Joyful Scraps

last day of November - yikes

Ok who stole November? Surely it was only a little while ago that we were contemplating  October and here it is the last day of November!

Well I have not done the Christmas shopping but I am feeling pretty good about the Christmas projects. This year I have a few up my sleeve already, just waiting for the photos to go in. And I used one of the Purplescraps sketches to finish off another layout from lasts years Christmas - whoo hooo on a roll

Don't you just love the ribbon? it is the Green Tara Christmas shapes you can find it here.

So with projects here being completed here is your chance to join in, this weeks class....

to book in just drop us an email :)

Hugs

L

Such a fantastic day

Not sure where to even begin to tell you all what a great day it was on Sunday.

I am going to put a few photos here and the rest in our albums here (in the column to the left) and  on face book.

We also have a few people we have to thank, Jesse for all his hard work manning the registration desk, keeping everyone's purchases in order and generally being the runner all day, thanks Jess.

Alisa Maiden, who is such a talent. She designed and made the wonderful aprons that the tutors got to wear for the day, and one for us to auction off on the day (I have talked Alisa into selling more, so contact us for details)

PeaBee who as usual is an absolute delight and wonder to work with, always on the ball, never flustered and does so much for Joyful Scraps that I do not think I can thank her enough

Karina Honyi who taught fantastic classes on photography and then even did a quick photo shoot for us, I even had my photo taken, that's how good Karina is!

Sherry Mendoza who taught two classes that had the girls on their toes, and who brought her fantastic fabric flowers with her, that were a huge hit!

And the wonderful ladies who came and enjoyed a great day with us.

I would also like to thank Print blocks, Kays and Aussie Scrap source and especially Donna from Absolutely Something 4 everyone for their donations and help with getting stock in on time.

I am trying to see if we have enough product to make up some more kits of the classes that we will be able to offer for sale. so keep an eye on the newsletter for the details and the bargains!

Hugs

L

sweet dreams

This is a photo of my sweet baby girl when we bought her home - she was only 5 days old - oh so very long ago. I had put off scrapping this photo as I never found anything that really created the mood I wanted...and then along came Bo Bunny Flutter Butter. I must admit I have a "thing" for die cut papers - they really do add interest to a page without having to do much.

 

I used Flutter Butter Burst as the base and Flutter Butter Ballet Die Cut on top. The photo is framed with Green Tara white garland leaves ribbon, Green Tara metal corner, Green Tara white flowers with a metal flower as the centre and green leaf.

 

The title is from the BoBunny Flutter Butter Combo stickers and so is the swirl that leads up to the  metal butterfly. I edged the sticker with a brown pen and also used it for the "journaling".

 

TTFN

xxpeabee

air conditioned air conditioned air conditioned

So where will you be on Sunday 22nd November? We will be at the Massive Marathon Scraptacular in air conditioned luxury, enjoying a fantastic day of classes, its not to late to register, just click here.

I also want to give a call out to one of the teachers on the day Sherry Mendoza, Sherry is a fantastic scrapbooker as you probably know already. but here is a little secret she is also a gifted flower maker, just have a look at these...

Sherry hand makes these gorgeous flowers and has started to sell them on etsy, you can find her shop here.

So if you are looking for something different to add a touch of elegance to your layout make sure you check these out.

ok I am off to pack up more goodie bags!

Hugs

L

Happiness

This is a great photo of my cousin & his bride - a handsome couple full of hope & happiness.

 

I really wanted to convey the formality of the occassion with a bit of whimsy and thought the HS The Lounge paper was elegant, but light enough to use. 

 

I trimmed it down a smidge and framed it with black cardstock as well as framing the photo with some cardstock gutted from behind the print.

 

I attached a strip of Green Tara black mesh slightly under the bottom of the photo mat and framed the  happiness diecut from the HS Runway Glossy extras with Green Tara gold leaves and black crystal flowers.

 

TTFN

xxpeabee

Merry Christmas....2005

Well this is certainly not the most flattering photograph, but we were having a great time at a photo shoot with my friend Karina and it was lots of fun.

