She's Got "The Look"...

I love this photo of Erin - it's so me, and so my mum, and so her mum... that look over the glasses has been passed down through the generations!

I started out with perfect pearls, water, a minimister, dusty concord distress re-inker and the butterfly WOW Altamatz.  I love how this template changed my background!  I also sprayed my big flower with the purple spray and used my Martha Stewart corner bubbles punch to alter it - I love how effective this is and will be trying a few more on my flowers down the track!

Add some patterned paper from AED; some ribbon from Geen Tara; and some gorgeous Flourish With a Bling Purple Chloe Pearls; some more My2Angels flowers and a rose charm.  I also couldn't help using the gorgeous flowers from Manor House Creations. I couldn't go past using my beaded pin and the next dilemma I had was the journalling!

Too many times these days I see 'pretty' layouts that are just that - pretty, but they don't tell the story behind the photo.  I used to teach people that one of the main things with scrapping your photos was you no longer had to sit and explain every shot and your thoughts about it..but somewhere in the last 10 years, journalling seems to have been forgotten more often than not!  A great inspiration to me when it comes to journaling is my long-time friend Peg Hewitt.  Peg is an extremely talented scrapper who never omits the important stuff - journalling!  So inspired by Peg - I got my Dymo labeller out.  I used the paper to paper cartridge and printed out my journalling.  The only problem was - it was still white!! I decided it would be awesome if it was purple, but since I didn't have purple tape - I would have to make it purple!  I used Tim Holtz' sponging technique with distress ink and 'purples' my dymo journalling!  I had to wait a bit for it to dry before sticking down - but well worth the wait i think!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you feel inspired to create, to journal, and to hopefully try some new techniques!!

Ingredients:

Cardstock - White Bazzil Linen

Patterned Paper - A Formal Affair Lounge Suit Music by Alison Ellis Design

Perfect Pearls - Grape Fizz

WOW Altamatz - Butterflies

Flourish With A Bling - Chloe Purple Pearl Flourish

My2Angels - 15 cm White Mulberry Flower

My2Angels - Orchids and Stemmed Star Flowers

My2Angels - Rose Charm

Manor House Creations - Ballroon Waltz (Purple Lace Flower)

Manor House Creations - Country Lane - Purple

Martha Stewart Punches - corner bubbles

Crochet By Kim - Beaded Purple Bow Pin

Green Tara - Assorted Ribbons

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Dusty Concord (my FAVOURITE colour)

Tim Holtz Distress Re-Inker - Dusty Concord

Dymo Labeller - Paper Tape cartridge, italic font, second largest font
Stix2Anything - Double-sided Tape

Thanks again

Jen :-)

Every Single Day

As a gift for my man for our 4 year anniversary/valentine's day present, I have decided to scrap an A4 album of the things that he and I have done together.  I have done a single layout for it and will no doubt do a matching page a bit later as I really dislike single layouts in a dedicated feature album - the pages just don't seem to flow and aren't as pleasing to the eye! PLUS going from 12x12 inch layouts to A4 - I need the extra space a double layout will provide!

Tiff Sawyer over at Scrap Sanity challenged everyone (in the forum) for December to journal on a layout - as quite correctly - she noted a lot of times, people don't!  They lose the purpose of capturing the memory in the process of making 'pretty pages'.  Better late than never but this layout fitted the bill perfectly!!

Here's the layout...

And here's a close up...

I love the colour scheme and the antique Flourish with a Bling is just gorgeous!!

The journalling is a saying I found on Pinterest - it reads...

I want to hold your hand,

Laugh at your jokes,

walk by your side,

snuggle on the couch,

look into your eyes,

talk about whatever,

and Kiss Your Lips - 

Every Single Day.

Ingredients:

AED PP - Christmas Celebration, Majestic Maroon

               - A Formal Affair - Script and flowers

Kaiser transparencies

Twiddleybitz (alpha005B) Nero itty bitty alphas

Twiddleybitz (nero006) Nero wrought Iron Flourish

Flourish with a Bling Chloe Antique Gold Flourish

Flourish with a Bling Antique Gold Pearls

Tim Holtz mini paper rosettes die (I only bought this the other day - my cousin found it for me!!!)

Prima Pebble

Paper Doily from $2 shop

I hope you enjoyed your visit! Thanks for stopping by :-)

Jen

Another Music Box - Happy Birthday Vicki!

After the other music box - Ian commissioned this piece as a birthday 'card' for his sister.. She loved it so much she has now commissioned me to make one for her BFF!!.

I hope you like it - The Twiddleybitz ATC cupboard was the perfect fit...

A Card for Mum...

I made this card for Mum as a sample card for her beautiful handmade crochet flowers. She has a little business selling them through a blog HERE. It's about to get a complete makeover - the products are going to be sold separately, postage will be charged at actual postage per order, she has new products to add too! Mum's crochet products are also going to be for sale at a craft fair next weekend (Sep 10/11th).

