Here Is Some Special Christmas Cards

Below i have shown a sneak peek of a my very first Card Class that i taught at Scrapneeds. The class was a big hit, with people even being turned away because we did not have enough room or kits for me........I was amazed, as i was very much out of my comfort zone, but i really enjoyed the challenge, and if time permits would love to do more of these projects. So here is a closer look at the actuall cards



Merry Christmas

Marion xxxx

As I Promised.....

Here is a sneak peek of some of the projects i have created for the 12days of Christmas Extravaganza at Scrapbookdivas...... http://www.scrapbookdivas.com.au/ I will be loading all my Christmas Projects up on the 11th day of Christmas which will be next Friday. To see all the projects from each day & from each tallented scrapbook artist, to mention a few Sarah Gladman, Anne Marie Cox, Natalie Rayner, Scrapbook Divas Design Team & some extra special guests, you will need to go the Forum and Register to the free Blog Classroom, where there is a delight of beautiful Christmas Extravaganza......So here is a little sneak peek to tempt your scrapbooking taste buds.

This is a sneak peek of the 3 cards i have created using the New Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade.

This is a sneak peek of a set of 3 mini canvas's also using the Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade.
Watch out for some more sneak peeks coming up as i get prepared to load all my projects with instructions up on the 11th day of Christmas on http://www.scrapbookdivas.com.au/ free classroom blog.

Be Back soon

Marion xxxx

Merry Merry Xmas

It's the 1st of December, and who am i to remind you all that we 24days to go. I usually have half my Christmas shopping done by the beginning of November, as i start about June laybying and gathering gifts on sale. This year i decided to save and shop a little later, but when Monday came this week i began to panick as i had not purchased one gift. So i had brekky & coffee, the morning was lovely cool for a change, got a shower and dressed & decided Ok! i am going Christmas Shopping. I headed of to Glendale Super Centre and arrived around 9.30am, there was hardly anyone there....this is great i thought i might get one or two presents done today. WOW! what a day i had, actually it only took me half a day & i was home around 1.00pm, but the greatest part of all was i purchased nearly all Christmas Presents except for 3 ( which i purchased today) i have never had Christmas shopping so easy. And Today i finalised my last present, two days to complete Christmas shopping.....that is bazaaaarrrrrr! especially for me.

Well off that note now and stop the bragging and i have a little announcement, first of all Scrabook Divas is having a free 12days of Christmas Free Classroom Extravaganza...yes 12 days of Christmas gifts and projects for you to make. This is the website address http://www.scrapbookdivas.com.au/ go have a look, each day a talented lady participating in the Christmas Extravaganza will load up their projects. I myself will be participating and will be loading my projects up on the 11th day......also look out for my sneak peek of some of my projects that i will be posting up on here in the next couple of days.

Also the Christmas season is everywhere and i have a class coming up at Scrapneeds http://www.scrapneeds.com.au/ next Thursday Night creating a Stack of Christmas cards, see below a sneak peek of some of the cards that you will create in class, so if you have not already booked in, go do so soon, if you like what you see.

JIngle Bells.......

Yes it's nearly here......and how bad of me to remind you all. I myself am totally unorganised, i have not been able to make my self to abscond upon the shopping delima! Not one present has yet been purchased or wrapped. I am beginning to think the easy option of currency in a beautiful Xmas Card to one all members of the family......i know this is the cowards way out. Hopefully i can find some time next week, and stop making excuses. The Grandchildren, well, they have computers, Nintendo, cameras, Sonnie's, i pods, & the latest fashion for girls Twilight novels......alas what is left to buy, so you see i desperately need to get to the shops and investigate what is the latest trends & also what is left on the shelves when it is left this late to start the Christmas shopping. Well off that subject and back onto another Christmas subject.....I have a few Christmas Beyond the Page projects coming up at the shop SCRAPNEEDS, the first is a two week class doing the beautiful Advent Calendar...... I have to admit, it is so cute i just adore it, the only thing is the last class is on the 3rd December, which makes it two days past the children dipping into the draws, but i am sure they will not mind a few extra treats to catch up the days. So the class starts on Thursday the 26th November & concludes on Thursday the 3rd of December. However if you are keen and can only make the first night, a majority of the work will be done, a fact sheet supplied and you can continue to finish at hope, so it is ready for the due date of the 1st of December, this will be up to you. So below is a sneak peek of the project. Hope to see you there



Marion

Loving Bo Bunny!!!!

