Retreat Project Review

As we prepare for the upcoming Club Scrap Retreat season, I still relish the great memories and Retreat Projects we enjoyed together last year!

"Is this really going to turn out?"

Bookbinding glue is the best!

Once the Desktop Organizer is assembled, there's a place for everything . . .

Desktop Organizer

The Magnetic Messenger is as useful as the desktop organizer, and it's available in two sizes . . . 12x12 and 8x8".

Magnetic Messenger Boards

Show off your favorite photos, organize coupons, write notes to the kids, and keep track of your grocery list with the fun messenger board.

The ever-useful Altered Composition Book was our Thursday evening workshop.

Altered Composition Notebook

Everyone at the office carries their little notebooks to weekly meetings. Mine is almost full of sketches, lists and notes.

And then there's the Clock Tower project. I made a small army few of them. It's a good thing they don't chime on the hour, or it would get a little loud around here.

2013 Retreat Clock Tower Project

There are three different sizes available.

All sizes include a clever cutapart that creates an accordion door, clock face and other tiny embellishments.

The black and white clocks are cool, but once you get your hands on some inks or acrylic paint, the creative time really starts ticking away.

Thanks for taking this walk with me down Retreat memory lane. If you haven't had the chance to participate in past Retreat workshops, keep in mind you'll receive printable instructions and a full how-to video with every project kit!

Plans are in full swing for another great batch of workshops at our upcoming Retreats. (There are a few final spots available in August. Are you in?)

Kay at Club Scrap

Clock Tower Workshop

It's Friday already! And it's been such a fun week of visiting the Club Scrap Retreat Workshops.

Along with it all, I've had a blast creating and instructing the Clock Tower Workshop at this years retreat, so as a follow up from last Friday's Blog, today I'm posting more about the decorating I did on many of them.

I enjoyed adorning the Large/Tall option of the tower in several different ways. On many, the first thing I did was rub acrylic paint onto the outside of the project to add color. I used the baby wipe technique as shown in this previous blog. It works like a charm!

From left to right:

Use same color acrylic paint & Club Scrap stencils to add interest .

Create a Grandfather Clock look by cutting away a 1-1/2" x 6-3/4" section from the front matte board wall. Use the two support pieces already included in the kit to serve as shelves. Fill up with fun miniature items.

Move the clock location by punching a new hole, and have the clock face serve as an "O" in the word LOVE, or you could use JOY on the shorter kit version.

Above are a couple of the medium sized clock towers that we did in class, simply rub paint onto the exterior and completely change the look!

Don't forget that the clock faces on that innovative cutapart sheet are alterable. I added a little ink for an aged look and rubber stamped on the one shown above.

This is a favorite of mine . . . an altered clock tower project. I used the small clock tower and cut a nook into an old dictionary for a drawer. The old dictionary, now complete with pull drawer, makes a cute base for the Clock Tower.

The nook cut away to make room for a pull drawer.

The drawer I made to fit inside.

As always, I'm hoping you enjoy this project as much as I do! 

I feel it's:

Happy project assemblage this weekend. I hope you have a great TIME!

Kay at Club Scrap

Time On My Hands, Can't Get Enough!

Now that the August and October Club Scrap Retreat dust has settled, and the "Retreat In A Box" recipients have the projects and goodies - it's finally a "good time" to start blogging about Retreat projects that we have been so excited about.

Clock Tower Project

I enjoy incorporating some type of mechanism into my paper crafting projects, so this year I came up with the Clock Tower Project using a small clock with tiny hands. Boy, did I ever have a good "time" creating it!

We constructed the medium size tower at the Retreat workshop, but fun small and large tower sizes are also available. 

Isn't this cutapart fun!?!?! With each kit project, you can choose a clock face style from the printed sheet. Just punch it out with a 2" punch or circle cutter and attach. The cutapart also helps you quickly make a fully decorated accordion book that fits inside the front door. We added coordinating printed embellishments as a bonus, as well! 

As my friends attending the Retreat have already seen, I've got several more Clock Towers to share with you. Come back next Friday to see them all.

We'll be chatting about all the retreat projects here on the blog all week. Enjoy!

Time is of the essence . . .

Kay