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!

 

 

June & July Classes at Scrappy Hollow

Thank you to everyone who came to my classes this week. It was so lovely to see everyone again and to watch you make this months cards.  I love teaching and thank you all for supporting me by attending class.  Here is what we made!

 

These cards were designed with the little girl/young teen in mind.

 

For the first card we created a mini pinwheel and a ledge styled fold to attach the pinwheel to the card.

 

This second card had lots of layering and the blue label piece opened on the front of the card so you could add a sentiment.

 

After working frantically on the first two cards the little gift pocket and last card came together quite quickly.

 

 

 

The papers were My Minds Eye - My Girl and we used the 6x6 paper pad for the projects.  Teaming this paper up with seam binding and ivory card stock made sure all the colours came to life.

 

Punches

Carl Mini Heart punch

Carl ¾ in circle

Fiskars Squeeze Heart

Fiskars Apron Lace border

MU Orange, Green and Yellow 6 petal flower punch

EK 54-30074 Butterfly

MS M283020 Heart

EK 1 ¾ in circle

Fiskars hand squeeze mini hole punch

Purple EK corner rounder

MFT Dies

Well Worn Greetings

Decorative Doily Duo (smallest)

Leafy Flourish (small)

Pillow Box

 

 

July Class

 

For those already booked into the SOLD OUT July class I also revealed what we will be creating together - 3 soft pastel floral cards and 2 gift tags using the gorgeous Graphic 45 paper range.  Here is a sneak peak!

 

 

The completed samples are on display in store. 

 

Bo Bunny Fun!

It was my turn to play with Bo Bunny for a Weekend Inspiration post over at Aussie Scrap Source.

Here are the cards I made with Bo Bunny's Prairie Chic range and you can see the full blog post at Aussie Scrap Source here

Papers:

Bo Bunny Prairie Chic - 6x6 Paper Pad

Tim Holtz Ideology - Trimmings, Lavish, 3 ribbons per pack

Aussie Scrap Source Dark Kraft cardstock

Aussie Scrap Source Vanilla Cardstock

 

Embellishments:

Fancy Pants Hopscotch - 12x12 Sticker Fundamentals

MME Follow Your Heart - Be Happy – Twine

Marth Stweart Diecut Lace Doilies/Tags 12/pk

Memory Works Sn@p! - Letter Stickers

Prima Ingvilde Bolme Ergonomic Tools – Distress Tool

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Tea Dye

Prima Encore - Turquoise 12/pk approx .25"

Ranger Rock Candy Distress Stickles™ Glitter Glue

ZVA Creative Pearl Dots 0.3cm/0.5cm/0.8cm - White  

 

Dies and Tools:

Memory Box Pocket Gift Tag

EK Success Large Punch – Butterfly

Martha Stewart  Medium Craft Punch - Glassene Butterfly  and Medium Craft Punch - Frond 

Sizzix Thinlits Dies – Arrows, Banners, Chevrons & Clouds

Sizzix Framelits – Die Set 8pc with Stamps – Banner #2

EK Success Curvy Cutter - Circle Templates  and Curvy Cutter - Cutting Tool 

EK Success Paper Shapers Nesting Punch - 1 1/2" Circle 

Sizzix Bigz Die – Labels and Buttons

Thanks for stopping by!

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!

 



 





Gettin My Mojo Happening With MOJO273!

WOW what an amazing Christmas I have had.  I am so lucky to have been able to celebrate and spend the day with my family and special friends.  Boxing Day in our house is always a relaxing day, so after a little bit of Boxing Day shopping I have sat down to spend some time playing in the craft studio.

I absolutely love designing for the DT's I am part of and for my classes at Scrappy Hollow but with all my assignments done I found today was a day I could just "play" with whatever I wanted.

Having not played along with many challenges of late I immediately headed over to Mojo Monday and found their latest sketch challenge to play along with.

One of my all time favourite card makers - Teresa Kline from the Mojo DT designed this sketch:

And here is the card I created:

I love Simple Stories papers and the Summer Fresh collection is a fave.  I like the country feel and I teams it up with some MME and October Afternoon patterned papers as well.

 

 

The doily was cut with a denim paper from the MME On The Bright Side collection and the blue worked well with the floral paper from the SS collection.  Of course I had to include a butterfly and rolled flower.  The MFT Royal Rose would have to be my favourite find of 2012.

 

 

Materials Used:

 

Papers:

MME On The Bright Side 6x6 paper pad

Simple Stories Summer Fresh 6x6 paper pad

October Afternoon Ring Around the Rosie 12x12 sheet

 

Dies & Punches:

My Favorite Things Die-namics Royal Rolled Rose, Dainty Doily Med

EK Large Punch - Butterfly

MS punch Med Branch

 

Grosgrain ribbon by Birch, TH Distress ink (Tea Dye), edge distressor, button and twine from my stash, Twiddleybits Itty Bitty Alphabet and 2 1/2  inch circle punch.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 



 



Creating for Christmas

Just one final post before Christmas to share with you a few of the gifts I have created for work colleagues and friends.  For these projects I started with a pre made Christmas decoration and then altered it and added to it with handmade flower and embellishments.

 

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me by visiting my blog and also another thank you to those who commented along the way as well.  I love what I do and appreciate you sharing the creative journey with me!

 

Merry Christmas!!!!