Definitely out of the box for me, I felt like making an unexpected card for one of my close friends who turned 40. Not my best photos…. but I’m sure you get the idea, ps her 5 year old son thinks it’s the best thing since sliced bread, the card is constantly in a state of flux!
Hugs honey,
Other Supplies: SBB Cardstock – Bubblegum. Hot Glue Gun. Papertrey Ink Flower Dies. Circle Punches. Hero Arts/Studio Calico – Houndstooth Background. Craft Wire. Assorted Rhinestones. Glue Gun.
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Doncha just love a new release and I have to tell you this one is fantabulous!
For the deets on how to WIN this whole new release called
‘A Beautiful Day’
from Purple Onion Designs and Stacey Yacula head over HERE, you have until Friday April 25th to enter!
Good Luck!
Something a little bit different today for Purple Onion Designs. I’ve been ‘needing’ a book mark for ages and finally decided that I’ve just gotta make it. I had heaps of fun watercolouring with my Distress inks and couldn’t think of a sweeter image to use than Sunny Blooms.
You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.
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I’ve linked all the products for today’s card below or you can find them over at Purple Onion Designs. I’ll be back again real soon, hugs
Other Supplies: Stickles – Turquoise. Hemp Twine – Fuchsia.
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Purple Onion Designs is having a massive SALE, with 25% of ALL stamps! There is heaps of inspiration over at the BLOG or you can head straight on into shopping HERE, have fun! Today we are sharing Stamped Gifts and mine is a Pop Up Gift Card Holder, you can see just how easy it is to make on my video.
You can watch my video here or Watch it at Youtube.
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I’ll be back real soon with some more fun for Purple Onion Designs Blog!
Other Supplies: DCWV – The Christmas Stack Paper Pad. Craft Creations – Snowflakes On Dark Blue. SBB – Denim Cardstock. Twine – The Twinery Midnight Blue. Martha Stewart – Holidays. Copics – R05. E25, 29, 31, 33. T0,2.
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Stacey Yacula’s 2013 winter stamp collection will be released this Friday, November 1st! The new collection is called Winter Wishes! and it is as adorable as ever!
The stamps will be on the Purple Onion Designs website for you to order on Friday 11/1. There will be two chances to win the the entire Winter Wishes! collection which contains 26 individual super cute unmounted stamps so visit Purple Onion Designs Blog and Stacey Yacula. The giveaway runs from now till midnight est on Thursday, October 31st.
Good Luck!
It’s time for the Summer Release at Purple Onion Designs and Michele has joined forces with Stacy Yacula & Carolyn Draws once again! Head over the the BLOG to check them out!
The stamps will not ship till the week of 7/7, but are available to purchase here. They are available to order now. All new stamps ordered today through Sunday are 10% off!
How wonderful are these….
And there are heaps more! So head on over and start shopping.
Have a great weekend
This is a post that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time and finally here it is. I’ve recently had some time off work and haven’t been able to go too far so I have been spending much of my time in my Craft Studio / Room / Space… anyway, it’s where I spend my time when I’m not at work (just ask my hubby). I am lucky enough to have a rumpus room just for me and it’s connected to the kitchen, dining area so I try not to leave it too messy because it’s visible.
I’ve been organizing, and so I thought I would take some pics and share them with you, the trouble is that the weather isn’t being very helpful here today so I apologise in advance for a) the grainy photos and b) my photography.
The shelf under the desk is from Ikea this is where I keep my A4, 12 x 12 cardstock and 8 x 8 paper pads. Oh, and on the top shelf, that’s my ‘handmade’ light box ( HERE is the link to that post), I hope to have a permanent set up one day, I just haven’t worked out where yet….
This is my fave shelf, I bought it at Super Amart Furniture. (I’m not sure if this is only in Australia) I just love all these little cubes.
I rarely use them but I love to have them and to look at them…. Buttons!
AnnaBelle Goodies!
How I store my stamps.
