Giveaway

I have been recently introduced to a fabulous online learning site that I adore!! Many, many moons ago I was a scrapbooker. I hoarded paper and embellishment like they were life sustaining materials. I would pull out all of my supplies and my house would be over taken with buttons and brads, pens and chalk, stamps and ink… whatever the hot scrapbooking trend was at the time.  A few years later I discovered that you could digitally scrapbook and my life completely changed!! I loved that I could still create the same look with just a click of my mouse and a little digital creativity. I loved that my house no longer had to look like a craft store tornado and just come through every weekend.  The issue, there was a bit of a learning curve involved with figuring out this new digital medium.  I learned on Photoshop elements with the slow, trial by error method.  How happy I would have been if I would have had Jessica Sprague come to my rescue!!

What is JessicaSprague.com?

JessicaSprague.com is a fabulous online digital art classroom.  They teach classes in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Adobe Illustrator and now they even have classes for the Silhouette!!!

 

Haven't you ALWAYS wanted to learn how to use these powerful tools? I know I have! Even though I feel pretty comfortable with some of these programs, I know that I don't use them to their full potential. This would be a great way to start from the beginning if you are new to the software or take some more advanced classes just to sharpen your skills. The classes are on your own time and self paced.  You can start and stop the video and practice the skill you've just learned so you know you've mastered it before you move on. Not only that, but if you have questions they have a fabulous forum that you can pop into and ask away, plus a fun gallery to share your work with others who have taken the class.

My Class Experience

I had the opportunity to take the Silhouette classes over the weekend and I LOVED them!! I was shocked that even in the very first lesson, an old Silhouette veteran like myself… LEARNED SOMETHING NEW!!

 

The class was so easy to follow with a very talented and knowledgeable instructor named Kerri Bradford…

Of Kerri Bradford Studio fame… She is one talented lady! She takes you step by step, on how to get to know your Silhouette. It doesn't matter if you have a CAMEO or an older version. She makes sure that everyone learns how to use their machine. The videos are clear and very well laid out, plus they are visually appealing {that's a big deal to me!}

Here is what Lesson One looks like and a brief overview of what you cover…

And a quick little snip of the beginning of the video… isn't it pretty?

The nice thing about these classes are that they are very affordable. The beginning class is $25 and the more advanced class is $30.  A steal really!  Think of all the wonderful things you can do with your Silhouette if you COULD JUST FIGURE OUT HOW!! I know I was in that boat… and YES, I'm a seasoned veteran.

The Giveaway

The lovely folks at Jessica Sprague have generously offered BOTH Silhouette classes for one lucky WhipperBerry reader. So, if you're one of the thousands who have reciently purchased a Silhouette {no matter what model} or know someone who has, this giveaway is for you!! Here's what you need to do to enter…

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Make sure you head over to JessicaSprague.com and check out all of the fabulous things they have there.  They also have wonderful digital library that you can purchase for all your digital designing needs. Don't forget to come back tomorrow… a little bird has told me that we are going to have another great Silhouette DEAL!!

I have a fabulous giveaway for you guys today from one of my favorite shops, Signs by Andrea.

I LOVE Andrea's take on the wood sign. They are simple and yet so complex.  The above sign is one that she made for me and I love how she lets some of the natural wood shine through by using the negative stencil process for the "T" and then hand painting the family name above it. I was so excited when I received the sign because I had the PERFECT place for it!

I had been working on creating a gallery wall for my living room {here is a little sneak peek} and I had this amazing frame from my Great Aunt that I just loved, but I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it. That was until I received Andrea's sign and it was PERFECT!!! I was sooooo excited when I put the whole thing up and just sat staring at it in awe.  Andrea's sign took a generic gallery wall and made it something special.

You have to go check out her site, Signs by Andrea and see all of her fun creations. She has the wood signs plus a fun printable sign section that I just love called (de)Signs. Here is a lovely printable that she created for me with all of our families special dates on it…

How fun is that? Andrea has generously donated ONE Monogram with Name Overlay Wood Sign {valued at $40} and TWO Special Dates signs {valued at $9 each} for three lucky WhipperBerry readers!!!

Here is what you need to do to enter…

 

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I've become a bit of a nut lately… The very first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is to grab my iphone and check my email for my Pick Your Plum deal of the day. Have you heard of Pick Your Plum?

If you've visited WhipperBerry for awhile now, you'll know that I am a huge fan of Pick Your Plum. They always have the greatest deals on all kinds of crafty supplies and stylish fashion accessories.  The problem… the deals are always soooooo good that they sell out quick.  Now you know why that has been incorporated into my morning routine! Here are some of the fun goodies they have to offer each day…

Aren't they FUN?! Here's how the deal works.  First, you have to sign up for the Pick Your Plum daily email. This will ensure that you have that gem of an email in your inbox every morning and you won't miss out on the goodies. Then each day they will have one specific item that they feature for that day at an unbelievable price.  As soon as they sell out the deal is done and you have to start the wait for the next days fun deal. Isn't that fun!! 

I have bought soooo many great goodies from the girls at Pick Your Plum… I have a whole bin in my craft room full of tags, bakers twine, baking supplies, vinyl, all kinds of stuff from Pick your Plum.  My favorite family Christmas gift this year was a personalized stamp that I ordered for each of our extended family members from Pick Your Plum, so yea… I'm a bit of a fan.

They lovely ladies at Pick Your Plum would love for you to fall in love with PYP as well.  They are giving away a $75 Plum Box full of all their favorite PYP swag to one of you.