Cool Scrapbook Stuff Book Club

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Wow!  Check out our journal pages.  Everyone is going to have such a fun keepsake journal when we are finished.

Have you ever embellished stick pins?  That's what we did for our swap this cycle and it was fun.

Look at what we made!

 

Elena made each of us this charming stick pin holder.

It was so thoughtful because now we have a home for our beautiful stick pins.

     

Some of the ladies went an extra step and added tags and ATC's as a further embellishment to their stick pins. 

   

This beautiful canvas clutch was created by Susie.

The outside is canvas and the lining is a matching cotton fabric, which she said she found by accident after the canvas was painted.  Couldn't be any more perfect.

The colors in this clutch are gorgeous.  Susie does all the painting on her bags, as well as the lining and button embellishments.  We can't wait for her to start selling them.

 

Here's Judy sharing her circle journal page.

Wendy and Cynthia chatting during break.  Do they look like they're having fun?  Wendy came as Elena's guest.  We hope she joins us.

Fern, Alma and Kathren. 

Alma made those cute slippers.

Kat and Elena showing the eclectic assortment of stick pins.

Alicia embellished this antique silver tray with collage, and donated it to the Charity Wings for Japan raffle.  There is still time to purchase tickets and/or donate art to this charitable cause.  The raffle drawing will be held at the crop at the Del Mar Scrapbook Expo on Saturday, April 30th.

I tried to sneak a pic of Terri, Gaye and Debby, but they all caught me in the act.

  

Danette looking pretty!

     

Kathren and Alicia trying to make sense of it all.  Ha

Kathren thinks her children are beautiful and we all agree!  Using watercolor paper, she stamped, colored, embellished and Deco Podged this fabulous frame.  The pictures are perfect for her art project.

Alicia thinks her kids are pretty incredible too, and again, we agree!  Here is her version of the same frame.  Using paper collage, she created the perfect frame for these black and white pics of her gorgeous kids.

This beautifully embellished frame is Fern's rendition of the same frame.  The glass frame came in our kit last month and these wonderfully creative ladies had no problem turning it into beautiful art.

Here is Debby's edition of the frame.  She collaged adorable miniature pictures and added doodling with a Pearl Pen by Viva Décor.

     

Many of us started out as scrapbookers.  Fern never lets us forget about scrapbooking.  Every month she produces  delightful scrapbooked pages.

Here they are!  Alma's homemade slippers.  They look so soft and comfy.

     

Danette created this exquisite baby book.  What a lucky baby! This will be cherished for years to come.

        

A little "button therapy".

Our kit included a package of colorful buttons, and Elena taught us how to make button stacks.  This cycle our swap is to make twelve button stacks.  We will swap the stacks and each of us will have twelve different dangles to put on a bracelet.

   

Alma has been busy making greeting cards and note cards.  In her spare time, she's been working the resin and made these beautiful pendants.

 

Gaye plans to keep interesting, family stories alive by adding them to her journal.  For even more appeal, she's included authentic pictures of her ancestors. 

She has really taken the theme of our book, Stories in Hand, to heart and created something that will give pleasure for generations to come.

Our kit this month included papers from the new Bo Bunny Gabrielle Romance collection, a bottle of Boutique Fleur Mini Teardrop Gems, a bottle of Melissa Frances Glass Glitter and a pot of buttons. 

Thank you Cynthia for giving each of us a cute Easter egg filled with charms, and a Robot ATC that we can color and embellish.  Bring your ATC next month to share.

Gentle Reminder of items you may wish to bring next month:

• Circle Journal
• Any questions re: button dangle swap (make 12)
• Projects you've been working on
• Finished project from Book Club kit
• Tool kit, including scissors, glue and a pen or pencil
• Camera
• A snack to share

Things to remember:

• Next meeting is the 1st month of a 3 month cycle and is scheduled for Wednesday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m.
• Here are the people in the swap:  Cyndi, Peggie, Danette, Alma, Fern, Debby, Gaye, Alicia, Kathren, Cynthia, Kat and Elena.

It's the Vagabond Book Club

 

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It really doesn't seem to matter where we gather.  It doesn't even matter that we have found ourselves homeless.  The point is that we have a blast together.   It is so wonderful to be with women who support and encourage you and your art.  It is an inspiring and a positive environment.  If you are local, and might be interested in a mixed media, social gathering of women, check us out.  We would love to welcome you. 

