Happy Boy

Hi fellow bloggers,

Wow I can't believe it is June already. And that means Winter. I am not a fan of winter at all. Especially the early morning walk to take the kids to school...lol....oh well. Hopefully if the first half of the year has flown by, then the rest of it will too and we will be back to glorious summer days. But then I guess we will be complaining about how hot it is....lol...never happy.
Well I know someone who is happy most of the time, and he is the subject of the layout I have just done for the Things with Wings challenge over at Frosted Designs.

Doesn't that smile give you a warm glow. I am not biased at all...lol

We would love for you to join us in this challenge. Hop on over to Frosted Designs to see the sketch and the requirements. And there are always really great prizes to win. See you there.

Thanks for popping by and have a fantastic day.
Cheers,

Flower Tutorial

Hi everyone,

Today I have a tutorial for you to show you how to make some really funky flowers. You can never have too many flowers, right? And to be able to make them yourself is great. You can always have flowers to match what ever it is you are working on.
I shared this tutorial with the gals over at Frosted Designs too.

So here is the finished product, and below are the instructions.

 

 

To make this flower you will need the following -

- Card stock

-  2 scallop punches in the sizes you desire. I used a 2 3/8" and a 1 3/4". 

-  Stampin' Up!'s Stampin' Mist or water.

- Adhesive foam dots.

- Brad

- Small paintbrush or something similar to wrap your petals around.

- Metallic spritz spray

Step One

Punch out three of the largest scallop circle and one of the smaller scallop circle.

 

Step Two

 

Cut every second scallop towards the centre of the circle. Do not cut all the way to the centre. In the second picture here  I have pencilled in where you need to be cutting. Do this for all scalloped circles. This will make your flowers petals.



 Step Three

Take one scallop circle at a time and spray it with the Stampin' Mist. You can use water for this step, but the petals will not be as firm when you are finished.
When you have wet the scallop circle, take each petal and wrap it around the end of your paint brush or similar item. Hold each one for a few seconds.

Step Four

You should end up with your flowers looking like this. If you are impatient like me, then here you can bring in a heat tool and dry them. If you have used Stampin' Mist, the petals should become quit firm. Whilst drying you can curl the petals more like I did, or leave them a little flatter.

Step Five

This one is optional. Spray each of the layers with your metallic spritz spray. Turn one upside down and spray that side, as this will be the bottom layer of your completed flower. Again, bring in the heat tool if you are too impatient to wait.

Step Six

Now it's time to assemble your flower. Start with the upside down petal layer and put a foam dot in the centre. Take another layer, up the right way, off set the petals and stick down. Add another foam dot and place down the last large layer. Add a brad to the middle of the smaller layer and attach using a foam dot.

 

 

And there you have it - you have a finished flower. Below are some projects I have made where I have used these flowers.

 

 

Thanks for dropping by and I hope I have inspired you to get creating.

Cheers,



Frosted Designs Blog Hop

Welcome to the Frosted Designs Sketch Blog Hop - the first hop of three that will be hosted over the next three months!!! We are so glad you could join us!!!

There are 7 wonderful and incredibly talented hosts that will inspire you, along with 2 awesome sponsors!!!!

 

The first sponsor is Molossi. They are 100% Australian owned and operated, with over eight years industry experience and access to the much loved paper craft brands and experts. They have gorgeous chipboard and they have recently branched into producing their own chipboard designs as well as being a scrapbook distributor! Molossi is situated in the Hawkesbury region of New South Wales, and their warehouse is located in Wilberforce and open by appointment only.

Would you like to know the prize????

$30 Chipboard Pack!!!

 

 

Our second sponsor is the awesome Graphic45. Graphic 45 is an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company. We offer vintage inspired crafting products that capture the flamboyant style of the 1920's and 30's - with vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative design to create products with decades-old appeal that's both fresh and familiar. Let our products inspire your next scrapbook layout, card, album or home decor project.

Graphic45 is giving us some 12x12 papers

in their Reneissance Collection!!!

So without further ado, here are the details of the blog hop!!!!

Here is what you need to do....

1. You need to hop to each of the blogs listed on the hop!

2. You need to make a project that uses this sketch....

3. As you hop along, our designers are going to show you how they used these items and techniques on their projects. You need to pick 3 of the items/techniques on this list to use on your project! (You can use 2 items & 1 technique, 3 techniques, 3 items, 2 techniques & 1 item.... you get the idea!!)

