My love of papercrafting started back in 2005. One of my friends had tried to get me into scrapbooking, which I was adamantly against; I was a high school teacher, not an elementary teacher like her who had to come up with creative monthly bulletin boards! So after successfully diverting her attempts to try out her hobby, she committed what some might consider the ultimate faux pas: buying something for my wedding not on the registry, a scrapbook. I reluctantly attended her next “crop” (whatever that was) and to my surprise, actually completed the album in one night, adding my wedding pics to her pre-designed pages. I was actually thrilled with the outcome, but not necessarily the process. I then decided to attempt another project, an album of my concert-goings, since I had always wanted a medium to display my ticket stubs. After that, I was hooked. A year later, my husband and I relocated from the east coast to the Midwest and I was alone in my new hobby. I decided on a whim to sign up to be a consultant for Creative Memories in order to get some of my own tools which I had previously borrowed from my friend. The adventure had begun. After three years with CM, I switched to be a demonstrator for Stampin’ Up! which I have done since July 2011, mainly because I had since discovered Pinterest and my creativity had expanded past album making.
Earlier this summer when CM (and Archiver's) filed chapter 11 again, SU released their 2013-2014 Annual Catalog, which had retired the small scrapbook line that it had previously carried. Not quite sure where to turn then, I picked up my first "smashbook," Stampin' Up's This & That Epic Day Journal. I was about to attend my 1st Stampin' Up! Convention in Utah and I needed a way to document the trip. While this format won't work for all of my scrapbooking efforts, I was quite pleased with the outcome! And I completed the entire album at my last Craft Night, so can't beat that! Other supplies used included from the the Epic Day This & That line: Designer Series Paper, Remember Rotary Stamp, Washi Tape, and Designer Stickers.
Earlier this summer when CM (and Archiver's) filed chapter 11 again, SU released their 2013-2014 Annual Catalog, which had retired the small scrapbook line that it had previously carried. Not quite sure where to turn then, I picked up my first "smashbook," Stampin' Up's This & That Epic Day Journal. I was about to attend my 1st Stampin' Up! Convention in Utah and I needed a way to document the trip. While this format won't work for all of my scrapbooking efforts, I was quite pleased with the outcome! And I completed the entire album at my last Craft Night, so can't beat that! Other supplies used included from the the Epic Day This & That line: Designer Series Paper, Remember Rotary Stamp, Washi Tape, and Designer Stickers.
