New Paper Designs - Sneak Peek!

Because I keep being asked what's coming next, after 'Cocktail 5', here is just a taste of what our new line looks like. After countless hours of playing around in Photoshop and Illustrator late into the night and some severe cases of numb bum (and brain on occasion!), these designs got the go ahead and will be heading off to the printers soon...YIPEE!
I can't wait to see the proofs - there's something so incredible, so satisfying about seeing a design turn into an actual product :)

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Tokyo Class

I'd just like to say a big thank you to all of you who made it to my class last Friday in Tokyo despite the thunderstorms! It was lovely for me to see some familiar faces and new ones and I had a blast! I hope to see all of you again soon :)

On a different note, we have lots of exciting plans in the works so check back soon for updates, especially if you live in Kansai and are planning on attending the Osaka Scrapbooking Matsuri!

More Sneak Peeks

I made another version of the mini album and the scrapbook pendant I'm teaching on Friday - there were some things I wanted to try but couldn't in the States because I didn't have the right tools or supplies so I thought I'd share some photos... The mini album has 8 pages - i.e. 16 LOs - so there's plenty of room for lots of photos. I used a mixture of L-size (some cropped, some full size) and Keitai-size prints.

As you can see the pendant, in particular, is quite different - and the kit contains everything to make either version - including 2 types of Grungeboard - 2 squares and 1 circle, vintage dictionary paper etc. Photos for this project should be 1" or smaller - I only used 3 in the version above but you could use up to eight if you use both sides of the mini album. By the way in the version I made in the States I used 'Puri Club' photos from my daughter and they were a perfect size!

Tokyo Class Sneak Peeks!

Here are some more pictures of the classes I'll be teaching in Tokyo next Friday August 29th at Takanawa Kumin Center. There are still a few spaces available so if you're interested contact us!

The morning class is an accordian style 6" mini album and uses lots of clever folds to extend your pages. It's a freestyle class - i.e. I'll show you the various page constructions and you can put it together however you like so you'll end up with an album unique to you! I'll also show you how to take one simple sketch and adapt it for numerous layouts. To decorate our pages we'll be combining Paint Daubers, Luxe-urious stamps, distress inks and Stickles for lots of shimmer and sparkle! This project also uses our brand new papers - Cocktail 5!
In the afternoon, we'll be working in minature with Grungeboard, paint, ink and lots of stamps to create a tiny (approx 1") mini album that's housed inside a cool pendant. Now you can wear your creation wherever you go!

Tutorial - Butterfly Circles

I've been having a lot of fun playing with the 'Cocktail 5' paper line recently. The above LO features an enlarged version of the Make and Take I did at the Hobby Show and uses Margarita, Gimlet and Mohito. Here's a quick 'how-to':

1. Using circle punches, a circle template or circle cutter, cut 3 circles of equal size from co-ordinating CS and PP. Ink the edges of each circle using a darker co-ordinating ink. Here I used the NT Circle Cutter (IC-1500P) available from Art & Craft DUO.

2. Cut your photo slightly smaller, ink the egdes and adhere to one of your paper circles.

3. Join the 3 circles together using eyelets or even brads. Here I used jumbo eyelets from We R Memory Keepers, available at Scrap the Planet.

4. Fold a scrap of PP in half, trace the butterfly template and cut out. Please enlarge or shrink this template to get the size of butterfly you wish to use.

5. Before attaching the eyelet or brad to the butterfly's head, twist a length of beading or craft wire around the back to make the butterfly's antennae. Attach, then curl the ends.

6. Adhere the butterfly to one of the circles. Decorate the other circle as desired and add to a LO! Here I wanted to add some sparkle so I covered the butterfly in Clear Sparkle embossing powder - hope you can see it in the photo?!? In real life it is VERY sparkly!

Japan Hobby Show

Hobby Show Sneak Peeks

Here's a sneak peek of the workshop I'm teaching for Sun-K at the Japan Hobby Show. It uses one of my new papers and all sorts of other original items! Since the theme of this year's Hobby Show is 'shoku' or 'food' we're making a little mini book where you can store business cards and photos of all your favourite places to eat - a kind of personal Michelin guide if you like! The workshop runs from 10:30 - 11:30 at Booth 6001. More information is available from Sun-K here.

From 1:00pm I'll also be doing a Make and Take at the Sun-K booth so here's a sneak peek of that too!

Sneak Peek!

A collection of A4 size papers for scrapbooking and paper crafts designed by me and available soon!