Mj's Crop Circle

Class Tuesday 4th May

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There are nine photos, and remember the measurements

are horizontal then vertical.

Papers are black and white and the card stock a creamy yellow colour so just about any colour photos will work, I have used mostly black and white with one colour photo, can be used for most things even weddings

Five photos 7.5cm x 7.5cm

One photo 15cm x 10cm

One photo 7.5cm x 9cm

One photo 7.5cm x 11cm

One photo 15cm x 10cm

You will need usual basic tool kit

Knife

ruler

cutting mat

scissors

paper cutter

double sided tape

wet glue

In addition:

1 knitting needle

pokey tool

needle

brown ink and black ink

The title is So Blessed and this will be cut out for you unless you specify otherwise.

Cost as usual is £12

Please let me know if you would like to book a place on this class

Tuesday February 2nd Snow Class

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After all the weather we have been having I think it is appropriate to have a snow class. LOL

Most of you have seen the example of the class, but the paper we will be using is both sides of
Sassafras Lass - Serendipidy - Hog Heaven - Pin Stripe

The cardstock we are using is two different shades of blue and of course brown.

Techniques will be ribbons and stitching (but don't panic not too much stitching)

PHOTOS

remember horizontal measurement comes first:

six photos at 7cm x 7cm
one photo at 14cm x 7cm

(the mounting of these photos is on a block that is approx 14.7cm x 14.7cm, so you could have one large photo of say 14cm x 14cm or two photos 14cm x 7cm or 7cm x 14cm, if you see what I mean, hope this helps with the photos)

The rest of the photos are:

six photos at 5cm x 5cm

You will need basic tool kit to include:

cutting mat
ruler
sharp scissors
paper piercer
needle
hole punch (individual one if poss)
pencil
pricking mat
glue
journaling pen
sacura black gel pen if poss

Cost of class £12.00
Class starts at 7pm

Please have your photo's cut out ready to go as there is some cutting out of templates to do.

February 2nd 2010 Class

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February's class on Tuesday 2nd Feb at 6.45pm is a double Page LO, Christmas one, I figured even though we had just done a mini book, you might like a christmas page in your albums.

You will need 17 photos for this one.....

Remember the measurements go horizontal then vertical.

two 10cm x 15cm
one 5.5cm x 5.5cm
one 5.5cm x 8cm
nine 7cm x 7cm
one 3cm x 4cm
three 4.6cm x 6.5cm

The paper we are using is BG Wassail.Please let me know if you would like a place at the crop or would like a kit price is £12, limited spaces.

Class - Tuesday 3rd November 2009

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Tuesday 3rd November Class

6.30pm - 10pm

This class uses the gorgeous My Minds Eye

Stomp - Brothers - Caveman Stripe Paper

As you can see the colours are browns, greens, blues and creams, which gives you lots of scope for photos.

I have used beach photos on mine but the choice is yours.

PHOTOS

15 photos in all.

Horizontal measurements first.

1 photo 5cm x 7cm

1 photo 13.5cm x 10cm

1 photo 10cm x 10cm

10 photos 5cm x 5cm

1 photo 6cm x 6cm

1 photo 10cm x 13.5cm

You will need a basic tool kit

to include:

Cutting mat

Scissors

Knife

Dry and wet glue

Paper trimmer

ruler

The Class is £12.00

The class will only run with a mimimum of 8 people.

Please email or text to book your place.

CLASS - TUESDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2009

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The Next Class is on Tuesday 6th Ocober.

This class is a double Layout using the gorgeous Cosmo Cricket Snorkel papers.

These papers have plenty of colours to go with your photos from red, orange, yellow, blue, green and purple. Holiday, Beach, Pool, or swimming photos will go great with this layout.

The title is 'LAZY DAYS' but of course as with all the classes this is subject to your interpretation.

Photos you will need are:

Horizontal measurement always comes first:

1 - 7" x 5"

4 - 4" x 4"

1 - 4" x 5.5"

1 - 3.5" x 5"

Seven photos in all

You will need a basic tool kit to include:

Cutting mat

Scissors

knife

ruler

piercing tool

glue wet or dry

Cost of the Class is £10.00

(classes will be £12 from the next class)

A Small preview

Class Tuesday 16th June

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PUMPKIN PATCH

This next class by Lynne Gifford is called

'Pumpkin Patch'

Don't worry if you do not have any pumpkin photos,

the class can be done in the original orange,

or pink or pale blue.

Choice of papers are:

Sneak Peak

Photos Needed are:

horizontal measurements first then vertical.

One - 11.5cm x 15.1cm

Three - 9cm x 9cm

One - 10.5 cm x 14.5cm

There is also a four page bookwhich measures

13.5 cm x 17cm

The choice of photo size for the book

is up to you, or you can use the book

totally for journaling.

