How cute is this music stand?? Picked it up today for $20 at the reject shop of all places!  Just begs to be used for practise plus I can see it doing double duty in the scrap room displaying the odd layout or two!  

May to July Newsletter is ready!!

Wow - time for another newsletter!! Gosh the year is just flying by, or is it only me?!

Hope this newsletter finds you well and ready for some great workshops. After a short break with the kids during school holidays and Easter, I’m back with a whole lot of new layouts and projects for you. I know you will love them and I can’'t wait to see you create the pages with your photos and the papers you will choose. I love seeing all the different page combinations emerge during each workshop, it is great that you are all doing the same page and yet they all turn out so wonderfully different!

I am heavily into rehearsals for 42nd Street, a great show which I can'’t wait to play for. I saw the original production in Sydney back in the mid ‘80s and loved it. One of the reasons I love being a part of these productions is the music, friends and amazing talent in the community theatre circle. If you get a chance, come along and listen to……...the lullaby of Broadway (yes, a line from a song in the show!) Don’'t forget to come and say hello to me down in the pit - no need to throw chocolate and lollies this time, as I am being a good girl!

Stock is still slowly arriving from the CHA2010 release earlier this year. (Thank goodness it doesn’t all come at once or we'’d all be broke!) So keep your eyes open for new bits popping onto the walls. Just arrived...Becky Fleck's Page Map Book (I love her page maps), new glimmer-mist screens, more and more papers - mostly double sided (I am going to have to get some more paper racks!), the list goes on!

The card workshops and slice nights are having a rest. I have had to cancel the last few due to lack of numbers, sorry to you who had booked in. I thought I would leave them out this newsletter and reassess from feedback for the future.

Scrap'n'Roasts are still happening, but I have spaced them out a little more, approximately every 3 weeks. Bookings and deposits are essential.

Keep an eye on my blog, as I always upload the next weeks workshop information there, as well as sending out the email. During the holidays I learnt how to blog from my mobile..with photos!! So, I will be putting specials, RAK packs (Random Acts of Kindness packs), bargains and all sorts on there as I am cleaning out my personal scrap space...I have decided I have way too much stuff for one person!! And...I don’t seem to be making much of a dent in it at all! For the last lot of layouts I was really good and the only thing I got from the shop was cardstock, which made me all the more conscious of how much I have! Keep a look out at madebymandy.blogspot.com

I have also put my gallery back online, but it doesn’t have any of the more recent layouts at this time - no promises there, but I will put pics on there from time to time. If you would like to add your layouts to the gallery, send me a photo and I can upload it for you. Good way to network, or for family and friends who live far away to see what you are doing. Thought it would be nice to be more a community gallery than just mine! Anyway, ask me more if you are interested.

Hope to see you soon,

Happy Scrapping! Mandy

Here are the new workshops...

Recipe file attack your stash $10

Monday 3/5/10 NO WORKSHOP; Wednesday 5/5/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 6/5/10 9.30-11.30am

I was out shopping one afternoon when I found this recipe file...what a great idea, I thought to myself, but the one I found was small with not many pages. That got me to thinking...I will make my own! So this is it! You will need a white folder that has a place for inserts on the front cover (from Kmart about $8), 8 @ 12x12” patterned papers (make sure they are the thicker pieces), 7 card-stock in coordinating colours, inks, letter stickers for title (or use your slice), 1” circle punch, hole punch , a journal pen and your basic tool kit. **If you can’t get to K-mart, you can give me money the week before & I will buy a folder for you.

Chocolate box peek a boo! $15

Monday 10/5/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 12/5/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 13/5/10 9.30-11.30am

More Core-dinations card-stock, this time Chocolate Box, mmmmmm, chocolate... Along the same lines as the Black Magic, but with Chocolate Brown on top & a colour underneath. Chocolate box got me thinking about when you open a box & look inside...so we are going to be opening up our card-stock to reveal the colours underneath! You will need only 1 4x6” photo, either orientation, your basic tool kit, inks, border punch, corner rounder, sewing needle, paper piercer, eyelet hole punch & setting tool & a title (I used odd chipboard letters from my stash & painted them to match the page). Chocolates are optional!!!

