A birthday layout and a Thank You from Temple Street!

I finally finished this layout I started at Crafteire!!  I used some of my favourite products and I'm really happy with the results.

The background is two co-ordinating browns of Colorcore Cardstock.  I love this stuff.  I left the darker brown 12" x 12" and then cut the lighter layer 11.5" x 11.5" and then sanded the edges to get a really soft frame for the patterned papers.  Colorcore cardstock has a core which is slightly lighter than the main outside colour and when you sand it the lighter colour shows through.  It's perfect for using with Cuttlebug Embossing Folders or Sizzix Texture Plates.  Emboss the cardstock and then sand the raised design for a really great look.

The patterned papers are Twitterpated from Imaginisce.  I gave them a nice wavy look by cutting them freehand with a craft knife.  Then I put a striped piece of paper across the centre of the layout and rubbed on a line of Catch-a-Flutterby Rubons, again from the gorgeous Twitterpated line, to cover the join.

The chipboard butterfly is from Kaiser with a few Hero Arts Gemstones for a nice glittery effect.  The journalling card is from Jenni Bowlin and the letters are American Crafts Thickers in black.  I finished it all off with a row of buttons from my own craft stash with a piece of string tied through one of them.  The photo is 5" x 7".

Here's a closer look:

     

Also, we got a Thank You postcard from Temple Street Children's University Hospital for our support of their Easter Raffle 2009.  TheScrapbookStore.ie donated €2.00 from the Workshop fee of everyone who came to our February and March Workshops to buy tickets for the Raffle.  Thanks to everyone for supporting such a worthwhile cause!

   

Sneak Peeks of tomorrow's Workshop in Whitehall Parish Centre

Our May Workshop takes place in Whitehall Parish Centre tomorrow night, Thursday 14th May from 7pm to 10pm.

We'll be creating two 12" x 12" layouts using the latest papers from K & Company, the Que SeraSera Collection.  There are still a few kits available if you'd like to come along to the Workshop.  Just email workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie if you'd like to attend.

Here's a few sneak peeks of the layouts we'll be making tomorrow night:

To take part in the class you'll need to bring a paper trimmer, scissors, ruler, pencil, craft knife and mat and glue.  If you have photos which would match the colours of the papers, bring them along (5" x 7" portrait format would work best).  And if you have them, bring a corner rounder, hole punch, glue dots, a white ink pad, white gel pen, and a circle cutter/punch (bring as many sizes as you have)!

If you came along to our last two Whitehall Workshops in February or March then you might like to know that €2 from your class fee was donated to the Temple Street Children's University Hospital Easter raffle.  The proceeds of the raffle will go towards the purchase of vital paediatric and neonatal equipment for the children of Temple Street.  The draw was held on April 30th so just in case you get a letter telling you you've won and wondered when you'd bought a ticket ... that's why!

I've just received a new batch of tickets from Breast Cancer Ireland so don't forget to put your name on one as you arrive tomorrow night as I'll be sending €2 from everyone's Workshop fee to their Spring Draw 2009.  First prize is a 10 day holiday to Florida in a 4 star hotel and I don't know about you but I'm certain I could do with one of those!

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow night!

Invitation to the Midsummer MegaScrap 2009 - June 20th

Just in case you didn't get our Newsletter inviting you to our Annual Midsummer MegaScrap 2009, here's all the details.  This year's event will be held in the Main Hall, Le Cheile Community Centre, Donnycarney, Dublin on Saturday June 20th 2009 from 9am to 5pm.

For this year's event we're so lucky to have Celine Navarro travelling over from France to teach a full day of Scrapbooking Classes for us.  As a mixed media and scrapbook artist, Celine travels the world teaching her fun and funky classes (she's just back from a teaching trip to Singapore!) and she is really excited about her trip to Ireland.

