Cute

Isn't this the cutest. Again using my eclips I created this little bag. Shakira had a little girls party to go to and I could not resist buying a present just so it could go in this gift bag.

Also attached to the front of the bag was this wonderful 3 dimensional flower. It was cut out in many separate colours and then pieced together.  The green-yellow petals are from white paper I just misted with spray inks so my next project for sure will include flowers and spray inks somewhere.

These are the flowers pieces, just with different sizes, papers  and some brads you create so many unique flower styles.

Also this is pretty cute too.  Max just likes coming inside since we have been home from Vietnam and the girls just spoil him so much.

Max wants Brooke to play not do homework.

Make it a great day.
Until next time.

I may have done this - housework not

This last week again has seen me experiment more with my sizzix eclips. Oops the house is sure showing were my spare time has been spent.


This below is a box made of ledger papers and houses cards I make.

A little gift bag and tag, the paper is double sided so the tag compliments the bag well.

A banner made for Shakira, she had set up her own with just scraps of paper and old decorations and while it looked a mess, I couldn't take it down until I convinced her I would make one.  This actually says Shakira's room and has the letters in her name and some random shapes added to the banner.  The banner was made using a cheap pad of papers from Spotlight and they go so well together.

Then onto a new line of paper, Dear Lizzy's Neapolitan series.  I never usually have the latest up to date paper and I don't really keep much patterned paper, just making my own with sprays and inks but my machine has got me very interested in patterned paper.  Also one of our wonderful stores Scrapivate is closing down  and while this is sad for us that love shopping in bricks and mortar stores, they have had really big discounts, so I may have purchased a little more patterned paper than needed.
These 2 cards below were made with Dear Lizzy's papers.
This shoe card is just so right for teenage girls and I am so happy I used my new paper straight away.

 A butterfly lever card made using the same line of papers.

As the paper is doubled sided this is the inside of the card and you can see how it folds out.

This is the front of the card and the butterfly is able to be moved about.  I also used prefect pearls for the flower centres and butterfly centre.

Hope I haven't bored you but this machine really gives me confidence in making paper crafts other than scrapbook pages.  I also like the fact that while I use my new papers I am also using all those little scraps I have collected.

Make it a great day.
Until next time.

Machine workout

My sizzix eclips has been having a fun workout this week. While it took me a little while to get used of using it with the computer, the cartridge side of it is quite simple. This is mainly what prompted me to buy this digital cutter over the others, the fact I can use it with either the cartridges independent of the computer or the computer only and the software program ecal.

Below is a wonderful waterfall effect card I made using scraps.  At the moment I am only practicing on my scraps of paper so any colour scheme is been tried.  The dinosaur opens his mouth as you pull down on his tail so its a great card  for a little boy.
The hippity hoppity card was made with the same file my Easter basket came from.

Something else I wanted to try, making custom cupcake wrappers.  These are so cool and the range of them at SVGCuts is varied with many themes for all sorts of holiday occasions.

Another waterfall type card that is interactive as you pull the bottom tab.  I used all my scraps of paper and manipulated them on the cutting mat so I could get my scraps used up.

Another Easter card and matching envelope that was made from the Easter file,  I love this card and can't wait to try it with different colour combinations.

My collection which is forever growing and I secretly wish I could turn my 24hrs into 48 hrs so I could make more.

All in all I must say this machine has done more than I ever expected so the initial outlay will be recovered as I use up my scraps.

Off to make some more.

Make it a great day.
Until next time.

Hello

Hello from Vietnam. Will be back online soon.
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Day 18

Today was spent at home doing household chores. Pretty routine but sometimes these are the things you just need to do. I have been trying to get my garden back to where it used to be so I spent a bit of time with this. It really doesn't look much different just a little tidier.

On the Christmas front I had another go at some Christmas Sweets, then watched some videos on the net about wrapping parcels. Like I always do as soon as I watch something I have to go and do it. My page today focus on this.



BTW was just wondering if anyone else's blog is a bit weird. I could only post this with html codes and I don't know much about them. Please blogger if you are trying to change your publishing I may have to give up as these codes are just too hard for me.



Make it a great day.
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Day 14

School ended for the year today so I always have mixed emotions about that. I should be over it by now especially since one has been out of school for 2 years now and I know everything is OK, it just makes me realise how fast time passes.

It's been a great year of school for the girls especially after the feelings for school last year. I was so close to wondering if I had made the right choices, and by the end of this year I really am glad that our family did decide to make the changes, it has been nothing but positive and different environments really do show you, especially in the case of Shakira that it really wasn't her and I, and that her old environment was just wrong for us I do feel she missed out a bit on the Catholic Ethos at her last school and to have it back again is what I was after.



I am still pretty traditional with my pages, going along with similar stories of last year, but I think that is about to change as last year we were about to board a plane, this year we are not going anywhere.

May each day in December bring you a blessing.

Make it a great day.

Until next time.

Day 13

As our year comes to an end, so does the school year here in Australia. Our children move onto a new class when school goes back in the New Year. We have our big summer holidays now with school finishing a few days out from Christmas. As I reflect on my kids school year, I always like to show appreciation for their teachers, because that is one job I am sure I would never want and to be blessed with great teachers is just wonderful.

Today's page focus on our gift giving for teachers. I had watched the video many times on transferring images to candles, but it did take me a few attempts before I was happy with the result. The photo below shows a practice candle and my end result.



Also added to this page will be a couple of Christmas letters received with cards. I like how family and friends keep us updated on their adventures and life throughout the year and sometimes Christmas is the only time we share these. So to the people who sent me letters this day I thank you.

Remember while this project can feel like a chore, the idea is to make it a record of memories, there is no pressure to keep up or keep perfect pages, it really is just for your family record. The only reason I have caught up so far, is that I glue and go with the photos on the page, if there is a mistake it stays there. I just love flicking through my album. If I don't record it tomorrow it doesn't matter as I have recorded some and this some is more than if I had not started the project at all.

Make it a great memory.

Until next time.