Holiday going well

hi all, I am having a lovely time in Melbourne. Yesturday went and visited where I grew up as a kid, took lots of pictures of my old house. Then we hit Chandstone Mall which was amazing! We only did about 1/3 of the mall its sooooooooo big. Very amazing shops lik Tiffany's & Co and Ralph Lauren but all the good ones like David Jones (which was in sale mod!! gotta love that!!) I got a beautiful top reduced from $139 to $29!!! hehe Found a cool shop called Factorie which has cool tshirts and tops etc so the kids did well there!!
Today we are doing the Victoria Markets and tomorrow is Ikea and some fabric shops. Looking forward to the big Melbourne Paperific Expo on Saturday - now thats going to be amazing!!!
I can't wait to see the up coming trends in the paper craft world, I'm sure I will come home next with brimming with ideas!! See you soon. X

Yummy Easter Bunny!!

This cute little bunny is called Chocolate Bunny and it looks so life like. It makes my crave chocolate every time I use it! He's in the current Summer mini which runs thru till 31 March and is only $16.95 (NZ).

I have kept to Chocolate Chip and Ridinghood Red here with just a touch of Whisper White.

The DSP is the Patterns DSP and its all just Choc Chip and the DSP behind the bunny is Bella Rose and I just sponged white craft ink over it to tone it down. The ribbon is Choc Chip 1" Double Stitched and topped with a flower button from the Button Latte set. I used the crimper on the backing panel. The greeting is from Occasional Greetings and the frame from Frames with a Florish.

This type of card is called a recessed framed card. Its great fun to make and easy to do. I would love to show anyone how to make this card, just contact me to arrange an in home demonstration with you and some friends.

I am lucky enough to be going on holiday this week for 8 days in Melbourne (yes by myself!! hehe). I will be staying with some friends and we will be doing all the great shops! There is a paper craft expo on while I am there so I'm looking forward to seeing what the latest trends and things are happening at the mo. Also I will get to met some of the Australian Stampin' Up! demos who are holding a stand there. If you would like to contact me please leave a message on the comment section on here. I wont be able to check the emails quite the same but I am flying home on Tuesday 9th March so will get back to you then otherwise.

LOVE SQUARED

this is a real FFF! (fun fancy fold) It was shared with me by a fellow New Zealand demo Debbie Lamb (http://debstampinstyle.blogspot.com/) and I call it a spring fold card. The Lovely Letters Alphabet makes it very romantic looking, and the middle sentiment from Whimsical Words just finishes it nicely! You can get Whimsical Words for free with any orders over $120 (excluding postage) during Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-bration! Contact me at julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz if you would like to know more.

I have used the lovely Elegant Eggplant with Old Olive - one of my favourite combos! Very Vanilla goes so well to as its a bit softer in colour than Whisper White but still has the awesome stamping ability. Rolling the cardstock with the It's Beautiful wheel gives it a lovely look and completes the card.

Thanks for looking.

CHERISH

Here is my second 6"x6" scrap page that I made for my team training this morning. I used Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip mainly. I have done a lot of layering on this project which all helps to create a frame, bringing your eye to the photo.

The boarder is the Spring Floral from the summer mini catty and it shows really well the mitred corners. The flower is a great project to do for any paper craft project. I got the idea off a challenge site that I belong to called 'Just Add Ink', the link to it is on the right of this blog. I am going to do a project with this flower on my class on Monday 1st March. There will only be an afternoon session this day, and no classes on the 8th March as I will be on holiday in Melbourne!! (can't wait!!)

The 'leaves' are made using the 5 petal punch and then put thru the crimper to give it a different look, and of cause no flower is complete without a bit of bling!!

I decided to bless this project with a photo of my husband and me from our wedding album. I love looking back at the photos as it was over 21 years ago!! My haven't we all changed, esp. both are faces have got 'rounder' (so have our waists but that's a whole different story! lol)

Of cause the word is from Baroque Motifs set, such a MUST HAVE set, from the main Idea Book & Catalogue. If you don't have your own copy contact me to purchase one. I have bounded the spine of all my catalogue so the will stand up to all the late night reading everyone does to them. I have heard of people taking them to bed with them!!

By for now, come back soon!

LoVe To ScRaP

This weekend my upline is doing a training session and we are doing 6"x6" scrap page. This is what I came up with first, although I decided that to cut out all around the word was going to be boring when doing ten of them! lol So I have come up with a different version. I will post that version after tomorrow mornings training (can't have any of my side lines seeing it before the event! hehe)

I did the boarder by masking on a 45o angle to create the mitre. I used the Baroque wheel, I {Heart} Hearts stamps and the Lovely Letters alphabet stamp. The colours are Basic Black, Whisper White and Real Red. Punches were scallop board and Triple Hearts. The white flower is from SU's lovely Pretties Kit.

I have a couple of really cool projects to show you over the next few days so make sure you come back for a visit, and I would love your comments on the projects.

just because I can

this card was just a fun quick card. I had a scrap of watercolour paper and just love this stamp from Wagon Full of Fun so put them together. I used blender pens and ink pads to colour it in. I did some piecing, layered it up, added some bling and its done. I really don't know what you would use this card for but, hey life doesn't need reasons! LOL

Thanks, tomorrow I have a scrapbooking page to share so see you then.

cute cup cake card

THis is made from the Wagon Full of Fun stamp set in the Summer Mini Catalogue. Its a great set with lots of stamps to cover a range of occations. I stamped the cupcake on different card stock and cut each part out. That way you can layer it to give it depth and you can use patterned paper like I have on the cupcake case.

I used Bella Rose DSP, Ridinghood Red card, brads and ribbon, Whisper White ribbon, Dimentionsa, circle punches and glossy white paper.