May 2014 bring you luck, prosperity, happiness and joy!
Have a safe, sane and sober evening!
Happy New Year!
Kathryn & Alan (Mr. Lifeguard)
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
New Year's Day Menu Ideas
There are quite a few traditional holiday foods in the USA and around the world for ensuring you will have luck, prosperity, happiness and joy throughout the new year.
Here are some ideas for foods to eat, and recipes to cook to ensure you have a delicious meal, and maybe ensure you'll have a little extra cash in 2014.
New Year's Day Menu
Roast Pork with Rosemary and Garlic
Eat pork on New Year's day so that all year you'll live off the fat of the land. Pigs also represent the future because they always move forward - never back.
Avoid chicken or you'll spend 2014 scratching for food.
Wilted Cabbage Salad
Cabbage represents money - something we'd all appreciate a little more of in 2014! This salad has the bonus of also including bacon - more pork. :)
Salmon with Lentils and Mustard Herb Butter
Not a fan of pork and cabbage? Choose fish and lentils instead. Fish scales and lentils represent coins (prosperity), while fish swim in schools and represent abundance.
Enjoy!
Kathryn & Alan (Mr. Lifeguard)
Thursday, December 26, 2013
GIVEAWAY: Last USTREAM Ever!
I have been doing live USTREAM broadcasts since August 2009. Over the years, I have recorded over 600 live paper crafting classes, chatted with memory keepers from all over the world and made some truly amazing friendships. It has been a wonderful experience, but today I will broadcast my final two USTREAM shows.
Goodbye, USTREAM
USTREAM has announced that beginning January 6, 2014, they will delete all videos older than 30 days from basic accounts (like mine). Because of this, Mr. Lifeguard and I had to find a new solution for archiving my hundreds of USTREAM videos.
Since so many viewers have also been struggling with USTREAM's quality control issues, we decided it was time to move away from their service and switch to professional, paid services for hosting our own live web broadcasts.
Hello, New Classroom!
Beginning Thursday, January 2, 2014, I will be broadcasting live from our new online classroom at www.kathrynscraps.com!
I am so excited to be bringing you commercial-free broadcasting, higher quality videos and fewer technical difficulties! With your membership to the online classroom, you not only get access to the video archives, but also continued access to my live web broadcasts.
That's 96 shows a year for just $5.00/month - that's less than $0.60 a show! Or pay just $50.00 for the whole year through December 31, 2013 - that's two months free!
Use the PayPal buttons below to subscribe to either yearly or monthly access, or click here to go to my shop:
Annual Subscription
Monthly Subscription
Once you have checked out through PayPal, you will be directed to the new classroom where you can create a user id and password. Memberships are typically approved within 24 hours of cleared payment.
Giveaways!
During today's two USTREAM broadcasts, we'll be giving away some sweet scrapbooking supplies. Join us live on my USTREAM channel from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern USA and then again from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern USA time.
Gingerbread House
We'll be finishing this adorable little album today - so excited!
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| Click HERE to purchase the album for yourself. |
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| There are lots of fun accessories included for decorating this album! |
This album includes 18 pieces of die cut raw chipboard in a gingerbread house shape. This books has 7 shaped chipboard pages and 11 accessory pieces: gingerbread house (5 pieces), gingerbread man (3 pieces), cardinal (2 pieces) and tree (1 piece).
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| Decorating these different shapes will be so fun! |
Supply List
Gingerbread House Album
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Collection Pack
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Cardstock Stickers
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Dimensional Stickers
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Noteworthy
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Buttons
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Trinkets
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Bling
(I wasn't able to get another pack of bling, so in class I'll use enamel dots)
See you soon!
Kathryn :D
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas from Kathryn Scraps!
Christmas is a wonderful time to spend time with family, reflect on the year and think about what we're thankful for.
Mr. Lifeguard and I wanted to take a moment to thank you - our wonderful customers and friends - for your support of Kathryn Scraps in 2013. We so appreciate the close relationships we've formed with our online paper crafting family!
We hope you have a relaxing holiday, filled with love and laughter, and we look forward to another wonderful year with you in 2014!
Merry Christmas!
Kathryn and Alan (aka Mr. Lifeguard)
Monday, December 23, 2013
Video Christmas Card
Just popping in to share this hilarious video Christmas card with you guys - I loved it!
Click HERE to watch the video on YouTube
Merry Christmas!
Kathryn :D
Friday, December 20, 2013
Graphic 45 Featured Artist
I'm so happy to once again be a featured artist on the Graphic 45 blog!
