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Tool School with Jen Gallacher + Giveaway!

Designer and Garden Girl Jen Gallacher is back with another workshop!  We're so pleased to have her teaching for us again.  Not only does Jen have years of experience as a designer, but as a professional in the industry, she also wears the hat of editor, writer, and blogger.  This experience, combined with her passion for teaching and the amazing projects she has to share, is why we're so thrilled to bring you Tool School!  

Here is a little about the class.  Don't miss entering the giveaway!

We all have them: punches, die cut machines, die cut shapes, and even our most basic tools. And while some of these tools get more use than others, some get completely neglected. Garden Girl Jen Gallacher comes to the rescue with this workshop designed to help you use your tools in creative new ways. The "Tool School" workshop includes over 100 creative ideas for using your tools. (Some basic knowledge of how to use a digital die cut machine, a manual die cut machine, and paper punching are required.)

In the following chapters, Jen focuses on teaching new ways to use each type of tool system. Full step-by-step instructions are included for all of the 102 techniques found on the 30 layouts for this workshop. Chapters are divided accordingly:

 Chapter 1: Punches

Chapter 2: Die Cutting

Chapter 3: Other Tools

 

In addition to the 37 page PDF, Jen has incorporated many of the techniques in each chapter video (120 minutes of video!). Learn how to die cut a shape from Washi Tape. Punch and layer two of the same photo. Hand stitch an embossed pattern. Or staple ribbon to your page. There are so many techniques to choose from! Each video also includes a full start-to-finish layout so you can see how Jen approaches designing with tools into her design process.

Samples include 12x12" and 8 1/2" x 11" layouts and feature seasonal celebrations, family outings, and special memories.

Whether you're looking to purchase and use new tools, or whether you're looking to stretch your tool supplies even further, this fun and exciting workshop will give you plenty of ideas to choose from. Lessons can be completed at your own pace. A private message board forum is also available to ask questions of both Jen and to connect with other participants.  Join in on the fun!

Cost of Class: $12 | Buy now!

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We're giving away a spot to Jen's class!  Just leave a comment below with your Two Peas username letting us know why you'd love to take Tool School.  We'll draw a winner a week from today and announce it here on the blog!

Announcing Mix It Up with Amy Tan + Giveaway!

We are so excited to finally share with you Mix It Up with Amy Tan - a new mini workshop!  We've been excited about this class ever since last summer when Amy came to visit Two Peas and we brainstormed while playing with Daybooks and washi tape!

Globetrotting fashion and scrapbook designer Amy Tan not only loves to mix up the undertakings of her never-boring career and the scenery through her lens, but her scrapbook pages and projects!  In this mini workshop, Amy will teach you how to keep your creativity fresh and exciting by mixing up your supplies, photos and projects.  With her eclectic and colorful style, mixer-upper-expert Amy will equip you with:

•           3 Chapters showcasing 25+ layouts

•           30 Mix formulas for your pages and photos

•           25+ minutes of video including tutorials and insights from Amy

•           48 helpful PDF pages that include tips & an in-depth look at each layout & project

•           Bonus cut files, a project planner worksheet + more!

 

Amy's carefree and relaxed approach to creating is contagious; you'll feel as though you're scrapbooking right alongside with her in her living room (with her beloved Buster and Bamboo at your feet!).  Create perfectly embellished layouts you love when you use Amy’s tips for mixing up your supplies.  Give your layouts an unexpected twist when you vary the photos you capture. (And for students who sign up in the first month, enjoy a coupon for a free 12x12 print from Persnickety Prints!)  And finally, prevent creative ruts by changing up the projects you tackle.  Follow Amy Tan’s lead and get ready to mix it up!

Purchase the class in the next week and you'll be entered to win one of ten prize packs pictured above!  Prizes vary slightly, but each includes Amy Tangerine for American Crafts products!  Good luck!

What's more, you could win a spot to Amy's class!  Just leave a comment below letting us know why you want to take Mix It Up.  If win and have already purchased the class, we'll refund your money back!

