Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Amber Lewis Feb 4th...
And now! News of our next class! Amber Lewis will be joining us to teach on Wednesday 4th February. It looks like a fabulous class;
Amber says;
I'm Amber Lewis, I've been married to James for 8 and half years and we live in Newport, South Wales with our 2 cats. I've been scrapbooking for 6 years after discovering it whilst on holiday in Florida (i'm yet to scrap the photos from that holiday!!) I run the scrapbooking courses for Newport City Council's adult education programme and have done so for nearly 4 years. It still remains a very popular subject. Last year I graduated from University of Wales in Caerleon after completing my certificate in education. Teaching was something that I never thought I would do but I absolutely love it. I still can't believe that i'm actually paid to teach my hobby!! I also teach for Scrapbus Limited which I own along with 3 of my fabulous friends. I have appeared in a variety of scrapbooking magazines including Scrapbook Inspirations, most recently the ready steady scrap challenge. In my spare time I have an office based job in the local hospital.
(There are only a couple of places left on this class so if you haven't already booked- get in touch soon!)
Amber says;
I'm Amber Lewis, I've been married to James for 8 and half years and we live in Newport, South Wales with our 2 cats. I've been scrapbooking for 6 years after discovering it whilst on holiday in Florida (i'm yet to scrap the photos from that holiday!!) I run the scrapbooking courses for Newport City Council's adult education programme and have done so for nearly 4 years. It still remains a very popular subject. Last year I graduated from University of Wales in Caerleon after completing my certificate in education. Teaching was something that I never thought I would do but I absolutely love it. I still can't believe that i'm actually paid to teach my hobby!! I also teach for Scrapbus Limited which I own along with 3 of my fabulous friends. I have appeared in a variety of scrapbooking magazines including Scrapbook Inspirations, most recently the ready steady scrap challenge. In my spare time I have an office based job in the local hospital.
(There are only a couple of places left on this class so if you haven't already booked- get in touch soon!)
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Karen and Cheryl in Chepstow
On Sunday 9 November, we were so lucky to have 2 very talented scrapbookers from America to teach us here in Chepstow - the very technical Karen Burniston and the altered art expert, Cheryl Mezzetti, both of whom design for Creative Imaginations. Karen was the 'brave one' who drove the hire car from Gatwick to Chepstow on the 'wrong side of the road', but having given her instructions on how to tackle a roundabout, they made it safe and sound and all in one piece.
Karen taught her class first, which was a mini album entitled 'King of the Castle', made up of triangular pieces of chipboard, which were all attached to one another and in typical Karen style, had pop-up castles when you opened the album up. Most people almost finished their albums and if they hadn't could easily finish them off at home. Unfortunately because Karen's album had taken a little longer than planned, Cheryl didn't have very much time to make her album. Although, due to Cheryl's highly organised kits with pieces of paper ready cut to the right size and in the right order, we all managed to finished her waterfall album - each of the pages pulled out in a staggered formation.
Both albums were lovely and very different to anything we have done before and it was an absolute pleasure to host both Karen and Cheryl, they are two lovely ladies, and Alison and I had the pleasure of their company on Monday, when we took them on a scenic tourist trail, which included the Wye Valley, Tintern Abbey, Chepstow Castle and the Crippled Creek in Raglan!
If either of them ever come back to visit us in Chepstow - they come highly recommended and please come and take their classes - you won't be disappointed.
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
KAREN BURNISTON/CHERYL MEZZETTI SUNDAY ALL DAY WORKSHOP – 9 November 2008
We are very lucky to have the opportunity for Karen Burniston to come back to Chepstow and teach an all day workshop.
She will be travelling with her friend Cheryl Mezzetti, an accomplished altered artist and the Design Team leader for Creative Imaginations.
You can see her work here: http://www.cherylmezzetti.typepad.com
and Karen’s at:
http://www.karenburniston.com
They are developing a workshop that will integrate Cheryl’s talents at altering with Karen’s talents for interactive features. The workshop will be 5 hours long. The projects will be fabulous!
The cost of the all day double workshop will be £40, which will include room hire at Chepstow Rugby Club. The class will start at 11 am and finish at 5 pm with a break for lunch.
If you would like to come and join us, you will be more than welcome.
For further details contact either:
Louise – 01291 624467 or
Pam – 01291 627109 jpljscammell@aol.com
She will be travelling with her friend Cheryl Mezzetti, an accomplished altered artist and the Design Team leader for Creative Imaginations.
You can see her work here: http://www.cherylmezzetti.typepad.com
and Karen’s at:
http://www.karenburniston.com
They are developing a workshop that will integrate Cheryl’s talents at altering with Karen’s talents for interactive features. The workshop will be 5 hours long. The projects will be fabulous!
The cost of the all day double workshop will be £40, which will include room hire at Chepstow Rugby Club. The class will start at 11 am and finish at 5 pm with a break for lunch.
If you would like to come and join us, you will be more than welcome.
For further details contact either:
Louise – 01291 624467 or
Pam – 01291 627109 jpljscammell@aol.com
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
ANNOUNCING SEPTEMBER CLASS - Thursday 4th September
Get down and get dirty with inks, paints, dyes and stamps! Yes we are having a TECHNIQUE MASTER class taught by Michelle Grant. Get to grips using these mediums on tiles, tags, glass, metal and more.
Michelle is a Ranger trained instructor and will be teaching us many different ways for using the above products. Learning to understand why a product does something and getting the most uses from a product - you will never look at a stamp pad in the same way!
This will not be a layout but you will go away with a swatch book of techniques with instructions on how you created it after at least two and half hours class. These techniques can be used on layouts, mini books, cards - whatever project you are working on. You will be amazed.
We are very excited to have Michelle to the club and share her expertise - the cost of the evening will be £15 which does include room hire.
