APRIL NEWSLETTER

Hi Everyone, welcome to the April Newsletter. I hope everyone had an enjoyable break at Easter, and you're now enjoying the welcome autumn weather as we commence the last week of school holidays here in Victoria. I hope you find a little time to scrap or get a few cards done whilst enjoying the pleasant days ahead.

APRIL SCRAPBURSTS 
As we push on with a little Scrap-a-mation and Card-a-mation (copyright Scrapville....) our ScrapBursts still have plenty of Pumpkin Time to go. With 4 ScrapBursts in each section, I'm sure you'll find a challenge to tempt your inspiration. The new ScrapBursts are running from 15th March to 30th April, and we have introduced CardBursts into the mix. This is to give all our avid card making creators a challenge of their own. This time around we will be having 4 ScrapBurst challenges for the for the Scrappers, and 4 CardBursts challenges for the Card Makers. You may enter either Burst, or a couple, or ALL if you so desire. Your only limit is that you may only enter ONE Challenge in each category. But please, read on - there's more.......

We will be doing a Prize for EACH Burst, and there are also kits available to purchase for your Bursts, but these are optional, you don't have to use them..... but IF you DO, there will be an extra Prize. There will also be TWO BONUS PRIZES, one is a ScrapBurst challenge, and the other is a CardBurst challenge. Are you getting excited? These will be revealed when announcing the winners.

MONTHLY PACK
During March we ran the gorgeous C'est la Vie range by BoBunny Press as our Monthly Pack. Despite the low number of entries we saw the Creative Team girls putting out some beautiful work, and managing to get several layouts out of this pack. They are an inspiration and a credit to the Team, and I thank them sincerely for the extra time they put in.

LOCAL SHOW STOPPERS
On Friday 15th & Saturday 16th March Wodonga had their 66th Wodonga Show. With Scrapville sponsoring this year's Scrapbooking Section, the judges awarded the following Class Winners. Congratulations to everyone who entered, and to those who came out with prizes and awards.

SCRAPBOOKING – SECTION 47
CLASS 16: FAMILY - SINGLE LAYOUT Zan Boyle
CLASS 17: TRAVEL - SINGLE LAYOUT Deb Blunden
CLASS 18: PETS - SINGLE LAYOUT Zan Boyle
CLASS 19: CHILD/CHILDREN SINGLE LO Jennie Seal
The Most Successful went to Zan Boyle, and the Champion Exhibit went to Jennie Seal.

Congratulations again to everyone who managed to get an entry in, it's wonderful to see the local community getting behind scrapbooking.

FRIDAY 12th April
CropVille 7pm to 11.30ish...
$10 and coffee/tea, craft with friends and pick up a few ideas.
You can use the night away from the distraction of home to work on your Scrapbooking, Card Making, ScrapBursts, CardBursts or other special projects.
Bookings are necessary.

APRIL/MAY SKETCH CHALLENGES
The new Sketch Challenge commences on Monday, 15th April and will be available in store and on the Blog on this day. This challenge gives you until Pumpkin Time on the 14th May to submit your entries to the Linky.
There will be a Card and a Layout Sketch, so stay tuned for more!

Monthly Card Class
Thursday Night with Samantha
Week 2 - 6.30pm to 8.30pm
$25 includes kit
Using Spellbinders Dies, embossing, folding, stamping and punching, you will make a wonderful project full of interesting new techniques and trends. Call in and see our samples to see why you shouldn't miss out. Samantha is very talented and has a real flair for creativity. We are excited to have her behind our technique and advanced card classes at Scrapville.
Bookings necessary.

SUNDAY, 5TH MAY
SCRAPBOOKING & CARD MAKING DAY
MUDGEGONGA HALL
9.30am to 4pm
$20 to be paid on booking.

If you missed our first All Day Crop last month, never fear, Scrapville is pleased to be announcing the next one in May. We look forward to offering everyone a comfortable and relaxing environment once again at the Mudgegonga Hall. Whatever your passion we would love to see you there, so bring a friend or come and meet new ones.

If you are interested in doing a class or demo with the Creative Team, please see the list and add your name to your preferences.
Contact Janet for more details.

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS
SENIOR'S CARD CLASSES
10am to 12pm with Heidi
$15 includes Kit
Bookings are necessary to cover Kit preparation, although you don't need to commit for the whole term as this is a week by week class. If you're not sure about your skill level for these classes, why not call in and ask to see the Class Samples.

WANDERVILLE - EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
1PM TO 4.30ISH...
Everyone welcome, open scrapping, card making or papercraft.
$5, a cuppa and good company!
Booking not necessary.

Due to the increased interest of WanderVille, we at Scrapville would like to seek your expression of interest in opening up another morning for WanderVille on a regular weekly basis. This would allow time for those who are unable to attend the Wednesday afternoon WanderVille’s to have an alternative option to get out and get creative. We would like to propose that this be a Tuesday or Thursday morning from 9am to 1pm. Alternately, if you have a group of 6 or more and would like to book the workshop for your own WanderVille Group on a regular basis, we would be interested in discussing this with you.

Please indicate your feedback on the Slip provided at the end of this Newsletter, and return it to the information box on the sales counter, or contact Janet directly.

FLOWER TECH CLASSES
COMMENCING SATURDAY, 20TH APRIL
10am to 12pm with Angie
This class will run every week for 5 Classes.
It offers hands on technique classes using a variety of styles and products to create handmade flowers. Each one will be mounted onto a card as your own display sample to take home.
Skills levels are for Beginners to Intermediate, and Bookings are necessary.

DOCRAFTS CREATIVITY
...is in-store now. Featuring the cutest "Gorjuss" range with the most beautiful stamps and decoupage packs, you're going to love this one! We also have the “All Aboard” travel range, featuring some great patterned papers, stamps, labels and tags to help put all your travel memories into place. If you can’t get enough of the “Forever Friends” bears, then we also have more in this issue as well.

If you have paid for your Magazine in advance it will be held for you, otherwise you will have to get in early as numbers are limited and the Magazines and stock items cannot be held out. This issue won’t last as it is jam packed with lots of handmade samples.

What's Come In...
Paper Packs for Cardmaking
Clear stamp storage containers
Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Montage Sheets, Word Strips & Film Strips from Darkroom Door
Invitation Papers & Board in metallics
 
What's Coming.....  
Memento Inks - topups
VersaColor Inks - topups
Spellbinder D-Lites, M-bossabilities & Dies approx. 2 weeks away

What Else?
Card Kits are now available to purchase. They include an image of the finished product and all the requirements necessary to construct it. If you have been to any of our classes you’ll appreciate what great value these are. Check them out today.

We are expecting these shortly...
MS Punches & Scoreboards
New Bling
Clear Stamps
Sizzix accessories and dies

cheers
Janet