Sarah's 21st

Finally had a moment to drop by and share some of the creations I made to celebrate my gorgeous daughter Sarah 21st birthday.  Cant believe my baby is 21!

First up here are a few shots of the High Tea decorations I made:

My cuttlebug was working overtime making lolly bags, bunting and banners, menu's etc.  The colour theme was apricot, grey and white.  We also used some of the bunting and design from the lolly bags to make thank you cards afterward.

And here is the card I made for Sarah.  This is the first exploding box card I have made and I just loved creating it.  The top layer of the cake is velcroed on so you can remove it to turn the battery operated tea light on and off.  You can see in some of the pics the tea light is on and some it's off.  All the papers were those we used for the High Tea decorating and from Kaisercraft!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Classes at Scrappy Hollow

It was class time again this week at Scrappy Hollow.  This month we began the first of our Christmas Cards.  We made three intricate cards and next month we will look at some quick and simple cards, tags and a decorated bag.

Here is what we made this month - thanks for coming everyone!!!

Punches used:
MS Branch M230367
Carl Mini Heart
EK Christmas Tree 54-30010

 

MFT Dies used:
Vintage Flourish
Spring Wreath 
Mini Rolled Rose
Notched tag                   

Stacking Stars

Insert It - 3 x4 pocket

 

And here is a snippet of next months class.  We will be using the lovely Kasiercraft St Nicholas collection.  The samples are on display in store and I am excited to say the class is booked out!

 

 

 

 

Scrapmatts Guest Designer - Christmas in July

It was my turn to post again over at Scrapmatts so as promised here is a corresponding post with some additional pics.

Wow I can’t believe it’s the middle of July already …… time flies when you are playing with Scrapmatts goodies.   I really love the Scrapmatts Christmas themed pieces so for this post I decided to create some “Christmas in July” projects.  Keeping in mind it’s cold and chilly in Melbourne I decided to include some of the snowflakes on my projects as well as using papers with a cool wintery feel to them.

Gift Box  – Merry Christmas

 

You know when you have a creative vision and you start playing and your project just takes on a whole new direction?? Well believe it or not this little angel made from the sewing inspired collection initially was going to be an angel card.  As I began to make it I just decided it would be more fun to make a decorative gift box that can also double as a Christmas decoration/ornament. 

 

The wings are painted and glittered and the backing piece was covered with patterned paper.  I then placed them in between the two dress form pieces.  The bodice of the dress form was punched from a Martha Stewart heart punch which gave you the perfect neckline to add bling to.
 

 

 

 

  

The box was painted and papered then I added some of the other sewing set pieces to finish it all off.

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1194 Sewing 02

CB1193 Sewing 01

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

CB6037 Dress Form 02

CB1120 Wings 01

 

 

Card – Merry Christmas Window (double)

 

We lived and worked for two years in the US and one of my fondest memories was spotting a red cardinal outside our family room window one snowy morning just after Christmas.  This memory inspired me to make this card.  The tiny little bird was inked and the frames were painted and used as the window.  The Merry Christmas sentiment was also painted.

 

 

The fronds were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

 

Papers by Doddlebug.

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

MC1028 Micro Chips 20

CB1163 Ornate Frames 14

 

 

Tag – Merry Christmas Window

 I love the versatility of the ornate frames in the Scrapmatts collection.  This tag features the single square frame (which I used as another window) in the white coloured chipboard along with the inked Merry Christmas sentiment piece.  I couldn’t resist adding some of my rolled flowers and the green inked leafy spay Scrapmatts chipboard were tucked in behind them with some punched fronds.  I love the way you can layer the Scrapmatts chipboard with punched leaves to give some texture and depth to a project.

 

Papers from Authentique and digital image by Iralmajay.

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

CB1146 Leaf Spray 01

CB1163 Ornate Frames 14

CB3004 Tags 02

 

Card – Snowflakes

 

Even though there is never a white Christmas in Australia I still love the cards you can create with wintery feel.  More often than not our American friends are the recipients of these cards that I create.  I love how the snowflakes that Scrapmatts have are just so delicate and intricately cut and the one that I chose for this card was white and I just added some liquid glitter to it.  Each snowflake on the patterned paper was also trimmed with a miniature rhinestone to add to the frosty feel.  Couldn’t resist adding some of my favourite border pieces as well. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Papers by My Minds Eye, bling from Kaisercraft and Mollossi.

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1181 Snowflakes 04

CB4060 Ornate Frames 17

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

 

This was my last official post as a Scrapmatts Guest Designer so I just wanted to thank everyone over at Scrapmatts for making me feel so welcome and for all the lovely comments you made on my posts. 

 

Thank you to Sofie and Andrew for the opportunity to be a guest designer.  I love love love Scrapmatts products and felt very honoured to be invited to be part of the Scrapmatts community.   

Thank you again for having me - I have loved every minute of it!

 

 

April Cards Class at Scrappy Hollow

It's hard to believe it was class week again this week for me at Scrappy Hollow - seems like only last week that I taught my March Class.  Thank you to everyone who came along and supported me.

