Its been a long time between drinks . . . .

Wow, its been a while since I have been on here {blushing}.

I have been very busy and also very lazy!! I am teaching several days a week in the community now, so that keeps me on my toes. I teach knitting and crochet on Wednesdays and cardmaking on Mondays and twice on Thursdays. Next year I have the opportunity to teach a couple more days a week too, and hopefully that will pan out!

Since I am here, I thought I would share with you some things I have been creating and teaching. I have been away from my blog since March, so there is a lot to put up here! I will put it up over several days.

Also, its CC weekend at Little Scrapbook Shop this weekend, so I will pop my challenge up after it has gone 'live' (but that is another post :) ).

I also have some news on the Stampin' Up! front, but that is also a rant for another time.

Enjoy the photos to follow. Drop me a line and say hi - I'd love to hear from you.

This is a card created using bleach. (sorry, the pic is quite blurry - will fix asap)

Products used: Stampin' Up! stamps, RST verse stamp, Cuttlebug, distressing tool

The following cards were created for Little Scrapbook Shop.
Click on the photo to go to the forum for a closer look and product details.

This layout was created using an Artist Trading Card as the inspiration.
The gorgeous young man in the photo is Angus, the son of a good friend of mine, Jenni.
For a closer look and to see the rest of the collection I made using the set of ATCs,
click on the photo and it will take you to the LSBS forums where you will find
all the information about products etc.

This gorgeous calendar is a little something I created while away at Little Scrapbook Shop Retreat in August 2009. I love dragons and loved these chipboard dragons I found in the shop!
For more information about the products used, click on the photos and it will take you to the forums.

Happy Thoughts Canvas

Hi all,

I was playing around with some new stamps yesterday and wanted to created a shaker card using the owl stamp. I made the little shaker window, then mounted that onto the green PP, then onto the blue bazzill.I liked it so much that I wanted to turn it into a canvas. For some reason, this owl makes me feel very happy in my heart, so I wanted my canvas to be something that would make me happy, or remind me to be happy and also to be something inspirational.

I can write on the acetate (over the yellow pp) again and again, as I have used an erasable whiteboard marker.

As always, you can click on the images for a larger view.


Products used:
(All links go to Little Scrapbook Shop)
~ White 30cm canvas
~ Clear stamps. (I used a set by Chatterbox, but there are heaps of fantastic stamps in the shop to choose from. Click HERE to go and browse at all the great stamps Cath has (see, I have left you some!!) hehehe
~ Acrylic block
Stazon inkpad Jet Black
~ various rubons from stash including: Making Memories, Kaisercraft, Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer (not the same set, but these are just fantastic!
~ Patterned papers from paper stacks by K&Co and Basic Grey
~ Acetate
~ Large Brads
~ KI by Bazzil (Orange Peel) - Boogieboard
~ Microbeads
~ Adhesives - Pritt Power Gel, mounting foam, doublesided tape

Here are some close up shots of the canvas

Utensils Tin (altered Milo Tin)

I have a hideous utensils draw, so messy and impossible to find anything, so I decided to make myself a utensil holder to keep near my stove.

I had this enormous milo tin (something like a 1kg tin I think) and thought it would be ideal, as my utensils have long handles.

I just got the photo of it today, as my camera has been MIA for about a week, and I just found it last night (yay!!). Unfortunately, I splashed tomato sauce onto my tin last night, so the thickers are a little dirty looking in the photo. Oh well, it is meant to be used, and is near my stove, so it was inevitable lol.

Hope you like it.

Products used:
(all links go to LSBS shop)
~ Paper flowers by - KaiserCraft, Prima, Rebecca Erickson, FTI and my stash (and Jenni's stash - thanks Jenni!!!)
~ KaiserCraft Round Gems
~ Bright patterned papers from my stash
(I am sure I got these from Cath, but I am afraid I can't remember what brand they were. However, Sandylion/Kelly Panacci have a great range of bright pp's)
~ Striped Grossgrain ribbon from my stash
~ American Crafts Thickers Foam stickers "Eggnog" white
~ Adhesives - double sided tape, Pritt Power Gel

Got Straws? Altered tin

I needed to put our straws into something a bit nicer than a plastic bag, so I popped them into an old coffee tin. As most of you know, I can't have "naked" OTP items being used, so, of course, I had to cover it.

