Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Slice Promotion...

Some of you may be familiar with the Making Memories Slice, an electronic die-cutting machine. In the past I have focused on the Provo Craft Cricut, that is until I came across this promotion that Making Memories are running with Printblocks. The new 'PINK' Slice has now been released and I have them in stock as of today. A portion of sales goes to breast cancer research which is something that is of great importance to alot of us. The Pink Slice is a portable die-cutting machine that is compact and cute. The best thing is that it is only $379 which is great value, so those of you who cant quite cough up $700 for the Cricut Expression, this is a fantastic alternative. The cartridges are cheaper and the designs are gorgeous. The new Pink Slice comes with 2 cartridges and basic tools.



Also, Provo Craft are running a similar promotion. They also have a Pink promotion on the Cricut Expression and it's only $700 so if you've been uming and ahring about getting one this would be a great time to do so. So let me know if I can help with ordering any of these great deals for you.

Amy and I are madly putting kits together for the retreat and orders are rolling in. If you haven't got an order form or haven't yet ordered your kits please contacts me at scrappinoutback@bigpond.com

That's all for today. Bye for now.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Final sneak peeks...

All the classes for the retreat are now ready and I have the last of the previews to show. The tutors have worked really hard to come up with inspiring and challenging workshops and I am very excited about presenting them all.

Gayle Smith has completed her last class, a single layout using some ranges that are a little different and they have turned out real good. The 'Those Things We Do' preview is now up on Gayle's blog but you can see it here as well...








Also, we are throwing in a bonus workshop for Friday night at the retreat - a 'Photoshop Tutorial' on enhancing photos with digital elements and text. This is an area I have not dabbled in yet so I am looking forward to this one. Here's a plug...



And LAST but definitely not LEAST is the very exciting travel mini album by Sharon Manning. She has come up with an awesome travel journal that you can either take on holidays and record your travels as they happen, or just simply add you photos to a trip you've already done. This album is a custom size and is perfect for 6" x 4" photos, memorabilia and of course...they story. Love it!

That's all the previews now so I am madly putting together the finishing touches to the class requirements and they will be out by email to applicants by the weekend. Bye for now.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Another sneak peek...

Well this is going to be a goody...Gayle's Power Scrapping Workshop is fantastic! She designed 4 layouts to complete in less than 2 hours and came up with a bonus 5th layout. This workshop would be excellent if you had a theme that would take up 4 or 5 pages like part of a holiday. Using just one set of letters, one set of stickers, some paper, cardstock and basic tools for all 5 layouts. Here's a look...




Thats all for now..back with more soon.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Another sneak peek...

I have one of Gayle's sneak peeks. Her first class is a single page layout with handmade paper embellishments. This is Friday afternoons class (new class time slot!)...




As promised I want to show a few samples from my inking techniques class. The first layout is of Matt's Mum (far right) as a child with her parents and siblings. I love how this layout turned out with the inking and then the Tim Holtz metal embellishments - which have been flying out the shop door - and so have these frames which we have tonnes of in store (email scrappinoutback@bigpond.com if you would like one). The second layout is one of my Mums school photos. I am doing my Mum and Dads album in A4 format...love this format.
I have another layout to share soon. Back soon!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Preview...

The October retreat is now only 4 weeks away so I am busily getting things organised for the much awaited event. The tutors have been creating away and have come up with some awesome classes that will inspire all who come, especially those who have lost their mojo and are wishing to get it back.

I can reveal Lis's two classes...'Celebrate' and 'Be Merry'....so here are the sneak peaks - perfect for events where you have tonnes of photos to use....














I can also reveal Sharon's first class - a mixed media class that is so fascinating and full of technique. You cant miss this one even if you're not an 'off the page' kinda gal!



Sharon is also working on a mini travel album/journal that is going to be great. Looking forward to doing this one to document our recent family holiday.
I'll have more sneak peeks to share soon and in the mean time I am preparing class requirements to get out to applicants by the end of this week. If you haven't already sent in your application be sure to do so, so you don't miss out on the requirements. We still have places available.
Be back soon!





Wednesday, September 9, 2009

I'm Back!

Well overdue for an update so here goes...

I had alot going on in early August with classes and such then on the 10th we flew to the Sunshine Coast in QLD for a wedding and a holiday. It was Matt's brothers wedding, Corban, who married the very beautiful Jaimee. Here's a photo of the bride and groom, and the flower girls of which Phoebe was one of them...she was missing her 2 front teeth...






The wedding was beautiful of course and the first week of our holiday was spent on the lead up to the wedding with Matt's family. Then we celebrated Matt's 30th birthday with his family at the Ettamogah Pub which was loads of fun. Here's the birthday boy.




We spent another 5 days in QLD with amazing sunny weather which was very relaxing. Then it was back to Hyden to catch up with work as well as preparation for Matt's second 30th birthday party. We celebrated it at the Hyden Hotel with 50 friends and had a really special time.
Only a day or 2 later we were off to the Newdegate Field Days where I have a stall each year and we did pretty well, but were exhausted by the time it was over. A day at home then it was Phoebes 6th Birthday so we celebrated that and Fathers Day as a family. Now we are head down and tail up catching up on work again. I'm not complaining about now busy we have been - its great that life is good and we don't have time to get into trouble or slack off!

Since I've been back i have been on to organising the 9th Wave Rock Scrapbooking Retreat which is proving to be popular judging by the amount of applicants we have already. If you have not received a brochure and application form contact me at scrappinoutback@bigpond.com as we have had a few glitches with the group email I sent out a couple of weeks ago.

We have had loads of new stock in recently, especially products for classes at the retreat. It is so yummy! There is too much to show it all but Basic Grey have just released Indian Summer and Eskimo Kisses and we have these ranges in stock. Here are the picks...




I am currently working on classes for next week - a comprehensive look at inking, masks and other techniques. I'll upload photos late next week hopefully of the final layouts. This class series is something I have been wanting to do for a while and I am really long forward to sharing it.

We have quite a bit of new gift ware in store now so if you're ever close by you should pop in and check it out...if you can pry yourself away from the scrapbooking stuff!