APRIL SCRAPPERDAY

Hello fellow scrappers, I'm sure you're ready for another amazing day full of scrapping fun, techniques and ideas.

This Scrapperday is all about creating fabulous layouts using cardstock and no patterned paper!! Great techniques to use on lots of your own pages at home as well.

Fun, Fun, Fun

This bright and exciting layout uses multiple photos. It is double page size but folds into a single page. Crazy heh!!. Some photos will overlap when folded up so I suggest bringing papers cut to the photo sizes and deciding which photos look best and where, later when not rushed.
It uses four 4" x 6" landscape photos (one of these is trimmed to 4" x 5") and one 4" x 6" portrait photo - that's 5 altogether.


Life is ...

Celebrate the many and varied uses of the humble shipping tag with this terrific double page layout. The theme is about hopes, dreams and wishes for yourself or for your family.
It uses a 4" x 6" landscape photo and a 4" x 6" portrait  photo with plenty a spots for journaling.

Looking forward to seeing all your eager happy faces again

June

FEBRUARY SCRAPPERDAY

Happy new year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday break and a very 'snappy' time - with the camera of course.

Our next Scrapperday is on the 2nd  February at Creative Scrapbooking. I have some great layouts to celebrate the beginning of another wonderful year of scrapping.
The focus for these two double page layouts is using borders and framing, to enhance your photos. These techniques can be transferred to other paper ranges with quite different results. Here are some sneak peeks of the layouts.

True Friends

For this double page we create our own multi-layered border and  'shrink' the outside design on the beautiful Prima papers. We use gorgeous dimensional stickers and gold organza ribbon to match the ladies skirts.

Seasons Greetings

This double page uses the fabulous Graphic 45 papers that conveniently always have at least one paper in the range, with a border. So we will keep this and work within it to create our own Christmas magic.

Please give Maureen a ring on 07 5520 6480, if you'd like to join us.

NOVEMBER SCRAPPERDAY

Just a quick note to thank Pam and all the lovely ladies who came to my Moss Vale classes at FM Stationery. I hope you had as much fun as I did and I hope to share another day with you next year.

Our last Scrapperday for the year - already. But we are finishing on a high note with these two double page layouts. You will use a variety of techniques with ribbons, paper rolling and more.

November Scrapperday will be on Saturday 24th November in the Creative Scrapbooking workroom. We'll begin at 9am and lunch will be provided.

The first double page layout, Make Life Big, would suit feminine photos of friendship, weddings, family etc.  The photo sizes used are two 4" x 6" landscape photos and one 4" x 6" portrait photo all in black and white. Here's a peek at it.

The second double page layout, Treasure Forever, would suit scenery, wildlife, pets, masculine photos etc. The photos used are three 4" x 6" landscape photos. Here's a sneak peek.

You will need to bring:
basic kit
hole piercer
edge distresser
paper shaping tool
pink ink (Victorian velvet Distress ink)
brown ink
craft blade and metal ruler
soft lead pencil eg 2B
strong glue or glue dots

I would love to celebrate our end of year Scrapperday with you.

June

Moss Vale Classes

Well, I'm off to the Southern Highlands to teach some classes on the 20th of October at FM Stationery. Quite a change of climate from the tropical north to the crisp south.

The first class 'A Ladies Diary', is a double page layout that includes a slider and mini book and a variety of techniques.

The second class 'One of a Kind', is a single page layout  that uses lots of texture and techniques.

So if you live in this lovely part of the countryside, give Pam or Bernie a ring to book your place on 02 48682966.

I'm looking forward to meeting a lot new faces and catching up with some (no -  I'm not going to say old) great friends.

June

THE PREMIUM DIE CUTS

If you visited the Brisbane Papercraft Expo in June, you would have noticed the Creative Scrapbooking stand by the crowd gathered around Mike and BJ demonstrating their fantastic Cheery Lynn Designs dies. Not only are these high quality dies but they have a wide range of versatile designs.

These two layouts give you a 'taster' of just a few dies.