It was lovely to be able to welcome some new ladies to class, catch up again with some regular ladies and play with paper and dies for a few hours - bliss!!!

This month we made some love/Mother's Day inspired cards and a decorated bottle with an antique dictionary page inside to leave your message on. 

 

 

Papers:

 

Echo Park Photo Freedom - Volume 1 - Red Stripe                  

Basic Grey Lucille paper pad                                         

Kaiser White Cardstock                                                                               

Kaiser Duck Egg Cardstock CD159                                                          

Kaiser Blush Cardstock CD130

 

MFT Die-namics Dies:

 

Mini rolled roses

Mini doily

Hearts a Plenty

Mix and Match Banner

 

Next month we are going to be making some lovely boys cards with Echo Park papers, washi tape and twine.  We will be using some new release dies from MFT as well as some old favourites.  We will also be making our own mini flags, a hand pieced robot and lollypop holder.  Definitely loads of fun to create so I hope everyone who is booked in has fun making them too!!!  The class is totally sold out so here is a sneak peak for those booked in:

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

February Cards Class at Scrappy Hollow

Thank you to all the ladies who attended my first cards class for 2013 at Scrappy Hollow last week.  It was great to welcome back the familiar faces from 2012 and to meet some new ladies.  Here is what we made with the Kaisercraft Periwinkle collection.

As was the case in 2012 my classes are booking up quickly for 2013.  My March class is already fully booked. Thank you all so much for supporting me - I am feeling very honoured that you keep coming to class and some of you have booked in for the remainder of the year which is AMAZING!!!! Thank you!!!!! It is so rewarding and a lot of fun teaching class and watching you create beautiful cards you are proud of.

 

For those who are booked in to the March class you will be creating some  "all occassion" cards using the MME Lost & Found 3 Oliver range. There are both male and female designs and can be personalised once you decide who will be the recipient and why you are giving it to them. The special fold for the class will be a centre step card. The samples are on display in the store and here is a sneak peak.

 

 

 

Thanks again for the much appreciated support and see you in class!!!

 

 

New Year Mojo with MOJO274

Hello and welcome to my first post for the year!  Happy New Year to you all and may 2013 bring you all good health and happiness.

To kick off the new year I decided to play along with my absolute favourite sketch challenge blog - Mojo Monday.  I just love the sketches they inspire us with and MOJO 274 just happened to be round or square.  So here is the sketch:

And this is my card:

One of the privileges of being part of the Aussie Scrap Source DT is that I get to select and play with some absolutely divine papers and embellishments.  The Basic Grey Lucille Collection is one range I have been designing with and loving.  I have produced a Retailer Class with this collection and just had to use up some of the remaining papers for this card.

This birds eye view shows the hand pieced border of the card which I created with an MFT die.  I attached them to the back of the card front and then covered that with another circle on the back to keep everything secure and looking neat.

This card is for an 80th Birthday so I added an extra tag to the seam binding bow. I have added some hand stitching using vintage thread around the main circular piece of the card.

The flowers and butterflies were made with the co-ordinating papers from the collection.  I love the colour palette - so different from what I usually fall in love with.

Materials:

Paper - Basic Grey Lucille

Dies - MFT Rounded Banner, Dog Tag, Royal Rose and Mini Royal Roses and Spellbinders Lacey Circles

Punches - Martha Stewart branch and frond

Other - Prima button, Pebble Inc Rub On, seam binding, Kaisercraft pearls,  vintage sewing thread.

So thanks for stopping by!

2012 A Year in Review!

With 2012 rapidly coming to a close I thought I would post some of the creations/cards I have made this year.  For this first post I have some to share from January through to April.

January 2012 - MOJO 224

I loved this MOJO sketch (but then again I love them all!!!) and working with the Martha Stewart papers.

 

February 2012 - MOJO 227

 

Feb was a hugely exciting month for me as I was made a MOJO Sketch Champion for the first time!!!

 

Here is the announcement post here

 

And this is the card I created

 

I framed this card and have it on the shelf in my craft studio.  I was so honoured and proud to have been given this award.

 

March 2012 - Cards at Scrappy Hollow

I absolutely LOVE teaching cards classes at Scrappy Hollow.  Sharing my passion and papercrafting discoveries is what it's all about for me.  Seeing the ladies in class finish a card of which they are both happy with and proud of makes my heart sing!

In March the demand for my classes was overwhelming, waiting lists, bookings for the whole year etc etc.  I am so honoured and very grateful to the ladies who supported me by coming to class.  I have made some lovely friends through the classes which I treasure as well.

Here is my March Class cards:

 

April 2012 - CR84FN Colour Challenges

 

Sketch challenges are so much fun and this month I also discovered how much fun colour challenges can be as well.  The talented Mona Pendleton - whom I admire GREATLY- runs this challenge and I played along.  Here is the card I made and you can see the original post here

 

 

 

So there you have it - the first 4 months of 2012 in review.  Stay tuned as I will post more reviews in the next few days and also give you an insight into my plans for 2013.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!