Coming soon: a scrapbooking masterclass
a fourth layout with supplies just from the April Best of Both Worlds kit. This was the last I could do with full sheets of paper, so the remaining projects will include some non-kit items too.
Happy Friday! My Friday has been a waiting game… waiting to share something new with you! If you’ve listened to the latest Paperclipping Roundtable podcast, you heard my first announcement of something new coming up around here. It’s called Scrapbook Concentration.
I love teaching full classes, and I have two in the works at the moment: one that will debut quite soon and a second booked for later in the summer. But full classes take a lot of time to develop and a long time to devote as a student playing along. For quite some time I’ve been looking for a way to have something in between: something that would give you some quality instruction – in-depth discussion of one specific topic – but still be something you could do on one day rather than devoting several weeks. I’ve figured it out, and the new things available in the realm of video have opened up some new opportunities. Scrapbook Concentration will be a series of scrapbooking masterclasses in a video format. Each one is about two hours, broken into six segments that are each about twenty minutes long. No PDFs, no list of assignments. Also no waiting for me to process your registration. For Scrapbook Concentration, you can just purchase the video and then you’ll have access to it straight away, and the purchase price includes online viewing as many times as you want and any time you want for a year. You can also download the video to have a copy you can watch offline – including on your iPad, phone, or whatever you fancy – and that won’t expire at the end of the year, so you can keep it forever at that same price. I know some of you have been unhappy about video content that was online-only in the past, because streaming video can be painful when you have a slow internet connection! I definitely feel your pain. This new option will eliminate that problem because you can just download it (overnight if needed) and then have a copy to watch any time without worrying about access to fast internet.
This is a little different for me because it means I’m hosting the video content through a different set-up than I’ve used before, and at the moment everything is submitted and waiting for their approval, and then it will go live! I’m not sure if that approval comes from a person or if it’s a machine – so I don’t know if things get approved over the weekend. It’s a mystery to me for this first run! But as soon as it is live, I will definitely let you know, and if you choose to sign up, then I hope you enjoy it!
While there are no PDFs for Scrapbook Concentration, I know many of you enjoy having the class forum to discuss your projects amongst yourselves! So I have a little compromise for this. If you have taken any shimelle.com online class in the last six or seven years, you will have an account on the class forum. All forum members will have access to a discussion board for each Scrapbook Concentration video. Basically, that means there is a forum for you to discuss this if you have taken at least one shimelle.com class. Of course you’re welcome to purchase the video without ever having taken a full class! It’s just that the system for giving you that instant access to Scrapbook Concentration is different to the method where I personally process your registration and account for any full class here, so that’s why the forum is a bit of a compromise. For those of you who already use the class forum, you’ll have the extra benefit of having a designated place to chat.
One further clarification – this is completely separate to the videos and layouts that come from the Best of Both Worlds kits. Those videos will always be free. I use a range of other supplies in the video, and I can see about putting a product list up in the forum if that’s something you think would be helpful. But it’s very much designed to be adapted to your own supplies rather than needing to find the exact same stuff. The idea behind all my classes is always to leave you able to take the lessons forward with your own work so you can create happily and confidently on your own! (Yes, that school teacher side of me is still here. She is very happy she doesn’t have to grade exam papers or stay late for detention in the scrapbooking world!)
So… until I get this magic message that says everything is ready, I have to wait! I can tell you that this first Scrapbook Concentration focuses on layering, and it breaks things down to several different styles and techniques of layering, discusses how it can be easier and more efficient on your supplies than you think, and includes tips for adapting the ideas to your own style. You can choose if you really want to spend two hours watching it straight through, or if you would prefer to watch segment by segment, in twenty minute blocks that each give you something specific to try.
I’m very excited to offer this new masterclass approach, and I hope you enjoy it! More details here as soon as it’s live!
Have a beautiful and safe weekend!
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