Father & Son - a rusty layout

A few asked me last week how I get my ideas for classes, so let me take you on a little trip. 

This time the spark of inspiration was started during a conversation with the amazing Di Garling, as Janet and I were taking her to the airport after her class at Workshop Wonders. She mentioned that she works with the team hosting the More Than Words challenge and that not that many Aussies enter the challenges. February's challenge was to use an ampersand and take inspiration from the word "together". Most of the other entries are floral and super pretty, so naturally I had to go manly and rusty. What else?! 

Challenge accepted! (find the challenge post here)

1.) 

I cut out a huge ampersand on the Cricut and found a photo of my 2 men together. I just love how they look so alike in this photo. Please don't giggle at the windswept hair. It is not a comb over.

2.) 

Toni had given me some Finnabair rust paint to use for class and it's amazing. I watched a YouTube video to see how she uses it and in it she glued a whole lot of bits and pieces on an old camera before painting it all in rust. (find it here) So, that's where I got the idea to stick odds and ends together on the ampersand. 

3.) 

The pipes chipboard just happened to be there, so it got rusted too. A few drips from the tap are a must and some of the pipes form the frame for the photo. 

4.) 

Susan has been asking how to make a zipper flower. This is not strictly a flower, but the same principle applies. It somehow ended up rusty too. Can you see a common thread?

5.)

I also found this layout super inspiring:

 I ended up using one little black circle that also wound up (no, not rusty but golden) under the zipper bit.

6.)

 After using Janet's new cityscape chipboard, I remembered I had a stencil a bit like that and I had to dig it out.

As you can see, it's hard to say where my ideas come from. They come from all over the place. Some take hold and some just make me dig out some stuff I forgot I had. 

Actually I'm just super happy I came up with a grungy, rusty class project that I love and I hope you do too. After all, I had a class to plan and now you're all invited to do this project with me! 

You will get to do all the above mentioned, including building your rusty ampersand from scratch (please bring your own windswept hairdo and/or comb over) Maybe you have a couple of bits and pieces you'd like to incorporate, as long as they can get rusty!

Grab a 4x6" landscape photo, your tools and stinky glue and meet me at Scrappin' With Style @ TJ's. 

Times as usual:

Monday 9:30am

Tuesday 10am & 6pm

No hidden cost, all this for $25

See you in class!

A touch of the orient

Some of you are lucky enough to have traveled to Japan and China and next week we will have the perfect class project for your favourite photo! 

If you haven't been (like me), you can still simply enjoy the beautiful colours and designs and scrap any photo. 

We are also having a play with the latest mica sprays to colour our flower and leaves. These are actually shimmery golden but it's hard to capture in a photo. 

The tag with the cranes can be pulled out and used for a title and journaling. I will also have my alphabet dies on me to cut out a title, if you wish.

I recommend you find a 4x6" photo that has a bit of red and/or gold in it or a black & white photo. It can go in either direction. We will have enough of the red paper to mat the photo, if you want.

Would you like to join me in class?

You can meet up on Monday, Feb 27, at 9:30am or

Tuesday, Feb 28, at 10am & 6pm

Cost as always is $25 and includes everything apart from your photo and basic tools. 

See you at TJ's!

Happy trails - with a flip out album

You've asked and here it is: a multi photo travel page! Grab a pile of photos and come along to learn how to make an awesome pull-out photo album!

When you pull on the tab, a whole album flips open, revealing one photo after another. 

You can pick your theme and pick your colour scheme (we're all using the same background paper of light grey and aqua, which goes well with almost anything). I have cut out a boat cause we're on a lake. You will have a choice of any kind of transport and if you don't do travel, then we can cut out something completely different. The choice is up to you. 

Those butterflies from A Mother's Art are so pretty, so let's use them. Several colours are available.

I recommend you simply bring a pile of photos and we will pick and choose as we go. I have used:

One main 4x6" photo (must be landscape)

Two 3x4" photos (portrait)

Four 4x6" photos (landscape) or substitude any of these for two 3x4" portraits. A mix of both sizes works well.

Please don't trim down any photos before class, they have very specific sizes. It's ok if they have white borders.

Don't have that many photos? That's ok, you can skip a few pages or use some for journaling instead. Need to scrap even more photos? You'll be making heaps of those albums in no time!

Please bring a cutter and a score board, if you have one. You will also need glue or the super strong red double sided tape. The cheaper stuff won't do. You can buy your adhesives at Toni's too.

Classes run at Scrappin' With Style at the usual time:
Monday, Feb, 20 at 9:30am
Tuesday, Feb 21, at 10am & 6pm
Cost is $25 and includes all materials

Lovely you

Just in time for Valentine's Day add a little bit of romance to your layout when you come to class next week! 

We'll get a little bit artsy with paint and give the distress tool a bit of a work out. 

There's pink, butterflies, flowers, texture! 

You will love scrapping a girly photo. I used a 4x6" photo. It doesn't have to fit inside the frame, a little overlap is ok too. 

Grab your photos, an edge distresser and a craft knife! Throw in that bottle of glue and a pair of scissors and you're good to go!

Classes are at Scrappin' With Style @ TJ's 

on Monday Feb 13 at 9:30am and 

Tuesday Feb 14 at 10am and 6pm

Cost is $25 incl all materials and please remember to book in!

See you there!

Swim Little Fish with Graphic 45

Time to celebrate summer with another beach layout! 

This time we're using some vintage inspired Graphic 45 papers. You could also scrap some cruise photos, beach weddings etc etc. 

Lots of things are happening on this page! 

shells, a pull out journalling tag...

...a little bit of fussy cutting...

...frames galore and lots of bits and pieces.

You will need two 4x6" photos: a landscape and a portrait one. Please note that the OUTSIDE edge of the frame is 4x6", the visible part of the photo is roughly 1" smaller.

So if you're feeling inspired to try something different, join me at Scrappin' With Style @TJ's on Monday, Feb 6, at 9:30am or

 Tuesday, Feb7, at 10am or 6pm 

(bookings are essential, especially for the night class!)

Cost is $25 and includes everything. Please bring a craft knife, edge distresser and foam tape or squares.

See you in class!