Christmas Party Crop–Thursday 8th December at 7pm

Our Christmas Party Crop takes place on Thursday December 8th 2011 from 7pm to 11pm at the Whitehall Parish Centre, Dublin 9 and all tickets are sold out!

It's our final Crop of the year and promises to be a great night for all. For the ticket price of €30.00 you'll get a Scrapbook Workshop where we'll create three scrapbook layouts (if there's time, of course) with the new MME Lost & Found Christmas Collection Pack, then Michelle La Grue will show everyone how to create a beautiful home decor project using Christmas papers (bring your own favourites or we have loads of new Collections to purchase in the shop!) and a string of indoor fairy lights (white). Then there'll be loads of prizes and challenges too. Mix all that up with plenty of Christmas tunes and it's sure to be a great night.

Here's what you'll need to bring along:

For Michelles project:

• a variety of border punches
• a hole punch (spring type - there'll be one to share on the night)
• any range of papers
• matching journalling tags or embellishments
• matching alphabet letters
• scissors, wet glue
• and finally a string of 15 white lights

For Annamarie's Workshop:
Layout 1: Two 4" x 6" portrait photos with no border
Layout 2: Two 4" x 6" portrait photos and two 4" x 6" landscape photos with white borders
Layout 3: Two 4" x 6" landscape photos with no border

You’ll also need to bring:

• A rosette die (if you have one - otherwise you can make the rosette by hand with a border punch and glue)
• Craft knife, trimmer, foam pads, scissors, paper distresser and small piece of sandpaper
• A large red button or silver gems/silver star shape for putting in the middle of a paper bow

Don't forget to bring along your own drink of choice (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) and a plate of food and we'll bring the mince pies, soft drinks and tea and coffee.

Looking forward to seeing you all in festive mood next week,
Annamarie

Here’s what we did at our November Workshop!

Many thanks to everyone who attended our November Workshop last Thursday, we hope you enjoyed the class.  We used the new Basic Grey Picadilly Collection of papers, stickers and diecuts to create two layouts and a greeting card.  Here’s a peek at what we made:

A small number of kits are still available from the Workshop costing €12.50 so if you’d like one they’re now available ONLINE and include full instructions.

Don’t forget, bookings are now open for our Christmas Party Workshop on Thursday 8th December 2011 from 7pm to 11pm in Whitehall Parish Centre.  Tickets are available to purchase ONLINE now and cost €30.00.  It promises to be a fun night with a Scrapbook Workshop, a Home Décor Workshop and crafty and not so crafty prizes! 

Hope to see you there!

Dublin Scrapbooking Workshop–Thursday November 17th at 7pm

Hi everyone,

Just announcing details of our November Workshop at Whitehall Parish Centre this Thursday November 17th 2011 from 7pm to 10pm. For the month that's in it, we'll be hopefully brightening up the dark evening by using the new Basic Grey Picadilly Collection of papers and embellishments.

The kit (seen below) includes: 6 sheets of Basic Grey Picadilly 12" x 12" double sided papers, 1 sheet of BG Picadilly Elements Stickers and 1 pack of Basic Grey Picadilly Petals.

This month, we’re creating two layouts:

The first layout is open themed, with a blue colour scheme so it would suit photos with blues, reds and yellows in them. I used two 4” x 6” portrait format photos with white borders in this layout. I chose pictures of a little boy wearing a blue babygro against a blue background for this layout.

The second layout is again open themed with a green and red colour scheme so it would suit photos with greens, reds and blues in them. For this layout I used a 4” x 6” landscape format photo (no border) but you could use two 4” x 6” landscape format photos instead. I chose a close up photo of a little girl wearing green and sitting on a red slide for this layout.

You’ll also need to bring the following:
A paper trimmer
Glue
Foam Pads
A 1.5” circle punch
Green Ink (I used Versa Tea Leaves)
A white gel pen and a thin black felt tip pen
a small piece of sandpaper or a sanding tool
Red alphabet stickers (I used Basic Grey Jovial stickers) to add a title. It’s a great chance to use up those alpha stickers you have hanging around so bring along a selection of browns, blues, greens, yellow or black too.

Workshop places cost €25.00 and can be booked online HERE or paid for on the night. If available, spare kits can be purchased online about a week after the Workshop.
If you'd like to attend the Workshop just email workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie or telephone 086-8441159.

Hope to see you there,
Annamarie

Finished photos of our October Workshop with Prima Printery!

Thanks to everyone who came along to our October Workshop last night. We used the fabulous new Prima Printery Collection of papers, Prima Bretton Vines and Prima Say It In Crystals to create these beautiful layouts. If you didn’t manage to get both layouts finished I have emailed everyone who attended with close up photos of the finished layouts so you can finish them off at home.

Thanks to the lovely Tracy for her beautiful cakes, they were delish and we were well and truly spoiled!

If you fancy coming along to our next Workshop on November 17th in Whitehall Parish Centre you can find all the details on the forum www.scrapbooking.ie or on the blog closer to the time.

This weekend, we’re opening bookings for our December Christmas Party Workshop. It’s going to be a fun party night at Whitehall Parish Centre on Thursday December 8th from 7pm to 11pm packed with prizes, layouts and Christmas home décor ideas. Places will be limited and will have to be booked and paid for in advance. If you’re not already signed up for our newsletter, sign up now HERE and you’ll receive all the details of our upcoming events.

 

Thanks to our Guest Designer/Tutor ... Michelle La Grue!

Many thanks to our Guest Designer/Tutor Michelle La Grue for teaching our September 2011 Workshop. Michelle treated everyone to a beautiful layout and card made using the new My Minds Eye Lost & Found 2 Collection of papers, stickers and diecuts. Here's a look at the finished layout and card:

We'd really recommend you check out Michelle's blog www.whatsseldomiswonderful.blogspot.com and be prepared to be inspired by her amazing creations ... and energy! I was so impressed with her latest project that I just had to share it here with you ... WOW! It's made using the MME 12 Days of Christmas papers and Spellbinders Stars Nestabilities and we think it's AMAZING!!!

Our next Workshop is Thursday October 27th 2011 from 7pm to 10pm at Whitehall Parish Centre. Here's a look at the kit:

Bookings are now being taken and you can email us on workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie or BOOK ONLINE NOW. Workshops are suitable for all levels, including beginners. You'll need basic crafting tools to take part and full details of the Workshop will be posted here about a week before the Workshop date.

Hope to see you there,