Who does not love Bo Bunny, these papers are always a hit, and so versatile. For this coming Thursday nights class at SCRAPNEEDS i have created a Heritage Layout, but believe me it does not have to be, you only have to think out side the sqaure for this layout, with even modern day photos used to create a modern vintage theme. Below is a sneak of the layout to give you a general idea of colour & design. I have also gone wild with the cuttle bug this week, creating lovely embellishments & a very stylish frame for your photo. Below is the sneak peek of the 12" x 12" layout. Hope to see you there & remember there is always limited spaces for these classes, so be quick & get in first to save your place ring Scrapneeds 49546549 early this coming week.

Marion xxxxxx

Check This Out...........

These are two layouts i created recently for a two class special at SCRAPNEEDS main street Cardiff. I know everyone enjoyed this class, having the luxury of two layouts for the price of one class fee was a real hit. So i had a full house, with a few on the cancellation waiting list. For anyone who missed out or who would like to still create the pages, you can contact me to purchase the fact sheet for a fee of $7.00, you will need to email me maiz48@bigpond.com for details.

Marion xxxxxxx

Cure For Cancer Fundraiser Girls Night In

Hi Everyone

Saturday the 24th of October we had our Girls Day & Night In Cure For Cancer Fundraiser at Edgeworth Bowling club,which ran over 12hours , & was Hosted and Organised by the lovely Michelle Thomas owner of Scrapbook Divas, there was lots of scrapbooking and classes. There were some great raffles, one of which was a Pink Making Memories Slice machine, which i know many would have loved to win. I even tried to bribe the winner with a lovely cake slice, offering her a little a bit of heaven in a delicous Frangapani Pie, but alas the Pink Making Memories Slice Machine won....LOL. This lovely lady also said the Christmas Canvas i created to raffle had her name on it, & yes! she won it as well, so good on you Sue, i hope you enjoy your lovely prizes ( i will load up a picture of the Canvas below).It was a great day & we all had fun. Jen Hall & Myself taught classes and raised some good donations for the fundraiser. Jen taught a Boy & Girl Layout Using the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love range, just beautiful. I myself taught a Christmas Accordian Folded Album using Bo Bunny St. Nick Christmas Range of Papers & Embellishments. It was a large project & i will load up each page of the Album below for those of you who need to see the pages to complete your Album.

This is the Canvas that i created to raise money for the Cure For Cancer Fundraiser.....it was hard to part with LOL.

This is the Front Cover of the Accordian Album This is the first page of the album

This is the 2nd page of the accordian album

This is the 3rd page of the album

This is the 4th page of the album

You will then turn the album over to the back pages to work on: the back page of the album i have left blank, but you can decorate it with pattern paper if you wish.

This is the 5th page of the album


This is the 6th and last page of your album

I really hope everyone who did the class enjoyed it, and for those of you yet to create it with your purchased kit, please do not hesitate to contact me for any details you might need maiz48@bigpond.com

cheers Marion xxxxx

June Bug........

This is a layout using the June Bug Range from Basic Grey, i have to admit the paper range was a little scary for me, the colours quite bold. I decided to use it sparingly on the page, & using a plain red pattern paper background. I think it worked quite well. I also purchased a packet of the Donna Downie Fabric Birds, but had used the cream one on another page. I wanted to use it on this page as well, so i traced it out onto some Calico, ironed on some pellon, sewed the edges & used some Fray Stop around the edges and wallahhh!... My own little fabric bird. I stitched the bird on the sewing machine with cream thread, and decided it looked a little dull on the page. If i had stitched in black it would have been way to dark. So i highlighted the stitching with a black zig writer pen, gently marking over each stitch, which gave the stitching a much softer look. I also used some green hessian on the layout, which i pulled strands from, then tied into a bow, a lovely rustic embellishment for the page.

