Back from Nashville - Part I

Posted by Jen Cramer

Tammy and I are back from Nashville after spending a few days at the Scrap Etc. "Tell the Story Only You Can Tell" event and visiting scrapbook stores in the area. Today and tomorrow we'll share some of our trip with lots of photos!

We sat in on a number of classes including this Everyday Us album class by Vanessa Hudson. She used lots of AccuCut dies in the project, and the die cuts looked great with the Scenic Route paper. On the cover below she used three dies: Birds #1 (small), Butterfly #8 (small) and Tree-No Leaves.

Here is Vanessa teaching one of her sessions:

The class used a Pioneer album and she created a number of dividers to separate the sections. This "On the Go" divider uses Car #2 and Flourishes #1 -- how clever was that?

On her "What's for Dinner?" divider she used a small Label die behind the word "Dinner", the Apron card and a Scallops border. I love how she uses a black pen to outline her shapes. It really makes them pop. 

We also spent quite a bit of time traveling around the area to visit scrapbook stores that have AccuCut die cutting systems. On Friday we stopped in at Scrappuccino in Greenbrier, Tennessee, and saw co-owners Lola Fields and Kathy Sterry. They use their Creative Cafe dies for art bar projects.

Here's another shot of part of their Creative Cafe area. They have both Spirit and Lucky lines.

The last store that we squeezed in to our trip was Timeless Reflection in Hendersonville, where we found a huge selection of AccuCut dies. Owner Michelle Luther was having her last crop before she was going to have to close for a few days to knock down a wall to expand her store. When she opens again she's going to hang these beautiful pennants over the 7 Gypsies products. I just loved her vintage style using the Pennant #5 die and our 4" Carnival alphabet. The letters are cut out of chipboard and then covered with glitter.

Tomorrow: Tammy will share photos from our stops at The Sassy Scrapper and Memories in Bloom.