Here is a photo of Angie and her mom playing with the very addictive Spellbinders Calibur Machine. Of course, after working with this tool, Angie had to take one home. As we tell all our clients, once you touch this tool you are addicted. You are so spoilt for choice with the variety of cutting dies available in the shop.

Angie and her mom scrapped together, but each one did their own thing.   In the end they had to pack up and go before we had time to take any photos of their calendars.

Nicci had a ball. She could not stop talking about the great variety of paper and embellishments to choose from.  You could just see how she enjoyed herself.  She was in her element. It is always such a pleasure when you notice how all your hard work pays off and how it touches our clients. This makes everything worthwhile.

We hope you all had just such a good time as we all did. Thank you for spending the time with us.

Alinda Whitehorn joined Bohemian Scrapsody as from end January 2012 to replace Priscilla. She has been a long-standing client of Bohemian and has always expressed the wish to work in a shop like ours.

She is a talented scrapper and enjoys scrapping her daughter and family. Vibrant colours are especially her favorite. Trust me, there is nothing conventional about Alinda. Welcome to Bohemian Scrapsody Alinda. We trust you are going to have a long and happy stay with us.

Here is a photo of Anuschka showing one of her exercise books – Music.

Here are a few more of her masterpieces. The Graphic 45 range lent itself beautifully to the Maths theme of this book.

Herewith a picture of her Life Skills book. Anuschka especially amazed us with her initiative in choosing paper. She knew exactly what she wanted to portray and with each book, she succeeded beautifully in projecting the topic.

Science  was a big challenge – just check what she did and how it represents the topic.

Well done Anuschka. I am sure your books blew the teachers’ minds away. You have certainly excelled at achieving what you set out to do. Hope you have a wonderful matric year and that all your wishes come through.

Miami Canners donated a lot of products and each scrapper was blessed with a goodie bag of products and a Miami apron.

Here we have a picture of the group all dressed up and ready to scrap.

Ronelle Barnard and her daughter Runé spent some quality mother and daughter time together and enjoyed every minute crafting together. The Xmas balls and bird cages that they made came out stunning!! Here they stand with their gift boxes – ready to start scrapping ******

Elmie and Isabel also joined the class and it was all fun and games. They never stopped laughing and just having fun while scrapping to their hearts’ delight.

Joey Grundling joined us from Seaview. She slipped away for some creative therapy for the day.

Nog ‘n ma en dogter kombinasie wat die klas bygewoon het, was   en Marelize en Sherise. Dit was ure van pure genot en saamspeel om die scraptafels by Bohemian Scrapsody.

Die klas is hoofsaaklik deur Priscilla gehanteer, want sy is mos die skepper van die voëltjie hokkies. Hier is ‘n laaste foto van die klas om te wys hoe hoog die konsentrasie was met die maak van die voëlhokkies. Hier moes almal kop hou soos weerluise. Jy kon nie vir een minuut net agter toe sit en rus nie – en ek moet sê – niemand wou nie. Almal wou die eindresultaat van hul skeppings sien. In die verte sit Joan en Heleen le Roux. Hulle was druk besig en die koppe het amper nooit opgelig nie.

Net om te wys waarvan ons praat, hier is so paar fotos van die hokkies wat gemaak is.

Die detail op die hokkies is so intrinsiek en mooi. En natuurlik het die Grand Caliburs oortyd gewerk. Die voëlhokkie hier onder wys hoe pragtig die uitgesnyde patrone gebruik is op die projek. Ons moet noem dat ook die blomme uitgesny is met die Grand Calibur en daarna ge-distress is. Daar is selfs van die aluminium kantpatroon ‘strips’ gesny en onder op die hokkie vas gesit. Die ‘gestalt’ is ongelooflik. Mense glo net nie dat dit deur die scrappers self gemaak is nie.

Tannie Grieta is ‘n kaartjie-maker van formaat. Sy het ‘n rukkie gewag en het baie kaartjies verkoop voordat hierdie groot Grand Calibur oomblik in haar lewe gekom het. Sy het haar Cuttlebug verkoop en het die geldjie gebruik om vir haar ‘n Spellbinders Grand Calibur masjien te koop. Mense, ek sê nou vir julle – dit is soos terapie. Die eerste ou patroonjie wat sy uitgedruk het, het die  die breedste glimlag oor haar gesig gebring. Scrappers en kaartjie-makers sal presies weet waarvan ek praat.   Toe sy eers die nek kry om die masjien te werk was daar nie stop aan haar nie.

She cut and embossed and cut and embossed. There was no stop!!  This was really a wonderful sight. Such enjoyment. Once again, I cannot stress the versatality of this machine enough. Grieta makes cards, so you can imagine – a new world has now opened for her.

Here we have a picture showing the sheer concentration as she started working her machine. Hier staan sy met Charlene en haar gesig wys dat sy die ene konsentrasie is – sy hoor niks anders nie.

