Next Week ... 5 December 2011

Hi everyone,

Rollerskate on here!!!!  Getting everything ready for my Band's Christmas Party tomorrow.  Have just finished putting up the tree and it looks very cute.  This year I have decided to go with a red and gold theme, with a minimalist approach.  Very different from my norm, where you can't see much tree through the decorations, tinsel and snow!  

Do you have your tree and decorations up yet??  How about we all post pics on the facebook group?  It would be fun to see how everyone's tree looks :-)  I shall take a quick pic after I have posted this and start the pics rolling!

Next Week's Workshop is ...  

Page Maps   $20

Monday 7-9pm and Wednesday 12.30-2.30pm

**NO THURSDAY WORKSHOP ON THE 8TH**

Remember no workshop on Thursday as Jennifer has her end of year piano recital.  

This great page map was a challenge for me, as I always have my backgrounds matching!!  But, I am happy with the result of this page with two differing patterned backgrounds, it actually worked quite well.  You will need 3 portrait photos @ 3½x2¾”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, stapler, a border punch and a title.

Here's the Becky Fleck PageMap from September 2011.  It was an 8 1/2 x 11" which I changed to be 12x12".

Christmas Scrap'n'Roast - I haven't received deposits from everyone to secure your booking. Please pay your deposit ASAP otherwise I will release your spot to the waiting list people.  The balance is to be paid by Monday the 12th December.  If you aren't zooming past the shop, email me and I will give you direct deposit details.

Okey dokey, back to the grindstone!! Have a great weekend!  If you're at Bunnings at Woodville, come and say hello as my band will be there playing, between 11.30-1.30, Christmas Carols and other non-Christmas music :-)

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 28 November 2011

Hi everyone,

Sitting here in the peace and quite, listening to the gentle rain, ahhhhhh.....

Is your family stuck thinking what to get you for Christmas???  How about a Made by Mandy Gift Certificate!  Available for any amount.  Put it on your wish list!!!

Been playing with my new Copic markers ... and I am really loving them, I can now understand why they have become so popular.

 

Here I decided to colour in the cute little angels on my Christmas cards - from the Christmas card workshop a few weeks ago.

Then I had fun colouring in a birthday cake and Christmas tree - now to make them into cards!  I can't wait to be able to do a course with Copic Australia to learn lots of tips and tricks to pass onto you.

By the way, did you know that Copic has a promotion running at the moment, for each marker you buy you get a point chip which you can collect and redeem for copic cases, copic t-shirt or hat and other bits ... have a read of the poster in the shop for more information.

The X-press double sided tape is back in stock!!  I know some of you were like myself and getting quite desperate!!! 

Next Week's Workshop is ...

Attack Your Stash   $10

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

This fun attack your stash will see you pulling out 7 patterns of paper to go with your cardstock!!  You will need 7 portrait photos @ 6x2¾”.  You will also need 7 patterned papers (all different) portrait orientation @ 4x2¾”, 2 cardstock @ 12x12” for the background and 2 cardstock @ 12x12” for the large photo mat and cardstock 10x2¾ for your journaling (pre-printed if you can).  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, a title and any other embellishments you might like to use.

** My journaling didn't fill up the whole 10" strip, so I cut it down to 6" and added another rectangle at the bottom.

The Christmas Scrap'n'Roast is full!  I have started a waiting list.  For the girls already booked in I need deposits by the 30th November to secure your booking.  The balance is to be paid by Monday the 12th December.  If you aren't zooming past the shop, email me and I will give you direct deposit details.

Have a great weekend,

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 21 November 2011

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the lateness of this post, I have been running around like a chook with no head!!!  Two band concerts tomorrow and so much to do...must remember to take saxophone along with everything else!!

Still waiting for the Copic markers and Xpress tape to arrive, hopefully Monday or Tuesday.

Next week's workshop is ...

