Scottie Crafts

Our first day

2012-02-29T16:27:00.002+13:00

We had such a wonderful opening day at the new premises with so many visitors and lovely comments about the new store. Thank you so much for visiting us. We do hope you enjoyed your new pink store.

Our opening day...

2012-02-29T11:42:00.002+13:00

At 10.00 am, our new shop looked like this:

Scottie's Rendez - Vous!

2012-02-29T08:30:00.000+13:00

OUR SPECIAL LEAP DAY!
We are opening TODAY at 10.00 am so we are all looking forward to seeing you in our new shop.

2012-02-28T12:25:00.005+13:00

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE

We will re-open tomorrow, on Wednesday February 29th at 10.00 am so we are all looking forward to seeing you in our new shop.

Please note our opening days and hours and phone number will remain the same.

Scottie Crafts

Unit 4A, 89A Ellice Road,

Glenfield 0629

Ph. 09 415 0040

www.scottiecrafts.co.nz

Opening Hours:
From Tuesday to saturday

10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Come and see all our "Yummy" products and our opening deals!

2012-02-28T12:21:00.000+13:00

Our new location!

2012-02-27T14:56:00.002+13:00

2012-02-23T16:20:00.000+13:00

Another tough day for Wendy, Bev and Adrienne...

Scottie 's Big Day!

2012-02-22T13:45:00.008+13:00

Let me tell you that it is not easy to manage all my crew while unpacking and setting up my new shop for you.
A dog's life is not that easy! I took few pictures for you this morning, though.

Website temporarily closed

2012-02-21T09:30:00.003+13:00

COMPUTER GREMLINS AT SCOTTIE CRAFTS!!!!!!

2012-02-17T18:39:00.000+13:00

SCOTTIES HAS A COMPUTER GREMLIN...

Hi Scottie Crafters,

We have just discovered that a large chunk of our email database has disappeared, so many of our customers are not receiving our emails.

Our great software guys are working on the problem and will have it sorted next week – or sooner, we hope...

We want to make sure that everyone gets our new shop details so we have delayed sending out that email for the moment.

So, to keep you all going till then, we will be updating the website, blog and facebook with daily updates of our move,

with photos and more so you can move with us.

It is so EXCITING to be going to a NEW, BIGGER and “YUMMIER” store in a more central location.

So, log on daily for news to:

www.scottiecrafts.co.nz

http://scottiecraftsnz.blogspot.co.nz/

http://www.facebook.com/scottiecrafts

Become a follower on Facebook and/or the blog, leave us a comment about anything to do with the move, new products you want, etc.

AND

You will be in to win a HUGE basketful of goodies.

We will announce the random winner at our store opening.

The more comments and feedback you send the more chances you have to win the prize

And it is REALLY WORTH winning THIS prize...

We will be CLOSING in Albany

4pm Saturday 18^th February 2012

REOPENING

10am Wednesday 29^th February 2012

(New store address to be revealed soon)

Last day SATURDAY 18^th February 2012 for specials

PINK STICKER

NOW ON

All stock must go to make way for NEW and YUMMY products from CHA so make the most of the discounts....

All Cardstock 50c per sheet

All Patterned Paper $1.00 per sheet

All Chipboard 50% off

All Stamps 50% off

All Prima Flowers 35% off

All Spellbinders, Sizzix and Tim Holtz products 35% off

Huge range of products at $1, $2 and $5

DO NOT MISS OUT...

Only while stocks last. Some items available in-store only.

See you soon....

Adrienne

Scottie Crafts

***SOON TO CHANGE THIS ADDRESS***

Phone Number and email will be the same

Unit 12, Rosedale Mews

Cnr Rosedale Road & William Pickering Drive

Albany, Auckland, New Zealand

+ 64 9 4150040

customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz

www.scottiecrafts.co.nz

Clue No. 2 - new Location

2012-02-16T11:17:00.000+13:00

Here is clue no 2 - watch your emails and the blog tomorrow for all the details!

Clue time!!!

2012-02-15T21:36:00.001+13:00

More info soon check your emails in the next few days! (if you do not get an email before next week send us one at customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz)

Last Week at Albany

2012-02-13T12:40:00.000+13:00

Well this week is Scottie Crafts last week at the Albany Store starting tomorrow at 10am. The Albany store will close at 4pm on Saturday the 18th and will reopen at the new secret (for now) location on the 29th of February.