I have more samples I'll be posting all week and I cannot wait to show you the new products!!!!

I Used:

Crochet By Kim - Five petal flower - Bone

Alison Ellis Design Formal Affair Papers

My Favourite Things Dienamics - Layered label and open scallop border

Green Tara black bow with gold trim

Stamp - Sentiment by Kaisercraft

Technique notes:

* I attached the bow and the flower using Helmar sticky dots - not messy and adheres much better than tape or glue!

* I stuck double sided JAC paper to the back of the black cardstock before cutting the border die and this made it sooo much easier to adhere than trying to use glue or cut my tape in half lengthways!!

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to check mum's blog out and buy some gorgeous flowers!!

Butterfly - just for you...

This Nero Butterfly from Twiddleybitz was just Perfect!

Ingredients:
White pearl card and envelope from Rosie's Studio
Black Bazzil cardstock
White Bazzil cardstock
AED patterned paper - A formal affair, Black tie.
AED glitter
Twiddleybitz Nero Butterfly
Green Tara Ribbon
Misc "Just for you" stamp
Misc Butterfly stamp (on envelope)
Black stazon ink

TFL

Purple Storage

I LOVE THIS!!!

Very Purple
Very
Me
:-)

A Kaiser Desk organizer thingy - altered using:
purple A Formal Affair Patterned Papers from Alison Ellis Design
Glitter from Alison Ellis Design
Ribbons and flowers from Green Tara
Black spray from Twiddleybitz
Chipboard from Twiddleybitz
Paint Daubers from Adirondack
A Miscellaneous Rub-on "Imagination"
Kaisercraft rhinestones

Giving Thanks

One for Bonni to say thank you for all her support both at work and outside of it.

 Inside:

Ingredients:

Bazzil White and Black C/S

Alison Ellis Design A Formal Affair PP - Music & Stripes

AED Silver Glitter

Twiddleybitz Butterfly 8 pack

Green Tara White and Purple Roses

Green Tara Rose Ribbon - Black

Adirondack Paint Dauber - Pearl

Black Stazon ink

Kaiser "Thank you" stamp

Miscellaneous "Thanks a Bunch" Rub-on

Flower Punch

One for Bonni to give to her sister:

Ingredients:

Bazzil Bling Cream Cardstock

Bazzil Black Cardstock

AED Cocktail Dress PP

Stampin Up Die

Green Tara Large White Roses

Crafty Notions Colourspray - Walnut

Adirondak Paint Dauber - Gold

AED Glitter - Pure Gold

Misc "Just for You" rub-on

Clear "Just for you" stamp

Get Well Soon

A Card for my Poppy whom fell over on Mother's Day and broke his hip.  A transfer and a few hours surgery later he has a pin in his hip and will be in hospital for two weeks or more.

I love you so much Poppy - I know you won't see this post, but I am so proud of you.  You are an amazing strong Man who has been through so much in your life.  I feel so privileged to have you as my Poppy.

Get well Soon...

 Inside:

Ingredients:

Bazzil Black C/S

Bazzil Bling Cream C/S

Rosies Studio Gold Card and Envelope

Alison Ellis Design A Formal Affair Script and Swirl PP

Twiddleybitz Fern Leaf Flourish

Adirondack Pain Dauber - Gold

Black Stazon ink

Misc "Get Well" stamp

"With Love" Kaiser Stamp

Kaisercraft black jewels

Misc Corner Punch

TFL

Jen

Golden Birthday + Cards

 Inside:

Ingredients:

Bazzil Black C/S

Bazzil Bling Cream C/S

Alison Ellis Design Eastern Elements PP

Alison Ellis Design Pure Gold Glitter

Twiddleybitz Ornate Frame

Twiddleybitz butterfly

Green Tara Ivory Roses and rosebuds

Adirondack Pain Dauber - Gold

Jo Sonya paint Unbleached Titanium

Black Stazon ink

Misc "All Things Grow" stamp

Hero Arts "wavy Love" stamp

PaperCraft "It's Your Specail Day" Clear Cling Stamp

Kaisercraft black jewels

 Inside:

Ingredients:

Bazzil Black C/S

Bazzil Bling Cream C/S

Alison Ellis Design A Formal Affair Script and Swirl PP

Twiddleybitz butterfly

Green Tara Cream Lace

Adirondack Pain Dauber - Gold

Black Stazon ink

"With Love" Kaiser Stamp

PaperCraft "It's Your Specail Day" Clear Cling Stamp

TFL - I hope you like 'em!

Jen

Follow your Heart

Another card...