All Around the Page    $20

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

You’ve all been loving the Martha Stewart punch sets that allow you to punch around the page, I have too!  So let’s practice!!!  You will need 5 photos for this double layout.  3 landscape @ 6x4” and 2 portrait @ 6x4”.  You will also need your basic tool kit, MS Around the Page Punch set, a different border punch, inks, a title and any other embellishments.  (I used a photo to silhouette some birds.)

Christmas is fast approaching and so is the Christmas Scrap'n'Roast!!!!  17th December, 1pm - midnight, $20.  I have decided to open up for 10 spots, so that means there are 2 spots available!!!  They won't last long.  I also need deposits from those of you booked in ... please :-)

My friend has just opened up her own salon, JaM Hair and Beauty, Shop 3, 445 Victoria Road, Taperoo  82481010.  If you're needing a haircut or some waxing, give Jo and Marie a ring!!!  


Happy Scrapping,
Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 14th November 2011

***There is one vacant spot for this weekends Scrap'n'Roast.*** Ring or email ASAP!!  

Guess what's arriving next week????  

72 gorgeous colours of Copic Markers!!!  Now that I am a stockist, I can do the training offered by Copic in Australia, so hopefully some training days will come up in the new year that I will be able to attend.

How about the weather this week!!!  Give me hot, give me rain...but not together...just can't handle the humidity!  It was so bad on Monday, we had to pump up the air-con and break out the chocolate to enable us to concentrate!!!! (Yeah, I know, any excuse!!) Looks like it's going to be a nice weekend though ... according to Meg!

Next Week's Workshop is ... All Roughed Up $21

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

Dig out that edge distressor, ‘cause I’ve been at it again!!!  The roughed up edges contrast well with the border punch strips and doily cut paper.  You will need 9 photos for this double layout.  3 landscape @ 5¼x3¾”; 1 landscape @ 6x2¾”; 1 landscape @ 5¼x2¾”; 1 landscape @ 3¾x2¾”; 1 portrait @ 6x2¾”; 1 portrait @ 4⅝x2¾”; 1 portrait @ 3¾x1¾. You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, a border punch, a title and any other embellishments you would like to add.  (I used a ticket stub and bling bits.)

New stock just in...limited numbers...

and more...you'll have to come into the shop and see!


Happy Scrapping,
Mandy :-)

Next Week ... 7th November 2011

Hi everyone!! 

Sorry this post is late but....

I just had the best Thursday night scrapbooking with Ingvild Bolme, designer and educator for Prima, all the way from Norway and a Friday morning scrapping with Trisha Ladouceur, educator for Prima all the way from Canada!!!  It was lots of fun and I have two beautiful pages to add to my collection, yay!!  No, I won't be teaching them to you....you will just have to look and admire! 

 

 

Almost as exciting is my giantic zygote cactus which has flowered.  Look at the size of it!!!!  And in the most vibrant magenta.  Isn't nature stunning?

Tomorrow is the Christmas Cards in Bulk workshop, there is one spot left if you ring me tonight!  Off to make up the kits when I have finished this.

Next Week's Workshop is ... Scraplifted  $24.50

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

 

I found this really cute one page layout and just had to do it for myself!  A few changes but you can still see where I got my inspiration from.  I love the wave going across both pages, held together with ribbon and the opening at the end filled with flowers.  You will need 4 to 6 photos - you will see the layout can change to accommodate your photos.  I used 5 photos, cropped, with a journal block matted to match the photo matting.  You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, eyelet punch and setter, journal pen, scallop ruler, a title and a shape punch (flowers, stars, circles, anything to suit your photo theme).  I chose to use paper flowers with bling bits and a butterfly punch, but if you want a more masculine theme, then layered stars or circles punched out, still with bling centres would look just as fantastic.

 

 

Next weekend, 12th November, is Scrap'n'Roast night.  At this stage it is fully booked.  The Christmas Scrap'n'Roast is also fully booked.  Let me know if you would like to go on the waiting list :-)

Okay, off I go to sort in the scrap room.  I'll see some of you tomorrow for a great day of card making!

Have a great weekend,

Happy Scrapping,

Mandy :-)