HELLO! I'm ba-ack!

Oh me oh my oh me oh my!  I have ignored my little blogette for too too long!

Our family had an awesome trip to UK this June/July and bizarrely, my crafting obsession took a true back seat!.... well, I had some tacky tape stashed away in my backpack in event of an emergency!

Since being back, I have FINALLY run my first in a series of workshops - my first Christmas Stamp-A-Stack went really well and it feels great to have started the Chrissie card haul already!

Here are the first two designs: -

I have a couple of workshops coming up this month: -

Friday 19 August 10am-12pm
My House
"Birthdays For All!" - 3 cards, one for the men, one for the ladies and one for the kids!
Cost $15*
Each card will use different techniques suitable for beginners to advanced!
RSVP Wednesday 17 August 6pm

Tuesday 30 August 10am-12.30pm
My House
"Christmas Stamp-A-Stack part II" - 10 cards, 5 each of two designs
Cost $15
Simple, easy to put together cards to ease the Christmas load!
RSVP Sunday 28 August 6pm

Let me know if you'd like to join in or if you would like a workshop in the evening!

kx

Time to fly!

Sadly for me, I didn't have a chance to enter this week's LIM challenge - what with a public holiday and school madness eating into the hours, my Friday is coming around too too quickly and instead of crafting, I'll be flying!  Ironically to the land of LIM!

So I take a few weeks forced leave and look forward to going making-mad on my return!

Be happy! xxxx

Some brown and some brown with some brown...

Lady & Diva LIM have set another great challenge this week - Monochromatic.

Here's my take - please forgive my shocking colouring!

This card (and it's twin sister) has been made specifically for friends of my Kindy girl - she is losing two gorgeous classmates as they head overseas - one back home to US and one to Sweden on a new adventure.

Ka kite ano {see you again} friends and have a blast!

cardstock: whisper white, early expresso, crumb cake
ink: early expresso, sahara sand, crumb cake, wild wasabi
stamp: neighborhood (jumbo wheel)
other: hemp twine

Domino book

Learnt how to make this fab little book tonight, over at CA.  It's apparently called a domino book because the covers can be made from homeless domino pieces - I'd very much like to do that!

cardstock: poppy parade DSP, whisper white
ink: poppy parade, peach parfait, blushing bride, basic black
stamp: Kimono Kids (LOVE. IT.)
other: poppy parade ribbon, chipboard

LIM 2...

And my second entry for this week's LIM - Pick a square challenge...

I love this card!

So simple yet so.... me - it's the kind of card I give easily and widely.... somehow not all cards are like that, right?

cardstock: whisper white
stamp: Awash With Flowers, a little birthday cheer
ink: baja breeze, regal rose, wild wasabi
other: nestabilities

LIM-time!

My becoming-everso-wonderfully-regular Friday crafting has produced another couple of LIM entries for this week's challenge - Pick a Square.

First up, a simple card taking the centre square and layering up.  I'm utterly obsessed with kraft / crumb cake at the mo so just had to make one itty-bitty effort with my colour du jour!

cardstock: kraft, cherry cobbler
ink: cherry cobbler
stamps: artistic etchings, a little birthday cheer
other: build-a-brad

Pretty Punch Princess Dress

Here's my take on a card I cased from Monica Gale (one of the top UK SU gals).  Her's is way softer but I was making mine from memory, late at night and with a cold... well that's my excuse anyway!

... besides, the little cherub it's going to is a bit more rock than ballet  ;o)

cardstock: melon mambo, whisper white, thick acetate
ink: melon mambo, regal rose
punches: large oval, round tab
other: basic rhinestones, spritzer

Napkin Magic!

I've picked up another fantastic technique from those gals at CA (Julia Leece, in fact) - this postcard is made out of a serviette (with help from a little gradwrap) - YES, WAY!

Australia's Biggest Morning Tea... & lunch... & dinner!

The utterly gorgeous chicks at CA organised a full day of online tutorials to raise money for the Cancer Council.

So since 10am, on the hour, every hour today I've been mildly hyperventilating at the thought of the next activity and whether I read the supplies list right or indeed measured my cardstock in cm or inches!

Here are the rewards from what was an extraordinary, fun-filled, laugh-out-loud-alot day!

* nb. whilst supplies and cardstock measurements were provided, choices of colours, stamps, embellishments etc were not defined.  The variety of end-products was therefore utterly varied and amazing! 

1 - A teacup easel card (led by Debi Ryan)

2 - A Hot Drink Wallet ... or as I prefer, choccie wallet! (led by Dee Sturgeon)

3 - Cracked glass technique (led by Jane McGlade-Smith)

4 - Punch art Daffodil (led by Julia Leece); photo on it's way... maybe!
5 - Sketch challenge (set by Tia Routledge)

6 - Colour Challenge - Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Whisper White (set by Anne Brignall)

Like I say, a busy, overwhelming, inspiring, entertaining and wonderful day!

Baby bye-bye...

Miss 7's teacher leaves school this week to have her first baby *heart*

I do think it's utterly lovely that some people still like the 'gender surprise' so the oversized card is in classic neutral colours - yellow (daffodil delight), white and crumb cake.  The kids from class then signed a baby tee each for the inside.

I'm super-stoked with the 'bouquet' too!  Organic baby clothes wrapped into rose shapes - a trick I sourced off YouTube.  A nice way to present what would otherwise be a boring gift voucher!