Cost of Class: $12 | Buy now!

Announcing Art Class with Wilna Furstenberg + Giveaway

We're absolutely giddy over the news we get to share with you today.  The fabulous Wilna Furstenberg has been preparing for months to bring you Art Class, the newest offering in our library of workshops!

You can read all about the class here, or watch the video below.  

Cost of Class $25 | Buy now!

 

Would you like to win a spot in Wilna's class?  We're giving one away!  Just leave a comment below by next Wednesday, the 13th, for your chance to win!   If you've already purchased the workshop we can refund you or gift your spot to a friend.  Good luck!

Announcing Journey Into Card Making: A Mini Workshop with Julie Campbell

We've got some exciting news to share!  Garden Girl and talented card maker, Julie Campbell, has been working oh so very hard on writing and preparing this workshop.  If you enjoyed her Finally Friday card making videos, you will LOVE what she has in store for you.  Scroll down for details on how you could win a spot in this class!

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Whether you’re a seasoned card maker or have yet to make your first card, this workshop will take you on a journey to create handmade cards that your friends & loved ones will cherish. 

Julie will start out by teaching you card making basics; you will create a card organizer to file away all the new cards you'll be designing!  You'll then travel on to gain greater design skills.  You’ll dive into design principles and learn how to create an eye pleasing design.  You’ll learn all about composition & balance in a way that will take your cards from good to great! 

Become adventurous and explore some of the hottest trends in paper crafting!  In this workshop, you’ll also learn how to incorporate colors in your projects & how to create cards in several unique styles.

Included in this workshop are over 30 brand-new card samples from Julie and her contributors.  The three chapters contain a printable PDF for a total of over 40 pages, and 80 minutes of coordinating video tutorials.  Julie’s talented contributors include card makers Laura Bassen & Michelle Wooderson.

At the end of this journey, you’ll find a BONUS chapter filled with souvenirs!  Create a trendy card set with the card making kit designed by Marcy Penner of Hello Forever.  The kit will be available for download as a PDF and as a cutting file you can use with your Silhouette machine.

The content of this workshop will be available immediately upon purchase. The lessons are available for you to work at your own pace and upon purchase can be accessed in the "Workshops" section under "Classes & Events." A private message board forum is also available to ask questions for Julie and to connect with other participants.  Enjoy!

Cost of Class: $12 | Buy now!

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We're giving one lucky winner a spot to Julie's class!  Just leave a comment here with your Two Peas username telling us why you want to take a journey into card making.  Giveaway is open through next Tuesday, the 15th.  We'll announce the winner Wednesday, the 16th.  Good luck!

Announcing Start Here Mini Workshop with Lisa Truesdell

You loved Lisa Truesdell's Divide & Conquer workshop - now she's back again with another class, Start Here!  Scroll down for your chance to win a spot in this new workshop.

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"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." - Pablo Picasso

Get a jump on inspiration with Start Here. In this workshop, Lisa Truesdell will give you the tools to turn almost any image into a jumping off point for your next layout. You'll learn to break down images into smaller elements and use them to inspire your pages color combo, design, or even new techniques. We'll talk about finding images you love and identifying what grabbed you about them, and how to put that inspiration to work! Lisa is joined by twelve talented contributors who will each be sharing a page based on one of Lisa's inspiration pieces, as well as their thoughts on finding starting points in unexpected places. 

 

Included in the workshop are 27 brand-new scrapbook pages (15 from Lisa and 12 from her contributors) showcasing a variety of interpretations of inspiration pieces, 3 printable PDFs and 3 brand new videos following Lisa as she makes a layout starting with an inspiration piece.

Lisa's talented contributors include: Allison Waken, Ashley Calder, Becky Novacek, Doris Sander, Erica Hernandez, Emily Spahn, Kelly Noel, Kristina Nicolai-White, Laura Kurz, Lexi Bridges, Lisa Dickinson, and Marcy Penner.