These drawers hold my embellies, bling, pearls, twine, glue dots, chalks and sweets…. but don’t tell my husband lol.
Literally my ‘right hand man desk’ everything that I use ALL the time is just here, my Fiskars Stamp Presses (ahem, yes I have 2), my inks, pencils, corner punches, Copics, Paper Trimmers, pencils. And on top – Scissors, tapes, baby wipes etc… This shelf is also from Ikea and my lovely husband has put in on casters so that it is the same height as my desk and it moves, who could ask for more.
Love love love my Copics, I just lift these containers up on to the desk when I’m colouring. I store them in basic colour families, I find it easier that way.
And finally I wanted to share with you the VERY technical setup that I use when I am videoing tutorials…. there may be just a little room for improvement needed here lol.
Thanks for joining me with my journey around my craft room today.
Hugs
Yippeeee, it’s time for another hop & release at AnnaBelle Stamps and if you are hopping along you should have arrived here from Sue K’s fantastic blog!
This month we have a sneak peek at a gorgeous new stamp set called ‘Standing Tall’ and AnnaBelle Stamps is releasing two new sets of co-ordinating digital papers called Artichoke & Cherry! Today I used some of these classic papers to create a little gift card set, it’s so handy to have one of these ready to give away….. especially this time of year.
Phew…. that was a lot of photos! Thanks so much for hopping along, from here you are off to visit Danielle! If you get lost along the way just head back to the AnnaBelle Stamps blog where you will find all the Belles links 🙂 Leave a comment as you pass through each of the Belles blogs then add your name to the Inlinkz on the ABS blog for your chance to win these fabulous new digital papers with the matching ribbons!
Other Supplies: ABS A4 Classic Digi Papers – Artichoke & Cherry. Standing Tall Stamp Set. Versamark Ink. Memento – Tuxedo Black. ColorBox – Frost White. Copic Markers – YG03. Y11. R22. Lemon DF Satin ribbon. White Embossing Powder. Heat Tool. White Gel Pen.
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I want to let you in on a little secret….. if you love CAS (clean & simple) then there’s a fantastic new sketch challenge about to ROCK your world. Jackie Rockwell is the creator and one of the most talented papercrafters I know! And here’s the BEST part, I am so lucky to be on their Design Team, I really had to pinch myself, you should see the lineup of talent, actually I insist, click on the link below and you can see for yourself!
It couldn’t be any easier than CAS and we would love for you to join us in the FUN, so head on over to find out all the deets, the action starts real soon.
Thank you for all your lovely comments and for joining me for my giveaway. So without further ado the winner is…….. Jenny M from Crafting in the Country, a massive congrats to you! I will email you for your deets!
I’ll be back real soon, Thanks for visiting!
I was SUPER excited when Cath asked me to interview for Moxie Fabber of the week! I LOVE everything about the Moxie Fab world and often just immerse myself in all the inspiration that I find there. You guys are all amazing and I think that Cath really knows how to bring out the best in us.
I really want to say a BIG thank you for visiting and encouraging me, and for all the wonderful friendships that I have made in this wonderful blog world. I also feel so lucky to be a part of some amazing Design Teams and would love to thank them for the support they give me.
To celebrate I have a GIVEAWAY, it’s my ‘all time’ favourite set at the moment and if you’ve been here before then you would have seen it used in many of my cards, it’s the Backgrounds By Design 7 from AnnaBelle Stamps.
Love love ADORE it!
To win it’s simple, just leave me a comment on this post (only one comment per person please) before midnight Tuesday 10th July (Australian EST) and I will draw a winner with a randomy thingy. Hope you enjoy the interview, you can find it HERE. Hugs.
How easy is it to have a party with Print Candee, they have so many ‘ready to go‘ fun kits that it was difficult to choose…. but I have a fab friend who is going to get some funky cupcakes, a cute boxed gift and a fun tiara to wear at her party! This set was so easy to make, just a little tweaking on the computer, print, cut, paste and voila! I chose this Zebra with Hot Pink Party Kit with Banner created by Michelle Bradley Designs and combined it with this Crown Clipart by Pink Pueblo, LOVE it!
