Crop Dates for 2010

Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and enjoying the holidays. I've posted the updated Crop dates for you all on the right hand side.

Keep coming back to check out the project details for our first crop in 2010 on the 10th January.

Have a good new year and look forward to seeing you all soon..

Happy New Year from Pauline, Chris and Jackie***

Christmas Crop - 6th December

Next crop is on the 6th December when we will have a Christmas Project (see sneeky peak below), a festive lunch and our AGM.

For the project you will need to bring:

3 or 4 sheets of Xmas patterned paper

Xmas coloured cardstock for matting

Plus any glitter, diamante, ribbon, buttons and bits and pieces of embellishments.

Paint or inks, rubber stamps and embossing are optional.

We will have some surprise goodies for you but we are keeping that a secret. Everyone who would like to take part is asked to contribute £2 towards the cost.

At lunchtime we'll have a Christmas lunch and would be grateful if everyone could bring something along to share.

At 12.00 noon our AGM will begin when we can all chat about plans for the coming year and enjoy our lunch.

If anyone would like to join the committee, nominate someone or would like to know more please let us know if possible in advance of the meeting, we desperately need more people to help, even if its just a little bit, we want our crop to continue to be a success and your help, input, comments are always welcome.

We also need your suggestions for tools/equipment etc that we could purchase during the coming year, or if you any other suggestions please let us know.

Next Crop - 8th November

I hope you have all recovered from our marathon scrap, what a fantastic day it was I do hope you all enjoyed it - Chris and I certainly did. It was great to see all your smiling faces once you had all finished your projects - well done.

I've been doing some half pages recently to record my kitchen transformation (which is still ongoing) and I thought it would be good fun if we did them for a crop project, they are nice and easy, quick and great fun to do. They also fit into your 12x12 album.

To complete two pages you will need:
- 12x12 page protector
- needle and thread or sewing machine
- 3-4 sheets plain and patterned co-ordinating cardstock/papers
- fancy scissors or edge punch
- chipboard shapes
- flowers
- lettering for title
- plain cardstock to journal onto
- ribbon
- strip of printed acetate but you can use ribbon or a paper
- Photo's (1-4"x5" and 2-3"x4.5")
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Pencil Lines

Just in case you didnt know, Pencil Lines is 3 this month!!

As a thank you to their readers and fans, they are holding a weekend online crop for FREE!!

It all kicks off Friday night with a "pass the parcel" blog hop. Game rules will be posted on their website on Friday 16th at 8pm GMT.

Midday Saturday is the start of the online crop with some of their past guest designers; from new sketches, to archive sketches and step by steps. There is something for everyone! Whether you are a digi scrapper, conventional paper scrapper, love mini books or even cards, we have something for you all!

There will be prizes up for grabs too from My Little Shoebox, Pink Paislee, May Arts, 3ndypapir and My Minds Eye to name a few!

So if you havnt had enough cropping in the last week why not join the party over at www.pencillines.com this weekend.

What a Fantastic Day

I hope you are all well and recovered from our hectic day on Saturday. What a fantastic time we had and well done to all who managed to last the 12 hours. I've posted below some pictures from the day just to remind you.

A lovely tidy room:


Right lets get started:


Phew this is hard work lets have a break:


Lots of concentration required:


But we are loving it:


and what a mess we've made:

Sneaky Peak No. 3

Another sneaky peak to get you in the mood for next Saturday. This is the second of the included kits and I'm sure some of you will recognise these papers, they are so yummy....

12 Hour Crop - Sneaky Peak No. 2

Another sneaky peak for you, this time its one of the two included kits:



Fab grungy papers...hope you like them...

12 Hour Crop - Sneaky Peak

I hope you are all sorting out your kit ready for the 12 hour crop, as promised over the next few weeks we'll post some sneaky peaks from the projects and kits so you can get your photo's organised.

This peak is the papers that we'll be using for the HOME class - GORGEOUS:



Watch this space for more!!!

