Wedding Favour Boxes

These bags were all cut using the Cricut and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I love this cartridge, it is so versatile. These were all cut on plain white cardstock. I used the SU baroque motifs large swirl to stamp the image on the bags and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then inked it with SU baja breeze, night of navy and taken with teal. I added some stamped images (inkadinkado flowers and hero arts poetic prints butterfly's) and some organza ribbon, a little crystalina kindy glitz and created three different favour boxes.

I hope you like them.

More pictures

Here are a few more pictures of the engagement and the celebratory party!!! Any questions, please leave a comment and I will reply as soon as possible.

The end of the month....

I am really relieved that today is nearly over. I had an assignment due today and I have not been well with a horrid head cold, so am much happier and less stressed now that it is all submitted. The end of the semester is coming up fast and with a number of assignments and exams, I won't have as much time to craft... I know, this is really sad news!!!

I have had time to create a few projects, but I have not had that much time to post them. Sorry about that. Hope you enjoy the projects. I have been looking at all the amazing blogs out there and all the Autumn (Fall) colours are out at the moment and the warm rusts and reds and vibrant golds are just beautiful.

We have just had a nice spell of weather and it is lovely to enjoy our spring weather. I keep noticing all the buds and little leaves back on the trees and the early spring flowers are looking stunning. My beautiful ragdoll cat is molting and leaving her trail of hair wherever she has been.

Hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy the pictures. The first one is a butterfly cut out of the tag along butterfly set by cuttlebug then embossed and inked and embossed again with an inked folder. I love this technique. I then added some kindyglitz and I have a beautiful spring butterfly.

The bags are just gorgeous and I love how they turned out. I cut them using my Cricut and Tags Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. I used the double embossing technique as per the butterfly and the inks are Tim Holtz inks in Bundled Sage and Victorian Velvet for the pink and green one and Faded Denim and Peeled Paint for the blue one. I added some crystal organza and wrapped one of my pendants and had a gift to go...(I made matching cards too... Will post with the next lot of pictures.

Still quilting

Hi everyone, I have not given up on papercraft just yet, but I am really enjoying quilting at the moment, and after a  long spell of having my quilts on the backburner, it is fabulous to get behind the machine and create something again. I love threadwork and creating a stunning background on a quilt is such a great feeling for me. I love the experience and find it quite therapeautic.

I have completed all the blocks so far and appliqued my designs onto the surface and I have begun the fun part of stitching... I have hit a temporary snag (I don't have the colours I need) so have ordered some Sulky Threads and they should arrive soon..... I will post photos of the finished quilt soon.

Have a wonderful weekend

More generous bloggers and their amazing generosity

Giselle from http://crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/ is another amazingly generous paper crafter (I am so glad I belong in this category as everyone is so lovely) and she has sent me the pattern for her lovely cracker box. Thank you so much for that Giselle and can't wait till tomorrow when I can play with my papers and glues and try these inspirational projects from these two wonderful ladies.

Thank you.

Generosity and wonderful people

I put a comment on this blog http://flos-a-scrapin.blogspot.com/ and this wonderful woman emailed me and then gave me a call and described the process to make stunning creations. Thank you so much Flo for your amazing generosity and kindness. I love your designs and can't wait to try them out...

The apron design is a firm favourite so far, and should be a nice addition to my recipe card book and I have a wonderful book called Christmas Gifts from the kitchen which allows me to make cookie and cake mixes to give where all that is needed is to add liquid ingredients.

Thanks again Flo.

Mosaics

This is one craft that I won't be taking up ... I started a mosaic picture a few weeks ago and when I started cutting the tiles realised that I am allergic to the dust it causes... I had to have a friend finish my designs for me (being ambitious, I started not just one, but two designs...), however, in return I have background quilted a wall quilt for her. I will post pictures of both projects soon. The mosaics look fabulous and I am so grateful to her for finishing them for me and I hope she loves her quilt now that it is all quilted.

Wedding Planner Journal

I created this for the bride to be to be able to write down all her lists, keep track of important dates and appointments and organise the big day. There are plenty of pages to put swatches of fabric, images of cakes and table decorations, times to meet with the family and other wedding party members and dates to pick up dresses etc. I got a visual diary (pre bound and cut etc, but easily made with a Zutter or Cinch if you like) I created the dividers with spellbinder nested hearts dies and cut out a whole lot. I then added black kindyglitz to the edges and pasted them to the sides of the pages to make file dividers.

I then cut several different sizes of the hearts for the cover out of fun foam and heated it and pressed in several cuttlebug images. I then added a handmade rose (using Tim Holtz technique to make roses) using the Cricut Wildcard Cartridge to make the initial flower. I added a swirl of diamante bling and some kindyglitz and shaved crystals. I tied organza and satin ribbon on the spine and inside I added some stamping and rubons in a love related theme.

Thanks for looking!

Engagement Album - Sneak Peak

Here are a few sneak peaks at the engagement album that I created, some beautiful flowers, sparkle and shine and a theme of blues compliment the design and created a beautiful album which I hope the receipients are happy to remember their special moment!!!

Hexagons and Bedford Scrapbook Layout

Hope you are all well and having a great time. Being in Auckland, I was sufficiently far away from Christchurch so that we were not affected at all by the recent quakes. My thoughts are with you all during this time while you rebuild and reflect.

I posted a layout of Bedford a while ago and here is the other layout I did for my photo's from there. I loved the brick buildings and took hundreds of photos (my six week trip was documented with over 6000 photo's so I have been selective (or as selective as you can be when looking at so many images) and these made the final cut. To prevent having about 3000 albums for one holiday, I have done a lot of layouts where I try to incorporate multiple photos on my layout and also try and use all the pamphlets and memorabilia that I dragged home.

Hope you enjoy. The font is Cuttlebug 'Hippie Chick' and the hexagons are using my Creative Memories Custom Cutting System. I started off my paper crafting with these tools and still reach for them as an when I need. I still need to work out how to 'create' larger shapes like these on my cricut as this will make the whole process a lot easier.