 

ITEMS	TECHNIQUES
Flowers	Cuttlebug embossing/diecutting
Butterflies	Tearing
Chipboard	Masking
Pearls/Bling	Layering
Ribbon	Misting
Die-cuts	Stamping
Dylusions spray	Seam binding
Metal Embellishments	Sewing
Masking tape	Gesso
Pattern Paper	Distressing
Doilies	Misting
Cardboard	Embossing (dry or heat)
Twine
Inks

3. Make a card, layout off the page project using the sketch and 3 of the items/techniques from the list. Link up your project at the bottom of this post! Be sure to tell us what 3 items/techniques you used when you post your project!

 

4. Go back to the Frosted Designs bog post - here - and link up your project.

5. Hop to our two sponsors Facebook pages and thank them for sponsoring our Blog Hop! You can find Molossi's Facebook page HERE! You can find G45's Facebook page HERE! *If you don't have a Facebook account, and can't leave a message, we understand. You can still be in the prize drawing. But if you do have a Facebook, the sponsors really do like to hear from you!

The hop begins at 12:01 am, Central Standard Time on May 31st, 2013 and will end at 11:59 pm, Central Standard Time on June 5th, 2013. The winners will be announced on June 7th, 2013 on the Frosted Designs blog.

In order to be eligible for the prizes above, you must hop to each of the blogs, go back to the Frosted Designs blog post and leave a comment telling us you have done this and also submit a project! Good luck!

Here are all the wonderful blogs to hop along to:-

1. Jeaunes, http://jeaunes.blogspot.com

2. Channa, http://crafts-pieces.blogspot.com/

3. Traci, www.artsyalbums.com

4. Sandra, http://www.lartevistadame.blogspot.it

5. Barb, http://barbcraft.blogspot.com/

6. Cathi, http://celticknotted.blogspot.com/

7. Brenshevia, http://brensheviapapermemories.blogspot.com/

8. Frosted Designs, http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/

You better get moving... you only have a few days!! Happy Hopping!!!

You have until noon (Central time) Wednesday, June 5th! Good luck!

Frosted Designs Blog Hops - Coming Soon

Hi everyone,

I am very excited to announce that there will be three blog hops hosted by Frosted Designs' awesome Design Team.

The Design Team over at Frosted Designs are a talented bunch of ladies - still can't believe that they include me...lol And we are having our first ever Blog Hop. So make sure you come back to check out the wonderful creations, and there will be some awesome prizes up for grabs!!!!

The first one will kick off at the end of May, and will be running from May 31st to June 5th, so make sure to mark your calendars and be ready to see some beautiful  projects, and of course win some AWESOME prizes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

I look forward to sharing with you some inspiring work. See you there.

Thanks for visiting and have a scrap happy day.

 

Frosted Designs - Punches

Hello everyone,

It is time for another Frosted Designs Challenge.

This is such a versatile challenge. Everyone has at least one punch in their stash. So why not dig it out and enter the challenge. The prizes are way cool.

Here is my design.

I love the way this layout came together. I got inspiration from something I saw on Pinterest and was lucky that it all came together really quickly. Thankyou Mojo for hanging around long enough for me to complete it in an afternoon.

I used punches for the border on the striped paper and the pink cardstock. The flags down the bottom are made from punches. And the butterflies are also punches.

Pop on over to Frosted Designs and check out all the fabulous things  the other designers have come up. And while your there make sure you enter your wonderful creation as well.

Thanks for dropping  by.
Cheers,
Narelle

Frosted Designs - Black, White and One

Hi everyone,

It's time for another Frosted Designs Challenge. Black, White and One. I love this theme. It is so striking, no matter what colour you put with Black and White, it looks amazing.

This time around I kept it simple as I wanted an elegant look. Hope you like it.

I would love to see you have a go at this challenge. It is such a fun one to do. There is a fantastic prize up for grabs from SpiegelMom's Scrap Shop.

Here is another project that I have done previously and meets the criteria of this challenge. Hope you like it.

Hope to be checking out your entry soon.

Cheers,

Bird Cage - it's about time !!!

Hi everyone,

Well I have finally done it !!!  I actually used something that has been sitting around my craft space waiting for "some" day when I would use it. Well today was that "some" day for a chipboard bird cage that I think I have had for at least 2 years...lol .... Now any good crafter knows that you can't rush these things...lol   It had nothing to do with the fact that it looked complicated and took me way out of my comfort zone...lol
I wasn't really inspired by the sample on the instructions so went searching online for some inspiration. I came  across two things. One was a Design Team Call for Case Study, and the other was a gorgeous bird cage decorated by Kelly-Ann. So I decided to use Kelly-Ann's gorgeous work as my inspiration for my entry into the Design Team Call for Case Study. You can see Kelly-Ann's stunning piece here.

Well without further ado, here is what I created. I hope you like it.

Thanks for popping by.
Catch you all later.
Cheers,