Page Maps May $18

Monday 17/5/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 19/5/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 20/5/10 9.30-11.30am

A fun page map this month that I have adapted to use a paper cd cover for one of the photos! We are going to be using the die cut papers I have in the speciality folder, so have a look beforehand if you want to know what’s there to match photos. You will need two photos 1@ 4x6” landscape & 1 @ 4x4” square. You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, dymo machine & tape, something for your title, 3 different border punches and a stapler.

Shabby adoration $24

Monday 24/5/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 26/5/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 27/5/10 9.30-11.30am

I just love this photo of my sister-in-law on her wedding day! Lots of adorable shabby chic techniques on this page - you will love it! Included in this workshop is a packet of tiny type alphabet stickers - which I have used as part of the title & are all the rage at the moment! You will need one photo either 4x6” or 5x7” portrait orientation. You will also need your basic tool kit, inks (I used distress inks on my layout), scallop border punch (Fiskars Threading Water/ EK Scallop with Diamond), photo corner punch, flourish rubons (if you don’t want to stamp them on your page), a title (I used a bling word I picked up from the Reject shop for $2 & tiny type stickers)

Scalloped edges $18

Monday 31/5/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 2/6/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 3/6/10 9.30-11.30am

This fun layout of Gavin painting my nieces toes for the wedding uses 8 photos with layers of scalloped circles & soft round corners - just like those little toes!!! Included in this workshop is a packet of Kaiser craft bling to accentuate your shapes! You will need 8 photos - 2@4x6” portrait orientation, 4@6x3” landscape orientation & 2@4x3” landscape orientation. You will also need your basic tool kit, inks (I used distress inks for a softer look), a title (I cut mine out of the papers & card-stock leftovers), a shape punch or slice/circuit machine (I cut out flowers) & any other embellishments that you might like to include on your page (I used a bling word I picked up from Reject shop for $2)

Attack your stash June $10

Monday 7/6/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 9/6/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 10/6/10 9.30-11.30am

A really cute layout for this Attack Your Stash! You will need 1 portrait photo @ 4x6” - can you believe I took 600+ photos at my brothers wedding and only one of them is of Jennifer posing!!! You will also need card-stock or patterned paper for your background, 12x12” patterned paper, 8x12” card-stock or patterned paper, 14” ribbon about 1/4” wide, 14” lace about 1/4” wide, 14” rick rack, card-stock to cut flourishes, journal block, a title, any embellishments to match your page (I have used a button & some bling), your basic tool kit, inks, a border punch & your slice or cricut machine to cut flourishes if you have one (I will have templates to use otherwise).

What? More scallops! $21

Monday 14/6/10 NO WORKSHOP; Wednesday 16/6/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 17/6/10 9.30-11.30am

There is just no end to how you can use scallops and I just love them! On this layout they are from a border punch & a scalloped ruler. You will need 4 portrait photos -

1@3 7/8x6”; 1@4x6”; 1@3 1/4x6”; 1@3 3/4x6”. You will need your basic tool kit, inks, a title (I cut mine from card-stock), corner rounder, border scallop punch, small hole punch and any extra embellishments you might like to use (I used a cut out heart, chipboard pocket watch and a silhouette word)

Page Maps June $22

Monday 21/6/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 23/6/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 24/6/10 9.30-11.30am

Complete ‘Panda-monium” with this page map!! Lots of photos in all different sizes, with this page you will have to have the right size & orientation or it just won’t work!! You will need 8 photos - 1@ 6x8” landscape, 1@ 2x2” square, 1@ 2.5x2.5” square, 1@ 3x3” square, 1 4x4.5” portrait, 1@ 4x3” landscape, 1@ 4x2.5” landscape & 1@ 4x6” portrait. Phew! You will also need your basic tool kit, inks & a title.

Re-Read $22 

Monday 28/6/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 30/6/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 1/7/10 9.30-11.30am

I have pulled out an old book for this layout - not really to read it again, but to use layers of the pages as a gorgeous mat for the main photo.  I was really happy with how this page came together & I am sure you will love it too when you pull together some papers to match your photos.  You will need 1 portrait photo @ 4x6” & 1 portrait photo @ 2x3”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, eyelet setting tools, a title, slice/cricut to cut flourishes & any other embellishments you might like (I found some gold photo corners for my small photo).

