December Club Scrapp-it now Pages

Hi everyone and here's hoping you all had a very happy and safe Christmas!! I just wanted to come on quickly today and share some more of the pages I created using the December club kit. This kit was sooo much fun to use -

I love the photo's for this double page, I bought one of the jumbo crackers that is supposed to hold everything for one party. The kids had a ball playing with it and couldn't wait to get into the goodies once they finally broke it open!!

For my family, Christmas is usually heralded in by the arrival of Santa at the Christmas pageant. We always go in to see the pageant and usually leave straight away but this year we hung back and the girls got to meet some of the pageant characters!!

Christmas Wishes

Hi everyone,
2008 has been an up and down year for lots of reasons and circumstance, not just for Scrappit but our community here in Australia. At this time of year we celebrate Christmas and all the definitions of the season, I often think that it is also a time of reflection. A large portion of people will spend Christmas Day alone, perhaps without many of the physical things we take for granted, gatherings of loved ones, large meals with all the trimmings, laughter and love. New Year always gives us the opportunity to express resolutions - some harder to keep than others.
In 2009 perhaps we could aim for more tolerance, respect and understanding.
The team at Scrappit would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for your loyal support and we look forward to another exciting year in the Papercraft Industry.

Xmas Gift by Penny

Merry Christmas Everyone

I thought I’d take this week’s Inspiration date to share a little gift I gave to the ladies I work with.
Every year I have worked at my current job I have given the ladies a little handmade item as a special gift just from me. Although I think and think what I can do differently this year, I decided to fall back on a favourite Cookie recipe. I purchased some glass jars, plonked in a dozen or so cookies, attached my recipe with a picture included and tied it all together with a tag and a cookie cutter. Well, I have to admit I didn’t realise what a bunch of hungry people I work with when one of the ladies had half finished her jar within the same day. Trust me these are some seriously yummy cookies. Feel free to try them for yourself and see what I mean.

Choc Chip Cookies

Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease and line baking trays.
In a very large bowl cream together 500g butter, 1¼ cups castor sugar and 385g can Condensed Milk until light and creamy.
Add 6½ cups SR flour, 1pkt white choc bits and 2pkts dark choc bits and mix well. Using 1 tablespoon of mixture roll into balls. Place onto prepared trays and flatten slightly with a fork, leaving plenty of room for spreading.
Bake 16-19mins or until light golden. Allow to stand on the trays 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Makes 100

Again, best of wishes for the festive season, stay safe and let those creative juices fly on your next scrapping project.

Penny

Shaving Cream card background

What do you think? When I first read in a magazine a couple of weeks ago about marbelling using shaving cream I thought the magazine was run by madmen but it actually works out really well. I've since played around with the technique and created an easier way of creating my backgrounds with acrylic paints instead of inks!!

To create –

1. Cover the base of your container with shaving cream and spread it so that it is roughly covering the bottom of the container by at least a centimetre.

2. Squirt paint over the surface of the shaving cream. I used 2 different coloured green but you could easily use more than two colours or even use different contrasting colours like red and green.

3. Use the back of your paint brush and swirl the colours together through the shaving cream until you are happy with the effect you are seeing.

4. Place you card flat on top of the shaving cream mix and gently press the card onto the surface of the mixture. Using both hands, lift the card straight up and place onto a flat surface. Use the scrapper to gently scrape away the excess mixture on your card to reveal a swirly paint effect on your surface, much like marble.

5. Leave to dry thoroughly then use to create your card.

Heidi Swapp

Hi everyone,
Well I don't normally post these sort of things, but I did want to share with you a couple of images. We were entertained by the beautiful Heidi Swapp last night, who guided us through a delightful and very inspiring workshop in Surrey Hills (Melbourne). Thank you to both Heidi and Chanel for organising this event it was wonderful and went far far too quickly.

Card Class

Card Class - January 10th 2009 at 1.00pm
A beautiful selection of general cards - 10 per kit using Basic Grey Eva Collection. Everything is supplied in the kit. Cost: $20.00 Time: 1.00pm Sharp. Bookings Essential - call 9749 1006 to reserve your seat.

December Scrap-it-now Sneaky

Its nearly that time and I've been working hard to get out my share of the goodies for the newsletter!! While I havent managed to get everything finished as yet I did manage to make a little something and took some quick pics to give everyone a taste!!

I can't wait to be able to share this in all its glory - not long now I guess!!