Timeless Beauty uses Window C to create a beautiful church window, Mini Flourish  Band for the intricate top and bottom border and Polynesian Sails Oval for the frame (even used gold 250 gsm card). It comes with a mini doily in the centre - two for one. I matched the flowers in the paper images by trimming Princess Tree, adding leaves from Flora Leaf Strip and a dab of red paint.

I also made lillies to match those on the paper using the leaf base from Large Rose and Flora Leaf strip.

In Shine I used Victorian Picket Fence for the fence as well as the border around the outside (trimmed it does great train tracks). The window shutters are Lattice 2 (I've since thought of an even easier way of making these with this die) and the pop out squares are great for title letter tiles. Love this Grass Border, it trims so nicely to fit any space.

The flowers are stacks of Large Rose (cuts several at once with the base) that have been stamped, inked, shaped or pinched then layered. The Fanciful Flourish (comes in several sizes) swirl is perfect for weaving in and out and can be easily trimmed to fit your needs. Wow, checkout this Small Lace Butterfly with Angel Wings. I cut it from vellum and attached it with a little spring to hover over the flowers. There are a number of other beautiful butterflies and doilies in lots of sizes.

You can see the full range of dies at www.cheerylynndesigns.com as well as videos with Mike giving helpful advice on their use. Creative Scrapbooking stocks a great range of Cheery Lynn Designs dies - just enquire with Maureen about the dies you're interested in.

AUGUST SCRAPPERDAY

Save the date for our next Ballina Scrapperday on Sunday 19th August, 9am till 4pm - it's a beauty. It will be held again at the Ballina CWA Hall (next to the RSL). The two double pages we will be creating are quite different.

On the Sunny Side is an interactive double page. When the bottom of the pages are pulled down photos and page elements pop up. It then folds back up to fit in your album pages. You will learn techniques for using honeycomb paper and for creating these pop ups. A fantastic layout to sit on a shelf for displaying photos of all the family enjoying life. You will need four black and white portrait photos trimmed to 3" x 4".

Good Times Documented double page uses a versatile blue brown colour combination suitable for so many themes and photos. You will create a matchbook for extra journalling or photos and use a mix of beautiful textured flowers and feathers for embellishments. You will need two 4" x 6" portrait photos. I also used a 3 3/4" x 2 3/4" landscape photo inside my matchbook on the first page.

You will need to bring:
cutting mat and basic tool kit
Vintage photo Distress ink, blending tool and mat or brown ink
sandpaper
powder blue ink
glue pen
glue dots or strong glue
craft blade and metal ruler
3D foam tape
scoring tool or bone scorer

You can book your place with Maureen on 07 55205598.

Yours in scrapping
June

JUNE SCRAPPERDAY

Our next day is on Sunday 24th June, from 9.00 till 4.00,  at the CWA Hall in sunny Ballina by the sea.

We have decided to change our days and do 4 pages in the future. We will do either two double pages or matching pages.

Olde Curiosity Shoppe is the first double page layout and uses the fabulous Graphic 45 papers of the same name with some lovely corner clusters.

You will need three 6" x 4" portrait photos and one 4" x 6" landscape photo. I used photos of an arcade in Melbourne with lovely architecture. You could use photos of building or places as well as collected treasures or people. I used recent photos but old ones would also work well.

Where Did the Time Go? is the second double page and uses the gorgeous Prima Almanac Collection and Kaiser flower ribbon. It includes a fold out booklet to hold photos and journalling.

You will need two 6" x 4" portrait photos and one 4" a 6" landscape photo in black and white. Three small photos about 3" x 3" are also used inside the booklet. I used 3 recent photos on the layout and 3 past photos inside the booklet to show how quickly time passes and people grow and change. You could use photos of you and your partner, your children or even school friends.

You will need to bring: your basic kit and cutting mat as well as a  metal ruler and blade, glue pen, glue dots, edge distresser, curling tool, vintage photo ink or similar.

To make enquiries or book your place ring Creative Scrapbooking on 07 55205598

hope to see you there for a day of creative fun.

June