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[DebbieHodge]

Hey, all, We continue to get new folks discovering Get It Scrapped and these forums as they take classes. I'd love to hear a howdy from old and new students alike. How long have you been hanging around Get It Scrapped? How did you find us? What are you finding helpful here lately? What are you working on? What would you like us to know.

As for me . . . I've been here since the beginning in ought-eight. I am a bit overextended and not chatty enough, but I do love my work.

Working on all the details of our fall classes. Katrina and Michelle have classes starting next week and again in October WE're welcoming a new teacher, Jana Morton, in October with a class called Blending and Beyond (I just happen to be working on that sales page today)and Amy Kingsford will be teaching a new class this fall, too.

MSD is rolling along wonderfully -- we're tweaking the format just a bit as we start the new year. The webinars there have become a great way to connect with teachers and members and, in fact, I need to line up a webinar this month that'll included several members (as opposed to teachers) talking about Design Play. Tami is mucho busy adminstering everything that goes on there and teaching to boot.

And I'm working on two classes from me -- had hoped to offer live, but they will probably be self-paced -- the first is 15 lessons on "page elements" with lots and lots of new layouts.

We were slower with our blog posts this summer, but Amy's got a great one in the hopper right now and I've got several sketches to start posting again on Fridays

Thanks so much for being here and, please say hi!

[Lynne-Marie]

Hi! I live near Montreal, Quebec. Although I'm English and my dh is French, you couldn't tell because we switch from French to English on a dime! We have three active boys ages 3, 6 and 10. My dh owns a multi-location music school that I administrate from home. He is a fabulous musician/producer/arranger while I sing and design digital scrapbooking products which are sold at CatScrap. I'm here for Katrina's photography class. A few years ago I bought a used Nikon D-70, but I never really figured out how to use it. Though I read through part of the manual, I forgot everything before putting it to use! The time has come for me to buckle down and master this thing!

Debbie, you've got a good thing going here! The classes all sound like fun!

[LeslieM]

Hi, I've been taking GIS classes for about a year and signed up for MSD (monthly subscription plus archives) a few months ago. I love learning about design principles and I've been happier with my pages since I joined MSD.

I'm so far behind I may never catch up! Dh and I are parents to 5 children ages 13-23 and we had a 16yo foster nephew for 18 months. I've launched 5 kids from my house in the last 3 years and we find ourselves almost empty nesters with only the youngest at home.

I love them all being home but must admit the quiet is growing on me! I look forward to getting a lot of scrapping done since the kiddos have flown the nest. I'm shoveling out the scrap/craft room right now so I can get down to business.

I love how you put the MSD master index together for the last couple of months and everything can be downloaded at once.

I've been downloading the videos to itunes and watching them on my ipod touch. I have a little ipod speaker (bought at walmart) and carry my little portable setup around the house with me everywhere as I go about daily household chores. I also put the MSD pdfs in my dropbox folder and my plan is to get my srap area set up where I can have the MSD PDFs pulled up on an old laptop screen so I can reference them while I scrap on the newer laptop.

I didn't think I needed MSD but I took the plunge with a special offer from Paperclipping Roundtable and I'm happy I did.

Leslie

[rebecca_lovell]

Hello! I'm Rebecca, and live in rural Iowa. I have 5 children of my own, plus two stepsons. Just the 5 younger ones are at home now, as my step sons are adults (and one is expecting his first child soon!) The children at home range in age from 2 - 18. I run the administrative side of our small family business, and stay very busy doing paperwork. But, I get to work from home, so I love that! When I'm not working, you'll typically find me playing with the kids, in the garden or in the kitchen. We love having informal gatherings at our home, and nearly every Sunday evening we have most of the family here, plus other people. As sometimes I get so busy that I forget to take photos during the week, Sunday is the one day that I force myself to carry around the camera and take photos. So, even if I don't have a photo a day, I have lots of photos each week.

I am just starting Katrina's You Life Through the Lens class, and am so excited for it! And I feel like I'm a long time member of Masterful Scrapbook Design, though I did miss out on the first few months. I absolutely love the webinars - as I work at home on the computer and hang out with my kids all the time, I feel like that time in the webinars is a time that I'm hanging out with friends, and I'm learning at the same time!

I used to digiscrap, but once we started needing to do a huge amount of computer work, I just couldn't bear to spend my creative time on the computer as well. It's such a release for me to pick up a piece of paper and start gluing things on it. I love to just touch my supplies, and find myself constantly trying to organize them, just so I can touch them more. Is that sad? I find myself leaning heavily toward mini books right now. I love that I can get one small page done in a short time and feel a sense of accomplishment! And they're just so darn cute!

[america57]

Hi, I'm Chriss, I am new to this site. I was trying to find a place where I could learn how to use Copic Markers and and am so happy with the class that I am taking here, Copic Craze! I have a blog, www.chrissandlou.blogspot.com and I am going to recommend this site to all of my followers! I actually had to put my blog on hold for a week so I could "catch up" with the class but it has been well worth it! I am enjoying this so much. By the way, this class was a birthday present from my sweet husband of 34 years and he is just delighted that I am so delighted with the class. He finally gave me a birthday present that I love!

So here is the thing with me and scrapbooking. I love scrapbooking but I was taught to scrap by my sister-in-law who was a Creative Memories Consultant. I feel like my pages aren't very good. So if you were to recommend the next class for me to take, what would it be? Is there a scrapbooking class out that that is for someone like me?

