Lytle Scrapper

Updates...

EEK! A Giveaway... post a comment about your camera by 11:59 pm on Halloween and you could win all this:

All comments will be added to my witch's hat and a winner will be drawn and posted on Saturday.

Shortage of Paper... YAY! The paper arrived on-time and the class went great! THANK YOU to all the girls who came out to celebrate Halloween with me on Saturday. Here's what we made:

Here are two takes on the ATC style card we made using stamps by Stampers Anonymous & Tim Holtz. This look was achieved using the technique I demonstrated in my Distressed Tag Video...

Here is the first of two treat boxes that we made. This one was cut out on the Cricut Expressions using the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge with Cosmo Cricket ribbon, Studio G stamp, and candy corn rhinestone sticker by Me & My Big Ideas...

And last but not least, is a slider treat box that my girlfriend, Gayle Mather, showed me how to make using a paper crimper... isn't she so clever? She's got a Holiday Photo Card Line she is launching very soon and is also a Stampin' Up rep.

If you missed out on all the fun and wish you had a kit... do not fear! There are still some kits available for purchase. The kits come with full detailed instructions and pictures. Please email me at ly@lytlescrapper.com to make arrangements.

My Close to my Heart free shipping special also ends this weekend. Orders received by Saturday, November 1st will be placed on Sunday. Click here to view our latest catalog.

That's it for now... have a fun and safe Halloween!

P.S. Going to see Wicked for the 4th time tomorrow... YAY!

EEK! A Giveaway!

EEK! ...is right! Broken camera... shortage of paper...EEK! On our trip to Alaska somewhere about day 11 or 12 our small point and shoot Cannon Elph died on us. We thought is was our battery... tried charging it but the battery would not keep the charge. Luckily we still had our Cannon Digital Rebel SLR and we were able to get through the rest of our trip. So we kind of forget about the little camera until this past weekend when I decided it was time for another Lytle Scrapper video... oh right! our camera's not working. So we take it to a local camera shop and we discovered that the camera itself has gone kaput. So I guess we will be shopping for another point and shoot that can also shoot my videos. Any suggestions? Post a comment and you might just win a prize! My loss can be your gain! I'll be back later to post the lovely prize pack.

So shortage of paper... I ordered some paper for my class this Saturday and I realized  last night as I go to kit everything that there was a mistake on the order. Somewhere along the line of telephone game and telephone orders, one of my papers was ordered twice and another sheet was never ordered... EEK! So I just got on the phone with the vendor today and they said they can get it to me by Friday... keep your fingers crossed for me!

Speaking of this Saturday's class at SBG, there are only 3 seats left so call the store at (714) 841-1801 to sign up. Remember you will be making 2 treat boxes, a 2-page layout, and an ATC style greeting card. Also, those Glue Glider Pro's I was talking about in my ATG Guns & Tape posting (located in the sidebar to the left) have arrived at SBG as well.

In other news, I am running a special this month on Close to my Heart orders... FREE SHIPPING! We have a new catalog that you can flip through here. 

That's it for now... hope to see you Saturday!

New Class: Halloween TLC

Join me on Saturday, October 25th from 2-5 PM at The Scrapbook Garden in Huntington Beach for the Halloween edition of TLC classes = Tag Treat-box, 2-page Layout, and Card. You will make two treat boxes, a 2-page Layout, and a card featuring ATC (artist trading card) techniques.

We will be using Cosmo Cricket's Haunted Line with stamps by Heidi Swapp, Tim Holtz, and Making Memories. This kit is loaded with tons ribbon, bling, buttons, brads, and flowers {oh my!}. Space is limited so call the store at (714) 841-1801 to reserve your spot or stop by the store and check out the sample in person. As always, there will be yummy treats to eat and even yummier prizes to win. Hope to see you there!

Class Supplies List:
Paper Trimmer
Scissors
Your Favorite Adhesive
Glue Dots
Foam Dots or Tape
3L Photo Tape or Terrifically Tacky Tape
Black Inkpad
Paper Piercer or Pin
Black Journaling Pen
White Journaling Pen

Optional Items:
Bone Folder, Scoring Blade, or Score Pal
Crimping Tool

Cruising Part III: Serenade of the Seas

Life on the Serenade of the Seas was not bad at all. I personally enjoyed it. I finally got Tuan to take some professional-studio-type photos... something we have never done simply because he is not too fond of it... our wedding pictures we all taken outdoors and while they we really nice, I have always wanted to take some studio ones. So here are a couple of our casual and formal pictures.