That is all for now, have a happy scrappy week.

Marion xxxxxx

WOW! School Hollidays

I have been busy busy busy.....and who isn't in the school hollidays. I had the grandchildren this week & we got to do some great things with the weather being so nice. We had an adventure to the park, & I had all three grandkids for sleepovers, made up fold out beds, cartoons, popcorn & heaps of laughter. We had an adventure to the Reptile Park. I have not been there since my children were young and boy has it changed. We had an awesome day, as you can see by these photos.

Weekend Retreat

Hi!..... I have been a very slack blogger of late, so some of friends have let me know, it's about time i added some projects i have been working on lately....These are the four layouts i did over my weekend getaway at Wisemans Ferry this weekend. Some are Whimsical, some Heritage & some fun layouts. I hope you like them, i had fun doing them, as this weekend i spent doing layouts just for me & not classes with no boundaries on what i could do or use.

I have quite a lot of projects and events to add to this one, with a lot of rambling. On the weekend i spent the weekend scrapping, drinking......to much drinking as some of you will know, but we will keep that to ourselves...LOL ,with the Scrapbook Divas Group. Now some of these ladies were a little worried how i would handle the camping thing. OH! MY GOD...when i saw the cabins i was quite shocked, even though i had been sent a picture, the initial realisation hit me. But i have to admit it was not too bad if you like roughing it. The first night i did not sleep much, as most of us never do when where away from home no matter where you stay. But I experienced on my first night an unocked door that decided to throw itself wide up when the wind came up and i found myself looking at a large mountain view, a beautiful stary sky and lots of trees, but then the door decided to close for the rest of the night, maybe it wanted to give me a look at a very memorbale view LOL, and our door was not the only one to have this experience, so i was told the next day. On the second night i slept very well, through consuming a lot of wine and just passing out for the night, it gave me a good nights sleep. Except for a slight memory of someones with very cold hands touching me on the face, was it a dream or my sister trying to wake me up as she wanted me to escort her to the toilet with my torch, as she did not have one, mind you she was very intoxicated herself, but as i found out the next morning i was not forthcoming in being the good sister and accompaning her, as she could not arouse me, but one of the lovely ladies Jan did this in my place. Thank you Jan....LOL. And speaking of Jan she gave us a lovely demo of some 60's and 70's go go dancing.....very good Jan....LOL. Our other fellow roomy Chris, was horrified when she saw my sister climbing into her sleeping bag, and not mention the shreeks from Jan, and my histerical laughing as she climbed into bed with her dressing gown, tiara, feather bower, slippers & jeans on. Chris took over the mother role and tried to convince her to climb into her sleeping bag, not on it, as her teeth were chatting with the freezing cold of the night. Alas poor Chris could do the only thing she could and tuck her sleeping bag all around her, then Jan Proceeded to remover her tiara, so she would not damage her head, as you know the bunks above our heads were only inches away.

I also want to thank Karen who provided us with our lovely Tiaras and feather bowers for our purple night, also thank you to all lovely ladies who passed around delicious home made munchies, and the lovely ladies who through us chocolates to keep up the energy levels.

Thanks Michelle for organising our fun weekend, and thanks to everyone who have to put up with those of us who got rather intoxicated, and we hope we did not doing anything embarrasing

So here is a few picture i will share with you of our weekend.....i am so dissapointed i forgot to take photos of our fantastic accomodation.

I have lots more of these photos from our night out so if any one of you ladies would like a copy let me know and i will send it to your email address. Or burn you a
CD

I think that might be enough blogging or now, and i will try to get on here more often.

Marion xxxxxxx