Happy New Year

Wow where did 2012 get to? Happy New Year to everyone I do hope you all had a great Christmas and feel refreshed for the year ahead.
I have some great ideas for classes with new and old techniques so grab your diaries and organise your crafting year.

 

February - Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives

Wednesday 6 ^th -  7pm "Be my Valentine" and more $10

Friday 8 ^th - 7pm "Be my Valentine" and more $10

March  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Wednesday 6 ^th - 7pm "Tri shutter" and Easter $10
Friday 8 ^th - 7pm "Tri shutter" and Easter $10

April  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Friday 12^th - 7pm "Mothers Day and more" $10
Wednesday 17 ^th - 7pm "Mothers Day and more" $10

May  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Wednesday 1^st - 7pm "To be advised "
Friday 3^rd - 7pm "To be advised"
Wednesday 29^th - 10am "Childrens holiday class" $10
Friday 31^st - 10am "Childrens holiday class" $10

June  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Wednesday 12^th - 7pm "To be advised"
Friday 14^th - 7pm "To be advised"

July  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Wednesday 10^th - 7pm "Stamp n stack" Christmas in July  $25
Friday 12^th - 7pm "Stamp n stack" Christmas in July $25

August  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Wednesday 7^th - 7pm "Fathers day and more" $10
Friday 9^th - 7pm "Fathers day and more" $10

September – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesive
Wednesday 4^th - 7pm "To be advised"
Friday 6^th - 7pm "To be advised"
Wednesday 25^th - 10am "Childrens holiday class" $10
Friday 27^th - 10am "Childrens holiday class" $10

October  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Wednesday 9^th - 7pm "To be advised"
Friday 11^th - 7pm "To be advised"

November  – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Wednesday 6^th- 7pm "Stamp n stack" $25
Friday 8^th - 7pm "Stamp n stack" $25

December – Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives
Lets party while we have fun.
Wednesday 4^th - 7pm "Christmas gifts" $20
Friday 6^th - 7pm "Christmas gifts" $20

Cards and kisses

Here are the cards  we made for Christmas in July, Stamp a Stack. We made 2 each of 4 different styles and then one that was a little fiddly.
The stocking card used the Stitched Stocking stamp set and the Builder stocking punch. We stamped 2 stockings out in Old Olive and one in Real Red. Then used Tombow glue on the toes, heel and top of stocking and then dipped into gold glitter.
The green strip was embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder and then the strip and the stockings were attached to Letters to Santa DSP onto Real Red Card. Finishing the card off with the Very Merry sentiment from the Short and Sweet stamp Set.

The Joy card used the Welcome to Christmas stamp set. I really love this set. The Whisper White card was embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder and adhered to Real Red card . We stamped the Wreath with Wild Wasabi and then stamped Joy in Real Red. Then we stamped Joy again on Whisper White and cut out the letters and stuck on using dimentionals to give it a 3D look. This was then adhered to the Wild Wasabi green card and then using dimentionals it was adhered to the Whisper White.

The Peace on Earth card used the Merry and Type stamp Set and the Striped embossing folder and Oval Frame embossing folder. The Christmas ornaments were stamped with Versamark and then clear embossed on River Rock card. Used a strip of Pumpkin Pie wrapped in Crumb Cake Seam Binding ribbon. Finishing the card off with ripping around the oval and adding half pearls.
With the Seasons Greetings card we glued different sized strips of Letters to Santa DSP and then cut out shape using the Top Note in the Big Shot. The little Christmas wreath was added to the Old Olive Scallop circle and adhered to the strips with dimentionals. The Seasons Greetings was stamped in Real Red and then the strip was folded to form a banner. Cute ey?
Finally the fiddly one, phew we were pretty tired by this time. The Wreath was made from leaves in  Wild Wasabi and Garden Green. We used the Build a Bird punch for the leaves. The leaves formed the circle and then it was adhered to the Real Red card. Seasons Greetings from Welcome Christmas stamp set was stamped in Real Red on to the bottom of the Whisper White card and then the top layer added. What a night. What fun. What great people. We had a ball.

A trip to Sydney

I went to Sydney recently for a girls weekend to see the Picasso collection at the Art Gallery. We stayed right in Darling Harbour and had the best time exploring the sites. It has been 35 years since I was last in Sydney and I was pleasantly surprised. It is a lovely city and I intend another trip to take in more of the sites.

Of course staying in this beautiful Darling Harbour apartment gave me an excuse to make a Thank You card for the generous couple who let us use their unit. I used Real Red cardstock and the retired skin tone that I can't remember the name of just at this moment. The face was the medium oval punch, the body was just hand cut. The panels of the dress were made using beautiful silk material from China. I had a non SU stamp with Japanese writing. It said "Thank You"  I only hope I had it up the right way :(