Diva Craft Lounge #11 - Lain Ehmann and Scrapbook Royalty

Diva Craft Lounge #11 - Lain Ehmann and Scrapbook Royalty

Our first segment guest is Lain Ehmann contributing editor for Simple Scrapbooks magazine, she entertains readers and classes with her unique brand of insight and humor. Her new book, Snippets: Mostly True Tales from the Lighter Side of Scrapbooking is shipping this December. With her love for words, paper, design, and glue sticks, she fell head-over-heels for scrapbooking when she created her first page over a decade ago (not counting the Shawn Cassidy tribute albums she made in junior high!). As a contributing editor for Simple Scrapbooks magazine, she loves writing about scrapbooking, designing projects, and traveling the country to share my enthusiasm and humor with her classes encouraging her students to "ScrapHappy!"

Our second segment guest is Elena Etcheverry the founder of Scrapbook Royalty a California Non-profit organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for Noble Causes through unique Scrapbooking and Crafting events. Since their inception in April of 2006 their 100% volunteer run organization has raised over $150,000, held 40 events, collected over 3600 handmade cards for the troops, make 65 albums for families coping with cancer, and made 150 frames for a prom for kids with cancer.

Diva Craft Lounge #10 - Simple Scrapbooks, Purple Cows and Chalk Ink

Diva Craft Lounge #10 - Simple Scrapbooks, Purple Cows and Chalk Ink

Our first guest Is Cheryl Overton is a member of the editorial board at Simple Scrapbooks. She is a scrapbooker who teaches and works part-time at at her local scrapbook store. She and a friend recently started a home organizing business which keeps them busy when the kids are at school and feeds the obsessive compulsive who lives deep down inside of her. She also enjoys skiing, playing board games and relaxing with family and friends.

Our second guest is Paula Nelson-Hart, the new featured artist for Purple Cows. Paula’s right brained antics run the gamut and include: eclectic wearable art, costume design for Marie Osmond Doll Collection, and Hart of the Mountain featuring artistic creations by Paula and her daughters. Living high in the Rocky Mountains, her exile from retail stores has fueled her resourcefulness, motivating the use of materials beyond their original function. Her latest triumph: holiday decorations using recycled shopping bags, soda pop cartons, a dismantled chandelier, and an industrial heat gun.

Our final guest is Danielle Pruitt, owner and creator of Chalk Ink markers in Austin Texas. Danielle has led design for retail interiors and sign construction for over 89 Whole Foods Markets and assorted other retailers. She channeled her frustration with traditional chalkboard sign techniques to formulate and develop a prototype for a new chalkboard material as well as Chalk Ink™ Markers. Danielle was one of the finalists for Martha Stewart’s Apprentice—she’s the first to admit that not making the final cut turned into a blessing.

Sneak Peak of the Diva Book and Rayme's new CD

Hi Divas and Dukes,

I hope all is well in your "Diva World." I know we've been a little quiet on our Blog.
I've always considered the radio show our Blog but we'd also LOVE to hear back from all you Divas and Dukes in 87 countries! And this is a great way to do this!

We're excited to announce that the long awaited book "Designing with the Divas and Friends" from Bluegrass Publishing will be out Dec. 1st. Rayme and I are so excited we are having a tough time sleeping. I have to tell you that Linda LaTourelle and the staff at Bluegrass have done the most AMAZING job photographing and compiling this book. There are 57 projects and 25 incredibly talented designers associated with this book. We have all sorts of fun projects for all levels and ages of "Diva Crafters".

Our mission with this book was to get friends and families to sit around the table and have a wonderful time letting their creative juices flow. We also wanted to appeal to someone who has never thought of themselves as creative. If you'd like to check out the "Groovy" video you can go to www.DivaCraftLounge.com and click on the book cover.

If life isn't exciting enough, Rayme has just released his new CD "Paisley Piano." IT is 13 of the most BEAUTIFUL original piano solo's I've heard. I'm so excited for him. His inspiration was writing something that we could all craft to. I LOVE that! You can check out the CD and little excerpts on www.DivaCraftLounge.com, click on Raymemusic.com. If your in the San Diego area Mon. the 27th of Oct, he's having a CD release party. We're sending out the details. He'd love to see you. I'll be there buying the CD's for Christmas presents!