Tannie Grieta, ons hoop jy geniet jou Grand Calibur terdeë. Sovêr is dit ‘n groot wenner by elke klient wat dit tot nou toe gekoop het.

The advent calendar  is such an amazing project as every advent looks different. Ons het al oor die 80 van hierdie advent projekte gescrap saam met kliente en elke keer staan ons verstom.

Herewith some photos of Bertha and Elize’s projects. Bertha did not have a photograph for the middle of the advent – so she had to improvise – just check the picture.

None of them wanted to waste any time looking up at the camera – isn’t this so typical of scrappers – they always need photos to scrap, but there are never a lot taken of themselves. Here we caught a glimpse of  Elize just as she was looking up.

You will have to use your imagination to get the full picture of Bertha – she concentrated very hard – no time to waste. Hubby may be finished soon and then she had to pack up. So every minute counted.

Die eindresultaat was asemrowend mooi. Wat so amazing is van scrapbooking is die manier waarop elke klient kleure en kleur kombinasies benader en saam sit. Ons staan elke keer verwonderd oor hoe uniek elkeen se smaak is. Dit is so  ‘n fantastiese gawe wat ons elkeen besit.

Annika en Bianca Strydom het saam met Harry en Daniel Scholtz die middag by Bohemian Scrapsody kom deurbring om kersversierings te maak.  Die klompie is van Pretoria en het besluit hulle gaan hul kersboom-versierings hierdie jaar self maak.

Hier is ‘n paar fotos om te wys hoe dit gegaan het.

Priscilla het gehelp met die detail, maar die klompie was heel handig en dit het lekkerder gegaan soos die sessie aan beweeg het.

Just look at the concentration on these little faces. Isn’t it great to experience the joy of children having fun.

Hier is hulle besig om die ‘tags’ te versier met ‘puff paint’.  Niks was teveel vir hulle nie. Die versierings wat gemaak is is dadelik op die boom gesit by die huis.

News from Bohemian Scrapsody

We can already feel the buzz in the shop.  The festive season is here and everybody is gearing up for all the holiday visitors to Jeffreys Bay.  This is our last news letter for the year as December is too much of a rush. The next one will be sent out in January 2012 – I cannot believe I am typing 2012 already.

Very important!!!. We are organizing the biggest “Scrap-Away at Jeffreys Bay” for the weekend of 30 March – 1 April 2012.  The cost of attendance is R1600.00 per delegate and various payment options will be offered. Travel and accommodation arrangements are the responsibilities of the delegates.

Bookings opened on 1 December 2011.  We plan on kicking off on the Friday – late afternoon – with a ‘getting-to-know’ evening, food and cooking demonstration for scrapper families (this means quick and tasty meals that can be prepared in a jiffy, but will have the appearance of you spending hours in the kitchen). I need not explain why this is so important to all addicted scrappers and card makers. There will be one off-the-page project and 2 double page layouts.  Card makers will have the opportunity of making a number of cards instead of the page layouts. No pressure at all!!!  This will a weekend full of fun, but with some great projects to take home.

The focus will be on ‘local is lekker!’  In other words, we will be making use of local scrappers and teachers for our sessions.  This will also allow us to keep the costs down to a great extent. The goodie bag will look, feel and taste different. So, it will not just contain scrapbooking stuff – very exciting and very interesting!!! The aim of this is that we want some quality time with great friends that share the same hobbies and interests as ours. Fun!!! Fun!! Fun!!  If you want to obtain more information please contact us via e-mail at bohemian@mweb.co.za or phone us on 042 293 3386.  Check out our blog on www.scrapbookrhapsody.com to get an idea of our classes and the mischief we are up to. We have created a special page on our web-site that will allow you to register on-line.

Herewith the link should you wish to register on-line:

http://www.scrapbookrhapsody.com/scrapaway.html

Before we get into the tips, techniques and flavors section, herewith some more good news. Bohemian Scrapsody is running ahead on the 5 month challenge that has been put out by Spellbinders – we have sold the MOST Spellbinders in South Africa for the months of October and November 2011.  I phoned the distributor and told her that she could just as well send all 5 Grand Calibur machines upfront because we WILL be taking this prize every month.  This is such a wonderful cutting system – it sells itself. The vast array of dies and embossing plates are to die for!!! We are so spoilt for choice. The machine cuts and embosses the best of all systems we have seen so far. It is a must for every scrapper – and at a price of R1200.00 it is an absolute give-away. It cuts A4 sized papers, cardstock, pewter, fabric, cork, vellum – it even cuts fondant that we decorate our cakes with. What more can we ask for – a tool that works in the scrap room as well as the kitchen!!!  Herewith the link that will take you to this range of products on our web-site:

http://shop.scrapbookrhapsody.com/c956-0/Spellbinders.aspx

We have also finalized our last scrap kit for 2011. As you can expect, it is titled “Christmas Joy”. As the theme is quite clear, we only put together 1 kit for December. Herewith the layout:

If you would like to order this kit (R125.00 excluding postage and insurance), please contact us via e-mail bohemian@mweb.co.za or telephonically on 042 293 3386.