This month we met at Elena's.  We started our evening discussing events in the local art community.  The last weekend of this month is the Del Mar Scrapbook Expo and Charity Wings will be hosting the crops.  It is also the Charity Wings Organization's five-year anniversary and they will be celebrating in style at the Saturday crop.  This exciting celebration will include an exclusive special goody bag, the drawing for the month long Art for Japan raffle and many other surprises. 

Raffle tickets are on sale now for the Charity Wings for Japan raffle.  If you would like to donate a piece of art for the raffle, there's still time.  Go here for more information.

This night was ATC (Artist Trading Cards) swap night.  We were very excited to get our exchange started.  For some of us, creating an ATC was a new experience.  All of them were awesome!  An ATC is like a tiny canvas and when it's combined with an artist's style and ideas, the sky's the limit.  We each ended up with a collection of each other's art.  We all made one extra to donate to the Charity Wings for Japan raffle.  Here are some of our ladies holding their fabulous ATC's. 

Glenna's ATC is so adorable!  It's a bouquet of handmade flowers.  Every part of it is paper pieced. 

 

Wait, that's not an ATC.  That's Elena's mug from Harry Potter World.  Everyone loved saying Harry Potter World.

Nanci's card was double sided with a bird and a cage.  She coated it with Mod Podge so it is shiny.

 

Lola's daughter created a picture of her, and Lola artistically manipulated it into her ATC.  It is double sided and entitled Sugar Baby.

 

Pam's unique card was stamped, colored, and then covered with dress pattern tissue. 

 

 

We teased Cynthia about being an over-achiever because she made a beautiful envelope to go with her ATC.  We loved it.

Oh, there's Elena's ATC.  She's still in her "broken wing" period. Using actual playing cards, her card says, "Broken but still flying..."  That is a cake popsicle heading into her mouth!

Kat's ATC has a fairy on it and says, "Believe in Magic".

The cake popsicles were homemade and brought to us by Pam.  They were yummy!  She brought lot's of snacks to share and we indulged.  By the end of the night, we were competing for a couple of the last pops to take home.  Mine made it home, but didn't make it through the night.  So delicious!  Thanks Pam.

Here are some of the art pieces that the ladies shared.

Let's start with Nanci's beautiful resin work.  She embedded keys and rhinestones into her pieces making them so unique and gorgeous.

  

Nanci gets a perfect dome on top which is one of the wonderful benefits of the ICE Resin.

 

This encaustic collage was created by Kat two days before the Tsunami in Japan.  It's going in the Charity Wings for Japan Raffle.

 

These miniature canvases were collaged and painted by Pam.  The Heart was donated to the Charity Wings for Japan raffle.

 

Glenna made a stack of these sweet Thank You cards.  The little flower was made with crystal glitter.

 

Lola is the master at these puzzle boxes.  It's actually one piece of paper that has been embellished and folded to create a box.

   

Nanci created this beautiful photo album using the Graphic 45 paper for her dear friend.  The cover is very three dimensional and has so much character.

More fun from Lola.  She created this themed art for a party.  It's so adorable that we all wanted one.

Lola also made an Easter basket created from paper.

 

Another awesome puzzle box from Lola.  This one is for your 15 Favorite Vacations and came with a lid and a compass.  The papers are beautiful and are from Creative Memories.

 

 

LIFE IS LOVE - ATC Banner.  Due in May

Only criteria:

• Size must be 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 and on chip-board
• Letter must be Black
• Make 10 ATC's of your letter

Letters were selected as follows:

• L  Davi

• O  Cynthia

• V  Nanci

• E  Danette

• I  Pam

• S  Kat

• L  Lola

• I  Sheila

• F  Elena

• E  Glenna

Gentle Reminder of items you may want to bring next month:

• Projects you've been working on
• Something to share from the ICE Resin Book. Go here for a helpful video.
• Tool kit, including scissors, glue,  a pen or pencil and your new book
• A snack to share
• Camera

Things to remember:

• May will be the 4th month of a 4 month cycle and next meeting is on May 5th. 
• We will be meeting at Elena's until further notice.

• We are hoping to book Fran Valera as our guest speaker in June.  She is going to teach us new techniques in Resin.  Check out her website.  In the meantime, think about a photo that you would like to use in a piece of resin art and email it to me.  I will be sending it to Fran so that she can size it.