Change of date for January Crop

Unfortunately the Isabella centre will not be opening on 6th Janaury, therefore the date of the next crop has been changed to the following Sunday which is 13 January

Crop on Sunday 9 December

The next crop will be our christmas crop so will have a party theme.

The project for the crop will be a basket which can be decorated as you desire.



Materials and equipment required

12x12 card for template and basket & 12x12 festive paper.
brads & embellishments, Glue dots,
hougie board, 3" circle punch, border punch,

There will be a bran tub (for those wishing to take part in this then please bring along a parcel (value between £5 to £7) to contribute to the tub.

There will also be a buffet (all contributions welcome) - we may even have a Herman the German Friendship cake at the table.

and I am sure there will be other fun and games during the crop.

We might even go wild and have some christmas music!

See you there

The 12 Hour Crop - the results

 As you can see everyone is busy with one of the two classes that were part of the days programme and by the end of the day most of us had finished at least one if not both of the projects.
 All who attended said it was the best yet and whilst previous years had been very busy this year had been a bit more relaxed but there had still been plenty to keep us occupied

So who knows perhaps we will organise another one same time next year - keep watching the blog.

Isabella Crop Sunday 11 November

The 12 Hour crop was a day of fun for all those that attended and for those of us that took part in the classes they were thoroughly enjoyable.

As a number of people did not manage to finish their projects at the 12 hour crop then the crop on the 11th November will be an unfinished projects day.  The projects do not have to be from the 12 hour crop as we all have at least one layout tucked away that we haven't quite finished.  So collect together all those projects that need that little bit of journalling or perhaps a few embellishments or a bit of bling and bring them along and with a little luck the inspiration will flow and by the end of the crop you will have a collection of finished layouts..

Isabella 12 Hour Crop 13 October

The final sneaky peek.

I hope you are looking forward to tomorrow as much as I am.

See you tomorrow

12 Hour Crop - Saturday 13 October

and here is your second sneaky peek

just one more to go!

12 Hour Crop - 13 October 2012

 

Less than a week to go and here is your first sneaky peek and don't those colours look just gorgeous. 

 

 

and here is the list of equipment and materials that you will need to bring with you for the 2 projects at the 12 hour crop. There will be a class in the morning and one in the afternoon but if you would prefer not to follow the class then there will also be available instructions for an alternative layout.

Equipment:

Paper trimmer

Scissors

Hougie board or scoring board (some will be available on the day)

Scoring tool

Adhesive tape

PVA glue

Pencil

Ruler

Distress or other inks (optional)

Alchohol inks or perfect pearls (optional)

3D adhesive pads (optional)

Morning Session

For the class you will need  one or two 10 X 15 landscape photos

For the Alternative Option then you will need 1 photo 10 X 15cm or slightly larger landscape as well as Stickles or other glitter glue (optional) and Gems or other embellishments

Afternoon Session

For the class you will need six 3” X 4” photos landscape or portrait

For the Alternative Option then you will need up to eight 4” X 5” photos landscape or portrait

Isabella Crop 23 September 2012

The Two Of Us 

This project has a flap so that you can include lots of additional photos or perhaps a bit of hidden journaling as well.

Materials Used in this project:

2 Portrait Photos & 4 Landscape Photos

• 1 sheet of 12” by 12” for the base layer
• 1 sheet of 11”x11” for the area around the flap (on the base sheet)
• 1 sheet of 9”by 9” to go on the base sheet under the flap
• 2 sheet of 10”by10” (one for the flap and one trimmed to go on underside of the flap)
• Cardstock/Paper for mounting the 4 landscape photos under the flap.

Also scraps of paper for creating hearts, swirls and tags to embellish the layout

 

The cardstock / paper to be used can be contrasting or complementary and the sizes can be varied if your photos require it.

 

Additional embellishments needed are

• Flowers of various types and sizes
• Some ribbon – long enough for the pleated effect
• Crystals to add a bit of sparkle
• 12” decorative strip either bought or created.

September Isabella Crop Date Change

Unfortunately we have had to move the crop from Sunday 16 September to the following Sunday 23 September.

We apologise for any inconvenience

Isabella Crop on Sunday 12 August

At the last crop a number of people suggested a layout with a list theme so here it is. 

The size of the photos and the materials to be used are entirely your choice

August Isabella Crop

The date of the crop to be held in August has been moved and will now be held on 12 August

Isabella Crop on Sunday 22 July

We do not hve a project this week but we have a sketch (from scrapbooketc) for the group to have a go at and at the end of the crop we will be able to see how one sketch can produce so many different layouts as we each add our own take on it.

But that is not all - there is a challenge connected to this layout:
the title should be a song title and if you want to go the whole hog the journalling should be the words of a song.

Have fun.

12 Hour Crop

Due to unforseen circumstances the date of the 12 Hour Crop has been changed.  The 12 Hour Crop will now be held on Saturday 13 October 2012.  For details see earlier announcement.

Isabella Crop on Sunday 24 June 2012

The next crop will meet as usual at the Isabella Centre, Blyth, Northumberland 10am to 4pm on Sunday 24 June

The project for this crop is called Unfinished Business!

Materials needed:

any unfinished layouts

The objective to this sundays crop is to finish those layouts that have been waiting for that little bit of journalling or a bit of embellishment just to finish it off.

For those members who are organised enough that they don't have any unfinished layouts there will be the file of previous projects to have a look through if you need some inspiration.

