Next Week ... 17th October 2011

Hi, here we are again at the end of another week! 

School holidays are nearly over and I have finally made time to teach Jennifer to use the sewing machine - her smile was huge when she finished her first project, a pencil case!  I put the zip in, bit tricky for first time at the machine, but she did everything else :-)  Sew cute!

Now she is just sewing bits of material together!!!  Lucky I've got heaps!

Next weeks workshop is... 

Border Punch Layering   $16

We all love border punches, they can really make the difference to any layout from drab to fab!  We are going all out on this layout using our border punches to the max with a film strip to help tell the story!  You will need 20 photos, 4@4x6” landscape, 16@1¼x¾” landscape - index prints go well in here, but if you can’t manage it, you can just use patterned paper as decoration or perfect for your title :-) You will also need your basic tool kit, a border punch, inks, a title and foam mounting tape or squares.

FOR SALE...FOR SALE...FOR SALE

Our tenants have moved out next door leaving us high & dry with a houseful of furniture!!!  There are 6 wardrobes (3 pine, 3 oak veneer), beds (2 single, 1 queen), 2 desks with hutch & chair, 4 2 drawer units (we had these as bedside units), round table with 4 chairs & cushions, glass top coffee table with black metal frame, TV stand, slow cooker, microwave, kettle, 2 fluoro desk lamps, wooden side table - I think that's it.  Pop in any time for a look and give us a reasonable offer...it all has to go before the new tenants move in.

Next weekends Halloween Scrap'n'Roast (22nd) is a sell-out!  A super busy day for me as I have a band concert in the early afternoon!!!!  Put on a scary face and I'll see you there!

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

This Week ... 10 October 2011

Hi everyone,

I hope you got the face book post on Friday, try as I might, I couldn't get blogger dashboard to work on my iPad.  Never had that problem before, only since they have upgraded.  

I know I said I would upload photos last night, but it has been a emotionally draining last few days...

Tragedy for my brothers best friend, who is like my second brother - he spent more time at our house when we were growing up in Canberra.  His young 5 year old daughter, Phoebe, was killed in a motor accident on Friday night.  His wife was injured and is going to lose her foot, maybe her leg.  Amazingly their youngest daughter escaped without a scratch.  My brother is not emotional like me, but when he answered his phone and I said "it's Mandy", he just burst into tears - well you know what an emotional wreck I am!  Before I rang I knew he would have been on the first plane to be at Aaron's side and sure enough he was at the hospital, it was only a few hours after the accident when we spoke.  Heart wrenchingly I spoke to Aaron too, he was glad that I had met Phoebe in person in February.  It's just so hard to imagine and I feel so useless being so far away.  Even more heart wrenching is that Aaron's wife wants to see Phoebe, but the hospital won't allow her to.  Pete & Aaron were trying to find a way to smuggle her out to the morgue (a few blocks away).  I hope they succeeded, she needs to be able to see her daughter and say goodbye for her grieving process to begin. The funeral is today and Huong is not allowed to leave hospital to attend.

Treasure each moment.

Here is this weeks workshop info again, with photos this time!...

Make Your Own Flourishes   $23

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

Do you love the bling and pearl flourishes that are around, but not the price??  I am going to show you how to make your own flourishes in this workshop and you are going to love it!!!  You will need 4 photos, 2@4x6” landscape and 2@4x6” portrait.  You will also need your basic tool kit, border punch (I used three different ones), inks and your title.  I used lots of colour with my papers for this layout, so I printed my photos out in black and white so they didn’t compete with the papers.  The result is stunning and the photos look stunning!!!  Something for you to think about for not only this page but others as well...

See you soon,

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 3 October 2010

Well, School Holidays start in under an hour!! 

I am busy cooking for tomorrow and for Daniel, plus putting the last minute bits into the kits for tomorrows workshop.  I have also been busy sewing and finally finished my chenille bag...

ONE SPOT STILL AVAILABLE!!!!  For tomorrow's Make Your Own Flowers Workshop.  $45, includes full kit to make heaps of flowers and a layout!!  10am - 4pm

Remember there's no workshops next week.

Just arrived in the shop -  Butcher's Twine!  

