quarter fold card

now here's a new one for me!

i have to say that i have never done a quarter fold card or heard of one before

until we were asked to make one for the creative crew challenge

they are very easy to make and perfect for adding a photo in!

here is my offering

 i used black card stock with wasabi and white to off-set it a bit.

stamps were my jumbo rollers (sparling and sparkle and shine) with some versamark 

and then some wasabi embossing powder heated over the top.

be sure to use your embossing buddy to stop the static on your card collecting the powder.

border is from the pennant die.

also soem tiny tags added to the ribbon.

 here it is minus the ribbon

 unfolded with the photo inside. 

i also added some white inside so the kids can write xmas wishes to their grand parents :>

 one side was done with the sparkle and shine roller with a white star added to break up all the green

 sentiment is from season of joy and stamped in black

here is the card spread out before folding so you can see how it fits together.

it gets put together much like folding up a box with 4 flaps 

here are the measurements i used to make a card to fit a normal sized photo in (14x10cm) with where to put the folds in as well.

now if you know anything about me these measurements are approximate lol and may need a bit of tweaking hahahahaha

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white wedding

in january i was delighted to head over to new zealand to be at my beautiful niece's wedding

i made her this wedding album

click here for more details

today i was sifting through some photos and decided to use some wedding photos for a scrapbook page as my sample for upcoming winter classes  i am having

 this is what i came up with! 

i used the hope and strength stamp set along with the always set

i also used the so swirly wheel to create an embossed background for my paper

just wanted to show some of the details especially the stamping on twill tape and the faux stitching

  i make my own mixture of embossing powder from 1/3 each of white, clear and dazzling diamonds.

on the background i gently sponged some poppy parade over one side just to help bring out the embossing i have done.

i am offering this page a a class during winter.

please check out my classes page for more details.

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transformers...

 ....boring trays in disguise....

 

 here is a boring tray

a very very VERY boring tray

made from dull boring balsa wood recycled from a old birthday toy

 

 roll a jumbo wheel over it, colour it in with some markers, add a bit of sponging to it

see...a bit more exciting huh?

just got to make a present to go inside it now : >

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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

new camera and new photos

finally i have got the camera, taken loads of photos and have figured out how to upload the images all without blowing anything up or destroying anything-woot! go me!! sooowhere to start? well these are pretty darn cool i think these cards were made for a client who wanted pink/burgendy girly birthday cards for 45+ women......

a bit of cuttlebugging, rikrak, stampin up wheel and some cute little wooden flowers.

some pretty sparkley paper a big 3d flower at the top made from some balsa wood flower with a selection of stampin up flower and circle punches

my favourite love heart stamp with some ribbon and spotty paper

here i coloured in a cake stamped image with glitter-very sparkley. the flower paper is embossed and i ahve stuck some pins at the top

ooops wrong way up but you get the picture! stamped on with versamark and coloured in with chalks. flower is really ugly on other side (blue checks) so coloured it in wiht matching chalk colours and added some lace and velvet ribbons

okies back another day with more cheers ears