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!!!

cheers ears

black and white

some more ideas for my essential baby card swap this month was black and white and i fiddled around for a while with ideas I am still not happy but hopefully will have made up my mind when the time comes to post them out these are made from the funky forest wheel with white embossing and added a scallop edge to the black card.. I have done the texture at the back with my cuttlebug (yes I still have it but I really really REALLY want a big shot) there is also some white ribbon with a black button just to bring it all together and it makes it look quite girly here is the inside...oops round on its side but you get the idea I had extras left over so i pondered what else i had that was white ...hmmm.. .oh that's right! ta da! white staz-on... with acetate... wohoo so i picked a nice simple stamp set-hello again and used that. these are cheating for the swap as thye use a third colour so they wont be going out i'll use them for something else... i am sure i will find a use for them okies that's all for now cheers ears

several things on the go

i am creatively busy at the moment trying to try new things and play with the stash that i have. thankfully i have homes for most of them which helps hey? anyways here is a selection enjoy! this is my entry for the essential baby card swap. the theme was love so i got out all my heart stamps and went a bit berko on the card and then punched images out with a 1 1/4" circle punch here i had some fun with my one of a kind stamp set and used my cuttlebug to add some swirls more cuttlebug here but stuck to a scallop note card. the stamp is from a sale-a-bration set called happy moments some punk rock emo chick stickers (lol) stuck to card stock with ribbon and such stuff. sssssssshhhhh but i used some hero arts stamps. aren't these little christmas girls just the cutest? some thank you cards for a customer using nature's nest stamp set a thinking of you card using trendy trees.... man oh man my stamp-a-ma-jig got a workout!!!! three little words stamp set. a set i find a bit tricky to use but have copied an idea from the ib&c and quite like it okies time for bed cheers ears!