Scottie Crafts Vagabond SENZ -Winner!

Remember Scottie Crafts was offering a very cool prize at SENZ of a Vagabond and a lot of other cool craft items.  Well the winner has been drawn and the prize has been received by the lucky recipient.

Do you want to know who won?

 She was very astounded and is a huge Tim Holtz Fan.

The Winner was:

Michelle Gilmer

Here  Michelle is receiving her Prize pack from Adrienne.

Discovery of yummy new things!! 

CONGRATULATIONS 
Michelle from all the team at Scottie Crafts!!

ENJOY!!

Simple layout, Fancy Frame

I have used a little of my Melissa Francis papers to cut out two frames from the Cricut Cartridge, Fancy Frames. This cartridge has so many cool frames on it!!

I have put Glossy Accents on the smaller middle frame and layered it over the larger fancy frame. At the top is one of Tim Holtz cool Franciful Buttons.

 This layout is now in a black box frame, but I had to take it out to photograph because of the glass reflection.

So simple, so quick and a great wall piece!

Melissa Frances- oh so soft and pretty!

I have some lovely Melissa Frances paper and embellishments in my Scottie Crafts kit this month, which are perfect for combining old photos with new.

My daughter was shocked last week when I showed her these photos of three wedding bouquets...hers, mine and her Nana's. The style that all three of us chose was so similar it was a wee bit uncanny!

The frame is cut from one of the new Cricut Carts in stock at Scotties, Fancy Frames. I painted it with TH Tattered Rose Distress crackle paint and then sprayed it with Perfect Pearls mist, which gives a light shimmer look. The leaves are a Martha Stewart punch. Most of the LO is mounted using foam adhesive squares, so that the frame pops out.

Pop into Scotties and check out the lovely soft range of Melissa Frances papers and the very cool Vintage Embellishments.

Sue :)

Simple Stories with Annelie

Hi everyone!

This month I got to play with a fantastic collection from Simple Stories; "Life Documented". It's a fantastic "shabby" line of papers and stickers, and I think it fits any sort of scrapbooker! I have a LO to show you today, but I'm also working on a mini album with this range.

So, here's my page:

I really love the colours in this range, and I also LOVE all the alphas and stickers it comes with!

On my page I've also used the Tim Holtz flourette die, and added buttons, brads and twine.

This range is on it's way to the shop, be sure not to miss out.

I will be back soon to showcase my mini album!

//Annelie

Album Classes with Leanne Coleman

Over the last few months Scotties has been lucky to have Leanne come in and teach an amazing album class that has been very popular.  Leanne's albums are just gorgeous and now you can see for yourself on her blog - Treasured Paper

Here are some collages of Leanne's albums - close up views can be found on her blog.

Two albums using the Pink Paislee Butterfly garden collection.

 

An album was made using the Bo Bunny Gabrielle collection.

So If you want to learn how to create the base and pages for these albums contact Scottie crafts to find out the next date this class will run.  Spaces are limited and very popular so get in quick!!

Book soon by phoning the shop on 09 415 0040 or online

Or email

customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz

July Challenge Finally!!

Well you are probably wondering what happened with the July Challenge seen it is nearly halfway through July - well here it is! Sorry it's late! You have until Midnight the 7th of August to upload your take to Mr Linky in the sidebar.

The big Craft show - CHA is about to happen in the States so we will be seeing and selling new Scrapbooking releases next month - very exciting (not so much for the credit card!). I am sure most of you like me have a pile of older papers that you have not used so my challenge to you is to use up some older papers and embellishments (not any released this year). You can make a layout, card or off the page project.  New Scrappers you can join in too just use your oldest papers - there are still a lot around that are not "new". You can create more then one project to go in the draw for the RAK - the more you create the better your chance!

For my sample I have some not so old Bo Bunny papers from July CHA 2010 - a release called midnight frost.  They are great for those wintery photos even with no snow. I have also used two of my new Cricut cartridges as my Cricut has been gathering dust. I have used Paper Lace 2  for the background lace and Flower Shoppe for the paper flowers.  These are both amazing cartridges. On my Prima flower I have used a Snow Pen (you need a heat gun to puff the snow) to make it look more wintery and the little branches are using this punch. I have dabbed picket fence crackle paint on the photos and the paper lace.

So go on and create so you can make some space for the new releases COMING SOON!

Scrapware event

Join Scotties this Saturday to play with

 Scrapware

Saturday 16^th July 2011

10am to 4pm

Mini Classes running hourly from 11am with Wendy Jones

$15 for class

Phone or email to book a spot

·         11am – 11.45am

·         12pm – 12.45pm

·         2pm – 2.45pm

Maximum of 10 per class

You will learn 4 different techniques using Scrapware laser-cut chipboard to make the most amazing sculpted flowers.

