Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Club

Next Crop

Currently looking into an
'All Day' or 'All Afternoon' Retreat
either at
The Tally Ho Tearooms, Mettingham, Suffolk
or a nearby village hall
01986 897818

Cost and date to be confirmed  
(coffee/tea/juice & biscuits included) 

ScrapBuddies is a group that ran monthly for nearly 5 years and now runs occasionally. Members bring their own materials and work on their own projects.

Sunday is on hand to offer help, for those who need it and can teach different scrapbooking techniques.

If you would like to book a space contact Sunday on 01986 897818 during office hours, or email Sunday

For likeminded people of all skill levels to "Craft Together". 
Sharing ideas & inspiration
Swapping materials & information.

For beginners - Perhaps you have recently bought, or been given a kit, but haven't touched it yet... perhaps you don't know what to do with it... then come along and get some inspiration to start you off.  
What you need to bring with you... 

Hi, I'm Sunday and I am the organiser  of Scrapbuddies.  
Do drop me a line if you want to ask about anything here or would like more information.

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PREVIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS

November 23rd - Mini BackPack Album
A little workshop o how to make a Mini BackPack Album (link to original Tutorial from blog)

October 26th - Christmas Cards and 'Mobile mini album'
Christmas cards using lace.

September 28th - Scraps Only
Using up our scraps we made collages of patterned paper and then cut shapes, such as flowers, teapots, etc to use as toppers on cards or page accents for scrapbook pages.

August 24th - Quick Mini Albums
Really simple mini albums.

July 27th - Layers and Grouping
How layering and Grouping can improve your scrapbook layouts and cards.

June 22nd - Make a "Round Mini Album" Workshop
Click here to watch the VIDEO TUTORIAL on SundayLDesigns.com
How to make a Pop-Up round mini album. Step-by-step workshop.

May 25th - Working with Ribbon
How to use Ribbons on your scrapbook pages and card - lots of different ways, including stapling, hand sewing and machine sewing.

April 27th - Page Accent Borders
(Watch the VIDEO TUTORIAL at SundayLDesigns.com - click here)
How to make beautiful borders and strips for your layouts and cards, in advance, just add a photo(s) and background paper and you're done!

March 13th - Vertical Layout Design
This demo was about the general design of scrapbooking layouts (although scrap style cards can benefit from this too) and how to create a vertical feature on a page. The technique of printing onto A4 (or a strip cut from 12x12") and then mounting onto a 12x12 sheet is particularly useful - along with using your printer for other layouts (8x8, etc)

February 20th - Colour Blocking
We have used templates to create pages (and cards) quickly at a previous crop, this time it's about using a balance of blocks of paper and the use of "white space" in between to quickly create great pages and cards - bring your usual stash, especially co-ordinating scraps!

January 23rd - General Scrapping
Yep, we just scrapped generally, made some cards, I made THIS Layout

PREVIOUS MONTHS' DEMONSTRATIONS - 2009

December 12th - Christmas Crop
Tea, cakes, nibbles and some general crafting, we made some last minute "vintage" cards with images provided for free. Check out the blog to see my cards

14th November 2009 – Make your own Envelopes, Glitter Icicles & using Sketches for both Cards and Layouts
Mmembers received a FREE handcut envelope template, PLUS an exclusive "circles template" for those who don't have circle punches (otherwise only available as part of my online Scrapbooking Video Course). Also spoke about adapting scrapbook sketches to card ones... check out this blog post too!

10 October 2009 - One piece of cardstock mini album
We used a single 12x12 piece of double sided patterned paper/card to create a mini pocket album. They make great little gifts, or you can use on a scrapbook page to hold lots more photos and journaling.  Easy to make.  If you don’t have any double sided paper you can always stamp a pattern onto the back of an ordinary piece.

12th September 2009 - Stitching on your pages and cards using templates
Free Templates were provided for this crop. Demo showed how to add interest to layouts and cards by using simple stitched patterns.

18th July 2009 - Accordion Spine Mini Scrapbook Album (4x4")
We all made an mini-album together! Very simple to make, quick and easy!

13th June 2009 - Having fun with Shrink Plastic (Shrinkles)!
We had fun making some embellishments for scrapbooking pages and cards, using a heat tool to shrink them down to size!

9th May 2009 - Patchwork papers! See my article about Scrapbooking Patchwork style here
The demo showed how to make use of paper scraps for Scrapbooking pages and cards, and possibly other uses too. Making up some patchwork backgrounds is a rather relaxing way to spend some time, and once you have some sheets made up you can use them for a quick card or layout or mini album, or even to cover a book!

11th April 2009 - Hybrid Crafting with Free kit!
With the launch of my new site www.ICanCraftNow.com the demo was about how to use a Hybrid Paper Crafting kit.
There was a free FULL KIT available for attendees only, which is now available to buy at ICanCraftNow.com - Blue Damask Kit

14th March 2009 - 2-5-7-10 Box!
We created party favours boxes with just one sheet of cardstock, some score lines and some adhesive.

Here are some of the boxes that were made at the crop

14th February 2009 - 6x6 mini album from one sheet 12x12 card
Title says it all really! Click this link to see the example on the blog

10th January - Layering
Bring your usual stash including patterned paper and embellishments. Demo will show how layering your papers and embellishments can instantly improve the look of your Layouts

Previous Years' Crop information >>

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For those who are new to crafting and want some ideas to use what they have...

What to bring with you...
You will need a pair of scissors, pencil, double sided tape/glue stick, ruler, some papers, card and any page decorations you may have, ie, stickers, buttons, ribbons, etc.

Also useful but not essential...

paper trimmer/guillotine

craft knife/scalpel

cutting matt

sticky dots

ink pads