Friday, January 6, 2012

We are always learning...

I thought I might post some upcoming classes that I am teaching at my favourite scrap booking store. Perhaps those of you that are in, or visiting, the lovely city of Sydney, Australia (which is gloriously showing off her beauty today at the time of posting this today, I might add) may be interested.
Fantasia is at Taren Point in the southern suburbs of Sydney.
Here is the link and you can check out the calendar page for the Taren Point store for dates.
Hope to see you there.



This is a school holiday kids class. I thought I would let the kids look at their lunch bags in a different way. So I have come up with a very simple version of the paper bag mini album. They will make this album themselves and can then go home and replicate it if they wish to make more. Boys will of course have a "not so girly" choice of papers! I love having the boys in the class, they had some extra zest and balance to everything.


Mmmmmm Male cards. A bit of a challenge sometimes. I quite like this nature style paper. It has a tough and robust "guy" feel about it. I used lots of shapes and blocks of colour and print. Defined and sharp shapes too keep the blokey feel about it all. Of course I can never resist a bit of ribbon and things to keep the flow...maybe the guys won't notice?


Well while I was on a roll with the male cards I thought I would then use what was left of my mojo in this genre and extend it to some cards for little boys. I love this paper. It's so cool. Lots of bright bold colours and a few interesting ways to combine them. Kites and diamonds and stars, oh what fun!

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

... like a rainbow

Just thought I would get a little creative and think outside my "normal" square.

You know...just let the true colours shine a little bit (thanks Cyndi Lauper) :)





Thursday, December 22, 2011

Wedding Album No.2 - Commissioned and Sold










This is the 2nd Wedding Album I have finished. Again I do not personally know the recipient but I was asked to keep it very simple. Mmmmm...I am not very good at simple sometimes. It's quite difficult to create something for someone that you know nothing about, so I did my best and I hope that they like the results. I tried to keep it elegant and simple but not old fashioned. I used the same base as the other album but different colours and papers and a very different mind set, so all in all they are indeed very different and unique results. I would never make 2 the same.
I will make a Youtube video for this one as well. Enjoy and hopefully be inspired...

Monday, December 19, 2011

Lucky 13






Here's a birthday invitation I just made. I really like the colours, they look lovely together and a nice change...The flowers were actually white so I painted them with my Cosmic shimmer mists. I think they turned out perfectly. (Thank goodness)
I will be adding Birthday packs to my store really soon, so keep watching this space.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Gift Card Holder




This one was done some time ago, but I wanted to share it with someone so here it is.
It's a great way to give a Gift Card. There are of course many ways to make this and this is only one variation.


Saturday, December 3, 2011

Sweet little mini...









Here's a little mini I made for my Madeit store. I love the paper. It's sweet and gentle but classy at the same time. It has 7 tags and pockets ready for photos, journalling or maybe quotations? That would be nice. I think the next one I make will be a quotation album. Yes, that will make a lovely gift...