A lovely creating Saturday

First up - one of the challenges I printed out sometime during the week, I'm going to try and keep up with a few of these this year, they make me leave my comfort zone and also keep my blog moving and updated more regularly! Having said that, reality has hit a bit this week, back to work, back to planning workshops and events, back to my biking delivery job ... and back to not a lot of spare time!

First up, Mojo Monday, a first time for me with one of these sketches!

The Time Flies stamp set from the Summer Catalogue caught my eye straight away, I'm on my bike quite a bit and just had to have it! Of course, this is the first time I've actually inked it, although it has been sitting on my craft table pleading with me to use it for quite a while ;) In restrospect looking at the card as a photo, I probably should have used black around the bike image and the wheels - too late now, I had to hand cut the big circles, so they're probably not as exact as I'd like! Also used up some of the red/cream papers from the Dashing series, this was always the sheet I had left at the end of the pack (and believe me I used quite a few packs of this paper before Christmas!). Rest is pretty much self explanatory, I watercoloured the bike using my Stampin' Write markers and aqua pen.


Next up - a thank you to Keryn first, I hadn't really taken any notice of this template/idea on the demo website until I saw hers made up, this afternoon I gave it a go - wow! What a lovely easy way to package a wee gift - I used my Boho Backgrounds set, and based the colours on the Berry Bliss papers. Also realised I only have a few sheets of this left *gasp* I'm going to have to stock up before it probably retires at the end of March!

As usual, thanks for looking ... I'm hoping this updating carries on beyond the school holidays (two weeks to go, they're going by wayyyyy too fast!).

~Lisa

Kwernerdesign Colour Inspiration #38

This was a very quick one - I know I'm busy tomorrow, and had about half an hour before I needed to get ready for work this morning, so I did a very quick card using my faithful Scribble This stampset - still one of my favourites!

All the white has been embossed and I finally used one of the felt flowers, I think for last two challenges I've pulled them out wanting to use them, but they just haven't been right - this time!

I think everything else is pretty self-explanatory :)

Now, the next photo probably should go into a separate post, but I uploaded both quickly before I left for work - and now I'm at work and I'm not sure I can pull it out and put it on to a separate post without losing it, probably - but it all seems too hard!

This is Miss Charlotte - I walk into the family room (aka my craft area which is slowly taking over more and more space ...).

Me: What are you doing?

Charlotte: Watching TV

Me: Why don't you sit on the couch (something I say often, believe me)

Charlotte: It's comfortable like this!

Sheesh if I sat like that I probably wouldn't be able to walk for a week! LOL

I thought it would make quite a good scrapbook page ... so keep checking back ...

Kwernerdesign Colour Inspiration #37

This one was made much easier for me today, as I'd already been working with a couple of the colours on something else yesterday, so just kept the same papers out! Love these colours, and love the way my attempt turned out. I finally had time to ink and use one of the Sale-A-Bration sets, I don't have the matching flower punch, but they're pretty easy to cut out :)

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Ink: Chocolate Chip

Designer Paper: Petals and Paisley and Bali Breeze

Stamp Set: Polka Dot Punches (SAB)
Other: Rub-Ons, SNAIL, Dimensional Dots, Scallop Edge Punch, Earth Elements Brads

Wow! Two challenges, two weeks in a row ... can she keep it up???

~Lisa

Bali Breeze = Hippy?

Happy New Year!!

My biggest resolution this year is to make resolutions, set goals to reach them and then plan those goals. One of those goals is to keep a Gratitude Journal. Now, I tried very hard to bring the rest of the family on board ... I had them with thinking positively, but when I started talking about gratitude breeding positivity, positivity bringing good things ... they started calling me a Hippy - oh well, I'll do the family gratitude recording, and I'll keep annoying them by asking what they are grateful for ;)

So, my husband passed on a company diary to me, and I had already decided to cover it - my family are calling it my "Hippy Diary" ... so Hippy Diary it is! The photo isn't the greatest, it's nighttime and the flash reflected on the modge podge covering - but you get the general idea. I'll cover my business diary next - maybe in something a little less bright :)

Materials:

Cardstock: Whisper White

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie

DSP: Bali Breeze (Summer Catalogue)

Stamp Set: Friendly Flowers (Summer Catalogue)

Accessories: Tempting Turquoise Ribbon. 1 1/4" round punch

Non SU: Modge Podge, Hippy Alphabet and Cuttlebug

I hope everyone else is enjoying their summer break. We've done a lot of nothing, which has been very very nice. I think Cameron is back to cricket practice next week, but otherwise we don't have a lot else on for a few weeks. I'm definitely taking the time to enjoy it - before I know it, it will be back to school and insane busyiness!!

Take care -

~Lisa

Kwernerdesign Colour Challenge No. 36

Short and sweet - Design Challenge, the joys of being on holiday, I actually have time to do it, AND do it on time! Thanks Kristina!

Cardstock: Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Stamp Set: Live Your Dream

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, DSP Rose Red, Stampin' Writers Old Olive, Rose Red and Pretty in Pink and Stampin' Glitter

Thanks for looking! More of an update to come in the next post :)

Gift Bags

Howdy, howdy! ... It was definitely time to put a new post up here - the NZSUO blogs really gives you a guilt trip, last posted ... two months ago! It is probably two months since I had time to take a breath LOL

Anyway, as the year starts to wrap up, its also wrapping up time for lots of sports, school etc ... so it's also gifting time. Yesterday it was the end of year Gymnastics display for the two girls, and between them they have seven (yes, seven!) coaches/helpers. So what to give them that wasn't going to cost a fortune? Why, hand-made, using the last odd bits of papers from various DSP packs and a small bar of chocolate, economical and FUN to make ;)

Double pocketed hand bags - Thank you to Julie who showed our team how to make these, they are an awesome idea! I'm not going to put down exactly what I've used, there are too many variants - but basically each bag takes one sheet of 12x12 paper, and then I've used scraps and matching stamps to make the front picture and card to put inside, and then wrapped the bar of chocolate with a bit of matching paper (as matching as possible, some of the paper I used was a last sheet in a pack).

Enough talk - here they are -

Hopefully it won't take another two months to get another post done!

Gift Cards

Don't you love School Holidays - I certainly do! A lot less running around, which gives me time to be much more organised than usual. The last few days I have been getting October's workshops all ready and prepped, its looking like being a busy month for me! Today I worked on my door-prizes, I found this gift card idea on Kwernerdesign's Blog, changed and adapted it to fit with what I wanted. I demo'd these last month, but using the Popping Pastels and Always set - I of course never thought to take a photo and they have all been given away.

What is actually after the Congratulations on the gift card is a surprise ... if you're coming to one of my workshops this month I've spoiled the surprise a wee bit, but not totally ...



Stamps: Scribble This
Card Stock: Soft Sky, Old Olive, Vanilla
Inks: Old Olive, Soft Sky (for watercolouring and stamping)
Extras: Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Snail, Fall Flowers DSP, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter

As I got the camera out to take a photo of the gift cards I noticed my kids, plus my two nephews all outside in deep discussion, I tried to get a quiet photo of them all ... ha!! Definitely wishful thinking ...

Two leaped up and away leaving four ...

... here is one of the escapees, sheesh - who'd have thought having your photo taken was that bad! ... and the other one disappeared around the back of the house. So much for a nice extended family "moment".

Hope everyone else is enjoying their holidays!