Mandy Schiller

Brag Book

2011-06-13T11:36:00.003+10:00

Here is a Brag Book or Mini Photo Album that we made at last months class. It is made with the Bigshot and the Top Note Die. I seen this demonstrated at the Stampin Up Convention in Melbourne by Bonnie. I just feel in love with it then and couldn't wait to come home and share it with my girls at class. It also showcases the play date DS Paper and Accents. We made a few other things as well but I havn't got them photographed.

I hope you are all having a lovely long weekend. I have been sewing this weekend and have also done some scrapbooking as well. I hope you are all finding some time to be crafty. The weather is pretty cold here at the moment so its nice to be inside by the fire.

Another Sew Suite

2011-03-28T11:46:00.004+11:00

I just realised these are the same colours as last time, that's because this card was made from scraps laying on my table. I have used the In stitches wheel and used my square punch to punch out a square, which was then mounted in the corresponding colour. I thought I Melon Mambo machine would be pretty groovy so I cut that out and mounted it over the white image. I stamped in Stazon on the Daffodil Delight ribbon and added a button and a saying. Don't you just love that pom pom trim around the machine. Very cute...... As you can see I am enjoying this stamp set.....

Sew Suite

2011-03-19T16:18:00.003+11:00

Well its been a while, all I can say is Real Life has been just sooooo busy and I really have had nothing much to show you here because I have had no time to stamp my self. I just had some time to sit and play with my box full of goodies from the upcoming Mini Catty, actually no I didn't have time I just made it...lol. This is a new set called Sew Suite, the colours are Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight. I have stamped directly on the Daffodil Delight ribbon using Stazon Ink, I just think its so darn cute........ Well till next time.....Enjoy......

Scap Pages

2010-12-31T16:39:00.002+11:00

I am just popping on here quickly to wish you all a Happy New Year for tonite and of course a Merry Christmas which has already passed. I have been super busy here on the farm so I really have not made any cards for ages. I have been scrapbooking in my spare time. I am determined to get some done so I have been leaving it out and every time I walk past I have been doing a little bit.

This is a double page layout that I have just completed. When we finally finish harvest I might get some more done. Hope all my readers are well and my thoughts are with you, all those Queenslanders out there that have been effected by all this rain. Its amazing how quickly things can change who would have thought this time last year how much rain could fall.....

Scrapbook Page

2010-12-05T16:37:00.004+11:00

Well after another long spell from blogging I am finally back. I did a scrap page today the first page, I hope, of many now that I have started. RL has been extremely busy here, we just managed to get harvest started and have now been stopped because of the unbelievable rainfall that we have received. We pretty much had a river running through our place, I have never ever seen water like it. Anyways that is one thing that we cannot change is the weather. All the supplies I have used here are stampin up and are pretty straight forward but if you have any questions, please just ask.....cyu next time.....

Just Believe

2010-11-15T12:10:00.000+11:00

I used my trusty colour coach for this card by chosing Marina Mist and these were the matching colours. I do like this colour combination together it is really striking. I think everything is pretty straight forward the only thing you may not have seen before is the embossing folder which is called Square Lattice and that will be available in the Summer Mini to order from the 1st December. The ribbon is still on promotion till the end of the month. Have a great day......

Black & White

2010-11-14T11:59:00.005+11:00

Black & White are such striking colours together, I just love that classic look. I have used the black & white grosgrain stripe ribbon and an antique brad secured around the ribbon. I used the Friends 24-7 stamp set with the butterflies embossed with the bigshot and stuck them on top and finished that off with another favourite of mine, the rhinestone brads, I just love those things, they make sticking them so easy. I also used the Happy Birthday out of the Curly & Cute stamp set. I hope you are getting some crafting time in this Sunday...... Oh yes, I nearly forgot I also used some shimmer paint on the butterflies.....

Stamped Canvas

2010-11-13T11:36:00.003+11:00

I woke to a rainy old morning this morning and as soon as my feet hit the floor I just felt like crafting. I would love to say "soooo I just crafted" but I had to do the housework first, yes boring, I no.....lol..... Anyway I have been tossing this idea around in my head for a while now. I seen these on a wall at the hairdressers ages ago. So I decided to make my own Stampin Up version of a "Girls clip board". I have sponged all over with Pink Pirouette and then just around the edges with crumb cake. I then stamped Baroque Motifs in Crumb cake directly on the canvas. I used En Francis Background stamp in Crumb Cake then stamped the Medallion stamp in Pink Pirouette and cut it out. I then made my little flower using the Scallop Punch. I then stamped the butterflies with the stamp out of the Punch Potporri stamp set and stuck them on with a dimension. I used a retired pink pirouette ribbon for where the clips go and then the new lace that is available out of the Summer Mini on 1st December. Isn't it cute......Josephine loves it.....These would make great Christmas Presents......

Regional Swap

2010-10-30T14:25:00.001+11:00

Hi there, Here I am again with another scheduled post because today I am off to regionals in Canberra with some of my team members. This is my swap for today which is made with the gifted stamp set (also on promotion with stampin up this month). If you would like to find out more about this promotion please just click here. I have used Pear Pizzazz and Cherry Cobler as my colours and the Woodgrain background stamp. I also ran the Cherry Cobler through the bigshot and embossed it with the dotty embossing folder. I am soooo excited to learn what Stampin Up have to show us today.......

Another Christmas card

2010-10-29T14:20:00.000+11:00

Here I am back again, well no actually I am cheating, this is a scheduled post and I have another one scheduled for tomorrow, if I can get it to work......I totally designed this card around the ribbon. I had this ribbon left over from one of the mini's last year and it is now currently on promotion with Stampin Up, if you buy certain bundles you can earn this ribbon free....Wow, right! So I had my real red ribbon which I then teamed up with Old Olive and Night of Navy. I had the bottom part of the card completed all I needed was a Stamp so I chose Welcome Christmas and the saying from Snow Swirled. I finished off with a lovely sparkly rhinestone for the star on top of the Christmas Tree......

Copied Inspiration

2010-10-28T13:57:00.002+11:00

Well its only been a month, I would love to tell some great story of why I haven't been back but the truth is Real Life just got in the way..... But the exciting thing is I have been crafting a little bit lately, mainly at some insane time at night but that is still ok, cause I am crafting....yay for me....I am busily trying to prepare for my annual Girls Night In that I will be holding next friday nite as well as a market day that same weekend, I won't bore you will all the other things on that week as well...lol......So for all my loyal followers out there, I thank you again, and I have had a couple of requests for my scrapbooking as well, and I will get to that as well. Now the above card was sent to me for my birthday by one of my gorgeous friends and I still have it proudly on display. I was looking at it again last nite and I decided to recreate it in a Christmas Card format. The colours I have used are Olive Olive, Cherry Cobler and Whisper White with the Circle Circus & Perfect Punches stamp set. I have actually made two of these so far one with ribbon and one without. I cannot decide which I like better I think the one without ribbon would make a lovely male Christmas Card. Aren't these two colours striking together?

Birthday Beauty

2010-09-28T07:31:00.003+10:00

The colours for this card are Bashful Blue, Pink Pirouette and Certainly Celery. I used my Shimmer Paint again.....have I told you before how much I love this stuff..... and the pearl rhinestones they are just so cute and so easy to handle especially the really little ones.... I stamped Baroque Motifs as my background stamp. I also used the new edge punch as well. The butterfly's are cut and embossed from the bigshot. I have been looking for where I got the inspiration for this card but I obviously didn't save it just remembered it but I no it had birds instead of butterfly's and I did see it a while ago it just been bugging me ever since to get out of my head so I has appeared here.

40th Birthday Card for a special friend.

2010-09-18T15:22:00.003+10:00

I have fallen in love with Shimmer Paint. I have used it here to watercolour the cupcakes and the stand. I have also attached small pearls in place of the cherries on top. The card looks way better IRL. I was rushing out the door last nite to the party and realised I hadn't taken a picture, thats why it hasn't turned out so well, because I had to use the flash. I have also used the elegant lines embossing die and some organza ribbon. The colours are Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy. I mixed the Shimmer Paint with my inkers with the aqua painter and it turned out really well. I look forward to experimenting with this some more.

