Dizzy Izzy May Retreat 2012

Well its already been ...... and gone. We held our second retreat last weekend at the beautiful Stanwell Tops Conference Centre - and endured the coldest of cold weather outside (yes I am a wimp when it comes to the cold). Luckily though we were able to figure out the heating inside and we spent a cozy weekend creating layouts, cards and off the page projects. By our calcs we estimate at least 400 layouts were created and completed over the weekend.

Kelly and Ruth with their goodie boxes



Our weekend had a handmade theme to it, starting from our goodie boxes, and sweet treats to each of our classes which involved the creation of some  handmade element or technique.

Tracey and Jodie made 40 of these sweet treat boxes,
and Rob assembled them for us. Love the colours!

We also had a number of great demo's including bottletop embellishments, and ribbon, resist, and twine flowers. It was great to see so many people use these embellishments in their work.



Twine flowers



Bottletop embellishments





A big Congratulations to all our Dizzy Competition winners - Mel C, Kelly, Annie W and Karen B. We had five categories of competitions with something for everyone. Our challenges were as follows 

1) SEW-WHAT - a challenge requiring stitching

2) TAG-IT - needed to include a tag

3) ABC Easy as 123 - for this challenge entrants had to create an alphabet themed page with a twist. The entry had to incorporate A - Alpha's, B- Bling or Buttons, C - Cardstock, D - Divine Twine and E - embellishments.

4) SKETCH Competition - entrants had to use a sketch designed by our chief sketch maker Tracey

5) FAVOURITE layout - entrants could enter their favourite sketch from the weekend.

Well done everyone who entered, and keep on entering as you have to be in it to win it! Check our Kelly's winning entry below.

Kelly's winning layout - from the Sew What challenge

Thankyou to all of the wonderful women who came along and helped make the event such a success. There would be no Dizzy Izzy without you! A special thankyou also to our army of helpers, Jodie, Rob, Matt, Michelle, Chelsea, Alyse, Diane, Cheryl, Kate and Jen.

Whats next for Dizzy Izzy?

Our next Scrap Days will be held on the 30th June and 1st September at the Port Hacking Community Centre. 10-10pm $30 pp

Our next retreats will be held 2-4 November 2012 and 30 May - 2 June 2013 (yes a 3 day retreat!)

We will also be joining the Rockdale Salvo's and Creative Crafts on the 3-4 August 2012 for their Scrap Marathon.

We look forward to scrapping with you soon.

Fleur and Trace x

And the winner is .......

A big thankyou to our entrants of the April May Dizzy Izzy Competition. It was great to see the different interpretations of the criteria.

The winner of the Alphabet prize pack goes to Kirsten Casey for her entry "Easter Chick". A very cute layout.

What a yummy prize!!!!

Happy Scrapping

Fleur x

Product Roadtest - We Are Memory Keepers Page Protectors

So I may be a little late to this revolution - but I have just found and love the We R Memory Keepers (WRMK) page protectors, and there are many reasons why I love them.

Firstly - I am a taker of many, many photos. The photos that I've shown here are from my friend's Jaynus and Mel's wedding where I took a whopping 412 photos. There were so many great shots that I wanted to use in my album, but the thought of individually scrapping these left me feeling rather overwhelmed.

The WRMK page protectors, allowed me the oppotunity to finish scrapping the bulk of Mel's wedding in a matter of hours.

 

Secondly - I love that that WRMK mix it up - you're not restricted as to the types of photos you take. Vertical, horizontal, 4x6" or larger or smaller photos - the WRMK page protectors are really versatile. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate lots of journalling as well. Not only do I take a lot of photos but I have a lot to say!

Thirdly I know that these page protectors will go the distance. Made of ultra-clear, super heavyweight polypropylene with durable, reinforced edges. You can feel their quality as soon as you open the packet.

We will have WRMK page protectors available for sale at our upcoming retreat in May - that is, if I don't keep them all for myself!

Fleur x

April Challenge Entries

How exciting! We have some entries for our April Scrap Challenge!
You can check out our criteria here, but to refresh your memories the layout needs:

1) Journalling - there must be some journalling incorporated into your layout

2) Twine - you will need to use some twine on your layout

3) Inspiration - your layout needs to take its inspiration from the image below, that could mean the colour palette you choose, or the incorporation of an egg on your page, or a splatter effect - the ideas are endless, can't wait to see what you do :-)

 

And here are our first 3 entries!

Mia | by Pam Casey

I'm In Here | by Gillian Hume

Easter Chick | by Kirsten Casey

Fabulous! It's not too late to enter - you have until May 20 to send us your entry via email. So get scrapping and you could win goodies!

Tracey xox

 

Scrap Marathon

Last weekend Dizzy Izzy was fortunate enough to be part of the Scrap Marathon run by the Creative Crafts Group at Rockdale Salvos.

