Well hi there
bloggers, it sure has been a long time and this year has flown by so fast it's nearly Christmas....
We have been to Bali this year in the Sept/Oct school holidays and it was the first time for myself and my 2 girls, and my husband went about 15 years ago. We had a great time and learnt that Bali is a very d
ifferent culture to us, we also met some wonderful people as well.
Well I have entered a few challenges in the last few months, been busy making
christmas decorations,
christmas cards and
christmas presents for my youngest daughter's teachers.
The first present I made for the teacher is a
kaisercraft wooden tissue box holder. I have covered it with "colour me paper" which I ordered online and have used distress inks dusty concord, faded jeans and broken china to colour the paper. I have also made some roses for the top using the
tim holtz "tattered roses" die and then I cut out a letter "K" and popped it on the front, which I did later so its not in the photo...
I also made a calendar to go with each present .
This one I have used a magnolia "Tilda" stamp and coloured it in with my promarkers, used the "colour me paper" for the background, added some lace and some flowers, and used a docrafts calendar I purchased in a pack from
Scraptivate, and mounted it on some purple card.
The second present I made for the other teacher is a
kaisercraft wooden handbag which I had to glue all the pieces together paint the inside pieces and the handles with
kaisercraft paints and decorated it with some paper I picked up from
The Craft Stand, put some ribbons on the handles, added some
kindy glitz and a
kaisercraft butterfly which I have coloured with smooch and applied glossy accents on top. I also used my
cricut to cut a letter "A" out and stuck it on the front, which I also did later so its not in the photo....
This calendar I have also used a magnolia "Tilda" stamp and coloured it in with my promarkers, used the same paper as on the handbag for the background, added some lace and some flowers, and used a docrafts calendar I purchased in a pack from
Scraptivate, and mounted it on some maroon card.
I have been entering a few challenges at
The Craft Stand each month and this was a card challenge pack, I made this
christmas card below back in July (I think) using the supplied items you get with the pack.
You are also allowed to add anything from your stash
. I made this one a "flicker card" using all the bits from the
challenge pack and adding a few extras, I have used a "tatty teddy" stamp and coloured it in using my favourite
promarkers, embossed the purple paper and used my
cricut to cut out the lettering.
The image on the right is all of the inside part "the flicker" part, the first image is another "tatty teddy" image coloured in again using my
promarkers and then used all the embellishments from the pack and coloured them in with smooch and then applied glossy accents, and then put them all together inside the card. I actually won this challenge that month "woo
hoo" go me..... :)
Ok well I will be saying bye for now
bloggers and will hopefully pop up another post very soon, and in the meantime wishing you all a very merry
christmas and a safe and happy new year! :) x
I liked this challenge pack and loved the flowers I made, using the Tim Holtz "tattered roses" die, which I have previously used to make roses, but have used in a different way to make these ones. They did turn out well, even if I do say so myself....
I have inked around the edges of the flowers using distress ink, "aged mahogany", and added some flowers from my stash too.
The photo is an old one of my 2 girls, but I just loved this photo and it suited the colours of the challenge pack.
The first present I made for the teacher is a kaisercraft wooden tissue box holder. I have covered it with "colour me paper" which I ordered online and have used distress inks dusty concord, faded jeans and broken china to colour the paper. I have also made some roses for the top using the tim holtz "tattered roses" die and then I cut out a letter "K" and popped it on the front, which I did later so its not in the photo...
I also made a calendar to go with each present .
The second present I made for the other teacher is a kaisercraft wooden handbag which I had to glue all the pieces together paint the inside pieces and the handles with kaisercraft paints and decorated it with some paper I picked up from The Craft Stand, put some ribbons on the handles, added some kindy glitz and a kaisercraft butterfly which I have coloured with smooch and applied glossy accents on top. I also used my cricut to cut a letter "A" out and stuck it on the front, which I also did later so its not in the photo....
This calendar I have also used a magnolia "Tilda" stamp and coloured it in with my promarkers, used the same paper as on the handbag for the background, added some lace and some flowers, and used a docrafts calendar I purchased in a pack from Scraptivate, and mounted it on some maroon card.
I have been entering a few challenges at The Craft Stand each month and this was a card challenge pack, I made this christmas card below back in July (I think) using the supplied items you get with the pack.
You are also allowed to add anything from your stash. I made this one a "flicker card" using all the bits from the challenge pack and adding a few extras, I have used a "tatty teddy" stamp and coloured it in using my favourite promarkers, embossed the purple paper and used my cricut to cut out the lettering.
The image on the right is all of the inside part "the flicker" part, the first image is another "tatty teddy" image coloured in again using my promarkers and then used all the embellishments from the pack and coloured them in with smooch and then applied glossy accents, and then put them all together inside the card. I actually won this challenge that month "woo hoo" go me..... :)
Ok well I will be saying bye for now bloggers and will hopefully pop up another post very soon, and in the meantime wishing you all a very merry christmas and a safe and happy new year! :) x