Come along and visit us this week we would love to see you. While you there we still have a pink sticker sale with the following specials while stocks last(the first five you can buy online):

50 cent on all remaining cardstock including bling and dotted.
$1 Patterned paper
50% off all stamps
50% off all scrapware, twiddleybitz and collections chipboard.
35% off everything else except Cricut products,diecut machines and cuttlebug alphas. This 35% includes punches, spelbinders,dies,prima flowers and lots of other products.
Lots of products with pink stickers on marked down to $1, $2, $5 and 50% off (instore only).

Love to see you there!

Book of "I Do" by Wendy

2012-02-09T22:08:00.000+13:00

For this little hand made canvas album I have used the Kaiser Sweet Nothings Collection. I cut double thickness of canvas and stitched it together then applied the large eyelets to bind it together with metal rings. I know you can get these canvas pages through Prima which would make this a very quick little album to put together. They are 4 by 6 canvas refill pages. This album was inspired by Trisha Ladouceur from Prima.

In this album I have used Prima flowers and leaves, Say it in Crystals, Prima packages, Prima stamps and resin birdcage. I have also used my favourite seam binding (coloured with Tim Holtz stains Victorian Velvet and Tattered Rose), Martha Stewart butterfly and edge punches, Pearl sprays.

This is an opening book page to add more photos and journaling. The little clock is shrink plastic with a Bo bunny stamp. I have also used Spellbinders edge die to cut the black strip. Love these too.

Fussy cut around a lot of the patterns in the paper to create pockets so slip photos into.

Above I have done a match book page that opens. (Sorry there is one random leaf sitting on this page that shouldn't be there)

And my most favourite die from Tim Holtz the tattered Pinecone Die....If you don't have this die you need to get it. I have made the roses 7 of them that decorate these pages and I love the branch it cuts out. Doesn't have to be just for Christmas.

Two more fussy cut pages with edges left loose to slip photos under and another Tim Holtz rose.

And the back cover. You can view the finished album instore with photos attached.

Thanks for viewing.

Textured Canvas by Wendy

2012-02-07T15:37:00.000+13:00

Whipped up this little canvas in an afternoon after being totally inspired by an awesome artist called Anna Dabrowska. Oh what a mess I made and what fun I had. A very lovely way to spend a rainy afternoon. Now I want to do more. I have used a 6" by 8" canvas. Text paper out of an old book. The Crafters Workshop chicken wire stencil, lots of treasures, Tim Holtz walnut and forest moss stains. Trust me if you try this at home you will want to wear gloves.

Thanks for looking - come look at my new blog

Wendys World Here

Wendy

Lost In Venice by Wendy

2012-02-04T14:24:00.000+13:00

Well I finally finished my Venice Album and here are the photos. I Have used the Bo Bunny Enchanted range of papers and inked them with Tim Holtz Mustard Seed Distress Ink.

On the inside cover I have used my favourite prima brick wall stamp. Tim Holtz flourish and Prima flowers.

I have used techniques such as stamping on transparency with white stazon. Printing photos on transparency through a laser printer.

I have used Cricut frames. Prima flowers seam binding coloured with Mustard Seed and Black Soot stain. Bo Bunny embellishments. Prima stamps, Cherry Lynn cuts. pearl sprays. Tim Holtz film strip die, Spellbinders dies. Prima rhinestone flourishes. Thickers and sooo much more. I can’t even say it all. I had so much fun to creating My Lost in Venice album

Thanks for looking

Wendy

Another Farewell

2012-01-31T22:05:00.002+13:00

Hi everyone hope you have been enjoying the posts on the new releases from CHA - right now Adrienne and Sue are at CHA - hope they are having a great time.

Its time to say farewell to one of our design team today. Lianne Gray has inspired us with some awesome arty creations. Thank you so much for inspiring us and been part of the team Lianne. We wish you all the best for the future.

Here are two great layouts Lianne did with her final kit which had Studio Calico products in it.

Thanks again Lianne from the team at Scottie Crafts.

Websters CHA new releases

2012-01-31T10:15:00.002+13:00

Websters also has some gorgeous products including a clean and simple line that they have released at CHA.

Palm beach for those awesome summer photos:

Game on - one for the boys.

And a selection from Everyday Poetry another favourite of mine!

and a selection of In Love

Pink Paislee Cha Releases

2012-01-30T21:48:00.000+13:00

Pink Paislee has also put out some gorgeous products even a She Art range which will be very exciting for She Art Fans.

Spring Jubilee - very Pink Paislee and gorgeous!!

She Art Range very arty!

Indigo Blue - lovely blues and some papers would be great for Masculine projects.

