Hootie

So today’s post is completely unrelated to papercrafts but I just had to share…..




This is “Hootie” and I made him for my DS. I was blog surfing and came across this post by Anj at Snowy Bliss. Well I was just blown away by her owl party and her owls that I had to buy the tutorial and make an owl….so that is what I did.

Now “Hootie” is make out of minky fleece so that he is lovely and soft but that is the only change I made to Anj’s tutorial.

Am in the process of making one for my DD…they are very addictive so I will have to make more!!

Cheers

Chrissie

Milk Carton Die

Ok….so I am a little obsessed with the Milk Carton Die right now…and I was blog surfing the other day and found this great tutorial for making a hexagonal  box using the milk carton die. And it is very cute so of course I just had to make it!!

I used Regal Rose cardstock for the box base and Nursery Suite DSP to decorate the box. I finished off the box with paper flowers. It didn’t take very long to make it and now I have just have to decide who I am going to give it to!!

Cheers

Chrissie

Scrapbook Expo

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I had a great time at the Australasian Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo on the June long weekend. I was a part of 6 demonstrators who  put their creative talents on show. We met many great people and it was such a lot of fun being able to share my love of paper crafting with everyone.

Cheers

Chrissie

A fun technique

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I love using a technique to make a card have that wow factor. And last weekend at our team meeting, my upline Kim asked me to show everyone a technique that wowed my customers. So I showed them the Embossing folder and wax paper resist technique. You can find a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers on how to do it.

My three cards above show how you can use the finished effect to give three different cards. For the red card, I used the resist as the featured background. For the cupcake card, I used the resist as the feature on the cupcakes. And on the flower card, I embossed the same folder on the resist page. Three different effects with one great technique. I hope you give it a go one day soon!!

Cheers

Chrissie

Thank You Box

My DD started to learn the violin this year and was fortunate to be able to spend 3 days on a music camp….the only problem was- they were the same 3 days that I work. So luckily for me, I had a friend who offered to take her and bring her home in the afternoon. To say thank you, I made these little boxes and filled them with choccies!!

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I made the button on the front of the chocolate box by layering card circles and then covering it in crystal effects.

Cheers

Chrissie

Convention Swaps

Each year, Stampin’ Up! holds a convention for all its demonstrators and this year it was in Melbourne. Much of the fun of going to convention is to be able to swap cards with other demonstrators…these are the cards I made for swaps this year.

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I really loved the butterfly card so I made it in 2 different colour combinations- purples and orange/rust. The other card is one of my first attempts at the vintage look.

Cheers

Chrissie

2011 Australasian Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo

This year I am once again going to be setting up at the Scrapbook Expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre for the June long weekend. I am even teaching a class!! And here it is:

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There is still plenty of spaces so come and join me as we make 8 party boxes, 8 invitations, 8 cupcake toppers and a party banner.

 

Cheers

Chrissie