One Sheet Wonder

I know…2 posts in one day…a miracle! LOL

A One Sheet Wonder (OSW) is a set of cards made using only one sheet of A4 card as the main focus of the card. You can stamp it or use a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP). This is an example of a OSW using a piece of DSP. I chose a sheet from Stampin’ Up!’s Holiday Treasure. I cut the sheet to A4 size and then cut it up into smaller bits. I have a template sheet that I will send to you if you are interested…just send me an email.

 

  

The card bases are all Confetti Cream and I used the colours from the DSP to decorate- Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze and Old Olive. I then added some images from my Christmas stamp sets and a variety of embellishments to complete the cards. You can add as many different embellishments that you like..or none at all and just let the feature paper be the star of the card.

It is a very easy way to make a lot of cards  quickly! I hope you enjoy them!

Cheers

Chrissie

Bad Blogger

Sorry Everyone for my slackness in not updating my blog for sooooo long. This time of year is just bedlam for me. We went away on holidays at the start of October for 2 weeks and then I had to come back to work and get organised to write the Music report cards for the 800 kids at my school. On top of all that, I had classes and workshops to plan and deliver, literacy training to attend, concerts for dancing and at school! It sure has been busy!!

To start off, I will show you the projects that we made at my World Cardmaking Day back in October. These first 4 projects were the Stamp-a-Stack that we did.

Stamps: Bugs and Kisses                                                                             Inks: Really Rust, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip                                                                                  Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Really Rust, Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa                                                                     Accessories: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch

 

 

Stamps: Season of Joy                                                                                 Inks: Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery. Blush Blossom           Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, Whisper White Accessories: Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, White Taffeta Ribbon

 

 

Stamps: Just Beachy                                                                                     Inks: So Saffron, Old Olive, Ballet Blue, Regal Rose            Cardstock: Confetti White, So Saffron, Old Olive,  Regal Rose,         Ballet Blue                                                                                                           Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch

Stamps: Petal Pizzazz, Everyday Flexible Phrases                                                                                                                       Inks: Only Orange, Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore Cardstock:  Whisper White, Only Orange, Real Red Green Galore (not in photo)

 

So that is all for today. I have heaps more to show you but it will have to wait for tomorrow. There is a big storm about to hit!

Cheers

Chrissie

Happy Holidays

It is the school holidays here in Queensland and just before it started I decided to make some little gifts for my friends at school. In Australia, we don’t really use the expression Happy Holidays at Christmas time so I thought that I would use this stamp to wish everyone a happy holiday.

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I used Kraft cardstock and lots of different colours for the little birdie from Cheep Talk stamp set (these ones are Old Olive and Riding Hood Red). Then I just put some lollies in a bag and stapled the bag topper on.

It did give everyone a lift to start their holidays!

Cheers

Chrissie

I’m Still Here

I know it has been ages..but life has been getting in the way of crafting and blogging. I do have something to share with you today.

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege to be the entertainment at a 12 year old girl’s birthday party. The 7 girls that attended Maddie’s party were just delightful and very keen scrapbookers.  I decided that we would decorate a paperbag album. To prepare for the party, my friend Sherri (who is a scrapbooking wonder) came over and we designed 8 pages and then I chose 4 of them for the girls to make. I then made up all the pages and made a special album to give to her as a birthday present.

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For this album I really stepped out of my comfort zone and only used Bold Brights. We chose lots of different stamp sets and really basic layouts. Each page had a black mat for the photos and on the smaller, middle pages, we used a white mat for journaling.

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The girls did a fantastic job on their albums… they even changed my designs a little to suit their personalities. I had a great afternoon with them and look forward to “playing” with them again.

Cheers

Chrissie

James Turns 4

My DS James turned 4 last weekend and we decided that we would give him his first birthday party with friends other than his cousins and family. We invited some of his friends from daycare to come to a Pirate Party at Hungry Jacks. We had 9 boys and girls come and he had a fabulous time.

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When it came to the lolly bags, I procrastinated for a very long time. I have heaps of cute little girl designs but boys still manage to stump me. I did think of making little treasure boxes but the first one I made seem to take ages to make and I didn’t really have time to make 15 of them. So I went to SCS and made a 2, 5, 7, 10 box. It was quick and easy and I got to use my new Choo Choo set.

I used some non-SU scrapbooking paper that I had lying around and used the off-cuts to matt the picture. I stamped the train and then inked around the edge of the white card. 

Not my most creative project but, to put it into perspective, they were for 4 year olds. They were not that excited by the box…but what was inside it.

I hope you all have a great week!

Cheers

Chrissie

Stamp-a-Stack

Two weeks ago I held my monthly card class and this month it was a stamp-a-stack. We made 4 each of 3 designs.

This card involved very little stamping at all! I chose the stripey  paper from the Washington Apple DSP and we then punched out stars in co-ordinating colours. We used the scallop edge punch along the bottom of the the DSP and added a strip of Riding Hood Red card.

Have you got  the impression that I  love the butterfly from the Great Friends set? Well I do!! I used Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose and Kiwi Kiss card and ink. We used the leaf sprig as a background stamp and used the Eyelet border punch to give a decorative edge to the Kiwi card.

For the last card, I went a little out of my comfort zone and chose brighter colours: Old Olive, Summer Sun, Ballet Blue and Pixie Pink. I just love the animals from the In the Wild stamp set. We stamped the animals and then layered them on matching squares. We used the large oval and scallop oval punches to mount the greeting.

The girls all had a great time.

Cheers

Chrissie

More Butterfly Boxes

My DS James (4) and DD Hayley (6) both loved my butterfly box from my last post. So when it was time to go back to school (yes I know that what nearly 3 weeks ago…I said I was a bad blogger LOL), they wanted me to make them a box to give to their teachers. For my DS that meant making 3 boxes. So being the good mummy that I am, I obliged and also made some chocolate chip biccies to go inside.

I got some of my beautiful Pink Flamingo DSP and used that as my colour palette- Cameo Coral, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Summer Sun.

I used a sentiment from the Hostess Set called Best Yet and punched it out using my large oval punch and then layered it using the new scalloped oval punch.

They were very easy to make and  greatly received. I hope you like them too! And I promise… no more butterfly boxes for a while. LOL

Cheers

Chrissie