Teaching In Sydney this Weekend

I'm really excited to be teaching in Sydney this weekend with my daughter Beth and her friend Bonnie. They are arranging a Coffee, Cake, and Create afternoon in sydney on Saturday 1st, like we do here. Three projects with three teachers and afternoon tea for only $50. Beth as put photos of the three projects on their blog and I know that there are some spots left. If you can join us we would love to spend the day with you! Just click on the link on the side of my blog to vist their blog and you can email Beth to book in.
Thanks for looking
Jane
PS just looked at their blog, the photo's don't do the projects justice. I am doing a mini folder/booklet, Bonne a page and Beth is doing Cards.

Introducing Jane Tregenza from Australia

Hi Everyone

Graphic 45 is introducing me on their Blog. I have put a link in which takes you to the page, Graphic 45 Blog please feel free to leave a comment for me there. The more the better. As I said in yesterday post, Aimee and Diane from Graphic 45 were amazing and so friendly. I look so short standing next to them.

Next month's Graphic 45 class is for the men in our lives. Its on Saturday 22nd of May at 10am. There are some spaces left so don't leave it too late to book in.

Nat has put more photos of our time in Brisbane on the shop blog, so check it out!

thanks

Jane

Just Love Graphic 45

I have had the most amazing 3 days in Brisbane. I got to meet Diane and Aimee from G45. Two truly beautiful and generous people. I can't express how honoured I am to be on their design team. They had the best booth at the event, and the projects and displays they brought, were out of this world. It was lovely to spend so much time with them both and to hear how the company got started and where it is going. I am delighted to be able to work for them. They brought my book back with them, I got quite emotional holding it again. It was great to see the interest it created. I also had the fun of showing it to Lynette Caroll (one of my Hero's). Dianne is going to arrange for my book to be published in an American magazine! They also found a space for some of my layouts to be displayed on their booth. It was so funny to have people wanting to have their photo taken with me. I met Ladies from our two Aussie scrapbooking magazines who want me to send work to them . Diane has some work for me to do, which I will share later on, so its all happening and all thanks to Graphic 45!

Nat is doing a post of our time in Brisbane on the shop blog tomorrow. I will put some more photos on my blog tomorrow.

thanks for looking

Jane

PS In the second photo of Aimee, to the right of the photo is one of my books. This one is titled Norm and is one I made for my Dad.

Too much Creativity

I always have the urge to move things around after I have done a big project. I'm not sure why. I put it down to having some creativity left over. It drives the staff mad as I end up shifting the shop around. With 4 days off over Easter, it was a too greater opportunity to miss. So I shifted the shop around. I wish I had taken a photo of how it looked when I left it tonight. The shop part looks great, workroom not so good, with every flat surface covered with stuff. I hoping the fairy's work over time tonight. So Kathy and Nat I know what you are doing tomorrow! The good news for all of my customers, is that I have a table of embellishments, stickers and rubons with 40% off. I also have 12 racks of paper for $0.50, $0.80 and $1.00 per sheet. Sale starts Tuesday 9am until sold out.
Jane

First Graphic 45 Class

Here is a sneek peek of my First Graphic 45 Class I will be doing a layout or project each month on a Saturday and if the interest is there, then I will do a repeat class during the week. This will be your chance to do some projects using the beautiful paper from G45. This months layout is more for the girls. Next months class is a male layout.

Aprils Graphic 45 Class: Saturday 10th at 10am-12.30pm.

Leave a comment on the Graphic 45 Blog and you could win!

That's right visit Graphic 45's blog and leave a comment, Candy will be choosing two lucky people to receive some yummy Graphic 45 papers. To keep in touch you can look at the Graphic 45 Blog and also join their community. You can look at my work on the community site by typing in my name, and if you want to, you can even leave a comment on the community site for me. I am still finding out more information about how it's all going to work and what I will be doing. All the design team Ladies are really nice and we have all been leaving comments for each on our blogs. I have listed them for you and by clicking on their names you can visit their blogs. They are all amazingly talented Ladies so it going to be a wonderful year. My Final project for Graphic 45 was a book, no surprises as it's what I love doing. Keep checking the Graphic 45 blog over the next week or so. I am sure all the final projects from the team will be shown soon.

thanks for all the comments you have been leaving.

Jane

I made it!