We've all been looking at the butcher's twine on all the layouts and cards in the latest magazines....well I have managed to get some 100m spools - Yay!!!  Available in Black/White, Mocha/White, Pine/White, Red/White, Lavender/White and Pink/White, all at 50c p/mtr.  I am hoping to find a few more colours, so keep your eyes peeled on the ribbon wall for more.  

 

Now for something to make you laugh...My gorgeous Sebastian went outside, but wouldn't come back in.  He is scared of the screen doors, which were open!  I had to lay out a trail of liver treats with a bonus dentastix at the end... after much coaxing on my part, he finally followed the trail, got the treat and relaxed on the couch!!!

What a sooky baby!!!! But still cute!

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Flower Making Workshop this Saturday...

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post to let you know that the Make Your Own Flowers Workshop is on this Saturday, 1st October.  

All the kits are cut and made up - it's going to be fun day!  I have reposted  info down below.  Remember to bring some lunch to share (don't go overboard!!) and I will provide the drinks and morning/afternoon tea.

There have been two cancellations.....so there are two spots up for grabs!!!!  The kits are made, so it's a shame for them to go to waste...

These are just a few of the flowers you will be making on during the all day workshop on the 1st October!  It is going to be a fun day, learning lots of new techniques and you will also put some of the flowers you make onto a layout.  Now that I have finally finished the flowers, got step-by-step instructions for you and all the materials needed, I can let you know the cost for the day.  It will be $45, this includes all your materials (including needle, thread and candle) to make 30 flowers and a 12x12 layout - but you will have to bring your own 4x6" portrait photo! The title, printed onto transparency, will read simply be 'beautiful', to get you thinking about an appropriate photo and the colours you see above are what you'll be using.  A few tools I found extremely helpful were - a hot glue gun, a quilling stick or tweezers, sharp scissors, scoreboard for the pleating on the layout and my glasses!!!

 

There has been some interest to run the workshop again, so don't despair if you have missed out this time :-)  It will be a different layout, same flowers but different colourway, as I have not got enough materials left to run another workshop exactly the same. I am taking names now and the workshop will be scheduled for November.

 

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 26 September 2011

PAIN...thank goodness for panadine forte!!!!  Have twisted by back and can hardly move!  Daniel begrudgingly put my socks on my feet this morning!  The hot spa and more tiger balm are calling me!

Jennifer had the time of her life singing in the Festival of Voices this week!  It was just fantastic and from the audience we could tell that all the children were having a ball!  Managed to sneak a couple of photos...

...doesn't that smile just say it all??!!

Next Weeks Workshop is ... 

Attack Your Stash   $10

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

I had so much fun with this page!  I started with two page maps and combined them to create a really cute page.  Firstly the photos - you will need 11 photos!  3@4x6” landscape; 3@3x3”square; 3@2x1½” landscape; 1@3¼x5¼” portrait and 1 @ 3½x2½” portrait, phew!!!  Next you will need, background - 2x 12x12”cardstock, contrast 1 - 1x 12x12” double sided patterned paper, contrast 2 - 1x 12x12” patterned paper, contrast 3 - 1x 12x12” cardstock.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, 1”, ¾” and ¼” circle punches, circle cutting system (if you have one) to cut circle approximately 6” and a title (I used stickers).

Have had a cancellation for the flower making workshop on the 1st October, so if you are interested - there is one spot available!  

Short and sweet this week, can't sit for too long or I can't get up!

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 19th September 2011

Time again for your weekly update.  This time I'm sitting at the Red Cross blood bank in the Port giving plasma :-)  Typing one handed, slowly - the nurse is quite impressed! 

How about this lovely weather we've had this week - glorious!!  Jennifer has already been in the pool and I would say that there will be more this weekend...into the pool with the great weather that is! Meg, in true cat style, has taken advantage of the poor man's cafe blinds (installed for Daniel's birthday BBQ) with the sun and used them to their full sunbathing capacity!!...

If you're wondering what to do this Sunday - Fort Glanville is having it's open day (doesn't happen too often) and my band is playing there!  Come along from 1pm and learn a bit about SA's history and list to the band from 2pm!  I am even playing a solo - Harlem Nocturne.  

