May Card Workshop

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $7.00

For the May Card Workshop, we are doing a generic card using CC Designs Swiss Pixies Heidi Among the Flowers Stamp, CC Designs Sugarplums New Fence Stamp & CTMH Sentiment Stamp. For this sample, I used a sentiment stamp from CTMH's Friendship's Garden Stamp Set, but the participants in the workshop will be able to choose from a variety of small sentiment stamps from CTMH.

The card base is Nassau Blue Cardstock & the matting colour is Grassroots Cardstock from Core'dinations. The pink patterned paper is BoBunny's Sophie Silhouette two-sided paper. The flower patterned fabric and the orange striped fabric came from our local fabric store (Fabricland). The flower patterned fabric is what inspired the whole card. As soon as I saw the fabric, I knew I had to design a card with CC Design's Swiss Pixie Among the Flowers stamp.

The clear buttons are from CTMH and the two ribbons are from Stampin' Up. The embroidery floss and thread are from my stash. The shaped cardstock on the inside of the card is one of Bazzill's mini shaped papers. I used Tim Holtz Distressing tool to rough up the edges of my paper.

The Copic Markers that I used to colour my images are: Hair - Y11, Y13 & Y15; Clothing & Hair Accessories - B04, B00 & YG03; Wings - B0000; Skin Colour - R00 & R0000; Grass & Leaves - YG03 & YG01; Flowers & Butterflies - RV04, RV14, RV25, YR02 & YR65; Fence - Y13.

National Scrapbooking Day Workshop

Friday, April 30, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $50.00

Here is the Mini Chipboard Album that I designed to run as a workshop to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day. National Scrapbooking Day is actually Saturday, May 1, 2010, but Trevor is working. With the store celebrations that day, running the store and a workshop would be a little hectic. So, I figured that we would get a head start at celebrating the "holiday" and run the workshop the night before.

We will be using one of BoBunny's new mini chipboard albums, We R Memory Keepers Vintage Blue paper line, Stamping Bella Bling, Stamps from CTMH, Stampin' Up, Stamping Bella, We R Memory Keepers and various other companies, Bazzill Stitching templates, punches from Stampin' Up, EK Success and Marvy, Spellbinder Nestabilities, Stampin' Up ribbon and Creative Memories Circle Cutters.

I love quotes and I surround myself with inspirational sayings, quotes and words that make me feel good, inspired and just happy. I love photographs and I fill my home with photos that put a smile on my face or bring back a special memory for me.

I wanted to design a workshop that wasn't specific to a holiday, but that still had some sort of a theme and this is what I came up with. I made this mini album filled with some of my favourite generic quotes and I will be filling my album with some of my most favourite photos from over the years. You can do the same or you can make it an album all about a certain family member or a friend, a weekend get away, a pet or dare I say....all about yourself.

This is the first workshop fully designed in my new scrap room.

Photos Needed:
Front Cover - None
Page 1 - One 3 x 4 vertical photo
Page 2 - One photo that a 2.25 x 3 vertical oval can be cut out
Page 3 - One 2 x 3 vertical photo & one 2 x 2 square photo
Page 4 - One 2 x 3 horizontal photo & one 2 x 2 square photo
Page 5 - One 2 x 3 vertical photo
Page 6 - One 2.75 x 3.75 horizontal photo
Page 7 - One photo that an approximate 3 inch circle can be cut out & one photo that a 2.5 inch circle can be cut out
Page 8 - Three 2 x 2 square photos
Page 9 - Two 2 x 3 vertical photos
Page 10 - One 2.75 x 2.75 square photo
Back Cover - None

Happy Scrappy Day!

June Calendar Page

Friday, May 14, 2010 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00

For the June Calendar Page, I did have Father's Day in mind, but I also think it would be a great page for just about anything....children playing in the sprinkler, last day of school photos, camping, fishing or just a hodge podge of your favourite photos.

