Mommy & Me Trick or Treat Bucket Class

Saturday, October 14 at 2 p.m.

Teacher: Amy Estes

Fee: $14

Class Description: Together, mother and child will cover a bucket with Halloween paper and add a "trick or treat" title. They will also create a monogram tag for the handle. The basket will be a great addition to the child's Halloween costume, and will also be a special keepsake. (Basket contents shown with the model are not included in the class.)

I'm getting the class project photos posted as quickly as I can. Thought I would also let you know that the latest arrivals at Scrapbook Generation include Chip Chatter letters sets by Pressed Petals (all colors offered, plus two letter styles!) There are also several colored chipboard words from Pressed Petals. We also have new arrivals from Bazzill, including huge polka-dot brads, and scalloped edge cardstock.

It's a little crazy around here getting ready for the retreat in Branson coming up this weekend. We'll let you know how it all turns out when we're back down on earth Monday!

Sending Cheer Card Mini-Class
Thursday, October 12 at 6 p.m.
Teacher: Allison Davis
Fee: $5

Class Description:
This oversized five-fold card spells CHEER the large monogram way, using the Gypsy collection from BasicGrey. Lots of special touches bring this card to life, and will truly bring cheer to the recipient.

"Try a New Technique" Page: Masking
Monday, October 23 at 6 p.m.
Teacher: Allison Davis
Fee: $10

Class Description:
On this clever one-page scrapbook layout, learn to use familiar objects as masks for paints and inks, and see the stunning results. Learn how to use this masking technique to create your own personally-designed "patterned paper."

Sidekick Badgeholder Mini-Album
Tuesday, October 24 at 2 p.m.
Teacher: Marti Blattert
Fee: $15

Class Description:
Starting with simple name-badge holders, add chipboard, ribbon, and paper, and create a mini-book just the right size to attach to your favorite purses or keychain. It's a great "show-off" item for proud moms or grandmoms!

Happy Thanksgiving Card Mini-Class
Monday, October 30 at 2 p.m.
Teacher: Allison Davis
Fee: $5

Class Description:
This card with a unique closure features warm fall colors in both papers and ribbons. Circle accents provide Thanksgiving messages. It will be the perfect way to let someone know how thankful you are for them.

Scrapbooking 101
Saturday, October 14 at 10 a.m.
Teacher: Marti Blattert
Fee: $10

Class Description:
For anyone (of any age) who wants to learn to scrapbook. Explore basic supplies needed to begin the hobby, learn basic skills, including design and journaling. Create a lovely two-page fall-themed layout. Handouts will also be provided.

He Said/She Said Mini-book
Monday, October 9 at 6 p.m.
Teacher: Laura Parks
Fee: $12

Class Description:
Use BasicGrey Gypsy collection papers to create a 6-page accordion-fold album with journaling prompts to capture a special relationship. Find out answers to questions like these: What is the most important thing you have in common? What is your favorite thing to do together? Was it love at first sight?

Paper Mache Halloween "Boo" Bag
Wednesday, October 4 at 2 p.m.
Teacher: Marti Blattert
Fee: $10

Class Description:
Start with a sturdy paper mache "bag" and end up with a cute orange and black Halloween decor items, complete with polka-dot ribbon handles. Acrylic paint and stickers will add pizazz to this project.

Party Perfect Series: Halloween
Tuesday, October 3 at 6 p.m.
Teacher: Allison Davis
Fee: $15

Class Description:
Create a ghostly door hanger to welcome trick-or-treaters, and decorate a paint can with colorful KI Memories Halloween papers, die cuts, chalks, and ribbons. Your creation can be used for either a centerpiece or a treat container, or both. (Candy topping on model not included in class fee.)

"Hey You" All-Occasion Cards Mini-Class (pictured above)
Tuesday, October 10 at 2 p.m.
Teacher: Allison Davis
Fee: $5

Class Description:
Make two unique flower-shaped cards in two beautiful color combinations, both featuring BasicGrey papers.

"They Say It's Your Birthday," an Anna Griffin Class
Thursday, October 19 at 2 p.m.
Teacher: Debbie Sanders
Fee: $15

Class Description:
With paisleys and pleats, diamonds and dots, stripes and swirls, this layout is great for a celebration of any kind. Learn a new folding technique and create a card in the shape of a birthday hat.

Bits & Pieces Scrapbook Layout Class (pictured above)
Thursday, October 26 at 2 p.m.
Teacher: Jane Hunt
Fee: $12

Class Description:
This two-page scrapbook layout uses "bits and pieces" of paper, ribbon, buttons, bubbles, envelopes, and tags. Learn how to use similar skills on other scrapbook pages you can create. If you bring black and white photos printed on matte paper, you can also learn how to "colorize" your photos.

