Creative Scrapbooking January Scrapperday

Our next Scrapperday will be on Sunday 29th January, 9.30 am to 4 30 pm (NSW time).
it will be held in Ballina CWA Hall (next to the RSL).

Technique focus - clustering embellishments and colour schemes

Please bring:
Basic kit
Cutting mat
Stamp block for cling stamps
Black Staz On ink
Vintage photo Distress ink, blending tool and craft mat
green and blue ink (peeled paint, tumbled glass Distress inks), mauve ink (milled lavendar Distress ink)
sandpaper and block
shaping tool or stylus with big knob
hole piercer
strong glue or glue dots
craft blade and metal ruler
lime green sewing thread and needle
edge distresser
colour wheel if you have one already


Photos:

Moments With You: 4" x 6" portrait style photo in sepia or black and white. Layout would suit photos with babies, children or loved ones as well as well friends.

Remember: 4" x 6" portrait style photo. I used Christmas photos but this versatile layout could be used for a variety of themes to celebrate a special event.

Journey: two 4" x 6" landscape style photos ( I cut one in half). This layout would suit travel, holiday or photos of an outing.

FOR BOOKINGS: Please ring Maureen at Creative Scrapbooking on 07 55205598

Blue Bazaar Crop Bootcamp

Like many of you my stash just keeps growing at an alarming rate (I'll be right when the Great Scrapbooking Depression comes) only to be matched by my stack of "gonna do's". You know, we all have a pile of them - projects we will do when we get time, papers and photos that work really well together, or techniques and products we just have to have a go at.
Thanks to Blue Bazaar's Crop Bootcamp - the time has come. You can download these 15 page maps for free just go to www.bluebazaar.com.au and have a go. I haven't been a big fan of page maps in the past but I've found now, they are a great springboard for your creativity in a hurry.

I set myself this challenge - complete the 15 projects in a week.

I also added some of my own rules:

- buy nothing, use my stash
- nothing is too precious to use
- use any photos at hand that tell the story
- a project can be a layout or OTP (if they're in the stack they're in)
- don't let the maps restrict creativity, use as inspiration
- have fun, rules are meant to be broken

Well here are the results - I'm happy with them, thanks to BB for that oomph. I feel good - stuck to my rules and that pile of projects has gone down (can't say I notice any difference in the stash though).


Layout 1 : Not a Creature was Stirring

Layout 2: Lucky

Layout 3: Be beautiful

Layout 4: Merry January

Layout 5: The Journey Begins

Layout 6: One Lonely Lobster

Layout 7: The Open Road

Layout 8: Girlfriends

Layout 9: Precious Life

Layout 10: Motherhood

Layout 11: 4 ever Friends

Layout 12: The Carnival

Layout 13: Deck the Halls

Layout 14: Remember pendant (I know it's not a page but it fits the map and it was in the stack)

Layout 15: New York canvas (yes it was in the stack too)

Why don't you have a go too. You'll feel really virtuous later.
Enjoy