My two angels..

A quick post. Haven't been around much lately - life gets in the way. Here are two layouts that I have done of my grand daughter Shyanne and my niece Madison. They don't see each other very often as Madison lives in Australia but when they are together they have so much fun.
I have just noticed that I have not put a title on this one... Seems to be my thing of late, not quite finishing...

And this one is a scraplift of one of Trina McClune's class kits that my friend Brenda had. This layout is missing a resin angel just above the black fuzzy spot!!! I now have a new camera!!!

I have been through my photos and I can see myself making an album of just these two precious girls...  
They are both so excited as Madison is coming back over in January... I dread to think what they will get up to then...

Happy scrapping

Dee

Mini Pullout Album

 Last night it was my turn to take the Online class at Crafters Anonymous. It seems like forever since I did my last one - it was way before Christmas!!!!

I always struggle to come up with a project as we have some very talented ladies that do these classes. But the hard thing is to make the instructions simple as they do not know what they are making (unless they pick it up from the photos that we put up). Its always a fun hour or so... lots of silly talk and singing (not that we can hear each other lol)

Anywho this is the project that I showed them. Its a cute little pullout album. So easy to make (which is what I like).

I will have to find  some photos so that I can finish it.

See you again soon

Scrapfest Blog Hop

In August, as well as going to see "Pink" in Melbourne, I am attending a luxury scrapbooking weekend at the Grand Mecure in Nelson. It is being organised by Trina McClune and Lyn Jordan. We have some guest tutors as well. To get to know some of the people attending we have been doing lots of things via our Facebook page (swaps, secret santa, etc)  Today we are having a Scrapfest By The Sea Blog Hop. It's a great way for us to see each others work.

Here is an Off  The Page project that I did with my cousin for her shop. It's funny how you have an idea in your head and by the time you finish, the project is nowhere near that idea. And so it was with this project. I was doing damask designs but I couldn't find the right template. I had seen lots of cakes on the internet using butterflies as decorations so we ran with that idea. Love butterflies.. The photo doesn't do it justice...

 Unfortunately we can't eat it as it is made from cake dummies and cardstock... lol
Now it is time to head to Brenda's blog

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A little bit cheeky...

This is a card from a class that we did  at Crafters Anonymous. Isn't it cute..

Happy crafting

DEE

It's been a long time between drinks....

I mean blog posts!!! Life in the past two months has been extremely busy. My every day job, the family summer weekend job, the buildup to the grand daughters birthday party, Christmas and New Year and now its the build up to our son's wedding being held at our place in two weeks... Gosh I must remember to breath lol.
Anywho getting back to crafting... I participated in a Circle Journal that we held at Crafters Anonymous. It was the first time I have ever done anything like this. There were 7 participants and we had to pick a theme for our 6 x 6 Journal, design your cover, decorate two pages and then forward it to the next person on the list.
My theme was "What's in your handbag?" It amazes me what we put into our bags... I have everything but the kitchen sink in mine whereas some ladies have the bare minimum.My rules for my Journal were that they had to decorate their pages in the colour/s of their handbags, take a pic of their bag and contents and tell me why they liked their bag and what they could not be without. It was exciting each month to receive a new Journal to decorate - some were easy and others took a bit to work out. I received mine back just before Christmas and WOW I love it!
Here are some pics of my Journal just before I sent it off to Flo.

I will post pics of the finished Journal over the next few days.

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Snap, Bang, Crack

goes the Christmas Cracker.... Gosh the kids loved singing this song at Reuben's Daycare.... Made us giggle everytime..
 Tonight over at Crafters Anonymous Kristine taught us how to make cracker... I believe it is one of Delys Cram's creations and she kindly gave Kristine permission to use it tonight. I had seen cracker tutorials before and thought "I couldn't be bothered.." but I am in love with this one. It's easy peasy and I know I will be making more (teachers gifts)

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Pinterest Tuesday Challenge Update

Here's some pics of my Pinterest Tuesday Challenges.

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CA's Monday night class catch up

Here are some pics of the past few weeks of classes over at Crafters Anonymous. 

The mini concertina album was a class taken by Suzanne

 

This is a diamond fold card taught to us by my friend Julia

 And this is a folding box card taught to us by Kristine.

Over the past two years we have had some fabulous classes.  If you would like to take part in these classes,  go to the side of my blog and you will find a link to join Crafters Anonymous.  We have a few weeks of classes to do before the "silly season" break but I can tell you we will be back early January with some awesome classes.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy crafting.

Quick Christmas Gift Bag

Last night was my turn for taking the Crafters Anonymous online class. As Christmas is fast approaching I thought I would do a gift bag. We all have people that we need to give little gifts to and it's always good to package them in a nice bag - seems to make the gift extra special!
This bag is made from a sheet of 12 x 12 DSP, a piece of 4 x 6 DSP, some sticky tape and ribbon... It only takes a few minutes to make (apart from the decorating) so when you need a quick gift bag this is certainly one that I will be using!

