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Back to Black Altered Coffee Cup Gift!

Karen Williamson of Tauranga surprised me with this lovely gift of chocolatey craftiness when I was there a few weeks ago.  Always lovely to receive a handmade gift!!  (although massages are welcome too.  :)

Such a cute idea!  This would be fun done up in many of our papers.

Love the idea here of a double ribbon.  And a favorite image: the large tag from Chalk Talk.  Perfect for any ocassion, masculine or feminine.

And inside was found a hot chocolate sachet and a chocolate spoon!

Thanks for stopping by!  And thank you Karen!

 

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Rain or Shine Mini Album

Featuring the Rain or Shine Stampin' Up! stamp set and the Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Series Paper, this cute project was presented at the Hamilton Extravaganza a few weeks ago by Kristine McKnickle and Christine Palmer, adapted from an album shown to us by Julia Leece at Regional Training last year.

This was a very popular project - so fresh and fun!  Done in about 40 minutes, these mini albums are a quick way to put some photos together for a gift.

Stay tuned for tomorrow!  An exciting day coming up!

 

Tea for Two Just Add Ink Layout Challenge

This was fun!  I just discovered that Just Add Ink holds a scrapbooking challenge each month (where have I been??), so I gave it a go.  Madeleine asked me to scrap these photos next (I find it quite cool how they are now giving me photos and asking me to scrapbook them).

Here is the sketch:

And here is my creation:

I have been hoarding these Calypso Coral polka dot sheets out of the packs for a while because I though they were so fun and happy and perfect for a layout.  Happy coincidence that colour worked in with the minor photo (confess I 'made' it work!)

I LOVE the new burlap trim in the Seasonal Catalogue - had to use it on here!  And paired with the ribbon rose flowers, it looks really cool.  Just perfect for these shots of sort of a young vintage look.

I brought in the Wisteria Wonder to match Madeleine's hat and jacket.  I'm  not sure why she wore a zippered jacket with a lace dress, but the mix of elements went okay with the yin yang of these embellishments, too.

I used the Netting stamp on these Typeset letters to give it a little bit of texture.  I left it as is; I didn't want this particular layout to be too fussy.  The "clean vintage look" is what I call it.  Perfect for the young, fresh face featured here.

Thanks for the fun!

Next Scrapbooking classes:

Monday March 18th Birkenhead 7:30pm $15

Saturday March 23rd Nelson 9:30am $55 4 layouts

Thursday April 4th Howick 7:30pm $15

 

Madison Avenue Version of the Notebooks

WEll I didn't get a pic of  my girls teaching because I was out teaching myself, but my two eldest daughters, Madeleine (14) and Kjristi (12), taught these cool notebooks to their church youth group on Tuesday. 

We changed them up to make them a bit more "young" and use the Sycamore Street DSP (available just another 8 days!) and the Madison Avenue Flower:

They LOVED that Silver Glimmer Paper!

I also did up a version using the bird punch just in my designing with my own girls what they felt comfortable teaching:

The point of making these with the young women was for them to use them as gratitude journals for 21 days.  The word stamp I have in the little window is a very, very old Stampin' Up! stamp sets called Small Script.  I just love it and it did come in handy for this project!

Oh, I will never tire of our little bird!

The girls loved doing these up, and I was treated to find this lovely post up on Facebook:

The girls were very good and coopertive and happy with what they had made, and that makes it all the more fun!

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These notebooks were a great find by Barbara Bicknell at the $2 shop!  We decorated them up with the new Poetry Prints Pack and transformed them from utilitarian to a special gift.

Although, personally, I love notebooks and write in one nearly every day, so I plan to keep these . . . :-)

I had fun playing with the embossing folders - embossed directly onto the notebook!  Took some fiddling to get the right sandwich, but the finished look was really, really COOL.

I'm really liking the Summer Starfruit after this project and the last scrapbooking layout.  The ribbon looks quite nice with this combo.

The blue polka dots one above is my favorite out of all of them.  Just liked the freshness of this one.

The main image is from the stamp set Collage Curious, a great wee set perfect for layering up the images. 

Shona Edmonds and I taught this last weekend at the Hamilton Extravaganza, and everyone just loved that Silver Glimmer Paper.  Almost a shame to cover it up!

There are just 10 days left to get that lovely Vine STreet Embossing Folder!  Shame we can't keep that little beauty a bit longer!