6 year old birthday card

2010-09-15T15:46:00.003+10:00

For those of you who keep checking back on me, I want to say thank you, you certainly are loyal readers. I made this card today only two weeks late for my son's birthday, I think that's me at the minute running about two weeks late.....lol..... I used the colour coach to find my colours being Daffodil delight, Old Olive & Night of Navy. I must say I have reorganised everything into their new colour groups and I can't find anything. But I did get the card finished so that is a start. I think everything is pretty easy to figure out but if you need any details let me no....Have a good day....

Birthday Card

2010-08-27T15:16:00.002+10:00

After class the other nite we had a bit of a much around with some of the new stuff, this is a card that I made but we were limited to colours and supplies. I think that it needs something else, What do you think? I like it but I am not 100% happy with it. Its not a fantastic photo either but we are having a dull and rainy day today and I just couldn't get a good photo. I hope you are getting some time to craft, if not today, over the weekend!

Girly Birthday Card

2010-08-25T17:19:00.003+10:00

Well I finally got back here.....life has been busy...I made this for my baby girls birthday. It is just so sweet and pastel. I have used the Pretty Princess stamp set which is retiring and also Punch pals, i think it is called out of the new catty. I am very happy with how this turned out and mostly importantly my girl loved it.....Hope to get back soon to show you this month's cards we made at class.....

Emerging Technique

2010-07-30T15:11:00.003+10:00

This was a card we made at this month's workshop demonstrating the Emerging Technique. I have stamped the background in Pink Pirouette using the En Francis Background Stamp and then clear embossed the Medallion Stamp over the top. I then brayered Basic Grey over that, which resist the embossed part showing through the lovely En Francis writing. Another favourite colour combination of mine, pink, grey and white.

Keesh's Sketch Challenge

2010-07-29T17:18:00.002+10:00

Ok so I am pretty happy with how this card turned out. I needed a birthday card so I decided to play along with Keesh's Sketch Challenge. I know the recipients favourite colour is Blue so I decided on Baja Breeze and teamed that up with Whisper White and Kraft. Kraft being another of my favourite colours. I shadow stamped the Upsy Daisy using Kraft first and then the Baja Breeze. I also used Flight of the butterfly for the butterfly and the matching punch. I wanted to use the bow which is tied in Kraft and some old White organza ribbon which is now retired, this softened the overall effect of the card. I then added the happy birthday and there you go all finished. Oh yes, I forgot the glitter that I happened to spill all over the card and myself, so I will be glittering for a while as well.....lol......

Another Page

2010-07-21T19:22:00.003+10:00

Well it has already been a week since I last posted, wow doesn't the time fly.....This is one of the pages I completed while I was on a roll last week but basically I haven't been in my craft room since then only to pack and unpack for class on friday nite. We had some big rain last week and a bit of a storm that went through our place, so I have been helping my DH clean up some trees and picking up sticks, such a fun job....School also started back this week so I am back into routine with less time I guess. Anyway back to the page, this was taken at sowing last year, we take sowing pictures every year with the kids in the tractor wheel so we can see them growing. It is a title page because I am just starting a new album. I used circle circus for the stamp set and the heading actually is stamped with the sanded background stamp and then put through the bigshot but it is a little hard to pick up in the photo. This is also a sketch that I followed from this months Pagemaps. Hope this post finds all my readers nice and well and finding some time to craft.

Miss Pink

2010-07-13T07:49:00.004+10:00

Wow, me again, this blogging episode is just amazing, don't get to used to it, school goes back next week. I am pretty happy to be getting some of my scrapbooking updated. I did this page a couple nite's ago. I love these photo's, we were making daisy chains in the garden when I took them. I have used some retired DSP and the Upsy Daisy stamp set. You really can't pick it up in the photo but the flowers have been glittered with dazzling diamonds. This is one of my favourite scrap pages so far. I hope you like it as well....

Hard Page

2010-07-12T15:00:00.002+10:00

I have had this page layed out for a while, moving things around and re placing things. It just wouldn't come together for me. This is what I have ended up with and I am actually quite happy with the finished result. I had a lot of photos and some of them weren't very good because they were a bit blurry, I always find it hard to cull out some photo's. I just have the journaling to finish and the page is done. It really is a simple layout and good one to get heaps of photo's onto a page. Hope you are getting some time to craft.....

More Scrappin

2010-07-11T10:11:00.003+10:00

Man, I am on a roll, not only with posting a few days in a row, but also with my scrapbooking. It must be the ipod...lol....lucky no one can see me belting out my tunes and scrappin away......This is why I loooove school holidays, no routine, I can stay up late scrapbooking and don't have be up at the crack of dawn to get organised for the school day. This page uses the Simply Scrappin Kit Hoppy Memories. I just love that frog he is soooo cute. These photos were taken about 12 months ago when the kids and I would walk up the paddock and go exploring, this was one of those days when it was raining, so we put on our beanies and gumboots and headed out. I was hoping to get some more of that in this school holidays, but with the kidlets being sick, it hasn't happened yet. Hopefully this last week will see us do some fun things when they get better.

Scrapbooking Page

2010-07-10T14:22:00.003+10:00

I had a nite of scrapbooking last nite just me and my ipod. I belting out a few tunes and happily scrappin away. This is one of my creations last nite. I used the sketch from Got Sketch. I liked this sketch as soon as I seen it, I have changed it around a bit to fit my photo's in. This DS Paper is now retired and I am a little bit sad I didn't order some more now. Oh well, lets hope there will be heaps of goodies in the new catalogue to make up for it..... The stamp set used here is Petal Pizazz and I have used my Big Shot to cut out the letters. It is meant to rain here today, so I have been in the garden all morning and I got all the mowing done yesterday (3 hours it took me), so hopefully once the rain starts I will be back in my craft room. I hope you all are getting some crafting done.....

Boys Birthday card

2010-07-09T09:37:00.002+10:00

I made this card some time ago and just found it this morning so I thought I would post it for you. I have used Bashful Blue, Real Red and Whisper White and teamed that up with the Washington Apple DS Papers. I finished off with some silver brad and a nice real red button with some twine through it. The b is for birthday is from the Party Hearty Stamp Set. I hope you are having a great day, I plan not to craft today but to get outside in the garden. I have had two days inside with the kids, I think its time to rug out and head out today.

Christmas Card

2010-07-07T10:33:00.002+10:00

Here is another spin off of the card that I posted before, it is made with Kraft and Baja Breeze and I have this time turned it into a Christmas Card. Total quick post today, I have two sick little kidlets who won't let me far from there side. I just snuck in here quickly to post this before they come looking for me again......

Asian Artistry

2010-07-04T22:20:00.005+10:00

I have a friend who keeps asking me when I am going to update my blog next. Well here I am, its been on the list of things to do today and I am finally getting to it, its only 10.30. I have spent the afternoon in the garden this afternoon and gee it felt good, to get out there and potter around. Now back to the card, this card has totally been inspired by one of my blogging friends, Jean, its comes from a couple of different cards she has made one on her blog and one that I received at convention. I used Tangerine Tango, Basic Black and Whisper White for the colours and they are extremely striking together. I finally got to have a go at using our Clear Mount stamps and I no I no, I was the one saying that I am definitely a wood mount girl, but I gotta say I did love our clear mounts, so I will defiantly be experimenting with those a bit more.

Manhattan Floral

2010-06-26T20:45:00.005+10:00

I made this card for my blogging friend Leonie who I met at convention for the first time this year. She made me a "Edward Bookmark" and sent it to me in the mail with a gorgeous card. I actually thought I had those photographed to load up here with this, but they aren't on my computer or camera, so I obviously haven't got that far yet. Anyway to show my appreciation for the lovely card and bookmark, this is the card I sent to say Thank You. The colours are Regal Rose, Whisper White and Rose Red. I have used the sanded background stamp and the Manhattan Floral Die with the Bigshot. I have then brayered Regal Rose and Rose Red over the top of the die. I got the original idea from Patty Bennett in the states. We made a card similar to this at last nites class and as the girls experienced it takes a bit of practice to get the brayering right. I will post the card we made last nite later on. Oh yeh, only fellow twilight fans will understand what a "Edward Bookmark" is....lol......

