Doodlebug Black & White Cards

Hi, I thought I would share some cards we did this week in a class using the lovely Doodlebug Black & White Wedding papers.

This first couple I found the design while searching the net, sorry cannot remember where I got

it.

I used the white divine on one and the black paisley on the other.

Also used bazzill cardstock, Cuttlebug tag team - textile hearts to make the heart on the front. The other hearts are made using EK folk heart punches.

The stamps are Adorn-it and the ink is Stazon Black.

I think these would make awesome Wedding Invitations.

If you would like the instructions, please leave me a message in the comments and I will get them to you.

This next card, using the same range, it is the black divine this time.

The punched edge was made using a Fiskars Lace border punch.

The red on the front is Bazzill run through the Cuttlebug swirls embossing bolder.

The flower is made up from white bazzil stamped with the new Delish Script stamp (I love this stamp), then punched out with the extra large EK Retro Daisy Punch. This punch is awesome, so many uses. The other paper is from the same range also punched with the Retro punch. With a red material flower and brad to finish off with.

Under the punched lace edge I have placed a strip of 3/4" black velvet ribbon.

Thanks for looking.

Marg.

Sketch Tuesday

yeppers its that time of the week again..... sketch time...woohoo!!!

Boy the weeks are just flying by arent they.

We have one more week of school holidays here then they are back for another term.

Winter will be here before we all know it. Im looking forward to that! Im definately a winter gal, love the cold nights where you can snuggle under the blankets and the kids noses are glowing red from the cold...lol...ok I digress...I tend to do that.

Off into my own little world......but enough i hear you all yell.....get on with the sketch....ok ok I hear ya!! No need to be pushy..lol

and here is my example. i have used the totally gorgeous 3 bugs in a rug papers that are so great for Boys pages. Available in the shop! go look you know you want to!!! They are so yummy!

No go forth and create and dont forget to share them with us!!!

NEWSFLASH - Xyron Personal Cutters

Have just heard that Xyron Personal Cutters are no longer being made. If you have one and would like to get other books of shapes or fonts, please let me know and I will see what is still available.

Also might be a good idea to stock up on blades and mats as they will not be available soon.
Please phone Marg for more details about fonts etc - (08)90469096

Newsletter is out....

Today is the middle of the month, already....

Where is the year going to???

 

Well, being the middle of the month means it's time for the Mid Monthly Newsletter...

 

CHECK IT OUT HERE

 

And congratulations to this month's Surprise Designer!

What’s New Instore

Nestabilities – Scalloped Circles, Rectangles & Octagons, Labels, Deckled Mega Rectangles, Inverted Scalloped Circles & Squares,

Shapeabilities – Flower Bouquet Minibilities,

Frameabilities – Polka Dot, Scalloped Edged

Embossing mats

Cosmos Cricket – "Everafter" & "Snorkel" paper ranges, including Chipboard, Elements & Stickers

Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pads

Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Buttons & Milk Caps, Mini Paper Set, Journalling Cards, Die Cut Labels

OLSE Stickers – Friendship, Glitter Bears, Shaker Love, Baby Boy & Girl Outfit, Christmas, Funky Teen, Princess, Garden, Valentine, Summer Beach

Print Blocks 3 Ring Binder Albums – Back in Stock & New Colours available

Delish Petite Stamps – Back in Stock

Gold Gel Pens – Back in Stock

Sassafrass Lass – Vintage Yummy paper range, including Stickers & Journal Tags

Heidi Swapp Invisibles – Dot Alphabet, Chipboard Shapes, Dots 12x12 Paper, Dots Borders

 

Tuesday is Sketch Day

It was my turn to provide a sketch for you guys, hope you are inspired to scrap with this sketch, which I whipped up when I got bored listening to the Blues thump the Tigers in the first game of the AFL season (go you mighty BLUES)

Dont forget to upload your finished creations over at the CPC Gallery

Hope you likee

*heart* TD xoxoxo

NESTABILITIES

are in stock...

Labels

Mega Deckled Rectangles

Inverted Scalloped Circles

Inverted Scalloped Squares

Scalloped Circles

Along with a large range of new 3D sticker embellishments to suit many layout themes.

KAISER PAPERS

ARE ON SPECIAL THIS WEEK

APRIL 7 - 13

BUY 3 SHEETS OF KAISER PAPERS - GET THE 4th FREE


Whilst you are in the store - check out the new supplies that have arrived.

