CKC Fort Lauderdale Reviews- pictures addede

[rlovew]

I am back at my hotel after my first CKC class. I took "A Taste of Scraptique". We didn't have time to finish everything up- actuall if all the people in the class had worked faster we would have almost finished all 3 layouts but many of them took a lot of time doing each sep so we kept slowing down. I really like 2 of the 3 layouts and the ideas for how he layouts work are really good. I think I may use one of the layouts as a sketch for my next completed page layout.

The instructor- Kim was very good about going back for those having trouble and since there wasn't another class we could have stayed and gotten any additional help we needed on the class. She gave away a few door prizes throughout the class.

The vendor faire starts tomorrow but tonight I got a few things from the CK booth. They had CK in a box for $25- I had thought about it before so I figured it was a good deal. They had a variety of books and kits at good prices too. I bought a set of 5 small books- each focuses on one area- titles, borders, and journaling are a couple of topics. It was $5 for the set and just glancing through the books I saw things that looked like I would learn from them.

Scraptique Layout Photos

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More after tomorrow's classes (I only have 6).

Rebecca

[StitchIsOurHero]

That sounds so cool, Rebecca!! Have fun!! :cool1:

[lewdyan1]

Shucks, I wish I planned better. I am on my way up to Ft. Lauderdale today and am staying for the weekend. I could have planned on coming over, the shopping would have been great!

Have a blast today!:thumbsup2

[AlexWyattMommy]

$5 for idea books? That sounds like a good deal.
I love looking at idea books. Doesn't mean I use them. Have to actually scrap for that to happen. :rotfl2: But I sure do love to take them out and look at them a few times.

[nikkistevej]

I am doing CKC Valley Forge in August, can't wait!! Let us know how the vendor fair is.:banana:

[New England Eeyore]

Thanks for the review, Rebecca! Have fun with the rest of your weekend.

I got that CKU in a box too - It does seem like a few fun projects to put together.

[123SA]

Thanks for posting. I signed up this class at Valley Forge. Glad to hear that it was decent.

[PigletsPal]

I'm going in the morning, but not taking any classes this year. Wasn't happy about any of them. I'm just going to go to look and spend some $$$.....:)

[rlovew]

I am back from another day of classes and such. I started out my morning at the Vendor Faire- less vendors than last year I didn't see a lot of things I just had to have. I did get a really cute dog album from SEI, and some Brazzil paper from Embellish it. I got 2 clear albums from Awesome Albums and a bunch of things from a dollar area. I hope to have a chance to look at things tomorrow afternoon as I just couldn't concentrate because of family things when I had the vendors scheduled in this afternoon. There were definately a lot less vendors- Boxer, Scrap Daddy, Skinney Cow, and Cara Miller are all missing from last year.

My classes were good today overall. My first class was 4 Ribbon Techniques by SEi- I love SEI and most of their lines- I get there bimonthly kits- This was a Friends Word album. The album itself was made of chipboard already printed with the SEI Ali's Wonderland on it so we didn't have to cover the letters only decorate. We finished the whole album while in class and I learned a few things that were new and cool. The album is worth more than the $17 price tag on this class. The line is lime green, light blue, pink and purple with lots of glitter- definately a girlish line. As ith all SEI classes they are very generous with their product and I have los of things left over. Just as well because I love this line for the flower and garden show album that I am doing.
Pictures:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4988.jpg - whole album completed
techniques: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4989.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4990.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4991.jpg

The next class was Always and Forever by Scrapbooks and Stickers. The album was a combination of Acrylic and Chipboard and circular. The papers were greens, pinks, and florals. We completely covered 2 of the acrylic pages so it doesn't have the same feel as last year's acrylic album but it was a fun project and I will use it. I enjoyed the class and we finished all but the last touch of stickles (didn't want a wet album to bring home) and things that needed to go on after pictures.
Pictures:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4981.jpg - front of pages
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4982.jpg - back of pages

My next class was Fiends Forever by Piggy Tales- It is a board book class with these sliding window pages that let you add hidden journaling or pictures. It is a very cute idea. I loved the self-healing mats and the fiscars exacto knife they used in class. The knife was short but it had a finger thing on it for you to slide your finger in and it gave better control than I have ever had wih an exacto. The materials were very good and the class kits had most things cut as needed (outside of window pages) but the instructor was having computer problems and wasn't sure about a number of things. I am glad I took the class because the concept is really cool. There were door prizes given away in this class too and I actually won.
Pictures:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4999.jpg - front cover
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5000.jpg - pages 1 (slide open) page 2 (slide closed)
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5001.jpg - pages 1 and 2 slides in opposite direction
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5002.jpg -pages 3 and 4 (the large blue spot is a pocket)
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5003.jpg - page 6 slides closed
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5004.jpg - page 6 slides open