Would you like to win a spot in this class?  Just leave a comment below with your Two Peas username by next Monday, December 17th at 11:59 pm CST.  We will announce the winner on Tuesday! 

Announcing Seasonal Storytelling: A Workshop with Amy Heller + Giveaway

We're thrilled to share the latest class from Garden Girl Amy Heller with you - Seasonal Storytelling!  If you love soaking up the special moments each season brings, then you will love how Amy and her contributors share creative ways of documenting them!  Scroll down for your chance to win a spot in this new class.

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Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. Each season brings about its own wonderful and memorable moments for us all. Perhaps Winter, when celebrating Christmas or Hannukah and the New Year, is your most memorable time of the year. Or maybe it is Spring when your family celebrates a number of birthdays, or you love preparing your garden and celebrating Easter. Then there is Summer - full of outdoor activities, 4th of July, camping and family vacations. And of course, Autumn with the beginning of school, the glorious changing of nature’s color, bountiful harvests, Halloween and Thanksgiving. When you break the year up into seasons, there certainly are plenty of stories worth telling! 

In Seasonal Storytelling: Mini Books for Sharing Each Season’s Special Memories, we break down the year into the four seasons. This provides a naturally broadened perspective through which to document your special memories. Because of this broadened view, we introduce you to four different approaches to creating seasonal mini albums - Events & Traditions, Timeframes, On-the-Go and Reflections. With each chapter, we will focus on a different season and share two of these four approaches for tackling that season to create a mini book filled with a memories that fits your lifestyle, your scrapping habits and your style of creating. 

Showcasing eight different and unique mini albums filled with over 100 pages of ideas, Seasonal Storytelling covers each of the seasons, throughout four chapters. Every chapter contains a printable PDF containing two beautifully crafted mini albums along with a coordinating video. Also included are two exclusive printable journaling cards used as the base for one of the mini albums featured in the workshop.

The content of this workshop will be available immediately upon purchase. The lessons are available for you to work at your own pace and upon purchase can be accessed in the "Workshops" section under "Classes & Events." A private message board forum is also available to ask questions for Amy and to connect with other participants.

Cost of Class: $25 | Buy now!

And now we get to give a class spot away!  Just leave a comment here letting us know why you'd love to take this workshop along with your Two Peas username for your chance to win.  The giveaway is open through Monday, November 12th.  We'll draw and announce a winner here on the blog on the 13th.  Good luck!

Step Up Your Scrapbooking Workshop with Lynn Ghahary + Giveaway

We're excited to announce our newest class Step Up Your Scrapbooking with Garden Girl Lynn Ghahary, has been added to our library of workshops.  Lynn has been hard at work for months on this class and we are excited we finally get to reveal it to you!

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Have you ever finished a scrapbook page only to feel that you were missing that “something special”? Perhaps you are new to scrapbooking and looking for ways to take your layouts to the next level.  Or you might be an experienced scrapbooker who is feeling the loss of your scrappy mojo, and looking for ways to increase the creative appeal of your pages.  Well then this is the workshop for you!

You’ll find this class packed with surefire ways to take your layouts to the next level with a toolkit full of tried and true designer tips and tricks.  The techniques outlined in each lesson are straightforward and easy to follow, but really pack a big punch in the design department.  You’ll find your layouts have gone from “good” to “great” just by following a few of the design guidelines covered in this class. 

 Each lesson will focus on one of five main design categories: backgrounds, photos, titles, journaling, and embellishments.  With 10 lessons per chapter that’s 50 designer tips & tricks to refer back to when you’re faced with your next “what’s missing?” dilemma.  A brand new, never before seen page example by Lynn (as well as some other special guest designers) accompanies each lesson to help get you started.  Additionally, an informative PDF and instructional video is provided for each chapter.  Each video not only reviews the lessons included in the chapter, but also features the start to finish process of one of the chapter layouts as well.  

