Forever Blossoms cards

This class was so full on with all the leaves, flowers and buds, but the final cards made it all worthwhile. We used the Forever Blossoms Bundle

We used Flirty Flamingo card stock, a layer of Whisper White behind a patterned retired Flirty Flamingo DSP. The blossoms were coloured using Daffodil Delight and Old Olive. We finished off with a grouping of Pearls.

This card has no sentiment and is arranged in such a way that it can either be portrait of landscape.

We used Soft Suede card stock, the frame was made using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies. The blossoms this time were coloured using Granny Apple Green and Poppy Parade.

In this last card we used Sahara Sand card stock and some retired Christmas DSP. I love that this DSP can be used for something other than Christmas. The sentiment was stamped on to the oval from the Stitched Shapes dies. The flowers and leaves were then sponged with Sahara Sand and placed around the oval.

The pearls were embossed with Copper embossing powder.

I think you would agree, these cards are lovely and everyone loved making them.

Cherry Blossom class

This is such a pretty stamp set, you will love all the cards made with it and the dies. Would you like to come along to one of my classes?

Monday morning 16th March 10am - 12noon
Wednesday morning 18th March 10am - 12noon
Friday evening 20th March 7pm - 9pm

When: See dates above
Cost: $10
Where: Zena's Craft Studio in Wellington Point (email me for the address)

Please RSVP which class you wish to attend, so that I can prepare all the kits. Please bring your ‘basic kit’ to each class. This includes, tape runner/adhesive, double sided foam tape, multipurpose liquid adhesive and scissors.

 * If you are a beginner and do not have a kit, there will be kits available for sale.

Such a feminine lot of cards

Who wouldn't want to get a feminine card like these? All these cards were created using the lovely All Dressed Up Bundle

This first card we used white on white, with a pop of  Melon Mambo. We embossed the first layer with the Tin Tile 3D embossing folder. The sentiment layer was created using the Stitched Nested Labels Die.

The sentiment and lipstick was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, the lipstick trail was stamped in Melon Mambo. We then coloured the lippy in with Melon Mambo and Soft Suede watercolour pencils. To make the Lipstick pop we ran some Wink of Stella Glitter Brush and a cute Melon Mambo bow.

This is such a sweet and simple card. We used one of my favourite retired card stocks Berry Burst and retired DSP The shoes were stamped in Flirty Flamingo on Flirty Flamingo card stock and finished off with a tiny Rhinestone.

Finally our most glam card. We used Crumb Cake cardstock. The Whisper White layer was embossed, we had the choice of several different embossing folders

The perfume, shoe and lipstick was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, the perfume and lipstick was coloured using our Blends. The shoe was stamped on Lovely Lipstick.

All in all 3 very feminine cards. Don't you just love this stamp set? I do!

All dressed up class

This class is for the feminine side in us. Shoes, lipstick and perfume. We all need some pampering.

Monday morning 9th March 10am - 12noon
Wednesday morning 11th March 10am - 12noon
Friday evening 13th March 7pm -9pm

When: See dates above
Cost: $10
Where: Zena's Craft Studio in Wellington Point (email me for the address)

Please RSVP which class you wish to attend, so that I can prepare all the kits. Please bring your ‘basic kit’ to each class. This includes, tape runner/adhesive, double sided foam tape, multipurpose liquid adhesive and scissors.

 * If you are a beginner and do not have a kit, there will be kits available for sale.

Farewell to a special uncle

Classes have been cancelled for a little while as my family and I were spending many hours up at the hospital with our very special uncle. He was the last of 3 uncles that meant a great deal to me and my brothers and sister.

Each uncle brought with him special qualities. This Uncle  was my story teller and the keeper of my conscience. I couldn’t wait to hear his stories about his trips with his brothers and his mates. As well as the shooting trips with Pop. And if ever I was tempted to do something wrong, I always thought “What would Uncle Bruce think of me!”

He never had children, but, his complete dedication to all his nieces and nephews was unswaying.. Not many bachelors would take on 3 teenagers, care for them like their own and guide them through their growing years.

We were fortunate enough in the last few days of his life, to be able to share some special time with him and tell him how loved he was.

The gathering we had for him yesterday was perfect, all the family and friends gathered and laughed about times spent with him. Memories were relived and at the end of the day, we all agreed that he would have thought this was a bonzer day.