We will all be having HUGE FUN with Scrapware..

Great prices and bonuses will also be available...

Here are some beautiful creations by our designer Lianne Gray using Scrapware which some of you might have seen at SENZ at the Scrapware stand.

Sweet Little Birdhouses

 

A gorgeous canvas incorporating heaps of Scrapware

 

and a simple but awesome layout using scrapware frames

School Holiday program coming up at Scotties

Barbara is back to teach in the first week in the  school holidays with some amazing classes for kids eight years and older (children under eight need to be supervised by an adult).  Book soon as places are limited! by phoning the shop on 09 415 0040 or online

Or email

customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz

Here is the school Holiday Program:

The classes run from 10am -12pm and cost $15 each

Tuesday 19^th July. 

Hand-made paper into 5 cards.

Basic kit, including double-sided tape required.

Wednesday 20^th July

Owl tag book

Basic kit including glue stick required.

Thursday 21^st July

Hand-made background Father’s day card and matching gift bag.

Basic kit including glue stick required

Bo Bunny Zoo-ology Inspiration by Sarah

When I opened my design team box this month I thought that it was really going to be a challenge for me to scrap with the earthy colours of the Bo Bunny ‘Zoology’ collection. This could not have been further from the truth. Once I got over the idea that I needed zoo photos to match the line I was away. These papers match beautifully with almost any outdoorsy theme and if the colours in your photos don’t work then convert them into sepia for perfect co-ordination.

For my first LO ‘Jungle Gym Fun’ I chose recent photos of my little son Benji at the local playground. I distressed and heavily inked the edges of all my papers and used the fabulous Scrapware chipboard circle border to ground all my elements. I made the title sign using the Scrapware chipboard artisan shape which I dry brushed with Tim Holtz ‘Old paper’ crackle paint. The Prima branch, mesh and home-made hessian flowers completed the LO.

I converted the photo on my second LO ‘On the Road Again’ to sepia because the bike that Benji is riding was a hand-me-down from his sister and is hot pink! – one colour that really doesn’t look good with this paper line! Again I distressed and inked the papers and added a Scrapware fence which I painted with crackle paint and gently rubbed with metallic paste to highlight the crackles. I cut the flowers using the Tim Holtz ‘Tattered Florals’ die. I inked and curled the petals then highlighted them with metallic rubons. I used Studio Calico wooden buttons for the flower centres, threaded with coarse string and again highlighted with metallic rub ons. Finally I added my title and journaling. I made the word ‘road’ in my title by adhering letter stickers to my page, rubbing over them with distress ink then gently peeling off the stickers. This is a good way to use up any letters that you no longer like the colour of but do like the font.

For my final LO I embraced the zoo theme of the papers and used photos that my son took earlier this year at Singapore zoo. I loved these photos of the elephant encounter so I printed out all four of them and incorporated them into a circular design. Again I added elements from my Scrapware chipboard stash (the fence, tree and lizard) painted with crackle paint. I added foliage using my Martha Stewart punch and couldn’t resist adding a little mesh again as it seems to go so well with the grungy look of this range. To complete the LO I made my own journaling tag from scraps of left over paper and co-ordinating stickers and added my title.

I really love the finished look of these layouts and I will definitely be experimenting with these earthy colours again. All the products that I used to make these pages are available at Scottie Crafts. Thanks for looking and have a great month scrapping.

Our Classes at SENZ

Well our classes went well at our first SENZ - full on but hopefully they were enjoyed by all. Would those who missed out like any of the classes run in the shop if so we would love to hear from you!

Here is a recap of the classes - there are more detailed photos in the SENZ tab of some of the classes:

Treasure Trove of Intrigue  with Beverley 

 

 Tim Holtz Vagabond Vintage Album with Beverley

  Picture Perfect Pearls with Wendy

 Flower Frenzy with Sue Smith 

Create awesome flowers for your projects

 

Star Attraction with Annelie Maddock  - layout or Off the page project

Freedom to Soar Mixed Media Canvas with Lianne Gray  

 

 Funky Freestyle Fotostand with Sarah Groen 

 

  Immortal Love with Wendy

Challenge winner for JUNE!

Wow it is July already - June just flew by! Must be all the SENZ stuff!

Well I have just done the random draw and the winner for June's challenge is:

Brenda McKay - Congratulations! please email Adrienne at customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz your details so she can send out a RAK.

 Here is Brenda's gorgeous layout - 

 

Thank you everyone who entered stay tuned for this months challenge!