Scrapbook Werkstatt Monatsstarter #1 2014

Hi everyone, I'm back with another clean layout. This one is for the Scrapbook-Werkstatt month starter. They provide a sketch every first day of the month as inspiration for you in their forum. I kept it really simple and used mainly scraps from earlier projects to finish this layout.

The huge white arrows are cut with my silhouette, the blue ones are some stamps from MME (up & away collection). 

I added some little brads here... 

... and embossed the plant with WOW embossing powder. It's a really cool color, something like patina. It's a mix of copper and turquoise. Love the effect! On the picture you can see one of my cats (I have three of them :D).

Thank you for stopping by! 

double-sided layout of my first crop

Hello Crafters out there :)

How's your week going on? In Germany we just had the first really cold and rainy autumn days. One reason more to complete some layouts! This one's for the November challenge from My Creative Sketches. I reported a few weeks ago from my first Scrapbook Event from Scrapbook-Werkstatt, and I decided to create a layout about that event. The November challenge is about a double-sided layout, and this one's my very first! I described all the lovely details about that event on my journaling spot, so I won't forget any of them. For the background I used some DCWV papers from the vintage stack, and some gem-cardstock, too. Here's the result:

 And here are my close-ups: 

I cut out the heart from paper of the DCWV stack and covered it with some stickles.

I used crackle paint for this chipboard sticker from MME to give it a vintage look.

We get these tags with our names on it during the workshop, I thought it's a cute memory-piece.

These tiny stars are done with some molding paste and one of the new stencils from Heidi Swapp. I really love how they turned out, very dimensional and with a crisp edge! 

That was our crop-room :)

The "hello-tag" is a souvenir from that weekend, too. It was wrapped around our welcome-presenst (some candy-cane). Isn't that cute? 

That's Wilna Furstenberg, I loved her workshops. She's such a lovely person!

...and that's the sketch for the November challenge: 

If you have any questions just write me a comment, I'd be glad to answer them. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! :)

My very first Scrap-Event :)

Last weekend it finally happened: my first scrapbook event! All six workshops took place from Friday to Sunday near Frankfurt. We had three amazing teachers who taught us some new techniques, and great workshop kits with amazing stuff inside. Besides, we got an amazing goodie-bag, filled with the latest scrapbook-collections. I was overwhelmed!

Wilna Furstenberg was the first one, she came the whole way from Canada to Germany. She is so amazing! Although her style is rather clean and simple (take a look at her blog), it was a lot of fun to try out the new Gelatos from Faber Castell and listen to her tips & tricks.

This was the first layout we created: 

We had a second workshop with her, where we created a really cute and easy mini album. I haven't finished mine yet, so be curious for the pictures :)

The second workshop was about creating a mixed media project on canvas, taught by Gery van Gent (look at her blog!). I really love her style to create a layout and I love how my project turned out (I'll show you the pictures later, because I haven't finished it yet :)) Besides the mixed media art, we created also a mini album made from wood.

Our third teacher was Felicitas Mayer-Klink (take a glance at her blog, too), and we had some great layout-workshops with her, too. We tried some water-coloring techniques for the background, which I really liked. Here you can see the results: 

By the way I got to know some great new people, who share my passion for scrapbooking, and I will hopefully see them again in future.

So guess what... This was definitely not my last Mega-Event with Scrapbook Werkstatt! Can't wait till next year :)