Other Supplies: Computer. Assorted bling. skewers. Yummy cupcakes…. these won’t last long!
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Whoop whoop! It’s time for another Print Candee Bloghop and the theme is Mother’s Day and this time we were instructed to make a non-card item. I don’t know about you, but this totally freaks me out….. so after much procrastination I decided to make some candles. I’ve only ever made one before and that was for my godson’s christening, and it was quite fun, so here I go again. (ps. This is the correct spelling for ‘Mum’ in Australia.)
You should have arrived here from the lovely Jocelyn’s blog, and then from here it’s off to visit Kalyn. Make sure that you started from the beginning because you wouldn’t want to miss anything! There are prizes too…. but first here’s my card project.
The PRIZES will be hidden on the Creative Team posts there are two $10 gift certificates to Print Candee to be won, you have until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, April 14th to comment and the winners will be posted on the Print Candee blog!
Here is the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone). Each stop that you leave a comment will increase your chance to win!
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies: Black Satin Ribbon, Candles, White Tissue Paper, Wax Paper, Tape.
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How lucky am I to have recieved not one but two Liebster Blog awards this week and I am feeling totally chuffed at the moment, thank you so much Jessi and Chunyuan. I do have to say that the feelings are mutual, actually I am inspired by all my blog friends and really appreciate the support and encouragement that I receive.
I do have a little confession though, I recieved one of these awards from Jen (another fantastic blog friend) early last year and put it on my ‘to do’ list as I was super busy at the time, moving house, visitors… and then I forgot, but all the same I was encouraged by the award and this time I am not going to miss the chance to respond.
What is the Liebster Blog award? Here is a quick explanation. ‘Liebster’ is German for ‘dearest’. The award is a ‘share-the-love’ arrangement, given to inspirational bloggers with less than 200 followers.
Here’s the to-do list of any Liebster award recipient:
1) Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you
2) Reveal your five blogger picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
3) Copy and paste the award on your blog (see above)
4) Hope that those you award forward it to their favorite bloggers!
How to chose just 5… impossible, but here I go!
Linda, without you I would probably still be lurking in blogland, I would just like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks for your encouragement to start my own blog and start submitting my cards for publication. You have been an amazing support, not to mention a very talented papercrafter!
Marion, who would have thought that we would be on not one, but two DT’s together! I am so inspired by your perfect creations and CAS style, you Rock GF!
Jocelyn, you are such a vibrant fun person who makes the most fantastic cards and I just love your sense of humor. It’s fabulous working together with Print Candee and I really appreciate your support!
Tui, I’ve become an avid follower of your fabulous creations only recently, I always love to see what you’ve been creating and I would just like to thank you for your support.
Last but not least is Jackie, you would have definitely seen her work around, it’s totally awesome and TSG is so lucky to have her on board… LOVE your inspiration and I totally appreciate your support.
Here’s the short & sweet of it, THANKS to you all, what a wonderful society we have here and I am so lucky to have met and be inspired by so many amazing people!
So you have probably already guessed my exciting news… the blog title kinda gives it away (oops). Anyway when Lilypad asked if I would be a guest designer for them I couldn’t wait to get started… that was after I picked up my jaw up from the ground!
If you would like to know the answers to questions like, where was that glamorous photo of me taken (at my home), what is my cat’s name, what I do in my spare time (other than papercrafting… ) and you would like to see more of these sneak peaks then head over to the Lilypad blog and visit me there!
Thanks for joining me again today and for all those wonderful encouraging comments, they really do make my day!
Just a quick post (now that I’m officially back from holidays… and back to work today) to let you know the winner from the Print Candee Blog Hop!
Winner #2 from Therese’s blog
Shalini
You won American Crafts Thickers, washi tape, and adhesives from
Glue Dots
Winners, please contact us at printcandee.creativeteam@yahoo.com
so we can ship your prize. Thanks to everyone for joining our blog hop!
