convnetion swaps 2014

more earrings ideas

made with white card

baby wipe technique

crystal effects

 using lovely as a tree stamp set

 using baroque stamp set

 with these earrings i used the paper clay to make the beads

cheers ears

post convention creative streak happening

i love going to convention and being enthused by all the wonderful ideas and creations then i come home and reality bites and there aree not enough hours in the day to make all those things you want especially with 4 kids wanting "help" you and watch every move you make although having the cheer squad is quite nice for the ego lol here is a go at an easel card. totally cased from zindorf but iam in a swap atm that needs to be an easel card with a grid technique and masculine if possible -a big ask and quite an intriguing one i am finding ben has a 6 year old birthdya party to attend this weekend so here is the card. the party boy is getting 3 canvas pictures based on space-just got to get it done lol its funny the people you meet at convention. i sat and chattted to katrina over lunch who is the president of the australian sumo federation. she was really fascinating and very passionate about her sport. she told me what she did and i told her what i did. then i offered to make her a card so here is the punch art sumo i amde. inside the card i used the phrase from inspired by nature as she is so passionate about her sport next i ahd a play with 3d flowers this was made from the small oval punch the bad part is that it is waaaay too heavy for the box i originally made it for lol finally a case from a card we were shown at convention using the circle scissors this is thank you card for my friends who lent me some stamp sets to finish my swaps. don't forget to say hi cheers ears

convention 2010 highlights

wow

what an awesome time i had it was lovely meeting so many demos and friends and being inspired by all the wonderful ideas and people here are some photo highlights of some of the swaps and ideas i came across earrings swap made by carolyn bennie table centrepeices at awards dinner shelley gardner-ceo of stampin up amy, michelle, joss, kay and me sticking a designer eyelet into a sweet cup swaps board swaps board swap with fabric by lucia visentin easel card swap by patrice such a beautiful flower by jodie price a lollie bag from pauline a 3d flower from kimmy a candle disguised as alollipop from kathy faulkner a handmade notebook from adele a lollie bag from jossleen crane a pendant notes bag beautiful violets from danielle plus many many many more beautiful designs and ideas this is merely a handful hello to everyone i met and swapped and said hello to it was lovely to share convention 2010 with you all being a demo and getting to be poart of all this coolness is just awesome let me know if you are interested in joining up this month stampin up have a special for new recruits in the form of new in-colour bundles-how cool is that? take care

32 weeks and counting.....

we had a sizing scan this week and bubs is currently 32 weeks old but is measuring about 35 weeks. so another big bubba is on its way!!! convention has been and gone but i thought i had better show off the 'purple frankie' swaps i did for it. i had a ball making these and they are an adaption of my previous green frankenstein ones i did earlier for an essential baby card swap. these were made with some lovely lilac , basic black and gloss white card stock. i punched out the eyes and nose and added some frayed edge hair-you know the kind you loved making at school : ). then i put the mouths and scars on with black journalling pen-i got bored doing the same face so had a bit of a play with different expressions...some of my frankies are looking a little stoned : ) these next cards were made for an essential baby card swap. these were the other ones that went with the little miss naughty ones i showed you all before. they are trifold cards and i used up some old patterned card stock (not su stuff...ssssshhh). the front has the pretty as a princess stamp set coloured in with water colour pencil and a dab of glitter. this was cut out and stuck onto glorious green card stock which was then stuck onto cameo coral which then had a plain thin white ribbon attached to it and stuck onto the front. i used the scallop edge punch and poked holes in the scallop part to add some interest (oh and to meet the optional extras of the card swap which was paper peircing). the next fold has the princess phrase on it and inside the card is happy birthday with the wand and flower images stamped in lovely lilac ink. these next cards are for this months card swap. the theme is 'just a note to say...' and the technique was masking. these cards are envelope cards with the template from mirkwood designs http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/templates.htm). this site rocks and always has great templates that are user friendly. i also cuttlebuggged the inside card with some embossing folders and rubbed over them with some ink and a dauber. i have done them all in different colours as i wanted to use up some old existing non-su card stock i have lying about. my masking was done with retired stamp sets and the writing was done on the computer with word art and then punched out to add to the flower with a brad from my stash. then i added some ribbon to each card and dibby dabby daubered around all the edges where needed. cheers ears Chicken: [trying to cheer up Cow] I know you hate being ugly, but someone has to make everbody else look good.