Hi there viewers,
                           Now its not that I been doing nothing that has seen me not posting regularly for months, no it is the fact that I have been very busy! What with one thing and another, working, taking classes, hurting my back (again!) adopting new family members (two little kittens) and working hard on my travel journal which has to be ready for Dec when we head to Sydney I haven't had much time to scrap.

                           Just so you know I was still alive I thought I'd post a couple of cards and tags that I have done quickly mainly through classes attended as it is the only way I get to get my hands dirty at the moment. I am in the process of typing up my journal and that is a long process so there isn't a lot of time for the fun stuff.

The tag is based on one from Tim Holtz's 12 tags of 2013 techniques which I watched on video the other night. He makes everything look so easy and it certainly didn't go as easily as I had hoped. It ended up okay but the patina didn't look like I wanted it to. I always find dragging card through paint and ink tricky as it never seems to look right. I think it is about getting the amounts correct and I am not sure how one gauges that. Anyway I am sure it will come in handy along the line.

 The card I made using up some scraps from a class at Paper Flourish. I'll add it to my collection of cards to use in an emergency as it wasn't made with any one in particular in mind.

To finish off today I thought I would introduce you to Dwaine and Piper. These little loves I rescued from the drainage system from work. They were so wet, scared and bedraggled when I found them but they are doing better now. Aren't they just so cute. People MUST get their cats desexed so that this doesn't happen, it is so unfair on poor little innocent creatures!

Dwaine is a ginger tom and Piper is the little black one.

Dwaine is very confident and cheeky.

Piper likes the comfort of her bother and is still very timid.

Dwaine was found on a Monday (we think they were dumped Sunday night) Piper wasn't found until Friday hence she went through lots more trauma and is showing the effects. Hopefully in time she will feel the love and become a little more confident. Aren't they adorable?

 

Until next time, stay warm and safe....

Angela

xxx

 

Today we visited an old friend in hospital. The news was not good and our dear friend with all his traditional quirks could somehow smile and laugh through the pain and diabolical prognosis. We came away counting our many blessings and reminded that we have to live for today as a tribute to those who have lost the choice to do so.

We can only wish our friend all the very best and continue to visit and bring him a taste of the outside world as it seems he won't have the opportunity to do so himself anymore. The visit had a profound effect on me. It reminds me that in the scheme of things we are very insignificant and we have to make the most of each day we are given as it is a true gift.

I went home and made this little pocket watch to wear. I will carry it as a reminder to stop whinging and griping but rejoice in the day, it's challenges and joys. Because when all is said and done, Today is it!

Blessing to you all.
Angela  xxxx

Well, it was back to work today. Had a great day and still had time tonight to take a walk with the hubby and do a quick altered art page.
Working with ink, acrylic paint and stamps today.
I just love the bright colours. I still have trouble having a go without trying to make it into something. Need to work on just letting the art mediums flow without looking for images. But I am happy with it anyway.
hope you like it.
Cheers
Angela

Leap of faith

Hi all,
Here is a page I finished today using the color palette 142 from the color room.

I was really quite happy with my attempt. I found these photos and just had to scrap them. They were taken 7 years ago and I can't believe I actually looked that good. (Diet starts again tomorrow!) I loved this palette as it made me think of green and fresh and so I chose these photos in the great outdoors.
Leap of faith as a title came straight to me and on reflection I thought that was exactly like our relationship.
Being the second time round we just went for it rather than worry to much and it was the best thing we ever did. We jumped right in and have never looked back.
Here's hoping 2013 will also be a great year and I am taking a leap of faith starting a blog and trying to give myself more time to be creative and scrap and blog. Hopefully only good things can come from it.

Look my clean scraproom!

Just a quick share today, found some photos of my scraproom once I had it all complete and clean. (not so long ago!) Of course since then I have got in and created lots of fun things and so it doesn't look QUITE like that now but pretty close.
As it doesn't look that way very often thought I ought to take a few pics of it. I love the pink and blue boxes I found it as if they were destined to be mine.
Would love to hear and or see your scrap space. I am always on the lookout for great storage ideas.
Bye for now
Angie

Hello again,
Today I am posting a page that I have been working on for a color room challenge. Palette 141. 
Here is the Pallete.