London Market - just beautiful would go well with a lot of other manufacturers products.

Prairie Hill some more lovely papers

No Limits great travel pages and male pages too.

Sugar Chic - a partnership with Heidi Swapp to create a lovely collection that is so Heidi.

Bo Bunny Releases from CHA

2012-01-29T21:35:00.000+13:00

Bo Bunny has done it again with an amazing amount of new releases.

They have also introduced vintage double dot papers which you can see here.

For the young men in your life - On the Go:

Serenity I love this one I think its the red in it which you don't often see in paper ranges:

Country Garden - definitely one of my favourites as I think they would be great to do mixed media creations with:

Alora a pretty and bright range

Weekend market - very vintagy reminds me a bit of Tim Holtz papers

Ambrosia - bright and floral

My Minds Eye CHA Releases

2012-01-28T21:30:00.000+13:00

My Minds Eye have brought out some amazing products as well this CHA Release. My favourite would have to be the follow my heart range its beautiful!!

New Glitz Design Products at CHA

2012-01-27T21:27:00.000+13:00

Glitz designs three new ranges are gorgeous which one is your favourite?

A very clever idea from Tim Holtz and Sizzix

2012-01-26T21:24:00.000+13:00

Yet again Tim Holtz and Sissix have brought out a very cool product take a look:

Tim Holtz New Releases Part Three

2012-01-25T21:23:00.000+13:00

A whole lot more goodies from Tim!!

Ideology Products:

Love the Inspirational word bands, pulleys, clock keys and the paper case!!

Tim Holtz sneek peeks part two

2012-01-22T21:26:00.000+13:00

Tim Holtz Stamps and Ideology - what is your Favourite? I love the Background stamps!

Tim Holtz sneek peeks

2012-01-20T21:19:00.000+13:00

Another favourite product of mine!

Sizzix Dies and Texture Fades:

Prima Mixed Media and canvas Sneek peeks

2012-01-19T21:18:00.000+13:00

Mixed Media is getting more and more popular in the scrapbooking world and Prima has brought out some amazing new product sin this area.

Canvas Banners with two different sizes. From grand decor for a birthday party to a memorable layout.

More Prima sneek peeks

2012-01-19T21:06:00.001+13:00

Yes I know Prima again but you know me it is my favourite product! The first sneak peek is so cute and look there is now Prima Washi Tape so cool!

Yuki Collection

...Prima's Ruby Violet line is whimsical, fun, and sure to put a smile on your face!

Yuki Say It In Crystals:

Yuki Stamp Sets:

Yuki Tape:

Harmonie Flowers

Marcelle Flowers

Hermosa Flowers

Lots of new Flowers too:

Charlotte

Mariposa & Cherise

Petal Pins & Genie Stones

Coventry Flowers & Manette Flowers

Lucerne Flowers

Cascade Flowers

Merelle Flowers

Sassy

Velvet Rainbow

Lady Godivas

Laraine Flowers

Allegra Flowers

Kennedy Flowers

Soiree Flowers

Pankita Roses

More New Prima Collections sneeak peeks from CHA

2012-01-09T20:47:00.000+13:00

Well prima has even more new collections to show us - which one is your favourite?

I love the Sun Kiss one and Almanac reminds me of the Printery range

Sun Kiss Collection

A perfect summer day captured on paper: come play in our sunshine, pick a daisy or two, and dance with our butterflies.

along with

Vintage Trinkets

...shaped metal trinkets with a vintage cream finish.

with

New Resist Canvas Shapes:

...simply add color to the canvas for a magical resist result.

And

Shaped Chipboard Pieces:

...die-cut chipboard shapes for adding that perfect finishing touch to any project.

with

Tivona Flowers

...pure white fabric beauties with fully finished centers.

Meadow Lark

Collection:

A beautiful floral line full of artistic design, as sweet as the Meadow Lark's song itself.

Flutter Bits

and

Melisse Flowers

As well as

Clear Stamps

And

Cassie Felt Flower

Almanac Collection

...a paper collection in classic colors that's not only beautiful, but may prove to be informative as well!

as well as
Metalique Flowers

Wood Clockfaces

and
Namazzi Flowers

Tattered Treasures

En Francais Collection
...the chic, charm, whimsy and colors of Paris...all captured within our own graphically-beautiful papers and embellishments.

along with:
Metal Trinkets

Custom Chipboard Shapes

and
Say It In Studs Pieces!

Along with
Encore Felt Flowers
...soft felt flowers in rich hues with exquisite beaded centers.

Sneak peeks from CHA are Starting!! Here is a look at New Prima!

