More Christmas Treat Bags

As promised, I'm bag with the little cellophane bags I made for Demi's preschool friends...

These contain Demi's favourite lollies, Strawberry Clouds.

Thanks for stopping by!

Andrea

Christmas Treat Bags

Well, it's good to be back. Where have I been? Nowhere, really. Just busy, busy, busy.

Today I have the little Christmas treat bags I have made for Mia's year one classmates, which also doubled as my swaps for the SU! seminar this past weekend...

As this was my first convention I was a little intimated about making swaps, & to be honest, I only got the courage to make something the day before the seminar! I made thirty of these little babies for convention & another thirty for Mia's class. That's a lot of traingle boxes, but I'm pretty pleased with them & I'm sure the kids will love them, especially the little Candbury Santas that are inside.

Stay tuned for the little bags I made for Demi's preschool friends!

Breaking in my Circle Scissors Plus.

Hello everyone.

I'm so glad to be back after a little Blogging holiday. Ok, so it wasn't really a holiday but a couple of very busy weeks worrying & running to & from hospital to see my dad in between all the evreyday running around. I'm glad to report that as of today he is home to recuperate from an operation to remove numerous aneurysms. He had a scar from his groin to his ankle held together with 101 staples!

My Blogging comeback comes because of a need to create a card for my husband's godson and because I just couldn't hold off using my Circle Scissor Plus circle cutting system.

This is the card I came up with...

In the second photograph you can just catch a glimpse of how I've decorated the inside of the card.

To make this card I dug out some retired paper & used it for the colour inspiration of Chocolate Chip &Soft Sky (retired). The little guy is from the cute All in the Family stamp set. He has been stamped on a watercolour paper circle cut using the Circle Scissors Plus & matted on larger cardstock circles cut that were cut in the same way. The smaller circles were all created with different size punches. The sentiment is from the Hostess Level 1 set, Best Yet.

I hope you like it & I hope you have a great weekend. Hope to see you again early in the week.

Andrea.

One of a Kind Scrapbook Pages

Hi all.

Just a quick post today as I have a bit on my mind with my dad being in hospital for the last few days. As you may imagine I'm not in the mood to go into details at the moment. I hope you understand, but I just wanted to post this to take my mind off things for a little while.

Well, here is another double page layout created with the One of a Kind stamp set. I also used Urban Oasis paper, Basic Grey, Basic Black & Baja Breeze colours. Lots (and I mean lots) of cutting out on this one. Thank goodness for the Boho Blossoms punch which punched out the smaller flowers. The numbers were created with non-SU stamps.

Well, take care & hope to be back soon.

Andrea

Scrap, scrap, scrappin'

Hello everyone.

Hope you've all had a good start to your weekend. I'm a little tired after a late night of home shopping (Tupperware & jewellery), but I'm surviving! Bet you don't feel sorry for me, do you? Ha ha! Not only that, I had to be up early to drop the girls off at dancing.

Despite my fatigue, I still managed to finish two double page layouts that I started at the beginning of the week. They took me that long because there was so much cutting out, something I used to despise, but now I find that if I take it slowly, it's quite relaxing. Anyway, I did a little each day & now they are finished. I have to say that I'm really pleased with how they turned out.

Here is the left side of the first layout...



This is the right side...


And this is how they join together...



For this layout, I used Urban Oasis paper, Sahara Sand cardstock, Black Staz On ink, FiftheAvenue Floral stamp set & an non-SU alphabet stamp set, Eyelet Border punch,and black ribbon.

Now for the second layout...



This layout was completed with the Organis Outlines and Life Definitions stamp sets, Pink Passion, Wild Wasabi (retired) and Whisper White Cardstock, Wild Wasabi ink and non-SU paper.

See what I mean about all the cutting! Well, what do you think? I hope I've inspired you to catch up on some scrapbooking. I'm almost up to date but with Christmas and all the associated celebrations & activities coming around again, I have no doubt that I'll be lagging behind again all too soon. ;)

Take care.

Andrea.

Soccer Boy

Here is another card along the same lines as the ones in the previous post, but this one is for a boy...

Hope you like it!

Take care.

Andrea

Ballerina Cards

Welcome to the second week of the school holidays!

On the topic of schools, Mia has been invited to so many classmates' parties lately that I thought it would be a good idea to make some cards and create a stash of them to keep on hand...

They are all very similar with only slight variations such as the colour (Pretty in Pink or Certainly Celery), the stamp orientation, the embellishments (crystals or pearls, pink or green flowers) & the background stamp (script or print).

The feature ballerina stamp is a non-SU stamp that I used to make Mia's second birthday invitations a few years ago now, and as such, it holds a special place in my heart & I'll never part with it. It's soooo cute, isn't it?

Well, I'm off to prepare some lunch for the girls.