Let us know what you think of the book and CD. We always Love to hear form you! Thanks for listening and have a Diva Weekend!

Sassy Water Recipe!

HI Divas and Dukes!

As promised , here's the recipe for Sassy Water!I found it in Prevention Magazine. It's really refreshing!
Be prepared to get hooked on it! here it is....

Sassy Water
In a pitcher add:
8.5 cups of water
Peel and slice 1 medium cucumber
Slice a lemon
Peel and grate 1 Tablespoon of fresh ginger
12 leaves of fresh mint

Mix together with the water and chill over night. Enjoy!

Rayme Royale says....

Hey Divas and Dukes~~~

A very BELATED HELLO to all! The creative juices have been flowing in several thousand directions all at once and I have been nothing but GREAT-FULL for it all! Needless to say, Diva Danielle and I are so thrilled and excited about our upcoming book, "Designing With the Divas". All projects are at the publishing house, photos and editing are now taking place like mad as we speak, and then to the printers, and then into your hot little hands! We can't wait! It is turning into a craft book extraordinaire like I have never seen before! We know you'll feel the same way about it!

I write to you the night before the big CRUISE!!! Wanted to let you know how excited we are, and sad at the same time that this may be the last cruise for a long while because of the re-location of the cruise ship. But, it's all okay. There is no doubt in our minds that the next BETTER trip, retreat, etc. will be showing it self to us within the near future!

I can't wait for this cruise (along with Mama Royale) because it will give me the time to catch up on some much needed card designing! Many of you e-mail me and have asked for some cards with specific images. I can't WAIT to get started on them to see what I come up with! I've decided that I'm not even going to bring a book to read on this cruise. It will be a wonderful time of creating, creating, CREATING!

When the cruise is over at the end of the week, Diva Danielle and I will have a lot more to share with you on our radio show, and then of course, extra tid-bits here on the blog.

Until then, Create and FLY!

Write back to us! We LOVE hearing from you!!!

RAYME ROYALE

One Week to go Cruising!!!

HI Divas And Dukes!

Now we're getting excited. In one week we'll be boarding the Monarch of the Seas. Jan and I have been working on this cruise for 9 months. It seemed like it couldn't get here fast enough. Now we're less than 7 days to go.

Rayme, Jan and I gathered up all the goodies we're taking on board for our Diva Cruiser's . I hope they bring an extra suitcase!!!!

We're so blessed to have such great friends in the industry that I can ask to donate products for our Diva's to try out.

Here's a list of our very generous Sponsors:


Bam Pop! www.bampop.com

Blue Grass Publishing www.bluegrasspublishing.com

Close to my Heart www.closetomyheart.com

Cosmo Cricket www.cosmocricket.com

Creative Options www.creativeoptionscrafts.com

Cut-It-Up www.cut-it-up.com

Hambly Studios www.hamblystudios.com

Helmar www.helmarusa.com

Lasting Impressions www.lastingimpressions.com

Magic Mesh www.magicmesh.com

Pentel Arts www.pentelarts.com

Purple Cows www.purplecows.net

Scrapbook Diva www.scrapbookdiva.com

The Paper Element www.thepaperelement.com

Tinkering Ink www.tinkeringink.com

Unity Stamps www.unitystampco.com

And there will be more surprises!!!

We're going to Nordstrom on Tues when we dock in San Diego. They have been so awesome to put an event together for us. We're going to have facials and mini make over. We'll be all glam for our formal night.

The best thing about this cruise is the friends we're going to see form the previous Diva Cruises and the new friends we're going to make.We have Diva's flying in from all over the country. We're gathering on Sun for a little Soiree. We'll be doing a few Groovy projects before boarding the ship on Mon. Elizabeth Hernandez will be teaching a class. She owns a store called Memories by Liz.

We'll be doing our show LIVE form the Monarch on Wed. We'll be anchored off of Catalina Island. It should be lots of fun!!!!! There's no telling what we'll be up too!! I hope you'll join us.