The boxes of products that were burnt when the mail truck caught on fire - have been replaced and now have arrived safely in store!

It's time for Tuesday Sketch

And this week's sketch is whipped up by Mish

She loves loads of distressing so her sketch reflects that...Mish has used Basic Grey's Granola Range of Papers which were featured in January's Designer Kit

Hope you have fun using the sketch - and don't forget to share your layout in the gallery

Kaiser clear mini album

Hi, and how is your weekend shaping up so far??? I have a little mini album to show you that I completed last weekend at the CPC retreat. Marg gave us some directions to start, then we were left to our own creative devices...lol...and this is what I came up with. I made it for my 9 year old daughter, hence the bright and very girly colours, which she just loves.

The first thing you need to do, is paint all of the edges on both sides, in your chosen paint colour. You then need to work out your photo placement and size, then cut the photo's to the exact same size so that they line up on either side of the acrylic pieces. You can then stick your photos on, we used a glue stick, and from there you can just go crazy with rub-ons, flowers, stickers, bling and any other things you can think of. For my album I've used the gorgeous Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers, Kaiser rubons, Carolee's and Thickers letters, and loads of other bits from my stash. It was such a fun and reasonably quick project to do, I'm already thinking of my next one. Marg has a few different shapes in stock, so go check it out, and have a go yourself. Bye for now. Lynlee x 

Whats New

April Designer Kit

April Add on Kit

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders - 3 x 3 Treetops & Frills Borders are back in stock

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders - Tag Team Butterflies

Cuttlebug Storage Folders - Binder Inserts

Hero Arts Clear Stamp Cleaning Products

Hero Arts Asian Border Clear Stamps

Delish Designs Petite Music & Script Clear Stamps

K & Co Sublime Numbers Acetate

Quickutz Single Cuts - Photo Corners, Vine Leafy, Key to my Heart, Flowers


Little Yellow Bike Papers - Love Letters as featured in March's Designer Kit

3 Bugs in a Rug Double-sided Papers - Autumn, Island, Luke & Lola, Daisies, Playful, Oh, what fun!, & Summer

Making Memories 12" scalloped circle

Making Memories Passport Brad & Circle Clips

Fiskars Shape Cutters Replacement Blades


Wizard Spellbinder Charm Embossing


Crate Paper Prudence

Basic Grey Granola Range - including alphabets, brads and rub-ons

Nestabilities in store soon


Sassafrass Lass Jungle Bungle Papers

KAISERcraft FLOWERS - Check out the special!!!!!

BUY 2 PACKETS OF KAISER FLOWERS - and GET ONE FREE

It's the 1st of the Month...

That means it's Kit Release Day!!!!!

Basic Grey Marrkech Range
- Sencha
- Calming Moon
- Cardamon
- Marsala Bella
- Elderflower
2 kraft bazzil,
1 olive green,
1 great lakes,
1 dark brown hand made paper,
1 a4 bazzill bling orange.
Marg has cut with the spellbinder 2 extra bits and stamped 2 journalling boxes on a soft apricot paper.
Large Orange Blossom
Olive Green Tara flowers,
some music paper (Marg tore up some of her Mums old music books....sorry Mum),
Buttons
Green Ribbon
SEI Granny's Kitchen Alpha Stickers
Basic Grey Rubons

This kit contains the new Carolee's numbers, due to a back order not being filled in time, some kits may include Carolee's Alphas


Heidi Swapp ghost clock,


Petaloo and Bazzill bitty flowers

a charm and safty pin,

Brown Rhinestone from KAISERcraft

Make sure you order your kits TODAY! Last month the Kits sold out in 2 days!

SKETCH TUESDAY

OMG can you believe its tuesday again. And tomorrow is the first of April......o my do you realise that makes us a quarter of the way through the year already. Scary mary stuff!

O well without further mucking about worry where the year has gone..lets get on with the show.

Well as said its tuesday which means its sketch day! Yes and another one from me..... I heard you groan in the back there...LOL

And here is my example.

I have used the gorgeous new papers from Cosmo Crickets EverAfter range. Keep watching the shop they will be hitting the shelves very soon!!.

The flowers are from my stash...I found a huge pile I had forgotten all about when i had to pack and shift house. O my the things I found!! LOL.

The big black swirl was cut using the cricut and the small black swirl is a digital brush printed out onto a transparency then trimmed around and stuck on using DS tape.