We met some really nice people on the ship. These girls, Jelena and Mili, were our photographers who quickly became our friends. They were always so happy and cheerful.

We spent a lot of time at the Schooner Bar and Safari Club playing Trivia, Pool, and Bingo. We dubbed ourselves Le Papke and won two trivia challenges. Tuan entered a couple of Pool tournaments and got pretty far. The Pool tables were really neat... they were gyro tables that adjusted to the ship's motion, so no matter how rocky the ship got, the table and the balls stayed level. I, normally, am not one to gamble... but on one of the final days of the cruise, on a whim, I decided to play a round of Bingo... never really played before... and I WON $500! I could either cash it in or have the $500 wiped off of my bill for the cruise... I went for the wipe-off-my-bill option.

Another really nice guy we met was a vocal and piano entertainer named Paul O'Shea who played at the Schooner Bar every night. He was very personable and engaged his audience well. We had a blast singing along with him almost every night.

Despite the tons of food we ate, we managed to stay some what active. Tuan and I actually got in our dose of Volleyball on the trip playing in a tournament. We're decent Volleyball players but boy... those guys made us look like Karch Kiraly and Misty May. We played some miniature golf and also conquered the rock wall. That was an accomplishment for me... never tried it before... it was fabulous!

After this climb, I was one sore puppy... had some R&R in the jacuzzi and finished it off with a massage. All in all, we had a blast and was sad to see it end... but it is also nice to be home.

Cruising Part II: Seattle & San Francisco

The second leg of our trip took us to Seattle and San Francisco. In Seattle, we took a shuttle to the infamous Pike Place Public Market Center, home to the Pike Place Fish Market. Here's one for you RxSolian's:

Then we were off to the Space Needle. We did not go inside the needle but we did spend some time outside setting up our shots of the needle.

We also visited the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum where Mr. Lytle Scrapper created this guy to help me cut and sort Lytle Scrapper kits:

A couple of days later, we were in San Francisco. I'll tell ya... we took more pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge on this Alaskan cruise than we did on our trip to San Francisco a couple of years ago. We took a hike down to Marshall's Beach and got an excellent view of the bridge.

 

We rounded out our evening in San Francisco with Dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Millennium. We also ran into this really awesome band called Pills and Jackets playing in the middle of the streets near Union Square.

Cruising Part I: Alaska

Cruising in Alaska was very nice. For the majority of the first week, we were in a new port almost every day. We got to spend about 8-10 hours in each port, return to the ship for dinner... maybe catch a show, then go to bed and we were in another port the next morning. Here are a few highlights from the trip.

Hubbard Glacier is a very active calving glacier and was a really cool sight to see. Our captain took us into the bay and rotated the ship for a full 360 view of the area. We spent a good amount of time there and it was truly amazing to see and hear the glacier calving. Calving is when pieces of the glacier breaks off and falls into the sea. The glacier makes creaking, crackling, loud thunderous sounds when it is calving. Definitely impressive.

Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau, was also a really nice place to visit because it is surrounded by several hiking trails that allow you to get a closer view of the glacier. Here, we did not see any calving but the ranger told us that the glacier is continuing to retreat. When we first arrived, the fog was so dense and we were not able to see much of the glacier. A lytle while late, the sun came out and reveal a majestic view. Juneau is also home to a scrapbook store called The Creating Place... Yup! You know we had to check it out.

 

Icy Strait was definitely a lytle town that packed a lot of adventure. Melissa and Brian took a ride down the world's longest zipline while Tuan and I went whale watching. Whale watching was just breathless and awe-inspiring... we saw pods and pods of humpback whales and orcas. We also find a glass artist named Carey Akagi that hand makes these really pretty glass beads and then turns them into really pretty jewelry.

There was so much to see and so much to share but this was the highlight reel. I'll be back later with more from the trip.

I'm baaaack!

Just a quick note to let you all know, I am back from my 2-week Alaskan Cruise. I am still a lytle behind and still trying to play catch up but I promise I will be back later this week with some great Lytle Scrapper News including new classes, promotions, videos, a giveaway, and of course, Alaska photos. So stay tuned!