Whether you’re an experienced scrapbooker or new to the hobby, this workshop has something for everyone.  So grab your scissors, paper, and glue and let’s step up your scrapbooking!

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The content of this workshop will be available immediately upon purchase. The lessons are available for you to work at your own pace and upon purchase can be accessed in the "Workshops" section under "Classes & Events." A private message board forum is also available to both ask questions of Lynn and to connect with other participants. Enjoy!  

Cost of Class: $25 | Buy Now

And now we get to give a class spot away!  Just leave a comment here letting us know why you'd love to take this workshop along with your Two Peas username for your chance to win.  The giveaway is open through Sunday, September 16th.  We'll draw and announce a winner here on the blog on the 17th.  Good luck!

Kristina's Disney Mini Album Series Day 4: Including a Pamphlet

Welcome to the final installment in our Disney Mini Album series with Kristina!  Today we've got a quick video tutorial for you covering an idea for including maps and pamphlets in your albums.  First, a look at how Kristina included them in her book and even embellished the insides:

 

You'll find the previous posts in our series here: Days 1, 2, & 3  We hope you enjoyed the series and are inspired to learn even more from our Scrapbooking Family Vacations and Divide & Conquer workshops. 

Kristina's Disney Mini Album Series Day 3: The Album

Welcome to Day 3 in our Disney mini album series with Kristina! This week Kristina is sharing how she applied the lessons from our Scrapbooking Family Vacations and Divide & Conquer workshops in recording her family's recent trip to Disney.  Today we get to give you a look at the pages themselves.  Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy!  See the previous posts here: Day 1 & 2

If you are looking for the winner of our Gardeners' Digest blog hop giveaway, go here.

For more details on how her album came together as well as a supply list, visit Kristina's album in the Two Peas gallery here.  Join us tomorrow as Kristina shares a technique for including pamphlets in your mini books!

Kristina's Disney Mini Album Series Day 2: Prepping the Album

Welcome back to our series on Kristina's Disney mini album!  A mini album can feel not-so-mini sometimes; we get overwhelmed by all the photos and memories we want to include.  Today Kristina shares how she used the lessons from Lisa Truesdell's Divide & Conquer workshop to tackle the prep work in getting started.  See the video and introduction post from Day 1 here. 

From Kristina, "Lisa's workshop recommends putting together a kit for you to use for your project. Nothing more. I loved this. But I hated doing it. I love products and want to just grab anything at any time. Once I did this though, and really made myself only use the items in my kit, I was so happy.  I was able to take my bin of products with me anywhere in the house and work on this album---which I never do! I had it on the living room floor on multiple occasions and even while cuddled in my bed one night!!

I was worried I would have troubles when I couldn't grab something else from my stash that I knew would work perfectly for my project. But when it came down to it, I made it work with what I had available in my box and I loved how it all coordinates and works together. It really makes it a cohesive book from start to finish.

I will admit to pulling a few more washi tapes here and there when needed. I found myself using washi tapes more and more as I went along, as they are so easy to use and create all kinds of looks. 

I pulled together a set of papers in the same tones and patterns, neutrals and aquas/turquoises. I knew I wanted the circle patterns from Studio Calico, because of how they reminded me of the Epcot Spaceship Earth ball, and then I just went from there. The alphabet stickers, labels, washi tapes and everything else is all in those same color families.

I threw in some other fun embellishments and stickers for here and there, but mainly used papers, labels and tapes. I didn't want any big icons or images, so all of my embellishments are small and basic, so that they really are there to just embellish versus create a main visual. I want my photos to tell the story while my words and journaling to add our personal tales."

For a list of supplies Kristina used in her album, go here!

Lisa's class teaches you to prep a mini album in stages; one of those stages is to lay out the flow of your album, inserting photos and pieces into the divide page protectors and deciding where you want what pieces to go.  Here is a look at Kristina's album in this stage:

Join us tomorrow as we take a look inside the finished album!