Scrapping

It’s not all fun and games and dressing up you know! We actually do get some scrapping done.

Here are some layouts my friends and I completed over our weekend away. Enjoy!

by Alison. Play – Al loves Kraft!

 

by Alison – A Wild Ride.

by Alison – Wild Boy

by Nat – Friends

By Basilia – The Travelling Red Dress

Basic Grey POTM February kit, Tania – Horseriding

by Tania – My Crafty Boy

Basic Grey POTM kit 2011, Tania – Michael Buble

Nats class kit, Tania – A little fruity

by Basilia – Little Man

Nat’s class kit, Michele – Mates

by Michele (apologies for losing your ‘f’) Father and Son

By Nat – Happy Feet

by Alison – The Groundsman

Copy of a Geraldine Pasinati layout, by Basila – Dream Big

Copy of a Geraldine Pasinati layout, by Nat – Your Beauty Radiates

Copy of a Geraldine Pasinati layout, by Tania – The Little Things

Copy of a Geraldine Pasinati layout, by Michele – My Precious Girl

Scrap FX

 

I love these chipboard words, shapes and off-the-page products. Because they are sold ‘raw’ (or “naked” hee hee) you can do so much with them. Ink them, Glimmermist spray them, or cover them with papers. You can paint them  or chalk them or add crackle mediums and texture paste and go to arty-town~!

We have so many of these chipboard babies in store already, but I am doing another order soon, (they KEEP bringing out new stuff!) so please head over to the ScrapFX Website and take a look at their awesome range of products. If there is a piece you’d like, flick me an email (Contacts at the top of this page) and I will add it to my next order.

I love Michelle Logan’s work, she is on the design team for Scrap FX, and  if you have another minute (and you KNOW there is always another minute on the computer.. just one more minute…) head over to her blog and check out the creation above in more detail as well as many other works!

Also… check out the Scrap FX Gallery for lots of cool pages, each listing the items used… so easy for you to re-create.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a layout  completed recently on a ‘Winter Girly Weekend’ and it was documenting our previous ‘Summer Girly Weekend’. I used Pink Paisley paper and glimmermisted it, then stamped with a script stamp in a few places. 7 gypsies rub-ons (love the colours in these)  were added, then Prima and Tim Holtz ribbons are layered up (and misted) as well as a punched border using black card. The lamp post is Cricut cut using Heritage, and then a few Prima flowers (and one from Petaloo) Hidden in there are some filmstrip ribbon by Tim Holtz ,some Martha butterfly punches and a new trinket by Bo-Bunny. The scrolls are Twiddleybitz Nero range and the title is by Scrap FX. This is painted white, then sprayed with glimmermist. It is also backed it with black and hand cut.  

Scrap FX is a laser cutting and etching business, designing and manufacturing cardboard (chipboard), acrylic, wood, and paper products for wholesale in the craft industries: scrapbooking embellishments, cardmaking, titles, handmade invitations, home décor and more.

 

Enjoy!

love from our house to yours

Cardmaking here today!

Just thought I’d do a quick share – these are the cards (and envelopes) we are making here today. I might have a kit or two left over after class- let me know if you’d like one. Class includes all 3 houses and 3 matching envelopes- all pre-cut and ready to go, they all just need ’dressing’ with embossing, paint and stamps.  Even the envelopes are darn cute… looking like doors!

Like these and want to make them yourself? You can if you own the Cricut Expression! These houses are on the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge, along with plenty of others! Wish I could play all day!

Wednesday is cardmaking day.

Look what we made in class today. What a lovely way to spend the morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love making cards, and a love it when we get to use different papers and products to make them unique and special. I believe cards need to be special.

 

 

Do you love handmade cards?

 

 

Why?

 

Here’s a couple closer. What a lovely job these ladies did in class today.

 

 

 

New on the block

 We have been madly getting organised for new scrapbooking and cardmaking classes that start next week, planning, photographing, writing, printing packing and ordering. Yes, you heard right… “we”.

I am delighted to say I am permanently adding to the team with a new staff member (it seems there are so many these days) and her name is Kira. I was spoiled for choice as there are so many lovely ladies out there who would love a position at my little shop, stay tuned… there will be another one added soon.

Kira is a cardmaker and scrapbooker with a lovely personality and will fit in just fine and I just know the girls in class are going to love her.

So… no more ‘going-it-alone’ for a while for me, as much as I loved it. Working too much, even if you completetly love it, is not what life is all about and I have to learn that I just can’t do it all, and let go of that control freak inside me. Wanting to do it all.. all of the time. I am actually very excited about this.

My designers are working hard to bring you the best in cardmaking and scrapbooking classes and have the Term planned out. But wait… what’s this? CHA is on in the US at the moment… and the new products are being released. Oh my oh my~!  I can’t wait for the yumy new stuff to hit our shores. Prima has done it again… with delicious new flowers, centres, stamps and more. There is over 200 pages in ther new catalogue… I am almost grateful that I do not have a copy. I would be flat broke. I love it all!

The new Basic Grey stuff is awesome.. but when do they ever fail to deliver? Their stuff is always (well pretty much) going to be a hit. Love their 4 new ranges, wish now I hadn’t got so much of the latest one as I think when the new ones come they’ll take centre stage.

The card classes use lots of Hero Arts Stamps.. and I have been waiting for the new ones… holding off ordering till these were released… and here are the clear stamps. There are Clings and Wooden ones too. So… I haven’t put my order in yet.. but if you want to preorder any of these email me at scrapbookhouse@westnet.com.au, or give me a call 99648288 (we can take messages after hours too) or best yet… come see me!

Now have a look at these… Lubbly!~ I just love new stuff, don’t you?