thanks karen

karen russell's class on Friday night was awesome. her classes have great projects but always teach me something as well. not just a scrapbooking technique but something important emotionally that i will use in my scrapbooking from here on out.

the class i took was called Snapshots of a Good Life. we made a 5x7 chipboard album that is full of random, snapshot pictures. the imperfect ones. the ones we all have and don't know how to scrap. random. crappy. only one of. poor quality. the album has an easel on the back so it can be displayed on a shelf.

i have been using Making Memories paints since early 2004 and loved them. until last night at the class. there was a fair amout of painting and i chose to use 3 of the Fresh Anthology paints. apparently they felt they need to change the formula for painting on chipboard. makes no sense to me since i have been using them on chipboard for just as long as i have been using the paints and they worked just fine. this new formula sucks! it is way to thick and gummy. i put a fairly good amount of the paint onto the paint tray and held it up on it's side. didn't move. didn't run. nothing. nada. zip. what's up with that? it wasn't just one color that it happened with so i know i didn't just get a bad batch. not to mention it streaked really bad. done with the paints unless it's a 'must'.

i am sure most of everyone else knew they were out there but i just discovered the Ranger Acrylic Paint Dabbers last night. i think these will work so much better. wish me luck.

oh! i won a door prize, too. i have seen this book, Totally Transparent, forever but never got one. Danea told me i needed one so i have been looking for it ever since. it's what i won. i was so excited!

peace out.