Tomorrow night is Scrap'n'Roast night from 4pm.  There are spots available if you're quick!

Next Week's Workshop is ...
Dots and Spots  $19
Monday 7-9pm, Wednesday 12:30-2:30pm and Thursday 10:30am-12:30pm
**Please note Thursday's workshop is starting at 10:30, just for this one time as Jennifer has her ballet exam early on this morning.

You’ll be going dotty after this workshop, but in a good way!!  You will be amazed at how easy it is to transform plain cardstock into “patterned paper” using this simple technique.  You will need 4 photos, 3@5x5” square, 1@5x7” landscape and 1@1½x4” portrait.  You will also need your basic tool kit, foam mounting squares or tape, inks, title (I used stickers), either a white gel pen or journal pen (depending on the colour of your background, I used white as my background was brown) and a border punch.

To see the full layout head on over to the gallery :-)

Some gorgeous Martha Stewart All Around the Page Punch sets have arrived, along with some the Monarch Butterfly Punch (for those of you who have been waiting), Pink Paislee Mistables tags (can't wait to try these!), Cuttlebug Clockworks Embossing folder, Graphic 45 Metal Flowers and most of the new Basic Grey Indie Bloom range!!! Arriving next week are Fiskars trimmer blades (at last!!!), more embossing folders and some KandCo Watercolor Tag Pads.  Keep an eye out.  Remember if there's something in particular you would like, let me know and I will order it in for you.

Enjoy this lovely weather,

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 12 September 2011

Good afternoon everyone :-) Isn't technology just wonderful - here I am sitting in the school carpark waiting for the children to come out and I can start my blog while I'm waiting! Just got to love that! The wind is a bit on the wild side today and the car is getting shaken (not stirred!), enough to rock me to sleep!! 

AA...AA...AAA......CHOOOOOOO!!!!  It is that time of the year again where all the hay fever sufferers walk around in a daze with permanent red eyes, running nose and continual sneezing! Unfortunately, I am one of those sufferers, so can I please, please ask you all to refrain from wearing perfumes to workshops. I suffer terribly from an allergy to perfumes all year, but during the Spring season, it is even worse (I guess with all the pollens around just doesn't help!). I would really appreciate it - and so will my head, eyes, nose, throat and chest :-) 

I made a gorgeous skirt for Jennifer last night - one of those tiered gathered types from a selection of material given to me recently - she loves it! You wouldn't believe it, I was shopping at Target and found a cute two layered t-shirt with a crocheted overlay in the same colour ways!! She thinks it is just great and wanted to wear it tonight for Daniels birthday dinner, but I think it will be a little too cold! 

Finally have my new bed all put together!  Only been sitting on the deck all week, but got up this morning and ripped open the boxes!  Looks very cute...can't wait to save up enough to do the rest of the room - especially replacing the wardrobe.

Have had a great response to the Make Your Flowers Workshop and looks like I will be adding it to the next calendar for those of you who are missing out this time. Unsure whether it will be the exact same page - that will depend on whether I can get more of the papers or not. But don't despair - if I have to do another page it will be equally as stunning, you can count on that!!! Keep you eyes sharp for the date in the next newsletter.

Next Weeks Workshop is ... 

Page Maps September  $18

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12:30-2:30pm and Thursday 9:30-11:30 am 

This simple page map becomes extraordinary with the addition of borders in different shapes and sizes!  Now I have some lovely loopy loops across the bottom of my page, which I handcut and took me forever...so I am recommending that you don’t do the loops and just use border punch strips or handcut using the ruler shapes.  If you would like to do the loops at home, let me know so I can print it out for you! You will need 9 photos, 4@5x3½” landscape, 3@4x3½” landscape, 1@3x3½” landscape and 1@4½x3½” landscape.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, edge distressor, brush markers (if you have them), border punch - two different ones.

On the 17th is the next Scrap'n'Roast. There are 3 spots left if you would like to come along and join in the fun of the evening. $16 for 8 hours of scrapping heaven plus a roast dinner, drinks and nibbles - bargain! Contact me know before it's too late.  

Happy scrapping, Mandy :-)