2012-01-05T20:53:00.000+13:00

Well CHA winter is not far away so the sneak peeks are starting to show up online - my favourite manufacturer has shown two of its new paper collections so far. What do you think? I love all things Prima and love these two lines - the wooden tickets and flags look cool! Love the buttons in the Nature collection and the flowers are just gorgeous as always.

PRIMA Songbird Collection

Shabby Wooden Tickets and Flags,

Sweet Note Cards

and Co-ordinating Lady Godiva Flowers

Prima Nature Garden

 Collection:

 ...a magical collection of imagery inspired by nature and folklore, enhanced with flowers, flutters, and fairies.

With

Art Tiles

And

New Trims and Laces

Along with

Genie Stones

Will put up more sneak peeks as I see them...

Bev

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the team at SCOTTIE CRAFTS!

2011-12-21T11:20:00.001+13:00

SCOTTIES CHRISTMAS CLOSE

Dear Friends

This message is to wish you all a very Merry Christmas

And a restful summer holiday season.

Thank you for all your support during 2011

We so appreciate and enjoy having you in our store

WATCH OUT FOR VERY “YUMMY” and EXCITING HAPPENINGS IN 2012

Scotties will be closing on Friday 23^rd December 2011 at 2pm

and will reopen on Tuesday 31^st January 2012 at 10am.

TO SATISFY WITHDRAWAL CRAVINGS...

We will have 3 open days during January:

Friday 13^th January 2012 11am-2pm

Saturday 21^st January 2012 11am-2pm

Friday 27^th January 2012 11am-2pm

Watch the emails for amazing January specials.

All stock must go to make way for NEW and YUMMY products from CHA

So make the most of the discounts....

IMPORTANT: YOU CAN STILL SHOP ONLINE 24/7

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL INTERNET ORDERS WILL BE PROCESSED WEEKLY

See you soon....

Adrienne, Wendy,Beverley, Sue, Sarah,Dorelle, Luanne, Michelle and Lianne

Christmas Cracker - Michelle Frisby

2011-12-20T21:00:00.002+13:00

A Christmas cracker - made with the gorgeous papers from Bo Bunny, add a
little white muslin, a few pearls, a little seam binding, pop a flourish and
holly die through your Cuttlebug, add a tag from the Bo Bunny collection and
voila - you're done.

And in this Christmas cracker is a piece of jewellery wrapped in muslin,
tied with a little seam binding with a Christmas bauble glued to it.

It doesn't get much easier than that.

Almost to pretty to open.

Merry Christmas to all our crafting friends from the team at Scottie Crafts.

Mini Christmas Pizza Box by Michelle Frisby

2011-12-18T21:00:00.000+13:00

Now it's no secret that I love the festive season, although for some reason
I seem to be running a little late this year.

But in the craziness that seems to be part of the build up to Christmas, one
seems to find last minute gifts to wrap for that someone special for
Christmas.

And if you are one of those people, how about a mini pizza box whipped up
using the gorgeous papers in the Bo Bunny collection - make a sleeve to
slide around your wee treasure box and embellish.

I've used two Cherry Lyn dies, one to make the flourish and the other the
holly.

Quick and painless and talk about easy peasy.

Pop in and see the girls at Scottie Crafts and they will be able to point
you in the right direction.

Merry Christmas.

Michelle

My Countdown to Christmas by Beverley (part two)

2011-12-16T21:05:00.000+13:00

Here is part two of my Countdown to Christmas Album.

Tim Holtz Numbers, tag by Melissa Frances, Bakers Twine, Prima flower and the Holly Cheery Lynne Die on these pages. Day 14 is a triangle pocket page.

Two more simple pages for Days 16 and 17

Tags , twine, flourishes and flowers on days 18 and 19.

Page 21 and 22 are made from another pocket.

My final two pages. The bling on page 25 is partially put on transparency so I can add a photo later.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my Countdown to Christmas album.

Don't forget that Scotties still has a sale of 35% of almost everything in store and online until the 23rd of December.

Take care

Bev

My Countdown to Christmas by Beverley (part one)

2011-12-14T21:03:00.000+13:00

In my design team kit I recieved a Melissa Frances Album kit (sold out sorry) and some extra goodies to go with it. With the design team kit and a lot of goodies from my scrapbooking products I decided to create a countdown to Christmas for 2012 as have been to busy to start one this December!

Here is my cover that I did using a Melissa Frances frame and a Tim Holtz Reindeer,numbers, lace and baubles and Prima flowers and bling.

