More peeks of November's Kit

November is creeping up on us...

So here are a couple of sneak peeks of the next up and coming kit!

Sketch time yet again.

Happy Tuesday morning to you, Lynlee here with another sketch for you to get your creative juices flowing. Don't forget to post your lovely creations in the Gallery if you give the sketch a go, we just love to see how you use our sketches. Have a great day, and enjoy!!!

Our First Designer Challenge Entrant!

Thanks heaps Barbie! What a gorgeous layout!

Tuesday's Sketch

Well here it is...

This week's sketch is a creation by me... Nice and simple - Hope you enjoy - and don't forget to share your creations in the gallery!

Designer Challenges...

In our recent monthly Newsletter we made mention of the new Designer Challenges - in which you have a chance to win a Voucher at CPC.

So I am first up with our first Designer Blog Challenge...

And along the lines of the Recipe Challenge that the Designer's used in the Mid Monthly Newsletter - I set for you this challenge:


Mish's Mulligatawny Soup Recipe

Take a couple of sheets of cardstock - a minimum of three
add to that 4 pieces of Patterned paper - of which you must have at least two different manufacturers
Combine with a minimum of 12 chipboard (can be alphabets or shapes)
Add 3 photos - of which one must be a circle
Garnish with some ribbon, brads, and blossoms
Serve up on a double page layout

email your layouts to countrypapercraft@gmail.com to be in the chance for the prize.

Please make sure your email layouts are under 100kb

Layouts must be recieved by 12 November to be in with a chance for the prize!

Ok, here it comes...

Another Tuesday sketch that is...lol. Hope your day is off to a great start, I've just sent my DD off to school again this morning after a fab 2 weeks holiday, so it's a bit quieter around here :) Anyway, on with the sketch. It's quite a clean, simple one this time, not like my scrapping style at all.....lol....but there is lots of room for you to add your own spin. So I hope you enjoy, and please don't forget to upload in the CPC gallery if you do have a go, you know we love to see ;) Hope you have a great day, Lynlee x

Tuesday again, my turn to draw you up a sketch.

Anyone that knows me knows that I hardly ever do things on an angle, so a good challenge for me as well. I will do an example and put on later today.



Please have a go with this one and share in the gallery.
Have fun, Marg.

Tuesday is here - a bit late, lol

Sorry for the tardiness with uploading the sketch, I think I forgot its Tuesday :)

So without further ado, here you go, your weekly sketch, designed by me - TD :)

Hope you likee enough to give it a go and to share your lo in the CPC Gallery.

Well thats it from me - enjoy.

Cheers

Deb xoxo

Its nearly all done...

ohhh lots of bits and bobs!

and yet there is still more...

But wait...

Love Buttons...

And yet there is more....

Double sided papers - great quality!

A little more to tempt you...

Some Alphas!

Tween mini-album

Hi there, Lynlee here :) Marg has asked me to share a little project that kept me pretty busy last weekend, my DD had one of her best friends birthday parties Saturday night, and we decided to make Emily a mini-album for her present, and as she had been given her first camera from her Mum and Dad, it ended up being perfect for her, and she loved it, thank goodness...lol.

So, the actual mini-album is a Basic Grey milk chocolate eclectic album, which Marg has coming into the shop soon, so keep your eye out, they have some beautiful shapes in the album, and the chipboard is a really great quality. Then, I have used the totally gorgeous Collage Press "Sweet Shoppe"Crafting Kit throughout the album, including the patterned papers and die-cuts. I also used my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities dies to cut some of the photo mounts, and journalling spots. I stamped the journalling spot on the 2nd page with the Pink Persimmon Dutch journal stamp, added lots of inking and white pen, flowers, buttons and even a bit of glitter :) All in all it was quite fun to do, and I loved being able to go a bit mad with the bright colours and pretty things. Thanks for looking. Bye for now.

Another peek...

Nice earthy colours!

October Sneak Peeks....

Tuesdays sketch

Well... Tuesday sure comes around pretty quick these days!

So its my turn to post the sketch this week...

I have used some of my own brushes that I learnt how to make in a Jessica Sprague course.

Look forward to seeing your layouts in the gallery!

It's Tuesday....................

yah, that means time for a new sketch. This week I have designed a sketch for you all to try out.





See what you think:

Lots of opportunity here with this one. You can reverse it and create a double lo, wouldnt that look good? Use flowers instead of stars (I cant draw flowers thats why I used stars, lol). You can even make the whole design larger to do away with the white space if you are not that way inclined.

Whatever you do with it, I would love to see the outcome. Please upload to our Gallery

or at least leve a blog link so I can leave you some lurve :)

I think thats it from me, enjoy your Tuesday, and cant wait to see what you do.

Ooroo,
Deb

The Barracks

Well thought I would fill you all in on what's been happening with the new shop.

Last week I bought 3 of the original Railway Barracks from Merredin.

They came out to the farm on the back of 2 trucks on Saturday. Was just the worst day to move them, it was soooo windy.

Anyway they are here and with some TLC they will be awesome.....are they cute or what??

These are going to be extra accommodation for our retreats.

If you would like more info on the retreats please leave me a message.