Herewith some new tips and recommendations for this month of November and December:  

Tips

• This first tip was found on the web and was posted by Debbie – Two Old Crows. This tip is a great one on how to make your own rub-ons at home, but you need to focus on the steps as it could go wrong quite easily if you do not follow it step-by-step.  You need the following supplies to make your own rub-ons:

Transparency paper (purchased at your local office supply store)
Inkjet Printer
Rub-On tool, popsicle stick or credit card

Directions:

1. Insert the transparency into your inkjet printer so that it prints on the smooth / wrong side of the transparency. Make sure you have placed the smooth side down.
2. We have found the black ink printed images work the best. If you want a color transfer, we recommend you use strong colors and rub these off on a lighter background page. The smooth papers work the best. The darker, the better!!
3. Open your favorite word processing or photo program and create the text or image you want to use as a rub on. It is better to choose a picture or quote that uses more ink.
4. Format your printer settings so that it is set to print on “plain paper”, “best quality” and “mirror image” (the image needs to be reversed especially if you are printing text or it will appear backwards).
5. Print your “rub-on”
6. Remove the transparency carefully as the ink will be wet and will smear because you printed on the smooth side of the transparency. Let it dry for approximately 3-5 minutes. Be careful – do not touch it as it will smear.
7. Place the transparency smooth side down onto your scrapbooking page exactly where you want the image or text to appear. Hold it firmly in place and rub the image with a rub-on tool, popsicle stick or credit card. Ensure that you press hard. Rub over the entire surface of the image.
8. Carefully pull up the transparency and allow the ink to completely dry before touching.
9. Use a damp cloth or paper towel to clean off your transparency and get it ready for your next rub-on. You can re-use the transparency over and over and over again.

Be sure to practice first before putting the rub-on on your page. Every inkjet printer is different and drying times may vary, but with a bit of practice you will be creating rub-ons with very little effort.

The following rub-on was created with the inkjet printer and transferred onto a smooth soft-grey cardstock. The result is amazing.

• If you want to preserve a newspaper article and you are not able to purchase Archival Mist Spray or Make It Acid-Free by Krylon, the best alternative is to scan the article and print the scanned image on acid free paper. The results are great. It usually looks quite similar to the original article.

Daar is baie suksesverhale wat in Polisiegeledere vertel word, maar in September 2011 het ‘n baie ongelukkige voorval in hierdie Honde Eenheid plaasgevind.  Twee van hulle   honde, Ikke (patrolliehond) en Ushca (dwelmhond), het op ‘n onverklaarbare wyse uit die hokke verdwyn en is drie weke later dood aangetref waar hulle sy aan sy gelê het.  Dit was ‘n ongelooflike skok vir die hele eenheid en terugslag vir die twee honde se hanteerders – Konstabels Solly Nemalegeni en Yolande Thysse.

Bohemian Scrapsody was baie bevoorreg om op ‘n spesiale wyse betrokke te kon raak d.m.v. een van ons kliente.  Helouise Erasmus is gevra om vir elke hanteerder ‘n spesiale aandenking te scrap wat op hulle jaareindfunksie aan die 2 spesiale mense oorhandig is. Hier is ‘n foto waar die geraamde gedenkblaaie deur Kaptein Frank Monaisa, die bevelvoerder van die honde eenheid, oorhandig word aan Solly en Yolande.

Here are the completed scrapbook pages.  Ushca was a five year old Labrador that specialized in narcotic detection.

Ikke, an imported Belgium Sheppard was a two and a half year old patrol dog.

Constable Yolande Thysse was the handler of Ushca.  The dog really fulfilled the duties of fighting crime by detecting a huge amount of narcotics in the Humansdorp area.   This was also the only narcotic trained dog in this area.

Ikke was trained in 2010 for patrol work.  After being imported from Holland, Ikke was one of six Malenois (Belgium Sheppard) brought into the country to be trained as a Police dog. He was a real one man dog. Only Solly could handle him.  Ikke was a very well maintained and focused dog and really performed his duties to the best of his ability.

Bohemian Scrapsody voel ge-eerd om op ‘n klein skaal betrokke te kon raak by Kaptein Frank en die Humansdorpse Honde – eenheid. Dit is so ‘n groot eer om meer te kon leer van watter goeie werk hier gedoen word.  We understand that Solly and Yolande will have their new dogs quite soon. We wish them all the best for the future and pray that they will be very happy with their new partners.  Frank, thank you for allowing us to share in this experience in a small way.