Here are the first half of my pages:

More Tim Holtz numbers and metal charm, a Melissa Frances embellishment and tag with a Kaisercraft sticker.

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape and number,Cherry Lynne Holly flourish, Martha Stewart Holly Punch, Kaisercraft sticker, Prima flower. Similiar embellishing done on Page 6 and 7.

One of the pages in the Album was a Manilla envelope so it can be used for memorabilia. embellishments used on this page were bakers twine, Kaisercraft Stickers and Melissa Frances tags.

Using the gorgeous holly Cheery Lynne die again.

Another feature page in the album was a pocket where more memorabilia can be placed.

Loved creating this album will show the rest of the pages soon.

Take care

Bev

Xmas inspired crafts using Studio Calico By Lianne

2011-12-11T10:18:00.008+13:00

Using product from my Design Team kit, I made this cute 6x6 Xmas tree canvas inspired by Christy Tomlinson. I love to go against the grain and use non traditional colours for Xmas.

Background:

papers from Studio Calico, paint, stamps, rub ons and Studio Calico Mister Huey sprays.

Tree:

Studio Calico papers

Ribbon for truck

Flower:

From Scrapware painted with the Marvy Snow Marker and heated to puff up

Tim Holtz Idea-ology button

With more of the left over papers I made these giant wall rosettes when I saw the ones Jennifer McGuire made. She has instructions for them on her blog here.

Have fun with your Xmas crafting.

Lianne

Lampost Christmas Album by Wendy

2011-12-08T11:17:00.000+13:00

Wendy has created a stunning album for Christmas using the Melissa Frances 6 x 6 paper pad and an old book. Here is the front cover:

The lampost is cut out from the cricut and covered with glossy accents. The Angel stamp and the 25 are Kaisercraft stamps. The brick wall is a Prima mask and Wendy has used texture paste through it to create a very cool effect. The finishing touches are some gold embossed stamping, a prima vine, prima bling and lace and a bow made out of seam binding. Here is another view of the cover:

The first page uses a prima mask and a stamped transparency using White stazon ink.

The lampost is featured again on this page along with stamped images on card and transparency.

A Tag pocket and bows are features of this page.

Another tag pocket and a page for a photo or journalling.

A yummy tag pocket page and a few pages with lots of layered embellishments.

A photo or journalling page and a page with a Prima Brick wall mask.

And a beautiful page to finish with a spellbinder layered Poinsettia.

Thanks Wendy for another stunning creation to inspire us!

Santa stocking card by Michelle

2011-12-05T09:27:00.000+13:00

Using the patterned papers from 6.5 x 6.5 pad from Kaisercraft – December 25^th collection.

My base is Kraft cardstock.

I’ve layered a piece of patterned paper, inked around the edges.

I’ve punched out small bricks from Kraft cardstock and inked the edges to make a fireplace wall.

I’ve used two different distress crackle paints [rock candy and picket fence] and scattered diamond dust as well between and around the bricks.

I’ve then used the Christmas holly vine Cheery Lynn die on top of my bricks.

I’ve cut out two Christmas stockings using the Kaisercraft pad and across the top of each stocking I have cut two pieces of white pipe cleaner.

I’ve used foam pop dots underneath the stockings to give them a little height.

Tucked under a few wee Christmas baubles on the left hand stocking.

Kaisercraft alphas as my greeting.

There you have it.

Merry Christmas.

Another Simple stories layout By Annelie and a farewell!

2011-11-30T11:55:00.002+13:00

The final layout from Annelie using the Simple stories Kit is just perfect for the theme is this paper range which is home and family. Just a gorgeous layout with a beautiful photo of a lovely family.

Annelie's design team term for Scottie crafts has now finished. We are all sad to see you leave Annelie its been great having you on the team! We all thank you for your commitment to the team and the inspiration you shared, and wish you every success with all your future ventures!

From Adrienne, Wendy, Bev , Sue, Sarah, Michelle and Lianne

You can still see inspiration from Annelie on her blog and her challenge site.

Thanks again Annelie.

Christmas Morning Tea and make and take

2011-11-28T18:00:00.000+13:00

There are no more classes for 2011 but there is this:

Morning Tea and Make and take by Beverley

Friday the 2nd of December 2011

10am to 12:00pm

To all who have come to Beverley's and Wendy's classes this year. Come along have Christmas morning tea and create a make and take with fellow scrappers. Please bring a $5 mystery gift.

Please bring your basic kit including adhesives and dimensional foam.

This event is free.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL!!