This is the result.
I was very happy with the finished product and love that the stripey straws I use match my tin.

Products used:
(all links go to LSBS shop)
~ Reminisce 12x12 shimmer paper from my stash
~ KaiserCraft Fozz Felt (cut up to use shapes individually)
~ KaiserCraft Round Gems
~ American Crafts Thickers Foam Stickers "Eggnog" white
~ KI Memories Red Carpet Mini Sashes
~ Adhesives - Double sided tape, Pritt Power Gel
Other - Jac paper (double sided adhesive sheets)

BLING BLING Calculator

Surprise surprise, something made almost entirely from bling!!!!! hehehe.

Thanks to Jenni, who told me about seeing a bling calculator in the first place. I spent 3 hours one night blinging this darned thing lol, and went through ALL of my Kaiser silver gems, and quite a few of the kaiser flower gems.

Some of the pink bling is from a KaiserCraft Rhinestone Word. I love these because I can cut them up and use the different sized blings however I like. I am yet to use a word I have bought as a whole word
The tiny pink bling is from. . . er, I can't remember actually, but it may have been mobile phone bling that I have had in my stash.

Enjoy!!! Products used:
(links will take you to LSBS shop)
~ KaiserCraft Round Gems
~ KaiserCraft Flower Gems
~ KaiserCraft Rhinestone Words

More creations for you

Hi all,
This is the first of a few posts today - I am just popping up some things I have recently created.

First up is my Gingerbread man Countdown Calendar. I was inspired by Kerryn's Countdown Gingerbread men calendars, so had to make one of my own.

Products used:
(all links will take you to the Little Scrapbook Shop shop)
~ KaiserCraft OTP Wooden Gingerbread man album (thanks Jenni)
~ KaiserCraft Paint (green - thanks Jenni)
~ KaiserCraft 12x12 Christmas paper (mine was from last year's range, but there are some lovely papers in this year's range)
~ Silver rings (KaiserCraft have silver and lots of other colours too)
~ Ribbon from stash
~ Various Rub-ons from stash
~ KI Memories Little Softies
~ Large brads (with the prongs removed with shank pliers)
~ Adhesives - Pritt Power Gel and Pritt power glue stick
~ Rik rak from Jenni's stash (check out the rik rak in the shop here)
~ Crop-a-dile and large eyelets (from stash)
~ white cardstock and cold laminate (clear self-adhesive vinyl)
~ The little xmas tree and lollie etc are from a $2 pack of wine glass charms from a bargain shop.

Some techniques used:

Used Pritt glue stick to adhere paper to the gingies after I coated them with green paint.
The eyes are made from large brads which had the prongs removed with a button shank removing tool. They are stuck on with the Pritt Power Gel (I LOVE this stuff!!!!!)

Have a great day!
Deanne
xx

Inspirational Thoughts & Quotes Book

Good Morning,
Today I am sharing a little book I decorated last night. This is for me to write down inspriational thoughts and quotes that I come across, and also for my friends/family to write things in for me too.

You can click on the images for a larger, clearer view.

Front Cover

Front Cover Detail

Inside Front Cover

Products used (all links will take you to Little Scrapbook Shop):

Front Cover
Basic Grey pp - euphoria "elysian"
Basic Grey clear stamps "swirlie"
Basic Grey clear stamps - "grow-a-garden" (back in stock soon) & acrylic block
Stazon inkpad - Jet Black
Kelly Panacci cardstock stickers "Artsy"
Bling
Black Gel pen
KaiserCraft Acrylic paints - Coastal Blue, Magenta, Pretty Pink, Lime & Mauve
KI Memories Softies "tiny accents" (butterfly)
Dimensional medium
Adhesives - express it tape & pritt power gel
Other: Ribbons from stash, sanding block, A5 sketch pad from $2 shop, clear plastic to protect the cover.