12 Hour Crop Announcement

IMPORTANT NOTICE: due to unforseen circumstances the 12 Hour Crop will now be held on Saturday 13 October 2012

The Isabella Crop will once again be holding a 12 hour crop. 

This will be held on Saturday 6 October 2012 at the Isabella Centre, Blyth, Northumberland from 9am to 9pm.

Chris has very kindly agreed to run 2 classes during the day so they will certainly be projects to look forward to.

The cost of the day will be £45 which includes

- your own dedicated workspace

- 1 class in the morning and a second class after lunch

- an endless supply of tea,  coffee and biscuits if you can bear to be parted from Chris’s fantastic projects long enough to partake.

- access to all equipment and materials required for the 2 classes

- additional material pack which should make a number of layouts

- a small supply of basic stash for purchase

- lots of fun and games, prize winning competitions

- and the opportunity to spend 12 hours of guilt free scrapbooking with like minded people

A £10 deposit is required as soon as possible to secure your booking with the balance being due by 31 August 2012.

And for those that attend any of the Isabella crops between now and the 12 hour crop there will be a £1 discount for each full crop attended which gives a potential saving of £4 on the 12 Hour crop price.

If you wish to attend the 12 hour crop then please email a request to Isabellacrop@hotmail.co.uk for a booking form and hand in the completed form with the £10 deposit at our next crop.

Isabella Crop on Sunday 27 May

The next crop is 27 May and as promised we are going to have a Jubilee theme for the day.  The layout by Chris follows a red, white and blue theme. 

   

You will need 

1 sheet 12 X 12 card in either red, white or blue.  There will be some card available on the day to purchase if you don’t already have these colours.   

You need scraps of card in the contrasting colours to mat and for the bunting.   

Also a half a sheet of co-ordinating patterned paper, some ribbon and some string or fibres.   

Chris has also used a variety of rubber stamps to add patterns to the bunting, this is optional.

 

Remember dress code is red, white and blue for the day and there will be a prize for the best headwear (doesn’t have to be a hat but should be in keeping with the theme).  We also have a special raffle prize (Dorothy may try to buy all the tickets for this one so you had better be quick) and we might just manage a challenge with a prize too.  

As it’s a celebration please bring some food to share.  If you can post on here what you will be bringing to avoid everyone bringing the same thing.  Chris says she will be bringing a friendship cake to share as her contribution to the party.

There will also be an announcement about the 12 hour crop so you might want to bring a few extra pennies with you or your cheque book.

Crop on Sunday 29 April

This months crop project is a scraplift of a layout that appeared in Scrapbook Etc. 

Materials needed are:
1 x 12" by 12" sheet paper
8" by 6" Potrait Photo
Lots of those scraps of paper left over from other projects (co-ordinating or contrasting)
Some embellishments (braids, gems etc)

Crop on Sunday 1st April

Once again Chris has come up with a fantastic layout for us to do at the next crop.

The materials needed for the layout are:

2, 3 or 4 photos around 3"x3" or ones that can be cropped to that size.

1 sheet plain cardstock
4 pieces of co-ordinating patterned papers 6X6 "
or 1 sheet patterned 12 x 12 paper

Card/paper scraps for flowers plus ribbon etc for embellishments

Acrylic paint to co-ordinate with papers plus white or cream acrylic paint as basecoat

There will be some paint available at the crop but colours are limited and may not co-ordinate with your paper.
There will be chipboard and crackle medium available at the crop for a nominal charge.

Crop on Sunday 4 March

This weeks crop project is very simple but I hope you like it.

The photos needed for this are:

Photo 1 - 4 1/2" by 3 3/4"
Photo 2 - 6" by 2 3/4"
Photo 3 - 1 3/4" by 5 1/2"

Please note photo 2 and 3 will need the image in the middle with enough at each end to be able to cut and shape them to fit the box shape without eating into the image.

The materials needed are:

1 sheet 12x12 plus half a 12x12 sheet of a contrast or complementary paper

Some perfect pearls mist, a mask (I used sequin waste) and ink for edges.

Tools needed apart from the usual is a blade for cutting the photo template and photos.

Plus any other embellishments that you would like to add.

See you on sunday

Crop on Sunday 5 February 2012

The time has just flown by and it hardly seems like a couple of days since our last crop when we had a thoroughly enjoyable time misting flowers into submission and yet almost 3 weeks have passed and the next crop is just over a week away on Sunday 5 February 2012 at the Isabella Centre as usual.

As you can see we have another project for you and we shall be learning how to make a different type of flower to embellish our layout.

For this layout you will need:
3 photos (6 by 4)
a sheet of 12x12 paper/card and then some contrasting paper
paper for your tag and the flowers
some lettering for the title

and to embellish:
2 pieces of lace at least 12" long
some bought flowers as well as the flowers you will be making
and anything else that you want to add

January 2012 Crop

The next meeting of the Isabella Crop will be on Sunday 8 January 2012

Hopefully everyone has had a great christmas and is ready to scrap

The project for the crop is a page layout but we will also be learning how to make some fantastic flowers to put on your layout.



Materials needed

For the Layout you will need 3 sheets of co-ordinating 12x12 papers plus some scraps for the butterflys if you wish for them to contrast.

Also as many embelishments as you want - lace, sparkly crystals etc go on you know you want to!

as well as the usual stuff - glue, tape, ruler, cutters, scissors, inks, etc

and for the flowers

The Tim Holtz Die “Tattered Florals” which is available at the crop.

Also required is white or cream card, colour spray or colourwash of choice, distress inks or patterned paper to suit the layout