Sale-A-Bration starts soon!

January 30, 2009 By Katherine Pritchard Leave a Comment

(click on the title to see Sale-A-Bration brochure)

Get excited about Stampin UP!’s annual Sale-A-Bration promotion with this super quick and easy Card Kit.

Your Botanical Blooms Kit Includes:

Materials needed to make 48 cards PLUS with the purchase of the card kit you will receive the Sale-A-Bration set of 7 lovely coordinated stamps, Botanical Blooms for FREE. It’s a great deal!

Pink Pirouette CS
Rose Red CS
Whisper White CS
Certainly Celery DP
Medium Envelopes
Silver Brads
Basic Black ink
2-way Glue Pen
Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Total Price Can: $66.40 (plus S&H, taxes)
Total Price US: $55.85 (plus S&H, taxes)

Here’s what you need to do:
STEP ONE: Request a flyer with ‘Botanical Blooms Kit’ in subject line.

STEP TWO:
• Email order with credit card information to kpritchard@hot.rr.com
• Phone order with credit card information to 254-848-5173 • Print flyer and mail check or money order to:
Katherine Pritchard,2429 Baylor Camp Rd., Crawford, TX 76638

Orders can be placed beginning February 1st
and are available through March 31st!

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Masculine Valentine

January 28, 2009 By Katherine Pritchard 2 Comments

Not every valentine has to be PINK! So with that in mind here’s a great Valentine for that sweet hubby or special boyfriend!

If you’re like me, you have lots of pieces of Designer Series Paper from previous idea books just waiting to be useful, and since you only need a piece that’s about 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 you’re bound to have one that’s appropriate. This card uses a piece from the Hawaii Papaya Paper Pack (featured in the 2008 Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalog. ) Since it coordinates with the still current In Colors it has been teamed with the Tangerine Tango and the Kiwi Kiss on a Chocolate Chip, standard size, cardstock base. Stamp sets used were the Tres Chic background stamp with the A Happy Heart Stamp Set Other elements used in this card are the Photo Corners punch, the Piercing Tool from our wonderfully versatile Crafter’s Tool Kit, Vintage brads, and the beautiful 5/8″ Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon.

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What size picture to use?

January 23, 2009 By Katherine Pritchard Leave a Comment


I love playing around with different size pictures for my scrapbook pages. Here’s one way to get more pictures on your page and not crop or lose any of the details that you want to show. When you are about to print a picture from your favorite photo software you have the option (usually) right before you click the final “print” step to select ‘properties’ for that particular printer. Once that dialogue box pops up, look for the ‘Effects’ tab at the top of the dialogue box and open that up. There should be somewhere on that tab a selection that says “% of normal size”. Changing the percent of normal size is one of the easiest and quickest ways to re-size your prints for your scrapbook pages.

Here above I have shown you what the same photo is like at 50, 70 and 100%. You can print your picture on plain paper in black and white first for more accurate sizing or you can keep a sample of sizes handy like this sheet for referencing with your layouts.

I hope that if you are serious about scrapbooking you have invested in a good color printer. They have really come down in price over the last few years and are much more affordable.

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NEW CATALOGS ARE HERE!

January 17, 2009 By Katherine Pritchard Leave a Comment

Our beautifully awesome new catalogs have arrived! I am continually impressed with the art and design staff at Stampin’ UP!, they’ve out done themselves yet again.

I have subscriptions to about 7-8 different rubber stamp, scrapbook magazines, and craft magazines, and yet the best resource by far is our very own Idea Book & Catalog. Even before I became a demonstrator I collected past issues of their catalog for inspirations.

Here are several ways you can get your copy of the 2009 Spring & Summer Idea Book & Catalog:

1. You can purchase a copy for just $10.00

2. You can pick-up your copy FREE if you are a member of the 2008-2009 Scrapper’s Club

3. Your copy is FREE with a $25.00 order.

4. If you book a workshop your copy is FREE.

First orders can be placed MONDAY January 19th, and YES I’ve got an order going in Monday, so if you want to be included in that order just shoot me an email or call.

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!

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Let it SNOW!

January 16, 2009 By Katherine Pritchard Leave a Comment

Here’s a fun whimsical layout for those ski or snow pictures. If you look closely you’ll appreciate its simplicity and versatility; and it’s one that you can use time and time again throughout your scrapbook pages. I’ve utilized a couple of classic design elements that will help you with your other pages as well. Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig it’s easy to make repeating borders with your stamps; change the snowflakes border with flowers and birds; the snow mounds are replaced with two shades of green and the page elements are changed out with trees and flowers and you have a spring or summer page layout ready for outdoor pictures. OR, use fish and seashells for the border strip and use tan and a pale brown for the mounds and you have a seascape ready for beach pictures…get the idea? Don’t have the right verse or greeting . . .no problem, using “Double Line Doodling” it’s easy to make just what you need, that’s where the sign came from, that’s right, it’s “FREEHANDED”. Sometimes I think we rely too heavily on stickers and stamps and forget that we can actually draw something ourselves if you just give it a little practice!

Dimensionals were used to add lift for the snowman and penguin. This also adds depth to the page as well as the excessively distressed edges of the snow mounds. I hope you like this light hearted layout, it was quick and easy. . .and that’s the way scrapbooking should be!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. . .Enjoy!

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Galeana Mexico Mission Trip

January 13, 2009 By Katherine Pritchard Leave a Comment

What an awesome time last week! We were joined by among others, three of our four sons, Jack (far right), Colin, (2nd from right), and Addison (center)on our first trip to minister in Mexico among remote farming villages around the Galeana area. It is about 2 1/2 hours south of Monterrey and is nestled in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Range. At first glance as you go deep into the range you are impressed with the vast ‘nothingness’ as one of our fellow travelers put it. Yet here in the midst of nothing are small farming villages eaking out a meager existence far from any civilization. Dirt farmers who, take advantage of the sparse rainfall that amounts to about only 15″ annually, grow a tiny variety of corn (think 4″-5″ ears) for their goats, donkeys, chickens and themselves. We were so richly blessed during our short visit and have all agreed that we will definitely be back next January.

Our team had two physicians and two dentists who saw patients for various maladies and distributed medicines. We also had a photo workshop where the villagers had their pictures taken and put in a folder for them to keep. Many had never had their picture ever taken and this was a special treat for them. Another area with the help of several wonderful Baylor athletes and family kids on the trip did soccer, basketball, and frisbee with the children, to help occupy them while their parents were receiving treatment. Then there was VBS and the Jesus film shown in Spanish.

Six days filled with travelling, ministering, and fellowship in sharing the love of Christ. I am so pleased to have been a small part of the group and hope that if you ever get the opportunity to share your heart with others that you will do so freely and without reservation.

Filed Under Family Tagged With medical, mission trip, sports, travel
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