Scrap and Chat Retreat 2016

Hey all!  A couple of weeks ago I attended one of the most fabulous retreats.  Scrap and Chat Retreats.  Held at 'The Country Place' in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne.   The most fabulous arty, creatives gathered together.  It's so amazing to gather with people that 'get' the scrappy/arty thing and understand where you're coming from...Look at all of us.

Here are some of the pages I created at the retreat, the rest you'll see a little later as they were for Design teams. 

Love this one using different bits and pieces from various companies.  Papers from Kaiserkraft, epoxy stickers from Cocoa Vanilla Studio and American Crafts.  And there's also a heart on there from Charms Creations, which I sprayed pink. 

The background on this page is using texture past and a Crafters Workshop Stencils and the colour is from watered down Distress Paints.  

Next page is using the Paige Evans collection from Pink Paislee, love those thickers!

And the last page today is this magical rainbow one.  Accentuated mainly with black and white papers and embellishments and black house paint a la Lisa Oxley.  A New Years Eve photo.  The rainbow effect was with Kaisermists and a smattering of water droplets to achieve a bleached effect.

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Scrap and Chat Retreat 2015

Hello I'm back again with more pages from the recent Scrap and Chat Retreat. I've been to this retreat ran by Malinda Gardner for the last few years and it's so  awesome I love it! Held at The Country Place in The Dandenongs outside Melbourne, so beautiful tranquil surrounds, amazing food and the inspiration always abounds.   Then there are the fabulous people that I get to scrap and chat with each year!! It's worth it for that alone. 
If you're looking for a retreat in 2016 you won't be disappointed. You can find out more on the Facebook page HERE

One of the teachers this year was the so very talented 

Lisa Oxley and I loved her class.

Lisa's enthusiasm for her art is so infectious 

you can't help but come away happy and inspired to 

create.

This was my page.

Lots of fun to create and learnt some cool new techniques.

Which then inspired me to create this page.

Lisa has designed some stencils for WOW and lucky me scored one.

(big thanks Lisa xx - you know me and stencils)

How cool is this script stencil?!

I managed 15 layouts this year retreat!! - very happy with that tally.   I guess when you average 3-4 hours sleep a night you can achieve a lot! ;)
I'll leave you with one last page.

Thanks for stopping by.