Sunday 5 May 2013

First Ever Manor House Retreat!

Hi everyone.

I have some exciting news. Manor House Creations is sponsoring a new scrapping retreat! It's coming up in October and I'll be there as part of the teaching team. I'll be doing Make and Takes, while Karen Shady, Beck Beattie and Trudi Harrison will be taking classes.

I've been to see the venue - it's terrific. It's near Bacchus Marsh and is set in a gorgeous rural setting. The accommodation is basic but comfy, there is plenty of scrapping space and you won't have to cook or look after anyone but yourself all weekend! We have got plenty of great ideas to make sure you have a great time. This is going to be so much fun!

Here's a flyer.

As you can see, Manor House Creations will have lots of lovely goodies and giveaways there. You can participate in as many classes as you like. We'll have more details about the classes closer to the date. If you're interested, get your name down early. Feel free to ask any of us any questions you might have.

Now, seeing we're talking Manor House Creations, here's a recent layout I made featuring their drop-dead-gorgeous flowers.


This is my beautiful niece Arabella. She's growing up so fast. I don't get to see her very often and was so pleased I got such a lovely photo of her last time we all caught up.

The paper is Prima and I love it! The banner is cut from one of the Prima sheets then I added the decorative trim around the edges of each flag. I made use of the bird near the top left corner and made it look like it's carrying the string of the banner in its beak.

Here's a close up of the main flower cluster.


I've used five different Manor House flowers here - Rue (watermelon), Wild Rose (sherbet), glitter mini roses (pink), Hayley (white) and Meadows. I've left the wire stems on some of the flowers and twisted them around a small paintbrush to create tendrils.

I hope you're inspired to find a beautiful friend or family member and make a memorable page about them!

Bye for now.

Heather

16 comments:

  1. A really beautiful page Heather.

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  2. That sounds like an amazing weekend.. I don't think it will work out for me to go although I would LOVE to! Your layout looks really lovely.. MH flowers are divine!

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  3. If you can make it work Lizzy let me know. Would love to meet in real life!

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  4. That little bird banner is very sweet. Beautiful page for a very pretty girl

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  5. Jealous as...don't often wish I still lived in Viccy....but if I did, I'd be there in a shot:(:( meanwhile, at least you put up a yummy page to compensate!!!! ADORE that banner & the little one above the photo . Totally yummy LO ..new fave!!!!!

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  6. Funny....we've done this before...you just visited me & I've just visited you:):):):)

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  7. Ohhhhhhhhhh this is gorgeous!!! I love love love that banner and the flowers!! And I wish I was closer ... I would be there in a heartbeat!!

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  8. Simply amazing Heather! Love the colours, the design, the gorgeous pic and of course the flowers! Beautiful page!

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  9. So very pretty Heather! Gorgeous details. If you can't see your niece often, I surely hope she sends you pics, because she's too gorgeous not to create layouts for. I wished I lived closer to the retreat it sounds like you're going to have a lot of fun.

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  10. Arabella is gorgeous! Inspiring Heather!

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  11. This is super duper pretty!!! Love it so much, Heather! And oh what fun would a retreat be!! One day! :)

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  12. So beautiful - I would LOVE to be on that retreat with you!!! I just got my copy of SM (Mothers day edition) and saw all your fab articles!!! Really inspirational.

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  13. Hi Heather. What an absolutely stunning LO. Your work is so beautiful. Thanks for stopping by my blog again. I would so love to join you, Karen and the rest of the girls but will have to give it a miss this time around. It saddens me, but maybe we can meet another time. I hope so anyway. XX

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  14. What a stunning layout, love the title banner, very clever! Wow!

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