My last class of the daytime was Vellum 911 by quick quotes. I love their classes and they are very generous with supplies. We started out doing a wonderful page on canvas that is supposed to fit in standard albums. I haven't tried it yet but it wasn't too thick. Then we made 3 other pages. There were 2 pages we couldn't get done during our time - which isn't unusual. I learned a few new techniques for using velum and again it had a large class kit with lots of supplies left over for other projects. Lots of door prizes in here as well. The lime green page has one large strip of velum for the poem that you weave in and out of the paper behind it, the title is little hands and feet. The velum on the friends page at the bottom is a pocket. The blue page has 2 photo mats/journal boxes that go down with your photos and are not attached yet. There are 2 more pages in the class kit- one is cream with blue flowers, the other uses a brown striped paper.
Pictures: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4977.jpg - canvas page
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4978.jpg
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I headed back to the vendor faire to spend class coupons and look around but I just wasn't in the mood for it when I knew I had pressing maters back at the hotel so I headed out.

This evening I took Waiting for Baby by Awesome Albums. It is one of their roladex classes and it was a cute idea and really easy to adapt to anything you want. I may very well go back and get a few more to do as gifts or such. This was a beginner class but the idea is very cute. There is a lot of cutting and glueing in this class though.
Pictures: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4983.jpg -Brag book- we just put it together we would need to add our own pictures/embellishments
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4987.jpg - folder with months 1 and 2 done. I didn't finish it in class or yet.

My favorite classes for learning techniques were 4 Ribbon Techniques and Vellum 911. My favorite projects were Friends Forever and 4 Ribbon Techniques. I will use the projects in Waiting for Baby and Always and Forever and I like them. I love the quotes and such although I wasn't as crzy about the colors in vellum 911.

Tomorrow I have All Over the Map (Quick Quotes), Latest and Greatest with Basic Grey, 4 Flower techniques (SEI), 4 paper in motion techniques (sei), and All in the Family (Piggy Tales).

Rebecca

[BernardandMissBianca]

thanks for posting Rebecca. Gives me an idea of what I might want to take in Hartford.

[rlovew]

thanks for posting Rebecca. Gives me an idea of what I might want to take in Hartford.

I knew a number of you were looking at going and sign-ups start soon -that was my reason for such detailed descriptions. Today's classes will have to wait awhile I am going to guess. I don't think I will have internet access until late Wednesday for the most part.

Rebecca

[123SA]

Thanks again Rebecca. I signed up for a few of the Disney classes. Please let me know if you hear anything about them.

[New England Eeyore]

Great reviews!

I took a rolodex class from Awesome Albums too - the Family Memories one. I found the project so versatile. I bought a couple of their plain rolodexes at the vendor faire for future use. I ended up giving one to a friend of mine who really only dabbles in scrapping and she made one with photos of her baby girl for her DH for Father's Day. She couldn't get over how easy it was for such a big impact. He loved it! I will definitely be making ones with different themes for gifts in the future.

[123SA]

Great reviews!

I took a rolodex class from Awesome Albums too - the Family Memories one. I found the project so versatile. I bought a couple of their plain rolodexes at the vendor faire for future use. I ended up giving one to a friend of mine who really only dabbles in scrapping and she made one with photos of her baby girl for her DH for Father's Day. She couldn't get over how easy it was for such a big impact. He loved it! I will definitely be making ones with different themes for gifts in the future.

I was going to drop this class. I am glad to hear the good reviews. I'll keep it!

[New England Eeyore]

I was going to drop this class. I am glad to hear the good reviews. I'll keep it!

Have you seen pictures of the project online anywhere? If you haven't, and you'd like to, let me know and I'll take a few pictures.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Mister Kahtah, Mister Kahtah
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Pick me.

I'd like to see photos.

[New England Eeyore]

Okay, sit down Horshack. Here you go:

Front view:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/NewEnglandEeyore/CKC%20Projects/IMG_5616.jpg

Side view:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/NewEnglandEeyore/CKC%20Projects/IMG_5617.jpg

Random page in the middle:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/NewEnglandEeyore/CKC%20Projects/IMG_5618.jpg

The altered binder clips we also made in class:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/NewEnglandEeyore/CKC%20Projects/IMG_5621.jpg

I would take photos of my other projects, but they haven't progressed beyond coming out of the bag I took to CKC. This was the only one I finished in class. Well, finished except for pictures.

