New class....................

In honour Lizzie who asked what other class/es I had planned, I thought I would provide some answers.
I am in actual fact currently reading ''The Hitchiker's guide to scrapbooking'' over on Two Peas in a Bucket. This is a class written by and led by Shimelle Laine.....................have I honestly done all of her classes? I am sure there is one I need to do still. Anyway, surfice to say Shimelle Laine's classes are brilliant, I can't rate them highly enough. She has a knack of finding a subject and presenting her work and ideas in such a way to really inspire but also innovate as well. I have had the pleasure of meeting Shimelle at to ''live'' classes and she is just the same in the flesh. Very grounded and also petite.

What I really like about this new class is that it is great for newbies and advanced scrapbookers alike. It gives an insight into how Shimelle scrapbooks and how to take ur own style and turn it around into something new. Each chapter of ''The Guide'' is a new idea for example using sketches to scraplift for example. The chapters is a downloadable pdf format so the whole book or five chapters and the extras can be printed off or just saved on computer as a resource. Each chapter has a video to accompany it with Shimelle talking through the subject and incorporating her layouts with a layout produced during the video as well. For $25.00 which is around £12.00 approx. I think it is great value. The best thing is that because it is on Two Peas website, I think you can buy it anytime and have permanent access to the class. The videos are no longer than 30 minutes each and there is a special class forum and challenges too.

I am continuing with my Big Picture year long classes and have a new one starting in a few weeks time. It's called ''The Art of Observation'' with Heidi Swapp. I have completed two previous classes using hybrid scrapbooking techniques with Heidi and Jessica Sprague on Jessica's site. These classes were so beautiful and Heidi is so inspiring in a girly way that I was really encouraged to do this class. Now this one is a wapping $99.00 dollars but the beauty of the exchange rate means the class is less than £60.00 and because I have done several Big picture classes I had saved up several rewards to take off. You see it's like a Boots reward card. Cool idea. So this class starts in April for three months. For this class I need an observation journal so I got one of these books from Paperchase and will be decorating it all pretty and glittery. If you've not seen Heidi's work then watch this.....................


Mistables Scallop Ribbons from Heidi Swapp on Vimeo.


I really love her style and have already learned loads from her previous classes, so I know this class will give me new and exciting skills to use and share here.

So what does the future hold for you, any classes in mind or any new ideas you have for your scrapbooks to challenge and expand your horizons. I'd love to hear.

TTFN,

JoJo xxxxxx

Colour class: Red.

The first week of class was all about the colour RED.


For my LO I actually used a class I had completed at my local crop. We used some embossing techniques on this LO which I haven't done alot of but now I love it so you will probably see more.

Here is my LO....................

This photograph was taken in the year 2000 when we all went to Paris to see my godmother sing at one of the opera houses there. We decided to go to Notre Dame as none of us had been in. It was a strange experience as you wander around like little ants and are constantly being told by a priest to be quiet over a microphone. It was surreal. It was a lovely picture too as my mum is looking adoringly at my dad and for a change he isn't pulling a face.

The kraft cardstock was embossed using clear embossing powder and using some flourishes and butterfly stamps. We then did some coloured embossing using red inks, I did more butterflies and flourishes. The page was then built up by cutting a ring of red patterned paper which the picture sits into, the flourishes were then cut apart and build into layered pieces on 3-d foam.