I hope you have a go at using my sketch, and I would love to see it! Put it in the CPC gallery or post a link in the comments!

one final sneak...

until the newsletter comes out...

And here's a couple more

A little more

Are you liking what you are seeing?

April's Kits sneak peeks....

Julie’s working with Chipboard....

Get a mini album base. There are lots of these chipboard based albums available in the store.

Paint any extra chip board - I have used some tim Holtz distress crackle - -mmmm tim holtz - http://www.countrypapercraft.com.au/index1.html

Cover the chip board – front and back with some patterned paper – I have used some beautiful daisy bucket paper - http://www.countrypapercraft.com.au/index1.html

Then work out where you want to put some photos

Add the painted chippes and some rubons – I have used the lovely new Kaiser ones - http://www.countrypapercraft.com.au/index1.html

Now put your album in order – I have used the plastic packet that the chip album came in to make a front and back cover

Now you need to put it all together – I have used one of my favourite tools - the crop a dile - http://www.countrypapercraft.com.au/index1.html

I have used hinged rings – they are great with bulky mini albums and lets me add ribbons etc to finish it all off.

Add some ribbons – to make it look pretty

Add a few extra embellishments and you're done…..

Sketch Time

Hi there, hope your Tuesday is going well so far. And speaking of Tuesday, it must be time for another sketch. I have a sketch and an example for you if you feel the need to scrap, and are in need of some inspiration, I hope you like. 

Feel free to turn it, twist it, flip it, whatever you'd like to do with it, and don't forget to upload your layout in the gallery so we can have a look at you handy work, we'd love to see.
For my example I've used some of my favorite Basic Grey "Urban Prairie" paper, some Thickers, Carolees and Basic Grey alphas, Green Tara blossoms, Kaiser Bling and my gel pens for the border.

Enjoy the rest of your day. Bye for now, Lynlee x.

Sketch Tuesday

Time for another sketch...boy where are these weeks going to?? It will be easter before we know it then Christmas again...scary stuff.

Anywho.....are you ready for another sketch??

here is it I hope you like it and have a go......

Remember to put it in our gallery or even post a link inn the comments if you use it someplace else.

We would love to see it!!

And here is my example

I have used some flowers, Heidi Swapp letters, a Heidi Swapp stamp, a Melissa Francis keyhole and some gorgeous Kaiser rub-ons all available from the shop.

Go forth and create and dont forget to share!!!

Mish's Blind Scrapping Challenge

Well it's Friday 13th...

Watch out for black cats, ladders, and no stepping on cracks in the pavement!

So to keep you all away from all those old Superstitions, Mish has given you something to keep you safe whilst indoors.

Supplies Needed:

1 - 12 x 12 cardstock

1 - patterned paper 7 x 11

3 - co-0rdinated strips of patterned paper measuring 12 x 2, 12 x 1, 12 x 3/4of an inch
tear or distress the edges of these paper strips.

1 x 5 x 7 Landscape orientated photo

4 or 5 strips of journalling - a quote is a useful thing to use.

Strip of cardstock or plain patterned paper 5 x 2

Chipboard alpha for the title, and alpha stickers for the sub title

Embellishments to suit your photo

Inks, paints, tools

Step 1

Ink and distress the edges of your cardstock.


Step 2

Distress, tear and ink the 7 x 11 piece of patterned paper. Adhere to the left hand side of your layout.


Step 3

Using paint on your finger run a thin border around the edge of your photo. You could also distress and ink if you do not have paints. Set aside to dry


Step 4

Take the 5 x 2 inch cardstock or patterned paper, and either draw freehand on the back of the strip a scalloped edge. Cut this out. You can use any other border punch you wish if you like.

Distress and ink the scalloped edge on the RIGHT side. Attach to the left hand side of your photo, about 2cm from the top.

Step 5

Adhere the photo to the top left hand corner of your layout - about 2 inches from both top and left side.

Step 6

Distress and ink the strips of co-ordinated patterned paper. Place these running horizontal across your page, under the photograph. You may want to stagger these so they don't all start and finish at the same place. Cut to your own desired length.

Step 7

Distress and ink your journalling strips and place down the right hand side of your photograph.

Step 8

Add your chipboard title on the top Left hand corner of your photograph, with your subtitle running across the bottom right hand of your photo.

Step 9

Embellish your layout to suit your photo, remembering to balance your layout by creating a visual triangle.

Have fun and don't forget to share in the gallery.