[AlexWyattMommy]

:rotfl2:

Thanks. I really like the colors they picked for it.
Do you have the instructions? You could email them to me, DISname at yahoo dot com.

[Lisa]

That is really cute. If you have the directions, would you mind pm'ing them to me? Thanks.:goodvibes

Thanks for the great reviews, now I have an idea of what to check out.

[New England Eeyore]

Nope. No directions. But I can summarize because it's super simple.

The cards themselves are 4x4 squares. The bottoms of the ones they provide are different - they have little "feet" that tuck under the bar of the rolodex. They sell those blank cards at the faire and on their website. But of course, many of us have the punch for the rolodex cards from the swap way back when so you can just punch the regular rolodex holes in regular cardstock. Then it's just to embellish them any way you choose. I alternated stapling the ribbon between the left side, middle and right side. I also used buttons and brads here and there. When my friend did hers, she didn't use ribbon, but instead used brads, metal tabs and prima flowers. If you wait until the pictures are actually on, it's easier to see how much/how little embellishing is needed.

[PamCo88]

How big is the roladex base that is used? I am in love with the idea, just have to figure out how to cut the cards.

[rlovew]

How big is the roladex base that is used? I am in love with the idea, just have to figure out how to cut the cards.

After we got the roladex in class to cut extra dividers we literally traced the cards on cardstock and then cut them out- not very high tech or hard. To cover them we glued them on paper and then cut around them.

Rebecca

[rlovew]

My first class of Saturday was All Over the Map. It is by quick quotes and I loved it. We made 3 page layouts. One of them was a dedication page for a vacation that had a cute chipboard key pocket to hold room keys. The next page also had a pocket but this was a big one and had a few tags for pictures. The pages were greens, blue, and creams. They do have a companion packet with more of the same paper.
Pictures: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5007.jpg - the key is made to be a pocket- it is holding the velum strips that you are supposed to add to your hotel keys
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5005.jpg - the parenthasis at the top is supposed to go over a picture- it is not attached
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5006.jpg - the things in the pocket right now are for on the page- there are 3 tags- the filmstrip has 3 spots for photos, and another parenthasis

The next class I had was Latest and Greatest with Basic Grey and like others from this conference I thought the class was great. I was able to complete all 4 pages without a problem and I did pick up the companion kit but haven’t even looked at it yet (although we did see a picture of them during class). The first page was in the Euphoria line and was blue with a light green photo mat and a pink flower accent. The second page was brown, pink (almost all covered), and white. This is the one hthat uses the white pen you can buy during class if you choose. It also uses a scalloped piece of bazzill and I loved learning to use that. In addition the instructor told us that if you are just interested in using the edges only they are selling bazzill border sets that just have the borders instead of buying the whole sheet and cutting it himself. The companion kit uses things from class so the pages won't be able to be finished without items from the class kit. The instructor gave a few really good ideas on design and explained her reasoning behind layouts.
Pictures:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5009.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5008.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5010.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_5011.jpg

My third class of the day was 4 Flower Techniques with SEI. I love SEI classes. The main layout is green and pink. We made about 9 flowers to put on the layout. The first 3 were done in a similar way with sewing. It was very simple sewing and I like the first and third flowers best of those. Then we made one using ribbon and a fabric doily and also some sewing. The other flowers were made with layering chipboard and stickers. We finished class a little early but my layout was finished.

My next class was another SEI class 4 Paper in Motion Techniques. The class was very fast paced in order to get the project finished and you defiantly don’t want to get ahead. It used their Chocolate line which is browns, silvers, and pinks. The techniques are really interesting and I can see the possibility of using some of them in the future. We made a page that attachés over the top of the page protector and slides back and forth to reveal separate sections of the layout. We also made a mini book that was tied to the outside of a page protector. We made a folded paper double mat and a tag that is attached on the outside of the page protector that slides up and down a ribbon on the page.
Pictures: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4974.jpg - the paper in the middle slide back and forth over the page protector to show off the 2 photo mats beneath.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4975.jpg - the top mat opens to an oragmi style paper folded second mat. The paper tied on is a full 12 by 12 paper folded to make a mini book for photos that has windows in it. The journaling tag is on the outside of the page protector as well.