[scrapweaver]

Michelle Houghton aka scrapweaver here. I am one of the instructors here at GIS. I followed Debbie here when she opened this amazing site and was a faithful student at the time. Now I am the doodling/Copic instructor and love, love, love it! i too live in central Iowa! Rebecca we might have to find each other! I have two daughters and an amazing husband who spoils me silly.

Love to hear that you loved the Copic Craze "america57" so sorry I don't know your name! I know you from the forums but can't find it.

[Ladydoc]

Hey, all, We continue to get new folks discovering Get It Scrapped and these forums as they take classes. I'd love to hear a howdy from old and new students alike. How long have you been hanging around Get It Scrapped? How did you find us? What are you finding helpful here lately? What are you working on? What would you like us to know.

As for me . . . I've been here since the beginning in ought-eight. I am a bit overextended and not chatty enough, but I do love my work.

Working on all the details of our fall classes. Katrina and Michelle have classes starting next week and again in October WE're welcoming a new teacher, Jana Morton, in October with a class called Blending and Beyond (I just happen to be working on that sales page today)and Amy Kingsford will be teaching a new class this fall, too.

MSD is rolling along wonderfully -- we're tweaking the format just a bit as we start the new year. The webinars there have become a great way to connect with teachers and members and, in fact, I need to line up a webinar this month that'll included several members (as opposed to teachers) talking about Design Play. Tami is mucho busy adminstering everything that goes on there and teaching to boot.

And I'm working on two classes from me -- had hoped to offer live, but they will probably be self-paced -- the first is 15 lessons on "page elements" with lots and lots of new layouts.

We were slower with our blog posts this summer, but Amy's got a great one in the hopper right now and I've got several sketches to start posting again on Fridays

Thanks so much for being here and, please say hi!

[Ladydoc]

Hi! I'm ladydoc. I've been here for a few months, hanging out at Masterful Design (which I LOVE!). I learned about Get It Scrapped from Paperclipping Roundtable.
Occasionally I'm pleased with my own designs though I feel safest scraplifting designs I love. The design classes are helping me with my original creations. I feel pretty comfortable with things like color and mixing patterned paper and do fairly well on single pages. Two page designs are challenging for me. What I need to do is practice. I'm trying some things and recognizing where I'm flailing (not failing-that would mean I give up, LOL!). I'd like to think the material I'm learning will help me be more successful and satisfied with my layout designs.
I'm a retired OBGYN physician (I still volunteer teach at UCDavis where I'm a clinical professor).
I take art classes as I am able. I have arthritis and some nerve problems, from the arthritis and an injury; so, not always able. I think scrapbooking has led me into art. I'm not sure I'd have been so willing to explore drawing and painting without first exploring scrapping. My photography has really been helped, too.
Love this hobby and the friends I've made through it. I was afraid of feeling alone and lost without my demanding career; and, that is not the case at all.

[gabmc]

Hi all, I'm Gab from Canberra Australia. I've been taking Debbie's classes since before she started this site - that's what a big fan I am!

[LarkensNanny]

Goodness, it sure is nice to see new people and new stories on here. My name is Linda and I usually go by Larkensnanny. I have been around and taking classes with Debbie before she even had this site going. I have always loved all the classes and it has molded my scrapbooking style. I also started out as a Creative Memories scrapbooker and Debbie's classes have broadened my horizons beyond belief. MSD is another great outlet for creativity and I enjoy learning from the various Masters. The friendship and creative inspiration from so many people can not be surpassed. Hang around all you newbies, you will love it.

[Lvdanielle]

hello my name is danielle. i been on here for about 1 years now. i live in las vegas with my husban and are 2 dogs. i been scrapbook for about 10 years now. i am work on christmas gifts one a little album for my grandma seen my 2 cousin are have little boys so i though of make a album for my grandma of there great grandkids. i won't have pic so i am still think and but one of the other great grand kid that she already has it a boy. so i am have a hard time with it. i haven't taken any class on here.

[Lyvian]

Hello! My name is Lyvian, I am 42 y.o., married, and we have a beautiful daughter. I am Brazilian living in Morocco at 2 years.
I play around digital scrapbooking LOs and Hybrid Projects, but just at few months ago (after January 2012) I started to learn how to make my own digital products to make my own digital kits and hybrid projects.
I have been hanging around Get It Scrapped this last almost 3 months (started in February 2012).
I found you through Kait (LovelyMissKait).
I am finding helpful here: how to build a LO, how to apply shadows, how to add dimensions, etc. Right now I am working on TUTs! Each TUT's lesson finished, I make a freebie kit to show what I did and hear construcive critiques about it.

"What would you like us to know"...so strange to answer this question... lol... I would like to tell you I am being dedicated in my Photoshop lessons to develop my own designs based in Moroccan accents and also Brazilian accents (specially Amazonia - where I was born) to sell as CU and/or CU4CU. I am valueing the quality, creativity, and originality in my designs, researching informations in many Moroccans cities, villages, and Amazonia area (during my vacations), and learning as much possible as I can your precious knowlege.

Thanks so much for having time to read my presentation :-) Warm hugs to you all.

[DebbieHodge]

Hi, Lyvian, welcome and thanks for sharing the info about your digital designs.

[MissDaisy]

Hi. I am MissDaisy from Córdoba, Argentina.
I am studying with the Debbie's classes.
I love Scrapbooking and as retired and divorced I have some time to dedicate.
The only problem is the lenguage but I will try to understand everything.
Please, be patient with me.
Thanks a lot.
Hugs.