Only two more weeks until Kelly Goree is here!

Don't forget to mark your calendars and sign up for one of our few remaining slots in the classes Kelly Goree is teaching here on Friday, August 14 from 4-9 p.m. Even if you may be unfamiliar with Kelly, you've likely seen her work in scrapbooking magazines (including the recent cover layout of the April 2009 Creating Keepsakes magazine.) Here's more about Kelly:

Kelly Goree lives in the beautiful horse country of Kentucky with her husband of 11 years and her three rambunctious little boys. She was introduced to scrapbooking in early 2000 just after her oldest son was born and it quickly became a favorite hobby then all-out passion. She'll tell you if she's not out chasing her boys, you can find her scrapping! Kelly is a full-time staff designer and instructor for BasicGrey where she is a driving force in designing work for classes, tradeshows, catalogs, and special events. In 2006 she had the honor of being a Memory Makers Master and has over 300 published works that can been seen in the pages of Memory Makers, Creating Keepsakes, Better Homes & Garden's Scrapbooks Etc., Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, Scrapbooking & Beyond and other scrapping and paper arts publications.

We are so fortunate to have Kelly here with us to teach two 2-page layouts using two of the newer lines from Basic Grey. Kelly has lots of techniques to teach us including:

• using Basic Grey Olio full color rub ons
• paper piecing
• how to create fun title and journaling blocks
• make your own notebook paper
• how to cut apart stickers, rub-ons and paper to make your own personal design
• adapting layout sketches to fit your photos while keeping the design cohesive

Here's a look at one of the layouts Kelly will be teaching using the Basic Grey "Lemonade" papers. Just beautiful!