school holidays scrapbooking

for those playing at home and living in the northern hemisphere

it is summer here in the southern one 

well new zealand summers aren't "real" summers

but we make do lolol

here are some summer holiday shots

 new year's eve sunset over palmerston north

 zealandia wildlife sanctuary in wellington-a place where you can see tuataras in the wild about a metre away from you

 a scrapbook page of my eldest girl with photos from our trip to hot water beach in the coromandel

inspired by the scrap our stash challenge #34 and dr seuss colours

another page

i know 2 in one week!!

i MUST be on holidays right?!!!

this one is from the same road trip but photos are from paeroa (world famous in new zealand!!!)

enjoy

cheers ears

stars wars cards

so 2016 and the start of a new crafting year

maybe i will actually get more done this year as 2015 was a sad sad case of affairs due to the cow getting a full time paid teaching job

which was "YAY!!!" for me but

"MEH" for my craft mojo and it went on a holiday

now it is school holidays and i get some time to get my craft on

i also have been getting my geek on with the latest star wars movie

so what better than to combine the 2

RIIIIIGHT??!!!

my first card was inspired by a sketch from retro sketches and the cool dsp stack going places and the stamp set grateful bunch

 i used one piece of dsp as my death star and another for space. the sentiment is from the grateful bunch stamp set (quite a flowery set-not normally associated with stars wars lmao)

 inside i used my rotary stamp to finish off my sentiment and punched and glued a pile of confetti stars

so my next stars wars inspired card was based on a CASE challenge over at the global design project blog #GDP016

 bibi cameron had a shaker card design to CASE which i turned around and used

 once again i used the sentiments from the grateful bunch set and just rearranged a la yoda :)

enjoy your holidays and wishing you many crafty thoughts in 2016

cheers ears

shaken ballerinas

another swap challenge

this time it had to be a shaker card and for a kids birthday

 i used framelits labels to make the frame

and the ballerina is from talented trio 

i also added some white sequins to the outside to add some sparkle.

if you hold the card and shake it then all these beautiful sequins and stars come out all over the ballerina

here is the same card minus the shaker card part and some bling.

butterflies

there is a funny story behind these cards. i made some cards for a swap a while back and thought i had sent them to their intended address.

they didn't arrive and totes blamed oz post and nz post 

and so i decided to make some more so my swappees didn't miss out

..............seems i had let them fall down the side of my car (you know that annoying space between seat and middle console where all your crap goes) so now i have 2 cards for the same sketch lol

 i didn't have much fabric left for these ones so only added a tiny bit to them

i also turned the sketch around to accomodate my swallowtail

for the stamped image i inked the image up with markers and then sprayed the stamp with water to make it all smudged together

i added some bling because...well...damn...who needs a reason really?!!!!

to an amazing woman

another case today

this time from the crazy and lovely julia leece

i made this for a friend who has just made a big life change 

and amazes me with her energy, style and friendliness

i added a tartan skirt from the adventure bound dsp 

and the sentiment from happy birthday everyone.

handbag was made from my favourite retired label punch

shoes from the socking punch (also retired)

chillin' on the couch

totally cased this awesome card design 

from lyn pratt

she does awesome stuff and 

her water colours are fab as well

i just tweaked it a bit to make it my own

 i used the adventure bound dsp to make the clothes have more texture including the throw rug on the back in tartan :)

couch is in tip top taupe

i also used some thread for the wool and used some earring findings for the knitting needles. i also added glasses to the sleeping granddad

i have used a few retired punches to make these guys-label, corner, and some ovals. 

the circles are still current

to a good friend...thinking of you

needed a card for a nana today 

and came up with this

 loads of layers and simple colours and flowers and butterflies

 simple design using some dsp on the background ad a little bit in the centre of the flowers

 i used an embossing folder for some texture on the background

added some boho blossoms, bird punch and circles for the flowers

large scallop circle die that i pierced some holes in

cute little button with matching yellow cotton

for a little bit of whimsy i added in some string and some matching beads 

not my normal kind of card

do you think i got my nana on enough?

my card in a box addiction

some more cards in a box

dino.......rawr!!!!

i ALWAYS  have to buy the latest dinosaur stamp set...it is a given in my house with my dino-obsessed son

no bones about it is an awesome set with plenty of scope for fun stuff

 here i have used the acorn punch to make a dinosaur-it is perfect for the head shape

i have used the tree builder punch for the arms and tail and the latest flower builder punch for the leaves 

fringe scissors for the grass and chevron punch for the arrows

thanks

i belong to a monthly swap

and this month we had a sketch to follow

we also had some "given" objects the leader of the swap 

had sent to us that we had to use on our cards.

i got fabric-some with lines on it and some with apples.

here is my swap

 i used the stamped images from thankful forest friends in front of an embossed tree image

 the apple fabric i cut out the images and sued them whilst the striped material was used for a banner strip on the side with a bit of lace added to it.

i made an extra card with the leftover scraps and the other sentiment from the set.

i also added some buttons and twine this time.

tribute to charlotte's web

every once in a while i get an idea in my head and want to make it into a card

the cute spider webby doilies from stampin up gave me the starting point for my web into a card in a box

 from there i was able to add my charlottes web friendship quote and add a spider and add the cute halloween inspired dsp in the latest occasions catalogue

followed up with a feel good stamp about friendship

inspired by inside out

my kids have been at me for a while now 

to recreate the characters from the 

inside out movie as cards 

so seeing i am on much needed school holidays i have had time to sit down, 

chill out and 

get creative with my punches

   

let me first say these characters were not easy to do.

and i had to use my punches in weird and wonderful ways

hence no instructions or tutorial sorry but will try and give you some of the stampin up  punches i used to give you an idea

disgust

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, scallop 7/8" circle, owl 

anger

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, scallop 7/8" circle,  

joy

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, 

 fear

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, scallop 7/8" circle, large scallop circle,scallop oval

sadness

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, 1" circle, 11/4" circle 

lettering was all done with 

little letters thinlits except for anger

-his i did freehand 

(oh i wish there were thinlits for those symbols!!)

 disgust had sticky out glittered eyelashes and her mouth was super dooper tricky

 the joy card also had joy from the berry merry stamp set in the background

sadness' glasses were done by punching 1" circle first then the 11/4" circle around it.

anger's fingers were done with a scallop oval punch

enjoy

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and if i have inspired you to make your own please share a link so i can see where ti took you and if you have any hints for me making them a second time around

...and tell me which one is your favourite character from the movie...personally i loved sadness-she was just adorable!!!