The class is £10

Please email mj@everymomentmatters.co.uk

to book your place

Basic Tool Kit to include:
Ruler,
Glue, (your choice),
Pencil,
Paper trimer
Needle,

Sharp pair of scissors,
Cutting Mat
Paper piercer or Needle,

Thursday 14th May Class

2009-04-27T20:13:00.007+01:00

Ok our next class is really colourful using

COST OF CLASS £10

Cosmos Cricket - Jack's World papers
Playtime, Wake Up,

Strip Tease and Journaling Cards

Photos needed for this Lay Out.
Horizonal first them vertical

one 15cm x 11.5 cm
two 9cm x 9cm
one 10.3cm x 12.7 cm
one 6cm x 9cm
one 11.5cm x 13.3cm
one 5cm x 5cm

The LO is entitled LEGO LAND, but you can use photos

from any outing ie ZOO, Marwell, Chessington etc

SNEAK PEAK!!!!!!

What is needed for the class:

Basic Tool Kit inc:

Ruler,

Glue, (your choice),

Pencil,

Paper trimer

Needle,

Sharp pair of scissors,

Cutting Mat

Paper piercer or Needle,

Corner rounder

Class on Thursday 26th March 2009

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A sneak peak, but only a little one LOL.
(This Class LO was designed by Lynne Gifford)

The Class is £10.00 - You have a choice of four colours; Pink, Red, Blue or Green.

You will need to book a place on this class and let me know which colour you want to do by Wednesday 25th March.

You will need 8 photos in all for this class with the following measurements.

Vertical:

1. 9.5cm x 14cm - 3.7" x 5.5"

2. 8.7cm x 15cm - 3.4" x 5.9"

3. 9cm x 15cm - 3.9" x 5.9"

4. 9.5cm x 14cm - 3.7" x 5.5"

Horizontal

1. 13.7cm x 10.2cm - 5.4" x 4"

2. 14cm x 10cm - 5.5" x 3.9"

Square

1. Two x 10cm x 10cm - 3.9" x 3.9"

Equipment needed:

Basic tool kit

To include:

RulerPaper

trimmerPencil

sharp pair of scissors

paper pricker

pop dots or similar 3D sticky squares

double sided sticky tape

Cutting mat

Catch up

2008-10-20T16:17:00.004+01:00

Catch up seems to be the title I use most for both of my blogs!!!!!!!!!

I have some fabulous photos of Yvonne's book first of all.

Thursday 28th Class

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This Thursday is a mini book called a Trash Book, so called as it is made up of lots of bits and pieces you would normally throw away !!!!!!!!

This book is being used with the kind permission of Kirsty Wiseman, and altered slightly.

You will need

a sharp knife

a small paint brush

a cutting mat

eyelet setter or crop-0-dile

Photos from the Class

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Class - Thursday 10th July

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This week we have a mini book class from the very talented Sarah J.

Check out her blog: http://www.scrapsy.blogspot.com/

You will need your basic tool kit, which should include the following:

corner rounder,

bone folder

and pva

If you want to put your photo's in whilst you make it you will need 3 - 6 mini pics (will confirm size).

The class is £15.00 and available to pay online under Mj's Crop Circle.

Acrylic Clock Class

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These Acrylic Clocks are great fun, and everyone went away with their own personalized clock.

We did have a few incidents;

The death of a Tag-a-Long !!!!!!!! after major surgery that was.

We decided to call it a day, managed to save the alphabet and I got a few interesting cogs and wheels for other projects !!!!!

The clock class involved alcohol inking the actual clock base and the numerals for the clock, the kits are great in that they include the base, the numerals and the clock workings as well as a battery and idiot proof instructions to put it together.

At the start of the class I did tell everyone that on one side of the clock there was a covering film and on the back of some of the numbers, everyone started to ink, and Kelly bless her produced a gorgeous background of black and silver for her clock, unfortunately on closer inspection she had inked the film and not the clock. Sorry hun, I still feel guilty for peeling this off, but it would of peeled off eventually honest and it looks so much better the second time.

Everyone did a fantastic job of their clocks and hopefully they will now be on display in various parts of the house.

Photos from Judi's Class

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Thursday 29th May

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This class will be taken by:

Judi Hodgkin

Owner & Designer of Scrapperdashery papers

who has been trained byTim Holtz at Ranger University and teaches at an international level.

Description of the class:Ever liked the look of those beautiful star books but didn't want to spendall that time hand-stitching the binding? In this class, from RangerUniversity Graduate Judi Hodgkin who has taught in the US and Australia,you'll learn how to create a beautiful star book with surprises in store.Create a book of beauty for you to use as you wish. Judi's classes arepacked filled with lots of techniques that you can apply to your other artpieces. In your kit, you'll get stacks of Scrapperdashery paper,embellishments to decorate the cover and a sample of a new product justarrived on these shores. Also have access to a nearly complete collection ofTim Holtz' stamps, some of the new dies from Spellbinder and lots of inksand glitzy stuff to decorate your book in your own individual, unique style.

Tools needed for the class are:

Trimmer and cutting mat, knife and ruler

Photo's can be added later.

Photos from Class

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Stampin Up Class Thursday 15th May

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Amanda will be bringing her Stampin up catalogues and stamps to show everyone, she will also be taking a card class.

You will need basic took kits for this, to include;

scissors,
bone folder,
dry glue

Photos of the Christmas books

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I will add photos later !!!!!!!! LOL

Class Thursday 24th April

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Sorry for the delay in posting this, very busy but enjoyable weekend with two crops.