This time I am part of a special post with Jim Hankins the Gentleman Crafter and Kathy Orta the Paper Phenomenon in support of Steampunk Soiree 2014. Graphic 45 is proudly sponsoring our event and we are so excited and happy to be working with such a fantastic company.
They have a new video to share, and Jim and Kathy have some fabulous projects for you, too. Be sure to visit their blog to see all the wonderful crafty goodness!
Click HERE to visit the Graphic 45 blog
Have a GREAT weekend!
~Kathryn :D
Thursday, December 12, 2013
USTREAM Today: Naughty or Nice Album
We started working on the adorable little Gingerbread Album last week over on my USTREAM channel. We'll be continuing on with the album today at 2:00 p.m. This will be my last project on USTREAM before moving to the new classroom for 2014.
Gingerbread House
Here's the cover of this adorable little album - how cute is that!?
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| Click HERE to purchase the album for yourself. |
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| There are lots of fun accessories included for decorating this album! |
This album includes 18 pieces of die cut raw chipboard in a gingerbread house shape. This books has 7 shaped chipboard pages and 11 accessory pieces: gingerbread house (5 pieces), gingerbread man (3 pieces), cardinal (2 pieces) and tree (1 piece).
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| Decorating these different shapes will be so fun! |
Supply List
Gingerbread House Album
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Collection Pack
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Cardstock Stickers
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Dimensional Stickers
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Noteworthy
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Buttons
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Trinkets
Bo Bunny Elf Magic Bling
(I wasn't able to get another pack of bling, so in class I'll use enamel dots)
USTREAM
I be hosting classes on my USTREAM channel every Thursday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern USA and then again from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern USA time for the rest of 2013. After that, we'll be moving the online classes over to my new classroom.
See you soon!
Kathryn :D
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
We're Moving the Live Classes to KathrynScraps.com!
I have been doing live USTREAM broadcasts since August 2009. Over the years, I have recorded over 600 live paper crafting classes, chatted with memory keepers from all over the world and made some truly amazing friendships. It has been a wonderful experience, but it is time to move on to something even better.
Goodbye, USTREAM
USTREAM has announced that beginning January 6, 2014, they will delete all videos older than 30 days from basic accounts (like mine). Because of this, Mr. Lifeguard and I had to find a new solution for archiving my hundreds of USTREAM videos.
Since so many viewers have also been struggling with USTREAM's quality control issues, we decided it was time to move away from their service and switch to professional, paid services for hosting our own live web broadcasts.
Hello, New Classroom!
Beginning Thursday, January 2, 2014, I will be broadcasting live from our new online classroom at www.kathrynscraps.com!
I am so excited to be bringing you commercial-free broadcasting, higher quality videos and fewer technical difficulties! With your membership to the online classroom, you not only get access to the video archives, but also continued access to my live web broadcasts.
That's 96 shows a year for just $5.00/month - that's less than $0.60 a show! Or pay just $55.00 for the whole year - that's one month free!
Use the PayPal buttons below to subscribe to either yearly or monthly access, or click here to go to my shop:
Annual Subscription
Monthly Subscription
Once you have checked out through PayPal, you will be directed to the new classroom where you can create a user id and password. Memberships are typically approved within 24 hours of cleared payment.
Thank you so much for your support over the years - it's been a blast. I can't wait to scrap with you again in our new classroom. See you there in 2014!
Kathryn :D
Monday, December 2, 2013
Ornament Christmas Cards + Teaching Again
Well, it's finally December! If you're like me, that means it's time to stop procrastinating and get to work on your holiday cards.
Ornament Cards
I was looking for inspiration for quick and easy holiday cards and saw these Minted ornament card examples from Krystal's Kitch:
These cards are from Minted, but I think it would be very simple and doable for us crafters to make our own similar cards with ornament dies, stamps and pretty patterned paper. What do you think? Ready to tackle some Christmas ornament cards?
Teaching at ScrapbooksPlus
In other news, I am teaching locally again at Scrapbooks Plus in Chantilly, VA. Join me there at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2013 for the live version of the "All Bundled Up" Christmas album class!
Cyber Monday
Today is Cyber Monday, so it's the last day of our HUGE Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale! If you haven't checked it out yet, here's a list of what we've got discounted over there:
All Retired Chipboard Albums - $9.95
Christmas Kit - $69.95 (over 20% off)
All Digital Content - 50% off
The sale ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern USA time TONIGHT, so don't miss out!
Due to high volume of sales, items may ship up to five business days after cleared payment.
The Gingerbread Album is a current project and is not on sale. Orders containing Gingerbread Albums will ship in the normal two business days after cleared payment.
See you later!
Kathryn :D
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