weekend inspiration

starting the inspiration off in the world of superior inspiration Pinterest....

Source: etsy.com via Kitty on Pinterest

Love the texture and colours, can't you imagine putting your hands through this?

Source: parisapartment.wordpress.com via jessica on Pinterest

how about the colour in these peonies

Source: bella-illusione.tumblr.com via jessica on Pinterest

oh la la, how about the colours here - looks good enough to eat!

Source: irocks.com via Anne on Pinterest

Or maybe a play with light and pink...

Source: swoonstudio.blogspot.com via Ez on Pinterest

I think that these images will be my inspiration for the weekend. Now I just wonder what I will come up with....

Hope you all have a wonderful crafty weekend!

Faster than a speeding bullet

Remember the superman opening,
"faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, ....."  that is what it feels like around here at the moment. The year is whizzing by so fast it makes you dizzy, I mean we are already up to March!

And the incoming stock is huge. No sooner does one delivery get cleared than the next arrives (or in the case this week they start overlapping).

 Todays delivery contained the wonderful new Prima ranges, Sun kiss  and Almanac plus some new art journals....

Seriously makes my heart sing :)

Will be trying to get these loaded on store on the weekend.

Cards for men

I am told quite often how hard it is to make cards for men and as this is a theme I really enjoy I thought I would share with you my last endeavors.

When I go to make cards I use scraps, that's just a me thing, I have a pizza box full of scraps of cardstock and another one full of patterned paper, so to make cards I just pull them out. These four cards, mini in size but larger in stature. I used a sheet of black cardstock and then scraps of cardstock. And lots of stamps.

The size of the cards are 3 inches wide by 5 inches high. Then the matting and main cardstock are each a half an inch smaller to give that great matting effect. Two have white matting, two have red - because they were the colours in the scrap box :)

I randomly sprayed the main cardstock with Glimmer Mist (on special at the moment) and then stamped the cogs from this fantastic Darkroom Door set, Steampunk, that you can find here.

I love the images in this set, and the detail of the balloon blew me away. Now while I would not say this is designed for male cards ( I can think of heaps of other uses) it is certainly a set that lends itself beautifully to the purpose of male projects.

Once I had finished stamping the background, I inked it up with a mix of Tim Holtz Distress inks and finished off with the Wild Honey distress stain, I think this is my new favourite colour (well this week anyway).
Then again on scraps I stamped the hot air balloon form the steampunk set, Heidi Swapp heart (also on sale!) and also these wings (not sure of who, have had them for evah).

Ink them up with the distress ink and then use the Magic Mount to give them dimension.

To finish them off I adhered a few bits of old watch parts.
I keep looking at them and think that I will add a few words to the heart and to the balloon, probably love to the heart and happy to the balloon, or not, I will see what happens.
There you go quick and easy cards for men, the balloon cards will fit in a normal small envelope the hearts won't due to the wings so these need to be given in person!

30% off Tattered Angels at Scrapbooking Australia

That is right, I have loaded up the stock that we have on hand of Glimmer mists, chalkboard, Glam and Glaze and have marked it all on sale.

30% off our already low prices = big savings for you :)

Be kind and share the news with your creative friends.

Classes classes classes

Who is excited that the kids are going back to school? Me!

I Love not having to be so strict with the morning schedule, but am really looking forward to getting back into the swing of life, and that means classes!

Upcoming classes with vacancies are:

Wednesday 1st Feb- Lets start off the new year with an album dedicated to your own life, once a month build the story and by the end of the year you will have the most treasured keepsake!

Wednesday 8 Feb- Don't forget your Christmas photos, get them printed and into this magical keepsake, mini album and box. Multiple layers and the ever yummy paper of Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium, this is a class that you definitely do not want to miss!

Thursday 9 Feb - Once a month we will be holding card classes full of techniques and ideas for cards or transfer the idea to your scrapbooks. This card class is five shabby chic cards designed by Nic Howard, the kit has heaps of extras so that you can make a whole collection of these wonderful cards!

Book by calling LeAnne 0413960600 or email book class here.

Just unpacked

One of my favourite things to do on my scrapbook layouts and cards is to give them dimension. I love lots of layers and then have an element pop out. And this is one of my all time fav ways to do just that, - magic mount. 

I love the sheets to cut to size and I like the little squares that have already been cut, but now Stampit have brought out new styles in magic mount. Ah yes no more trying to ink the edge of the foam because it shows out, you can now get black sheets (we also have black foam zap dots). Or maybe I am the only one that inks the sides??

Scrapbooking Australia has black magic mount for all your craft needs.

Scrapbooking Australia has black zap dots for all your scrapbook needs.

For those of you who do not want to stack your foam on top of each other to create extra depth, there is now a sheet that is 4mm thick!

Scrapbooking Australia has a range of acid free adhesives including the new magic mount strips perfect for card making. 



And then there is this one, which I am sure is going to be a staple in my stash, strips. not big bulky have to cut it thinner strips, but two whole sheets that have been cut into strips that are only 3mm wide. Perfect to go under all the fussy cutting :)

I am one very happy scrapper and you can be t0o, the magic mounts have now been loaded into the shop. Find them in the adhesive section of Scrapbooking Australia now, click here.


Happy creating :)

On special so you can stock right on up!

I love embossing folders. Quick Easy and oh so stylish.

A bit like stamps I don't think you can ever have too many embossing folders.

and so at the moment at Scrapbooking Australia the Provocraft Embossing folders are on special.

 

Cuttlebug embossing folders on special now at Scrapbooking Australia.

Use the latest Cuttlebug embossing folders to create unique and engaging designs for every occasion. Being creative has never been easier!

Happy Friday everyone!