The paper that we will be using for this page is BoBunny's Two-Sided Paradise Sunset, Surf & Pier. We will also be using BoBunny's Paradise Buttons & Bling, Queen & Company photo anchors, Doodlebug brads & a generic embroidery floss from my stash...which is probably from WAL-MART or Fabricland. I used the Accent Essential Cricut Cartridge to cut the large circles on the page.

Photos Sizes: one vertical 2.75 x 3.75 photo, one vertical 4 x 6 photo, one horizonatl 3.5 x 5 photo & one horizontal 2 x 3 photo.

May Calendar Workshop

Friday, May 14, 2010 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00

The May Calendar Page was made with Mother's Day in mind, but can be used for any special person in your life.

We are using the following papers from the We R Memory Keepers Vintage Blue line: Plum Sewn Cardstock, May Flowers, Simply Wonderful, Blueberry Hill, Rainbow Connection, Sugar Plum & Blue Bird.

We are also using the We R Memory Keepers Robin & Leaves clear stamps from their Vintage Blue line and for the journal box, we will be using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Small Labels die cut.

Photo Sizes: One Vertical 5 x 7 photo and One Vertical 3.5 x 5 photo.

Happy Easter!

The verdict isn't back yet, but I think I am crazy.

Here is my simple, nice Easter Card that I made this year to mail out to my friends and family. I got to play with my Cuttlebug for the first time with not only a texture template, but one of my new Nestabilities as well. I coloured with my copic markers, I used 2 of my Stampin' Up punches that I had only used once before. I even used my new stamps that I had ordered from CC Designs. I kept it flat so that I didn't have to put extra postage on it when mailing it, but I forgot how many I had to make.

After cutting out 95 bunnies, 95 benches & 190 Easter eggs and gluing all the layers and small pieces, I began to wonder if I was a little off my rocker!

But, I still love this card and now that they are all done, I love them even more.

I have had a couple of rough years with a lot going on. So, I haven't been doing any scrapbooking except for my workshops. I have even stop making cards for people this year because I just don't have the time to do it.

So, I did have a lot of fun playing with all my new tools & stamps. I even got to use up the 25 sheets of Doodlebug Easter paper that came damaged 2 years ago and damaged cardstock that I have had for a while. It's great when you can use up scraps!

I wish you all an Easter Weekend filled with memories to last a lifetime.

April Calendar Workshop

Friday, April 23, 2010 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00

The two-sided papers used for this workshop are from the We R Memory Keepers Hippity Hoppity Line. They are: Rainbow Ends, Happy Easter, Polka, Easter Things, Wicker, Easter Tree, Juicy & Sun Rays. All the patterned squares are mounted on a plain piece of cardstock.

The ovals were cut out with my Cricut Machine. I had to use my Cricut Design Studio to make the oval matting fit the Giga Marvy Oval punch that we will be using to cut out our photos. We will be using the EK Success Fancy Photo Corner Punch with Tropical Algae, Goldfish, Juicy Orange & Pomagranate Stamping Bella Baubles.

Photo Sizes for this workshop are: four or five photos just under a 3x3 square & 4 photos that a 2.75 wide by 3.75 high oval can be cut out of it. Everyone in the workshop will be receiving a bunny tag die-cut that can take the place of one of their photos.

Mother's Day Card Workshop

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $7.00

For April's Card Workshop, we will be making this Mother's Day Card. If you don't have a use for a Mother's Day Card, this card can easily be made into a thinking of you card or birthday card for any of your friends. The only thing that makes this a Mother's Day Card is the verse on the inside of the card.

We will be using BoBunny's Two-Sided St. Nick Sleigh patterned paper, Bazzill Smooth Sawdust Cardstock, a Bazzill Bling flower, KaiserCraft Copper Pearls, Bazzill Flourishes Stitchz Template & EK Success' Scroll & Dots Edger Punch.

For the word "friend" on the front of the card, I cut the letters out from the Cricut Cartridge "A Child's Year" and the cream embroidery floss is from WAL-MART or Fabricland. For the verse on the inside, I designed it on my computer and printed it out on the Sawdust Cardstock.

Registration for this card and all the other Spring Workshops at DAT'S Scrapbooking begins at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.