We had a little pop up shop, and scrapped on Friday night and then back again to scrap some more on Saturday.  As usual, the standard of scrapping was incredible. I'm always so impressed with what people create!

Congratulation must go to Jan, who won the sketch competition - well done!

The group meet on the 1st Friday of every month, at the Salvation Army Centre @ Rockdale. The crafters are usually there from 7pm until late - sometimes REALLY late. If you want to meet some friendly people and put some more time into scrapping then you should come by. All crafts are welcome, from cards, scrapping and knitting to sewing.

Find more information here and here

The Lost Blog Post

Early in March, accompanied by Dizzy Izzy scrappers Michelle & Jodie, I went out to the Craft & Sewing Show at Rosehill Racecourse.
I came home exhausted, my head full of inspiration and my hands full of bargains.

I had taken fun photos and had planned on doing a really fun blog post for everyone to read our adventures.

But something went wrong and the blog post never happened... This blogging thing is still something I'm getting used to!

So here you go: Check out our adventure at the show below. And don't forget to leave a comment! Tell us about the shows you have been to - maybe Dizzy Izzy will head there next!

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It's no secret.

I LOVE CRAFT FAIRS.

The night before I am heading out to a craft fair, I usually can't sleep. The next day holds so many possibilities. What am I going to see? What bargains will I buy? Which scrapping friends will I bump into? What will I be inspired by?  I wake up early and I usually bounce around the house and drive my husband crazy.

Yesterday I headed out to Rosehill Racecourse to the Craft & Sewing show. I was armed with my camera, an empty shopping bag and accompanied by Michelle & Jodie, two of my lovely scrapping friends.

This was my first time out to Rosehill (yes, I've never even been to the races!) and I really enjoyed being able to drive out there, as opposed to catching the train to the Darling Harbour show. 

On the way in we bumped into a few past HQ customers, which I always enjoy. They were taking their daughters to the show for the first time - so cute!

Inside the show I found the layout a little difficult. The stalls were split over two halls, and they didn't seem to have much order to them. It was also hard to find the classes or any little make 'n' takes.

But that didn't stop us. So many stall holders! Ribbon, lace, cross stitching, quilts, chipboard and doilies! Highlights for me were definitely the chipboard stall and all of the stalls using doilies and bunting.

This stall even used doilies IN their bunting!

Bunting is still really popular, and so is the eclectic vintage look that many people have embraced.

One activity that was happening throughout the day was a raffle where the winner go to go into a prize booth and grab as many prizes as they could. So we all grabbed tickets and waited for them to draw a winner.

AND IT WAS ME!!   CRAZY!!!

It was the strangest 60 seconds I've ever had and it was so difficult to grab any of the vouchers without touching the sides. Jodie and Michelle (and probably everyone else) thought I was hilarious, grabbing at air and shoving vouchers down my top.

I came out with 5 pieces of paper - 2 were blank, one was for a free class at the show, one was for a jewellery making kit, and the other was for a quilt pattern of my choice.

We finished up the day by sitting in on a demo about how to revamp your old last seasons clothes into this seasons designs, just with a few easy sewing techniques. I mostly use my sewing machine for scrap pages, but it did give me ideas for possibilities.

A few photo ops later and we were out the door, happy that we had driven so we didn't have to carry our heavy bags home.

Can't wait for the next craft show!

Trace* xox

Time to mix it up - APRIL CHALLENGE

So its time to mix it up a little.

For the last few months we have been running competitions through our facebook page - this has been a great way for new 'liker's' to find our page, however time has come to make a few changes. While we will continue to let you know about our competitions via our facebook page we will be running our competitions predominantly through our blog and ........ we will be having special guests or a Dizzy Izzy team member judging the competitions.

We want everyone to enter, so we don't want you to be intimidated by the fact that we will be taking over the judging. While technique and design will be taken into consideration this will not form the sole basis of judging. We understand that everyone is in different stages of their scrapping journey and expertise, so we want to encourage everyone at every level to enter. From time to time we will be asking non scrappers to decide on their favourite layout.

APRIL CHALLENGE

So this challenge is a little bit different from our previous challenges. Your layout needs to be based on, and should include the following;

1) Journalling - there must be some journalling incorporated into your layout

2) Twine - you will need to use some twine on your layout

3) Inspiration - your layout needs to take its inspiration from the image below, that could mean the colour palette you choose, or the incorporation of an egg on your page, or a splatter effect - the ideas are endless, can't wait to see what you do :-)

The final details

- entries need to be in by 7pm 20 May 2012

- to enter please email a photo of your layout to dizzyizzy@y7mail.com  Please try and reduce the size of your photo to no more than 700 pixels. You can find details on how to reduce the size of your photos at http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

- the winner will be announced on the blog and our facebook page after a brief judging period

The Prize

Yes yes there is a prize. The winner will receive three packs of ALPHA's see the pic below - YUMMY!

Good Luck and Happy Scrapping

Fleur n Trace x