Octobers class kit

Yesterday I had my monthly scrapbooking class and these are the 2 layouts I designed with this months kit. 

Products used:

Papers: Hot of the Press Bountiful, White Bazzill

Stamps: Fancy Pants and Maya Road journaling stamps

Punch/dies: Stampin'Up! Lace Ribbon border, Marianne corner 1, Marianne Butterfly 3, Sizzlet Flower, branches and leaves set, Spellbinders Spiral Blossom 1

Ribbon: Stampin'Up! Rich Razzleberry

Cricut Cartridge: Paper Lace 2

Embellishments: Creative Expressions pins, Ribbon roses, Dusty Attic corners and scrap fx swirls

Paint/inks: Adirondak dabber Snow cap and Adirondak Eggplant ink

In2crafting scrapbook class

Had a lovely relaxed scrapbooking class this afternoon at the shop. Great to see some ladies that are new to scrapping and I had a real mix of ages today, which was lovely.

This is the double layout we worked on, everything was from the Echo Park Splash range.  Great for holiday photos by the sea, pool or in the garden with the paddling pool.

As usual I did another layout with the 1 sheet I had not used and some left over bits and pieces.

All my spare papers are in the shop, if you would like a kit put together for you with instructions give them a ring.

Next class is on Saturday 26th November and its a heritage layout.

Have a great weekend





Monthly class kit

We had our monthly scrapbook class today and the kit included cardstock and stickers from a new company called Authentique.  As its holiday time I went with the Journey collection, lovely blues, browns and greys, great neutrals for day trip and holiday photos. I also decided I wanted to make a double layout that held plenty of photos. If you are like me I take loads when I am away and some of them dont always warrant a scrapbook page just on there own but you still want them in your album. So I mixed up the photo sizes between 6x4's portrait and landscape and then filled in with others that are 3 1/4" x2 { I use picassa and I can get 3 photos on one 6x4 photo printer paper. In total I have 10 photos on the front and another 9 hidden, I could have had more if I had not wanted to leave room for the journaling. On righthand side of the layout there is a flap that when opened out holds the extra photos.

flap opened to reveal more photos

I left the journaling space free so my son can fill in everything they did, the day in Florence was his surprise birthday present from his girlfriend. The stickers are all from the same collection and the only thing I added was the tab punch from Stampin'up!.

In2crafting august class

I have just taken over the scrapbooking classes at In2crafting and this is the first class.  I wanted to start off with a simple layout and use some die cuts to make flowers.  The papers are from My Minds Eye Stella Rose collection. I use one of my new Marianne frame dies, not only do you get the frame but the 2 flourishes and 2 little flowers as well!

Products  used:

Cardstock/stickers: My minds eye Stella Rose Mabel
Dies: Marianne ribbon flora & frame circle straight{ which includes the swirls and the little flower}
Punches: Martha Stewart Doily lace
Embellishments: kars gem stones & Creative expressions seam binding


I had enough pieces left to make another layout

For the girls in the class that wanted to see how I constructed it...the sizes are as follows:

Stripes 2" x 10" and another piece 2" x 1", damask 2" x 4" and another piece  2" x 2 1/4",  turquoise 2 1/2" x 5" for the punch panel at the bottom 2" x 5" and for the side punched panel 1" x 6", Herringbone reverse 3" x 12", crocheted 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" and you need 2 of them.

products used:

Same as above plus

Coredinations cardstock: Vanilla Ice

Punches: EK Success Arbor

Die cut: Sizzix alpha for title

All the products used can be brought at the shop, any kits left will be available to buy which include full instructions.

Next class saturday 24th September...theme "splashing good time" double layout for all your beach, pool photos.

Enjoy your weekend

Julys class kit

This month we used Echo Park for the record....love the colours in this kit.  If you had said to me black, red, yellow and green...I probably would have said no thanks, but they work really well together.  Ideally suited for a heritage layout, mine needs some journaling but I have to work our dates and the photo in the second layout is my great great grandfather but not sure which of my nans brothers and sisters the baby is.  When I get time I am going to start work on my family history and hopefully I will get some idea of who it is!!

We stained cream seam binding with Distress ink Scattered Straw and spritzed with water to get that lovely vintage look.

The 2 of u

Had my monthly crop yesterday and I took some time away from class preparations to use up some left overs from an old kit.  Papers are Pink Paislee Queen Bee...still love those cork buttons! The Mustard Bazzill was cut using the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge....loving this cartridge, its on loan from a friend...thanks Jo!  The title was cut on the alphabet thats on the same cartridge.  Flowers are from the newest Tim Holtz Sizzlet die with the 2 concertina flowers on it ...I did 1 big and 2 small.

Anyway back upstairs to clean up the mess..........actually got some class work done this afternoon with 1 eye on the Tennis......congrats Novak....you played brilliantly!!

Enjoy whats left of your weekend

Junes Class kit

Had the girls over today for this months kit, we used the beautiful Basic Grey Sweet Thread papers and stickers.

Love these little ribbon flowers I made to embellish the flower centres....I know its not a new technique to many of you but its the first chance I have had to play with seam binding on a scrapbook page and as its so soft its a doddle to do.  I did 2 sizes using a 3/4" and 1" circle punch and some extra tacky double sided tape...like the red one.  It needs to be a dry glue or else the ribbon will get mucky.  Punch out your circle and adhere dst all over it, so its completely covered.  Starting with your ribbon tightly pinched together start in the middle and work your away around in a circle and keep folding the ribbon as you go.  Each time you fold press the ribbon down onto the dst so it stays stuck down, keep on going until you have worked your way around the whole circle and then cut off leaving enough to stick down onto the back of the circle and add some more dst to hold it place...and you ave it ready in place to attach to your layout.  If there is any card showing...you can carefully cut the excess off....be careful not to catch the ribbon!  You can do any size you want and they are quite flat so not going to take up to much room in your albums. 

Made another one up and with a little help took some step by step pics....not great as the light was fading fast, but you get the idea..lol!!

Enjoy your weekend!