Baja Thank you card

2010-06-24T11:06:00.002+10:00

I no that I can show this card now because the recipient just emailed me to let me no that they received. It was made as a RRAK for a group that I am part of called Stampin Up in Oz. If i did this card again, I would made the dotted panel a bit smaller. We will be making a card similar to this on friday nite at class. So yes the panel will be smaller. As you can see I have had my bow magic out in use again....lol....I no I will get heaps of questions about the white scalloped circle, it is done with the top note die in the bigshot and noooooo is it not my original idea, I seen it on a blog in the states, I thought I saved it for future reference but I just can't find it to link it up to you at the moment. I will find it and get it on here, I am just running out the door at the moment to make the assembly at school......Will be back later.....

Penant Note Cards

2010-06-20T20:35:00.003+10:00

Here is a sweet little note card that I whipped up this afternoon. The base colours of the note cards is Kraft, this is another one of my favourite colours, I can't wait to get the matching stamp pad when the new colour renovation comes into effect. I have stuck some DS Paper out of the sweet bella pack and added a rhinestone brad in the centre. First of all, I used the background stamp En Francis to stamp the background in Sahara Sand ink. I finished off with some Bravo burgundy ribbon and twine. This isn't a great picture of the bow, but I have been mucking around with my Bow Easy today. You will definitely be seeing bows appear on my cards from now on.

A red carpet card

2010-06-19T15:15:00.003+10:00

I made this card for a 40th Birthday we are going to tonite. The theme is a Red Carpet Event so I was looking for a stylish card and this is what I have come up with. The colours are Basic Basic and Whisper White with a Rhinestone brad for a touch of bling. I hope I don't freeze tonite because the weather is so bad here at the moment. Have a great day where ever you are....

Soccor Card

2010-06-11T15:58:00.002+10:00

Keeping with the soccor theme, I decided to make a soccor card for one of Nicholas Friends. Shannon showed us how to do this at convention this year. I am really happy with how it has turned out and think now I have worked it all out I may as well go and make a few more. There is no stamping on this card just punching and cutting. Only a short post today, am slowly getting through the list of things to do. Leonie made one of these in pink, you can find her blog here. It looks great in both colours.

Soccor Scrapbook Page

2010-06-04T15:42:00.003+10:00

I have been getting some scrapbooking done over the last week, which is a really good feeling. Here is one of the double pages that I started out with. I have always wanted to do this soccor ball since I first seen it, years ago, I have just added my own spin on it. I can tell you I am loving how it has turned out, but man it is a lot of work........ I have actually used some of my retired DSP for this page and one of the colours is wild wasabi, which will be back come September as part of our new colour renovation at Stampin Up! I hope you like it and are having a great day. Will try and get back here with some more pages over the next couple days...

Join Stampin Up! Now!

2010-05-29T21:01:00.002+10:00

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Scroll down to see some of the fun we had at this years Stampin Up Convention!!!!! If you would like any further information I can pass on a information kit, please contact me at the email address listed under my profile. You can now join online as well so you can be a demo within minutes.....

Scallop Circle Card

2010-05-28T15:14:00.003+10:00

Since convention, I have had a million ideas running through my head just busting to get out, I no those of you who went no what I am talking about. Well this is one of those ideas, I must say it looks way better IRL, we are having a very dark and cloudy day here and I need the flash but it is playing around with the colours a bit. The colours are one of my favourite colour combos, Old olive, Chocolate Chip & Not Quite Navy. I have used the Bigshot to run the Scallop circle and turned it into a card and then cut the circles with the Circle Scissors to match it up. I haven't pulled pocket silhouette out in a while so I wanted to use that as well. I hope you like and are getting some time to stamp into your day.....

Vintage Vogue Card

2010-05-26T18:13:00.002+10:00

Here is a card I made for one of my friends. I just found it while searching for something else and remembered that I forgot to post it on here, thats because I forgot to photograph it first. The picture is pretty small but I have tried to enlarge it but it just goes all fussy. The colours are chocolate Chip, Soft Suede and Confetti Cream. I have used the Vintage Vogue stamp set and the pearls out of the pretties kit, as well as some soft suede ribbon. There is also lots of sponging on this card. It looks way better IRL...

Back from Convention

2010-05-25T21:01:00.006+10:00

Hi there everyone, Sorry its been a while since I have posted on here, but life has been really busy. I just wanted to pop in here and share with you one of my convention swaps that I made as well as a couple of pics that were taken at convention. I had the best time at convention and I carn't believe that it came and went by so quickly and I am now back to the "real world". I need to get back in the swing of things first, but carn't wait to try some of the ideas that were presented to us at convention. I really just have so much flying around in side my head at the moment....lol...

It was sooooo nice to catch up with everyone again, It has been twelve months since I had since everyone, so that just makes for heaps of fun and lots of laughs. We were surrouned by fantastic company the whole time and it is always sad to say goodbye till next year. But look out Melbourne, here we come!!!!! Convention is always such a buzz, I mean seriously 500 like minded people in one room and Stampin Up are so genourous giving us stamp sets, can you imagine....lol...

This is me and Kim all dressed up for the awards nite.Me, Jenny & Katrina at the awards nite. This is Jean & Leigh who I met for the first time at convention last year and this pic was taken at one of the day sessions. I have some other photos as well but, they haven't worked out so well and I don't want to post any pics that arn't great. In the craziness of swapping I realised that I had forgot to photograph the other swap card, so I kept one to bring home and photograph it but I just need to locate it amongst all my other swaps that I have received. When I sort through it, I will get back and show you....

Manhattan Flower.

2010-05-06T13:25:00.005+10:00

Here is a little card that I made a while ago. It uses the Top Note Die and then is impressioned with the Manhattan Flower. I wanted the impression to stand out a little so I sponged it with Pink Pirouette. I tied some ribbon and it was a really sweet and simple card. These would be nice made as a set of gift cards I think.....Now there is a thought.....

Some more Scrapbooking

2010-04-26T19:27:00.004+10:00

Here is a page I did as a Challenge over on ESAD. I thought you might like to see it. It used the Vintage Vogue Stamp Set and the Top Note Die as a journal box cut in half. I have also used the Urban Oasis DS Paper. I am just loving that Vintage Vogue Stamp Set.....

Miss you already!

2010-04-21T13:14:00.005+10:00

I sent this card to my friend on Monday and she has just rang to say she received it so thanks to Australia Post I can now show it on here. I followed Keesh's sketch challenge this week, I haven't played along with any challenge let alone hers for ages, It was so nice to get some stamping done. This card is for my good friend who has just moved away hence the title of the card, she has been part of my monthly card making nites as well since I started with Stampin Up and this month will be the first month without her. So I have sent her a kit by mail so she can still stamp with us and this was the card that went with it. The colours are Kraft, Pink Pirouette, Whisper white & Bravo Burgundy. This is one of my favourite colour combinations. I have used the Vintage Vogue stamp set and complimented it with the Very Vintage wheel in close to cocoa on the background. I have used the rock and roll technique on the flower and it has three layers to it. I hope you are having a fantastic day wherever you may be......

More Scrapbooking

2010-04-14T08:30:00.000+10:00

Here are another couple of Easter layouts that I have completed. Again one boy and one girl layout. I followed a sketch from Pagemaps. I am really happy with how they have turned out. I have used the letters the same as the last page by using my bigshot. I have stamped the chickens out of the good egg stamp set. I hope you are all getting some time to craft these school holidays.....

Wedding card

2010-04-13T22:34:00.002+10:00

Here is another card that I made at class a couple of month's ago using the Always stamp set. The colours are Kraft, Pink Pirouette, White and Bravo Burgundy. This is gate fold card for something a little different. The hearts are also blinged up with some glitter, it just hasn't shown through in the photo. I have also used the so swirly wheel with Sahara Sand ink on the kraft cardstock......have a great day.....

