February 18th Crop Night - Meet our Guest Tutor, Mina

If you're looking for a range of papers and embellishments to get you crafting this Spring then look no further than our Spring Flutter Kit packed with papers, stickers, ribbons, trims, brads, blossoms and buttons from the brand new Making Memories Flutter Collection 2010.

Priced at €19.00 it includes 3 sheets of patterned paper, 1 sheet of diecut paper, 1 sheet of Thermography paper, 1 sheet of Foil printed paper, 1 sheet of Design Shop Stickers, 3 yards of assorted Ribbons and Trims, 10 felt stickers (not shown), 12 assorted themed brads (not shown), 12 buttons, 5 blossoms, and 2 felt flowers. Kits are shipping on Friday but you can preorder yours now.

February 18th Crop - 2 Workshops to choose from!

Workshop 1 - Introduction to Scrapbooking with Annamarie

If you've ever wanted to try scrapbooking this Workshop is for you. It brings you through the basics of scrapbooking, including materials used, layout options, basic techniques and finishes off with you creating your first 12" x 12" scrapbook layout.

Cost: €25.00 including all materials (just bring a scissors, pencil, ruler, acid-free glue and a selection of photographs)

Workshop 2 - Painting with Distress Inks with Mina

If you're a fan of rubber stamping and would like to learn the techniques for colouring in your stamped images with Distress Inks to achieve beautiful shaded effects then our Workshop with Mina on Thursday 18th February 2010 in Whitehall Parish Centre is for you. Learn the techniques and create a card with Mina Hartley, a talented card maker and papercrafter who specialises in teaching her techniques throughout Northern Ireland. Check out her blog to see some of her beautiful cards and altered projects.

Here's a sneak peek of her Workshop project:

Cost: €25.00 including all materials (just bring a paintbrush)

Both Workshop will take place from 7pm to 9pm in Whitehall Parish Centre, The Thatch Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9 on Thursday 18th February, 2010.

Places at both workshops are limited and tickets must be purchased online in advance for Mina's Workshop. Workshop places for the Introduction to Scrapbooking can be reserved by emailing workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie.

Looking forward to seeing you there,