Next Crop - 13th September

Crop Project - its fast approaching our next crop so here's some information on our class project. You will need to bring the following supplies:

2 sheets plain cardstock
2-3 sheets pattern paper
Eyelets
Narrow ribbon to fit through eyelets
Buttons - various sizes
Journaling tags
Swirl/flower stamps (We have some of these at the crop)
5”x7” portrait photo
and all your usual tools etc.

12 Hour Crop - not long now, we hope to be able to have an information sheet on what you need to bring etc available for you at the crop, but I will send it via email to all those who are attending. If you need to settle your balance can you please make sure they bring the money or if you aren't attending the crop please post to to us before the 13th.

Stamping-up Products - For those who placed an order Clare will be bringing the orders to the crop.

Looking forward to seeing you on the 13th.

Jackie and Chris

Next Crop - 16th August

Hi everyone, hope you are looking forward to our next crop.

We have again a layout designed by one our members, Jen has created this fun layout for our next crop.


Supplies you will need:

1 sheet 12x12 plain cardstock

2 sheets 12x12 coordinating cardstock

1 sheet coordinating patterned paper

1 sheet plain white cardstock

2 - 3½”x5” portrait photos

Brads

If anone would like to share a layout or project that we could have as a crop project just let us know. You don't have to write all the instructions just some brief notes and we will put something together.

Happy scrapping.. Jackie & Chris*

Today's Layout

Just thought you'd like to see some of the layouts completed at today's crop following the project provided by Ann, who unfortunately couldn't make the crop because she's broken a bone in her foot - everyone sends their get well wishes and hope you get better soon.

Next Crop - 19 July

I hope you have all enjoyed looking through your circle journals and shown them to your friends, I certainly have. I have all the pictures sorted into albums so if anyone would like a CD of them all please let me know so I can get them done before the crop.

The project for this crop is a layout by Ann, and you will need to bring the following supplies:
1 - 12x12 sheet cardstock
3 - co-ordinating papers
Glitter card for photo mount
2nd card for photo mount and journaling pocket
3rd card for journaling pocket
ribbon, rickrack, flowers & buttons
Glitter glue
Letters for title

For those who ordered the Stampin-up products from Clare they should be arriving on Sunday so bring some inks etc so you can have a play.

The 12 hour crop is now full, but I am holding a waiting list just in case anyone has to drop out. I hope you are all looking forward to what should be a fabby day.

Chris, Pauline and I have just returned from a weekend in Harrogate at Art from the Heart and Im sure you'll all be hearing and seeing the fab stuff we did. Dyan kept us busy all weekend and Pauline was soooo excited. We'll bring along some of the things we made.

See you all on the 19th... Jackie & Chris*

Next Crop - 21st June

As you all know time comes around quickly and its nearly time for our next crop.

Crop Project: I wanted to let you know that there is a kit available for this crop to make a "Birthday Calendar" and here's a sneaky peak. The cost is £4.35 and includes 1 sheet 12x12 cardstock, 1 sheet 12x12 scalloped cardstock, 1 sheet 12x12 co-ordinating paper, Felt Fusion Ribbon and Felt Flowers and an instruction sheet to create the layout hope you like it and there are plenty available for those who are interested.



Circle Journals: I hope you are all excited about exchanging circle journals because this is the crop where you get your's back. It would be nice if we could all pass-on at the same time and maybe have a little party to celebrate. If anyone has any ideas please let us know.

12 Hour Crop: Just one last thing to remind you, if you are planning on attending the 12 Hour Crop in October and havn't registered please don't forget your form and deposit, after this Crop registration will be open to everyone.

Look forward to seeing you soon.. Jackie & Chris

Next Crop - 24th May

Hi everyone I'm back from my hols and boy did I have a fantastic time, it was an excellent adventure and I'm sure you'll all hear about it at the crop.

