Hillary Heidelberg's Blog

Sharing from my online class

Okay, so my February One-in-48 is nearing the end. For those of you who don't know about this class, I run it through my site nycscraps.com. Basically, I give a sketch and a prompt every 48 hours, and students are supposed to complete a layout in that period of time and post it, based on the sketch. It's fun, the community is supportive, and it's wonderful to see all the different sketch interpretations.

Sigh. I love these classes. The women are so very inspirational: their stories, their photos, and their just plain ol' scrapping-because-I-love-it attitude. I hope to share some more over the coming days...here's just a few that I love:

Yggdrasil's layouts always captivate me. Here she really recreated the "wave" in the sketch beautifully, and if my eye is right, she also matted it! Wow!

 

This one is just plain pretty. Tina captured that light, girly feeling in her layout with it's airy bubbles and pretty pink flowered paper. Great job, Tina:

 

 

 

Larken's Nanny posted this wonderful layout. Notice all the memorable detail her photos capture. This is a layout truly full of memories.

Check out this layout from JodeG. Man, i find it hard to scrap Christmas photos, so this one is very inspiring to me:

 

One by g-grammy--as a mother to boys, I don't get to use a lot of pink sparkly stuff on my layouts, so it's fun to see someone use it with gusto. Love it!:

Here's one by Amberhelga. I love the way she interpreted the sketch and made it her own:

Back from the dead...sorta

Ugh...has this flu hit just about EVERYONE? well, it's hit me and mine, and let me tell you, it's been hanging on a week and will NOT let go. I went to Scrap Bowl 08 last weekend and it was a BLAST, but it would have been even better if  I hadn't been so darn sick. In any case, of COURSE (we scrappers are nothing if not committed) I managed to complete a bunch of layouts, and lots of 2 pagers also, so I am happy.

I took Stacy Julian's class, and while I have to admit I was chagrined to meet someone who could talk faster (and more) than me, her class was good. It was called Finish Line and it was all about "completing a mini book" in under 3 hours. And for those of you who have taken my classes at nycscraps.com, you know I am ALL about the "glue it down" philosophy, so I actually put this to the test. I completed a 20 page 6x6 album of our trip to Disney in January, and I like it! And more importantly, the boys LOVE it. It's all about the photos and the memories for kids. They really don't care that I used pink Scenic Route on their Star Wars photos. Although I do have to admit it still niggles at me just a little....

Okay, now to share some layouts..and some knitty goodness :)

Some layouts that I made for scrapbooks.com!!

I also have some cool before/after pics to share of my boys' toy organization (or lack thereof) which i will try and post tonight...for now, this will have to hold you!!!!!

Full Size Goofy (and yes I realize it's pluto...)

Full sized Homeschooling in Starbucks

Full sized Zig-Zag Fun

Full Sized SImple Things

Full sized Magical

One-in-48 Sketch Challenge Class starts tomorrow!!!!

Come on over and join in the fun!!!!! Click here to learn more!

Posting some photos of Luca (and Julian, and Luca's friend L) homeschooling...in the first shot  Luca and his friend L answering questions for a mini math quiz I gave them...then we have Luca making clay to make his cuneiform tablet...it says "LUCA" in cuneiform and we plan on hanging it on his door...the bottom shot is we have Luca and Julian as the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt (Luca of course was King Narmer of Upper Egypt--he "won" the battle with the king of Lower Egypyt).....

Have I mentioned I love homeschooling?