Hi everyone - what a lovely week, no children during the day, sunshine, no children during the day, scrapping, no children during the day, shopping with no children, aaaaahhhhhhhh...... and now children are about to come home for the weekend and it's started raining!!! There's a sign there me thinks!
Poor little Sebastian has been sick with a bronchial infection and has been back and forth to the vet and emergency vet...here he is waiting patiently, but looking rather dashing in his DGG (dog gone gorgeous) jumper! On the mend now, but wasn't a happy chappy for most of this week.
I still haven't managed to finish all the scrapping for the new calendar, had no kids during the day, but still had lots of running around with appointments and taking Daniel between high schools, just aren't enough hours in the day! Only have three more layouts to finish and I am hoping I will get them done on Saturday during the Scrap'n'Roast.
Scrap'n'Roast is on this Saturday (30th July) from 4 until midnight. There are 3 spots left if you would still like to come along. Give me a buzz or email to book in.
Everyone enjoyed this weeks workshop with the quilting effect of circles into squares, nice to hear all your comments about how much you loved it - thank you! Just today I received an order which contained two 1.5" circle punches, so if you are interested in recreating the quilted effect on another layout or card, send me an email or give me a buzz and I will put the punch aside for you. They are $16 each.
Speaking of emails, just a note for you - if you want to email me you can't hit reply from the blog email, you need to email me at madebymandy@hotmail.com. Unfortunately, blogger sends the email out each week after I have posted, but if you reply to that email it won't be directed to me, it will be lost in cyberspace forever! Please ensure you have my email address in your address book.
Next weeks workshop is ...
Layer upon Layer $26
Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12:30-2:30pm and Thursday 9:30-11:30am
Layer upon layer - sounds like a delicious dessert filled with chocolate and cream and....I digress! With a workshop title like that, you will be dribbling with anticipation! We are going to be using many layers of papers in different ways to complete this delectable layout. You will need 3 photos, 1 landscape @ 4x6" and 2 square @ 4x4". You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, border punches (I used 2 different ones) and foam mounting tape. If you have a Slice or Cricut, you might like to bring them to cut out your flourishes and decorative label, I will have a template for you to trace and hand-cut or you may wish to cut it out at home.
The Teresa Collins Stampmakers that have been pre-ordered will arrive next week - yeah! I will let those of you who ordered them know as soon as they get here so that you can start playing straight away!
The next Mini Album, "Hidden Delight", will run on the 13th August from 10am - 4pm, $30. I am busy actually putting photos into the sample, what??? actual photos, I know, good thing you where sitting down while you read this, isn't it?!!! Anyway, bookings are open for this fun day of album making using some adorable K&Co papers, Watercolor Bouquet. There are only 5 spots available, so you'll have to get in quick! Unfortunately only 2 of the 3 paper pads arrived which means I can only make up 5 kits. If you would like to do this with other papers, have a talk to me and we can work that out.
Each page of this sweet little album has 7 tags and room for 7 cropped photos or journaling spots - WOW!
You will need your basic tool kit, a scoreboard or stylus, 1” or 1½” circle punch, a decorative corner punch (you can use the same throughout or a combination of different punches, I used a combination of border & corner punches so each page was different), a border punch, liquid glue (such as Helmar Craft Glue or Scotch Quickdry Tacky Adhesive) and your inks.
We will have a shared lunch, so bring along a plate of something savoury to share and I will provide morning/afternoon tea treats and drinks for the day.
PLACES LIMITED
BOOKINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
Just to whet your scrapping appetite, some of the upcoming workshops include - Bunting & Rosettes, Embossed Backgrounds, Making Your Own Glitter Flourishes, Flower Making All Day Workshop and some Paper Piecing. Keep your eyes peeled for the new newlsetter next week filled to the brim with scrummy scrapping workshops.
Happy Scrapping,
Mandy :-)
