Crop cancellation

Unfortunately we have learnt that Brynglas House will now be closed on Saturday. The alternative offered to us is only available for the morning, there is no parking and it is in the middle of town. As a result we have taken the decision to cancel next weeks crop. We are really sorry for the disappointment this will cause.

We will be back at Brynglas House on 24th January (please send email to book) and in Bassaleg on February 7th.

Until then we all wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.

Sue, Amber, Julia, Fiona x

Saturday's class - part 2

Here's our other layout for Saturday.

The tools you'll need apart from the usual tool list are,
Two 6x4 portait photo's
brown ink
blue ink
wet glue
brown fine liner
The Quickutz will be available for you to cut your title on the day as yours might not be Easter related!
Only 3 more sleeps, see you soon!

Julia

Saturday's Crop class.

Hi there,

Just dropping in quickly to show you one of the classes for our upcoming crop. Will be back shortly with a tools list and the other class.

The tools you'll need for this class are;

7x5 black & white portrait photo.

Brown ink.

3d gloss - eg glossy accents.

Stapler.

Brown fine liner.

You will also need the usual tools such as your trimmer, glue etc.

Bye for now!

Julia xxx

My favourite blog

I definitely have an absolute favourite blog and it has nothing to do with scrapbooking. It is called 'Cake Wrecks'. You can find it at http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ Please take a look - I have been known to sit here with tears literally rolling down my face, unable to breathe for laughing. It is not only the pictures but the blog owner, Jen, has a wicked sense of humour. Hope you enjoy it too! Sue x

November's Crop

Our next crop is 15th November at the Graig Community Hall in Bassaleg, Newport.

10am - 4pm £5.00 entrance fee, tea/coffee and cake included.

There will be two classes during the day (class fees will be confirmed on arrival)

To book a place call the scrap phone: 07804 172004 or send us an email to mail@scrapbus.co.uk

Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Gloucester....

...a beautiful day, we had lunch on the way and all for under 22 pounds you know,
And on the way back we sat in the back and stroked our scrapbooking paper,
Singing a few of our favourite songs as the wheels went round.

(OK so maybe not the singing bit!)

Sue x

ROAD TRIP!!!!

I can't quite believe that it's time for our first road trip! It doesn't seem like it was five minutes ago that it was spring and now here we are just about to go for our autumn trip.

We're off to Paperarts in Stroud to do some serious damage to our credit cards!! Credit Crunch or not, nothing gets in the way of stash accumulation. Then we're having a spot of lunch and on to Gloucester Marina and Cathedral for photo opporunitues (well we have to have an excuse for buying the stash).

I'm really looking forward to it and if you haven't yet booked your place....why not? You may still be in with a chance just email your request to mail@scrapbus.co.uk.

See ya Saturday
Amber x

Sue's class for crop

Sorry for the wait ladies but here is my class for tomorrow:


You will need...

Two 4"x6" portrait photographs (or one landscape photograph approx 8"x6")
Dark brown inkpad
3D foam pads
Small sharp scissors or knife and cutting mat

Of course you probably won't want the same title as mine - no problem you can have any you like!!

Amber's Class for 6th September Crop

Hello Ladies, so sorry for the delay in getting this put up for you to look at, I didn't get in til very late last night and it was straight to bed for me.

For my class you will need to bring:
A paper piercer or a pin
A needle
A black fine liner pen

and all the usual tool kit.

Amber x

Challenge.

Hello ladies!
Just a quick update to let you know the challenge for this Saturday's crop is to create a layout with the theme of School Days. We're all looking forward to seeing your old school photos, your children's, or even your grandchildren's. You may wish to scrap those school days memories such as sports days, concerts, presentations or assemblies.

See you soon!
Julia

Challenge and class details.

Sorry we're late with challenge details this month, but if you want to enter the challenge this month the details are;
Challenge:
Your LO will need to include an Abba song title to celebrate the release of Mama Mia a great chick flick!

Classes
Fiona's - one 7x5 potrait black and white photo and a black ink pad.
Julia's - two 4x6 landscape photo's, a green ink pad (I used olive green), a black or brown fine liner and a paint brush. I will also be providing the title of "Family".
See you all soon!
Julia

Challenge and class details.

Sorry we're late with challenge details this month, but if you want to enter the challenge this month the details are;
Challenge: Your LO will need to include an Abba song title to celebrate the release of Mama Mia a great chick flick!
Classes
Fiona's - one 7x5 potrait black and white photo and a black ink pad.
Julia's - two 4x6 landscape photo's, a green ink pad (I used olive green), a black or brown fine liner and a paint brush. I will also be providing the title of "Family".
See you all soon!
Julia

Challenge and class details.