My last class of the conference was All in the Family also by piggy tales. The instructor was the same as the day before. He is really laid back and just walks everyone through the project at a relaxed pace. This was a board book with little flaps that life up. We used the same awesome craft knives as Friday. I was able to finish the whole book during the hour class as after the first page I went ahead because the book was made similarly to the one from the day before and had full color instructions. Plus he papers are in order so it is easy to complete the pages. I really like these books and look forward to doing a few more. I also like the paper lines that are based on Fairy Tales and the new ones are printed on safe recycled paper.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4993.jpg -front cover
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4994.jpg - page 1 and 2 - the white spaces on the second page are flaps that open
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4995.jpg - pages 3 and 4
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4996.jpg - pages 5 and 6 - page 5 hasd a large pocket on it
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4997.jpg - pages 7 and 8 (white spaces are flaps)
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/rlovew/CKC%20photos/IMG_4998.jpg - pages 9 and 10- flaps are on page 9 (there is a template to use to cover the flaps with paper but this was the only page set for it on the project.

[believen]

Rebecca,
When you have time, I'd love to see pictures of all that you made.
Vicki

[rlovew]

bumping so people can look at the photos- just ask if you have any questions or need something clarified.

Rebecca

[PrincessNancy96]

Love This one!!
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_4986.jpg

just love it.. so gonna scraplift that one!!

Also love the flower w/ the ribbons and jewel on it!!

[vanyel]

Love seeing your projects. Great pages and some great ideas! Thanks for sharing them.

[believen]

Rebecca,
Thanks so much for sharing. Love the ideas.
Vicki

[missesdisney]

Okay, sit down Horshack. Here you go:

Front view:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/NewEnglandEeyore/CKC%20Projects/IMG_5616.jpg

Ok these are very very cool - now what do you do with them? Put pictures in them? What is this rolodex punch I'm hearing about? This seems like a very cool gift project to do....I am always thinking way ahead to do things like this for Christmas presents.

Where do you get the base? I'd be looking to do a lot of these I think fairly inexpensively so I'd want to 'make' the cards out of cardstock.

Going to the vendor faire at valley forge next week on friday for a brief run through - anything stand out to go to first? Was canon there? Was wondering what they have to offer at this one.

Thanks!

[AlexWyattMommy]

That base is different from other rolodex bases. The rolodex punch I have makes TWO holes. The base shown looks like it needs one. Can that base be purchased in a store?

[party of 3]

it does look like one hole at the bottom. and the punch does have 2. i bought a punch last night at staples just in case i needed it. :goodvibes
my bosskutz die punches it with the holes, but you just never know!

[rlovew]

Ok these are very very cool - now what do you do with them? Put pictures in them? What is this rolodex punch I'm hearing about? This seems like a very cool gift project to do....I am always thinking way ahead to do things like this for Christmas presents.

Where do you get the base? I'd be looking to do a lot of these I think fairly inexpensively so I'd want to 'make' the cards out of cardstock.

Going to the vendor faire at valley forge next week on friday for a brief run through - anything stand out to go to first? Was canon there? Was wondering what they have to offer at this one.

Thanks!

I am fairly certain that most places at Fort Lauderdale will also be at VF because our vendor fair was really small- mainly places from FL or places that had committed to 2 years at FL- many of the vendors from last year were not there.

Rebecca

[rlovew]

That base is different from other rolodex bases. The rolodex punch I have makes TWO holes. The base shown looks like it needs one. Can that base be purchased in a store?

It has a different base than a normal roladex- although you can use the same idea with a regular roladex. The ones from Awesome Albums cost $5 for the plain one that you decorate and that is cheaper than a normal one but there isnt a punch for it. I plan on scanning in a card and making a crafdtrobo file for it and then cutting additional cards on my machine. Basically if you cut out the area between the holes on a normal roladex it wouldprobably fit this one.

Rebecca

[New England Eeyore]

Ok these are very very cool - now what do you do with them? Put pictures in them? What is this rolodex punch I'm hearing about? This seems like a very cool gift project to do....I am always thinking way ahead to do things like this for Christmas presents.

Where do you get the base? I'd be looking to do a lot of these I think fairly inexpensively so I'd want to 'make' the cards out of cardstock.

Going to the vendor faire at valley forge next week on friday for a brief run through - anything stand out to go to first? Was canon there? Was wondering what they have to offer at this one.

Thanks!

Yes, you would put pictures in them. The cards themselves are 4x4 so 2 pictures on a 4x6 photo (4x3 photos) are the perfect fit. I suppose you could also use it for many other things.

I gave one of the extra rolodexes I bought to a friend of mine to make one for her DH for father's day. She just cut the cards out of cardstock and used the rolodex punch I had from Staples, which yes, gives you 2 holes, but if you cut off the piece that hangs down between the 2 holes, it fits just fine. The cards they sell at the faire have "feet" that tuck underneath that bar on the base, and the regular cards don't tuck under quite so far, but they still stay on.

I don't recall seeing Canon at Manchester CKC. There are a lot of vendors selling page kits and laser cut things. I was underwhelmed by the vendor faire this year.