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

Or email

customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz

Simple stories by Annelie

2011-11-28T11:41:00.001+13:00

Annelie's kit included the gorgeous and versatile Generations kit from Simple Stories. On show today are two beautiful layouts Annelie has created with the kit so far.

As you can see this range of papers is great for both Sepia and coloured photos so will suit modern and Heritage style layouts and cards.

Tote by Michelle

2011-11-26T11:33:00.000+13:00

When we create, well when I create, I do try and make things that can be actually used as a gift or keepsake for others.

I came across a website recently that has templates for sale and so I made a small investment in a couple of templates.

One of the templates was what they call a tool tote and I can see this one being made up many times for gifting purposes. So many ideas going through my head and coming up to that time of the year, or even for birthday gifts ... how cool would this be filled with two little mini plants, some crafting goodies, some small toiletries, some Christmas candy treats ... endless possibilities really.

I’m sure teachers would love to receive one of these as well for those of you who include your children’s teachers on your Christmas giving list.

The girls at Scottie Crafts have a fabulous scoring tray tool in the shop ... a must have which makes scoring cardstock and papers easy peasy. The scoring tool makes life a whole lot easier when you are making one of these.

And wait for it ... another one of those bows ... ooh-la-la ... still loving the bows!

Whilst this particular tote is a little light in the embellishment department [not like me at all] .... I’ve got big plans – well in my head I have.

Have fun creating everyone.

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

Birthday Card by Michelle

2011-11-24T11:30:00.000+13:00

Using more of the goodies in my kit I created a card for a special friend – I’ve printed off a calendar and thinking ahead, I’ve decided to make up birthday cards, well at least one for each month for next year and hopefully I will be totally prepared and ahead of time ... go me!!!!

The girls at Scottie Crafts will be able to point you in the right direction for the papers and any of the tools and gadgets that you might need ... you can see a flourish swirl – the team has this Cheery Lynn die in the shop and I use my Cuttlebug to cut it out and that stunning bow ... ooh-la-la – fabulous invention to help you tie bows that look just like that ... something I have struggled with before now.

Absolutely Fabulous!!!

Happy creating ladies.

Until next time,

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

Lil' Miss Brown eyes by Michelle

2011-11-22T11:27:00.004+13:00

The colours in my kit for this month were totally gorgeous ... so too is the wee model in the photos I have scrapped – waving at you Miss Paige ...

A little brown ink, a little distressing, a little corrugated cardboard – you have to love recycling packaging, I know that I do and it shows and you will also see some of the packaging from the flowers as well.

And there you have it ... lil miss brown eyes.

Don’t forget to catch up with the girls at Scottie Crafts or check the online shop for supplies.

Until next time, happy creating.

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

Bonjour with Prima -mini album

2011-11-19T14:38:00.006+13:00

This is my last project using the Kaisercraft Bonjour papers and Prima embellisments from this months Scottie Crafts kit. I was so inspired by our Prima Day, that I wanted to make another mini-album!

I cut and dyed canvas, pink, aqua and cream, mostly using Adirondack sprays and Perfect Pearls Spray and glued the pieces to the chipboard album. Apart from Bonjour papers, I used sheet music paper downloaded from a free internet site and a little Prima packaging.

Note the T.B.A page? It could be a while before I can put the final photos in this album!

Cheers,

Sue

Prima Mini book class by Beverley

2011-11-18T20:18:00.000+13:00

Today the ladies in my class had a change from doing layouts and did a mini book with Prima products - I kept them BUSY for almost three hours! The base of the book is Bo Bunny chipboard pages stained with Tim Holtz Walnut Distress Stain. Here are the pages in the book:

Front Cover - using Prima and Basic grey papers, lace, Prima Stamp, flower, crystals, mini roses, leaves and a Cheery Lynn Flourish Die.

Page one and two - Prima paper, Prima Stamp and leaves, lace, dimensional foam and a Cheery Lynn Vine Die.

Page 3 and 4 - Kaisercraft and Prima paper, prima mini roses and string.

page 5 and 6 - More Kaisercraft and Prima paper, mask, crystals, leaves, mini roses and stamp, string and a Martha Stewart punched trim as well as another Cheery Lynn Vine Die.

Page 7 and 8 - Prima paper, packaging,Prima Stamps, leaves, mini roses and crystals, Kraft cardstock, a Martha Stewart punched trim, string and Cheery Lynn vine.

Pages 9 and 10 -Two fairly plain pages using Kaisercraft and Prima Paper.

Back Cover - Kraft cardstock and leftover paper from Kaisercraft.