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Supplies Used:

Stamps: Collage Curious, Kindness Matters

Colours: Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit

Other: $2 shop notebooks and pens, 1 1/4 inch scallop circle punch, 1 3/4 inch scallop circle punch, 1 inch circle punch, Silver Glimmer paper, Bitty Banners Framelits, Poetry Prints print Pack

Sycamore Street Gift Bag

This project is one designed and presented by Rhonda Fawcett last weekend at our Tauranga Extravaganza.  She's used quite a few new products on here AND showed everyone how to use those fabulous new Piercing Templates!

Rhonda has covered a basic brown paper bag with cardstock and embellishments and punched a handle through the top.  Cute! 

This is the Sycamore STreet DSP, a SaleABration special.  I've been playing with these prints the last two days and have grown to really like them.  Fresh and fun!

As an extra bonus for everyone (including me!), a sweet pressed cookie was included.  Marvelous job,isn't it?  They looked fantastic. And Rob tells me they were especially delicious and asked me to make more.  Hmm, then I had to confess I didn't make it . . .

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Grocery Bag Dispenser

Over the summer, we went on a rampage getting the house organized.  It was kind of necessary as we combined two full houses into one.  One of the projects Rob requested was one of these Grocery Bag Dispensers, which actually did free up a lot of space under the sink.

 I really didnt' have any leftover bits from the bags I made my team for Christmas, so these are leftover from LAST year's project!  Made from the Spice Cake and last year's Christmas fabric (I forgot the name), I liked the combo of the dark green, the crumb cake, and the Pool Party.

The bags go in the top and out the bottom, keeping them tidy and hung up off the floor as well.

And no, I don't really have this on my china hutch.

I found the free tutorial online here, compliments of Moda.  These were fun to make with just leftover bits and pieces, so a very cost effective project too.  Hmmm, these might turn up again around December.

Our bundles of three generous fat quarters are $19.95 and found in the seasonal catalogue page 170-171.  Email to place your order!

Easy Gift Bag!

If you're like me, the Christmas cards are nearly done and now I am thinking along the lines of gifts and packaging.  We made this fun little, easy, & quick project in class last week.  It's a nice gift for any age - just vary the book title inside.

 

We used the Designer Papers, Floral District, here as they matched the best with the cookbooks I had on hand.  (I swapped mine out with someone so I could have chosen a different print for this particular book, but no matter!!)    Plus, I do love Christmas, but it IS nice to do something different than red and green for a gift. 

You can use any book or I've been told these ones are still readily available.  Simply wrap a 12x12 sheet of printed paper around your book and seal at the back and the bottom.  Done!  Couldn't be easier than that!

We did add some ribbon handles and a simple embellishment to the front.

I LOVE the stamp set Layered Labels and the coordinating die set, Apothecary Accents.  I've used these quite a bit on my layouts, and here they are again for an easy label for this gift.

Hope you've enjoyed!  Give this one a go!

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Supplies Used:

Stamps: Layered Labels set of four

Colours: Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight

Other: Apothecary Accents Dies, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stripes Embossing Folder, Corner Rounder, Large Oval Punch, Rhinestones, 1/4 inch Stitched Ribbon

 

Joyous Celebration Gift Bag!

This is a cute project I re-jigged from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue.  As easy as it is, it's quick to put together and was a real hit with my classes thus far!  (Showing this tonight in Takanini - would love to have you join us!)

I've used the new 1 1/4 inch scallop circle punch to create the elements, and each one has a stamp or an embellishment of some type. Great way to use up bits and pieces!

The stamps are from the Joyous Celebration set, the same set featured in the post below.

I used a bit of the NEW Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details on the reindeer's nose.  Fun!

We filled the bag with a Cello Bag full of Caramel popcorn.  Smells nice!

Order your Supplies Used:

Stamps: Joyous Celebration

Colours: Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Other: 1 1/4 inch Scallop Circle Punch, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling details, Gumball Green and Real Red Ribbons, Naturals Buttons, Dazzling Diamonds

Upcoming Events:

Tonight! Takanini Stamp Class!  Make the above and one other Christmas Project!  7:30pm  $15

Monday 19th November Techniques Class! Learn Brayering and Sponging.  7:30pm  $15 Birkenhead

Tuesday 20th Novemer Nelson Stamp Classes  1pm and 7pm.  Two projects at each.  Come to one or both!  $15

Petite Pockets Coffee & Gingerbread Man

It's been a great weekend!  I got to see many of you at our Christmas events, and that was fun for me and for our entire team!

The above picture is yesterday at the Hamilton Extravaganza.  Shona and I had a great time chatting away and teaching the ladies!

At both events, this is what I taught:

These were fun and quick to put together - perfect for a Merry Christmas gift for co-workers, teachers and the like.

