More about: Go To Press...and a giveaway!
Another tiny little sneak at Go To Press, the online class I’ll be starting on the 3rd of August. I can’t seem to go through an entire project without a tiny bit of cupcake influence, but I promise cupcake devotion is not a requirement of the class.
The biggest question that seems to have come up is what kind of printer you need. Because we’re going to be using our printers a great deal—but the good news is you don’t need anything superduper fancy.
Do you need a 12×12 printer? Not at all. I don’t have one! All of the printables are designed to be printed at 8.5×11 or A4 sized and can be resized even smaller if you prefer. If you are lucky enough to own a 12×12 printer, then you can enlarge them a bit too and print anywhere you want on the cardstock. That can give you some flexibility, but I managed to make my album without that and I promise I didn’t have any headaches at all! So a standard sized printer will be fine.
Do you need a laser printer? Not at all. I printed everything for the class on my ink-jet photo printer. If you do want to use a laser printer, keep in mind that you may be slightly limited for what you can send through it (you’ll be fine with paper and transparencies, I should think, but you may have trouble with fabric, for example).
Do I really have to send lots of stuff through my printer? There’s nothing you have to do. You’ll see lots of examples of non-plain-paper items that have been printed on—but you’ll also see plenty of layouts using the same printables on traditional white cardstock. So you’ll have plenty of options to go with what you like and what supplies you have to hand.
Those were the big three that I found in my inbox over the last few days—if you have any other questions, let me know and I’ll happily answer them!
As for a little more non-printer detail, here’s a quick summary:
...20 full colour PDF prompts delivered to your inbox Monday to Friday.
...20 pages of colour printable accents
...permanent back up and access to the prompts and files
...40+ example projects, including layouts by Kelly Purkey, Tia Bennett, Kelli Crowe, Stacey Sattler, Shannon Tidwell, Caroline Ikeji, Amy Grendell, Cindy Liebel, Jennifer Gallacher and me.
...step-by-step instructions for new techniques
...twenty page themes and journaling prompts to make up a completed album
...private message board to chat and share your work
...plus door prizes along the way!
All that, and you can sign up right here.
To kick things off, everyone who comments on this post gets their name in the hat to have me pay for your place in the class. Just leave a comment to enter—entries close at 10pm UK time on Monday 27th July and the winner will be posted on Tuesday the 28th! (If the winner has already purchased a spot on the class, she can have her choice of a refund or a place for a friend.)
And if you’re so inclined, please pass the word about this class to your scrapping friends and blog readers. Here are a few images you might find useful!
(that is 300×300 pixels, but there is also this one which is 150×150 which works for sidebars.)
(or this one for you non-blinking blinkie collectors!)
But all you have to do right now is comment for a chance to win, so say something in the box!
Have a fabulous weekend!
xlovesx
PS: What’s on your schedule next weekend? There might be something going on. Just maybe! Stay tuned.
ETA: Comments closed. Winner will be announced Tuesday 28th July. Thank you for entering!!
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