thomas the tank engine

thomas the tank engine is a favourite all around the world

we love him here too

here is a tutorial on how to make him

...although my measurements might be a bit dodgey lol

 i used the following punches

owl punch for lights, eyes, 

cupcake punch for eye balls, candle part for chimney

1 1/4" circle for face

1" for mouth

xl oval for roof

strips of blue in 7x3, 7x4, 6x2, 6x4 all cm

strips of grey 7x2 with edges trimmed to 6cm

strip of red 7x11/2cm

strip of black 7x1cm

word window

 make these bits first 

then add blue bits together and wriggle them around to get the right proportion-some overlap quite a bit to get some layering going

 then add the other bits-some with dimensionals to give some layering 

then draw in the facial features with marker-mine looks a bit crazy-obviously has been hauling too much freight today lmao

this is what i used mine for-a name plaque for a special little boy :>

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scrapbooking with 5 photos-losing that first tooth!!

losing that first tooth is always a

 big gigantictically huuuuge deal isn't it?

well when you are 5 it is :>

 here's a double layout using some robot paper and chipboard circles and a whole heap of arrows lol

big arrows were just done free-hand but i have a cute arrow die for the little ones.

chipboard circles were done using a circle scissors on the white backing card that comes in the su dsp packets

feel free to share your first tooth layouts in the comments section below :>

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wedding album

 my neice got married this month 

so i created this unique wedding album for her as my gift to her

i used 2 kaisercraft fairytale castles 

and added stampin up's beautiful love letter and newsprint designer series papers

along with a huge collection of accessories such as

ribbon, glitter, chipboard, antique tags, lace, brads, flowers etc etc
plus the obligatory stamps of course :>

normally when i do an album i usually keep it very simple and clean cut
but being the new year and wanting to try new things
i thought i would unleash my inner vintage/shabby chic/visual feast monster upon the world.

i also had limited supplies i.e. what i had brought with me to nz from sydney
so no zipping into the craft room to get stuff.
it also made me use what i had and think up different ways to use them.
i am glad i did this because it made me use a lot of my die cuts more and papers in different ways.

scroll on down for pictures of what it looked like inside....warning there are loads of them!!!!
if you see somethign you like and want to know how i made it or did it please feel free to ask :>

 

 

 

tomorrow i'll show you the card i made
and how i had to wrap it all up-that was a mission all in it's own!!!

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scrapbooking

i have recently returned to the world of scrapbooking after a looooong absence aan dhave been in-undated by the fantastic work and amazing ideas out there there are some extremely talented ladies delys cram is one of them here is a scrpabooking page i have cased off her. she used white on her page and i have used red

looking carefully at the page i have used a variety of things so swirly jumbo roller circle scissors plus scallop edge punch chipboard little leaves sizzlits silver brads rhinestone brads circle punches scallop circle punch trio flower punch 5 petal flower punch clear buttons rub-ons glitter white gel pen white craft ink plus a variety of adhesives

here's a close up of the detail on the side i put rub-ons onto the clear button the chipboard is inked wiht craft white and then chunky glitter is glued on to it thanks delys for helping me create this lovely page to create this page yourself feel free to come along to one fo my scrapbooking workshops cheers ears

noah's ark

i was invited to attend a baptism on the weekend of two good friends' children. not being very 'goddy' myself i was not comfortable doing anything with too many religious symbols etc so i thought about bible stories instead and came up with noah and his ark

so i made two little noah's arks with co-ordinating cards. i found the template for the ark card here and followed that to make a 3-d version. i also found these which i just have to share with you noah's ark cake noah's ark burger and let us not forget a real life real scale replica! oh my!

anyways back to what i did :>

on one side of the ark i added some chipboard letters and waves and the cute little whale from fox and friends and a photo of the recipient munchkin in the top window

on the other side of the ark i used the animal images from fox and friends in the windows and added waves using some of my stash paper

here is the top of the ark showing where i have cut a slit in the top so it can be used as a money box i actually stuck a flap onto the house bit so it can be raised up and down

down below are the templates and mesurements of the various bits if you want to use my idea. please say hi and post up a link so i can see what you have done :>

this bit is the bottom that goes under the ark. it may need a bit of trimming on the edges but it is a 29cm (approx) by 8cm peice of card. this bit is the floor of the ark-it goes on top of the base but is the floor for the little house bit...did that make sense? it is a 16cm by 8cm peice with a 2cm edge to it so it is really a 20cm x 12cm sheet lol but you have to fold in and score at 1 cm if that makes sense when finishing it offand attaching it to the hull i stuck a centimetre strip of matching card stock all the way around to strengthen it and tidy it up i'm not very good at instructions am i? lmao this peice is the little house bit on the top. it is27cm long and you will need to score at 4cm, 12cm, 16cm, 24cm the top of the triangle is 8cm and the rest is 4cm high (i didn't add that to the picture-oops!) this is the roof of the house. 13cm which includes 2x 1cm for flaps. i also added strips to the side of the roof to make it look prettier the sides where made using a 16cm x 81/2cm peice of card and then putting my dst roll along one side and using that to give it some curve. it was flexible enough for me to make it fit the curve i wanted lol i added tabs to it so it would stick easier to the bottom part. make sure you cut 2 of these out or your ark will sink faster than the titanic!!! okies hope this is useful and you make loads of these cheers ears