 

Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year and I decided to take on another sketch challenge - this time from Scrap Lounge and as I had just recently laid my hands on Little Yellow Bicycles 25 Days of Christmas range, went all out.

 

I started off with white cardstock matted on red and used one of the sheets from the 6x7 Decorative Edged Tablet (note - I hand cut out the silver leaves so they would sit over my photo) and the Lace Cut Cardstock as the mat for the photo.

 

The numbers on left edge is a sticker from the Cardstock Stickers and so is the title "Merry Christmas". My journaling circle is from the Journal Tablet and the silver rub ons are from the Rub ons. Both the title and the journaling circle were raised up using Magic Mount (a tip: the Merry Christmas is a sticker, so I rubbed some baby powder on the back to stop it sticking and then attached the Magic Mount. This prevents edges from sticking down onto the cardstock and ruining the raised effect).

 

 

 

 

TTFN

xxpeabee

Friends

I love this photo of my daughter & one of her oldest friends. Even though it was taken a few years ago, they are still good mates after 10 years.

 
The photo had a retro look about it - a bit hippy because of the dress ups, so I wanted to use earthy tones.

I used LYB traveller Small Flower Burst as the base and matted the photo on Fancy Pants Delight Bubbles and Fancy Pants All Fall Multiply. The focal point is a layering of Green Tara flowers.

  
 

The other embellishments are LYB Clear Cuts word sticker & Clear Cuts journalling pieces.

I hope they remain friends for a long time to come & this layout reminds them of the carefree times they had together.

TTFN

xxpeabee

somewhere to keep your cards

Are you a scrapbooker? do you use your scraps to make cards? are you a card maker? where do you store your cards?

I love receiving hand made cards, but I am not so good at making them. When I do I try to make a batch at a time, then the problem is storing them. Well Sherry has a fantastic class that takes care of that

Isn't this just soo cute! And to make it even better you can change the words to say anything mine could even say 'LeAnnes Cards' !

The colours are such that they are perfect for Christmas but suitable for all themes and just wait till you see the secrets of putting it together. And to start you off Sherry is going to show you how to make two elegant Christmas cards to go with the box.

To book into this class just register here.

Happy card making!

Hugs

L

Now for something completely different...

That's right - I have used another paper company for a change.

I have had these two lonely photos sitting around for NINE years waiting for the right paper to come along and it did. BoBunny Press Delilah range. That combined with the October 2peas Sketch challenge and voila - another long overdue page is done.

I used Delilah Here's 2 U backed on brown cardstock as the base, then matted the photo's with Delilah You & Me again backed on brown cardstock. The title (from the matching stickers) is on the back of Delilah Stripe.

I used a Green Tara batik flower as the leaves of the stamped BoBunny Falling 4 U tree.

and topped off with some embellishments also from the sticker sheet.

 

TTFN

xxpeabee

packed up and ready to go

PeaBee and I spent a wonderful day yesterday, organising and packing kits for the classes to be held during our Massive Marathon Scraptacular on Sunday 22nd November. It was so cool to see all of the papers and embellishments together for the kits, everyone is going to have such a good time :)

Yep thats right, we have fantastic goodie bags valued over $40 as giveaways for people who register for 5 or more classes. And for 5 classes you also get $20 off your total class costs for the day!

Something for everyone is available on the day, so that you can book for one class or the whole day.... Scrapbooking

 

this wonderful double page layout with Kylie Gatto will show you how to use patterned paper to your advantage!

Card making

Our own wonderful PeaBee will show you how to get ahead of the Christmas rush and be ready with your own handmade cards!

Home Decor

A combined class of single page layout and also a shadow box by the effervescent Sherry Mendoza, ps you can see one of Sherry's gorgeous layouts in this months Scrapbook Creations, issue #72 page 128.

Photography

 

Time to get out your camera and dust off your past mishaps, come along to Karina Honyi's class on photography and learn some of those tips that take your photos from ordinary to extraordinary!

So come and Countdown the days to Christmas with us, its as easy as clicking here and registering!

Hugs

L