I played with pop ups today and of course made a slide show for you !
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Board Books in Motion!
What? You don't know about the MOSD Contest??!!
Count me in…what do I do??!! Welllll... let me tell you all about it!
First...Order your Contest Pack for only $12.00
What do you get? The Cover 2 Cover Big Boy (6x12) Album, an
EXCLUSIVE sketch designed by Becky Fleck of PAGE MAPS as well as a never to be released again set of MOSD Stick Ons all for only $12.00
*After you are all done decorating up the Big Boy --- using the sketch as
inspiration of course --- simply email your submission to:
pubcalls@gmail.com with the subject line of : MOSD DT CONTEST.
* In the body of the email please include:
Name, Address, Phone Number, ,Email, and Cara Miller Designs!!. Show as much of the album as possible& the page(s) inspired by the sketch. Contest Runs August 25th through September 30th, 2008 all entries to be received at the above address by Midnight in your time zone. Contest open to Residents of the United States Only.
Winner will be notified by email on or before October 10th.
My fingers are crossed for you!! Check out what I did when I played with my Contest Pack!
Hugs, Cara
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August Are You Board? Kit Club Preview
Oh my gosh...the last two weeks have been a whirlwind of travel and classes and kits! I have not really had a chance to chat with you and catch you up with all that is happening with both Are You Board? and with lil ol me. I headed out to my last 2008 Great American Scrapbook Convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Beautiful hotel and my room overlooked the river and the riverwalk...it was great. My classes were small but it gave me time to spend with my students and it was the last show that my wordbooks were only 4 inches tall. From then on all classes feature the tall 5 3/4 inch book. We are "All Tall" from now on! And that means the vertical photos will fit on the pages of these books without cropping off heads and feet!! I flew home very late Saturday night and got a few hours sleep in myown bed. But first thing Sunday morning I was packing kits...and packing kits ...and packing kits for Valley Forge. This show is always a big one and I have a really full schedule with really full classes...2008 was no exception. And as usual, I am introducing new class designs which means new instruction sheets and of course new samples! All this and only have 4 days. You can see why I have not had a lot of time to chit chat with you here! I headed out Thursday morning around 9:00. After conquering my GPS ... I had to really take control as "Jill" seemed to have issues with the major construction as I tried to find my way to the Radisson and she spend much energy "recalculating" while I could see the hotel and headed the way I knew I needed to travel!
My classroom was in the Radisson and the bellman was a great help toting my suitcases full of class kits to the classroom. After dinner I spent the evening creating my class samples and crawled off to a great night sleep in my sleep number bed! My classes were terrific and the TA's I had sooo helpful. Wordbook 101 was all new! I have taught this class many times but I always have a collection of books in hand picked words that my students choose from and it is generally an hour and a half or two hours long. At Valley Forge we had an hour! And using MOSD Box of Books, each student had a chance to make their own 4 or 5 letter word. I wasn't sure if this would slow down the class or if it would happen quickly. The class was also at 8:30 in the morning ...yikes! But I had a list of words as suggestions to help kick start the imagination and just like that custom wordbooks were created! The books came together beautifully and this class also so the launch of a brand new partnership with 3 Pixel Chicks. Each kit contains a CD with files for both hybrid and pure digital pages for Wordbooks. So much fun!
And... wait til you see what we are working on now! I am so excited about these great new ideas that will add WOW to your wordbooks. I will let you know as soon as they are added to my site. Both the MEOW class and the CRUISIN class featured all new designs and papers created by lil ol me! Love them and I hope you will too! I will post photos soon.
I had a break for lunch and was able to chat with Stacy Julian about my upcoming Big Picture Scrapbooking classes. So many ideas ...I can't wait to get these loaded and ready to go! She is the best ! I was also there to meet one of the students in Stacy's Photo Freedom class that used the ideas in Photo Freedom to create a wonderful album celebrating her family tradition of Full Moon Walks. An intriguing idea that was new to me sprung from a book about gathering your family to take a walk on every full moon. She has done this with her family for many years and has terrific journaling and stories that she has recorded and struggled with methods to organize and share these memories. Photo Freedom helped her discover a plan and she shared her work in progress ever growing album with Stacy and the rest of us. Such a cool family history!
After a long drive home I was able to visit with my family and relax a bit before I jump into the kits for Charlotte! And I am finally able to fill you in on what 's up with August. My newsletter will go out tonight with a complete description but let's just say POP UPS!! My favorite cards are the ones with pop outs and moving tabs.. books with windows and doors ... things that go bump in the night (not really!) Well August kit will feature our basic 5x5 board book with patterns and instructions to create three styles of motion in your board book. Fun fun fun! Be sure to stay tuned as there are many new ideas coming soon. Hugs, Cara