Thanks Ladies for coming to the class - I hope you enjoyed yourselves and manage to finish of your books at home.

Winner for November Challenge

2011-11-16T19:45:00.003+13:00

Thank you everyone for taking part in Sarah's Challenge and the other challenges this year. This was

our final challenge for 2011 but our blog will be featuring our design team creations for the rest of the year.

The winner for November's challenge is Vicki Parker for this layout. The grid style was a great base for this awesome layout.

Congratulations Vicki please send your details to Adrienne at customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz so that your RAK can be sent to you.

Some Festive Ideas from Sarah

2011-11-15T07:21:00.001+13:00

This month I received the Tim Holtz Christmas themed resist paper collection and some Webster's pages Xmas papers to play with. I have not given much thought to Christmas yet, so I thought that this was an excellent opportunity for a Christmas Card photoshoot on the beach. Into the car went the kids (well those who were not too old and 'cool' to be seen wearing Santa hats in public in October) and off to the beach we drove. An hour or two later I had some cute photos to scrap and the kids were enjoying their ice-cream bribes :)

For my first LO I used Tim Holtz distress stain to heavily ink around the edges of the TH paper that I chose for the background. I left the area around my photos un-inked. This eneabled the resist pattern to be seen around the borders of the LO and the photo block to stand out from the middle. I arranged squares of Webster's pages paperunderneath the photos and cut out some holly, flowers and a bird from the paper to use as embellishments. I added a MME 'Lost and Found' label as my title and completed the main part of my page with a Tim Holtz ticket strip, some Xmas twine and a couple of wooden butterflies. I added Sophie's name and the date along with a small cluster of paper scraps to the upper right edge of the page to balance it out.

For my second LO I again inked the base TH resist paper. This time I used spray ink to the upper and lower edges of the paper. I chose a co-ordinating sheet of Websters Pages (the music paper) and adhered it on top of my TH background paper having first torn away a generous portion of the upper right and bottom left corners of the music sheet (as above) and heavily inked and distressed all edges. I adhered a 12x3" sheet of contrasting Webster's paper across the LO to ground the photos and layered the scrapware chipboard circle border above this strip. I filled in the chipboard circles with Xmas themed paper scraps. I added my photos, journaling card, embellishments and flowers to complete the page.

All the products for my LOs can be found at Scottie Crafts and the LOs are in store if you would like a closer look. Why not make an early start on those Christmas projects - It'll feel so good having Christmas all wrapped up well in advance of the big day - not to mention the fun you will have playing with all that yummy Xmas product :)

Sarah xx

"Bonjour" again

2011-11-12T07:05:00.000+13:00

Here is another layout using the gorgeous Kaisercraft Bonjour papers and Icon sticker sheet. I have also used the Prima fence mask (which I love!), Prima birdbath and Prima crystals.

I dyed up some seambinding with TH Stains and put Wendy's bowmaker to good use! This cool little gadget is now available at Scotties with great instructions on how to use it! Thanks, Wendy!

Have a creative, fun week!

Sue

Kaisercraft - Bonjour layout

2011-11-09T10:37:00.000+13:00

The colours in the Bonjour range by Kaisercraft are so soft and romantic! Perfect for wedding, heritage or black and white portrait photos. I love the 6x6 Paper pad which includes all the range including some embossed pages and die-cut journalling labels. There is also a super Icons Sticker Sheet with birds, butterflies, journalling blocks and more! Just gorgeous!!

To add some of this gorgeous range to your stash, pop into the shop or head over to the Scottie Crafts website.

Cheers, Sue

Prima Roadshow hosted by Scottie Crafts

2011-11-06T21:01:00.000+13:00

The Prima Roadshow hosted by Scottie Crafts happened last Thursday at Taitamariki Hall in Takapuna. It was a great place for the roadshow to be held at as it was nice and light with heaps of space for us to create in. We took a small portion of the shop with us to sell some of the products there including a beautiful selection of Prima products. We had the lovely ladies from Prima - Cari Fennel and Sharon Laakkonen be our Tutors.

Cari Fennell was our first amazing tutor and we had an gorgeous pack of Prima goodness to create an album with the Alla Prima range.

A work in progress:

Wendy joining in the creativity:

The team with Cari after the class:

While the classes were on and in between the classes there was an amazing high tea buffet table to enjoy. Carrot Cake muffins, savouries, slices, shortbread, fruit and more with tea, coffee and juice as well -YUM!

There was also inspiration on the walls and display table for people to look at too.

