Yesterday ....

1. I went crazy over some new arrivals in the store:

(You can tell I really like 7 Gypsies. I totally ignored everything else - haha)

There are also great promotions on for Laine's and PaperMarket VIPs

$10 VOUCHERS FOR EVERY $50NET PURCHASE!

These vouchers offer 25% Discount on your next purchase!!!!

2. I got Shirley excited about the technique we'll be teaching in the STAIN class

Incidentally, forgot to mention, you'll be receiving a bottle of re-inker and a bottle of stickles along with the class (not necessarily these colours of course) - so you can go home and have more staining fun!


Yesterday was all about scrapping....today is kiddy day!

Change is the Only Constant

July is turning into August...

1. Benny's lost another tooth...


2. Some July classes are over (which means I can show you what we made):
This is an album made from Jenni Bowlin die cut bracket shaped papers. I cut a hole (more like 10 holes) that runs right from the cover down to the last page, making a nice deep hole to hide the words in...

My dream home....a house overlooking the sea with a garden and a big tree - haha.


A close up so you can see my little pouf pouf tree...


Close up of the 'hole' that had everyone complaining about cutting (and cutting and cutting)


What's in the 'hole'...


3. August Class Kits are being prepared (thank you Shirley!):

Everyone attending Jaz's Websters layout class in August gets one of these....they're only about 1 inch tall and too cute for words.


Bye bye July, hello August!

Akan Datang

That means 'coming soon'....

"RUSTY VINTAGE BOX" (DS - RUSTY)

- this is going to be a 2-part class because we are starting with raw chipboard and doing up the whole box - that's 6 hours of scrapping! (with a lunch break of course)

"STAIN WITHOUT PAIN" (DS - STAIN)

- two layouts - highly inky. (there's even one with no patterned paper....just ink and cardstock)

Schedule's probably coming out today....so you can drop by or give us a call. Merdrey, Jaz and Shirley also have great projects up this month! So have a look!

See you all in class!

I Like Collage....

because....
1. You don't have to 'think' and can 'anyhow do' and it can still turn out ok
2. Nobody can ever recreate the same thing - not even yourself - so every collage is one of a kind
3. I'm not good at being neat and clean (ok this is the main reason)

So here's a recent collage adventure that I enjoyed - we did this class in June - an altered 7 Gypsies Receipt holder.

Thank you thank you everybody for signing up for the class! It always amazes me that people are willing to spend time and effort coming to class to get messy with me.... thank you thank you.

Here are a couple of close ups:

The secret to easy collage is to just stain everything brown! ('cos ink covers a multitude of 'sins' don't you know - haha!). But here's a helpful secret ingredient that makes for nice even staining!.......WATER!

When rubbing Distress ink all over your collage piece, try spritzing your ink-laden sponge / foam with a few spritzes of water before rubbing it all over your paper - works for me!

OK....gotta run! Off to teach class today - woo hoo! Go stain something K?