Well, I must go and do some more packing. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to wear! I do know I'll be packing my tiara and boa. Of course all my projects are packed and ready to go.

I hope you're Having a Diva Day!!!!

Diva Danielle

HI Out There!!!!!

HI Divas and Dukes,

We're back!!!!! Sorry we've been quiet on the Blog front. Rayme and I have been working furiously to finish the projects for our new book "Designing With the Divas."
It has been an awesome journey. This is something I've wanted to do for a long time and I just needed to sit and focus and START!!!

Rayme has been such a delight to work with on this book. I can't wait to do the next one!!!! Oh yes, we have an idea already. Once you start you can't stop... it's better than potato chips!!!!

One of the MOST exciting things about this book is all our wonderful friends have also created something "Diva-lish" to be added to this extravaganza in crafts. I can't go into details but Rayme and I are sooo excited and thankful to have some incredible artists involved. We have so many different ideas and techniques to share. Some new and some that you might not have thought about for a while. This is what it's about. We wanted to inspire people to take some time, sit down with some of your favorite things and just get creative. No pressure and no grades.

Linda laTourelle and her team at Bluegrass Publishing have been so incredible to work with. Kevin has come up with the most amazing cover .....That alone inspired us. Their attention to detail is absolutely wonderful. We are truly blessed.

We're also getting ready for our Cruise. 19 days to go!!! It's our last one ..... We'll do something else so if you didn't get to join us don't worry , we're working on something new. Jan Mollet-Evsns has been the best partner to work with and I'm soooo appreciative of her talents and friendship. We work for 9 months to prepare for this not so little soiree. I'm looking forward to seeing our "Alumni" Divas and meeting some new ones.

Ok, It's getting close to show time so I must go and prepare for our terrific Guests today. We're very excited to have Angie Lucas from Simple Scrapbooks, Margot Potter "The Impatient Beader" and our dear friend Karan Olson-Smith from Magic Mesh on the show today.

Hope you have a Diva Day today!

Diva Danielle

Calling All Divas and Dukes!

Hi Divas and Dukes,

Happy New Year!!

Rayme and I have been asked to compile a craft book which will be published by Bluegrass Publishing!!! The working title is "Creating with the Divas... Artsy Projects to Inspire the Groovy and Creative Diva in You!"



Because we've seen some of those wonderful things you can create, we thought it would be fun to invite our listeners to submit their own project for publication.



We're looking for Different, Groovy and Fun projects in all creative mediums, with one exception … sorry, no Scrapbook Layouts in this book (maybe we’ll tackle that one later!)



Here’s the procedure:

1. The Deadline is Feb. 1st...I know it’s short notice, but you can do it!

2. Submit photos of the finished project, a brief explanation of the technique and materials used, and your contact information (name, email, and phone number) by email to DR@DivaCraftLounge.com .

3. Submit only your original ideas, not ideas from store display samples, magazines, kits, or other designer's works. We’re looking forward to seeing your entries -- the more “out-of-the-box” the better.


4. When you receive the “Diva Stamp of Approval”, then you will get the official guidelines and release form for your project (All entrants must release the rights to Bluegrass Publishing for publication of your project.)



5. The guideline form will include: (a) a list of the products used and their manufacturers; (b) a description of the theme or technique featured, and; (c) step-by-step instructions for your individual project (you should take pictures during the creative process for any step that is easier to explain with a photo - 300 dpi, please, at least 4x6 inches).

6. After approval, you also will attach an address label to your project somewhere that can be identified, but not seen in the final picture, and send it to the address given in the entry form so we can professionally photograph it.

What's in it for you? Recognition for having a published design in a book with some of the biggest names in the Crafting World! You will receive a copy of the book when it is published, and your name will be mentioned on the Diva Craft Lounge radio show and blog. Unfortunately, we're not able to offer any other compensation, but, who knows where this may lead!?!?!



Can’t wait to see the photos of your project!



Scrapbook Diva Danielle and Rayme Royale – the Duke of Crafts