Celine is the Founding Editor of the French {entreARTiste} Magazine and she's a Designer for American Crafts, Hambly Studios and Pink Paislee.  She's also been Guest Designer for Jenni Bowlin, Studio Calico and Prima to name but a few.  These are a sample of Celine's style from her blog:

  

To check out more of Celine's work take a look at her Green Frog Studio Blog!

Celine will be teaching two 3-hour scrapbooking classes (details of kits/themes will be posted later in the week) packed with inspiration and techniques and aimed at a broad range of abilities.  If you've never scrapbooked, made cards or played with paper before, don't feel left out because we're holding a beginners Cardmaking & Scrapbooking Workshop on the same day for all you newbies!

Package	Times	Includes	Price
Full Day	9am - 5pm	Two 3-hour Scrapbooking Classes with Celine Navarro including kits, prize draw & refreshments	€87.50
Half Day	10am - 1pm or 2pm - 5pm	One 3 hour Scrapbooking Class with Celine Navarro including kit, prize draw & refreshments	€50.00
Beginners Class	10am - 12noon	One 2 hour Card Making/Scrapbooking beginners class with kit & refreshments	€25.00

To reserve your space at Celine's Classes simply book online and pay your deposit by Friday May 8th or for further details of the event or to book the Beginners Class please email workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie

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Some more useful info:

Where's the venue? - To see a map of the area click here

What's the closest DART/Train Station? - Killester (Trains run from Connolly Station)

Which Dublin Bus Routes can I use? - 20B, 27, 27B, 42, 42B,43 from directly opposite Connolly Station

I'd like to make a weekend of it! Closest Hotels - Bewleys Dublin Airport and Crowne Plaza Northwood

Looking forward to seeing you there

Distress Week on the Hero Arts Blog!

It's Day 4 of Distress Week over on the Hero Arts Blog and if you're a fan of distress techniques or if you'd like to improve your distressing then you should definately check it out.

All this week, they'll be showcasing layouts and cards using a variety of ways to distress and I promise you'll find something that you like.

Take these cards by Shari Carroll:

Aren't they just gorgeous???

There are also "How to ..." videos and a Challenge ...

"This week’s challenge is to create a project with some sort of distressing.  Make it your own style - with as little or as much distressing as you would like.  (Think of it as “distress your way.”) All you have to do is use at least one Hero Arts stamp. Easy!  Upload your projects to the Hero Arts Flickr Group by Sunday, April 26th at 11:59 PM PST and tag them with the code word “distress“.

We will then award the following prizes:

• Fresh Face Winner (someone who has not yet won a contest): $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• Scrapbook Page Winner: $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• 1st Place: $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• 2nd Place: $25 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• 3rd Place: $15 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog"

Best of luck,

It's definately Scrapbooking Weather!

What a day, cold, windy and raining, but a perfect excuse to do some scrapbooking!

I've been looking forward to getting my hands on the March Kit featuring the gorgeous Making Memories Flower Patch range and over the Easter Weekend I got some fabby Easter photos which match the papers to perfection!

All of the papers used in the card and layout are in the March Kit. 

I used a 5" x 7" photo with a white border for this layout and matted it onto the pink check paper from the kit.  Then I cut a butterfly from the Glitter Butterfly paper and placed it at the bottom left of the photo and added a rubon from the Flower Patch Easter Rub-on Pack in the top left corner.  The large butterfly was cut from the Flower Patch Pattern Stripe paper, using a Jenni Bowlin chipboard butterfly (which I had in my stash) as a template.  The title "Spring Chick" was also from Flower Patch Easter Rub-on Pack.

For the 5.5" x 5.5" card, I used a square of Bazzill Kraft Cardstock as the background and added two pieces of Flower Patch paper (Eggs reserve side and Small Floral) and covered the join with some Making Memories Crochet Yellow Ribbon also from the kit.  The "Spring" stamp is from my own stash (its a Pink Paislee Spring Fling Clear Stamp set) and I printed the stamp onto Bazzill White cardstock with Black Stazon ink.

TFL