Birthday Card

2010-04-13T22:27:00.002+10:00

This is a card we made a couple of months ago at class and had forgot to post it on here. I actually gave it away the other day so I thought I had better get a photo of it and get it on here. The colours are Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood red which I have teamed up with Bella Rose DS Paper and the Pink Pirroette DS Paper as well. I have used the Circle Scissors and our circle punches to make the flower and the distressing tool to distress the flower as well.....

Easter Scrapbooking

2010-04-06T16:43:00.003+10:00

I have started back doing some scrapbooking since we have been on school hols. Here are two layouts that I have done from Pagemaps. I have done them both the same but one for a girl and one for a boy. The girls page is using the new Sunny Day Simply Scrapbooking kit from the Autumn-Winter Mini. The boys page is using DS Paper from the Level 3 Hostess Set Hand Drawn Bundle as well as a sticker from Hoppy Memories. I have cut the letters out using the Medium Sizzlits Dies and Barry the Bigshot...... Hope you all had a wonderful easter......and by the way these aren't this years easter pictures either. I could only wish to be that up to date.......I am working on some more pages at the moment so hopefully I will have some more things to pop back here and show you.....

Tools & Beer Cans

2010-04-03T14:09:00.002+11:00

Hey guys, I made this card the other day for my brothers birthday. I have used Basic Black cardstock for the base of the card. I then attacked a XXXX beer can with my craft and rubber scissors by basically just cutting of the top and the bottom. I then ran it through the dotty embossing folder with my big shot. What you can see on the card is actually the inside of the can the outside is stuck down. I also used a sweet treat cup to sit up on the shelf and filled it up with some screws. I hope you like it, I was so pleased with the result. By the way becareful cutting out your beer can it can be quite sharp after you have run it through the bigshot that presses all the sharp edges down....

Boys Birthday card

2010-03-27T15:46:00.002+11:00

Well guys I hope you haven't given up on me. I sat and did some stamping last nite because my DS has a birthday party this weekend to go to. I didn't get long to play but gee it felt good. I actually got the Big Shot out and had a little play with the top note die and the dotty embossing template. I am really happy with it and have nicknamed him Barry Bigshot and I am sure we will be getting to no each other quite well in the next couple of weeks. I have used Brillant blue for my base and have rolled that with the the star roller in the same colour. I have used markers and ink to colour the rocket in with my aqua painter. The rocket is out of the Pun Fun set.....Hope your day is great.....I am off out to the garden now to mow again...... Take care till next time.....Mandyxx

One year old Birthday card

2010-03-03T15:33:00.003+11:00

Hey guys! Well February has just passed me by.....I noticed my last post was the last day of January and I wish I could tell you that I have been stuck in my craft room for a whole month with the door shut and the do not disturb sign on the door, but I am afraid that I carn't. I havn't really even stamped for the past month or scrap booked either. So hence I really havn't had anything much to show you. I had some stamping time today and I made this sweet little card for a one year old.......The colours are Chocolate Chip, Brillant Blue and Old olive teamed up with Tall Tales DS Paper. Hopefully you will see me back here again before next month...lol....I really haven't even been blog surfing either, so I hope to catch up with all you girls that I normally visit and leave you some lovely comments this month....... I hope you are all having a wonderful day.....

Combined Challenge

2010-01-31T17:29:00.003+11:00

Well guess what, I made pretty good progress on that to-do list, so I have had some time to play this afternoon. I have finished off this month's card's for class, done a scrapbook page and played along with this colour challenge from Twilight Tuesday and a sketch challenge from a Yahoo Group Stampin Up In Oz which I am a member of. The colours I have used are Real Red, Baja Breeze and Sahara Sand. I have used the Party Hearty stamp set again because it was still out on my table from the other day. I also got to use up some of my scraps that were lying in a pile to be put away which also was a bonus. Hope you are having a great Sunday afternoon, I am off now to get tea and kids organised so I can watch the Men's Australian Open Final tonite at 7.30pm. Wow we have been so priviliged to see some awesome tennis this year!!!!!

Razzle Dazzled

2010-01-31T08:25:00.002+11:00

Here is a card I made at one of my previous classes. I have used the Razzle Dazzle Stamp set and coloured with my markers. The colours are Chocolate Chip, Really Rust & Close to Cocoa. I used this card to demonstrate the use of the circle scissors. Sorry about the photo, it really looks heaps better IRL. I just don't have time to retake a photo this morning. My to do list is jam packed today. I have Miss 3 starting Preschool tomorrow and Mr5 started Kindergarten on Friday. So tomorrow will be an interesting day for me........ Anyway back to that to do list.......Hope you liked the card......Once my to do list is finished, I am hoping to have time to play along with some challenges......if so I will be back here to post......

Boys Birthday card

2010-01-24T16:00:00.003+11:00

I am back with another Twilight Tuesday challenge this week it was a Sketch Challenge, as I have mentioned before I am behind on some of my cards so I needed a boy's birthday card for this one. I used the Urban Oasis DS Paper with Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss & Baja Breeze. A button, a brad and some star punches and lookie here what do you get, A Boy's birthday card. I have been trying to get organised for Feb's classes as well today, so I carn't show you those to next month but just got round to photographing last months so hopefully this week I will be able to show you those. Sorry for the lack of post's last week but my husband and I took of to Melbourne for 4 days to watch the Australian Open tennis. Now it is back to the real world!!!!!

Birthday Card

2010-01-17T22:51:00.003+11:00

I made this card for the Twilight Tuesday colour challenge and also incorporated their previous sketch challenge as well. This colour challenge was all to do with Edward, the colour of his eyes, skin & hair. I needed another colour as well so I went with black being another colour of his eyes. If you have no idea what I am talking about, you need to read the book!!!!! I am behind on a few birthday cards and so this will be one of them. I was really happy with the finished product. So the colours are Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Basic Black & Confetti Cream. Hope you like it.......

Extreme Sports

2010-01-16T11:48:00.003+11:00

I needed a birthday card yesterday for a special little man and I found this card on Jayne Mercer's blog which was originally inspired by Michelle Zindoff. I havn't had my brayer out in probably over 12 months so I dusted it off and pulled it out. This is something that I want to play more with this year because I love the look that you can achieve and also because it is so individual each time you do it, you can get a bit different effect. Well I do anyway, lol...., maybe it's just me.....Now I do have to apologise for the photo because it has gone all grainey and the yellow hasn't shown up at all. I tried to photoshop it to make it look better but all to no avail.... I would photograph it again but I have already given it away..... Will be back with some of my projects we made last nite at class.

Butterflies

2010-01-06T14:33:00.002+11:00

Hi there everyone, It's been a while since I have managed to get back here. We have been away between Xmas & New Year, so Happy New Year to you all, I hope you had a fantastic time wherever you may be. Now those of you who know me well, know that I am a huge fan of the twilight saga. So when this weeks sketch challenge popped up on the twilight tuesday site I thought I would have a little play along. I wanted to play with some of my new stamps out of the summer mini being the butterfly prints and the butterfly punch. I also wanted to create some blank type cards that I can stamp a sentiment on it later when I need it because I am running low on my stash. So this card will fit for many different uses. Now the colours are Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirrouette, Baja Breeze, Whisper White and some Silver Metallic paper to match with the silver wire antanea. I just loved there sketch it was so easy to work with. I have some birthday card's to catch up on and I think it would also work really well for those as well.

Snow Swirled Christmas

2009-12-22T10:52:00.003+11:00

Hi everyone, I am just popping in here quickly to show you another of the Christmas Cards that I have made this year. I just loved snow swirled when it was first released in our Catty this year. I have used Baja breeze, Not quite Navy and Whisper White. I also used the sanded background stamp and the sentiment is from occasional greetings. I finished with a Rhinestone brad and some dazzling diamonds. Ok I am now off the attack the house today. I am having a cleaning day and have half started heaps of jobs, I have the vacuuming half started, the ironing, the beds stripped the washing up started and the kids are cleaning up there toys because Santa just won't come to a messy house.....lol......So I need to actually focus and get one of those jobs completed.....If I don't get back here before Christmas....I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!

