Aprils In2crafting class

Last Saturday I had my monthly class at the shop and this month we used Authentique cardstock. The theme was " All about the boys" and we did two single layouts.

Products used:

• Authentique Loyal, Bazzill cardstock
• Crafters Workshop template Circle grid 6x6
• Distress ink
• Buttons and Brads

The grid template was used with some Distress ink to great the background in the corners and the star was cut on the cricut using the Plantin cartridge.

This is the second layout, using more of the stickers and the fab alphabet on the sheet.

Marchs kit

With everything going on I completely forgot to post photos of the mini book the girls did with me at home and at the shop last month.  We had tabbed chipboard and acrylic pages in a 6x6 album. The kit included 6x6 papers from the new Prima Almanac range together with flowers, some grungepaper and Tim Holtz tags. I knew,what with getting ready to move, that I would not have time to sort photos etc so my album is in readiness for wedding photos that are going to be taken in June. As to give the girls some guidance to where photos would go and sizes etc I have attached plain paper pieces with removable glue.

First up the cover, using Tim Weathered clock in grungepaper

Products used:

• Woodware chipboard album
• Prima Almanac 6x6 pad
• Prima Almanac flowers
• Prima Songbird Stamps
• Tim Holtz Weathered clock, Vintage cabinet dies
• Tim Holtz Inkessentials tags
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye, Black Soot and Adirondak Rust
• Tim Holtz Distress Stain Picket Fence
• Bazzill cardstock
• Black DL envelopes
• Bazzill brad
• Glitz alphabet stickers

All the ephemera was from the sheets in the paper pack, I used the stamps to the tags and on cardstock to cover the pockets made from envelopes. The distress stain was used to colour the clock face and I used Black soot ink to colour the hands. Mini books are a great project for a event, weekend away etc where you dont want to or have time to dedicate a whole 12x12 album to. Great idea for presents as well.

Looking forward to a crafty day tomorrow with my monthly crop, whatever you are doing have a great Easter weekend.

February kit

On Saturday I had my monthly scrapbook class, this month we used Bo Bunny Vicki B papers and embellishments. The first layout entailed some sewing and the use of my EK Success circle cutter. The leaves are a Marianne Branch Forest die and the flowers are made with the stamp set from the range. The explore was cut on my cricut. This months kit included a pack of chipboard embellishments. The ribbon is just cream seam binding ruffled along a piece of double sided tape.

I always try and make another layout up with the pieces that are left over and as I had a circle frame left from the first layout, I designed the page around that.

This kit is the one that I am doing on the 25th at the shop, so for the girls that are coming to that you need a 6x4 landscape photo and then a 6x4 portrait photo and 2 smaller ones approx 3x2. If you want you could put a little pic inside the chipboard frame. Photos for the scond layout could be added after.

Keep warm

In2crafting class

Today I had a wonderful class at In2crafting, the theme this month was heritage and the layout used the Bo Bunny Timepiece papers and stickers. I have just got some new Tim Holtz dies and they worked really well with these layout. The swirls, hinge and key were all die cut with Grungepaper and then coloured with Distress inks. The flowers are from the tattered flowers die.

I try and make another layout with the leftovers, so this is what I came up with by just adding another piece of plain white 12x12.  The corner stamps are from the same collection and I used a more upto date photo to keep with the time theme with the generation to generation stickers that in the kit.  The clock is also a Tim Holtz die again on Grungepaper and inked with Distress inks. The flowers are from the Spellbinders Carnation set, I just added a few brads in the centres.

Next class is on Saturday 10th December and will be last one until late Jan 2012...its a layout on a canvas, great idea for a Christmas present....there a few places left.

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