Using Laser Cut Papers $21

Monday 19/7/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 21/7/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 22/7/10 9.30-11.30am

There are some stunning laser cut papers on the market today, apart from being pricey, you look at them & think...how will I use that??  We will be using one on our layout so it blends nicely to the page without detracting from the photos.  You will need 1 photo @ 4x6” landscape & 1 photo @ 4x3” portrait, your inks, a title, a border punch and any other embellishments you might like to suit your page ( I have used my slice to cut flourishes & the title, a fancy metal heart & stickles

Page Maps July $17.50

Monday 26/7/10 7-9pm; Wednesday 28/7/10 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 29/7/10 9.30-11.30a

I changed this page map a little bit, I know...how unusual! The layout can now accommodate 10 photos!!!!  You will need 3 portrait photos @ 4x6”; 6 square photos @ 3x3” & 1 landscape photo @ 4x6”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, edge distressor, a title, stapler, pencil, ruler & scalpel to cut out lots of squares (to resemble film negative strip) or if you are lucky to have a square punch about 1cm square you could use that (I did mine the hard way!)   As my page is of Jennifer’s sports day I used some cut-outs of girls running - so look through your stash to see what bits you can find for your page

Scrap'n'Roasts $16  4pm - midnight

May 1; May 22; June 19; July 3; July 24

Come along on a Saturday afternoon & evening for 8 hours of scrapping fun!  Bring your photos & tools then crop the night away.  A roast hot from the Weber & salad will be served for dinner.  Softies in the fridge and the kettle is always handy for a cuppa!  There are always nibbles on the table ...and yes - you might get some scrapping done!!! 

Cost includes dinner, drink & nibbles – a great deal! 

**Workshop loyalty card is not signed & no free classes valid for Saturday Scrap Nights**

Fiskars Crop Days  $15

Saturday 19th June 10-4pm

 

Re-read $22

I have pulled out an old book for this layout - not really to read it again, but to use layers of the pages as a gorgeous mat for the main photo.  I was really happy with how this page came together & I am sure you will love it too when you pull together some papers to match your photos.  You will need 1 portrait photo @ 4x6” & 1 portrait photo @ 2x3”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, eyelet setting tools, a title, slice/cricut to cut flourishes & any other embellishments you might like (I found some gold photo corners for my small photo).

Re-read $22	I have pulled out an old book for this layout - not really to read it again, but to use layers of the pages as a gorgeous mat for the main photo.  I was really happy with how this page came together & I am sure you will love it too when you pull together some papers to match your photos.  You will need 1 portrait photo @ 4x6” & 1 portrait photo @ 2x3”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, eyelet setting tools, a title, slice/cricut to cut flourishes & any other embellishments you might like (I found some gold photo corners for my small photo).
Using laser cut papers $21	There are some stunning laser cut papers on the market today, apart from being pricey, you look at them & think...how will I use that??  We will be using one on our layout so it blends nicely to the page without detracting from the photos.  You will need 1 photo @ 4x6” landscape & 1 photo @ 4x3” portrait, your inks, a title, a border punch and any other embellishments you might like to suit your page ( I have used my slice to cut flourishes & the title, a fancy metal heart & stickles).
Page maps July $17.50	I changed this page map a little bit, I know...how unusual! The layout can now accommodate 10 photos!!!!  You will need 3 portrait photos @ 4x6”; 6 square photos @ 3x3” & 1 landscape photo @ 4x6”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, edge distressor, a title, stapler, pencil, ruler & scalpel to cut out lots of squares (to resemble film negative strip) or if you are lucky to have a square punch about 1cm square you could use that (I did mine the hard way!)   As my page is of Jennifer’s sports day I used some cut-outs of girls running - so look through your stash to see what bits you can find for your page.