Male Christmas Card

2009-12-20T22:31:00.002+11:00

I needed a couple of Male Christmas Cards so I didn't want them to fancy, so this is what I came up with. The colours are Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. I have used the Holly Jolly Christmas Stamp Set. This was a pretty simple card to make so there isn't really much to tell you about how to do it. I hope you are all getting organised for Christmas....Not long now......

Teachers Gifts

2009-12-18T10:39:00.002+11:00

I have seen then floating around blog land on a few different blogs but am not sure who the original creator is. I made my own measurements to fit the hot chocolate sachets that I had. I made the boxes using Night of Navy, Whisper White & Brocade Blue, I also used the same colours on the card but also added some vellum cardstock. I am sorry about the quality of the photo's but I was rushing out the door yesterday morning and realised I forgot to photograph the cards and the presents. It was Nicholas last day at preschool yesterday! I carn't believe how quickly they grow up.....Now you can see the inside of the box well that side was filled with lindt and darrell lea chocolates when it was given to the teachers. I just didn't have any on hand when I took the piccy.....Lucky I would say because I would have only eaten them anyway.......

Baby Card

2009-12-15T10:29:00.003+11:00

Hey there, Hows the Christmas rush being treating you?..... Why do we always try to to jam to much into these last couple of weeks? I guess thats just part of Christmas, well for me anyway....lol....I thought I would pop in here and show you this Baby card I made last week its very cute. The idea isn't mine I copied it but again I carn't find out where. I had just saved this picture and made up my own measurements, it is very handy now having the 1 3/4" circle punch because that is what I used for the neck and the arms. The pockets are just what was cut from the neck. I finished with a rub-on and some stitching all around. I hope you like it.....

Christmas Card

2009-12-05T14:16:00.002+11:00

I made this cards the other day for some of friends that I had lunch with. I used the sweet treat cups which hasn't photographed very good but it is a quarter filled with glitter to give the effect of snow in a snow globe. I used the wish for peace stamp set and coloured with my old olive and chocolate chip markers. I think everything else is pretty straight forward, if not just ask..... I have been scrapbooking and not card making so I will have some more pages to share with you soon......Have a good day......

ESAD Summer Mini Blog Hop

2009-12-01T06:00:00.002+11:00

Welcome to the ESAD-SU Summer Mini Blog Hop. ESAD - Extremely Special Aussie Demonstrators is a yahoo group dedicated to Australian Stampin Up Demonstrators where we share heaps of ideas and tips with each other as well as offer support and encouragement.

Now a bit about my project. I have used the Kaleidoscope DS Papers and teamed a Close to Cocoa heading that has been wheeled with Retro Remix Wheel in Close to Cocoa Ink. I also added some Rub on dots from the Dots & Designs Rub-ons. Now I just love those Crocheted flowers. I punched out some Close to Cocoa cardstock and added a cute pink button from the Sherbet collection threaded with some Linen thread and popped those on top of the flowers with a glue dot. I just loved how this has turned out and I think those crocheted flowers have just made the page.

Now to go and see the rest of the projects made by my fellow ESAD friends just follow this link to Narelle Hodges blog and then she will have a link to the next blog and hopefully you will end up back here where you started. If you would love to win some fabulous blog candy just leave a comment on all of the 30 blogs that are participating in this blog hop. Have fun hopping along.....

More Scrappin

2009-11-30T06:30:00.001+11:00

Hi there, I suppose you may have guessed that I have been scrapbooking lately and havn't been card making.....Sorry no cards to show but yet another scrap page.....I have used Riding Hood Red cardstock punched around with the scallop edge punch layered some DS Paper from the Candy Lane pack and added a circle cut with the new circle scissors in Pink Pirroette and also added a roughed up strip of close to cocoa. The letters I had are from my stash of creative memories things. I hope you like it, I followed a sketch from scrapsketch for my layout....... Don't forget to check back here tomorrow for the ESAD- SU Summer Mini blog hop.......

Christmas Scrap Page

2009-11-29T14:38:00.003+11:00

Hey there, I have been having a bit of a muck around with my scrapbooking lately, so here is a piccy of one of my last pages I have done. Christmas last year.....eeeekkk, I thought I had better get cracking with Christmas this year just around the corner. Nothing like being behind in your scrapbooking hey..... I used the snow swirled stamp set and red rhinestone brads which I took out of there silver holders just leaving the rhinestones themselves. I have also used the new circle scissors to cut the large circles and the 1 3/4" circle punch to cut the green circles which I then embossed with my cuttlebug. The colours I have used are Real Red, Handsome Hunter and Basic Black..... I followed the latest sketch from scrapsketch for my layout. I am loving there sketches at the moment.

To celebrate the Summer Mini going live on Tuesday I am participating in the ESAD-SU blog hop where you will have the chance to hop from blog to blog and view some fantastic projects all made with new stuff out of the Summer Mini. I have a Scrap Page to show you so be sure to check back here on Tuesday to have a look........

Scrapbook Page

2009-11-25T10:51:00.003+11:00

Hi there, I am back from a lovely weekend in Sydney for regionals, Two of my friends and myself left on friday and came back on Sunday. We had an excellant time, but then it was back to the real world. I have had two days of kindy orientation and now hopefully I can stay home for the week and catch up on all my jobs around here. Which seriously includes dust and bug removal. We had a massive dust storm when I was in Syndey and the night before I left came the bugs by the millions so I have only half cleaned up. Here is a scrapbook page I have done while playing with my circle scissors. I just love it for scrapbooking and we got some more fantastic ideas for its use at regionals..... I carn't wait to play with it some more... Hopefully this afternoon I am going to get some time in for stamping I want to have a play with the sweet treat cups.... While we were in Sydney we took the opportunity to go and see New Moon part two of the twilight saga. I must say I really loved the movie, it was great, I carn't wait till it comes out on DVD.... I would certainly go and see it again, I have always been Team Edward but gee after seeing that movie I might be swapping teams, anyone who has seen the movie will no what I mean......lol..... Here is a piccy of a couple of twi-hards....lol.....What can I say we just had heaps of fun.....We were trying to pose right not to get to many chins.....another tip from regionals.....lol....

Flight of the butterfly

2009-11-16T11:39:00.002+11:00

I made this birthday card on the weekend using the Stamp set Flight of the Butterfly and Inspired by Nature. The colours are Rose Red, Regal Rose & Kiwi Kiss. I have also used a few different punches on here as well. The scallop oval punch is only available to order until the end of the month so don't miss out on that one. You have to love those butterflies.......

Scrapbook Page

2009-11-13T16:01:00.001+11:00

I have been having a play today with some of my photo's. I Scrapbooked Nicholas's Preschool Concert with the I wish simply scrappin kit. I cut the heading out with my Cricut Machine using the Design Studio software where I welded the letters together. This is my new toy at the moment, with heaps of thanks to Jenny for buying it for me for my birthday. I just love this software it is brillant. It gives me so many options, I am sure I am only using just a few..... Practice makes perfect...... Sorry but I decided to blurr out the photo's because it wasn't just my children involved, but you will get the general idea of the page anyhow.....It was a really really simple page to complete because everything was in the scrappin kit.

I also had a play with the New Circle Scissors today out of the upcoming Summer Mini Catty. I can say I just love it, it is sooooo easy to cut your circles with......I have heaps of really nice things in my box that arrived yesterday, I am just not sure what to play with next....lol....

Circle Thanks

2009-11-10T14:08:00.003+11:00

I had some time to play along with Keesh's Challenge this week. It has been soooo long since I have played along, it really can be quite theraputic stamping at times..... The colours for the Challenge were Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla. These are the colours I have used here with my Circle Circus stamp and the thanks so much is from Trendy Trees. I finished the card of with a Silver Paper clip and some twine. I needed a Thank you card for a male to this fits the bill I think.......

