I DID IT CREATIONS - WEEKLY CHALLENGE - 28 MAY

This weeks challenge is kindly sponsored by Glitterbabe and  ends at midnight, Thursday June 3, 2010 (USA time)
Your challenge theme for this week is
FAVOURITE EMBELLISHMENTS
To be entered in the draw you must use a Glitterbabe image.
Please leave a link to your challenge creation in the comments section on the Challenge blog - linking directly to your creation (not just your blog)

The digi image "glass of flowers" has been coloured using copic markers and then several of the flowers have been coloured and cut from a duplicate digi and placed on to this image using foam tape to give a 3d effect.. The saying is a stamp from Kaszazz. The card front base of yellow has a yellow and green piece of scrapbooking paper  and then green cardstock matted to the digi image and affixed to the front.  Embellishments - are yellow  ribbon has been tied onto the right hand side of the card around the green cardstock; glossy accents has been used on the flowers and the cup; rhinestones have been placed on to the centre of each flower 
The digi image is available over at the shop.


Make sure you go check out the other Design Team members creations (links on the sidebar) and browse through the wonderful images for sale over at the Shop.

FEATHERING CHALLENGE ON MAD FOR MARKERS

This morning in my "blog surfing" I came across a great blog called Mad for Markers  and found a new technique shown there (new to me !!) called feather blending.
They are having a challenge using this technique also.
So.... what better way to spend a dreary, wet winters day, then to play with my copics and try this technique out.
Here is the resultant card using copic markers - R20 blush and Y11 pale yellow.

Was lots of fun making this card and this is definitely a technique I will be trying again !

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR KASZAZZ WORKSHOP

Well the winter weather has definitely arrived here !! Pouring with rain and cold for the past two days.
So it was lots of fun heading to my craft room early this morning and getting immersed in making the sample cards for the Christmas card workshop I am going to be teaching next week.
The 4 cards are a 2 hour Kaszazz workshop; just one of many available through Kaszazz.

KASZAZZ TRAINING DAY

This is what we made at the Kaszazz training day today (our Training Day was a week later than other Consultants as we were at Craft Alive last weekend).

Lots to do and learn in the time allocated - so they arent PERFECT - just samples to learn from doing.
But they were all lots of fun to do using the new products.

4 cards ; 1 shrinky dink tag;  journal cards & a scrapbook page.

I DID IT CREATIONS - WEEKLY CHALLENGE

Well as you can see we are now using the Shop name  - I Did it Creations!!
Why? Because the Design Team is going to be working with a lot of different Designers and Artists images from the shop!! Not just Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps but other Designers now too.
Glitterbabe
Stitchy Stamps
Digi Kitty
Lauretta's Digital Stamps
Trees aWard in Digital Stamps
The Crafty Pad Stamp Designs
Fanyella Digital Stamps

This challenge ends at midnight, Thursday May 27, 2010 (USA time)
Your challenge theme for this week is
PRETTY IN PINK - You may use any RF digi images.
The winning creation will receive 2 digi images of their choosing.
Please leave a link to your challenge creation in the comments section on the Challenge blog - linking directly to your creation (not just your blog)

The digi image "Belinda bunny" has been coloured using copic markers. The saying is a stamp. The card front base of pink has a pink and green striped piece of scrapbooking paper affixed to the front. The image and saying have both been matted on to both pink and green card. A dark and light pink ribbon has been tied onto the right hand side of the card around the patterned paper.
The digi image is available over at the shop.

Make sure you go check out the other Design Team members creations (links on the sidebar) and browse through the wonderful images for sale over at the Shop.

SCRAPBOOK LAYOUTS USING KASZAZZ PRODUCTS

Its a lovely sunny but cool winters day here - perfect for creating some scrapbook layouts.

This first layout goes together with the card I made and uploaded in a previous post a few days ago.
The photo is of my Mum and Dad on their wedding day <soft smiles>

Next layout is a birthday themed one of my son's 8th birthday - lol he is coming up 25 later on this year - so scrapping these photos sure brought back a lot of memories !!

And this one is from our first vacation to America - we stayed a week at Gettysburg in PA - and had some old time photos taken while we were there.

And lastly some photos taken last weekend at the Crafts Alive Expo here in town, where the local Kaszazz consultants had a stand.

If you are interested in ordering any of the Kaszazz products used in these layouts,

please contact me on wpettifer@gmail.com

GALLERY PICK OF THE WEEK

I have been lucky enough to have one of my cards chosen as Gallery Pick of the Week, over on the I Did It Creations forum

EXCITING NEWS FROM KASZAZZ

A4 Die Cutting Machine Coming Soon!


Kaszazz will soon be releasing its very own die cutting machine, along with a great range of dies!
Here are some features and benefits of the machine;
☺ It has an A4 sized cutting plate, giving the flexibility to cut bigger shapes which is great for scrapbooking.
☺ It is a manual (hand operated machine) BUT it is super easy and very convenient to operate
☺ It will be compatible with all the well know dies on the market.
☺ We will be releasing a great range of beautiful dies as well including some of our own design.
☺ The machine is not one that is currently sold in Australia.
☺ Price is yet to be finalised, but it WILL be much better value than die cutting machines currently available.
☺ It will have our own funky branding and packaging.
☺ It will be available soonish - within a few months.
More details will be announced soon!!!