Sorry we're late with challenge details this month, but if you want to enter the challenge this month the details are;
Challenge: Your LO will need to include an Abba song title to celebrate the release of Mama Mia a great chick flick!
Classes
Fiona's - one 7x5 potrait black and white photo and a black ink pad.
Julia's - two 4x6 landscape photo's, a green ink pad (I used olive green), a black or brown fine liner and a paint brush. I will also be providing the title of "Family".
See you all soon!
Julia

Julia's class info

Just a quick note...for Julia's class on Saturday you need two 4x6 landscape photo's....also a green ink pad (Julia used olive green), a brown or black fine liner and a paint brush.

Papers for class LO's

There are only 6 more sleeps to our next crop!

We will have two classes on the day taught by Julia and Fiona.

Julia will use these papers........


And Fiona will be using these...

Fiona will use a black and white 7" x 5" potrait photo....the sizes for Julia's class to be advised asap.

That's all for now -we all look forward to seeing you all on Saturday.

Food, glorious food!

It has become a tradition that everytime we meet for a Scrapbus Directors meeting it involves food. We have had some lovely meals in the 'Dragonfly' in Newport, Amber's cheesy creamy pasta sauce was fantastic and Fiona can make a mean burger and wedges (it was here we discovered the delights of Gu pots too). But I guess the pièce de résistance was when Dai (Julia's husband) created a masterpiece of food (lots of mexican influences) and he truly loved doing it!My coq au vin would never beat that but at least the clean plates meant it couldn't have been too bad (or everyone was too polite to leave anything!)

(artists impression!)

The purpose of the meeting was to sort out all the papers for the crops and special events coming up. The table was covered in delights and I did nearly lick the 'My Minds Eye' which is really lush! We even managed to scrapbook...Fiona taught us her LO 'model behaviour' and as usual we were in fits of laughter. I will be posting images of the papers for next weeks crop shortly...if you haven't booked and want to come there is still space, please email mail@scrapbus.co.uk to book.

Love Sue x

Didn't we have a lovely time....

Our first crop was a great success...very relaxed and a lot of fun!

Here we enjoying ourselves!

New kit

We have a new kit available..


Grow £6.50

This kit by Julia Haynes contains everything you need to complete the above layout.

Limited edition kits available!

If you’re not able to hop on board the Scrapbus it doesn’t mean that you have to miss out!

Each month we will be offering kits containing everything that you need to create beautiful layouts and projects. Some may be from our events, giving you the opportunity to sample the work that our design team have taught and some will be unique creations just for the website.

All kits come with full colour, step by step instructions enabling you to recreate a specific layout or project designed with the papers in mind.

All kits are limited edition and once they’re gone, they’re gone. Orders will be dealt with on a first come first served basis.

Postage and packing is £2.50 for one to two kits or £3.00 for three kits.

Together £5.50
This kit by Amber Lewis contains everything you need to complete the above layout.

Friends £10.00
This kit by Fiona Griffiths contains everything you need to complete this fabulous board book, including the book!

Order through the website by clicking here

Amber's Class for 5th July Crop

Hi peeps, sorry i've been delayed in posting this but I had to attend my not so little bro's birthday party, Jelly and ice cream etc...

Here is my class:

There are 24 kits available for this.

Aside from the basic scrapbooking kit which you can find listed on our website you will need:

A brown fineliner
Foam pads
Glue dots or something to glue your buttons, flowers and title with
Double sided sticky tape
A paper piercer or craft knife to make holes

Oh and my photo did start life as a 5x7 but is a slight bit smaller now but a 5x7 will still work. Hope that helps you all. See ya saturday xx

Scrapbus Crop Saturday 5th July

Here are the details of the crop on Saturday...

Graig Community Centre, Bassaleg
10am-4pm.
Entrance fee is £5.
There will be two classes and all materials are provided in the kits. Kits are available to purchase on the day.

Class One - 'Happy Days' taught by Sue Bailey



For Sue's class you will need:

One 6 x 4 portrait photograph
A dark brown ink pad
A brown fineliner pen to journal with
Glue pen or teeny tiny glue dots

Plus the usual - trimmer, scissors, your usual glue/herma

Class Two - taught by Amber Lewis.....watch this space for more details.

If you want you can bring along stuff to scrap or if you need more materials or equipment you can buy it from the shop at the crop. This is run by Sian from 'The Dancing Frog' (check out her website at http://www.thedancingfrog.co.uk/ ) Sian takes cash or cheques.

A tool table with some essentials will be available.

There is tea/coffee/cake included but you should bring lunch along. There is a small shop in the village for emergency chocolate!

There will be a challenge - details to follow.

Why not join in the chat thread in crop and chat on UKS http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=226657 and say hello and ask any questions you have.

Sue x

PS: Future crop dates for your diary:
2nd August
6th September
15th November

and there is something special being planned for October......

Scrapbus at the Hilton Hotel Newport

Well i've finally managed to get around to posting the photos from last saturday's fabulous event at the Hilton Hotel Newport. It was the scrapbus' first stop and what a great day we all had. Below are just some of the photos of the day:

And finally our challenge entries:

Welcome on board!

Woo hoo! We have a new home for our blog!