Thoughtful Blooms Class

During Sale-a-Bration we get the chance to have a chance to grab some FREE stamp sets or other goodies with a $90 or more order. I love this time of year and always make the most of it.

This class, we will be making cards with this FREE stamp set and the FREE punch that can be earned by putting in a qualifying order. Sale-a-Bration is the best time of year as everyone loves FREE stuff and this is just the perfect time to make your order count.

Let me show you one of the Freebie stamps and punch, come along to one of my classes.

Monday morning 23rd March 10am - 12noon
Wednesday morning 25th March 10am - 12noon
Friday evening 27th March 7pm -9pm

When: See dates above
Cost: $10
Where: Zena's Craft Studio in Wellington Point (email me for the address)

Please RSVP which class you wish to attend, so that I can prepare all the kits. Please bring your ‘basic kit’ to each class. This includes, tape runner/adhesive, double sided foam tape, multipurpose liquid adhesive and scissors.

 * If you are a beginner and do not have a kit, there will be kits available for sale.

All Dressed Up class

This class is for the feminine side in us. Shoes, lipstick and perfume. We all need some pampering.

Monday morning 24th February 10am - 12noon
Wednesday morning 26th February 10am - 12noon
Friday evening 28th February 7pm -9pm

When: See dates above
Cost: $10
Where: Zena's Craft Studio in Wellington Point (email me for the address)

Please RSVP which class you wish to attend, so that I can prepare all the kits. Please bring your ‘basic kit’ to each class. This includes, tape runner/adhesive, double sided foam tape, multipurpose liquid adhesive and scissors.

 * If you are a beginner and do not have a kit, there will be kits available for sale.

Cards from the class using Under My Umbrella

Our latest class was all about techniques. I love sharing techniques with my ladies. They get so excited about learning something new. We used the new Under My Umbrella stamp set

We used 3 layers on this card. Crumb Cake for the base, then Bermuda Bay cut ever so slightly bigger than the Whisper White. I just wanted a little peek of Bermuda Bay.  Using the Aqua Painter and Coastal Cabana ink, we washed across the card, then stamped the sweet little rain drops randomly over the wash.. The umbrella was stamped on to a piece of DSP. The flowers and boots were stamped and then coloured with our Blends. We did a couple of layers of flowers to give a 3D look.   

This Bermuda Bay card had the oval window cut out and then stamped with the rain drops in Bermuda Bay ink. However the card below is what we actually made.

This is the card we finally made. It's one of my newest dies and I couldn't resist changing this from the Oval to the floral oval from the Petal Labels Die. To create the windows background, we used the Sponge brayer and various colours. These colours were Mint Macaron, Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy and Gorgeous Grape. Then with the Aqua Painter we flicked small droplets of water over the sponging. The sentiments were all chopped up and backed with Copper foil. 

 

Who would have thought all these colours would look ok together. Night of Navy as the base with a peek of Pineapple Punch behind this vibrant DSP. The umbrella and boots were stamped with the cute little flowers from this set. Lots of layers in this card.

So which one of these cards grabs you? I think my favourite is number one, or two or maybe three!

Coordination Product Release

Stampin' Up!s Coordination Product Release is here!
If you have been lucky enough to get some Free products, you will be very pleased to see that now Stampin' Up! have made it even more exciting by creating coordinating dies.

Join Brian from Head Office as he walks through all of the amazing products that coordinate with products from the current Sale-A-Bration and Mini 2020 catalogues.

Timeless Tulips class cards

Having a coordinating punch for this stamp set makes creating our projects so much easier. I can't decide which of these projects is my favourite.

For this card, we used Blushing Bride card stock as our base. A layer of Blackberry Bliss, layered with DSP Using the Timeless Tulips Stamp set and Blackberry Bliss ink we stamped out our tulips and leaves. Then using the Tulip Builder Punch we punched out the flowers and leaves. The sentiment is from the Well Written Dies. To make the Happy stand out we glued it to a piece of Blackberry Bliss card and then fussy cut around.

I must admit I do like sponging and brayering. We masked our base and then used the Sponge Brayer to lay down several colours. The colours used were Mint Macaron, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Gorgeous Grape. Finally with the Aqua Painter we flicked drops of water on to the brayering.  I think this may be my favourite, what do you recon?