Please can you let Pam or myself (bubblesmonster@aol.com) know as soon as possible if you would like to attend. We need numbers by August (and payment) so Michelle can organise her class. A lot of product and organisation is needed for this class.
Pam will email out final details in August once numbers are confirmed to Michelle.
Look forward to seeing you all in September - this will be great fun.
Michelle is a Ranger trained instructor and will be teaching us many different ways for using the above products. Learning to understand why a product does something and getting the most uses from a product - you will never look at a stamp pad in the same way!
This will not be a layout but you will go away with a swatch book of techniques with instructions on how you created it after at least two and half hours class. These techniques can be used on layouts, mini books, cards - whatever project you are working on. You will be amazed.
We are very excited to have Michelle to the club and share her expertise - the cost of the evening will be £15 which does include room hire.
Please can you let Pam or myself (bubblesmonster@aol.com) know as soon as possible if you would like to attend. We need numbers by August (and payment) so Michelle can organise her class. A lot of product and organisation is needed for this class.
Pam will email out final details in August once numbers are confirmed to Michelle.
Look forward to seeing you all in September - this will be great fun.
Crazy Summer Days at Chepstow Pink Scrappers!
June was an amazing month for the club with two exceptional, but very different classes with our friends from the US, Teresa Collins and Karen Burniston. We had a message from Teresa;
Please tell everyone at the club that I LOVED meeting everyone. It was such a nice night.
Ty said to tell you each thanks so much. Chepstow was the highlight of our trip!!!!!! So thank
you, thank you so much.
Ty said to tell you each thanks so much. Chepstow was the highlight of our trip!!!!!! So thank
you, thank you so much.
It was so nice to know that Teresa and her husband had a great day here in Chepstow - they both felt very comfortable and appreciative of the warm welcome they received at the Club.
Our night with Karen Burniston was something else!! I think all of us thought there was no way we were going to be able to do a double page layout with 2 flying CDs coming out of folded cards and an acrylic daisy chain album, but most people (almost) finished both. Karen is technically amazing. She can make paper 'pop' like nobody else!!! She really enjoyed her time here in Chepstow and went on to Scrap a Ganza in Stratford upon Avon for the weekend, teaching some more of her wonderful layouts.
I know Karen got to talk to everyone who was there in the class last night, but if you weren't - Karen does 'Home Construction Kits', which means that you can purchase a kit from her website - she will then send you via email the pictures and very comprehensive instructions (plus diagrams) on how to complete the layout. She brought along to the class lots of examples of her layouts and mini books, but I think everyone's favourite was the pop up house, it was brilliant (the instructions for this layout are available to buy in her Home Construction section).
The web address for the Home Construction section is:
These kits are approximately $15 (£7.50), which is fantastic value for money. Take a look, she also said she will be adding more layout instructions very soon.
We'd love some feedback on these classes. What did you enjoy? Did you finish? Any ideas for more wonderfully creative evenings? Leave us a comment!
We'd love some feedback on these classes. What did you enjoy? Did you finish? Any ideas for more wonderfully creative evenings? Leave us a comment!
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Classes coming up....
Hello everyone
Our next (very exciting!) class is this Thursday (5 June) with Teresa Collins. The class will start at 7 pm and will be a 3 - 3 1/2 hour class. For those of you who didn't come to the May class, don't forget you will need to pay the room hire charge.
The mini book we are making in Teresa's class needs to be bound, so if anyone has a Bind It All machine, would you mind bringing it along with you, to take the pressure off the Club's binding machine.
We are so lucky to have such a well-known, talented scrapbooker coming to our Club and we hope you have a really enjoyable evening on Thursday.
There are a couple of places left for the Karen Burniston class on Thursday 12 June. The cost of the 2 classes with Karen is £25, which includes an interactive double page layout and an acrylic mini album. If you would like to come and join us on this evening, please contact Louise on 01291 624467 or by email: bubblesmonster@aol.com. Karen is a superb scrapbooker and teacher and the 2 classes she is teaching will be fantastic - a 'not to be missed evening'.
JULY CLASS
Our July class will be held on Thursday 3 July at 7.30 pm. Vanessa Feuillade from Crafty Ness in Caerphilly will be coming along to teach us. Vanessa is a very creative and imaginative scrapbooker and produces some lovely work.
The cost of the class is £5 and we would be really grateful if you could pay on Thursday night if you are interested in attending July's class, so we can confirm numbers with Vanessa as soon as possible.
Hello ‘Pink’ ladies!
Thank you for inviting me back to Chepstow Pink Scrappers for a class on 3rd July. I am honoured to be asked to take part in such a prestigious line-up that you have teaching classes for you this year!
I hope you like the layout that I have designed for you. Lots of inking, stamping and cutting to keep you busy for the evening!
If you have any questions prior to the session, please feel free to drop me an e-mail via my website HYPERLINK "http://www.inspiredbliss.co.uk" www.inspiredbliss.co.uk.
| You will need to bring: 7x5 portrait (landscape) photo or photos to fit this size space. Trimmer Detail cutting scissors Brown ink pad. I used Chalk Ink Dark Brown Light yellow ink pad. I used Verscolor in Narcissus Liquid Pearls in pale pink or white Usual glues and tapes including Glossy Accents or glue dots for buttons and thin double sided tape Needle if desired for threading silk through buttons. Sanding block or emery board Piece of ‘cut and dry foam’ or a small make-up sponge Paper crimper (although there will be a couple to use at class) Wet wipes for cleanup Small stamps for title (although there will be some in class) |
AUGUST/SEPTEMBERWe won't be meeting in August, due to the school holidays, but will meet again in September on Thursday 4th. Have a great summer to those we won't see over the next few weeks.
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