As we are approaching the holiday season and many of you are off on your jollies, the project for the crop will be creating a layout from a page map which I haven't drawn yet but I can tell you what supplies you will need:

2 sheets 12x12 co-ordinating papers (1 plain, 1 pattern work best)
Ribbon
Large lettering for page title
Some butterfly or flower embellishments/die cuts (butterflies because it summer)
Journaling pen to do some doodle stitching or if some of you fancy bringing your sewing machine you can do some sewing instead
A round journaling card or stamp (or you can make your own)
1 - 6"x8" portrait photo or two smaller landscape ones

The next piece of news is Chris and I are working on the projects for the 12 hour crop and we will be gathering names of crop members who would like to take part. Initially places will be offered to crop members, but if anyone has friends who would like to come we can add them to a waiting list. We will also be starting a saving scheme. Please remember that we cannot guarantee you a place until all monies have been paid or you are taking part in the saving scheme.

Don't forget to bring your Circle Journals, if you arent going to be able to come to the crop please let me know so we can arrange to get the journals passed on.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.. Jackie & Chris

Crop - 26th April

Hi everyone, hope you are looking forward to the next crop. Slight change of plan, the kit (as mentioned in my previous post) won't be available for this crop, instead we've got a great two page layout kit instead. There are a few kits still available for those who missed reserving one at the last crop.

You will need the following photographs: 1 landscape photo 7.5"x5", 1 portrait 5"x3.5" and 2 additional portrait photo's 3.5"x3.5". You will also need a few embellishments to finish off your pages. Below is pictures of Chris's layout using the kit.

For info: the glue guns have arrived so if you ordered one please bring your payment (cash or cheque).

Circle Journals - don't forget to bring your journal and if you are not going to be at the crop please let me know and I'll put you in touch with the girls you will receive from and pass to so you can make arrangements to swap.

National Scrapbooking Day - Saturday 2nd May - so get together with your friends and spend the whole day scrapbooking and having fun.

I won't be at this crop off on my jolly holidays again.....See you all soon.. Jackie*

Next Crop - 29th March

Its time to remind you all that the next crop is on Sunday 29th March, hope you can all come and join your friends for a fun day of scrapping.

Following on from the members request at the AGM we are going to try to provide the occasional project kit for use at the crop and we've explained below how these will work:

Project Kits:

The object of providing kits is to encourage attendance at the monthly crop and the number of kits available each month are limited, we have set the following conditions:

Kits will be as usual provided at cost price.

We will show a taster of the kits on the website.

Unfortunately you cannot order a kit except by attending the crop.

There will be an opportunity for you to put your name down for a kit at the crop a month before the kit is available.

Only one kit per person.

Payment will be taken in advance (as we have to order and pay for the stash in advance).

If you do not attend the crop to claim your kit and someone attending would like a kit, your kit will be sold to them and your money will be refunded.

If you do not collect your kit and it is not sold then we will keep the kit for you until the following month.

If your kit is still not collected at the following month’s crop we will again give other members the opportunity to purchase it.

If there are more people wanting a kit than we have kits available, we will try to obtain further supplies but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to. As we have mentioned before it is very difficult for us to obtain stash for kits in large quantities.

We hope you understand the reason for these conditions, but as we explained at the AGM we need try to encourage regular attendance at the monthly crop or the club will not be able to afford to continue.

If you have any questions just come and see us at the crop.

April Project Kit

Here is a sneeky pic of the kit for the following crop on the 26th April, the cost will £4.35 and more details will be revealed at the crop.

Happy scrapping ...Chris & Jackie

UK Scrappers

Some of you may have heard talk about UK Scrappers. Its a great website for all things scrapbook related with lots of forums with hints, tips, links to shopping sites and chatting about scrapbooking and other related topics.

Shirley has kindly set up a Community Group for the Isabella Crop on the site and I've included the link below for those who may wish to check it out.

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/group.php?groupid=347

You do have to be a registered member with UKS and if anyone would like help with registering let us know at the crop and we'll try and help you.

Please try to visit our Group and join in the chat on line.

Next Crop - Sunday 1st March 2009

It doesn't seem 5 minutes since the last crop but just in case you've forgotten here's a reminder that the next crop is on Sunday 1st March.