Fancy folds are always popular and this one is such an easy fold. It is achieved by folding the A5 card as usual and then folding the front again in half. The sentiment is adhered across the fold. the tulips were stamped with Calypso Coral ink and Pear Pizzaz 

When the card is opened fully the rest of the sentiment is revealed. Pretty nifty, don't you recon?

The Timeless Tulips bundle is another great bundle that you may want to add to your stash.

Rain or Shine class

Some of my favourite techniques are featured in this class. Brayering and water colouring. Would you like to come along and play.

Monday Morning 17th February 10am - 12noon
Wednesday Morning 19th February 10am - 12noon
Friday Evening 21st February 7pm - 9pm


When: See dates above
Cost: $10
Where: Zena's Craft Studio in Wellington Point (email me zenakennedy@lizzy.com.aufor the address)

Please RSVP which class you wish to attend, so that I can prepare all the kits. Please bring your ‘basic kit’ to each class. This includes, tape runner/adhesive, double sided foam tape, multipurpose liquid adhesive and scissors.

 * If you are a beginner and do not have a kit, there will be kits available for sale.

Let's check out the colours

Here are a few more of the colours our ladies chose from our last class. I really can't pick a favourite, they are all so lovely.

Which one is your favourite?

Tulips class

Who loves Tulips? We will be using our new Tulips stamp set and it's coordinating punch. I also have a few tricks with this stamp set and punch using the Stamparatus, that I will be sharing.

Monday morning 10th February 10am - 12noon
Wednesday morning 12th February 10am - 12noon
Friday evening 14th February 7pm -9pm


When: See dates above
Cost: $10
Where: Zena's Craft Studio in Wellington Point (email me for the address)

Please RSVP which class you wish to attend, so that I can prepare all the kits. Please bring your ‘basic kit’ to each class. This includes, tape runner/adhesive, double sided foam tape, multipurpose liquid adhesive and scissors.

 * If you are a beginner and do not have a kit, there will be kits available for sale.

Floral Essence class cards

So pretty, these 3 cards. All made using the Floral Essence stamp set. Floral stamps are some of the most popular. Flowers, petals, leaves and stalks, sentiments for weddings, birthdays and loved ones, this stamp set has it all. Also it has a coordinating punch, the Perennial Flower Punch. I love this bundle and I think my ladies enjoyed making these cards.

We used Blushing Bride card stock and ink. We sponged an area on the Whisper White card, stamped the spots from the Perennial Birthday stamp set  in Blushing Bride.  The leaves were stamped in Blushing Bride and one set in Tuxedo Black ink. We then punched them out using the Leaf punch,. The main flower was stamped twice and fussy cut to make two layers. 

We used Whisper White and Daffodil Delight for this card. The flowers were placed on a Stitched Shapes Die layer.. The leaves were inked in Pear Pizzazz. The Happy Birthday was fussy cut and popped on with our Mini Glue Dots.

Who would have thought Soft Suede could look so lovely. This is my favourite card of the day. The Whisper White layer was embossed with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder. Everything was stamped in Soft Suede and then fussy cut.

The Floral Essence Bundle includes the Floral Essence Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Perennial Flower Punch.

Valentine for their Valentine

I had a lovely morning this morning helping the men from Birkdale Men's Shed create a Valentines day card for their valentine.

To make the class go smoothly and not so much waiting, there were three card colour choices. Sweet Sugar Plum, Mint Macaron and Peekaboo Peach. There was also 3 different stamp sets used.
The first layer was stamped randomly with coordinating ink colour. This was then attached to the base card.

The ribbon behind the sentiment layer, was actually 2 strips of Mossy Meadow card stock that had been screwed up, rolled around and scrunched, this softened the fibres and amazed the men!

The sentiment of Happy Valentines day was stamped inside the card, some of the men had no partner so they opted for Happy Birthday to give to family or friend.

The front of card sentiment was made up from the Path of Petals dies as the first layer and then the Love sentiment from a very old retired stamp set called You are Loved was stamped and then punched out, this was used for the oval. A little silver and white twine bow finished the card off.

I think there are going to be some very surprised spouses on Valentines day. Are you going to make something special for your Valentine?