Re-read $22	I have pulled out an old book for this layout - not really to read it again, but to use layers of the pages as a gorgeous mat for the main photo.  I was really happy with how this page came together & I am sure you will love it too when you pull together some papers to match your photos.  You will need 1 portrait photo @ 4x6” & 1 portrait photo @ 2x3”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, eyelet setting tools, a title, slice/cricut to cut flourishes & any other embellishments you might like (I found some gold photo corners for my small photo).
Using laser cut papers $21	There are some stunning laser cut papers on the market today, apart from being pricey, you look at them & think...how will I use that??  We will be using one on our layout so it blends nicely to the page without detracting from the photos.  You will need 1 photo @ 4x6” landscape & 1 photo @ 4x3” portrait, your inks, a title, a border punch and any other embellishments you might like to suit your page ( I have used my slice to cut flourishes & the title, a fancy metal heart & stickles).
Page maps July $17.50	I changed this page map a little bit, I know...how unusual! The layout can now accommodate 10 photos!!!!  You will need 3 portrait photos @ 4x6”; 6 square photos @ 3x3” & 1 landscape photo @ 4x6”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, edge distressor, a title, stapler, pencil, ruler & scalpel to cut out lots of squares (to resemble film negative strip) or if you are lucky to have a square punch about 1cm square you could use that (I did mine the hard way!)   As my page is of Jennifer’s sports day I used some cut-outs of girls running - so look through your stash to see what bits you can find for your page.

Re-read $22	I have pulled out an old book for this layout - not really to read it again, but to use layers of the pages as a gorgeous mat for the main photo.  I was really happy with how this page came together & I am sure you will love it too when you pull together some papers to match your photos.  You will need 1 portrait photo @ 4x6” & 1 portrait photo @ 2x3”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, eyelet setting tools, a title, slice/cricut to cut flourishes & any other embellishments you might like (I found some gold photo corners for my small photo).
Using laser cut papers $21	There are some stunning laser cut papers on the market today, apart from being pricey, you look at them & think...how will I use that??  We will be using one on our layout so it blends nicely to the page without detracting from the photos.  You will need 1 photo @ 4x6” landscape & 1 photo @ 4x3” portrait, your inks, a title, a border punch and any other embellishments you might like to suit your page ( I have used my slice to cut flourishes & the title, a fancy metal heart & stickles).
Page maps July $17.50	I changed this page map a little bit, I know...how unusual! The layout can now accommodate 10 photos!!!!  You will need 3 portrait photos @ 4x6”; 6 square photos @ 3x3” & 1 landscape photo @ 4x6”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, edge distressor, a title, stapler, pencil, ruler & scalpel to cut out lots of squares (to resemble film negative strip) or if you are lucky to have a square punch about 1cm square you could use that (I did mine the hard way!)   As my page is of Jennifer’s sports day I used some cut-outs of girls running - so look through your stash to see what bits you can find for your page.

Serious scrap face! Scrap'n'roast tonight ...Karen looking exceptionally beautiful in black!!

Next Week ... 19th April 2010

Hi Everyone!

Hope you have all had a lovely break including Easter.  I have only one layout left and the next newsletter is finished - woohoo!!  (I will be doing it at tomorrow's scrap'n'roast.)  So, the newsletter will be sent out next week ready to whet your appetite with some great workshops.  The layouts will be going up tomorrow, so keep an eye out.

Next week's workshop is:

Holy Doily   $16

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12.30-2.30pm & Thursday 9.30-11.30am

It’s time to colour some paper doilies - you can use glimmer mist, inks, paint, textas or just leave them white, either way they look so cute!  You will need 1 landscape photo @ 8x10”, 1 portrait photo @ 3x5”, your basic tool kit, inks, a title, something to colour your doilies.  On my layout I used 2 packets of Kaiser craft bling flourishes.  These are nearly $8 a packet, so I haven’t included them in the workshop.  If you would like them I purchased mine at the Kaiser craft shop in Adelaide Arcade in the city.  You can use flourishes cut from the slice Basic 3 card, cricut Storybook cartridge or you may have some chipboard ones in your stash that would work quite well!  

 

There is a Scrap'n'Roast this Saturday night (17th) and there is one spot left if anyone is interested.  $15, 4pm until midnight.

Next weekend (24th) is Michelle's Fiskars Crop Day $15 10am-4pm.  This is fully booked out.  Ladies please bring your basic tool kit & lunch to share.

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy

No scrapping today...baking cakes with Jennifer & then made her this bag. She picked out the material weeks ago & has been bugging me since then - she's happy now! 

Here' the one I made for me - bit more decorative & starting to use some of that small amount of fabric I got for a bargain... 

How about these cute tins!! $12 from cheap as chips & attacked my stash of making memories rubons to add the powder & soaker. Look soooo cute!

Loving my small renovation to the laundry, amazing how a small change can make such a big difference! Notice I haven't done the washing yet though - no change there!!
Hope you are all having a great holiday break.
Mxx