Inking it up with Sue

Well, better late than never. A few examples of the beauties that Sue coaxed out of our inks and card. Her class was fabulous and we all learnt so much. Sandie has sent me some examples of the beautiful pieces she has made and also given details on how to achieve the beautiful effects over on her blog .





Also, I had a bash at her technique on Thursday and am delighted with the result.


I made my piece of stamping/inking into a banner for a layout which can be seen on my blog here.

Karen M

Prepare to be Wowed

As I said in the last post Sue is so talented when it comes to anything Tim Holtz. She came over to my house a few months ago and made some of the pennants that I have photos of below. This was what gave me the idea of asking her to teach at the crop.


Now when you look at these pennants bear in mind that they all started off as plain white card. I think AWESOME is the word that comes to mind.


She inks and stamps and works all sorts of magic on the card to produce such beautiful results.


There is no pattened paper involved at all just stamps, ink and Sue's magic.



So how about some sneaky peeks at the class, Sue has made two examples but we emphasise that this is a technique class and not a page class so although you will have all you need to make a page the same as Sue has, it is up to you how your page turns out.



Photo requirement is one or two photos, any size, any orientation and any subject.

So see you Saturday ladies.

Karen
xxx

Welcome to Victoria Gardens

We are getting closer to the next Eclectic Keepsakes crop on the 8th October and we are delighted to have Sue Plampton teaching a technique class using Tim Holtz inks and stamps. I cannot describe the beautiful projects she produces and will try to persuade her to let me photograph a couple to put on the blog next week. So this is the kit she is going to work her magic on,

it uses a selection of papers from Echo Park's Victoria Garden range and we will have available a selection of ink pads in coordinating colours.

I, for one, cannot wait to learn some new and exciting techniques and am working up to the trauma of getting my hands all inky!

I will be back on Sunday with some sneaky peeks of the class and the photo size.

See you soon.

Karen M

Variations on a Theme

Well what can I say, the class by Ann went down a storm and we all loved our pages.

It always amazes me how you ladies take an idea and run with it. Ann loves it when she gives you the basis of a page and you take it up and 'freestyle it'. So with no further ado here are the variations on the theme. The first two pages are Ann's pages and the rest are from our talented croppers.












What a fantastic day we all had and I am so looking forward to next month's class by Sue - a technique class using lots of stamping, inking, and all sorts of messy stuff !

Karen M

The Count Down

Well ladies, the count down has begun. Just over a week until the next crop and the class being taught by Ann. I can promise you is it a stunner and just to get you excited here is a little peep at what to expect.


Photo requirements for the two pages are a 6 x 4 portrait for layout one (colour or black and white) and a 7 x 5 landscape (sepia) photo for layout 2.

Have a lovely week and see you on the 10th.

Karen M

Lost and Found

Not my marbles but the papers Ann is going to use for the September class.


Are you getting excited yet?

Karen M

Beach Babes!

Yesterday was the day for the August Crop and what a lovely day it was. Thank you ladies for making it a day filled with laughter, crafting, witty banter and friendship. I really love our monthly crop because we have such a lovely bunch of ladies that come along.

Although the numbers were not our usual, we still made the class that was postponed from last month. It used beautiful whitewashed Core'dination card and Fancy Pants Beach Babe paper and chipboard along with hybrid elements from several Echo Park ranges.

I made the example and the ladies rocked it so well! I only have examples from two of the ladies but the others were also brilliant.



Apologies for the bad photographs - silly me had the camera on the wrong setting!

First there was Denise's page

Just look how Denise so cleverly used the bunting on the journaling card as the tail for her kite.

Than Jane's

Look carefully and you will spy Jane's little crab peeping out from the waves - genius!

and finally Denise was so inspired that she decided to make another page!

Love how Denise has made two separate pages from the kit rather than a double page.

So a fun time was had by all and we are all looking forward to next month when the fabulously talented Ann Freeman is teaching - I am counting down the days!

Ladies who were unable to make it this month - we missed you and hope you can come next month.

Karen M