Just Me and Them

December Club Pages

The whole kit came out a couple of days ago but this is the first chance I have had to share.  Things arent all that hectic but I've been doing some other stuff and not had a chance to get on here.  Here is what I created -

This advent calendar has been a huge success with my girls this year, so much so that we had to write a list of who had each choccy each day so that Sarah didnt feel like she was being ripped off!!

The top ornate section is hollow which meant I was able to put a couple of tea light candles in there to add some bling to it!!  Not such a great idea for the chocolates though lol!!

Before I forget, there is a new sketch in the gallery as well.  Its a sketch (Kind of) of  my hiding page. 

Finally, here is an ornament that the kids in my class taught me how to make -

 

If you like this, the instructions are in a downloadable pdf form in my articles section of my blog.

Well, thats it for me for now.  I'm off to the movies to see Avatar then off to a nephews birthday party!!  Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!

November Club Scrappit Now Pack

Well here it is - November club has been released and I can finally show you what I created.  I created a total of 6 different pages -

Each page was created using sketches I drew up, these sketches can be found in my very new gallery called . obviously, Sketches.  I've also added in some old ones I had to kick start the collection!!

Finally, here is the off the page projects -

The front cover

 

The inside

You can find instructions and templates for creating this project in the November club newsletter, available for free download at www.scrappit.com.au.

Xmas Cards and More

Well I have officially made it to 40 Xmas cards finished - yep 40 done and another 30 to finish for our Xmas list!! 

Here are some quick ones I created using a Making Memories base card set, word art pieces, Basic Grey Doilie and that good old Kaszazz swirl stamp which I love!!

I also have been working on this kind of floral ball thing - no idea what to call it - I saw something similar in the Kaisercraft magazine using punched flowars and had the idea of using some of my old prima flowers instead.  I got crystal facetted beads to use for the centres and just pinned the lot to a large styrofoam ball then sprayed the finished ball with a Glimmer Mist to glitz it all up.  Pretty Huh!!

 

Well, thats it for me for tonight!!

 

October Club

This week brought the release of the October Club pack.  It was my week to have a break from the newsletter although I still bought a pack to work on.  The papers in this pack were just so pretty and cute and very textured with all the glitter going on!! 

Here are the 3 pages I created -

In addition to these 3 pages, I also created a mini album with photo's and journalling about my recent holiday in Melbourne.  This I guess was my favourite project since I added so much to it. 

I began by using a set of Kaisercraft wooden covers and covered the front of each in the patterned paper from the kit.  The underside of eachI painted with a pink painted before coating with a transparent pink Glimmer mist.  Once dry I then stamped a flourish image onto the painted surface and embossed with a teal coloured embossing powder -

On the front cover I also added some Prima roses which I altered using a variety of pink Glimmer mists and then some darker coloured pink paint to enhance the flowers centres.

Well thats it for me - time to go finish off the dinner!!
 

Fusible Plastic bags

Hello anyone out there.  Last week I was pretty busy with the whole back to work thing and making things for Scrappit.  This week I have had a bit more time - not much more but a bit lol!!

While blog surfing I found a link to a gallery on Flickr that featured this awesome tutorial on recycling your plastic bags to make into a useable material.  The lady who wrote the technique actually sews the stuff together to make items like bags and purses!! 

From the moment I saw it though, I thought of the scrapping potential!!  So of course I had a go, went nuts and played and absolutely love the stuff.  It is such a versatile and effective technique. 

Anyway, here's the catch - you have to visit the Scrappit blog to get the link.  Yep,  I closed my puter for a second and boom it restarted itself and I lost what I had on my screen.  I know I could go and get it to copy here but I think this would be much more fun since you could check out what Scrappit has to offer while you were there.

As a peace offering I will share a photo of one project I created with this material -

If you can remember the beach page I shared last week, the one with the plastic yellow strip on the bottom?  Well I created this cover using the leftover plastic material from that.  To get the aged effect I simply washed it with 3 different coloured alcohol inks the smeared gesso over certain places then applied more alcohol ink.

Since it was so grungy, I gave it a Tim Holtz style makeover to finish off the cover. 

There's nothing inside atm, am thinking about keeping it for Sarah to use as a farewell for her teacher since he is leaving this year.