We used the Petite Pockets die (love this!) for the coffee and the Top Note Die for the gingerbread man.  We jazzed both up using the new Scentsational Season stamps and dies - cute!!

You still have lots of time to order these now to make this project or similar up for Christmas!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Scentsational Season, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Colours: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Other: Petite Pockets Die, Festival of Prints DSP, Dazzling Details, Holiday Framelits, Top Note Die, Sugar and Spice Embossing Powder

Upcoming Events:

Saturday Nov 10th Auckland Scrapbooking Day!  $55 for 4 layouts!  If we have extra time, you can work on your own projects 9:30 am to about 5 pm.  Birkenhead

Monday November 12th Christmas Stamp Class in Birkenhead!  7:30pm  2 projects  $15

Wednesday Nov 14th Takanini Stamp Class!  7:30 pm  2 projects $15

Sweets for the Sweet Altered Tin

My second favorite thing to do with my crafting is altered art!  That used to conjure up images of quite busy art that wasn't my style so much.  But altered art (to me) means repurposing an item. 

In this case, an empty coffee tin!  I should have taken the "before & after" shots. And no, I did not drink 20 tins of coffee.  My good friend and downline Barbara Bicknell of the Chocolate Boutique in Parnell gave these to me.

We did these in the Takanini class on Wednesday, and it was amazing to see how different they all turned out!  Super fun. What a great group they are.

We used the Sweets for the Sweet set, which was perfect for a Lolly Tin.  Some ladies used the Up, Up, & Away, which was equally cute.

And I found my missing lollipops in my desk drawer.  Isn't this soooo cute?!

I love how we can take something that would otherwise be thrown out and make something somebody is going to LOVE!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Sweets for the Sweet, Up, Up & Away

Colours: Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Pretty in Pink

Other: Sweet Shoppe DSP, Black brads, 1 inch circle punch, dazzling diamonds glitter, Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon

 

Bliss Sweet Shoppe Layout

This is a remake of a layout I did years and years ago - one that I showed at the Canberra Convention last month, too.  I've used the Sweet Shoppe DSP and the Sweet Shoppe brads here for embellishment.

The layout itself uses very little materials as the majority of the page is made up of unmatted photographs!  For those wanting a budget and a quick layout, this is a goodie.

Aren't these brads absolutely precious?  You don't need much else to dress them up - super on their own.

My little tag on the side was made by extending the large tag punch a wee bit and using those delicious textured papers from the Sweet Shoppe pack!  A simple sparkly heart made out of scraps nicely finished this and ties in the colours.

My title was made using the Simple Serif Dies from Stampin' Up! - these are my most used dies ever.  Again, I used some scrap cardstock and cut the letters out of both chipboard and cardstock.

The girls and I played around with this and decided to heat emboss the letters with the Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  Just enough bling to stand out, but not too overwhelming.  Plus, it darkened the cardstock just a tad, which gives a nice difference between the title and the rest of the page.

Very cool!

My intention was to use the coordinating Mouthwatering set with this page, but it just didn't need it in the end.  There you are - a very nice layout using a smidge of DSP, four brads, some chipboard, and some scrap card!

Join us for a scrapbooking class!  Next one in birkenhead TONIGHT 7:30pm.   Howick is August 2nd, and Nelson is August 21st.

Supplies Used:

Colours: Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade

Other: Simple Serif Dies, Sweet Shoppe DSP and brads, Lucky Limeade Ribbon, Heart to Heart Punch, Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder, Large Tag Punch, Mat Pack

What's On:

Monday July 16th Scrapbooking in Birkenhead!  7:30 pm birthday layout - both gender options  $15

Tuesday July 17th Nelson stamp classes!  1:30pm or 7pm - two projects at each.  $15

Sunday July 22nd West Auckland stamp class 2pm - make two lovely proejcts!  $15

Something for Christmas in Chocolates

I've taught this one over and over and over this season. If you've done a class with me, then you have seen it!  Because I love it - a cool technique, easy to achieve, and quick to do.  Meets all my Christmas card requirements!

This project was taken from a lovely swap given to me a year or maybe two years ago by Kristine McNickle. She did hers in blues, which was lovely too.

Yesterday I posted using this same single stamp done in colours - today done in just monochromatic browns.  Which do you prefer?

This stamp is just $24.95 - great value for an image with both motifs and words!  And I haven't met a customer yet who doesn't love these Mocha Specialty papers - between the metallic accents and the flocked papers, it's just gorgeous!!

Have a fantastic day!!

