FLOWER / FRAME Class taught at Bonsai Huisie

I taught a fun Mixed Media FRAME and paper FLOWER making class last Saturday at Bonsai Huisie shop.  The girls had so much fun.

I might have to do this class again.  The girls were very dirty afterwards, but all that paint and mist was worth the end result ! 

I even had my youngest scrapper ever.. Luna is 4 years old and made a mini book.. She done a wonderful job !  

some of the flowers we created.

 Thanks for the support ladies.. cannot wait to see you all in class again !

OFFICIAL FIRST CLASS IN NEW STUIDO

Our very first Tuesday Night class.. the girls "broke in" my studio.  Was such a fun evening.  I have a great time with my Tuesday ladies.. 

Thank you girls for the constant support.  I am sure we are going to scrap tons of pages in my new studio !

Note the token "dog" to keep us company too ! 

MY REVAMPED SCRAPBOOKING ROOM / STUDIO

As many of you know, we moved house recently and I have not been able to teach classes as I had the staircase of hell.. I was too afraid someone might fall down them !  So I have finally had a Railing installed and have repainted and revamped my STUDIO!  

I am so happy with the end result and wanted to share some pictures with you.

BEFORE:  

This is the staircase .. eeek.. No railing, super steep and each step different.. was very scary ! 

The room left and right.  They built a horrid brown FRAME around the stairs and had a door in.. Yuck..  there was no light at all.. also horrible old tatty Brown blinds !

ROOM AFTER:

We installed a stunning black and metal stair railing and painted everything white.  Added a long mirror to the staircase.  Now everyone can walk without being afraid to fall over ! 

OFFICE part of studio.. Painted everything pure white, Removed all the horrid blinds and put up some vinyl art.

CLASSROOM part of studio:  We repainted everything white, took off doors off the cupboards to make space for paper racks put up vinyl art (even by light switches), got new tables and pink elements.. Put up rods for Scrapbooking Layouts.  Added birdcages everywhere.

SOME BEFORE / AFTER shots:

Closeups of elements in the room..

Had Vinyl wall art designed for the back wall.  

Used Metal Curtain rods to hang off my Scrapbooking Layouts.

Searched high and low and finally found a PINK CUTTLEBUG to match the room.

I got this handmade Teddy from my amazing husband !  Finished off with pink baskets for all my dies and embossing folders. 

 Wall art in Office.. Just a touch here and there.

View of the window dressings.. Used organza to wrap around the curtain rods and added some pink frames and black birdcages. 

 Close up of wall art.

 My favorite layout created by Hege Nielsen for me.  Framed and in its place of pride on my IKEA unit.

 I found this old Singer machine when we moved into the house.  

The domestic worker had it and I convinced her to sell it to me.. LOL.. Love it !!! 

View from back of room into studio and stairs going down.

 View of counter

 Cut off the cupboard doors and put my two paper racks in there to keep them from the sun.

Added more pink Organza and wall art to the middle window.  The view is so pretty too !

Created big CREATE lettering that I bought and covered them in black / white papers with flowers.

Adhered above my window.

Added Pink Dirt bins.

New tables and repainted the chairs to give the clean look !

Wow, lots of work.. but worth the effort.. I LOVE My new room.

THANK YOU to my hubby for all the hard work !! I love you !

Thanks for looking !  Hope you all come and play with me one day !  I will be teaching classes again from next year.

Hugs, Mich

NEWSFLASH: Lets scrap new sketch designer

Lets Scrap has a new look and have moved to a new blog : http://www.letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/

They still have amazing sketches each week with fun prizes to win..

I'm so excited as I was asked to design sketches for them.. I love doing sketches and this is such a great honor... I have been working with lets Scrap for years and the girls are amazing.

This is my first sketch that I have designed.  I hope you all get time to hop on over and play:

6-25-14 Lets Scrap Sketch: LIFE - a series of moments

The new sketch is up at Lets Scrap this week.  Another fun double with lots of potential

This originally started out as a pre-bought kit created by Glenda Viljoen.  I changed it a lot to match the sketch and left off a lot of the kit elements.  Love the end result.

My kids discovered Wakaberry and had a ball eating yogurt with all the extras. nothing healthy about that !  LOL

Challenge # 187 @ Lets Scrap : Sweet M

Challenge #187 at Lets Scrap this week is to scrap yourself as a young child. 

As we grew up very poor, we didn't have a camera.  These are about the only "decent" photos I could find of myself pre age 16... 

Used PEBBLES papers and lots of old stash I had lying around.

Lets Scrap Sketch used:

Layout:

Close Up: 

Hidden journalling on back.

Lets Scrap Sketch - 6-18-14 Card

I loved this weeks card sketch at Lets Scrap.  

I had tons of left over scraps from a layout, so decided to go all "girly" on this card.  I gave it to a friend for her birthday and she liked it.  I added girly elements and a bit of stenciling. 

This weeks sketch can be found here at Lets Scrap:  SKETCH

Here is the card I created.

Remember you have a whole week to play with and can win some fantastic prizes again !

Thanks for looking !

Hugs, Mich