Wow, Nat rang me a few minutes ago to tell me to check out the Graphic 45 Blog. Which I did and found my name there. Can't tell you how excited I am to have made it and glad the wait is over. I feel very special to be part of their design team. I will be doing some layouts and off the page projects for the Graphic 45 Company for the year. I will keep you all upto date with what is happening. So keep in touch, it looks like being the best year ever. Special thanks to the people at Graphic 45 for giving me the opportunity and considering my work. Congratulations to the other team members.
Tammy Roberts
Laura De la Rosa
Gloria Stengel
Jade Moore
Tracey Locher
Candy Rosenberg
Jenny Svenson
Trisha Ladouceur
Looking forward to getting to know you all.
thanks
Jane

Now we Wait

I know my project has arrived at Graphic 45. Now we wait, I keep telling myself I only have to wait two weeks to find out if I made it through. I'm not good at waiting. So it's going to be a long two weeks. I am delighted to have made it to the second round so what ever the outcome, I am happy. I love the project I sent them and hope they like it too. Its always hard to know what to make as you don't really know what the people judging are looking for. Any way its out of my hands now. I dug up another of my older layouts for you. This one has photos of Josh & Malc taken at Sea World on the Gold Coast. I hate the rides, but they loved them. I spent the day taking photos and waiting at the bottom of nearly every ride there.

It's still missing one small photo of the kids + husband on the Bermuda triangle ride. I must confess to have a thing about clocks and time pieces. On this page I have stamped and embossed some and even added a watch class with clock bits floating around inside it (top right hand corner).

Well it's time to start working on the new time table and newsletter - so back to work.

Thanks for looking and keep in touch. Hopefully there will be some great news on the 2/4/10

Jane

My Graphic 45 Project has left!

My final piece for the Graphic 45 design team final challenge has just left. I have spent the past 6 days working on it. It's all top secret, so I can't disclose what it is just yet. Some of you may have been lucky enough to see me working on it. Keep it a secret, just between ourselves.
Once the 1st of April has passes and I find out if I made it, I will have some photos to share. I am really happy with it and can say it is my best work to date. I thought it would be hard to part with as I don't get it back. But I am glad that I will get to share it with a whole lot of lovely ladies in the states. I know from looking at photos from CHA that they must use some of the projects they receive for displays at the show.
Who knows maybe I'll look one year and see my project on display there.
Wish me luck
Jane

Another Favorite

So another of my older layouts to share with you. This was one I sent to the Scrapbooking Memories Master last year. It a quick layout to do and went together perfectly. I find that the ones that I do quickly, eg. under 3 hours a layout, work the best and I love what I have done. If I have to spent more than 3 hours, then something is not quite right and I will often start again. I used a K&Co die cut paper with a collage press die cut. The title is chipboard - inked and glimmermisted. The journaling for each of my children includes their name, where they are in the family and their strengths as I see them. When I shared this with them, they all had to agreed that I had them all worked out. Hello - am not a mother for nothing!

thanks for looking

Jane

Black and Blue all over!

I have been pinching myself all day, since reading a post on my blog from Scrapsister. This was the first I knew that I had made it to the second round for Graphic 45's design team. So excited and a bit over whelmed. Congratulations to the other 19 ladies

Domestic: USA

Christie Bryant

Tammy Roberts

Rae Barthel

Jade Moore

Gloria Stengel

Tracey Locher

Tami Bayer

Jennifer Barna

Laura De La Rosa

Angela Beavers
International

Gabrielle Pollacco

Trisha Ladoucheur

Mariska Hoffman

Monika Martinson

Jenny Svennson

Camilla Ekman

Nicole Gueguric

Jane Tregenza

Tomoko Takahashi

Andrea Gomoll

Special thanks to the Graphic 45 ladies/Gents? who looked at my work and kindly put me into the the top 20. Another pinch, still can't believe it. Well no matter what the out come is I feel very special and honored to be in such great company with so many other talented Ladies. Still waiting to hear what the final project is to be. Itching to get started on it, as I have to have mine in USA in a couple of weeks time. Then another wait till April to find out who the lucky Ladies are. So putting my feet back on the ground and head out of the clouds, - I taught two classes today. The first was my 7G Printers tray using K&Co's Blossomwood paper/Embellishments. I will be repeating this class later in the year. Note the bird's nest - hand made!

And in keeping with my promise to post some of my old projects! Here is a set of 7g Draws I made for Kate. First draw is for age 0-5, second draw for 6-10 and the third draw ages 11-15. Each one has a set of cards with photos and journaling.

Thanks for looking, will post some more photos later.
Jane

Its Graphic 45 Time

Graphic 45 have had their design team call close this week. I love their papers, so I just had to have a go. I needed to send photos of 10 projects by 1st of march. I have done 5 layouts, a box with an album with photos of Leah and Stewarts wedding inside it. I did a mini book using one of their 8x8 pads and a 7Gypiesy book on Joshua. I made another of my books which is to be on my Dad. I also did a 12x12 piece called "patch work of my Family" using lots of my collection squares. Very happy with all the pieces. Now we just wait and see.

Every couple of days I am going to start putting up some of my favorite older layouts. I have 100's of layouts and would love to share some with you, so keep in touch. If you like what you see, then think about going a Jane's Page Class at the shop!

thanks

Jane