Ok Thursdays class is a chipboard circle book. Now maybe some of you are more organized than me, well probably most of you, but I still havn't done anything with Christmas's photos (I still have the last four Christmas's to do something about if I am honest!!!)

So I though a lovely Christmas themed book, it will have lots of pull outs and hidden journalling or photos. I will be showing you how best to stick the paper to shapes and make sure it is the right size. You will need between 15 and 20 photos 2"x2" will work well, you can have some that are bigger if you like but the circle has a diameter of 5".

The papers we are going to be using are the Rusty Pickle Christmas Collection, with gorgeous Kaisercraft rub ons, there will of course the bling involved !!!!!!!

The Class is £9.00 and to crop as usual is £4.00.

You will need to bring

Basic Tool kit to include:

Scissors

Cutting mat

cutting knife

(don't panic there is nothing like the cutting involved for last week's !!!!)

Class photos

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This was the LO that everyone had to do. I didn't figure on how long it would take everyone to do the cutting out LOL but it was a very quiet class!!!!!!!!

Everyone ready to begin !!!!!!

You can see the concentration in everyone's faces !!!!!

Very quick pause for a mouthfull of Coffee !!!!!!!!!!!! Most of the drinks went cold as everyone was so busy cutting out tiny pieces of paper.

We had an unexpected 8 legged guest and Kellie and Jen lept across the room screaming, Karen very bravely escorted the gate crasher out of the front door, I was all ready to show it the underside of my shoe, but it was more 'humane' that way !!!!!!!!! My way would of ensured it didn't come back .......

The finished results, although only a few managed to finish, I will upload as and when everyone finishes LOL

Sneaky Peak

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Just a sneak peek for you.

Class Thursday 10th April

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Ok Thursday class will be a Lay Out, I may give you a sneak preview of part of it later in the week,

The title is 'Who I am' and as you have probably guessed from this it is a page of 'YOU'.

Included in the class kit will be;

The Tudor Collection from Kaisercraft
3 different colours of Bazzill cardstock
1 packet of Kaisercraft rhinestones
buttons

In addition you will need basic toolkit to include;

sharp scissors or craft knife and cutting mat
ink pad to co-ordinate with papers although I will have a selection
paper trimmer

A 4 x 6 photo of yourself, black and white would be better to go with the papers.

The price of the class is £9.00 or if you just want to crop it is £4.00

Photos From mini book Class

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I forgot to bring my camera, yes I know shock horror I usually have it attached to me, so will upload photos for this a bit later.

Thursday 27th March

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This weeks class is being taken by the talented Maria Briscoe, it is a gorgeous mini book.

Requirements for the Mini Book Class:

Trimmer

Scissors

Ruler

Pencil

Double sided tape

Bone folder Scorer

Additional items:

Extra flowers

Large brad or button

Please let me know if you are attending to scrap or to take the class.

The Class

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This Class was great fun and I have never had a quieter class, everyone was concentrating on cutting out the flowers and stars and threading the needles, and there was no swearing when the thread wouldn't go through the eye of the needle !!! LOL

Some photos of the Class and the Layouts.

Next Class - Thursday 13th March

2008-03-09T20:24:00.000Z

This next class is a Lay Out, well two in fact as I suggested a boy or girl Lay Out but was informed that you wanted both !!! LOL

So your wish is my command, this weeks class will be two Lay Outs a boy one with Stars and a girl one with Flowers. We will be hand cutting, inking and layering the stars and the flowers, and using Bazzill 'In-stitch' templates to hand stitch on the Lay Outs.

The price will be £8.00 in total which includes the crop fee and you will have the option again at the end of the class to purchase the 'In-Stitch' templates.

Your basic tool kit is again needed, make sure you bring a small pair of sharp scissors. If you have one please bring a paper piercer, but don't worry if you don't have one, a needle is just as good.

Let me know if you would like to book for this class, but don't forget you are welcome to just come and scrap, there will be separate tables for scrapers with the usual use of all the equipment and of course the shop will be open. I will put the class cost on to the shop if you would like to pay that way.

See you all Thursday.

The Class

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I think everyone enjoyed the class, well they all left with a finished book and didn't look like they'd been slaughtering pigs (thank you Kellie for the gloves) unlike me who got stuck in before I put the gloves on !!!!!!!!

Putting on the gloves and concentrating.

The finished books.

Flag Book - Thursday 28th February

2008-02-26T10:51:00.001Z

This thursday we will be making a Flag Book.

We will be using lots of Tim Holtz Color Wash sprays, so expect to get mucky!!!!!!!!

The book will be made from scratch starting with two pieces of chipboard and the cardstock for the spine.

There will be eight tags to decorate and then either stamp or put your own photo's onto them.

Essentail equipment is your basic tool kit: you know, scissors, ruler, cutting knife, mat etc

If you have one please bring a heat gun

Welcome

2008-02-15T15:02:00.000Z

This will be the offical site for Mj's Crop Circle, you will be able to find out all about the classes that will be booked for Thursdays, any theme evenings and so on.

I will also be putting photo's up, either from the crop nights or of what everyone has been up to.