2009 Calendar

Every year for the past lots of years (I'm not exactly sure how many), I've made a calendar for my mom. My methods have evolved as the first ones were traditional scrapbooking and then I made the move to digital. I've always printed my own pages on photo paper and then had them bound at a local copy center. This year I have my favorite result with the Heritage Maker calendar. I even used a pre-made template and just adjusted it a bit to my liking. So easy! Just drag and drop your images and change out any text.

Click here to see the whole calendar.

2008 Christmas Cards--5x7 Invitation and folded versions

Since we had a tough year, I wasn't eager to complete my traditional family Christmas card/letter. However when I came across Gina Huff's Jolly Holidays kit, I had an idea pop in my head. You can view the results for yourself...

I was a bit slow getting my cards out this year partly because I wanted to receive one copy of the card first before I had them mass produced. I ended up making only one change because Ben didn't like the photo of him that I'd originally picked. Michela loved the fact that her's was a separate photo since she'd been away to college.

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Click here for flat version.

Canvas Poster idea

I wanted to make a canvas poster to have a sample to show; however, I didn't have a recent family picture that I wanted to use. I decided to create something a bit unique to hang on my office wall. The artist's canvas comes already wrapped and ready to hang or frame. I left some blank areas where I can use magnets front and back to keep little notes handy. It turned out gorgeous!


I swapped out papers and made a second version for a project Heritage Makers hired me to do. It's now available as a template in the gallery. (Type Schulthies in the search bar to see my templates.)

Wedding Book--11.5x8.5

I just love this! I had to wait for a while to post it since the bride hadn't seen it yet. *Ü* This is such a great way to showcase a wonderful group of photos. What bride & groom wouldn't want something like this?! I really should get out my photos from our wedding and put them in a book. Kris has a big (I won't confess how big) birthday next week. That would be a great thing to do.

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Football Team book--5x5

I had a lot of fun designing and taking all the photos for this one. I hope everyone on the team is going to like it. The bonus is that now I have a template for other years, too. It would be easy to make it into a baseball book. We had such a fun season with Josh's football team. We laughed a lot on the sideline. One of the funniest things that happened was Josh decided that he wanted to call out "hike" when the other team had the ball. He did that in two separate games. Got a warning at each by the referees. The second time was at the last game with different referees--that's why he dared do it again. When Josh called hike, the other team's center hiked the ball and then they all just stood around looking confused. It was too funny. Josh's entire team was cracking up.

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Simple Simon book templates

I've just completed two sizes of a rather generic book template. There are unlimited options on how these could be used. You might have a bunch of photos from a birthday, recent trip, holiday or you may want to create a tribute book or feature a family reunion. If you want the focus to truly be on the photos and the story, these would be the perfect solution!

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Click here for preview of the 8x8 version.

Custom Playing Cards

How fun is this?! Whether you're Hand & Foot fans or love any other card games, this custom deck will surely be a big hit in your family. Why not make several and solve all your Christmas gift-giving dilemas with one fabulous gift?

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Class/Project Description:
Make a custom deck of cards for yourself or someone you love. The ideas are endless for the fun you can have with this project. Make a matching game, ABC cards or feature highlights of a trip. These high quality plastic-coated cards will delight the receiver.

Class Time:
2 hrs. drag & drop project

Class Supplies Needed:

• Spots for up to 54 photos (if you don't have that many, only use photos on the "face" cards and put text/interesting facts on the other cards).
  

Two-sided 5x7 Christmas Card

I've just made another Christmas card design. I'm going to teach this two-sided version along with the 5x7 folded card (scroll down) in a combined class. You can choose which style you'd like or do a combination of the two.

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Fall, Favorites and Back to School 12x12 Pages

Here are three great fall-themed pages. Document that first day of school for a child of any age. Create another page which features three favorite photos & why you love them and finally, show your gratitude for the blessings of the fall season or events of the fall.

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Class Time:

2 hrs. drag & drop project

Class Supplies Needed:
Journaling to go with each page. Note the themes of each page and prepare jounaling to fit. Line spacing and font size can be adjusted to fit your info.
Spots for 8 photos.

Schulthies: The Common Thread--8x8 book

This is the big project that Heritage Makers hired me to do for them. I'm thrilled with the result! I just can't wait to see it in print. This is considered one of the four Cornerstone books for Heritage Makers. I followed the basic outline for the family values Cornerstone book tweaking it a bit to fit our family. Lots of scanning was involved to prepare older photos for inclusion in the book. Fun times!