Folded Exploding Ornament

This is a neat and quick project shown to my by friend and customer, Kathe O.  Thank you so much for sharing!  This is the ornament closed:

And open:

I chose to use the Mocha Specialty papers because one I love them and two because they have a bit of metallic shimmer to the prints.

The label on the front is just the same stamp layered up with punches.  Turned out nice and so quick.  Perfect Punches is one of those stamp sets I don't pull out often enough.

Email me with any questions or to have this shown to you in a class!

supplies Used:

Stamps: Perfect Punches $38.95

Colours: Brushed Gold, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Other: Mocha Specialty Papers, Pearl Bead, Embroidery thread or a fine ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, Gold Brads, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Stitched Stockings Now Available!

Those cute cute cute Christmas Stockings available last month are now available again!

Get these now for Christmas projects - stamp set available in both wood and clear mount and the matching punch makes it a very easy image to use.

Order yours today to get it in time for Christmas tags and projects!

Stitched Stockings set of seven $51.95 clear mount or $64.95 wood mount

Builder Stocking Punch $41.50

 

You're Invited

This is a very cute little invitation Stampin' Up! sent to me before Convention for the Manager's Reception.  Really, it's basically just one layer of cardstock and some small pieces of Designer Series Papers on top.

I like the mix of the EAstern Blooms stamp set and the Five Petal Flower Punch here.  That's a darn easy flower "center" they've done up - I wouldn't have thought to use the stamp directly on the DSP.

Hmmm, I think I might copy this idea for an upcoming Senz class using different colours and different stamps . .. .

Can you tell what punch is used to make that cute border?

Have a fantastic weekend and don't forget to check out this week's Deals of the Week! (see below)

 

Friends are Flowers Notebook

One of the great things about having inks and cardstock and printed papers that all match AND stamp images that coordinate with the printed paper is that it doesn't take much to create a beautiful project that looks "just right".

This is a simple design - one stamp in one colour on a single sheet of Designer Series Paper:

I put the so yummy Chocolate Chip Supernova Glitter on the flowers to make them pop a bit more.  There is also just a dash of Dazzling Diamonds on the stamped image.

This was then put on an inexpensive notebook - easily found at a $2 shop or similar.  I have three daughters, as many of you know, and a notebook is always a hit. And I am a listmaker, so I use lots of these myself.  And somehow, it's just so much more fun to write in something beautiful!

To order supplies or ask a question, contact me here.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Friends Never Fade set of four $30.95

Colours: Pear Pizazz, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze

Other: Greenhouse Gala DSP, Fine Supernova Glitter, Pear Pizazz Twill Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

A Christmas Door & Important Message - please read

This is a lovely idea for a relatively Quick and Easy Christmas card.  I did this idea as a make and take at a Scrapbooking Convention many years ago - still an effective project.

The wreath is actually super easy - it's the wreath stamp from the Welcome Christmas stamp set.  It isn't as fiddly to cut out as it may appear; it's done quite randomly and they went pretty quickly.

 
 
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Supplies Used:

Stamps: Welcome Christmas, Tiny Tags

Colours: Real Red, Old Olive, Crumb Cake

Other: 3/8 inch silver brads, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Jewelery Punch

Gingerbread Sand Art - Recipe in a Jar

 
Last Wednesday we had our annual Christmas gifts class, and one of the projects was this very cute Gingerbread Cookie Recipe in a Jar:

Gee, it looks like I cut that ribbon with a butter knife.  (I'm pretty sure I didn't; my guess is the girls were playing with it and frayed it up a bit).

The idea here is that this is the dry ingredients to a cookie recipe layered up like sand art.  The instructions include adding the wet items.  Makes for a really quick treat for the recipient and an adorable presentation.

Love that little gingerbread man.

The ribbon is part of the Dressing Up Christmas Promotion - you can get this goodie for FREE!  Nothing's better than that!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.  I will see many of you tomorrow at the Auckland Christmas Extravaganza!  Looking forward to it!

 

 
 

Elements of Style Necklace & Pillow Box

 

Don't have the time to attend class?  Prefer to work on your own?  Live too far away?  Make this Elements of Style Necklace and Pillow box

                                   in your own time!

 

 

Make a lovely necklace that you can customize to suit your style using the Hodge Podge Kit and the new rhinestones.

Kits come with the Pillow Box die cut so you can make up a perfect little box in which to place your necklace - ready for gift giving.

 

 

 

Kit inlcudes all hardware, the Pillow Box die, cardstock, ribbon, and complete instructions. $12 including postage

Best Value! Product Bundle includes all of the above plus the Elements of Style Stamp set, the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, and a bottle of Crystal Effects.  $96.50 value for only $84!

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