Pretty Sparkling Drinks

No scrapbooking today!  Lately I have been searching for photos for scrapbooking projects and I have been horrified to find that each month has very little to offer.  What have I been doing lately??  I seem to have put my camera away for twenty-eleven and let life slip by with no photographic memory.  Arghhhhhh, where has the woman I know gone????????  So this weekend I got out my camera and snapped away at just about anything.  So I am going to share some of them here instead of scrapbooking.  And then maybe I can scrapbook the photos at a later date...................and share them again that way!!  LOL.

For lunch on Sunday we had a simple sausage sizzle and some sparkling drinks (just plain old cordial with a bit of soda water, really easy but fun).  And when I sat them down on the outdoor table for the kids I loved how the sunlight shone through the acrylic.  Pretty Sparkling Drinks!!

They were gorgeous!

And my cuties, taking a drink.  They are gorgeous too!

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Our Gypsy Street

Back at SIA last year I bought a kit from the 7 Gypsy's girls and had no idea at all what I had purchased.  It was a left over from a class and all I had was the bits and pieces, no instructions, no picture of what I had to make it into.  Then they emailed me the instructions, but if you are anything like me then you need a visual to work your way through the written stuff.  And I didn't have that.  Then one day I visited my dear new friend Jen Hall and spotted HER Gypsy House among her scrap room stuff.  YAY!!  So Jen was kind enough to lend me her house and I finally got around to creating my own.  Here is OUR GYPSY STREET:

Aren't they cute?  I love how we both customised our houses to reflect our own house.  And they are the same, but a little bit different.  Thanks so much Jen for lending me the visual.

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Embelles Workshop - Rocked it AGAIN!!

I love the EMBELLES Workshops!!  They are awesome value for money and huge fun to attend.  Last weekend Debbie and I headed off to Newcastle for a fun Sunday with the girls.  It was Christmas in July and we made a scrapbook page ready for our Chrissy photos to come, received a kit for a December Daily Album to make later (we were just too buy this weekend) and here is my favourite project - The Advent Calendar.

We took a large rectangle canvas and cut the canvas from the middle and used the wooden frame for our base.  Then the hands got busy with creating 25 cute tags to countdown the days until the fat man in the red suit comes.

I loved all the details they included.  It was so much work for them to prepare, and so much fun for us to create.

Love the mannequin die cut, I think I need this Tim Holtz die.

And my birthday!  Might need to add some bling to that one.

They were all so adorable.  Thank you so much Lizzie and Lisa, we loved every minute of the day.  Looking forward to the next one we are booked into.

Cheers

Owl Gift

I was going back through my photos and realised that I didn't share this project with you all.  Our friend Jen Hall had a baby a few months ago and we gave her this cute vintage frame for the babies room.  It seems we started an 'owl fetish' for baby Quinn.

I found an owl pattern online somewhere, adjusted the size to fit the frame and used the SU chipboard branch also.  I love that his initials are QT - ("cutie").

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Sweet Delights Fun

I have been having a bunch of fun playing with the Sweet Delights kit from my Etsy Store.  It is bright and colourful, which is not normally what I like to create with.  But with the kit all co-ordinating, it makes it easy and I have been enjoying it.  Here is my first sample:

I have used one of the Tulip cupcake papers in the kit and the crepe paper cut with Nestabilities.  I took step by step photos of the crepe paper creation and will share them with you tomorrow.  But for the next sample I couldn't help but tone it down to the vintage style I love to do with some Vintage Photo Distress ink.

I used Chalkboard Glimmermist for the card background, then used the heart doilie, sentiment and trim from the kit. The vintage digital image from Made by Janet is just gorgeous and makes the vintage style very easy to achieve.  Here is a list of what you will find in the Sweet Delights Card Kit:

If you would like a kit, head on over HERE to grab yourself one.  Limited numbers available, once they are gone that is it.  I am working on a new one real soon though.  Seeya!

Glimmermist Card Class @ Catchy Crafts

Next week I begin my classes at Catchy Crafts and I am happy to say the response has been awesome.  There is still one spot left in the Glimmermist Class next Monday 11th July at 10am.  Class is $25 and includes everything you need to make these cards.

If you can't make it next Monday I will be teaching a different workshop on Monday 25th July. These are vintage style cards using Tim Holtz stamps and gorgeous Pink Paislee papers.

Call the store on 9477 4401 to book your spot, but be quick ...... they are booking out fast.  I can't wait to share these cards with everyone coming.

Cheers

Kookaburra Retreat Wrap Up

Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend the Kookaburra Retreat organised by Andrea North.  The retreat was organised to raise funds for Christchurch as Andrea is a Kiwi and it breaks her heart to see what is happening over there.  As soon as she asked me if I would contribute by teaching I jumped on board immediately.  It was an awesome weekend and she raised $1200 NZ dollars to donate.  THAT IS FANTASTIC!

I had a great time and actually got some scrapping done too.  I laughed a whole bunch thanks to these girls on my table:

And I created this heart in honour of the people of Littleton, NZ.

In honour of this video that Andrea shared with us.

Littleton Short Film 

Here is Andrea (our wonderful Retreat organiser) with her heart and her winnings from the Tombola.

It was an awesome weekend, THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDREA and to everyone who attended to make the weekend great.

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