HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

 

 

 

May 2014 bring you luck, prosperity, happiness and joy!

 

Have a safe, sane and sober evening! 

 

 

Happy New Year!

Kathryn & Alan (Mr. Lifeguard)

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

Click HERE for the recipe!

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

Click HERE for the recipe!

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

Click HERE for the recipe!

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)

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.

Click HERE for my USTREAM Channel

Click HERE to convert Eastern USA time to your time zone.

Gingerbread House

 

We'll be finishing this adorable little album today - so excited!

Click HERE to purchase the album for yourself.

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).

Decorating these different shapes will be so fun!

Supply List

Gingerbread House Album

Click HERE to purchase.

Bo Bunny Elf Magic Collection Pack

Click HERE to purchase.

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



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)

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

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

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!?

Click HERE to purchase the album for yourself.

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).

Decorating these different shapes will be so fun!

Supply List

Gingerbread House Album

Click HERE to purchase.

Bo Bunny Elf Magic Collection Pack

Click HERE to purchase.

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.

Click HERE for my USTREAM Channel

Click HERE to convert Eastern USA time to your time zone.

See you soon!

Kathryn :D



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

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:

 

Click HERE for more details on these super cute cards.

 

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!

 

Click HERE for more details or to register for the 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!

 

Click HERE to convert Eastern USA time to your time zone 

 

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

Steampunk Glove Tutorial

First of all, a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended the Epic Paper Arts steampunk hop yesterday - you made it such a fun afternoon and evening for all of us!

 

 

Steampunk Gloves

Part of the fun of Steampunk Soiree 2014 will be a fashion show and costume contest. To give you some inspiration for your costume, I created these awesome steampunk gloves:

 

 

Can you believe these gloves came from Target?

Click HERE to see the ring I altered with Ranger's Vintaj Patina! Totally transformed!

Attached a steampunk charm bracelet right to the gloves!

 

 

 Click HERE to watch a recording of the live show where I steampunked these gloves!

 

Epic Paper Arts

 

Epic Paper Arts is dedicated to bringing you the highest quality retreats, classes and events celebrating paper crafting and memory keeping. They'll be partnering with the finest artists and educators, hosting at luxurious venues in world class cities and introducing creative products from innovative manufacturers to guide you on an epic adventure in memory keeping. Join them for our debut event: Steampunk Soiree promises to be a legendary weekend of artful crafting, community and lots, and lots of cake!

 

 

To see a commercial for Steampunk Soiree 2014, click here or watch the video below: Steampunk Soiree 2014.

 

  

Steampunk Soiree

Join three amazing designers on a remarkable adventure from July 31, 2014 through August 3, 2014. Steampunk Soiree is three nights, three days and one epic adventure!

 

 

 

 

In this luxury event, Epic Paper Arts will ensure your every need is fulfilled. Join us at the Hyatt Dulles from 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2014 through 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 3, 2014. Generous crop space, gorgeous facilities and premium classes await you.

 

When you join Epic Paper Arts on an adventure, you can expect to pampered with:

Three nights in a premium hotel suite

Complimentary ground transportation to the hotel from Washington International Airport Dulles
Welcome reception Thursday with dessert bar
Steampunk cake designed by Charm City Cakes
Saturday night ice cream sundae bar
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snacks from Friday morning through Sunday afternoon
24-hour beverage bar (water, iced tea and Pepsi products)
Three premium classes with VIP instructors
3'x6' of personal cropping space
24-hour cropping
Die-cutting station and computer+printer for journaling and titles
On-site scrapbook boutique
Steampunk costume party
Steampunk fashion show with cash prizes for best costumes
Body artist to add drama to your Steampunk costume
Photo booth
Complimentary Internet access in both your suite and the crop space
Access to a massage therapist (additional fee applies)
Commemorative apron
Swag bag

 

 

Meet the Instructors

Four classes are included in your ticket price from three premium designers and instructors. You will enjoy one class taught by all three of our instructors, as well as one break out session with each instructor. All your supplies are included - you just need to pack your tool bag!

 

 

 

Known as the "Paper Phenomenon" for her amazing projects and innovative paper-crafting techniques, Kathy Orta Files is a published author, experienced educator and creative inspiration. A love for paper crafting and home décor started her on a journey of creating unique scrapbooks and paper crafts that can be enjoyed in homes as decorative accents. With years of experience in the paper-crafting field, Kathy has created many 3-D projects, home décor pieces, custom mini albums and more than 100 educational classes.

Kathy has designed for Cricut, by Provo Craft, for shows and TV events, for Tim Holtz's various show booths at CHA, Annie's Online Classes and now Epic Paper Arts.

You can see Kathy's work on her website: Paper Phenomenon.

 

 

 

Full of Southern charm, Jim Hankins is truly a Gentleman Crafter!  He dazzles and entertains weekly on his live Takeout Tuesday web classes. Known for creating intricate 3-D art projects and his use of innovative mixed media techniques, Jim has designed projects for Graphic 45 and for Tim Holtz and Dyan Reaveley of Ranger Industries.

An avid blogger, YouTube instructor and educator at large, Jim loves traveling the country, teaching classes online and in person and reaching out to fellow crafters to share his love of techniques and album construction.

You can see Jim's work on his website: The Gentleman Crafter.

 

 

 

A professional scrapbooker, mixed media paper artist and brilliant educator, Kathryn Krieger creates unique works of art and practical tutorials to inspire paper crafters and memory keepers. Known for her fun and entertaining teaching style, her educational videos have been viewed millions of times by crafters all over the world.

Kathryn utilizes the resources of the Internet and modern technology to bring crafters together online for community building and education. She hosts regular live web broadcasts and maintains a lively message board where crafters can connect with each other and share their works of art.

You can see Kathryn's work on her website: Kathryn Scraps.

 

 

Registration

 

Ready to pack your bag and come to Steampunk Soiree 2014? Click here to visit our website and sign up for the event: Register.

 

There are two types of tickets available, and each type of ticket has two payment options.

 

 

Double Occupancy

 

Share a room with a friend from home, or make a new one! This price includes all amenities, classes, meals and lodging. After check-out, you'll be directed to a registration page where you can specify your roommate, if desired. If you will be unaccompanied, you will be assigned a roommate by the event coordinator. These rooms are likely to sell out fast, due to limited availability at the Hyatt.

 

Reserve your double occupancy room today with a single payment of $995.00, or with six easy payments of just $166.00* a month. These prices are per attendee.

 

 

Single Occupancy

 

Relax at the end of a day of crafting and chatting in the comfort and quiet of your own room! This price includes all amenities, classes, meals and lodging. Select this option if you'd like to bring a husband or other family member to enjoy the Washington, DC area while you craft the day away.

 

Reserve your single occupancy room today with a single payment of $1195.00, or with six easy payments of just $200.00* a month.

 

 

Thank You!

 

Thank you again to everyone who participated in making the Epic Paper Arts Steampunk Hop such a success - you're all AMAZING! I can't wait to see you all at Steampunk Soiree 2014 - it's going to be epic!

 

Kathryn :D

 

*This price includes a small convenience charge.