Good afternoon all inspired scrapbookers and I hope you all had a lovely summer!
For many of my subscribers, summer is over and the kids are either back to school or they are headed back to school very soon. At
Commit 2 Paper, we hope you took full advantage of everything that summer had to offer. Although its not good for business, we hope that you spent very little time scrapbooking this summer and you spent all your time outside enjoying the weather and the sunshine with your family and friends! As a fellow scrapbooker, I know that you never had a camera too far from reach and you were good at documenting the comings and goings of your family. The August Commit 2 Paper kit is going to be perfect for documenting all of your summer days at the park, the barbeques and the beach days.
You are definitely in for a treat with the August kit! This kit should have arrived to your doorstep by now, but if not, then it will be there later on this week! Again, this kit is jam packed with bright bold colors and strong patterns from the Moda Bella line by American Crafts. I hate to sound like a broken record but he girls on the Inspiration Squad spent this month working this kit for all that it is worth, and that will be evident when you look at the
Inspiration Squad Gallery. I hope you will be able to do the same and can find some inspiration from them.
Speaking of the Inspiration Squad, we have some new faces on our team! It is my pleasure to announce that Ms. Betsie Gibson has made her debut on our team and we couldnt be more excited to have her joining us. Betsie lives in the Phoenix AZ with her three children - Logan, Annie, and Parker. She is returning to her teaching career after spending 9 years at home raising her little ones. She is also a grad student earning her M. Ed. in education emphasis on reading comprehension. In addition to raising her children she likes to travel and scrapbook. She has been scrap booking for over a decade and has served as a Design Team Member of Scrapgoods in 2008. She has no particular style and chooses to stay true to herself in her scrap habits. She views her scrap booking as a way to let her inner self run wild, therefore she is messy and often does not have a plan on how a page will turn out. She figures she is organized and methodical in every other area of her life that she has to have an escape from her OC tendencies -- scrap booking. She likes to play with the latest and greatest in scrap booking. Some of her favorite things include clear pages, glimmer mist, stamping, and mesh. She is drawn to black and white, but also loves to work with bright colors. Scrap booking to her is more than just a historical account for her family (although this is an integral important part of it). It is also a form of therapy. It gives her an outlet to work through some of her feelings regarding situations and circumstances life have dealt her and her family. She likes a shock value and this is evident in her pages as well. She also likes to scrapbook the everyday aspects of life -- good, bad, and neutral. Keeping it fun is also important to her. Her pages can range from gut wrenching to humorous. To see more from Ms. Gibson, please visit the gallery at
www.commit2paper.com/galleryAlso this month, we are honored to be joined by Ms. Nina Donnell as a Guest Designer. Nina has been scrapbooking since 2004. She accidentally became a scrapper, but it was a natural progression. She was asked by her Dad to restore his parent’s wedding picture and once that was done, she was stuck with trying to figure out the best way to preserve and display the photo. On a business trip, her hubby found himself in an Archivers and that is all it took, he became her biggest enabler and the staff soon learned her name! This is the first time we have had a Guest Designer and we hope that this can happen again real soon.
Again, I want to remind you all of the Commit 2 Paper community networking site via Ning. You can find our community at http://commit2paper.ning.com/ This is a community which we encourage all our subscribers to take advantage of regardless of their experience with scrapbooking. There are always things to learn and talk about, so please register today and begin setting up your profile. You can participate in our forums, share techniques and upload your photos and work with the girls for tips, advice or kudos. Personally, I look forward to seeing you all there and getting to know you a bit better!
For those of you with expiring memberships, please renew today to ensure that you dont miss any of our kits. Just a reminder, single month kits are $27.50 plus shipping per month, 3 month subscriptions are $26 plus shipping and handling per month and our 6 month subscription is only $24 plus shipping and handling per month. We encourage you to renew your subscriptions today to take full advantage of these discounts.
Your Inspiration Squad ladies are receiving their September kits this week. September is my birth month, and When i think of September I think of fall foliage in the New England mountains. When I think of September, I think of my favorite colors: Burnt Umbre, Burgundy, Wine, Cream, Sienna Brown and Forest Green to name a few. And if any kit screams SEPTEMBER, it is the upcoming Commit 2 Paper kit which features the Batik Collection from Paper Trunk. This is certainly a kit you wont want to pass up! Photos of the kit should be up soon, so make sure to check back.
This month, you may not see a lot of layouts or projects from Inspiration Squad member Katy Hall because she is set to take her wedding vows at the end of September. From all of us at Commit 2 Paper, Congratulations Katy and Chris!
And with that, we'll see you next month! Have a wonderful month and happy scrapping!
Amy
Amy@commit2paper.com
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