*edited to add* Mish has done hers and loaded in the gallery. She has taken poetic licence and moved everything to the right to suit her patterned paper.

Tuesday is Sketch Day

Our very talented Designer Deb, has been at it again, creating gorgeous sketches to give us inspiration. Here is her latest offering! I can't wait to create with this one.

Looking forward to seeing how you use this sketch - don't forget to share with us in the Gallery!

Gadget Gal's new toy - Clip-It-Up

I have to admit that I am a bit of a gadget gal. Tell me something will improve my scrapping, or make me stand out in the scrapping crowd - and I just have to have it. Sales Rep's rub their hands together when they see me coming, lol. You name it, and I probably have it!!

I started scrapping with Creative Memories - dont ask me how many of their tools and templates, and the like I have, and then I discovered the World Wide Web and the US scrapping sites. Every new thing I had to try and get. You really should see my cupboard: Fastenator and a gazillion staples for it; Phrase Maker and a bazillion labels for that; and the list goes on. However I wont bore you with too many more details, except to let you in on one of my better purchases.

After much discussion at the FORUM, I decided I needed to have the Clip It Up. This time, I did a bit of research to make sure that this was something I would use and not hide away.

I used to store my alpha stickers (A4 size and smaller) in one of those plastic 4 drawer thingy's - well 2 actually, and my rub ons in plastic sleeves in an A4 folder - well 2 of those as well.

Not that successful cos I could never find anything when I needed it, and then I forgot that I had a particular rub on, one I could have used on my previous layout - but isnt that always the way.

Anyway, I digress.

I bit the bullet and placed an order with Marg at CPC, an lo and behold, in super quick express post time, lol, I had my new toy:

Wow, base unit, top tier, and a cover. And it is so huge.

I just had to wait for Daz to go out, and lucky for me he obliged, so I could set it up.

It was a bit of a struggle, putting it together, but once I read the instructions with my glasses on, lol, it went together nicely.

The boys were amazed with this huge contraption that was taking up a mountain of space on my scrapping desk, they couldnt decide if I really needed it or not - that was until I started emptying the various receptacles for my alphas and rub ons. What a stash.

It was then that they decided I should have bought 2!! Cheeky little brats :)

Anyway, it will be a while before my new gadget is set up fully cos I am waiting for my new scraproom to be finished - well, to be started actually - so I can place her permanently on display. But here is a sneak peek of what she is like now:

Isnt she just the bees knees???

Anyway, I think you should all go out and purchase one of these beauties. I know my scrapping life will soon be so much easier.

Take care

TD xoxo

Layout from the Gallery - Colleen's Little Star.

While checking out the Gallery this morning I spotted this fantastic page from Colleen. It is of her little Grandson. Might even take up the challenge of using white with one..Awesome layout!

whats new instore this month....

March Designer Kit

March Add on Kit

Carolee's Creations 3D sticker Embellishments - Dance, Dream, Love/Family, Smile, Summer Goodies

Carolee's Creations Tiny Etched Stickers - Numbers

Cuttlebug Tag Team - Build a Flower - Textile Hearts

Cuttlebug Die - Disney's 'Ahoy Matey'

KAISERscrapbook Paper Rangers, including co-ordinating brads - Airy Fairy, Sugar Sugar, A la Carte

KAISERcraft Rub-ons - Sugar & Spice, You & Me, Argentella, Babies, Back to School, Boy's Zone, Boys Border, Doilies, Experience, Florals, Friendship, Garden Vine, Girl's Rule, Heritage, Life's Moments, Mothers, Romance Borders, Romance, Rustic Elements, Take Flight, Thank-you Cards, Birthday Cards, Type & Scratched Alphas

Basic Grey Porcelain Range - Eloquent Stamp, Chip Sticker Alphabet

Bazzill 10mm Brads - brads that co-ordinate with Bazzill's Cardstock range

Carolee's Creations Cardstock Stickers - Summer Fun, Me & My Horse, New Baby, My Boy, Sleek Alphas have been restocked

Marvy 2.5" Punch restocked

Range of Limited Edition Dies - 2 x 2 Daisy, Punctuation, 4 x 4 Nestled Circle Flower, Tattoo Art, Contemporary, Grass, Border Vine, Butterfly & Dragon, Marisa Lower Case Alpha, Flower Pot

This week's Sketch

was created by Mish.

Don't forget to share your creations in the gallery.