XMas Cards

2009-11-08T17:34:00.003+11:00

I have had fun playing with the Christmas Classics stamp set today. I wanted to make a friend of mine some Christmas Cards as a thank you gift. So I pulled out my Christmas Classics stamp set and stamped away. I have just focused the cards around this set and just made multiple's of each card. For the first three of the cards I used the same layout and just changed the stamp and the colour. Then I tried something a little different for the last card using my markers and some of the scrap DSP that I had laying around from cutting for the Girls Night In. The paper is from the Ski Slope DSP series in the Spring Mini which we will be saying Goodbye to at the end of the month. So if you think you would like to stock up on anything out of the mini just give me a call so I can get it for you......Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday......

Birthday Card

2009-11-07T16:42:00.002+11:00

My cousin had a Birthday this week and I seen this card on someone's blog ages ago and just remembered it in my head as to how to make it.......I actually don't no how close I got to the real thing because it sort of has created (or recreated) in my head for a while now..... I just think black and white together look really stunning. I have used Brocade Motifs and Great Friend's and the Scallop Edge Punch. I finished it off with some pearls in the body of the butterfly's. I had my Girl's Night In last nite so now I have finished with that I will be able to show you some of the things we made as well as have some time to play and post a little more.....

Sympathy Card

2009-10-31T10:32:00.002+11:00

I am so sorry I haven't got much posted on here of late but the truth is that I haven't really being creating that much. Life has been busy here on the farm, we have been trying to get hay carted in. So hopefully after I have finished with that job I might get back to regular posting. This is a card I made the other day using the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set. The colours are Brocade Blue and Chocolate Chip (my favourite). I had finished off with some matching ribbon and silver brads. Ok back to the truck for me, have a great day........

Soap Box

2009-10-25T16:22:00.002+11:00

I needed to make a box to put some handmade soaps in that I bought for a friend's birthday present. I was so happy with how it turned out. I wanted to be able to see the soaps through the top so I cut it out and filled it with a piece of acetate. I teamed Kraft and Pink Pirrouette together which is another one of my favourite colour combinations. I used the organic outlines stamp set which I am actually loving as well at the moment. I think everything else is pretty easy to work out. Just ask me if you are unsure.......

Bithday card for a friend

2009-10-19T12:27:00.003+11:00

Here is a card I made as a Birthday card for a friend. I have recreated this card a few times now with several different colours and I am always happy with how it turns out. The colours I have used here are Kraft, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive. I got the inspiration for this card from the Cuttlebug Challenges site, one of the DT members posted it on there. It is using the organic outlines stamp set and I have then run it through my cuttlebug to emboss it. I am really liking this stamp set at the moment and you will probably see a few more creations with it......

Scrapbook Page

2009-10-12T07:03:00.002+11:00

I said I have been doing some scrapbooking lately, so here is a page I have had completed for a while but have only just photographed last week. I have used a sketch from scrapsketch. Check there sketches out they are awesome. I am loving them a the moment and have used a quite a few actually, I just need to get them photographed.......I have used the stamp set Trendy Trees and the Good Morning Sunshine DS Paper. I hope you are having a fantastic day.......

Tri-fold Card

2009-10-08T15:22:00.003+11:00

Here is a Tri-fold card that I made ages ago and hadn't photographed and edited. I really haven't had a lot of time lately to craft so hence there has been no action on here. I have been doing some scrapbooking so now I just need to find the time to photograph it and get it on here for you all to look at. This card uses the Holiday Treasures DSP and Season's of Joy stamp set. I hope you like it and thanks for looking.....

Shadow Box Card

2009-09-27T19:41:00.003+10:00

Hi there everyone, Seems I best apologise for my last of posts over the last two weeks, I carn't believe it has been that long. The first week I was keep busy preparing for my weekends class and I had visitors that weekend as well. My visitor actually bought the twilight DVD home with her, so that seen me in BigW on Monday purchasing all 4 books to the twilight series. So that has what has been keeping me from here all week. I started reading Monday night when I got home and am happy to say that I finished them yesterday, but also a tad unhappy as well because they were sooooo goood I would love to read another 4. Ok enough about my life I guess it's time to talk about the card. This is a Shadow Box Card and I have used the Pariasian Breeze DS Papers together with Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Night of Navy and Baja Breeze. I have used the Uncharted Territory Stamp set and I have stamped that on a piece of actetate with the White Staz On Ink Pad. I have also then layered the Night of Navy and Chocolate Chip Sail underneath. I finished off with some white brads. I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

Birthday Card

2009-09-14T20:12:00.002+10:00

I started making this card the other day for Keesh's Challenge however I just couldn't get the colours right and I needed to use green for the stems so I swapped over So Saffron for Baja Breeze and then Real Red wasn't right, so I swapped that one for Riding Hood Red. I had to make a Birthday card for a friend as well so that it what this has turned into with nothing like the colours for Keesh's Challenge. Isn't it funny how cards evolve sometimes. So the colours I ended up using are Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red and Old Olive. If you scroll done a post or so you will see the Colours for Keesh's Challenge nothing alike..............Anyway I was really happy with how this turned out. The stamp sets are Live like you mean it and Think Happy Thoughts. I used the Button Bouquet buttons which is what makes the card i think........I am off to do some creating for this weekends class. Have a lovely night......

Scrap Challenge 11/9

2009-09-10T15:39:00.003+10:00

It is my turn to set the monthly scrap challenge on the ESAD yahoo group today, here is my example and it comes to us courtesy of Scrapsketch. You have until midnight Thursday 17th September 2009 to link your entries here. I hope you get time to play along.... Most importantly have fun with it.....

Keesh's Colour Challenge

2009-09-10T15:13:00.002+10:00

Hi, I hope you are all having a fabulous day because I am. I am having a child free day today which is a total rare occassion for me. One of my good friends has taken Josephine for the day and Nicholas is at school. It is very quite around here. I went for a lovely walk this morning around the farm, just me and my old dog, he thought it was great, just like old times, old being the operative word, we are both much slower these days....lol..... I have been in my craft room, stamping, I am preparing for class next weekend and I thought I would have a play along with Keesh's Colour Challenge. I was a bit unsure at first, the colours were Real Red, So Saffron, Regal Rose & Whisper White. But I can happily say that these colours do work together. I made a skirt for the bottom of my card with So Saffron DS Paper. I was meant to be making curtains for Josephine's room today, but I have all my sewing stuff packed away to make room for the stamping stuff, I just wasn't in the mood for it, but I guess it must have been still on my mind because it's appeared on the card....lol....The stamp set is Flower Fancy and I have used a Hat pin out of the pretties Kit. Must go and clean up my desk....you should see the mess.......

Just stars

2009-09-04T15:36:00.003+10:00

This is one of the cards I promised you all way back on Monday.....lol.....Where has the week gone. I made this for a workshop I had last weekend. The colours are Brillant Blue, Pumpkin Pie & Riding Hood Red. I have also used one of my favourite pieces out of the Washington Apple DS Paper Pack. I was great to see some different styles at the workshop as well....... Must run am going out for tea tonite......No cooking.....Yay for me......

Birthday Boy

2009-09-02T22:14:00.004+10:00

Today is my DS Birthday so I thought I would pop on here and share with you his birthday card that I have just finished making, talk about organised. With all the running around today and the cake decorating, I didn't get time to make him a card, so I will have this waiting for him in the morning. I am sure he wasn't so concerned with the card just the presents......lol... I have used Night of Navy, Ballet Blue & Yo Yo Yellow. Yellow is his favourite colour so the card had to have yellow on it....... I have cut a piece of acetate the same size as the navy cardstock and stamped in white stazon and then under neath I have doodled with the while gel pen the bits and pieces around the rocket that I had cut off. I then put them together and used the yellow eyelets (retired) to keep them together. The rocket is cut out and stuck on the top of the acetate with dimentionals. I then also decorated inside the card. I love how this has turned out because it has a nice shinny glow about it, just like space would I imagine..... I got the inspiration for a card I had saved on my computer but it has no watermark on it and I have no idea now where it came from, so if it is yours just let me no so I can give you some credit. Oh and the stamp sets I used are Pun Fun & Good Friend......Hope you are having a wonderful nite.......

