January 2008 Newlsetter

Sketch Websites Suzy has some great sketches - check them out! Plus she has links for more sketch websites! This website has some of Becky Higgins' sketches This website loads a new sketch every day! Here are some more cute sketches! Fiskars is posting a new sketch every day this month to help you with your scrapbooking - check them out! And now for an entirely different website: This website helps to determine what type of margarita you are! Have fun!

Kreations with Kris' January Scrapbooking Newsletter Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful 2007 and I wish you an even better 2008! I am looking forward to having another productive year with my scrapbooking (I did really well in 2007 - but I am still behind). One of my goals for the new year is to provide you with simple yet beautiful ways to get those pages done! I also want to provide you with the time to get those pages done. I hope I can do that for you. Kris' Krops Take some time for yourself and get some scrapbooking done too! Come to a Kris' Krop! You will have access to all my scrapbooking tools which includes a Sizzix and a QuicKutz with several alphabets each. I also have a Xyron, punches, stamps, and more. Munchies and beverages will be served. We will also be doing a make and take and there will be a door prize at the end of the evening! There is a $5 charge for a full night of scrapbooking. Come and check out my new products to help make your scrapping easier and fun! Bring a new friend (who has never come before) to one of my Kris' Krops and you both scrapbook for FREE! Friday January 25th 6pm till midnight Please RSVP to me by either e-mailing me at kriskreations@gmail.com or calling me at 661-547-8612. Hurry spots go fast! Scrapbooking Calendar Enjoy some of these scrapbooking events: Scrapbook Expo @ Costa Mesa - February 15th-17th - this is a great scrapbooking expo held at the Orange County Fairgrounds. You can shop, take some classes,shop some more, do some make & takes, and of course shop some more! Check out their website at: http://www.scrapbookexpo.com/oc/ for more information. Fun In The Sun All Day Crop Event Stevenson Ranch, CA on March 22nd Henderson, NV on March 29th Save the date(s) - it is another fun crop planned by Ginger! Grab your flip flops, your memories, and your friends! It's time for the Annual "Fun in the Sun" All Day Crop event! Lots of drawings, a few games, and lots of fun for everyone! To sign up - either go to Ginger's website at: http://stores.downtodetails.net/ or e-mail her at gingbugg@cs.com Sketches and Scraplifting What are sketches and what is scraplifitng you may ask? Sketches are drawings of plans for a layout. Most of the time they note how many photos will fit on the page. Scraplifting is when you see a layout - either in a magazine or someone else's work and you "copy" it. You can either use the same products or use different products. In my opinion, if you are scraplifting someone else's work in person - you should always ask permisssion. Those of you who attend my Krops know we are always scraplifting each other's work - and it is a practice that we love to do! Where to start? Well, Becky Higgins has written several books on sketches (Creative Sketches and Creative Sketches volume 2) which are organized by the number photos on the layout. So if you have 8 photos - just go to that section and see it there is a "sketch" that will work for your pictures. I have both these books available at my Kris' Krops for you to use! There are numerous websites that have sketches - look on the panel to left for them. For scraplifting - just look through scrapbooking magazines and tear away! I rip out the ones I like and save them in a notebook. The notebook is available to browse at my Kris' Krops - just ask! Why should you rack your brain trying to come up with an original design when there are so many designs right in front of you. Using a sketch or scraplifting can make your scrapbooking quick and easy! So give it a try! In Conclusion Make a twist on your usual New Year's Resolutions and have scrapbooking help you out! Spend more time with your friends & family - take pictures and scrapbook them - have them help you! Loose weight and get in shape - decopage a composition notebook with scrapbook paper and turn it into a fitness journal Eat healthy - make a new recipe holder/notebook for your new healthy recipes Quit smoking - keep your hands busy by scrapbooking! Enjoy Life More - give yourself a night out and come to one of my Kris' Krops Get Out of Debt - Come to a Kris' Krop - only $5 and it includes snacks and beverages! Good cheap fun! Bring a new friend to one of my Kris' Krops and you both scrapbook for FREE! Learn Something New - Keep an eye out to sign up for one of my Kris' Klasses or try a Kris' Krops if you haven't come to one before! Help Others - Introduce them to fun of scrapbooking! Bring a new friend to one of my Kris' Krops and you both scrapbook for FREE! Get Organized - try sitting down one and organize your photos (not all of them - just try a few months at a time!) or orgainze something else like your papers. Try to do some of these Scrapbooking Resolutions and you will get some pages done! Best wishes for a productive January!