I found I had 3 types of Krylon spray in my stash: Crystal Clear, Matte Finish, and Workable Fixatif. Only the Crystal Clear stopped the Mr. Huey from rubbing off after a single coat. I went back and sprayed a second coat of Workable Fixatif and found it lessened the problem. I think a third coat would have done the trick. But at this point I was tired of spraying and all the fumes (I was working outside, but there is still a strong odor), so I just went and sprayed everything again with the Crystal Clear because I knew it worked. As I was spraying it seemed to darken the color of my cardstock, but when dried it was the same as another, unsprayed sheet.

The Workable Fixatif is formulated so you can still apply any medium on top of the layer you are fixing. For these pages that’s not a concern I have. I did make sure that my adhesive still stuck to the cardstock sprayed with Crystal Clear. This is a good thing, because I found that the adhesive pulled off when attached right to the heavily sprayed white Mr. Huey on a layout I did a few weeks back.

So, fixing the white Mr. Huey definitely works – your product choice can depend on how much time you want to spend spraying.

Neon: I like Heidi Swapp’s  touch of neon; it really adds some pop to the LOs. It is not overwhelming; in fact it feels more like hot pink, bright yellow. And now I have something to use for the 80′s LOs of my big hair (and me) I keep saying I am going to create!

Primary/Bright colors AND RED: YAHOO!!!!!!  I am so happy to hear that some brighter spectrums of a color, i.e. green, blue and red will be available.  I have ONE sports oriented boy and typically the color of his uniforms are not distressed browns, blues and greys. Ha Ha!  They are vibrant reds, yellows and blues!  PLUS red is just my favorite color! I think that is one of the reasons I was so excited about Jolee’s French General line, with all their rich reds and blues! (in fact, I just got my hands on some this weekend.) I love how you can accent with red and yellow and (even with some Orange, Nancy).  Y’all read my mind when ya’ll mentioned Heidi Swapp’s Winter lines with the orange and blue No Limits lines as well as her Sugar Chic line with bright pinks and  turquoise.  I seriously think I have only used her materials for the past 3-4 months because of their exciting color palette. PLUS you have color magic which you can make ANY color you want! How exciting it that.

Christmas colors: I am so glad to hear that more traditional colors are returning!  I have not bought any Christmas lines in about two years, only a sheet here or there, because they were using too many hot pinks and greens.  AND PURPLE?  What is that about?  purple is NOT a Christmas color, (well, I guess if you are making a page about the wise men or about a Peacock themed tree it would work.) 

Shimelle’s “no peek at sneak peeks”: great idea!  I think I will try and wait to see the videos and blog posts from those attending CHA to find out more about the lines. I know these resources really got me excited about the winter releases.

Again, loved the show!  Thanks for all the hard work ya’ll put into it!

Non-schmo, Lisa Zepponi

I sometimes carry my tablet around with me (I have the Intuos 4). It’s large and makes my computer bag extra heavy but I just LOVE being about to move around with my stuff. It’s worth it and not too bad at all.

In Australia Apple stuff is still very pricey, even my 16g iPhone is worth about $1000 here, despite our 1:1 exchange rate.

All of my students in Perth have been PC users so far, despite the fact I advertise for both PC and Mac and the software I teach is available for Mac and PC. I’m mostly teaching people with less than 2 years digital scrapbooking so maybe more experienced users may be switching?

Another factor is that I use a Wacom tablet full time, so a laptop would lose some
Portability because of that.

We had two recent weeks where we were short a guest but that’s only because one had a family emergency right before the recording, and the other’s headset wasn’t working when we started. We have so many requests from our audience to get certain well-known industry folks on, and there are many who have been waiting for us to invite them on the show. We also get lots of requests from people who want to be on the show.

So we’re just trying to fill all these requests and fit them in!

Izzy and I have talked about this possible going away of desktops a few times because he uses massive dual monitors for his film stuff. He has MacPro monitors, which are the largest I’ve seen, and he has two put together so he can slide something from one to the other as if it were one. So if anyone needs large monitors, its people like him. Yet he still thinks desktops are going away and he doesn’t seem worried about it. So who knows?

As to why many don’t know of CTMH — When a scrapbook company chooses their business strategy of either direct sales instead of the traditional model, they’re also choosing a different community. Direct sales companies like Stampin’ Up, CTMH, and Creative Memories don’t put themselves into the regular crowd. As far as I know they don’t usually (or ever?) participate in CHA or any of the big scrapbook conventions.

They probably don’t need to — they’re working in a different way, getting their name out through different means. But if you wonder why some people have never heard of them, that’s why. Some scrapbookers love to scrapbook with home parties and friends, so they know of SU, CTMH, and CM. Those are prefer to scrapbook alone, go to stores, or hang out online enjoy the traditional mainstream products.

I’ve purchased and enjoyed products from all three of these direct sales companies, but my favorite lines happen to all be from the mainstream traditional market and I like to support them. Also, because I like to pick and choose individual pieces, I never buy an entire line of anything, even from my favorite lines. So I don’t like that with the direct sales companies you usually have to get things in packages. I like to buy piecemeal.

But that’s just my own way of doing things. Like I said, companies choose their approach and whether they’re going to jump into the mainstream or make their own private community. Neither one is right or wrong, just different.

Keep up the great work!

I think laptops aren’t very ergonomically sound (she says typing on the iPhone wil feeding the baby! Lol), too expensive, get hot when you are using them and the specs on today’s models are only just catching up to my 5yo upgraded desktop. BUT i will no doubt get one soon, but I hope desktops stay around a bit longer!

Keep up the great show guys!

Have you ever thought of having Katie Scott as a guest on the show? You spoke last summer about sometimes having listeners on the show if they make interesting comments on the blog posts, especially in the summer when it is quite busy and your regulars are hard to get and Katie is here every week with an interesting perspective…

Thank you, I’m so glad to hear how much you enjoy the show!