December class

I had a lovely afternoon today holding my last scrapbooking class of 2012.  Chritmas music playing and lovely chocolate donuts { thanks Barbara} made it an fun time for all.

These are the 2 layouts they did with the kit, papers and stickers are from the Simple Stories Harvest Lane range. I gave the ladies some Hessian to use with leaf Sizzix dies, it cuts a treat and gives a great texture to the layout. For the borders on the second layout I used my new Stampin'Up Tasteful Trims bigz die. The leaves stamps are from Inkadinkado.

 

 

In2crafting class

Yesterday I had my scrapbook crop at In2crafting Wickford, this month we used the Teresa Collins Fabrications Canvas collection.

Easy layout which was good as I had some complete newbies yesterday which was lovely to see. The kit came with a sheet of die cuts, one of which was a journaling one, but I carefully cut out the inside and added another small photo. The border was made with a Martha Stewart deep edge punch. I still have a few kits left for anybody interested...just pop me an email they inc instructions.

Septembers kit

A little late, as I ended up not teaching this last month but the girls got their kits yesterday so here's my layouts with Kaisecraft Check in papers and diecuts.

 

I wanted a double layout with plenty of photos on it and inside the large die cut I have made a little pocket for tickets etc and space for another photo or journaling.

 

The second layout using the left over papers and more of the diecuts....you get a huge amount in the packs.

 

 

I know I have used the same photo twice...its ok I am not loosing the plot, they are going in different albums. One for my son for his honeymoon album and I am going to keep the single page.

 

 

Pink Paislee Baytree Cottage

Had Benfleet scrappers week before last and as usual I did not get much done but I did make a start on 2 layouts using left overs from a kit from years ago. As I had the day to myself on Sunday I managed to finish them both off.

 

All papers etc are from Pink Paislee Baytree Cottage, the pearls are made with a pearl maker pen from Wako, the flowers are two different size punches from carl. The chipboard alphabet is from my stash. Punch for the leaves on the second layout is a Martha Stewart punch.

 



 

Using scraps

Hope everyone had a great bank holiday weekend, I finally managed to get a start on sorting the garden and managed to find a little time in my craft room.

Here is the layout I created with the left overs from my last monthly kit and canvas class. Everything is from the Carta Bella Beautiful Moments collection and I used the Tim Holtz Tattered floral garland die again to make the flowers.

 

 

Emma's fab mini book

Here's the mini book the girls did in class yesterday afternoon, designed and taught by Emma from Imagine That Papercrafts in Upminster.

Back soon with another layout I did using the scraps from the canvas class and my last kit.

Canvas class

 

 

Today I had my first all day class with Emma from Imagine that papercrafts in Upminster. This morning I taught this canvas project. A slight twist in that we used the reverse of the canvas instead of the front. The papers are Carta Bella Beautiful Moments, the metal plate is from Tim Holtz and we covered it with some paperartsy paint and wiped the excess off. The flowers are from the Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Garland Sizzlet die, butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch and the corner punch is from EK Success. Inside the plate is a Tim Holtz ticket. Here's some close up pictures of the flowers and the ornate plate. The edges of all the papers have also been dry painted with the Paperartsy Snowflake chalk paint.

 

 

I will post a few pictures tomorrow of the mini book Emma taught in the afternoon.

 

Enjoy the bank holiday weekend...fingers crossed no more rain tomorrow I want to start work on the garden!!