In between the two Prima Classes Wendy, Adrienne, Sue, Sue's daughter Emma and myself did a free make and take project with a lot of techniques taught. More about the make and take in a later post!

In the evening another amazing tutor Sharon Laakkonen helped us create another gorgeous album - this time with the Pixie Glen Range and a very cute heart shaped canvas album.

Me, Wendy, Sharon with our finished albums and Adrienne :

And a group shot of almost everyone who was there in the evening:

It was an awesome day - thank you Cari and Sharon for your gorgeous classes they were amazing and so were you! Thank you to all the people who came to the classes we hope you had an amazing day too!

A day to be remembered for sure!

Bev

More Indie Bloom and a Mixed Media canvas by Lianne Gray

2011-10-30T16:51:00.000+13:00

Layers of Basic Grey Indie Bloom patterned papers, book pages, sewing patterns, stamps, Crafters Workshop templates used as masks with the lovely Studio Calico Mr Hueys sprays. The birds are diecut from the Sizzix die 'Birds and Branches'. Lots of lovely paint and sprays.

Basic Grey Indie Bloom by Lianne

2011-10-26T20:37:00.000+13:00

I love this photo of my friend and I walking into the ACDC concert. Have been meaning to scrap it for ages and the Basic Grey Indie Bloom papers and stickers were perfect. Lovely vibrant colours and patterns. I've also used one of the new Crafters Workshop Balzer Designs templates - Chevron, for the background with Adirondack Colour Wash spray - Wild Plum.

Lianne

More Pink Paislee inspiration by Beverley

2011-10-20T20:09:00.003+13:00

I decided to go for the more grungy look in this next layout. The pattern on the pink Paislee Paper was just crying out for some brown ink! I covered the paper with Vintage Photo and Walnut stain Distress stains and then wiped the excess off on the resist areas. Then I painted Hammered Copper Glimmer Glam over the top. Once this was dry I painted an area with white gesso - some of the ink came through so the gesso is an off white colour. The papers used are from an old book and Tim Holtz papers and I have inked the alphas with Walnut Stain Distress stain and Hammered Copper Glimmer Glam. The frame is a Scrapware Frame and embellishments are all Tim Holtz Idea-ology products other then the bird cage charm which was in my stash.

In the following layout I have sprayed the Pink Paislee paper with Wild Plum and Purple Twilight colour washes. Then I have added a Dusty Attic Chipboard trellis window, Prima flowers and a hidden title.

Showing the hidden title.

Thanks for looking!

Bev

Winner for September Challenge

2011-10-18T10:30:00.001+13:00

Last months winner of Scotties Challenges is:

Tanya Watson who created this card for the challenge.

Congratulations Tanya and thank you all those who participated. Tanya please email your details to Adrienne at customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz so your RAK can be sent to you.

Pink Paislee and Glimmer Mist Inspiration by Beverley

2011-10-17T19:48:00.000+13:00

A couple of months ago I bought the Pink Paislee Mistables collection and had not used it until last week when I received a few bottles of Glimmer mist and a bottle of glimmer glam for my DT kit.

My first layout I did I used all my green Distress stains over each line in the diagonal pattern - I love the vibrant look it gives to the page. I have used a Scrapware frame which is inked black for contrast. The journal spots and the alphas also have a resist effect on them and the fuzzy stickers take the true colour of the stain. The flourish on the page is cut using a Cheery Lynn design die.

For my second layout I sprayed the paper and binding ribbon with the following colour glimmer mists : Denim Blue, Mels diner, pink bubbles and Key lime pie. The flowers are sprayed with Mels Diner and Pink Bubbles - these are the Pink Paislee fuzzy stickers. The journal spot and alphas are sprayed with Pink Bubble glimmermist. I have also painted the background with white gesso. Add some brads, Tim Holtz embellishments and a Zva Creative Flourish and you have a finished layout.

I will share my other layouts soon - Thanks for looking!

Bev

Sarah's Challenge! Closes midnight 15th of November

2011-10-15T18:27:00.002+13:00

I have been inspired to create LOs using grid patterns recently. Grids are a great way to incorporate numerous photos onto a layout and keep the page looking organised and tidy. Here are a few examples that I have designed recently.

This is also a good way to use up scraps of patterned paper or pages from those cute little 6x6" paper books which are currently very popular ( I used My Minds Eye 'Lost and Found' booklets in these examples).

My challenge is for you to make your own layout based on a grid design. Thats it - easy eh. Upload your page to Mr Linky in the sidebar and be in to win a great prize. Have fun!!!!