Port Elizabeth's Scrapbook Club

Hi everyone!

Saturday 10 March is the first session of the scrapbook club. Join us for a morning of scrapbooking, socialising, some coffee and retail therapy.

Next Saturday 10 March 2012
9am-1pm
Venue: Treasure or Trash, Moffett on Main

R250 gets you a gorgeous Basic Grey Kit, with 3 layouts, as well as refreshments.

Tickets can be bought by emailing me at zoe@scrappers.co.za or popping into Jenny at i-scrap. 244 Cape Road tel: 041-3636666, or call me on 0828081997

We hope to grow the club, which is about having fun, scrapbooking together in a relaxed friendly environment, and have an event each month.

Hope to see you there!

Happy scrappin'

Zoe

a moment

I love this picture of Morgan, have used it so many times! it was taken last year, 22 January 201,1 at Aunty Janice's wedding. Morgan was a flower girl and wonderful Heather Stevens was the photographer and snapped this shot of her while we were all getting dressed. it is a real candid shot and just so perfect.

I used Graphic 45 papers for this layout, yummy communique range. I absolutely love their papers and always try to show people that you can use them in so many ways. i know a lot of scrappers don't want to/don't like to or don't know how to play with and experiment with their papers. i use everyday, coloured pictures and don't always scrap with a vintage style.

Here are a few close ups:

The red flowers pick up the photo mat and i thought the flower cluster just finished off the page nicely. For the g45 staples flowers i used the tim holtz distress blending tool and added some colour to them with ink.

Stamping is great on lo, adds interest.I also stamped around the photo mat, on the shaped vanilla cardstock. I alternated between stamped clock and rubon. i used the g45 ribbons to add texture to the page. the postage stamp is fussy cut and raised with foam tape to add dimension.

the hidden tag hold journalling of the day when Morgan was a flower girl. the border detail is punched with my new Knock outs border punch - just loving them!

i really didn't like this layout when i started, just wasn't coming together the way i imagined. After adding a few textures, dimensions and flowers it started to look like something! Guess the trick is to keep at it, play around with different elements until you find the one that fits. And remember, there really are no mistakes and very few 'rules' in scrapbooking - unleash your innerself......

Supplies used:

Graphic 45 Communique - On the Dot 4500061

Graphic 45 Communique - A Fine Specimen 4500059

Graphic 45 Communique - Postage 4500067

Graphic 45 Staples - Flowers 45000230

Graphic 45 Staples - Trims 45000232

Kaisercraft Jounal Tags - 13th hour

Kaisercraft Rubons - 13th hour

Kaisercraft Stamps - Tic Toc C5796

Kaisercraft Paper blooms - buttercream F629

Kaisercraft Mini Paper blooms - Ruby

KI Memories Alpha Rubons

American Crafts Black Cardstock

American Crafts Vanilla Cardstock

Enmarc Blooms - Black

Thanks for popping by!!

Happy Scrappin'

Zoe

Life Layout

I wanted to do a layout that spoke to the trauma we had been through, but without dwelling on it or making it a 'negative layout'. i could just have framed a black piece of cardstock if i wanted to!

since i don't do layouts of myself that often (and we should, do as i say not as i do!) i'm always telling people to preserve the memories of themselves too, coz one day your kids are going to want to see you too - not just themselves growing up. after all you are a very important part of their lives

Right, back to the layout. As i was saying, i don't scrap myself often so i thought something that refelected my personality would be good start. Pink, bling, happy, flowers - thats me! I put hidden journaling behind the photo, where i wrote a little letter to my daughter so its there, but very subtle.  i called the lo 'life' because these things happen and not just to other people. i would have called it 'surviviour' but that didn't fit in!

i embossed the alphas with bronze utee, to match the mirror embelishment.

I spritzed the vanilla cardstock, used for the photo mat

Products used:
Prima Sweet Fairy Collection double sided paper - Wind Chimes 843021
Prima Antique Mirro 551100
Prima flowers - painterly petal hydrangeas 533472
Prima flowers - flower market pixie glen 553227
prima Say it in pealrs - clear swirl 535780
Prima packaging
Prima Pebble

American Craft Cardstock - Vanilla
Dazzles Rose Petal
Wooden swirl
Heidi swap journal tag
Cut offs and buttons from Just a Girl
American Craft Ribbon 58231Ruban Premium

hope you enjoyed this layout.

Happy Scrappin'

Zoe

Tim Holtz "12 tags for 2012"

hi bloggers

if you have done  the Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas you will be interested to know Tim will not be doing that this year, after 5 years he is changing direction.

I am quite excited, because I have never been able to do the Christmas tags. Its just such a crazy time of the year, with so much going on - now I can go a tag a month and (hopefully) keep up to date!

The new blinkie is up on my blog, you can link in from there, or read about his new post here and hopefully you will be able to take part in the 12 tags for 2012.