American Bald Eagle Annual Festival Classes Announced

I am happy to announce to final details for this years Scrapbooking classes offered during the American Bald Eagle Foundation's annual festival in November.  To register for classes and the festival, please click here.

This is a wonderful opportunity for anyone who loves our national bird to see thousands of them in their natural environ and indulge in some great scrapbooking classes.  I'll be gearing these courses to showcase layouts featuring photos from our photography trip last year to Haines, Alaska.  For a gallery of some of our favorite photos, please check out our ONLINE GALLERY at Shetzers Photography.

These 2 day classes will help those who are just getting started in scrapbooking or who are interested in learning more about this wonderful paper craft and want to know where to start.  

Here are some of our objectives for the classes:

Gearing up for the Expedition:

Introduction to Scrapbooking

What will I learn in this hands on workshop?

* What is Scrapbooking?

* What are the 3 goals of scrapbooking?

* How do I organize my photos?

* What tools do I need?

* What are the key components of a layout?

You will create your first layout.

 

Sign Me Up:

Beginner’s Scrapbooking

What will I learn in this hands on workshop?

* How does color influence my layout?

* What are color combinations?

* How do I select colors?

* How do I create line & movement?

* What is the rule of thirds?

* What is the rule of 3's?

Create your second layout using all the techniques you have learned.

Click to enlarge this image for more information.

 You can check out some of my layouts of these beautiful birds in my online gallery here.

Hope to see you there!

Angela

Traveling through Moab, Utah

I wanted to share a few scrapbook layouts from our travels through the beautiful landscape of Moab, Utah last May.  We were lucky enough to spend 2 weeks in the Moab area so we had plenty of time to explore and take photos of Dead Horse State Park, Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park.

For some wonderful Utah landscape photographs, please check out our Gallery at Shetzers Photography.

AWAY WE GO - May 17, 2010 - Dead Horse State Park - Moab, Utah

JOURNALING:  We left Bryce Canyon about 9 am to make the 4 1/2 hour drive into Dead Horse State Park.  Along the way, we stopped at a Wal-Mart in Richfield.  We drove into the beautiful campground about 4 pm.  After finally figuring out how to get the trailer into the campsite, we set out to explore the point overlooking the Colorado River.  What a gorgeous place to watch the river wind through the canyon.

SUPPLIES USED:  Sketch by Lucy Chesna, National Parks papers

PICTURE PERFECT - May 18, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Dead Horse State Park - Canyonlands National Park

JOURNALING:  Here Matt captures both sunrise and sunset at Dead Horse State Park.  We drove the short distance to Canyonlands to visit both Mesa Arch and the Green River overlook, as well as the park road.

SUPPLIES USED:  Sketch by Heather, Bon Voyage Travel stack by DCWV, Paper bag

THE GREAT OUTDOORS - May 19, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Dead Horse State Park

JOURNALING:  Meander viewpoint and sunrise at the point.

SUPPLIES USED:  Roam papers by K&Co

FALSE KIVA - May 20, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Canyonlands National Park

JOURNALING:  What a peaceful, quiet place - The size and grandeur of the alcove seems at home with the simplicity of the structure.  What a perfect balance.

SUPPLIES USED:  Paper Lace by K&Co, Roam papers by K&Co, Scraplift of Lisa's layout based on Sassylilsketches April sketch

AZTEC BUTTE - May 20, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Canyonlands National Park

JOURNALING:  We hiked the 2.1 mile trail to Aztec Butte to view 3 ancient grainaries (1200 AD).  It was steep up the slick rock.

SUPPLIES USED:  Happy Trails papers by K&Co, Sketch by Cheri O'Neill

CANYONLANDS SUNSET - May 20, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Canyonlands National Park

JOURNALING:  We enjoyed a great picnic while watching the sun set over Green River.  What a beautiful spot.