Take care.

Andrea

Twins' 16th birthday.

I must say that I was stumped when I had to make birthday cards for 16 year old twin boys. Well, I still gave it a go. Not sure that they were what I really intended to make but here they are the cards, anyway...

Well, thank you for stopping by. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Andrea

Christmas Card Class WIth Friends

Well, I'm back (after what seems a reeeeaaally long time) with four Christmas cards that we made last night...

Do you like Rudolph's shiny red nose, thanks to Crystal Effects?

The second card has a line of sparkly snow, thanks to Dazzling Diamonds glitter, and a neat torn edge with compliments of the Tearing Edge ruler...


The background of the third card was created with the Soft Holly wheel, and the doves, again, were sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds...

The last card was also dressed up with glitter all over the trees to resemble snow, and on the dove...

Well, it was a great night that went into the wee hours of this morning, and I have glitter all over the house to prove it - ha ha! Not sure if you can see it in the photos but yes, these cards were very sparkly!

I won't note down all the supplies used, but if you need to know anything, please just ask.

Well, I'm off. We have three parties to go to this weekend. Bring 'em on! I'll be back soon with some of the cards I made for these parties.

Take care.

Andrea

Petal Pizzaz Card and Gift Bag

Hello!

Here is a gift bag & card that I made for my Mum's birthday next month...






It's OK. she doesn't read my Blog - ha ha!

For these projects I used the Petal Pizzaz stamp set teamed with the now retired Brocade Background papers (I'm pretty sure that's the name of it but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). Colours used were the also obsolete River Rock & Chocolate Chip. Tools & accessories used were circle punches, scallop circle punch, oval punches, gold brads, Chocolate Chip ribbon & twine. The sentiment is from Wonderful Favourites set.

Things have been quiet on the Blogging front as I've been slowly working on the girls birthday invitations for nest year, and coming up with Christmas cards for a class I'm doing next next week. I have almost prepared the kits so I've feeling very productive.

Well, I'm off. Hope to be in bed early tonight. Enjoy your night.

Andrea.

Wedding Card Class

As I mentioned yesterday, a group of us "regulars" got together for a wedding card class last night. Quite a few ladies had requested that we make wedding cards as they had upcoming weddings. Well, here is the first of two cards we made...

I love the elegance of the For the Bride stamp set, which we teamed with Whisper White, Pretty in Pink & Basic Black. The flowers from the One of a Kind stamp set have been punched out with the matching Boho Blossoms punch, popped up on dimensionals & little rhinestones adhered to their centres.

This was the second card of the night...


Again, we used the For the Bride and One of a Kind stamp sets, but this time with the soft colour combination of Whisper White, Sahara Sand & Pretty in Pink. This time the main image was stamped onto the Whisper White cardstock & then stamped again on a separate piece, cut out & popped up on dimensionals. The sentiment is from the now retired hostess set, So Many Sayings, & was punched out with the Window punch.

As usual, we had a great time crafting, chatting & eating last night.

I'll try to be back soon , but I'm currently working on invitations for the girls' party, which yes, I know is not until March next year, but's that's just me. I have a great idea & I'm striking while the iron's hot!

Well, bye for now & enjoy this great weekend weather.

Andrea.

Demi's Preschool Photo Layout

It's been a while but I've finally broken the drought with this layout of Demi's preschool photo.


The colours of the photo were a little difficult to work with but I think I got there in the end by pulling out the now obsolete Ginger Blossom DSP, cardstock and ink, & combining it with Elegant Eggplant cardstock, ink & ribbon, & Old Olive ink.

I used the gorgeous Petal Pizzaz stamp set, clear rhinestones, a little pewter plaque.

I also completed the layout of the class photo but as with Mia's school photo layout, I haven't posted it for privacy reasons.

Well, I'm holding a class tonight so I hope to be back over the weekend to post photos of tonight's creations.

Until then.
Andrea.

Father's Day Fishies

Here is the card that I have made for Father's Day for both my father & my father-in-law...

It was my first attempt using this Just Beachy set from the Spring Mini Catalogue & it was a lot of fun.

Sorry, the photos aren't the best but I don't have time to take new ones. Busy, busy, busy...

Well, must dash. Enjoy your weekend!

Andrea.

Can't get enough of the "Family"

As promised, here are some more All in the Family cards.

First up are two cards very similar to the ones in my previous post...





...and secondly is the Father's Day card I made for my hubby...


I know the girls will make their own cards for their Dad, but I just wanted to make one for him too. I just LOVE making these cards! They look so cute!

I won't list all the supplies, but if you want any information in relation to the cards, please feel free to ask.

Bye for now.
Andrea.

More All in the Family

Here are two cards I made using a familiar layout & some cute little characters from the All in the Family stamp set...

