Card Class 6 July

This is the upcoming card class I am doing at the store. There are two cards, one feminine and floral-ee and one punky and grunge-ee. I love both of them! And I will be showing you heaps of ideas for using "Glitter and Glue Pads" AND we will make envelopes to match!! Yay, I'm so excited, this is going to be such a fun class!! Hope you can all make it!!  Call 9444 6626 to make sure you get spot!

Take care of each other,
see you soon.
M

Bad Hair Day

Don't you hate it, when you have a photo and you love it, and then you you do something with it and you love it. And then you see it hanging up and something catches your eye. And you realise that your 2 year old is in the most gorgeous real life pic sharing a touching moment with his Dad and he has THE MOST OBNOXIOUS, OBVIOUS, OVER-DONE MOHAWK EVER!!
Yep I had that moment too! 




























I can't get enough of Tim's cogs and I now have the cog Sizzix die and the Cuttlebug cog embossing folder so be ready to see cogs coming out my ears!


Take care of each other,
see you soon.
M

Catching Up

I think it's about time I caught everyone up with the news around town...
Well, it's a big congratulations to all the new DT girls!  I know it is that time of year where alot of people get the good news and in our little gang there has definitely been some good news.  Our own beautiful Mel-Belle has been asked to join the Twiddleybitz Design Team, which is just awesome and I know she will do them proud.  And the latest addition to the Scraptivate Team is the wonderfully talents Dawn Thomas.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Dawn she does some gorgeous "off the page" projects like art dolls, journals, fabric creations and jewellery.  I am sure you will be inspired and awestruck at her beautiful creations which you are sure to see around the store now.  Now I know there are some other special guests and new members to Scraptivate and I am sure Natalie will be announcing them very soon, so hold your breath, it's going to be great!  In the meantime, if you think you would like to join the "think tank" just follow the links at the store's site and get your submissions in.  It would be lovely to see you all having a go! 

And just a quickie from me...

This is Webster's paper with a special twist!  I think is paper is just one of the most sweet children's ranges ever.  It is so beautiful and I knew as soon as I saw it I had the perfect photo to put on it.  I just love this photo of Kassidy, that little drop lip gets me every time. And the special twist?  Well, I have seen all the card makers going crazy over "it" and I decided I just had to use "it" on a layout.  This paper was an obvious choice because of the gorgeous little garland hanging from the balloons.  So after fussy cutting and 3D-ing some of those charming little vintage images I got straight into the... Flower Soft!!  Yep, I highlighted all those sweet little pastel garlands with the co ordinating Flower Soft and I must say I really like the effect. 

My next class is the Scrap-a Sketch on Thursday 24 June, 2010. If your interested call the store on 9444 6626 to make a booking.  And in the works is a great new class.  But I'll talk about that next time.

Take care of each other,

see you soon.

M

Classes for me and by me!

I just wanted to share with you a flooded canvas I made with the help and inspiration of the lovely, talented Linda Baldock.  I am really happy with this, although in the end I did have some bubbling in the resin where it has reacted to some of the product I have rather bravely thrown in the mix.  Sometimes these things are such a learning curve, I know now what I would and wouldn't do again.  I think when you learn a new technique it's as much about what you learn not to do, as what you learn to do.  And with this type of thing, where it is quite experimental, I don't think it's always good to get your hopes up on having a successful piece the first, second or even third time.  I know for some that is a bit disheartening but when you are doing things not necessarily just for a page in your album or a card to give someone on their special day, but just for the sake of creating something, it is the process that is just as important as the final outcome.

I have some layouts to post too... will get to that asap!

Take care of each other,

see you soon.

M

A long time ago...

I decided ages ago to submit an entry into a DT callout.  I didn't make it :0( but it did inspire me to do this layout of some photos I had been holding onto.   I just love the photos you get of real time, not posey, staged ones but the ones that really show how people are when no one is watching them. In my little old house I have a perfect vantage point from my dining room into my loungeroom and I often get to see and hear the kids doing things when they think no one else is around. They are the memories I want to keep, I want to share, I want to remember. It's not the most perfect photo but it is the perfect picture to tell the story of our family. I think everyone should remember scrapping isn't about making a pretty album it's about telling a story, YOUR story and you should scrap the photos that help to show what and who you are. Lace is lovely and glimmer mists are great but when it comes down to it I want to look back at my album and smile because of the memories it brings back, not because I got an A+ in my photography course and I have the most expensive embellishments on my pages.


Anyway, enough of my prattling on. Kev is away again, so as usual I have big plans to get some serious paper type therapy done. But I won't make any promises, let's be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed, tehehe!


Take care of each other,
see you soon.
M

Sorry it's bee awhile...

Sorry it has been a while girls, my computer has gone all hay wire and I have to be honest I have had a major attack of techno-laziness... I have decided I am just going to have to wait till Kev gets back so he can spend the afternoon down on his knees, worming his way through 8 tonne of wire spaghetti, while on the phone to and international call centre trying desperately to get the putey fairy to come down and wave their magic mouse and make all things in the world-wide-web right again.  In the meantime I am quickly dropping you a line from the work putey in my break!  So it's quick and sweet today...

This was a layout of my beautiful girl, Eliza.  When she was a baby she had the most amazing smile and what was even better about it was you only had to look at her and it would break out and beam across her face.  She was so amazingly happy, the most smiley little baby I have ever seen.  And to be honest she still has that beautiful smile and it is always there, it just makes you want to smile too!!

For those of you interested, I have my card class this Tuesday night, May 11 at 7.30pm.  The focus technique is "using Edge Punches".  We are going to be making three cards and I think I have managed to use the punches in three different ways!!  If you'd like to join us, please contact the store, I would love to have you there!!

Take care of each other,
see you soon.
M

It's not too late!! And... if you'd like to we'd like you to!!

Here is a lookee at the Get Scraptivated intro class I am teaching on Sunday, and it's not too late to book.  The class starts at 12.30pm and I am happy this week to take people in the class right up to when we start. Just either give the store a call (9444 6626) this arvo or rock up tomorrow with your basic tool kit and an assortment of photos. We can't ususally fly by the seat of our pants like that but what the hey, let's do it, I say! Apart from the usual basics on design and technique my focus technique is embossing, in case you didn't notice, lol!! Yes everything on this layout ,except the laces, including the background paper, has been embossed. I love embossing!!


The other big news is that the Docrafts Scrapbook Apprentice site seems to be up and running which means we can finally get on board and vote for our beautiful, talented Miss Mel!! So if your up to it flick over to the site and put a tick in the box for our favourite girlie. GO MEL-BELLE, you rock and you know it... and now everyone else can see how you rock!!


Take care of each other,
see you soon.
M