Congratulations Shalini, I hope you enjoy your fun new products!
I have some totally exciting news, I have been asked to be part of the Creative Team for a new digital stamp and paper company called Print Candee! I am joining the very talented
If you head over and visit their blogs you will see what I mean when I say ‘talented’, their work is amazing and they continue to inspire me everyday! I feel very lucky to be joining them. The team is going to ‘kick-off’ with a blog hop on August 31st, make sure you tune in as there is going to be heaps of giveaways (wink, wink)! In the meantime you can visit Print Candee yourself and have a look at their amazing collection of digital stamps, papers, clip art, svg cutting files…. and more! This is so much fun, I can’t wait!
So bear with me here, I know you have all seen these cards before! But Alicia has sent out an expression of interest for some more designers for her online business Aussie Cards For Sale! You are all probably like me and have more cards than it is ever possible to use, and guess what… I just keep making more!
Thanks again
Shall I tell you the Best thing about the ‘blogging world’, it’s the people that you meet! All these amazingly creative people who are willing to share, inspire & encourage. Not to mention that they share my obsession, maybe you could call it an addiction, therefore they understand! Jocelyn recently posted a few questions that we could answer to ‘get to know ‘ one another. Like me, Jocelyn is fairly new to blogging world & her cards are awesome! So I thought it would be fun to reply… you know how much I love to ramble when I’m working night duty…
1. How long have you been papercrafting? 6 years ago I decided that I would ‘give cardmaking a go’, I was struggling to find that ‘right’ card to suit the occasion & was spending fruitless hours and wasting money on cards I was not happy with.
2. How would you describe your style? My default style is definitely CAS, but I continue to drool over all those pretty, layered and vintage styles… mmmmm If I lose my mojo I just head straight back to CAS everytime.
3. Music or no music while you craft? What kind? Definitely music and it’s always mood dependant. Softer relaxing stuff first thing in the morning then it can be anything usually funky, world, chillout, alternative, dance… no thrash metal though.
4.Do you clean your papercrafting spot every time you are done or is it an ongoing disaster (or something in between)? I am one of those boring people who cleans each time (mostly each time… sometimes I get daring and might leave it overnight… but only if I’m coming straight back in the morning… ). You’d be pleased to know that I do make a’ mega mess’ while I’m creating but have found that if I start on something new & everything is still lying around I am easily distracted and struggle to concentrate on the new design.
5. If you were lost in a deserted craft store and could only have 3 paper lines, what would they be? This question is unfair and I was thinking of boycotting it on the premise that I could not possibly choose just 3 (I noticed that you put a 4th in yourself lol)… But if I had to choose, October Afternoon, My Minds Eye (especially Stella & Rose) and Basic Grey!
6. What’s your favourite brand of ink? Love that VersaMagic Chalk Ink (but I use Memento for my Copics all the time)
7. Do you sketch out your cards ahead of time or do you craft as you go? Mostly I craft as I go, but I have been known to knock out a sketch (usually when I’m at work on my break and thinking about making cards…).
8. What would be your dream job in the papercrafting world? This is way to hard to consider in my post night duty brain state. But the main thing I love is creating the cards and trying new techniques… would that be working for a magazine or maybe teaching perhaps?
Thanks for taking the time to visit me here at my blog, I really love all your wonderful comments and encouragement. It also allows me to find new blogs to surf and see all your creations.
Now back to business… this isn’t getting the cards made!
I did it! I made my very own light box, and the only thing I had to buy were the lamps & the globes! I thought I would share my creation with you, because I know that everybody is just as excited as I am about my light box. I used one of those cardboard file boxes (there are 2 in a flatpack & ‘cheap as chips’), cut my windows to fit A4 white vellum sheets (I didn’t have any 12″ x 12″), reinforced it with pieces of cardboard and taped a white background to the back and base… and voila! I aready love the photos especially being able to take photos in the evening and not having to chase the sun around the house (which was one of my previous techniques… and not a very successful one)!