Hostess Gift

2009-08-31T20:20:00.003+10:00

Here is a little box I made for my Hostess on the weekend, the colours are Night of Navy, Kiwi Kiss & DS Paper out of the Urban Garden pack. The stamp sets I have used are Petal Pizzazz & Think Happy Thoughts. I have also used the star brads which are quite snassy. I saved the link to the blog somewhere for the tutorial to give credit to the original maker but I have just lost it at the moment, so I will have to get back to you with that one. Hang on a sec, here it is here.
Hope you are having a wonderful day.......Will be back tomorrow with some of the projects we made....

Keesh's Challenge & B'Day card all in one

2009-08-27T17:37:00.003+10:00

I sat down last nite on a mission because I had to have a birthday card for my husband for tomorrow and to start preparing for a workshop on the weekend. I started off by making the card above for my DH. I used my signature colour again, Chocolate Chip....lol.....I combined it this time with so safron and Vanilla. Its really hard to see with this piccy but I have used a piece of Vellum and stamped the Wonderful husband on that and the trees are stamped directly on the so saffron with the vellum placed on top. I got the vellum idea for this out of the current US Catty. I was left over with heaps of scraps on my table and I also had the sketch challenge for Keesh's Challenge sitting there as well, so I decided to make a matching card for the kids to give Dad as well using Keesh's sketch. I used the same principal just added Always articoke cardstock and some brads. I still didn't get any preparation done, I guess that's tonites job....

No Cards but Cake!!!!

2009-08-26T10:29:00.002+10:00

Sorry guys I don't have any cards to show you today but I do have my daughters 3rd Birthday cake to show instead. I am pretty pleased with my effort because I have been stressing about what she had wanted for about a week now.......Now Josephine just loved it and I nearly cried I think when we were cutting it "all that work",lol....But she was just so happy with it that I wanted to show it to you all......Hope you are having a fantastic day I am off to the sheep yards again today so I won't be back with any cards today. I have a lot of birthday's coming up so I am hoping to get some time to make some of them and get back here to show you....

Faux Silk

2009-08-23T15:21:00.002+10:00

This is one of the cards we made a last months workshop using the Faux Silk technique. The colours are Pink Pirrouette and Basic Grey. I have used the DS Paper from the Level 1 Hostess Pack. The stamp set is Soft Summer which has been two step stamped using Pink Pirrouette and Going Grey. I finished off with two white brads and some Pink Pirrouette riboon. I just love these two colours together......

Male Birthday Card

2009-08-22T12:11:00.002+10:00

I really do like this colour combination of Chocolate Chip & More Mustard. I seem to grab these colours all the time when I am making a male card. I have used the Cheers to you stamp set and stamped it black stazon onto watercolour paper. I have coloured it with my More Mustard Marker and an Aqua Painter.I also stamped the inside of the card as well. No I have photographed it I can write on it.....

Scrap Challenge Winner

2009-08-21T14:14:00.003+10:00

Hey there. I thought I would post the winner and the entries here on my blog for you all to see and if you are anything like me today and are in desperate need of some inspiration well have a look at these pages. The challenge was to use anything out of the Spring Mini Catalogue these pages showcase a lot of our new products.

This Beach Page is the winning entry by Karen Dillon.

The memories page by Chris Parker Barnes

A page by Louise Ryan

Another page by Chris Parker Barnes (this one is actually a CASE from the Catalogue). If you don't have a Spring Mini Catalogue and would like one send me an email so I can post one out to you.....

Candles Candles Candles

2009-08-18T15:51:00.003+10:00

Hi here are some of the candles we made at my weekend class and some others I made this morning for a stall that I am having tomorrow. I have used a range of different stamps and colours trying to get some variety but I really had to make two with Inspired by Nature and Upsy Daisy two of my all time favourite stamp sets. It's only a quick post today because I am trying to get some things crossed off my list of to do's today and things haven't really being going to plan...You no how sometimes you get days like that, no matter how hard you try to get things done it just doesn't happen. I can see a late nite ahead of me tonite to get organised for tomorrow.....

Scrap Challenge 14/8

2009-08-14T12:17:00.005+10:00

Hey there sorry for the lack of posts this week. I have been busy preparing for this Sunday's class but the upside to that is I will have heaps of things to show you next week. It's my turn again this month to upload my Scrap Challenge to the ESAD demonstrator group. This month's challenge is a little different from the past ones. The challenge is to just use something on your page out of the Spring Mini Catalogue, it can be DS Paper, Stamps, Rubons, Ribbon or just a brad. Anything you like, as little or as much as you like.

Now for my example I am actually using one of my good friends and downline's page for this example. We have been working on her new Baby's album and it is just looking fantastic....

She has used the Parisian Breeze DS Papers, Right on Track and Choo Choo. I just love this page and the layout and of course her cute little man. Thanks Jenny for letting me show off your page....

You have until midnight Thursday 20th August to get your entries linked here. I hope you all have some fun with this. Happy Scrappin.....

Covered Journal

2009-08-07T07:52:00.001+10:00

This is the Journal I promised from yesterday's post. I made it to keep all my notes in for my

cricut machine. You no how sometimes you cut a particular size and then you can't remember what size it was or exactly what font it is. So problem solved for somebody with a bad memory like me, just write it down.....lol.....I have a group of ladies that come to my place once a month for scrapbooking lessons and I use my cricut machine so I have dedicated different pages for those ladies so that if I cut something for them it is also written down. I have used the Bella Rose DS Papers which are simply divine. I have used some chipboard letters which I have heat embossed with my heat and stick powder and then the Chocolate Supernova Fine Glitter. I have used one of the flower chipboards as a bookmark as well. I got this idea from Sam Post where she did a similar journal and used a bookmark as well. I am really happy with my little journal that will be put to good use......

Another play with Keesh's Challenge

2009-08-06T17:48:00.005+10:00

I enjoyed Keesh's Challenge so much that I have continued to play with it over the last couple of days. Firstly I have created a title page for Josephine's next album using the same sketch as the previous post. I have used Pink Pirouette and Lovely Lilac and some DS Paper out of the Tea Party pack. I have used a Rub-on that says "So Sweet" and cut the heading out with my Cricut Machine.

Next is a Christmas card using the Snow Swirled stamp set and the Level 1 Hostess set Punches three. I used the build a brads with the small snowflake stamped in there. I made the hole a little big so they are moving around a little. The colours are Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip and Kiwi Kiss which are taken from the Ski Slope DS Papers. I have had a pretty productive day in the card room today and have also covered a journal that I will post tomorrow, I can't give it to you all at once, I will stretch it out a bit. See you tomorrow for the journal.......

Keeshs Sketch Challenge

2009-08-04T13:50:00.003+10:00

I have been busting to play with this sketch since Keesh posted it on Friday. I can see so many possibilities and I think it would also be great for a scrapbook page which I have in mind as well. I soooo wanted to play yesterday but I had my DS sick with vomitting all night and day so I was a little tired yesterday. Anyway I am grabbing a few secs now before I go outside to attack the garden and collect some wood. My garden is sooo needing some attention because I have been spending far to much time in my craft room........Thats winter I spoose......Now for the card.....I made this with my daughter's birthday in mind, she loooooves pink and butterflies....The colours are Rose Red, Pink Pirrouette and Kiwi Kiss. I have used Inspired by Nature, Flight of the Butterfly and Think Happy Thoughts for the stamp set. I have used some of the white brads and a Kiwi Kiss Cord Button as well, these are both able to be ordered from out of the new mini now..... I used three butterflies because she is soon going to be three.......Have a great day.......

Bella Hostess Gift

2009-08-02T20:28:00.004+10:00

I made this lovely little Love Notes box for my hostess today. I just love these colours together! Who said Pink and Red should never be seen together!!!! Anyway I had a lovely day today with my hostess and her friends, I will post the other items we made during the week. This little box was one of Keesh's Make it Monday's that she did last year. It has come in real handy for me this week.....lol....I had a little bit of missing mojo happening.....So thanks for that Keesh.....lol....