I am making these bags for my grand kids end of year gifts to their classmates - it is a great way to use up all of the retired DSP I have...

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DEE

Christmas Wreath

A couple of weeks ago I went to a "Stamp Camp" run by my upline Jacque. We didn't stay over - I travelled to Richmond both days. About 10 ladies attended. It was a full on two days. Mind you we started two hours late due to AirNZ plane delays, etc. In saying that we completed everything all of the projects that Jacque had planned for us.
The big project was making a Christmas wreath. I had seen these made and thought "nah I wont be making one of them" but I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed making one. Lots of work on the Big Shot cutting out flowers of varying sizes and colours, glue, buttons, wrapping paper and tulle. Here's my take on Jacque's - I have a few gaps so I might put in a bit more tulle. It sure is going to look good hanging at my door this Christmas. I also found a metal wreath holder at Spotlight that has bells on it so that will save putting drawing pins into my wooden doors.

 

I will post more pics of what we did over the next few days. 

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Pinterest Tuesday on Wednesday

I haven't been able to take part in Pinterest Tuesday for the past few weeks as I have been in Nelson so no time for crafting. I found this Pin the other day and thought it would be good to do. Easy and quick. Of course I didn't have the burlap/sacking so I decided to shush mine up... with what I had in my stash.

What do you reckon...?

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Chatterbox..

This week at CA we had a guest teacher. Tracey Leigh showed us how to make a chatterbox mini album. I have yet to put photos in... Its a good way to use up those "not so good" photos as you can chop them down to fit the pages.

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Baby Gift

My niece and her partner had a baby girl in September. I recycled a coffee tin and altered it. I was lucky to find an unopened pack of retired DSP (I know... and it's not the only one I have) that was just right for the job. I also bought a pack of white onsies and  I decided that they were too boring so I cut out some fabric with my Big Shot and used the iron on stuff (name escapes me) to attach them. Man they looked so cute!

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Milk Carton Gift Box

A few weeks ago Suzanne took the class at CA. We made this adorable box. I feel so bad as I had had the Milk Carton Die for a long time and I had never used it.... Naughty, naughty... Thanks Suzanne for making me use it lol.

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Neighbour's Birthday Card

I made this card for the elderly lady who lives next door to work. I knew her birthday was in September but I forgot what date until my Dad reminded me... And as she likes getting cards I quickly made this one up in her favourite colour (which is also my favourite colour) - good taste!!

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ATC Swap

Time goes by sooo fast.... Blogging has taken a back seat of late and it's not because I haven't crafted...
I was part of an Artist Trading Card (ATC) Swap over at Crafter's Anonymous. ATC's are little pieces of art measuring 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". They are fun to make - the NZ girls had to make 5 each with the theme of Fairies/Angels.
Here are what I received back

Top Row L to R: Antoinette Buckley; mine; Flo Hill Rennie
Bottom Row: Julia Leece; Rhonda Fawcett

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While hubby is away...

My hubby, his mate, our two sons, our nephew and their mate went on a roadie to the All Black test in Dunedin. They left home on Friday morning at 5.30am and it seemed forever until I had finished work and was able to craft... Not that I got much done Friday night as I was taking the grandys to and from their school disco... Different ages so different times...
Saturday morning I went up to my craft room and off I went... I sorted my retired SU DSP's and I am embarrassed to say that I found quite a few unopened packs... Some of the other DSP's I found go back a few years so I started googling and surfing the net and found a tutorial for a bag that is made from one piece of 12 x 12 paper.. I now have 6 bags made - I thought I would make them for Shyanne's end of year class gift. At least that will get rid of nearly 30 pieces of paper. Other things I did at the weekend was: made up 2 CA class samples; made a mini album (an ufo); found stuff on Pinterest (love that place); and I did a scrapbook page in under a hour!
A very productive weekend for me in the crafting department but not so in the socialising department. The only time I went off the property was to go to the supermarket and get some firelighters.... I have had a visit from my mum today and my next door neighbour has bought me a pizza for tea so at least I have had some human interaction. The family are on their way home but not sure if they will come all the way tonight.. It's a good 10 hour driving time trip without stops...
This is the layout that I did today - must say I am pleased with it. I have used stuff leftover from some kits that I had. Yay, that's some more stash used lol.


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Heartfelt Day Make n Takes

These are the Make n Take projects that we made at the SU Heartfelt Day in Christchurch. Well I didn't! I did do the layout page but the other projects I made when I got home as I didn't want them to be squashed in my suitcase...


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