January

Here is some inspiration to help you scrapbook all those Christmas celebration photos before next Christmas comes around!! The above layout was not all paper pieced together. I used paper with a patchwork pattern on it to save all that work. A border & corner punch was used to make the lacey border. By mitering the corners of the strips rather than leaving them straight creates a framed effect.

It took a lot of fussy cutting for these flowers & leaves. The acrylic flowers from "Kutalicious" were coloured using alcohol inks.

Christmas photos of trimming the tree with non traditional colours & patterns. The star on the top of the tree theme was brought in with the star paper & embellishments. It was good for the photos of my son & grandson and not too girly looking!

 Just a bit of card inspiration... make the card into a big tag by cutting off the top corners & punching a hole in the front cover then thread ribbon/twine etc through. Decorate as desired. I used lots of ink and stamping on these cards. Match your embellishments with the theme of the cards.

Here is a good site to go to to see how to make smaller flowers into a big one. There are other inspiring ideas as well

www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/page/2/

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 This is a neutral background with 1 colour, turquoise, which gives it a clean simple look.

A very boyish layout in black & white & silver to copy his shirt. The spiders are chipboard covered in foil tape, die cut & embossed. The acrylic word is from "Kutalicious" and the swirl is from "Flourish With A Bling".
Look under the challenge tab for the January photo challenge list. You can do them all or as many as you want.
Happy 2013 and may this year be wonderful and full of love & happiness.

Good bye 2012

Keep a look out for new classes in2013. Have a go a challenging yourself to try something different. The above layout uses masks, pastes & mist inks to create a unique background. Check out the challenges that will on this blog in the coming year-I'm sure you will find something that you will like to try.

Here we go, the year is drawing to a close with new beginnings ahead of us. I wish that 2013 will be one of happiness and prosperity in all areas of our lives and that we can share this with those around us. Keep being creative and looking for moments when you can experience this everyday and not just in the crafts that you do. Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a very crafty, happy 2013. Keep a look out in tutorials (tab top of page) on how to make this frame for your layouts. Remember to take lots of happy snaps over this festive season to have a reason to keep on scrapbooking...not that we really need one! Take care and don't overindulge too much.

Jolly good Season

    Well the tree is up, the cards are posted, the shopping is done and I could do with some "Christmas Cheer"! With the heat that has been around the last few days I think we will be having a COOL Christmas....cold punch, seafood, cold meats and salad....trifle, pavalova and rum balls.....then a sleep! Here's some of the decorations that we have made in our classes.....

The finished advent calendar with the "card tree" beside it. These are both Kaiser products with Kaiser papers used on them. The embellishments are a mixed assortment of Kaiser products and various others.

The decorated candle was made by adhering a strip of paper with double sided tape to the candle. The ribbon rose was taped to the bottom edge and gem strips were adhered to the top edge of the paper. When decorating candles like this it is imperative that you do not leave them unattended in case the decorations catch alight. The other thing you can do is to burn or cut the top center part of the candle out then put in a tea light candle or the battery operated tea light candle.

The base of this bon bon is a diecut shape and then it was decorated using patterned paper, velvet ribbon, organza and plain ribbon and a die cut stamped label. You can create your own from kits or templates.

 

This mini book was created from 1 sheet of paper that was cut and folded. I am in the middle of making the instructions and will hopefully have a tutorial up soon. It can be made in any theme with various embellishments.

Keep cool and Happy Scrapping....

Nearly December

  How are those Christmas preperations going. We decided to have an easy laid back Christmas this year- no hype, just relaxed celebrating.

These aren't traditional Christmas cards as we live by the beach so I wanted something with a "Beachy" theme and colour scheme.

A touch of blue to brighten up a traditional red/gold colour scheme.

Almost finished - a Kaiser advent calendar near completion. Christmas decorations are going up tomorrow!!

We have a good range of Christmas papers and embellishments as well as off the page projects in store. Come and have a look and make our free make & take Christmas card.

42 days of Christmas

Well with only 42 days of Christmas to go everyone is getting in the Christmas spirit...or trying to ignore it all!!

These gift bags are quick to make and add a nice touch to your gift giving. The chocolate block wrapper can be made to suit the size of the block or box of chocolates you are giving. These are good for using up scrap pieces of paper and embellishments.

Here is an old fashioned Christmas image I found. I will share some others as I find them.