facebook Page throughout the month. Happy Scrapping,

Monday, February 25, 2013

Sketchapalooza 10 Starts Soon!


We are ready to roll with 25 brand new sketches plus to celebrate our 10 Sketchapaplooza class we will have a few bonus "classics" from our earlier classes! Templates for both Photoshop and Storybook Creator are provided for each sketch along with samples pages from our designers. This class is fantastic for both digital and traditional scrappers alike :) You can get all the details HERE. Look for a fun way to win a Two for One Class on our Facebook Page later today! Hope to see you in class :)


Monday, February 4, 2013

Sketchapalooza 10 - March 4th!

Let get a jump start on spring with some brand new inspiration! We have a new Sketch Class all ready to go for March!

During this class you will be provided with tons of brand new original sketches (5 per week!) with examples of finished pages from our talented designers during this month long course. Designers for this class are: Amanda Bay, Stacey Curry, Tricia Cox and Jayne Jones. This fast paced, exciting class is suitable for any level of scrapper and caters to both traditional and digital artists alike. It is perfect for anyone who wants to get a tons of pages done and wants to have a ball doing it!
Here is what you can expect during this class:
 
  • A full month of classs running from March 4th until April 5th
  • Detailed sketches made exclusively for you by our designers
  • 20+ total sketches - 16 single page and 4 double page (5 per week!) plus bonus sketches
  • A couple of "classic" bonus sketches from our early classes
  • Digital templates provided for each sketch in PS/PSE and SBC!!
  • Tips and tid-bits to keep your creative juices flowing
  • Fabulous creative examples for each sketch by our talented designers
  • A private class forum with lots of support and friendly conversation
  • A gallery filled with layout examples (well over 300 layouts were posted in our last class!)
  • Self-paced class - do as much or as little as you like
  • A PDF file including all the sketches from the class for you to keep for future reference
  • Prizes - who doesn't love a chance to win?
  • Plus a few surprises :)
The cost for this month long class is only $25.00.
Ready to sign up? Just click the "Buy Now" button to the right in the sidebar :)


Saturday, January 5, 2013

Holiday Give Away Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in our give away! I really appreciate your support of Feeling Scrappy :)

Now for the winners...

One Free Sketchapalooza 9 class to give to a friend - Sarah Bemis
$25.00 Cash - Stacey Rhea
$100.00 Cash - Julie Gigante

Congratulations! Please e-mail/message me and we will work out all the details!

Don't miss out on a month full of scrapping! We are still accepting registrations for our Sketchapalooza 9 class. Our first sketch will be posted in the Feeling Scrappy classroom on Monday, January 7th.