This is a picture of the inside of the box holding the love notes and envelopes.This is the actual love note placed inside. The colours are Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red and I have used the Bella Rose DS Papers. I have also used Flower Fancy and Best Yet Stamp sets. Thanks for looking...........

Christmas in July

2009-07-28T20:00:00.003+10:00

This is one of my Christmas in July cards made using the Snow Swirled stamp set which I first stamped in Versamark, then in Sahara Sand and then sprinkled Clear embossing powder over it and heat embossed it. The colours I have used are Kraft and Riding Hood Red. I added a scalloped piece to the bottom and used our lovely taffeta ribbon as well. Sorry for the quick post tonight but I am in the midst of cleaning my office and then I am going to attack my craft room. Hopefully then I will feel a little more organised and be inspired to create a mess again.....lol.....

ESAD Cyberstamp Colour Challenge

2009-07-26T12:47:00.003+10:00

Over at ESAD they are currently running a Cyberstamp with heaps of different challenges going on. I started this card on Thursday Night when it was first posted and got it finished but then had flat batteries and couldn't photograph it until today. The colour challenge was to use So Saffron, Whisper White & Basic Grey and as many items as you can out of the up and coming new Mini Catty. I used the stamp set Soft Summer and coloured it with my Watercolour crayons and then spritzed the stamp with water and then stamped on the paper. This gave a very washed out watercolour look. I then went over it with markers with the two step stampin stamp. I then finished off the card with Walk in the Park DS Paper and some lovely new Designer Brads. They come in Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron & Chocolate Chip, they are very cute.

Sweet Sunday Challenge

2009-07-23T12:03:00.004+10:00

Good Morning or perhaps I should say afternoon. I have been going to post this card all morning. I had a bit of a creative nite last nite and made a couple of cards and played along with some challenges. This is the Sweet Sunday Challenge and I have been following it for a while but last nite was the first time I had time to play along. I have been busting to crack open this Choo Choo stamp set along with the Right on Track wheel. Both these are out of the up and coming Catty that you can order from on the 1st August. I teamed it with the Parisian Breeze Specialty DS Paper and those yummy Corduoroy Brads in Baja Breeze. I just followed the colour scheme of Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze. I also turned the sketch around to suit. Have a great day.....

Keehs Colour Challenge

2009-07-22T22:22:00.002+10:00

I have just had soooo much fun stamping. I have finally got some time to play along with one of Keesh's Challenges. I have been following them every week but just havn't found the time to play along. It feels so nice to just sit down and stamp and not feeling pressured into stamping something brillant for a workshop or class. Hey not that I am not saying this card isn't brillant.....lol......The colours for this challenge were Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss and Very Vanilla. I have used the Soft Summer set out of the new Mini Catty as well as the Oval all stamp set with the matching Scallop Oval punch. I have used the wide Rose Red ribbon and the small grossgrain Always artichoke ribbon with a silver brad attached around the bow in the centre. I have finished it off with a sprinking of dazzling diamonds on the butterfly and the flower. I hope you are having some time to stamp as well.......

Cracked Rustic Rooster

2009-07-21T10:45:00.002+10:00

Here is another one of my cracked glass cards using the Level 2 Hostess set Rustic Rooster. I have coloured my rooster with the markers and then masked him and used the background stamp to stamp around him. I have also used the weathered background stamp on Chocolate chip cardstock, the other colours are Riding Hood Red and Confetti Cream. Hope you are having a wonderful day..... I am about to hit my garden and do some weeding on a lovely sunny winters day.....

Cracked Glass

2009-07-20T11:12:00.003+10:00

This is a sneak peak of some of the new products in the New Mini Catty that are going to be released on the 1st August. When I first saw this clock it screamed at me Cracked Glass. I just love how this has turned out. I have used Close to Cocoa & Confetti Cream cardstock with Chocolate Chip Ink and finished with one of those swisho new Corduroy buttons in Baja Breeze. Don't you just love that patterned paper, its called Parisian breeze Speciality and that's out of the new Mini as well. It's a textured cardstock and is just so nice to touch and very appealing to the eye.....I love the whole look of this card and how it has turned out. Sorry about the lack of posts over the last week or so, life has been so busy, I have been preparing for workshops, classes and scrapbooking as well so I have had a bit on as well as every day life. I am itching to get some time to play along with some challenges and do some stamping for myself, so hopefully this will be the week.......

Cheers 2 U

2009-07-07T12:22:00.002+10:00

Hi there again, another day another post, I am on a roll.....lol.....Here is a card for the men in your life. The colours are Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. I have used the large oval punch, 1 3/8 Circl punch and the Designer Label Punch. I have used one of my all time favourite stamp sets Cheers to you. I have stamped them in Black Stazon and watercoloured them with my More Mustard Watercoloured crayons and my aqua painter. I then covered the beers in Crystal Effects to make them look like glass. I was really happy with the effect. Ok off to finish the ironing now and hopefully some more time for crafting this afternoon......

Pretty Boxes

2009-07-06T21:44:00.004+10:00

Hi there, Here is a cute little box that I made for my hostess on the weekend and another little box that we made with a card to match. The first box is made with Baja Breeze cardstock and the Good Friend background stamp. I also used the So Tweet chipboard that inked up with my stamp pads and then covered the flower and sanded around it to give a nice edge with a piece of paper from the Good Morning sunshine pack. I finished off with the ribbons out of the pigtails pack. They are very very cute..... My sentiment is from the really retro stamp set and I also glittered the centre with some supa nova fine glitter.

Everyone then made this cute little box with the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set and some of the different punches. The colours I used here are Pink Pirouette and Kiwi Kiss. I am really happy with how both these boxes turned out.Then to top it all off we made this card to match the little gift box. Have a great day or should I say night.......

Raspberry Tart Thank You Gift

2009-07-02T10:52:00.003+10:00

Hi there, Wow I have been trying to get to past for the last week but have only managed to get here today. I must admit life has been extremely busy and I haven't got a lot photographed to show you. I still have some more bleaching cards I want to get photographed and the cards that we made at my monthly afternoon class. I took these photos way back in May but never got to post them so here they are. This was a hostess gift made with the lovely Raspberry Tart DS Paper. Makeesha Byl demonstrated this little bag at convention. It's very cute. I then made the four cards to go inside.

Now these cards were also demonstrated at convention by Marelle Taylor but in different colours I have changed them a bit to make them my own. The colours are Pretty in Pink, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red and Whisper White.

This card actually has some twine threaded through the hole but I must have been a hurry to take the photo's. Actually I think I remember threading it at the class.

The stamp set used is the party hearty out the Big Catalogue. I did my preorder yesterday for the New Mini Catty that can be ordered from next month, so hopefully I will get some time to have a play with some of that stuff, I actually can't wait to get my hands on it. I will be stalking the posty...lol....If everything goes to plan today I will be back later with some more cards. I would love to get some time to play along with some challenges.....Fingers crossed......

Sweet Little Girl Bleached

2009-06-24T13:39:00.003+10:00

I love this stamp set and how this card has turned out. It is just so soft and pretty. This is the A Kind word stamp set and also Simply said for the background. For the background I have stamped in Perfect plum and then highlighted the middles of the flowers with the white gel pen. I have used the white taffeta ribbon with a lovely flowing bow to copy the flowing bows on the little girls dress and hat. And of coarse the girls dress and hat is bleached. This was another card from the weekend's class.

Bleaching your Sorrow

2009-06-23T17:40:00.004+10:00

Hi guys, just a quick post tonite so that you don't think I have forgotten all my lovely blog readers. Man things have been busy around here, but that's just my life I guess.....lol....Don't worry I won't bore you with the details.....Now for the card.....Last month's technique class was bleaching which was heaps and heaps of fun. I loved preparing for this class seeing how all the papers changed before your eyes.....just like magic....I used Riding Hood Red and when bleached it threw the colour of Apricot Appeal. So I used a piece of that cardstock on top of my chocolate Chip base card. The stamp set I used was Flower Fancy and the sentiment out of Thoughts & Prayers. Must rush and finish tea now.....cyu....