Well, thats it for me - things to do and not much to say!!

August Club Scrappit-Now

Well, here it is in all it's glory! As you can probably see, I loved these papers and found them very easy to work with.  Here is the pages I created -

 

 

 

Then I also created a star book out of some very different papers -

 

 

And finally, I created a set of cards.  I made 2 of each design but have of course only photographed one of each design.

  

 

 

Over at my Articles blog (link at the side of this page) you will find and article explaining how to create both the star album and the reflecting colour baubles on my cards.

Quick catch-up

Not much from me of late.  In my last days in Melbourne I got sick - typical me!!  It started as a sore throat which quickly progressed to a rather rude barking kinda cough and ended with a head that feels so heavy.

My mum convinced me that I should go to the docs - since I could be dancing with a nasty pasty pig lol - and I did, today.  I only have a rather annoying traditional flu and an asthma cough - phew!! - I guess thats all good but I sure wish this bug had just bypassed me altogether!!

Anyway, I have a few pretties to share with you all -

 

I made these two pretties a few weeks ago for my students teachers farewell and promptly forgot that I had even taken their photo until I was downloading my Melbourne photo's!  Too cute!!

 

And this pretty digi page was created for the Scrap Artist monthly challenge!!  This months challenge was to create a page using the quote "Life is...".

Ok, thats it for me for tonight, I am stuffed and sick and just want to go sleep for a couple of years lol!!

Off on Hols

Well, we are all just about packed and ready to fly to Melbourne tomorrow for a weeks holiday!!  I can't wait to get there and just relax and do what I love - shop lol!!

Mind you, I have alrready begun the shop part - yesterday I bought these little pretties for Sarah -

 

They are just so very much her with all that pink sparkly bits happening!!

Seriously though, we leave for a weeks holiday tomorrow and we intend to do a lot of shopping and adventuring with the kids and Matts Mum in tow.  I am dying to get in to the Guess outlet over there and see what I can find but a small part of me is dieing to get a Prada bag - I can't afford it but I am hoping that maybe I might just find a copycat one that I can afford lol!!

In readiness for the trip I created a trip book -

 

Pretty huh?  I made it with the travel chipboard album created by Tattered Angels and I coloured the whole thing with 3 different glimmer mists.  The insides are a bit more of my taste - using different mediums to decorate and enhance the pages.  I have even precut the photo mats and put them in - now I just need to take them!!

 

The pic above is only one lot of pages - the right hand has been cut to create a pocket for any memorabilia we collect!!

We dare you challenge and another freebie!!

This week the challenge is to use ribbon.  Now, the challenge never said it had to be on a page and with my flight to Melbourne rapidly approaching, I decided to make a set of Luggage tags for me and the family for our luggage.

 

On one side I used traditional scrapbooking techniques while on the other side I created a digi image with each being personalised to us.  Here's a close-up of mine -

 

The blurry parts are my personal details which I didnt want up on the net for obvious reasons lol!!  Now in my blog title I mentioned a freebie?!?  Well, I saved a copy of my template which I created to make these little pretties and have saved it here.

ps. Credits -

Punk Safety Pin set 63 Retro Ornaments brush set; J Sprague Rounded corners brush, Jack N Me Alpha blank, K Pertiet Staple pair and Bontanist No4-3 paper, J Crowley beautiful evidence pattern paper 4 and solid paper 4 and 3 (Jessica Sprague course materials kit); Berna Datema Old photo's vol 2 -o1 (Eye Love You kit); Gisela B Designs Journalliing paper ( Last days of Summer); C Haskell Page curl NoDS (Cioa Bella);  Horse Puke and Peaposey font.

June Club Scrapp-it Now

This weekend the June club was officially released and I can finally show off what I created with the kit!!

This month the pack was very pretty and whimsical - all fairies and kings!!

Here's the pages I created -

 

 

 

 

and here are the off the page projects I created -

 

 

 

Finally, here are some cards I also made -

 

 

 

Lastly, I have uploaded both tutorials I wrote for this months newsletter up on my Scrapbooking articles.  The first is a how to on the technique to create the card above and the second is also a how to, making one of the screen frames I created up further.