Think Pink!

Breast Cancer Research Fundraising Night

Friday 24th October 2008

Proceeds of this Friday's crop will be donated to breast cancer research.

Your $10 entry fee is a great start to our fundraising, but please don't stop there - you are welcome to give more if you wish, buy a pin or buy some of Jodene Tripp's cards for sale in the shop, of which she is donating half the purchase price to breast cancer research.

We have all been touched in some way by cancer and what a great time to remember generously that every little bit of help is greatly appreceited by the research institute and by sufferers who benefit every day by research conducted in the past and present.

On the night, get into the spirit of things by wearing pink, scrapping with pink and bringing some pink nibbles to share!

Challenge One: double page sketch


Make a double page layout or two single layouts using this fabulous sketch by Chris Greiser.

Challenge Two: single page sketch


"Patchwork-it". Make a layout using this single page sketch by Ally at CISters Scrapbooking.

Challenge Three: card challenge
Make a card using one of the above sketches.

Challenge Four: inspiration
Use the four colours below as inspiration for a layout. Colour challenge courtesy of Colour Combos Galore.


Challenge Five: technique
Make your own flowers and use these on a layout.

Hope to see you all for some fun and fundraising at the Friday Frenzy!

Class Two: hand cut layout

28th and 30th of October 2008


In this class we will focus on using just the basics from our tool kit. When you are travelling and want to scrap, but don't have the supplies, fall abck on the basics!

Supplies needed:
One photo 5"x7" (portrait).
One full sheet of patterned paper as a background.
One sheet of plain cardstock for boarders and flowers and to mat your photo.
One strip of patterned paper, prefferably with a stem and leaf pattern on it for a strip and also flower stems (stems can me cut by hand or with the cricut if needed).
One strip of ribbon, minimum 12" long.
One A4 sheet of felt for a strip and flowers.
2 large buttons for flower centres.
5 small buttons as an accent.
5 small brads for an accent.
Small to medium alpha for a title.
Small seed beads (available from Chez's Crafty Affair in Boulder).
Small to medium chipboard accent to overlap the photo (I used the image of a flying bird).
Embroidery thread in two colours for stitching on the patterned paper background, in the buttons and across the felt.
Needle.
Wet glue.
Hole piercer.
Dimensional Magic to fix beads.
Word stamp and ink to stamp onto your photo.
Pencil.
Scissors (very important).

Techniques used:
Hand cutting.
Beading.
Hand stitching.
Hand-made flowers.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

One Down

Our first round of classes was heaps of fun. Sorry to Thursday night's class for the room being so very hot - we will work on getting some fans!

All of the strips of paper caused some confusion in this class, but the effect achieved by all was stunning. The pages that were created were ones to be proud of!

Thanks for a great class.

Butterfly Mini Album

In this class, we will work with one of the beautiful Kaiser butterfly albums to create a lovely feminine album for a special girl in your life.

Prior to the class, please paint all edges of the album in a neutral colour that coordinates with your chosen papers. In my example, I have painted my edges white (as can be seen in the sneak peek).

Supplies needed:
Butterfly album by Kaiser or an alternative.
3-4 sheets of paper (2 patterned, 2 plain/low pattern).
3 photos in 3"x4" (portrait).
Tiny alpha for part of the album title.
Small to medium sized alpha for title.
Buttons (small to medium).
Small flowers.
Large flowers.
Neutral embroidery thread to sew button centres.
Pearls.
Plain cardstock in a coordinating colour to mat photos.
Small off-cut of lace cardstock.
Boarder rubons.
Transparent flowers and hearts.
Gel pens for journaling.
Fast drying wet glue (eg, Tombow Mono Multi).
Basic Grey file kit OR sandpaper.

Techniques used:
Covering chipboard/craft wood.
Hand stitching.
Mating photos.
Stamping.
Hand journaling.
KEEPING IT SIMPLE!!

Class Cancellation

Unfortunately we have not had enough interest in the "Working with Transparencies" class, so it has been cancelled until further notice. Sorry if this has inconvenienced anyone.

Using Transparent Alphas

18th October 2008

Saturday 1 pm

This class will focus on the technique behind using these great transparent alphabets and embelishments.

Please check back for requirements!