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Class/Project Description:
This book will become a treasure for your family. It would be a great gift for grandparents and other relatives to receive. If your children are older, I'm sure they would love a copy, too!

Class Time:
2 hrs. drag & drop project (plus extra time at home)

Class Supplies Needed:

• Journaling to go with each spread. Note the themes of each 2-page spread and prepare accordingly. Line spacing and font size can be adjust to fit your info.
  
• Spots for a whopping 92 photos (prepare 100-120 so you can choose your favorites).

Papers and embellishments in the book are by Pebbles Inc. except for the photo frames which are by Gina Cabrera and used with her permission.

Clean Lines (Tiffannie) 11x8.5 book

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Class/Project Description:
Each spread of this colorful book allows you to target one characteristic of a personality. Book comes designed to feature 11 characteristics. Wouldn't a child or grandchild love to read about themselves? Possible alternate uses for this book: vacation, hobby, book of friends (a two-page spread for each special friend), tribute for a loved one.

Class Time:
2 hrs. drag & drop project

Class Supplies Needed:

• Journaling or description to go with each descriptive word (use mine or pick your own).
• Spots for 31 photos (prepare 35-40 so you can choose your favorites)

Joyous Season 2008 Greeting Cards

cSo far I've created three cards for the upcoming holiday season. I love the quality of the finished cards. They are really beautiful!

Two-sided 5x7 Christmas Card

I've just made another Christmas card design. I'm going to teach this two-sided version along with the 5x7 folded card (scroll down) in a combined class. You can choose which style you'd like or do a combination of the two.

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7x5 Landscape card

This card gives you plenty of room for holiday greetings for family and friends along with spots for sharing 3 photos either from a holiday photo shoot or just photos featuring your family highlights of the past year. Just swap in your own photos and type in your holiday message. Your friends and family will be thrilled at the custom touch.

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Tri-fold card

You can fit in 16 photos in this fabulous tri-fold version. Be sure to click the link below to see the entire card...this is only one of six panels.

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Class/Project Description:
Your friends and family will be thrilled to receive your custom-made greeting card this holiday season. Stun them with your own photos and message on professional-quality cards. Make some in more than one style for added interest.

Class Time:
2 hrs. drag & drop project

Class Supplies Needed:
Holiday greeting message to go with each card.
3 photos for the 7x5 card (either version
16 photos for the tri-fold card
* Photos and journaling can easily be exchanged for other sizes and fonts. You could choose to put extra journaling in place of one of the photos on the two-sided version.

Hitting the Trails--12x12 Scrapbook pages (4)

Here's page one of four in this set of Great Outdoors scrapbook pages. See the link below to view all four 12x12 scrapbook pages. They are perfect for documenting your fun in the great outdoors.

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Created by Catherine Schulthies
Contact: c.schulthies@gmail.com

Class/Project Description:
Everyone has oodles of favorite photos from the outdoors. Gather yours to complete these four exciting pages to showcase your hiking, camping, traveling and other adventures.

Class Time:
2 hrs. drag & drop project

Class Supplies Needed:
Journaling or description to go with each page.
8 photos (5 horizontal & 3 vertical)
* Photos and journaling can easily be exchanged for other sizes and fonts.

The Common Thread--11x8.5 book

I designed this book for my daughter who is going away to college soon. I just flattened previously designed digital scrapbook pages and dragged them to the book pages, designed a cover page and title page & sent if off to be published. I can't wait to see the printed product!

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Oh What Do You do in the Summertime?--8x8 book

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Created by Catherine Schulthies
Contact: c.schulthies@gmail.com

Class/Project Description:
Everyone has collections of favorite summertime photos. Now is the time to group those photos into 10 fun themes and create a book showcasing your family fun times. You could also use this book to showcase one child or ten years worth of summer fun highlights. What about that favorite summer vacation? Each page could showcase another day of fun. Or possibly each spread could be dedicated to a different family member. Let your imagination run wild...

Class Time:
2 hrs. drag & drop project

Class Supplies Needed:

• Journaling or description to go with each of 10 summertime activities.
• Spots for 44 photos (bring 50-55 so you can choose your favorites)

Suggestion: If you have more than 10 themes, simply add duplicates of sets of pages to fit your needs.