Inside Front Cover
Basic Grey pp - euphoria "bless"
Basic Grey clear stamps - "grow-a-garden" (back in stock soon)
KaiserCraft clear stamps - "Flourish Journals"
Stazon ink pad - Jet black + acrylic block
Black journalling pen
Adhesives - express it tape & pritt power gel
Other: Distressing tool

Techniques used: stamping, freehand doodling, distressing & journalling.
I sanded both sides of the plastic cover of the book to ensure my tape stuck to the surface. It is too slick otherwise and the tape wouldn't hold.
Paint was applied roughly with my finger around the sanded edges of the pp on the front cover. Two coats of DM were applied over the word "art".
The edges of the pp on the inside front cover were distressed with the distressing tool.

Credit for this idea goes to my friend Jo, who wanted to sign my "Celebrate the Little Things" book from retreat. As that particular book is for my own personal stuff, I needed to create a new book for my friends to write in. Thus, this book was created! Thanks Jo, for the inspiration!!!

Every Girl Needs Her Handbag

Good morning bloggers.
I have just finished creating an OTP album as part of my Design Team work for Little Scrapbook Shop. This was really fun to do.





Here's what I used to create the album (everything is available at Little Scrapbook Shop).

Kaiser Wooden OTP - Handbag Album
Kaiser Paints: Candy, Lime, Mango, Spearment and Antique White
Kaiser Round Rhinestones in various colours
American Crafts Alpha Stickers "Whistle Stop"
MME Patterned papers - "Just Dreamy - Day Dream in Bloom" & "Lush Blooms - Clear Skies"
MME Accessory sheet - "Garden Party - Lush Blooms"
KI Memories Ribbons (to hold the album together)
American Crafts MiniMarks Rub-Ons - Ned Jr (black)
White & Black Gel pens
Adhesive - Pritt Power Gel.

Have a great day,
Deanne
xx

Mothers Day Mini Pocket Book

Good afternoon!
Today I have a little treat for you to make for your mum (or special mother-figure) in your life.
I have created this cute little mini pocket book/album for my mum for Mother's Day this Sunday.

Post edited to add: Thank you to Lana Harvey who showed me the original idea for a little folded album!


You will find the instructions to make this over at Little Scrapbook Shop. Click HERE to go to my step-by-step.

Now I just need to find some nice photos of the kidlets, and I can finish it completely for mum.

Have a great day,
Deanne
xx

Its a Tin Thing!

I just LOVE decorating tins!! I have a tin-thing lol!

This tin was decorated as part of a Design Team Challenge over at Little Scrapbook Shop (LSBS). The DT were challenged to create something using these papers from My Minds Eye (MME) but it had to be OPT (Off the Page). So I chose to decorate a small ProvoCraft tin for blank ATCs.

The turtle stamp is from October Afternoon. He's pretty cute huh! Other products used: MME Out & About patterned papers, ribbons are KI Memories Pop Culture Sashes (distressed with Memories Art Print Brown inkpad), American Crafts Thickers Alpha Stickers, Queen & Co felt fusion, black brads.

This tin was for a Cybercrop Challenge, also over at Little Scrapbook Shop. The tin wasn't part of the challenge, but I loved decorating it, all the same.
Products used are: MME Every Day Tango range of patterned papers, Kaiser bling, stamps from Kelly Panacci and Autumn Leaves, ribbons by Stampin' Up! and Finishing Touch Ideas, letters from MME Every Day Tango range, covered with Glossy Accents (dimensional medium).

This is an altered Maya Road Lunch Tin. This holds my mats for my Cuttlebug. Just the right height. Products used to cover the tin: Kaiser To Have & To Hold patterned papers, Kaiser and generic bling, paper frills from Doodlebug Design, American Crafts Thickers alphabet stickers (all available at LSBS)

This is a tiny Maya Road Tin that we were challenged to alter using our DT stash. Its such a cute little tin. Products are the same as the above tin, except for: Bella Flower and Queen & Co bold flower brad.

And last, but not least, my little Bandaid tin. This lives in my handbag and has come in handy on many occasions - it is really a mini first aid tin, as it contains bandaids, antiseptic cream, headache tablets and antacid chews. Cool huh? Products used: Provocraft Bandaid Tin, Prima flowers, American Crafts Mini Marks Rubons - Ned Jr, blue paint, variety of ribbons, Kaiser bling. The gorgeous patterned paper I won in a raffle for the October Girls Night In! It is from an Urban Lily 6x6 paper pad. YUMMY! (sorry for the slightly blurry pic!)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Deanne
xx