Membership

Due to survey results we are starting a membership program at the store. Anyone who chooses to purchase a 1 year membership card for $25 prior to February 15th will receive a $5 coupon to put towards scrapbooking supplies or a class at the store.

Your membership will provide you with:
- 10% off every purchase.
- discounts for classes and crops
- special membership incentives and sales throughout the year.

We feel very fortunate to have so many very loyal customers and want to thank you for continuing to support us!

Motivated Scrapbooking!

The daily mini album for a month is the way to go!! I have documented a whole month all up to date while I have years of pictures waiting a spot in my scrapbooks. I feel as though I am mostly done scrapbooking Christmas and it was done 5 days after Christmas was over. I highly recommend this mini album idea. I was very motivated to print my pictures every couple of days and complete my pages immediately. It feels good to have a completed project!

I used the Scenic Route Garland Collection kit (which is awesome with an abundance of great chipboard, sticker and die cut accents) and a Tim Holtz grungeboard tab album. Love those things!!!

Rusty pickle mini album class

Jan 22 (6:30 - 8:30)

Join Design Team Member Trace Geworsky to complete a Rusty Pickle mini album. All supplies to complete the class will be included in the cost of the class. Please bring 8-12 pictures. Cost $25.00

20% off

This weeks (January 6 & 8th) sale at Rhubarb Roots - Receive 20% off your whole order excluding our What's New Section.

Be sure to come back frequently for updates on upcoming sales and promotions.

Some new Digi layouts...

...so I have had an incredibly busy fall/Christmas season and I have to apologize to all for going COMPLETELY incommunicado! However, I am now coming out the other side and I have had the opportunity to create some new pieces that were about catharsis, healing and having some fun.

This first one is a tribute to my cat who passed away last week at 17.

The background paper is from my Peony series with the colour taken out with a Hue/Saturation adjustment and tinted to a brown in the same setting. Also used: Adobe Photoshop, Rhona Farrer brushes, created brushes, Bleeding Cowboys font, Susie's Hand font.

This next one, Corteo, is a quick (45 minute) creation. I simply scanned in the ticket from Cirque, duplicated and flipped it and cleaned up some extraneous text. I put the picture in of the 3 of us, surrounded it with Grunge Borders by METH, stamped Smoke_Brushes_by_photoshop_stock behind (using Vivid Light for blending) and created some additional text. Font: Beyond Wonderland. All of these layouts use extensive layers to create the final pieces.

This last layout of Emory was for his 6 month shots. Fonts: the King and Queen, 2Peas Favourite Things, Paper - Emily Merritt Grunge Polkas; Little Dreamer Designs and created brushes.

I love tying in the colours that he's wearing throughout this piece. It's very vibrant. I am using a lot of blending styles with layer masks. The layer masks enable be to go back and change any part of the layout, including the edges and stamping at any time. It's much more non-destructive and flexible. I'm totally enthralled!

I hope you enjoyed these layouts! If you have any questions about the techniques drop me a line on the forums. And check out the upcoming newsletters for some tips and tricks.

Merry Christmas all!

Jen

Christmas Open House

Be sure to stop by the store this Friday, December 5th from 6pm - 9pm for our annual Christmas Open house. We will be demoing the Making Memories Slice machine, Provo Craft Cuttlebug and a few other demos on techniques. There will be a discounted preorder price for these items available as well.

Prima transparencies

Trace Geworsky

(I photographed this layout over a white shirt, because otherwise it was too dark)

Last night, the Rhubarb Roots ladies taught a class on making a mini album using these transparencies(the album was designed by Shauna) so I thought I would show you my latest layout using the same transparency.
I used paint to colour in some of the floral designs, and to work with the colours I already had from the Prima patterned paper and pom pom ribbon.