November Virtual Crop Class by Debs

 Afternoon all, I hope you have had a productively scrappy kind of Sunday so far. 

For this class we will be working with the sumptuous Pink Paislee 5th & Monaco range and fussy cutting these patterned papers to create bold but feminine pages.

Full instructions on how to pull these pages together can be found here. As usual we would love to see what you do so please share your pages with us on our ATDML # Create Facebook page here.

Have a blissful afternoon

Debs ❤️

November VC Class by Guest Designer Helen Howden

Helen has previously done some guest DT work for us and we love her style (and her amazing handwriting) so we were very happy when she kindly agreed to put together a class for us working with the Crafternoon collection from Kaisercraft. 

She has made a whopping FIVE layouts from her kit which featured papers and the versatile stickers from this collection.

Click Here to see the full instructions and the other four pages she made. Don't forget to share your creations on the ATDML # Create Facebook page and join us again at 2pm When Debs will be sharing her class.

Virtual Crop Class by Karen Leahy

 Hi everyone and welcome to the penultimate crop classes of 2020. Where HAS the year gone? And what a year it has been for us all. Thank goodness we are crafters and have a hobby that we love that helps us keep some sort of balance. 

I loved the colours of this kit - the soft pinks and greens with the striking black and white - just made for some great combinations. 

I loved that they were versatile too and will suit a whole range of photos. And don't get me started on those flairs .... oh my goodness they were gorgeous. 

I have designed three class pages and there is plenty left over too. I hope that you enjoy them and I can't wait to see what you make. Do share your work in our facebook group so we can all see them. 

You can see one of the pages and sneaks of another.

Have fun and you can find the instrudtions HERE

Autumnal Layouts with Simple Stories' Cozy Days

 

Hello everyone, I wanted to share a couple of pages that I have made using Simple Stories new Autumn line - Cozy Days - the colours are really pretty and it has some fantastic little embellishments and stickers to compliment it.

One of my favourite sheets of paper is a page just of tags, I love the colours and on one side they have pictures and phrases and the other you can add journalling.  I started with the tags as the background for my page and also used the navy floral paper from the line.  As the patterns were quite busy together I added a layer of white gesso just to matt the area around where my photo was and then I added a few flicks of paint around.  I created a few little embellishment clusters using the stickers and a little bit of gold cotton to add a bit of sparkle to the page!

For my next page I dug out my paints and created patches that pulled out the colours in the papers, and then a lot more sprinkling of paint around it afterwards as well!  I used lots of the sticker embellishments on this page to link my photos together and I cut out one of the 6 by 4" cards, layering it on some vellum to add some title-ish words to the page.

Do share your pages and creations over in our Facebook group - we'd love to see your Autumnal snaps!

Scraplift the DT - November

 Hello lovely people - how is your Friday?

I hope many of you will have continued playing along with our Trick or Retreat classes and challenges from last weekend, but if you are looking for more inspiration why not scraplift the DT?

Here is this week's page - we post a new one every Friday to kick start a weekend of creating.

TRICK OR RETREAT CHALLENGE 9 - BAT BINGO

 And just like that we have reached the last challenge of this event - Bat Bingo

CHALLENGE 9 - BAT BINGO

Pick a line of items from the Bat Bingo Board below and use on your layout.

You can pick any of the three horizontal lines, any of the three vertical lines, or go diagonal or maybe... just maybe go batty and use all 9 prompts!! 

Upload your page to the challenge 9 gallery on Facebook my midday next Sunday 8th of November.

That's it from us for this weekend.... or is it?

TRICK OR RETREAT CLASS 13 WITH TRICIA SUTHERLAND

Hi All

I'm back to round off the weekend with a class using Simple Stories Apron strings.  I hope you have enjoyed all the classes this weekend and have been able to take part in some of the challenges too.

The simple stories range is perfect for all those lockdown cooking challenges you have taken on over the last few months.  The kits have both ephemera and stickers giving you plenty of scope and the opportunity to personalise both the layouts in todays classes and create more of your own.

So grab your kit and click here for instructions and don't forget to upload your version to our facebook galleries.

Live Make n Take with Ann at 3pm

Hi folks, thought in true retreat weekend style we should maybe have a couple of make and takes over the weekend. Join me live on Facebook in the ATDML at 3pm for a make and take where I'll be showing you how to make a couple of different style paper baubles.

For this you will need:

• Bauble 1
• 8 strips of patterned paper ¾” wide by 5” long
• Paper piercer and two brads

• Bauble 2
• Circle punch (any size but smaller will be more fiddly)
• 12 pattern paper circles using your punch
• stapler or tiny attacher & glue dots

• Bauble 3
• Circle punch again
• 8 pattern paper circles, 4 of each from 2 papers 
• Adhesive and small piece of thread/twine

See you then - but before then you have your Sunday 2pm class with Tricia.

And don't worry, you can always watch the live back later in your own time

TRICK OR RETREAT - CHALLENGE 8 - MONSTER MASH

 

CHALLENGE 8 - MONSTER MASH

A photography challenge for you this time just to change it up a bit.

Share with us your favourite monster photo, be these your little furry monsters, your kids, your friends, family or neighbours!!

LET'S SEE YOUR MONSTERS! Share them with us in the Challenge 8 gallery - you can then add them to a layout if you like and share that toooooooooohhhhoooo!

Katherine made a great Monster page for some inspiration if you do end up scrapping your monsters

Trick or ReTreat Class 12 with Mel

 Hello, and welcome to the penultimate class of the weekend. For this class I used the lovely Pinkfresh Office Hours products but my layouts are not at all "work" themed.

For this page I really enjoyed the monochrome palette for the paper and embellishments and matching them predominantly tone on tone

To see the other layouts and t download the instructions click here

Join us again at 2pm for Tricia's last class of the weekend.

Trick or Retreat Class 11 with Guest Designer Tracy Annunziato

When Mel asked me if I would be happy to teach at the Autumn Retreat, I was so ridiculously happy and excited (Ann can validate by the squeals down the phone!) so I was obviously beyond disappointed when it was clear it would not be going ahead…  then Mel asked if I would still do the class for the Trick or Retreat Virtual event, so here I am!  Super excited to share with you my first class! 

 Jen Hadfield’s The Avenue range caught my eye with its little houses (which have so many possibilities at the moment) and the gold foiling on the emphemera is really nice!

 

I took inspiration from the brick pattern on the papers and I wanted to use a nice size piece of the text paper.  This first layout came together quite quickly and is a nice simple example of how to get a lot out of two sheets of paper.

For my second layout I surprised myself, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the blue flowers and how much I wished they were in the ephemera pack!  Cutting them out was the only solution!  

I had so much fun choosing papers and putting these layouts together; I hope you love them. Instructions can be downloaded from HERE

Next Class at Noon with Mel  - in the meantime I hope you enjoy this one.

CHALLENGE 7 - PUMPKIN PIE

 

CHALLENGE 7 - 🎃 PIE

Good morning and a happy Sunday to you all. Your next challenge is here ready for you - Pumpkin Pie (and it might be morning but I am drooling at the thought of a nice warm slice with cream!) 

This is a nice easy challenge, use orange on your layout.. It doesn't have to be a pumpkin.. But it can be if you like 🎃 As always upload your layout to the challenge 7 gallery and then join us back here for Class 11 with guest designer Tracy Annunziato - a retreat regular.

Karen has shared a lovely orange layout for you to be inspired by as well