Friday Night Frenzy

Renaye is holding a crop night at Keepsake Krafts tomorrow night (1st August 2008) from 6pm until 12 midnight. There is room for 12 happy scrappers and spots are filling up fast, so ring to book your seat now!

I am setting a series of challenges for the night. I will offer some small prizes for the person to complete the most and some fun challenges along the way!

Challenge 1: sketch challenge

Use this sketch to make a double layout or two single layouts.


Challenge 2: sketch challenge

Use this sketch to make a single layout.


Challenge 3: colour challenge

Use the colour scheme of white, grey, teal and red (or hot pink) to make a layout or card.


Challenge 4: when inspiration strikes

Bring an ad from a magazine, newspaper or book that has inspired you and use it as the basis for a layout or card.


Challenge 5: card sketch

Use one of the sketches above to make a card.

Hope to see you at the shop for some scrapping fun!

Creating Movement

5th and 7th of August

This class focuses on creating movement in your layout. It is ideal to emphasise photos with movement already in them - photos of bubbles, splashes, kids or pets on the move, photos with movement blur or photos with the subject on the move OUT of them (we all have them right?).


Supplies Needed:

One photo 6x4" (landscape).
Two sheets of cardstock in contrasting colours.
One strip of patterned paper 12" long (good use for a scrap - I used black with pale spots)
Two pieces of patterned paper scraps (for circles).
One scrap of cardstock (for circles).
Small to mid-sized alphabet for a title (i hand wrote my title in white pen).
Flowers / stars etc as a accent.
Large brads for flower centres / accents.
Epoxy accents / rub-ons etc for accents.
Favourite journaling stamp if you have one.
Co-ordinating ink (for journaling stamp and also for inking around circles).
Fiskars circle template if you have one.
White gel pen (or one to co-ordinate with your cardstock) if you have it.
Ruler.
Scissors.
Pencil.
Sandpaper.


Techniques Used:

Fake stitching, "leading the eye", hand cutting, stamping, inking, hand journaling, sanding.

Term Overview

Class 1 (22 & 24 July):
Class details are below.

Class 2 (5 &7 Aug):
Creating Movement: this class will focus on photos of the kids, pets or yourself on the move - moving out of the photo, splashing, making bubbles, hula hooping etc. We will use shapes and flow in the layout to create the feeling of moving with the pictures.

Class 3 (19 & 21 Aug):
6" x 12" layout using Basic Grey products: this layout will focus on a narrower size to mix things up, give you inspiration and help you get pages done faster (less space may mean less time once you get into it)! Keepsake Krafts will have discounted Basic Grey products for sale on the night.

Class 4 (2 &4 Sept):
Using lace cardstock: This is a great product but can be intimidating because it is "holey". We will make a layout that uses some lace cardstock to funk it up!

Class 5 (16 &18 Sept):
Using journaling stamps as a background: Use journaling stamps to mat your photos, creating an interesting background for your layout.

"Cuttlebugging" your layouts!

Welcome to all scrappers who will be taking classes in term three! We hope to have a fantastic time again this term!

Class One (22nd and 24th of July 2008)




For this layout we will use the Cuttlebug to texturise patterned paper (or coredinations cardstock) and cut shapes and emboss them. You can also use the Cuttlebug to cut your title if you want (it slices nicely through chipboard too)! We will funk up the background using the new and gorgeous Glimmer Mist and templates by Tattered Angels.

The shop will be open from 7.15pm if you need to quickly pick up some supplies on the night.

Supplies Needed:
Four (4) photos 2" x 3" in landscape OR photos that can be cropped to this size (I have used black and white photos of my 2 children together).
One plain cardstock in a dark colour for a background mat.
One plain cardstock in a mid-tone colour for using Glimmer Mist on.
One double sided patterned paper OR one piece of coordinating Coredinations cardstock.
Alphabet for a title.
Tiny alpha or small rubons for journaling.
Gems or pearls for accents.
Small rub-on saying or words to place on one photo (optional).
Edge distresser if you have one.
Hole reamer if you have one.
Mat pack if you have one.
Sandpaper.
Glue or double sided tape.

Techniques Used:
Edge distressing, fake stitching, distressing photos, die cutting, dry embossing, masking a background.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the night!

Class five

I was thoroughly impressed that students gave it a go scrapping about themselves. It is a great process for us to undergo, so that our children, family and friends have a lasting memory of us. So often we scrap about others and forget ourselves, such an important part of the process!

Sorry, but again I only have one class photo. My camera was nowhere to be found monday night and the tuesday class had wet items on their pages, so they couldn't be held up! Thanks to all classes for a great time and to thursday for gracing the blog with your lovely pages.