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,

For those in need of inspiration - January Crop Night

It seems like ages since our Christmas Crop so I'm really looking forward to our first crop of 2010 tomorrow night, Thursday 21st January from 7pm in Whitehall Parish Centre, The Thatch Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9.

Just bring along your crafty stash and we'll try to inspire you, plus we'll give you a cup of tea/coffee and some home baking and all for a bargain €10.00.

No need to reserve a place, just come along on the night or email me on workshops@thescrapbookstore.ie for directions and further details.

If you can't make it tomorrow night and inspiration is something you really need, then check out the new Scrapbook Trends Idea Books for January. They're in store and shipping now and cost €8.75 each.

I'm a big fan of these monthly publications but I have to say that this month's issues are really extra special. They have a brand new cover design and they're just jam-packed with some of the best looking layouts I've seen for a long time. Check them out here!

Christmas Party Crop 2009

Well, we had a great day at last Saturday's Christmas Party Crop in Donnycarney, Dublin. It was a really festive day and totally kicked off the Christmas season for me. We had Christmas Carols playing in the background, mince pies and goodies to eat, a fantastic Secret Santa where everyone got some beautiful pressies and to finish it all off a Christmas Prize Draw ... not to mention a few layouts and Workshops along the way!

I used the new Jolly by Golly Collection from Cosmo Cricket in my class to create two Christmas/Winter themed layouts. The sparkly snowflake is from Basic Grey, Bling It! I used two 5" x 7" portrait style photos in the first layout and a selection of smaller photos in the second layout.

Thanks to everyone who came along to shop, chat and take part in the classes. We really appreciate your loyal support throughout the year and look forward to seeing you all again in 2010.

Zoo and Kid Layout Ideas with K & Company Actopus to Zelephant!

I've been looking forward to using the new K & Company Actopus to Zelephant range for ages and last weekend I finally got to work with them using some holiday photos from a few years ago and some more recent photos from a trip to Dublin Zoo.

I called the first layout "No fun in the sun" and used some Bazzill Java cardstock, Actopus to Zelephant Train Paper and chipboard animals from the A to Z range (you get them free when you buy all the papers in the Collection). The title is made from a mixture of Pink Paislee Fetching and Captivating Chipboard Alphabet letters and the smaller letters are Pink Paislee Chocolate Whimsies Alphabet Stickers. The photos were three 4" x 6" photos with a white border.

I called the second layout "Pals at the Zoo" again using a sheet of Bazzill Java cardstock as the background and a sheet of Colorcore Grassroots Green cardstock on top of that. I also used a strip of K & Company Actopus to Zelephant Words Paper some Pink Paislee Captivating Chipboard letters, Chocolate Whimsies Stickers and a couple of K & Company Actopus to Zelephant Animal Alpha Diecut Stickers in each corner of the layout. The photos were two 5" x 7" with a white border.

Now only another 9,999 kids photos left to scrapbook :-)

TFL!

Autumn Layouts & Christmas Cards!

I am loving the new Pink Paislee Amber Road Collection! I used them in my Workshop at the Halloween MegaScrap and as I had loads more Autumn and Halloween photos left to scrap I kept going with the Amber Road papers, they are so easy to work with! I made these two from the scraps from the kit (which is now available in the store) plus some new full sheets for the backgrounds, Amber Road brads and Amber Road Borderlines Stickers:

I made these from the scraps:

and I even dug deep into my stash and found some gorgeous glittery letters and buttons I've been looking to find a home for and made these Christmas cards:

The Snowman and Snowflake chipboard diecuts are from the Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly Chipboard Ready Set Chipboard pack and the cardstock is Bazzill Kraft.

TFL :-)