Another wonderful purse

Do you get the idea that I love purses????

this purse is made using a paper bag. You can use any flat bottom bag - shopping bags, gift bags etc. A fellow SU demo used a coffee bag for hers giving it a lovely smell which added to the delight of the gift (it was fulled with chocolate!) here's a link to her blog which has the link to the site with the instructions on how to do it. They are very easy to make!

This is my door prize for an event in Tauranga today, its full of Hersey Kisses!

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I used Baja Breeze card stock and 5/8" striped grosgrain ribbon and the Urban Oasis DSP. Pulled out the Build-a-brads again today.

Hope you all have a great weekend and find some time to be creative!

When I grew up.....

we were told 'blue and green should never be seen' together! well they got that one wrong - these two colours are made for each other! Not Quite Navy and Kiwi Kiss are yummy together! They are warm and rich and sophisticated and everything!!

I used the lovely paper from Urban Garden which I cut two of the flowers out of it and I rubbed the top smaller one with the stylus tool which makes the petals have a slight shape to them. The Build-a-Brad is great cause you can incorporate the same paper in side. I punched a 1/2 inch circle out of the backing DSP, just the lighter colour. The Kiwi Kiss ribbon adds a lushness to it and the paper piecing just finishes it off. The stamp is from the set Short and Sweet.

This card is for a customer of mine and I hope she likes it too!

As for yesturdays projet there is a landslide vote for the smaller bow so thats the way the card will stay! Thanks for everyones help with that!

Thanks again.

Easter is coming!!

Easter means alot of different things to different people but one thing that we all like is EASTER EGGS! Actually anything with chocolate is good with me! hehe

I love that this year we have the sweet treat cups so we can put chocolate on cards!

This little bunny is a punch art bunny (sorry Karen R) made using different sized round and oval punches. I used a bit of sponging around the edges of the bunny to help give it some depth.

There was a bit of debate as to whether she should have a big bow or a smaller bow. Actually that was after the pink or brown bow discussion, anyway which do you prefer?

another magic card

here's another magic card. This one I did for my lovely neighbour who's birthday was today. I have a infinity to cupcakes so I just had to include one!

I used the spotty jumbo wheel on this one in Elegant Eggplant, not a normal colour combo with Baja Breeze but we will try anything once! lol To create the frame I used my new circle scissors, they are just sooooo cool!!! You can cut anything from 1" to 6" in diameter, and they are fun and easy to use. At $65 they are very reasonable, contact me to find out more. I would love to have a workshop at your place to show you and your friends how easy it is to use and some of the benefit's of it. julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

Cool Magic Card

Yesterday 8 girls from our Creative Inkers team had our Sale-a-bration Extravaganza where crafters come along and make 4 amazing projects.

Ann and I taught this magic card. It works by starting our a plain lined image. Then when you pull the tag the picture comes out coloured! We used the Friends 24/7 stamp set and the Forever Friends Jumbo roller. The card is Baja Breeze and the ink Choc Chip. The neat window in the card was made by punching the curvy label punch four times, a great effect! Lots of sponging helps to create the 'old worldy' look. The coloured image is on water colour paper which is great to use to blend colours together. We used Baja Breeze ink, a few drops on a plate and a aqua pen and you are away!

I love anytime I can get the crimper out and the little bit under the ribbon just finishes off the card perfectly!

Tomorrow I will show you a card I made that's very similar but a little bit different! hehe See you then.

Happy Bug Day

I am back home from my great trip to Melbourne, they even put on an amazing hail storm for me! While I was there it was Jack's 6th birthday, he is the son of my friend and fellow super shopper Caroline who I stayed with.

This is the card that I made for him before I left home.

Any excuse to get this fun set out has got to be good. I have teamed it up with the Kaleidoscope DSP which is only for sale till the end of March so you need to get in quick! You create the 'bite' marks out of the leaves using scalloped punches. I find the scallop oval the best. The leaves are just hand cut and I just used the matching Stampin' Up! marker to put the veins in.

thanks for looking.

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