Junes workshop

* PINS - i know a few of you have been asking about the pins that i use on my pages and cards. We now have some in the shop and they should be going up on the website in the next week. If you do want some in the mean time please phone the shop and one of the girls there will be pleased to help you.

The first workshop is done using the new Crate Paper line called Little Sprout. This is a 12 by 12 layout. It does involve some handcutting so bring along a good pair of scissors!!!!

This is a class for all levels. During this workshop you will be using the Cuttlebug, Cricut machine and transparency. The date for this workshop is 10th June and it starts at 7.30pm. Bring along your normal cropping tools.

The next class is done using the Bazzill Basics heart cardstock shape and the new Scenic Route called Garden Grove.

The date for this workshop is the 17th June and starts at 7.30pm. As usual bring along your cropping tools.

All our workshops are done for all levels. We keep the classes small so if you are a beginner and have not been scrapbooking long i have plenty of time to help people.

The workshops are going up on the website in the next few days.They are small and really friendly so dont worry if you have to come on your own. We put together a page, eat chocolate, drink tea and generally have a good fun time!!!! lol.

Other Uses...

Sometimes a paper line comes out that i love and i just cannot use it for just the purpose it is supposed to be. The Making Memories Love line was just that line.

Yet again making memories out did themselves with their Love Notes line. And because i loved it so much i bought extra to make some cards. Now there are only so many valentines and love cards that you can make right? so i used it to make a couple of normal cards, that can be used for any occasion.

Here they are...
Although manufacturers often bring out themed lines, with a little bit of thought the papers can be used for all sorts of things!! Why not have a go at using a line for something other than what it was designed for!!

PRIMA PAPERS

Oh I fell in love with the new prima papers when i had my parcel come so i decided to make the most out of them and do two layouts.The first layout is very simple to achieve - just start off by cutting your paper into strips! I decided I wanted to curl alot of this paper - the green strip I curled then used embroidery thread to give the effect as shown.

Making your own flower centre is a cheap way of adding that extra special embellishment and is so easy to do. I wanted to do some stamping on this layout and found using the patterned papers really complemented the black stamps.

I wanted to make my second layout a multiphoto layout. Again I just cut strips of paper to achieve the effect as shown. I used alot of 3d gel pens on this layout to give my rubons a 3d effect.

Adding extra detail to plain embellishments - part 1

I am a bit of an embellishment freak and I just love jazzing up plain embellishments

Using a paint marker i drew round the groove in the button

I stuck the button onto a prima daisy flower using glossy accents

Then i took 2 pieces of ribbon and tied them together

I pushed 2 pins through the ribbon knot

And stuck the ribbon and pins onto the centre of the button with glossy accents

I took a chipboard heart and lighty inked the edges using a Cats Eye Fluid Chalk Orchid - Pastel

I then stuck the button embellishment onto the chipboard heart


I used my heart embellishment on this LO

Fun with felt!

I'm always looking for ways to add a personal touch to my pages, and one way of doing this is to create my own embellishments. I had a stack of felt pieces in the drawer and decided to use them on my page about my other half's new glasses!

You can run felt through most diecutting machines (not the electronic ones I hasten to add!) but the easiest thing to do is to handcut your shapes with a pair of sharp scissors. I wanted to add small hearts to this layout, so I simply drew a rough guideline on the back of my felt then cut out the shape. It doesn't have to be precise - the imperfections add to the charm!

I layered my embellishments up with small paper flowers, and also used this border stamp to stamp directly on my page to create a 'base' for some of my embellishments.

To add to the homespun feel of the page, I added sewing machine stitches around some of the papers, you could also handstitch for a similar effect. Here is the finished page, very simple and quite thrifty too, as there was plenty of the felt sheet left to use for other pages too!

And the last lot of Fancy Pants...

Here is the next and last lot of the new Fancy Pants. The colours in this line is amazing!!! and the flowers on it are lovely.

Here is the page that i did with it.


I loved this rare photo of my son on the swings. i loved the long lines of the chains of the swings and i followed the lines of these with the two long panels either side of the photograph.
The font that i use mostly on my pages is a cricut cartridge called Base Camp. I had lots of fancy fonts but i wanted a bog standard normal font when i didnt want to use a fancy one, and this cartridge is perfect for that.

The flower is a retro flower punch from EK sucess.

And as usual i inked everything before i stick it down to make the individual papers stand out.

The products i used on this page are listed below, done especially for my friend Jackie!!!! If ever you are not sure of something that is used on a page please always email Papermaze and the girls at the shop will be able to help you.

Products used.
Fancy Pants Delight - Bubbles - this was used for the base of the page.
Fancy Pants delight - garden
Fancy Pants delight - Bunches
Fancy Pants delight - Pot pourri - this paper is used for the lefthand little tag sticking out the top.And the other side of it is used for the middle tag.The righthand tag is made using the bunches paper.
For matching the card the 2 browns are kraft and a dark brown.

For the flower...


After punching out the retro punch i used this punch ( another of my favourites)and then used my small circle punch on a piece of fancy pants paper to add to the top.

Before finishing the flower i used a small pin and poked 3 dots in the petals of the flower.
My small butterfly punch that i am currently using ( all the time, loving butterflies at the moment) is a very old one, that i dont even think is made anymore. The closest one that i can find is this one.

The perfect bag.

Karen ( works at Papermaze) make these amazing bags, and i asked her to show us all how she makes them so here she is!!!!
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Here is a very quick and easy project that you can complete with left-overs, which can be adapted to suit any occasion!

These brown block bottom bags are usually sold to make "paper-bag" mini books, but I have been decorating them and using them as personalised gift bags!

I have used the Heidi Grace "Valentine's day" double sided cardstock, some ribbon, Queen and Co "mini felt fusion" adhesive die cut felt, and a couple of gems. Use what ever you have...

To make the bag, all you have to do is cut 2.5" away from the top of the bag, fold over a flap of 1.5", and punch 2 holes in the centre about 1" apart. I have used decorative edged scissors and inked the edge for added interest!

Next, cut a selection of pattern paper pieces, as many or as few as you like,

and layer up with foam pads. Stick to the bag with some strong double sided tape, and add any names or greetings you like..

Then make a tag (not too large) and thread it on to the ribbon and then through the holes in the bag, as shown ( you might want to put your gift inside 1st!)

That's all there is to it.

In case you were wondering, the bag ends up measuring 6" wide, 9" tall and 2.5" deep.