SUPPLIES USED:  Happy Trails papers by K&Co, Sketch by Cheri O'Neill

ESCAPE INTO THE WILD - May 22, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Canyonlands National Park

JOURNALING:  We drove 74 miles south from Moab to visit the Needles area of Canyonlands.  On the way, we passed the Newspaper Rock petroglyphs.  Once in Canyonlands, we had a picnic lunch near Pothole Point.  We decided to brave the 50 mph winds to hike the Slickrock trail.  It was a 2.4 mile trail that wound its way up and down the slickrock, to give us gorgeous views of the canyon below.

SUPPLIES USED:  Boy Scouts papers from K&Co, Bazzill stitch template

NATURE WALKS - May 23, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Arches National Park

JOURNALING:  We drove to the Devil's Garden trailhead to do the 2.6 mile hke out to Landscape Arch.  On the way back, we visited the Pine Tree Arch and Tunnel Arch.  After a picnic lunch at Fiery Furnace, we enjoyed seeing all the major sites on our drive out of the park.

SUPPLIES USED:  Sketch by Cheri O'Neill at Let's Scrap, Happy Trails papers by K&Co, Postcards, 50 States Cricut Cartridge

OFF ROAD - May 25, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Canyonlands National Park

JOURNALING:  We decided to drive the 4 wheel drive road called Shafer Trail from Canyonlands and back to Moab.

SUPPLIES USED:  National Parks papers, Cardstock by DCVW

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK - May 25, 2010 - Moab, Utah

JOURNALING:  Delicate arch is such a recognized symbol of Arches.  Here Matt captures the "classic" shot as well as some other great views.

SUPPLIES USED:  Sketch by Susan Stringfellow, Blue Awning papers by K&Co, Destinations Cricut cartridge

SLIPPIN THRU THE CRACKS - May 26, 2010 - Moab, Utah - Arches National Park

JOURNALING:  We were excited to explore the Fiery Furnace on a ranger led hike.  We also had a permit to return alone but had issues getting in.

SUPPLIES USED:  Martha Stewart Classic Woodland papers, Sketch by Amy Alvis

FOUR CORNERS WONDERS - May 27, 2010 - Utah

JOURNALING:  We decided to drive down to 4 corners to explore the ruins of "House on Fire".  We also toured Natural Bridges & Mokey Dugway.

SUPPLIES USED:  Roam papers by K&Co, Destinations Cricut cartridge, George & Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge

HISTORICAL SITES - May 28, 2010 - Utah

JOURNALING:  We spent our day doing the same drive, only in reverse and adding Valley of the Gods.  We also hiked out to the "Fallen Roof" ruin.  It was pretty difficult to find but definitely worth the scramble up and down the canyon walls.  We also re-revisited the Gooseneck State Park again.

SUPPLIES USED:  Complete Boy kit by My Minds Eye

White Tips for Sketchy Thursdays

I found another great site for sketches, Sketchy Thursdays.  I love using them as inspiration to get the creativity going.  This was my first time for playing along with their weekly sketch challenge and I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of their favorites!!!  Check out all the wonderful pages created by this one little sketch HERE.

Of course the photography is from my wonderful hubby Matt @ Shetzers Photography.  For more wonderful Bald Eagle images, check out his gallery here.

Here is the sketch:

 And here is the layout that I created based on the sketch:

WHITE TIPS - October 11, 2010 - Haines, Alaska

JOURNALING: This unique white tipped eagle visits Haines, AK.

SUPPLIES USED: Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, K&Company PoppySeed Shimmer Paper, K&Company Floral paper, Cloud9 3D Gel Stitches, K&Company Border, Bazzill Edge Borders, Studio G Chalk ink, Inkadinkado Bold Damasks Stamp, Font CK Regal, K&Company Julianne paper, Souffle white puff pen, Inkadinkado Sketchy Flourishes stamp, American Crafts Precision Pen, BasicGrey The Details stamp, Sketch by Sketchy Thursday (2-24-11)

New Blog!!

I've just started this blog to share scrapbooking tips, techniques, examples and other great scrapbook related sites.  It will keep you updated on upcoming classes and events. 

I've created new website that will showcase scrapbooking layouts that you can view for ideas by various categories.  Please see sidebar for links to the galleries.

For prior posts, please visit my personal blog here.