Inside:

Ingredients:

Bazzil Linen Black cardstock

Rosie's Studio Red pre-made card

AED A Formal Affair Black Tie Script Patterned Paper

Green Tara Black Bow Ribbon

Green Tara Silver Spray

Stampin Up die

Stampin Up - Whimsical Words Stamp

Black Stazon Ink

TFL - Mwah! XXX

Jen

More cards....

Made while in the studio with Erin :-)

Ingredients:

Bazzil White and Black C/S

Alison Ellis Design A Formal Affair PP

Green Tara Large Purple Roses

AED Silver Glitter

Adirondack Pain Dauber - Silver

Black Stazon ink

Hero Arts "Special Birthday" stamp

Hero Arts "Happy Birthday" stamp

Nestabilities Circle dies

Inspired by a sketch from "Sketches for Cards" iphone application. Cards 042

Ingredients:

Bazzil White and Black C/S

Alison Ellis Design A Formal Affair PP

AED Aubergine Glitter

Twiddleybitz Butterfly 8 pack

Adirondack Pain Dauber - Silver

Black Stazon ink

PaperCraft "It's Your Specail Day" Clear Cling Stamp

Stampin' Up Butterflies dies

Black Kaiser Jewels

Ingredients:

Bazzil Black C/S

Bazzil Bling Cream C/S

Alison Ellis Design A Formal Affair PP

Twiddleybitz Style Swirl Flourish (trimmed)

Stampin' Up Flower Die

Adirondack Pain Dauber - Gold

Black Stazon ink

Portacraft "With" clear stamp

PaperCraft "It's Your Specail Day" Clear Cling Stamp

Mother's Day

Thank you to the lovely Frances Byrne for her inspirational work - the card that inspired this next one is here.

I made this for Ian's Mum for Mother's Day, it says 

Just a little note

just a word or two

thanking you for who you are

and everything you do

Ingredients:

Bazzil Bling Cream Cardstock

Bazzil Black Cardstock

AED Cocktail Dress PP

Stampin Up Die

Green Tara Large Yellow Roses

Adirondak Paint Dauber - Gold

AED Glitter - Pure Gold

Misc rub-on

This was my take on a sketch from "Sketches for Cards" iphone application.

Sketch Cards 104

Ingredients:

Bazzil Black and White Cardstock

AED Black Tie PP

Stampin Up Die

Green Tara Black Flower Spray

Green Tara Black Lace

Green Tara silver beaded chain

Black Stazon Ink

Papercraft Clear Cling Stamp

TFL

Jen

Another Masquerade...

I LOVE this one, in my favorite Colour too. The new Alison Ellis Design papers - A Formal Affair, Lounge Suite and silver glitter; Green Tara flowers and ribbons, and crochet by Kim blooms. Thankyou so much to mum for 'holding this' and 'putting that there', and fir making such GORGEOUS blooms for me to use :-)







TFL - Mwah! XXX
Jen

Beyond the Page - Formally ;-)

Some Beyond the page items I've put together for Alison using the new "A Formal Affair" Papers - you can see these and the other work I've done and some gorgeous work from fellow AED DT'er Peg Hewitt, this weekend at Picture to Page in Melbourne - and the Paperific in Melbourne in 2 weeks time - and I'll be there!!!

Cocktail Dress Hearts(the bottom of the box), Script, & Music AED PP from the A Formal Affair range

Twiddleybitz Chandelier

Black & Cream Roses from Green Tara

Gold Paint Dauber

Doily

Crochet By Kim small Wagon Wheel

Vintage Photo distress ink

Kaiser Black Jewels 

close-up of the Crochet by Kim small Wagon Wheel - I coloured it with Vintage Photo distress Ink.

 Lounge Suite, Stripes, & Hearts AED PP from A Formal Affair range

Purple and black flowers from Green Tara

White Double Bubble Flower from Crochet By Kim

Purple Rose from Green Tara

White Bazzil Linen Cardstock

Black Kaiser jewels

Close-up of the Crochet by Kim White Double Bubble Flower - finished off with a rose in the centre.

Black Tie Stripes, & Script AED PP from A Formal Affair range

Black Stazon ink

Stamp It (i think!) flower stamp

Black Ribbon from Green Tara

Black Bow from Green Tara

Black Tie - Stripe, Music, Swirls, & Script AED PP from the A Formal Affair range

White Glitter ribbon from Green Tara

Black flower spray from Green Tara

Stampin Up! Butterfly Dies

Thanks for looking!!

More Formal Items :-)

This is another card using the A Formal Affair Range of Papers from Alison Ellis Design - Lounge Suit.

I love the purples - purple is my favourite colour but it is such a beautiful rich purple, very elegant!

