Sunshine Fun...Layout.

Yay, I'm back!! I finally sourced another camera from one of the kids and now I can retrieve photos. These layouts are actually a Kaszazz workshop that I'm going to be running next week. The original has never been chosen by my customers and I suspect it's because it's in red, blue and yellow. I thought these colours were more peaceful. The single photo on the left page actually opens out to reveal more photos, so it's a great one to do when you've got quite a few photos that you want to put in a layout. The thong image along the bottom is actually a stamp - really fun and versatile for beachy photos or cards. The words are from one of our sheets of vellum. The vellum is so versatile and useful. Check out our vellum as there are so many quotes and words that can be used in layouts! Enjoy.

Concertina Card carrier...

Today I've been having a bit of fun making this card carrier. It was originally called Accordion File purse. I found it on this blog: www.stampininspirations.blogspot.com . Maria has the tutorial for it, just bear in mind, I altered it to fit cards. The dimensions of it were smaller, but I wanted to make is so that you can store cards in. I made it so it's width is 9.5" and height 5". I did take other photos, but am having a little trouble with uploading them to my computer. I'll post more when I've sorted the problem. I also need to grab some velco dots to secure it properly! Once you work it out, it's actually quite quick to make.

New product challenge!!

I've been away for a while, sorry to my loyal followers! I'm back. I set myself a challenge today. I wanted to use some of the newer products that we have. In the card above, I used the design adhesive called Daisy daze. It is the large central daisy. I love the design adhesives, they can be used as a row, like the rollagraph or as singles. They can be embossed onto or glittered. I also used sticky bling flourish and double sided sticker paper on this card. The striped paper is from the "my girl" range. If you'd like to check out the design adhesives, go to www.kaszazz.com and click on the products. They can be found in the July and Sept flyers, as well as some great new glitters. Just a tip, when using glitters onto cardstock, to prevent glitter from sticking everywhere, dust over the area with your puff static pillow first. This will minimize the spread of glitter!!
On the weekend, I had a great chat to my sister, Di. I had a layout in mind, but no photo, so I naturally decided to dedicate it to my sister. In this layout, I used paper from the Merry Christmas range as well as the Ebony and Ivory range. I, in keeping with my challenge, used rubons (relatively new) and chipboard popouts. I also used a product called 'smooch' that we sell. I just love the gold one in particular. I also stamped the scallop edge around the paper. Now, I know I sell Kaszazz stuff, but I've got to say, the rub ons from Kaszazz are really good. I've used many different ones and you get some really inferior products, however, the Kaszazz rub ons are top quality and easy to apply.
There, I hope I made up to my loyal followers. I shall try to remain inspirational throughout the week!!

Birthday card and tag album

It was my friend Jude's birthday today! Happy Birthday loyal follower. I made her a tag album. The tags are from Kaszazz and I used my zutter bindall to create the hinges. The paper isn't from Kaszazz. When making a tag album, it is important to use simple ideas and not to make it too complicated with embellishments, otherwise it is physically too difficult to look at!!

This was the birthday card. I used Lyra watercolour crayons to create a green tone background as green is one of her favourite colours. Obviously blending with an aquabrush. I used the crayons to "ink" up the flourish stamp, then re-wet it to create a distressed stamped image
I used our new mini messages for the greetings, the small daisy punch and used the white gel pen to highlight various bits!

Happiness page layout.....

Another one of my ebay sales! I didn't actually make this, my friend and fellow consultant, Kristen did. I just love that you can take a seemingly ordinary piece of white paper and turn it into something beautiful. The ink used was fluid chalk ink - which is great because it dries instantly.The glitter dots are made by punching out double sided sticker paper (Jac), sticking them down and then covering them with glitter. I think the title is quite apt. You can't look at that page and not feel "happy".

Little Lady Scrapbook page...

I went through a stage of making up pages and selling them via ebay. This was one of the pages made. I used the swirl from " Treasured Memories' stamp set, punched some flowers out of patterned paper, added some ribbon and then inked up the lettering. We sell chipboard letters which are really reasonable. I inked them, stuck them down and then glossy accented them! Add a bit of extra fun by placing some small punched out daisies on them. The word "little" was handwritten in. It sold, so someone must have liked it!!

Cool Canvas hangings

I got this idea from a friend of mine who saw someone selling something similar at a market! I took the concept and ran with it. It is so easy, yet makes a great gift for a grandparent. The size of the canvas is 12 x 12" . The letters were done with our Alpastickers which are very popular as they are see through so give the illusion of someone having written the title. Wrap 2 ribbons around and secure with a thumb tack. Purchase some small pegs for the photos and decorate the bottom of the canvas with some flowers - also from Kaszazz. The centre of the flowers has a fastner so it can help with keeping the flowers on the canvas! Hope you like it.

Dotty thinking of you...

I recently had the misfortune of having to make a sympathy card as my friend passed away. I always have a dilemma when making a sympathy card. You don't want to look like you've enjoyed making it too much, it just doesn't seem appropriate. I was also in a fairly emotional state, so this card is quite ordinary. I created the background using our dotty background stamp and then added a blob of glossy accents over each dot. The rest is easy to work out. In the centre of the retro daisies is a clear rhinestone. The paper used here is from our Bella range. More exciting stuff tomorrow!!

All Boy Kids Birthday card

I made this card for a boy turning 8. I used the All Boy range of papers which are quite versatile. My challenge for myself was to incorporate some gold embellishments, so I added turn mounts . I also used glossy accents on the star to give it a raised gloss look. When making male cards , I tend to under do rather than over, as most males I know, don't like too much fuss!!! The base of the card is oatmeal card stock.

Christmas Photo Card

On the weekend, we participated in the Picture to Page show at the East Burwood reserve. It is a really great show- packed with local suppliers and loads of ideas. The next one is in May next year- Be sure to watch out for it. At the show, this was the Free make and take we made. It went down really well. We used distress ink, the blending tool and punches. Hope you like it!