Scrap Gala was AMAZING!

I am still reeling from the awesome weekend we had at Scrap Gala. I can hardly believe we had such a big event in this area. Scrap Gala was hosted by the Scrap Shack and Debbie and her team are to be commended for bringing such an event to the martimes and for running such a smooth weekend.

Christy Tomlinson, Carol Wingert, Tena Sprenger, Debbie Hill and Kah-Mei Smith were the instructors and each and every one of them are hugely talented and personable women. The manufacturers and teachers were all very generous with give-aways.

Carol Wingert:












I took two classes from Carol Wingert: an inking class and an accordian chipboard book. I learned many new inking techniques as well as the best glue to use on mini books. Would you beleive it's the UHU glue stick in combination with a brayer? The glitter on this project is also made from glass. It is a wonderful product.

Christy Tomlinson:

I took two classes from Christy: a Faux Paper bag book and Oodles of Doodles. The faux paper bag book was an easy and practical project, one I would definitely make again. The highlight of the doodling class was the doodling genie and would you believe one was inlcluded in the class kit? I don't even think these are in stores yet but since Christy was part of the team who designed these I guess she had some pull. The Scrap Shack also had all of the different styles in stock so I got a couple of extras because I loved them so much. I really like Christy's style and picked up a few tips on using things like decorative scissors, pins and paper clips as inexpensive ways to embellish a project.

Debbie Hill:

Debbie is the Design Team Leader for Junkitz and she ran what I call a Ruler Book marathon class. We used alcohol inks, transparencies, jump rings, ribbon, tons of stamps and inks and created an incredible project that I just love. She really motivated me to make each and every page of my mini books a masterpiece with all the little extras.


Tena Sprenger:

The first class of the weekend was with Tena and we made a mini book using a Bazzill kit. The combination of Bohemia paper, the hand stitched binding and the "danglies" hanging from the spine of this book made it a definite crowd pleaser. I really liked using the Fiskars eyelet border punch. It really gave the pages that little extra something that made them great.

If all this wasn't good enough, there was a layout contest judged by the teachers and I got the third prize for my "Thankful" layout.