HE'S OFF TO HIGH SCHOOL

My eldest son is finally going to high school.

What a sad moment for me as my little man is finally growing up and is no longer in primary school....Will he still need me? Will he still want to hang out with me? Will we still have picnics on the beach?

He was so excited putting on his school uniform for the first time. I tried not to let him see how upset I was, but inside i was screaming at him to stay little and not grow up as life gets harder and I just want to protect you from it all...

But like any mother, we must let our little ones grow up and learn new experiences.

Wall Hanging

I love doing off the page projects. Whether it be clear albums, wood abums, explosion boxes, tins....I just love them all......

I took a fancy to KaiserCrafts Long Ticket Album shape, but I didn't want to do an album, as I couldn't get my head around the whole ticket thing....don't ask...it's just me lol...

So I decided to do a wall hanging.

I am so very very pleased how it turned out that it takes pride and place in my shop.

So many people have commented on it, have copied it and have even asked to buy it.

Urban Prairie was the series I used as I just love the blues and browns of the papers.

I used pritt power gel glue stick to adhere my papers to the album. Inking is a big thing for me so of course I inked anything and everything that I was putting on this wall hanging.

Rubons are great to use on your photo's. It's great if you just want something subtle and yet eye catching on your photo's. Don't be afraid to use rubons on your pictures, you'll be presently suprised by the end results.

Chipboard inked to match the papers were also used to highlight flowers and draw attention down the whole wall hanging.
For the back, I used a matching cardstock and covered each piece. I then layed ribbon down each side of the wall hanging and adhered these into place with pritt gel and an extra piece of cardstock over the top of each ribbon.

These wall hangings would be great gifts for anyone. I am actually in the process of doing another one so I can take this one home and have one permanently in the shop.

happy scrapping girls...

KaiserCraft Pack Your Bags Cards

My classes are doing very well indeed. It still surprises me that people like what I do.

I haven't done any scrapbooking at all and I've got classes this weekend.

I'm sure I'll get to them soon enough.

Spellbinders are such a necessity for any kind of paper craft I think.

They can make a plain area come to life with piecing smaller frames inside larder ones and using your double sided foam to pop up the centre.

At first I stamped each work in black....stood back and then thought...."no it doesn't do it for me"....

Is this what card makers do?....stand back, access, then fix?

I decided that it needed to be gold. So instead of stamping the words out all over again, I used my versamagic pen and carefull wrote over the words, sprinkled gold embossing powder, then heat embossed it. This was the finished product and you wouldn't know that it was black to start off with.....

I wanted to use a border punch for this card as it opens up from the side. Nothing too showy but simple so it could be given to a male. I inked my edges with jumbo java, my favourite colour, and using the pack your bags stamps, stamped a compass then gold embossed it.

I also raised the centre to give the card a bit of dimension.

KaiserCraft Cards

Well they came back for more and I had to deliver.

I am starting to enjoy this card making business.

I'm sure i'll have a brain blank soon enough and won't know what to do, but until then I am having a ball making them.

KaiserCraft is a favourite of mine. The papers are just stunning and with them being double sided, you get endless possibilities when it comes to matching your papers.

I decided to do my next group of cards with KaiserCraft Argentella.

Gorgeous black & white...my favourite.

Here are the 3 finished cards. When I make cards I usually gut my 12x12 base paper twice, thus giving me 3 cards. First cut is a 4" strip. Then I cut the other half in half. Giving me a 4"x12" strip and two 6"x 5" pieces.

I stamped the black base card with versamagic then sprinkled clear embossing powder over it. After heating it with a heat gun, I ended up with the great background. Sometimes a bit of subtlety goes a long way. A nice border punch adds a bit of texture to the cards open edge.

I didn't have any black embossing powder so after I stamped the flowers onto white cardstock, I quickly sprinkled clear embossing powder over the wet ink and then heat embossed it. It worked a treat and looks like I've used black embossing powder.

Again I used the same technique as before by using clear embossing powder directly onto the inked bird cage before heat embossing it. I pleated some scrap paper I had left over and did an eye catching pleat down the side of the title. If you can't pleat or want an easy way of doing it, cut 1" x 1/2" strips and add 6mm double sided tape to one side. Overlap each piece so you end up with a pleated look.

Happy cardmaking....

p.s...my classes are getting more popular now....

First Card Class Cards

I have been thrown into the deepend...literally...

I am a scrapbooker....

I do layouts...off the page items....

I paper piece little bunnies and bears....

I do albums for others who don't have the time....

I DON'T DO CARDS....

well I didn't think I did, until my card teacher had to take care of her father for a while.

Making cards has been a bit of a challenge for me.

How do you go from working with a 12x12 inch area, down to a 5x4inch area.

Well let me tell you....it took me a while...but I think I may have mastered the cardmaking after all...

Here are the cards from my very first card class.

I used Graphic 45 papers for these cards. Making sure to use both sides of the pattern paper.

The ladies in the class seemed to like them so I must be doing some right......

New Shop

I have to apologise for not blogging for quite a few months.

I have not long opened up my very own scrapbooking shop here on the lovely

Bribie Island.

Scrapping on the Avenue

first opened it's doors on Melbourne Cup Day last November and it has gone so very well that it has exceeded my expectations.

With many lovely ladies visiting on a daily basis I have made some wonderful new friends and am making new ones daily.

Shop hours are from tuesday - friday 8.30am - 4.30pm

and saturday 9.00am - 1.00pm.

I have a blog for the shop so make sure you signup as a follower for all the updates on new stock that arrives weekly.

www.scrappingontheavenue.blogspot.com/

You will find the shop at:

1-26 First Avenue (Service Road)

Bongaree 4507.

34100278

Just look for the bright pink bali flags across from bribie island state school.