Today is NEW PRODUCTS RELEASE DAY
If you would like to receive a flyer containing all the New Product details, just let me know - the flyer is A$1.20 and is 16 pages.

There are so many exciting new products available, including
* a new range of scrapbooking papers called Funky Blooms
* big, bright, beautiful daisies - 100 daisies in 10 different colours
* huge 12 cm brads in polka dots
* selection of new un-mounted rubber stamps to choose from in our Funky Blooms theme!
Combine flowers, birds and bugs to bring your projects to life!
* Clearsnap Smooch and Smooch Spritz Smooch will delight your eye with a kiss of colour!
Smooch is a pearlized accent ink that can be painted on to add a dash of colour to your project.
Smooch spritz comes in a reusable glass spray bottle so you can produce interesting spray effects. Use a Colour Catcher to prevent your overspray from colouring the whole room!
* Ribbons - dotty
* Quick Kits
* Sticky gems - pearls - 3 sizes
* Tim Holtz distress inkpads - new colours
* Colorbox chalk inpads - new colours
* Color box inkpad - black
* Glue gloss - This multi-use adhesive is perfect for sticking down ribbons, glitter, chalk, embellishments and much more. You can even use it as a clear gloss top coat on your cut out shapes!
AND MORE !!!

**CUSTOMER PROMOTIONS FOR MAY
60 - FOR - 40 SURPRISE PACK
for each lot of $60 in your order, you can purchase a surprise pack for just $40.
(contains RRP $60 worth of assorted current range products (chosen at random by Kaszazz)

**HOSTESS FREEBIES FOR MAY AND JUNE
If you would like to host a DEMO/MAKE & TAKE PARTY or WORKSHOP in May or June, please contact me for more details on the Host promotions.

**I will be placing my normal monthly order to Kaszazz on 21th May but I am more than happy to place additional orders throughout the month, if you wish to place an order before or after that date.
I can take payment via direct deposit into my bank account (Australian or New Zealand); credit card or cash.
Please add A$2 to your order for handling fee and for orders needing to be sent to you by mail, I will get back to you on how much the postage will be.
Any questions about the Kaszazz product range, hosting a party or workshop, please ask.
To view the Kaszazz product range online, please visit  http://www.kaszazz.com/
If you would like the 2010 Catalogue and Project Book (cost A$6.00) please contact me.

ROBYNS FETISH WEEKLY CHALLENGE

This challenge ends at midnight, Thursday May 20, 2010 (USA time)

Your challenge theme for this week is
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE - Add a butterfly to your design.
You may use any RF digi images.

The winning creation will receive a digi image of their choosing.

Please leave a link to your challenge creation in the comments section on the Challenge blog - linking directly to your creation (not just your blog)

The digi image "Ms Lambchop" has been coloured using watercolor crayons using an aqua brush and layered on to purple cardstock which had the corners rounded. The saying was typed on the computer and layered on to purple cardstock also with the corners rounded. The card front base of yellow has been dry embossed with a cuttlebug folder. A butterfly punch has been used on purple cardstock for down the righthand side of the card. The butterflies have rhinestones glued to the centre of each and also edged in glitter glue. The centres of the flowers on the digi stamp also have glitter glue on them.

The digi image is available over at the NEW RF shop.

Make sure you go check out the other Design Team members creations (links on the sidebar) and browse through the wonderful images for sale over at the Shop.

Torn Flowers Card

This is a card I have made as a sample for a Kaszazz make & take / demo party I will be doing next week.
There will also be a matching 12x12 scrapbook layout as well, using the torn flowers.

ROBYNS FETISH CHALLENGE #3

Firstly HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the mothers out there!

This challenge ends at midnight, Thursday May 13, 2010 (USA time)

Your challenge theme for this week is
MOTHERS DAY.
You may use any RF digi images.
The winning creation will receive a digi image of their choosing.
Please leave a link to your challenge creation in the comments section on the Challenge blog - linking directly to your creation (not just your blog)

The digi image "Christie angel" has been coloured using copics and layered on to the Mothers day tag which was embellished with clear and blue rhinestones and a piece of yellow ribbon. The card front base of blue has had a piece of patterned yellow paper affixed to it and the the tag placed onto. A border punch has been used on a matching piece of blue cardstock for down the righthand side of the card.

(Christie Angel- Robyns Fetish digi stamp
Mothers day tag - free download from http://www.handmade.com.au/
Flower border punch - Fiskars
Rhinestones - Kaszazz and unknown
Yellow ribbon - unknown
Blue cardstock - unknown)
The digi image is available over at the shop
Make sure you go check out the other Design Team members creations (links on the sidebar) and browse through the wonderful images for sale over at the Shop.

MY FIRST FABRIC JOURNAL - STAGE 2

As I said in a previous post, I got all inspired watching the video clips over at Teesha Moores blog on how she makes her fabric journals


http://teeshascircus.blogspot.com/
 
Well I am now on to Stage 2, after making up my little "pillows" and hand quilting them, I have sewn them together to make my fabric journal cover
 
Heres some photos :
Front
 
 

 
 
Back
 
 

 
 
Front with button flap open
 
 

 
 
Inside
 
 

Next stage will be to make the inside pages and sew them into the journal and lastly embellish the spine and front cover.