Say What? Journaling Layout Class (pictured above)
Thursday, October 26 at 6 p.m.
Teacher: Jane Hunt
Fee: $15

Class Description:
Learn assorted techniques to jump start and inspire your journaling creativity, plus learn an easy doodling technique. Create a two-page layout in beautiful fall colors. And best of all, receive a 14-page journaling booklet called "Say What?" The booklet was created to guide you in making the journaling on your scrapbook pages go the distance by including all the necessary and meaningful details they deserve.

Sweet and Simple page kits, four new ones, are available at Scrapbook Generation, as of today. There are two kits using the BasicGrey LilyKate collection (one with a pink emphasis, one with green), one kit using Daisy D's fall paper collection, and one kit featuring black, red, and a huge flower.

We also received a new paper group from K & Company. The Peabody group showcases mauves and pale greens, and a lightly distressed look.

The October/November newsletter is going in the mail tomorrow, and I think you'll be excited to see the class schedule. It's filled with great projects for Halloween, fall, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. With our teaching staff expanding to 9 people, there is, to use a cliche', something for everyone. Early next week, descriptions and photos of the class projects for October will be posted on this blog.

For all you world travelers, Scrapbook Generation just received three new destination sets from Creative Imaginations. There are papers, overlays, and epoxy embellishments for Washington, DC, Las Vegas, and Italy.

And for those of you who make calendars for Christmas gifts, or just for yourself, we also just received a set of month papers and stickers from Creative Imaginations, and blank calendars from All My Memories.

Also just in: an addition to the Christmas and winter lines of papers by Reminisce.

While I was gone last weekend to a scrapbook retreat, Scrapbook Generation got the shipment I had anxiously been awaiting...Crate Paper. There are four stylish paper groups, with matching letter stickers, and die cut monograms. This line was one of my favorites of all the papers we saw at CHA in Chicago this summer. There's just something about the muted colors, and the unique combinations, that make this brand a standout.

For all those Karen Foster lovers, we also received all the new groups, including bedtime, pirate, sleep over, Hawaii, Halloween, dog, karate, soccer, coach, football, referee, and tennis. There are papers and cardstock stickers to match.

And if you didn't get a chance to see the Daisy D's fall collection of papers, monograms, and flower die cuts (which all vanished pretty fast), we have a new supply, and we've added the school papers and stickers to match.

This past weekend my friend Hazel Stuart and I attended a weekend crop at Lake of the Ozarks. We go twice a year to this great event hosted by Jane Hunt, one of the Design Team members at Scrapbook Generation. Like always, Hazel completed about 20 pages, and I did 5 -- and we were both happy! We stayed up late, ate too much, laughed and giggled, and just generally had fun working on our pages.

I did one spread of my husband Don's new Harley, mainly because I'm trying to make up for the retreat falling on his birthday this year!

The other pages I worked on were of grandson Drew's first haircut, and of his first birthday. I thought I would share my favorite with you.

KI Memories Halloween and fall groups arrived at Scrapbook Generation today!

The Halloween group has regular papers, shimmer papers, and double-sided cardstock, plus matching sticker letters, epoxy stickers, chipboard letters, chipboard shapes, and even "test tubes" sets filled with sparkle brads, sequins, paper clips, and more. The fall group has many of the same elements.

And for those of you who want to know a secret, BasicGrey ribbon sets and chipboard sets will arrive Thursday afternoon!

Got Flowers? We do!
Today, Scrapbook Generation received about half of our summer CHA order from Prima, and it's a great half. It may be news to some of you that Prima now has paper. We have beautiful double-sided papers from three groupings: Eire, Petal Power, and Odyssey. We also have collection kits which include paper, rub-ons, and die cuts. Other goodies include chipboard letters to match the papers, flowers, and matching ribbon sets. We received several cases of two styles of Got Flowers, so we have 24 different color combinations to choose from.

To make a good day better, we also received the Biggest Board and Big Board chipboard sets from Fancy Pants. If you like chipboard, you'll love these 12x12 embellishments in scroll and flower shapes.

And to top off the day, we're working our way through over 200 embellishments from Jolee's, EK Success, Sticko, Soft Spoken, Karen Foster, K & Company, and more. Themes include sports, hunting, fishing, pets, western, zoo, dance, pirates, family, baby, wedding, anniversary, medical, dental, birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, fall, Fourth of July, military, spring, Easter, love, Valentine's, religion, food and drink, and music.

Today we finally, and I do mean finally, received a great shipment from Li'l Davis. After making a detour through Texas, Kansas, and beyond, the package finally ended up at Scrapbook Generation!

If you love glitter and glitz, you'll love glitter shapes, letter sets, words, and even glitter glaze in six great colors. In addition, there are wood titles, large and small, for baby, Fourth of July, fall, and love.