Simple Masking

Here's a card I made a while ago now. I used it as a make'n'take project as it is fun and easy to make.

I've used the masking technique on this card. I stamped the flowers first, then "masked them" before stamping the leaves. I made my mask out of a "post it note". This makes it easy to remove the mask and use it again.

If you'd like to learn more about masking, you can always book a workshop with me and try it out for yourself :-)

Stamps: Summer Solstice, Perfectly Penned

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Basic Pearls, Scalloped Dots ribbon (Chocolate Chip)

Back to blogging

Wow, it has been over a year since I last updated this blog! Life has been pretty busy and blogging just fell by the wayside unfortunately. BUT - I am back :-) I intend to start blogging again, not daily, but hopefully at least twice a week.

It's Sale-a-bration time right now so I thought I would start with the make'n'take project from my last couple of workshops:

I've used the new Designer Series paper which you can receive for FREE during Sale-a-Bration. Simply place a $100 order to choose it as your free gift. There are other free gifts available to choose from too. Check out the brochure HERE.

Stamps: Pretty Postage (available in the Summer Mini catalogue)

Ink: Poppy Parade

Paper: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Accessories: Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack (another free gift from Sale-a-Bration)

Tools: Big Shot and Perfect Polkadots embossing folder, 1 inch square punch, postage stamp punch and scallop square punch.

If you would like to learn to make this card, please contact me to book a free workshop. :-)

I also made some little paper samplers so that my friends and customers can see the beautiful Designer Paper in person - it always look so much nicer in real life than the picture in the brochure. I used the Two Tags Die on my big shot as well as the matching brad and ribbon pack. These 2 pictures show the front and back sides of the sampler.

Tricycle Ride

Another scrapbook page done tonight - I am on a roll!

This one uses some retired DSP that again, I will be sad to see the last of - lots of great spots and stripes for boys. However, next on my list of new DSPs to buy is the fabulous "Celebrations" on page 125 of the current Idea Book & Catalogue. Its got lovely blues, red and green in spots and stripes too.

I've used some Alphabet stamps to spell out the title for the page and some buttons for a pop of colour.

Meeting Elmo

Another layout for you. This time I used a sketch to help me design it. I think I will be using sketches more often - it really helped me this time. I was so stuck on what to do with these photos. I initially wanted to make a punch art Elmo but I just couldn't make it work on the page. I somehow ended up using the Greenhouse Gala papers and I think they work well. Crumb Cake (formerly known as Kraft) is a great colour for the base of the page. It just goes with any colours and work well if you are too lazy to cover or colour your chipboard letters! LOL!

Some more scrapbooking

I've got so many photos of my boys to scrapbook so I'm on a mission. My other mission is to use up all the bits and pieces that are "retired" and taking up space in my craft room. As a demonstrator I try to only use "current" products as much as possible but we all have a stash piling up that needs using so I am putting my stash to good use on my personal scrapbooking projects. :-)

I'm so pleased with the Hop Skip Jump layout. :-) I never thought I would use that paper on a boy's layout but it works perfectly with the faded red (pink!) of the stepping stones!

I'll be sad to see the last of my spotty paper from the Good Morning Sunshine collection. The colours go so well with so many of my photos of the boys. I've still got another double layout to do of Toby's birthday (family party) but have to print the photos out first. I plan to use some more Good Morning Sunshine on those pages too.

I did use something new on this LO though - the Builder Wheels! I used them to make a strip along the bottom of the page. I've been giving my Circle Scissors a bit of a workout lately too - love that tool!

A bit of scrap booking

I don't know that these pages will be inspiring anyone very much but I'm pleased just to get some scrapping done! So many photos of the kids to catch up on so am keeping it so so simple and I'm working on using up all my "old" stuff - you know all those lovely papers you've got sitting there waiting to be used - well I'm just using them up as much as I can!

Rest of my trip

Friday morning was really fun with swapping and make and takes.

Here's Liz swapping her lovely Christmas ornaments with Vanessa who made nifty decorations with the pennant die.

Here's my table for the make and takes. We made some lovely projects with a new stamp set from the upcoming Summer mini catalogue.

The husbands amused themselves for the morning - some went to play golf, others went bushwalking (like Matt did) or just chilled out by the pool.

I spent the afternoon lazing by a pool with Liz and our hubbies having a cocktail and reading trashy mags. :-)

Dinner that night was lovely! The Italian restaurant at the Marina was great.

On Saturday Liz and I and our respective husbands went for a visit to the air traffic control tower! My husband is an air traffic controller in Brisbane and knows the controller on Hamilton so we went to say hi.

It was really cool to spend some time in the tower watching the planes and helicopters come and go and to see the controller doing his thing. Although its probably one of the shortest towers around, it still had lovely views.

After the visit to the tower we grabbed some gourmet picnic hampers from the hotel and went off in one of the gold buggies to have our lunch. Check out the scenery!

Later that afternoon we gathered in the hotel bar to find out our activity for that evening. It was kind of like a treasure hunt! We were put into teams of 4 (there's our buggy buddies in the photo above!) and sent off in golf buggies to hunt down the answers to a bunch of questions and clues. As we drove around the island we stopped at various locations where a Stampin Up staff member gave us prizes - whoo hoo!

The very last clue we found gave us the location of our farewell dinner - the beautiful new Yacht Club. Absolutely gorgeous! We had some pre-dinner drinks and nibblies and then went inside to see...
...the beautiful table settings - lovely! The dinner was by far one of the best meals I have ever had - every element was just perfect. A beautiful ending to a dream get-away.