Supplies used:

Stamps: All in the Family, Best Yet (hostess set), Think Happy Thoughts, non-SU number stamp sets.

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, watercolour paper.

Ink: Black StazOn, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip and Blush Blossom markers.

Other: Big Kick with Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Square punches, Scallop Oval and Large Oval punches, Scallop Circle and Circle punches, pink ribbon.

I think that's it!

Well, thanks for stopping by. I hope to be back soon as I'll have some similar cards to show you once I finish them.

Bye...

Directions for little gift bags.

Hi all!

I have had a few requests for the directions to make the cute little bags I posted last week. Well, here goes...

The bags are made with half a 30 x 30cm inch piece of doublesided scrapbooking paper, so you start with a piece that is 30cm x 15cm.

Hold the piece horizontally & mark lines vertically at 11cm, 14cm, 25cm & 28cm. Then score horizontally at 12cm from the top.

Score all lines, except for the top horizontal line. You will be left with a small rectangle on the bottom, right hand side of the bag. Cut this small rectangle away.

Now cut all vertical lines from the bottom up to the first horizontal line from the bottom. Fold along all the scored lines. Now turn the sheet over and score a horizontal line 3cm from the top. This fold will be the folded over detail on the top of the bag. Am I making sense?

Turn the sheet back to how you started and begin to tape the bag together at the base. Tape the small flaps under the first larger flap and end with the other last flap at the very bottom of the bag. Then place a strip of tape along the thin strip of the bag that is left and tape it to the bag on the inside.

Now all you need to do is punch four holes using the Horizontal Slot Punch for the handles, which are made from 1cm strips of coordinating cardstock. Attach the handles using brads, and make a coordinating tag. Voila!

I hope it all makes sense without photos.

well, good luck & most importantly have fun!

Today's Class

A big thank you to all the ladies who participated in today's class!

Let me tell you that I am completely stuffed from all the nibblies!

Well, each of us made this card....

...using the Petal Pizzaz stamp set (one of my current favourite sets) and the Best yet hostess set, together with the colour combination of Whisper White, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue and Old Olive, and the Scallop Circle punch, Large Oval punch and the new Scallop Oval punch.

The second project was one of these cute little handbags...

The red bag is the example I had prepared using the now obsolete (but still gorgeous) Ginger Blossom scrapbooking paper, and the grey & blue bag is an example of the gift bags the participants made using the equally lovely Urban Garden papers, together with Basic Grey cardstock & ink. The Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch and the 1 1/4" punch were used for the tag, as was a little chain from a bargain shop.

I think the ladies were pretty pleased with their projects and it's great to see them becoming more confident with their efforts. Can't wait for the next class. At their request, we'll be making wedding and engagement cards. Oh, the pressure of coming up with ideas!

Bye for now & enjoy the sunshine.

Another Big Bold Birthday Cupcake Card

Two posts in one day! Yeah, me!

Here is a very fun, fresh and young birthday card made for one of Mia's school friends....


I used paper remnants from the Petal Party Simply Scrappin' Kit, (boy, this kits goes a loooong way!) together with Whisper White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Pink Passion.

Here are some photos of the inside of the card & the matching envelope...



You may remember a similar card that I made recently. Actually, I made it using the exact same layout but in different colours. Here is the link to that card and others made using the Bog Bold Birthday stamp set: http://stampmyday.blogspot.com/search/label/Big%20Bold%20Birthday

Well, thanks for stopping by again. I hope you're enjoying this great weather we've been having. I hear we're in for some more of it this weekend. How lucky are we?

Take care.
Andrea.

Thoughts and Prayers Get Well Card

Hi everyone!

It's been a while, huh? I've just been so busy with day to day things. Hopefully, it won't be so long until the next post.

Well, today I have a "Get Well" card made using the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set...

For this card I used a lovely colour combination of Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive & Very Vanilla. I used Stampin' Write markers in Chocolate Chip, Old Olive & Pretty in Pink to colour the image. Stampin' Write markers are fabulous for multi-coloured images. You use them just as you would a texta, directly onto the rubber of a stamp, & stamp your image as you normally would.

I also used little clear crystals & a flower from my stash.

I hope you like it, but more importantly, I hope it inspires you to create something today!

Take care.
Andrea.

Hostess Gift Bag

As promised, here is the little gift bag I created for my hostess using the lovely Urban Garden papers...

It turned out so cute & it was so easy & relatively quick to make. I also used circle punches, circles punches & the Horizontal Slot punch, the Best Yet level 1 hostess set, silver brads, Night of Navy and Whisper White cardstock, Night of Navy ink.

Wanna know what was in it? Some little Lindt chocolates in white tissue paper.

Well, that's all from me today. I hope you all have a great day & manage to squeeze in some creativity.

Take care,

Andrea