I am going to call them "The Barracks" but am also looking for some names - to do with the Railways or scrapping or both, to call each of the cabins....any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sketch time again!!!!

Hi there Lynlee here, I have another sketch this morning to get your creative juices flowing. Don't forget to upload your gorgeous creations in the gallery if you do use the sketch, we love to see :)

September Kit is now Available!!!

This month's kit is pretty in pink - lots of muted browns, soft greens and a bright pink to give it some punch!

Kit Features -

Webster's Pages - Beautiful range
* Peacefullness
* Inspired
* Spring Rain
* Robin's Nest

¼ Basic Grey Pink Doily Lace Paper

3 Bazzill Cardstock
- River Reed
- Dark Chocolate
- Sweetheart

Finishing Touch Ideas Blossoms
Green Tara Blossoms
Heidi Swapp Invisibles borders
Heidi Swapp Rhinestone Brads
Stamped Transparency
Ribbon
Tattered Angels Glimmerchips
Making Memories Glimmer Shapes
Carolee's Creations Alphabet Stickers

September's Add On Kit
features:

Finishing Touch Ideas Blossoms
Heidi Swapp Rhinestone Brads

Green Tara Blossoms

Collections Tape Strip

Bamboo Ribbon

Making Memories Glimmer Shapes

Tim Holtz Mini Maskask

KAISERscrapbook Pearls

Adorn IT Tiny Alpha stickers

Check out the Gallery to see what the Designer's have done with the Kits!

One more sneak...

Another little temptation...

and a little more to entice you!

a little more to tempt you

another peek

Sneak Peek....

Wowsers is it almost September already???? Which means - the new kit is almost out... so it's time to start to give you a tempting look at what is going to be in the September kit....

Tuesday Sketch...

This week's sketch was created by Mish...

Tuesdays Sketch

While procrastinating yesterday, instead of doing the bookwork that I was suppose to do....lol...I had a play in Photoshop, and created my very first digital sketch, so here it is.Don't forget, if you happen to have a play with the sketch, don't forget to upload it in the gallery, we love to see how you use our sketches. Have a great day.

Tuesdays Sketch

This week's sketch was created by Marg...
Marg used this sketch at the recent Scrappin' at the Rock Camp. So our example is set by the ever so talented RACH...

Check out her layout HERE

Design School is Out!

The Design School we have been running in the Forum is finished...

The winner has been ANNOUNCED!

Look out for her layouts in up and coming newsletters...

as well as a special bonus - from everyone who attended Design School.

THANKS TO THE AWESOME DESIGNERS WHO SO BRILLIANTLY RAN THE DESIGN SCHOOL - WITHOUT YOUR HELP THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS!

Sketch tuesday

o it feels like forever since it has been my turn to do the sketch.

but here I am back again.

i hope you enjoy it.

Thanks to Kris who let me use a photo of her beautiful son while i was at camp to do this LO.

Isnt he just the cutest thing...look at that smile. A future heartbreaker for sure!!!

We Bid Farewell to Julie

Julie, Julie, Julie!

What are we going to do without you?

Yes, it's true - Our Fun Loving Julie has called it quits.

Her life, her loves, her family have all taken her in a different direction. Her busy schedule of work, renovating and family - not in that order - has meant that she feels that she can no longer fully commit to being a Designer with Country Papercraft.

It is with great sadness that we bid her farewell, because I don't think those who read our newsletter fully understand the amount of commitment that Julie has devoted to the Designers. Julie was one of the inaugural Designers - and since then she has been creating stunning layouts and challenges for each fortnightly newsletter. Julie has been our Theme Junkie! Every quarter she organises us all by collating all the themes that will feature in the next 3 months worth of newsletters. Her dedication to creating these themes is priceless! I know I for one will be missing her organisational skills.

Julie's forte is creating boy layouts with that little twist - usually the addition of flowers and baling! She has a great way with colour choices and combinations of patterns. Julie has a flair for mini albums - which we all are in awe of. Her ability to make others around her laugh is going to be sorely missed, as a member of the Designers.

Julie, thank you from the bottom of our hearts - we will truly miss you as a member of the Design Team! We look forward to you still dropping in and chatting in the forum and sharing your layouts in the gallery. I am sure you won't disappear from our lives completely. And don't forget there is always 'Facebook'.

Thank you once again - and we wish you all the best with whatever direction your life takes you in from here. Thank you for your dedication and devotion to the Designers - you will truly be missed!

August Kits

This month's kit is Fabulous!

Kit Features -

Chatterbox Fabulous Patterned Papers
* Arrows
*Vintage Glossy Bursts
Pink Paislee Fetching Patterned Paper
*Rugged
Collage Press Vintage Shaped Cardstock

3 Bazzill Cardstock
- Blue Calypso
- Johannesburg,
- Berlin

Heidi Swapp Centre of Attention Chipboard Alphas

Prima Artful Blossoms

Chatterbox Die Cuts Shapes
-cork
-transparencies
-frames

August's Add On Kit
features:

Pebbles Inc Real Life Strips
Damask Die Cut
Chatterbox Die Cuts
-chipboard
-transparency
-cork
Green Tara Blossoms
Buttons

THE KITS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN STORE

whoops... forgot yesterdays peek...

so here are a couple today...

another sneek...