Happy Scrappy Feeling

We had a great afternoon at Arnold's Scrapbook and Craft Supplies http://scrapbooking.arnolds.net.au/ at a class designed for every level of scrapbooker.

I run a class where you bring any photo or photos you like and I help you turn them into lovely layouts! What could be easier? Of course, having taught scrapbooking and craft for 7 years I have heaps to share - including layouts, sketches and help choosing paper, card and accents.

Leisl, Debbie and Cath were great company and very enthusiastic women. We enjoyed the class and made some fantastic pages. Robyn kindly took this photo of us! (That's the rather shy Leisl hiding behind some layouts.)

I bought a few more Copic pens (a new addiction) and plan on getting some time to colour in - um, I mean time to work hard at creating things to share. Yes, that sounds more like it :)

Hope your Saturday was as nice as mine and see you soon at Arnold's, Stamp Art Studio or the Burpengary Library. Oh and don't forget the card class at my workshop too! Details are in the right hand column.

Make Sunday your day,

Jane

Thursday night creativity

Well it was a full house at Stamp Art Studio again last night...

and thanks to the lovely ladies who came to learn something about colour Jane-style. Thanks especially to Maureen who asked great questions, something I thrive on.

I think quite a few of us get stuck in a rut of using our favourite colours over and over and hardly ever push outside our comfort zone. And just to prove my point the layout above is orange and yellow - 2 colours I hardly ever use. I am always happy to get you looking at colour differently.

I love it when students say, "I would never have thought of using those colours but it looks fantastic!" That is a great reward for me.

Thanks again to Alison, Margaret, Lesley, Glenda, Tanya, Mia, Maureen and Wendy. I had lots of fun.

Rosemary, the lovely owner of Stamp Art Studio, tells me there aren't too many spots left for my July classes, so contact Stamp Art Studio soon if you want to grab the last spaces!

Tomorrow I will be teaching at Arnold's again so I will see some of you there.

Have a great weekend,

Jane

Saturday fun at Stamp Art Studio

What a great day at Stamp Art Studio... (click the title of this post to go to Stamp Art Studio!)

This page is one I used during class of the lovely flowers at Floriade in Canberra. Lots of fabulous interpretations of my sketch and ideas gals - well done!

We scrapped all day and made 3 single pages and 2 double page spreads! Lots of photos are now in new layouts. It's so easy in a class, especially if you would like a hand selecting paper and card.

As you know, I provide the sketches and a sample of my interpretation of that sketch. It makes it a usre thing that you will get variety and NOT get stuck in a rut doing the same old same old.

Hi to all the ladies who attended class, and these are photos taken during the Multiphoto Magic class. Thanks to Margaret, Alison, Jo, Glenda, Tanya, Belinda, Lorraine and Sharon who posed for the photos good naturedly.

See some of you Thursday night for the Colour My World class too! Oh you know I love colour so i bet I get a 'bit' enthusiastic!

Smiling at the winter sunshine,

Jane

16th birthday card

Just finished this card for Rachael's 16th Birthday...

My niece is quite an arty, creative young lady :-) I used an ribbon, a Chinese charm and 2 jump rings, an old Asian theme stamp, Memento black ink, the new Copic pens (yay!) and some Bazzill card.

If you want to see more about Copic markers go to http://copicmarker.com.au/ or visit your local art and craft store. Arnold's sells a large range of them and has classes on technique.

I wanted to make something a bit more special for such an important birthday.

Teaching 2 classes at Stamp Art Studio at Aspley tomorrow and the classes are full, so I will see some of you fabulous creative people tomorrow...

Enjoy your art,

Jane

Inspiration and new things!

Hi everyone. Hope you had a great long weekend...

As usual I saw many wonderful things at the Papercraft Expo and can't wait to play with my new purchases. needless to say I bought stamps from Heaven Scent http://www.heavenscentcrafts.com.au/ where I worked all weekend.

Debbie and Cheryl were lovely and carry some fabulous and unusual ranges of stamps. One of each would have been very nice!

Soon I intend sitting down and creating some lovely cards... meanwhile this morning I am teaching at Arnold's Scrapbooking and Stamp Art Studio all day Saturday. I hope to see you there!

Have a happy day,

Jane

Hello crafty gals!

Hi everyone!

It was great seeing some of you at the craft show the first 2 days. I look forward to seeing more of you tomorrow.

I will take some photos tomorrow and show you Heaven Scent crafts stall. It's pretty nice meeting and talking to people who love craft...and we all know how shy I am. :)

Cheers,

Jane

Flower Power!

Thanks to the lovely ladies in my card class at Burpengary library today: Amanda, Kerryn, Shirley, Jan, Gwen, Joan, Jeanette, Dawn and Robyn.

I'm not sure why I enjoy it so much, but I do. We all made 3 cards with a floral theme.

Apparently I gave them some ideas they say they never thought of....thanks girls! I look forward to the next one.

Speaking of crafty, its the Scrapbook and Papercraft expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre at Southbank this long weekend. No doubt heaps of you will be going in for a look and a little retail therapy. Come say hi, I will be at the Heaven Scent stand (No 71) helping out all weekend.

If you want to know more click here http://www.scrapbookexpo.com.au/Brisbane2010/

I hope to get a look at some of the fabulous things on offer...don't you love being creative? So much to play with :-)

Happy weekend all,

Jane

Wow Sydney!

Amazing!

My trip to Sydney was truly inspiring. I did not want to come home because I was having such a great time.

And I didn't even get to see everything because I just ran out of time. Darn!

I did learn some great stuff about using my camera for night shooting and photographing lights. Thank you Martin :-)

I include just 2 photos from the whole trip...St Mary's Cathedral illuminated for the Vivid Festival which finishes on June 20. Wish I could have seen even more of it.

Expect some more projects from me as soon as I get some time. Hope you are all taking advantage of the season and getting creative.

Keep warm,

Jane

Sydney tomorrow!

Tomorrow I am flying to Sydney to catch up with friends and see the sights! My camera will be out and busy.

Got my act together today and made a friend's birthday card, but I won't pop it on here until she gets it in the mail!

Don't want to be leaving you without any visuals though so here's another vintage card some ladies made in my class..and a page(half the layout) from an upcoming scrapbooking class.

More photos will be coming!

Jane