January Card Class January 2, 2012

I hope you have all enjoyed a relaxing and peaceful week. Our family have loved Christmas and New Years – family, food, friends, food, fun, and oh did I mention food?? It was so lovely to enjoy a Sunday Christmas. We attend church each week, but having Christmas day on a church day made it so special.

 So, the next card class will be held on Thursday January 19, 7.30pm at my house (address given on RSVP), $20 to make 8 cards (2 each of 4 designs)

Here are the cards we’ll be making

Card 1 – The design for this card is a CASE from the Stampin’ Up! Catalogue and Ideas book, with a twist

Card 2

Card 3 – something for the boys

and card 4.

Looking forward to an exciting and happy year, and wishing all of you the same

Happy Crafting!

Aliessa

A couple of bags April 1, 2010

 

 

Just a couple of weeks ago a friend was blessed with a new addition to their family. This cute bag I first saw the design for at Adelisa Designs, made by Lisa (It has originally come from Makeesha Byl). When I saw Lisa’s I thought “What a great (and inexpensive) idea!) And you can coordinate the bag with a matching card! Yay! So I chose some pretty pink paper, whipped up the box, added a couple of baby items and a matching card. You can just see my card envelope poking out the top, but I didn’t think to photograph it before sealing the envelope! Oh well.  The Sentiment on the bag is from DJ inkers clipart.

The second bag, funnily enough, is going to the same family for another daughter who is having a birthday. This time I remembered to photograph the card too!

Nice and basic, but cutesy too. In the bag I collected a bunch of craft supplies suitable for a 3 year old girl and voila, one present ready to go! (It helped that most of the craft supplies I had on hand!)

 

Mojo 128 March 3, 2010

After months of receiving the weekly sketch from Mojo Monday, and each first Monday of the month thinking  “I could enter this week…” I finally found some time (& courage) to make a card to enter!

For this card I have used a very vanilla base, Pumpkin pie DSP, and chocolate chip ribbon. The sentiment is from the happy moments SAB stamp set. The gorgeous flower was made using Amy’s tutorial (so easy to follow). I have used pumpkin pie and more mustard cardstock, inked with chocolate chip. The leaves are actually River Rock cardstock (one of last year’s in colours). The ribbon is  finished off with 2 little diamontes (not Stampin’ Up).

Very basic, I have no expectation fo winning anything – but I thought it might be fun to actually participate once!

Happy (birthday) Moments

While I was in the mood for stampin’ I decided to try one of the many Mojo Monday sketches I have saved away in my files. I have used Pink Pirouhette for the base card. And again I chose Raspberry Tart DSP to match.

The tiered presents I have stamped in chocolate chip and then used my blender pen to colour in the top and bottom presents. For the middle present I sponged some ink on to give it “all over coverage” quickly. The ribbon is chocolate chip.

This card was really quick & simple to make. Initially I thought “what the heck were you thinking with the colours?”, but the more I look at it, the more I like it!