Acrylic Scalloped mini book

I just love this little book! I am doing a beginners workshop in August over the course of 2 tuesday evenings and this is the class that I will be teaching. The theme of the book is 'My Favourite Things', and I chose to do my four year old daughters favourite things at this moment in time. This is a very generic theme so my pupils could be scrapping about their favourite people, places, pets, holidays, the possibilities are endless!! I am really looking forward to inspiring my new ladies, see you on the 18th!

Summer Workshop

I am really looking forward to meeting up with the Mum's group at Dartmouth Community Centre again in August. I will be teaching this mini book class over the two weeks and can't wait to see all the cute baby photos!

Doodling on buttons

This LO was made in the rain!!! Seriously, I ran some free workshops at the Sutton Arts Festival a couple of weeks ago and my Art Marquee was missing its sides, AND IT WAS RAINING HORIZONTALLY. Apart from the weather I had a lovely morning and met some lovely new ladies who have signed up for a beginners workshop in August.

Evening Cropping!

Hello my lovelies! Sorry the blog's been a little idle lately just been a little busy. However, I thought I might let you know that there is an opportunity to get a little evening cropping done!
I am running a new beginners workshop at the YMCA off Pilkington Avenue in Sutton Coldfield on Tuesday 18th August and Tuesday 25th August. If you would like to come along from 7pm till 9-30pm you would be most welcome to come and 'do your own thing'. The cost of the crop will be £5-00. If you want to book yourself a place then email me on artoflife@hotmail.co.uk

Cancellation Of August Crop

Just to let you know that I have had to cancel the crop in August as I am sailing away to the Med!! The next crop is July 12th and then we will have a break until the Sept crop on the 13th!

Canvas wall art and more!

These are just a few more photos of some home decor projects demonstrated at my crop on Sunday. There are canvas's, box frames. altered frames and candles.

Taking your Scrappin' into your home!

Here are a few examples of the workshop on home decor. I have altered frames, candles and used a box frame around a 12x12 layout. I'm injecting a bit of green into my brown and cream lounge and this a creative way of doing it!

Let's Talk Crop, Sunday 14th April

We had a really productive and relaxing day at the crop yesterday, it was lovely to meet 3 new members and welcome them into our friendly group. I did a workshop on 'Home decor' : hopefully inspiring a few of you to think about taking your scrapbooking skills 'off the page' and into your home! An enjoyable day all round!! Well done to Julie for winning the raffle prizes- how she managed this when she didn't actually do any scrappin' was amazing!! Good friends come in handy when they buy your raffle tickets for you!!

Huntington (Penkridge) Crop

It was lovely to see all my 'Penkridge' friends again on Saturday, Donna did a demonstration on how to make flowers from material scraps that have been stiffened! She had made some really cute clip frames with the flowers and lace, and then everyone was able to have a go themselves with the class kit.
It was perfect timing for me as I was about to do a workshop on home decor the very next day! So these piccies are my interpretation of the technique: I used plain cream cotton (bed sheet) and stamped it with Staz On before stiffening the material and adding a bit of glitz!
The middle picture is my mini frame with a photo of my mad cat (who thinks he is a dog) and a flower made with the material supplied at the class. For details and dates about the crop in Huntington look on Donna's blog: imintosomethinggood.blogspot.com . I have been asked to do a class for them the next time I am there with the shop, so really looking forward to that.!

Cutting Crew Crop

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone at Cutting Crew Crop at Brierley Hill! I had a lovely day with you all today and I apologise to those of you who left with 'lighter' purses after seeing the shop. I think I've got a few more of you hooked on hand tinting black & white photos after my demo- It's just such good fun!!

Looking forward to seeing Anita, Toni and the rest of the crew on the 4th July for my next visit.

Mixing with the Celebs!

Just had to show off this piccie of me and Tim Holtz, we're best of buddies you know!! Stick with me girls, you'll go far.............

Well done Pat- The lucky raffle winner

Pat was on a roll today, not only did she win the crop raffle but her LO was voted the best entry in the challenge kit.

Well done Pat! (bet your glad you came!)

What a fun LO

Just wanted to show you one of Gemma's LO's that she completed at the crop today- How cool is that?!

Well done Gem!

Time for a break! Gemma, Margaret & Gaynor

A crop is all about chilling out and having time to sit and have lunch with your friends - Oh, and scrapbooking!

Look what we made!!!

Here I am with some of the Lifers who took part in the challenge kit this month. Didn't they all do well?

Decisions, decisions!!

Judging the challenge LO entries- serious business!!

The winning challenge LO- Well done Pat!!!

This is the brilliant LO that beat everyone hands down when voted for by secret ballot! Well done Pat, you clever girlie!!
Everyone loved her use of paper folding to make the flower embellishment and the ribbon threading across the bottom of the LO.

Margaret's challenge LO

So Sweet!

I love the way Margaret has triple matted the photograph of her and her grandson.

Such a beautiful LO.

Julie's challenge LO

Well done Julie on producing another wonderful LO full of fun! Concentrating on having fun scrappin' with friends.

Everything is better when enjoyed with a friend!!

Well done Gemma, such a lovely LO made with the challenge kit.

Gaynors Challenge entry

How cute is this!! Well done Gaynor- A fabulous LO.

The Crop Challenge kit

This is the kit I put together for all the 'Lifers' at the crop today. Everyone was challenged to make at least one item with the kit (any size LO or mini-book). The rules were to use only the materials provided! Die-cutting, paper punching and stamping was also allowed!

Have a look at the following posts to see how everyone got on.

A really chilled out cropping sunday

We had a really chilled out and extremely relaxing day today. All the 'lifers' enjoyed taking part in the challenge kit.{ see the next post for details} There were a few grumbles that you didn't have the freedom to choose something else from your stash to make the challenge easier, but this was the whole idea of the challenge! To take you out of your comfort zone, and make you think on your feet!

Everyone attending the crop managed to get lots of serious scrappin' done (except for me!!) and I managed to get lots of serious chatting done!!

This sundays crop

It's May's Let's Talk Crop this week! Sunday 3rd May 9-45 till 4-45! £8-00 all day including all refreshments!


There will be a kit challenge on the day, I will provide you with a ready made kit (papers, cardstock, stickers, ribbons etc) for you to scrap a project on the day! The winning LO will receive a £5-00 voucher to spend in the Art Of Life shop.

The kit is £5-00 to purchase ( this will include enough materials for you to make a few pages or a mini book) and is suitable for all genres, ie; boys, girls, loved ones, friends! The colour combinations are: pale duck egg blue, white and maroon red. There is also a bit of a spotty theme and a few cute birds on the scene! I always find if I'm not sure if the photos will match the papers I use black and white!!

Hope you are all up for a bit of challenge fun!

See you on Sunday, Jules xxx

Two quick little projects!!

I made these two quick litte projects last week, the first is a mini book all about my gorgeous hairy hound, Maisy. It was made out of a cardboard box!! The second is a sweet little book made from one sheet of 12x12 double sided paper, I put it together to showcase Izzie in her Easter Bonnet this year- she won the competition at nursery for the best bonnet and have included the winning certificate in the book!