Purple and White Bazzil Cardstock

Lounge Suite, Stripes, and Block AED PP from A Formal Affair range

Hero Arts Happy Birthday Stamp

Black Stazon ink

lace edge punch 

white glitter ribbon from Green Tara

Purple and white flowers from Green Tara

Lilac Collour spray from Twiddleybitz on the purple flower

Black Kaiser jewels

And a place card for a dinner party in the Black Tie colour scheme for the A Formal Affair range:

White Bazzil Cardstock

Black Tie Stripes and Music AED PP from A Formal Affair range

Black Stazon ink

Miscellaneous letter stamps

Ribbon from Green Tara

Flower from Green Tara

Colourspray from Twiddleybitz on the flower

Black Kaiser Jewel

Don't forget you have until Friday to leave a comment on any of the "Formal" posts on my blog to be in the running to win a "Formal" prize pack from me - spread the word!!

A Formal Affair... Lounge Suit

Brand New Papers from Alison Ellis Design.

The range is called A Formal Affair - these cards are from the Lounge Suit colour scheme of Purple, Black, and Silver.  I think this might be my Favourite Colour Combination!!

White Bazzil Cardstock

Black Bazzil Cardstock

Lounge Suit stripes and Hearts AED PP from the A Formal Affair range

Green tara Purple Rose Buds

Miscellaneous "Dearest Friend" stamp

Black Stazon

Purple Jewels from $2 shop

B2Creations Flowers - Black & White

B2Creations Flower - Purple (made specially for the card By Chris using Karina's ribbon & Belynda's cotton).

Stampin Up! Tag Dies (borrowed from Shaz D - Thank you!!!)

Thank you to everyone for helping me out and making the Perfect embellishments for this card - I love you guys!

Black Bazzil Cardstock

White Bazzil Bling Cardstock

Lounge Suit - Music AED PP from the A Formal Affair range

Green Tara Lace

Milliner Purple feathers (c/o Sharon's Neighbour - Thank you!)

Chipboard Dress Form covered in embossed purple PP (Thank you again Sharon!!)

Purple Jewels from $2 shop

Purple Stazon ink (Thanks Sarah!)

Miscellaneous "Panache Elegance Style" stamp (Thanks Sharon ;-))

Black Stazon Ink

Scallop Punch from Stampin Up! (Thank you Belynda - I have to have that now so you're invited to my first ever SU party!!)

Thank you to the lovely Sarah, Sharon and Belynda for letting me raid their supplies!  This card was only supposed to be the dress form embellishment for a swap that Sharon asked me to complete while she went to dinner but I kinda just kept going, She very graciously let me keep it!

Black Bazzil Cardstock

White Bazzil Cardstock

Lounge Suit Stripes & Script AED PP from A Formal Affair range

Miscellaneous "Get Well" stamp

Black Stazon Ink

Purple Roses from Green Tara

Lilac Distress Ink

Don't forget - mini competition, please leave a comment on any of the blog posts regarding the new Alison Ellis Design papers - A Formal Affair to be in the running for a Formal RAK from me 

:-)

A Formal Affair... Black Tie

Brand New Papers from Alison Ellis Design.

The range is called A Formal Affair - these cards are from the Black Tie colour scheme of Black, White, and Silver.  The girls at the Uproar 2 Scrapmore got a sneak peak at these on the weekend retreat - and fell in love with them too!

White Bazzil Bling Cardstock

Black Bazzil Cardstock

Black Tie stripes and music AED PP from the A Formal Affair range

Hero Arts HAPPY BIRTHDAY stamp

White Dimonte flowers from Green Tara

Silver glitter ribbon from Green Tara

Black Stazon ink

White Bazzil Cardstock

Black Bazzil Bling Cardstock

Black Tie - Stripe, Music, Heaerts, Swirls, and Script AED PP from the A Formal Affair range

Black and Silver ribbon from Green Tara

White flower from Green Tara

Silver Colourspray from Twiddleybitz

Black, clear, silver colourful thoughts jewel enamels from Twiddleybitz

Miscellaneous "Live Laugh Love" stamp

Black Stazon Ink

Silver Decorative Pin

Thank you to the lovely Sarah and Sharon for their input on this card - the ribbon was their suggestion and it really ties it all together (pardon the pun!)

Black Bazzil Bling Cardstock

Black Tie Stripes & Music AED PP from A Formal Affair range

Black Tie Script & Swirls AED PP from A Formal Affair range (butterflies)

Stampin Up! Happiness Always stamp

Black Stazon Ink

Black, Red, and White Rose buds from Green Tara

Silver Glitter Ribbon from Green Tara

Barn Door Distress Ink

Stampin Up! Butterfly and Tag Dies (borrowed from Shaz D - Thank you!!!)

Red Kaiser Jewels

Stay Tuned for the third and final Colour scheme in this range - i LOVE it - my fav colour is purple sooo........

Don't forget - mini competition, please leave a comment on any of the blog posts regarding the new Alison Ellis Design papers - A Formal Affair to be in the running for a Formal RAK from me :-)