Crop Project: We will be creating a great layout from pagemaps.com that includes creating a lovely frame for your photo(s).
Materials you will need are:
1 sheet 12"x12" cardstock
2 pieces 6"x12" (approx) patterned papers
1 piece 6"x12" (approx) co-ordinating cardstock (to mount small photos)
1 piece 6"x8" (approx) co-ordinating cardstock for photo frame
Embellishments: a few small buttons and 1 large flower
Photos: 1 - 6"x4" portrait and 3 - 4"x2.5" landscape photos
Tools:
Trimmer/scissors
Ruler/pencil
Fancy edge punch/scissors
Chalk ink pad
Small circle punch
Corner Rounder

Crop Circle: I hope you are all enjoying doing your entries. Please don't forget to bring them along to the crop so they can be passed on. If you aren't going to be at the crop please let us know or get someone to bring your album along for you.

Trip to Harrogate: The bus has been booked and the tickets will be purchased this week. The cost per person will be £12.50. The bus will depart the Isabella Centre at 8.00am and return from Harrogate at approx 3.30pm.

Hope to see you all on Sunday... Jackie* & Chris

Next Crop - Sunday 1st February

Hope you are all looking forward to the next crop.

Circle Journal: Don't forget all those taking part in the Circle Journal will need to bring their journals ready to pass on. Make sure they are in a box or bag to keep them safe and help prevent them from getting damaged. If you aren't going to be at the crop please let us know asap.

Crop Project: is a 12x12 layout with one large photo and some bits of patterned of paper, its a good layout to use up some of those scraps you've got lying around and have been scared to throw away. Lots of distressing and inky edges too.

Tools you will need:

Trimmer, scissors, sandpaper, ruler, pencil, chalk ink pad, fancy edge scissors and/or edge punch.

Materials required:

1 sheet 12x12 plain cardstock

3 - 4 pieces of co-ordinating patterned cardstock/paper

Landscape photo 7"x5" (minimum size)

Ribbon/lace

Swirl shapes (or cardstock to handcut your own - we have some templates at the crop)

Flowers (1 large and a few smaller ones)

Brads/diamantes for the centre of flowers

Journaling card

Lettering for title (stamps or sticky)

Apologies for the layout above, I did this in a hurry using digi papers and elements, I'll try and create a real layout for the crop...

Trip to Great Northern Papercraft Extravaganza - Saturday 28th March: The cost will be approx £9 per person for the bus and £2.50 entrance fee. If you havn't got your name on the list and would like to come along please let us know asap. Details of departure/return times will be confirmed once we have confirmed the bus.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the 1st.

Jackie**

Next Crop - 11 January 2009

Happy New Year - hope you are ready for another bumper year of scrapbooking. Chris and I would like to say thank you to everyone for supporting the crop over the last year....and we are looking forward to another exciting year.

The first crop of the year will be on Sunday 11^th January 10.00am until 4.00pm. The annual membership fee is due and I’d be grateful if you could complete the Membership Form I've e-mailed to you, and bring it with the necessary fee to the crop, if you havn't received a copy please let me know.

Crop Project:

The project will be a 12x12 layout using two sheets plain cardstock and 3 photo's, to complete the project you will need:

2 – 12x12 sheets cardstock (I've used black and cream)
1 portrait photo 10x15cm
2 x portrait photos 5x10cm
Ribbon to co-ordinate with cardstock

But don't forget there will be plenty of cardstock available at the crop.

All those who are taking part in the circle journal may wish to spend the time working on their journals. Chris and I will be on hand if anyone needs assistance.

Craft Fair

We hope to organise a trip to The Great Northern Papercraft Extravaganza held at the Showground in Harrogate this show is held twice a year on the 28/29^th March (Sat/Sun) and 12/13^th September (Sat/Sun), unfortunately both dates clash with Crop dates, if you are interested please let us know which dates/days you prefer, we will have to go with the majority vote and will need to know the numbers as soon as possible so we can organise and get prices for the bus etc.

Savings Scheme

Following the success of last year’s saving scheme we’ll be doing the same this year, starting in February. You will be able to save as little or as much as you want to help pay for the trip to Harrogate and the 12 Hour Crop to be held in October.

Looking forward to seeing your all again in a couple of weeks.

Regards... Jackie* and Chris*