I had to wait to post for a week or two. Such frustration I had done everything on the page except I was one letter short in my title and I ran out of stickers. Ahhhhh! I had to order them as I couldn't find them in a shop and had to wait until they arrived from England! Can you believe it?
Anyway here 'tis. Some Christmas fun.
Hope it gives you some inspiration to start scrapping your Christmas pics.
Angela
xxx

4 Generations album

Hi there all,
Well here is one of my ongoing projects finished today. We had a 4 generations photo shoot done after young Imogen was born. My daughters friend is a great up and coming photographer, Carla Micucci, and she has done beautiful work for us before so it was an easy decision to have her put together our photo shoot.
Taken in a park in Gawler, S.A. it was a very hot day but we ended up with some lovely shots to record the very special fact that we are lucky enough to have 4 generations of women in our family.
Young Aida proved a trifle tricky as she spotted a tennis ball being used by another family and having charmed her way in she then stole their ball (Which they said she was welcome to) and wouldn't concentrate on anything but running and playing for the rest of the shoot.
I have out this album together for Mum so she can look back and recall the day and enjoy looking at her daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughters in one album. I hope I live to see the day when I can do the same thing.
I hope you enjoy it.
Angela
xx

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation. ~Lois Wyse

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old. ~Mary H. Waldrip

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. ~Doug Larson

Have a great day xx

Phew, I have had a couple of very busy days, looking after grandies, painting bedroom, craft classes and having people for dinner. Hardly had time to scratch myself. I think I now have five projects on the go in my creative room!!! A little crazy but lots of fun.

Oh well I have finished this one which I thought I would share with you. Hope

you like it.

Angela
xx

This design used some of the doodlebug design papers, aren't they cute! I used foam stamps and inks for the large letters and traced around them using gel pen. I also attempted some digital scrapping with the sister quote on the photo.

You will have to excuse me today I have been covered in paint and unable to get to the computer. Yep you guessed it another class and another day of inspiration and fun!

here are the two pages we did in class at the wonderful Paper Flourish in Adelaide.

Our tutor was Janine an extremely talented scrapbooker and it was a packed class and we all had such fun despite the heat of 17 odd heat guns all going at once.

I have always admired artists who could let themselves go and create mixed media pieces as I always love the look of them. It was good for me to do it in a step by step class as it appealed to my sense of order and enabled me to feel like I was doing it right. Janine of course was

trying to get it across to us that there is no right and wrong and messy is good (A concept  I will have to keep working on!!) But never the less we made a mess, had a great time and ended up with a couple of art journal pages that I love looking at. Today I added to my blue page adding some deeper colouring and then adding the fairy. Now my next challenge is to get back in my creative space and do one of my own!! Stay tuned!

Bye for now,

Angie

back to class today

I was back in class today. Boy I love holidays and the chance to do some learning myself. Again I went to the wonderful Paper Flourish and todays lesson was flower making with Mandi.
She is so talented and we walked away with two beautiful flowers and a load of inspiration. I am now covered in glue and have made a heap more and can't imagine how many others I will be able to create in the future.
I have included a couple of step by step pics for you, I'm sure you could give it a go as it is so easy. The materials you can use is endless and each type makes a different looking flower but they all use the same simple technique. So give it a go and save heaps of money on your crafting.
Cheers
Angela
xx

Here is a selection of what I made today.

You need a metre of ribbon, lace or fabric. Tacky glue, a small circle of card, scissors and a centre. This can be bling, a brad, beads, buttons or metal accents

Place tacky glue all over your cardboard circle and place one corner of your lace on the circle as illustrated.

Create a pleat in the lace and place the base of the pleat into the glue and repeat. It gets very sticky but with time you learn how to hold it so you don't get too sticky. I found it best to wait a couple of seconds between each pleat for the lace to settle into the glue.

Continue in ever diminishing circles pleating and gluing until the whole cardboard circle is covered and then fold the centre under to finish off with a button or similar. So cute!

I made this one with fabric that I picked out some threads from the edge and used buttons.

This one is my favourite. I stamped the petals of the scalloped ribbon with script stamp, created the flower then covered in small beads and added a bead stack with clock hand between them. Looks so cool!

Inspirational Quote:

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.
- Alexander Graham Bell

Celebrate

Morning all,
Here is a quick card I made this morning. I used some of the left over materials from a page I was working on for a magazine submission. As it is holidays for me I am trying to work on a number of bigger projects like albums and submissions as i don't usually have the time. This  means I have to whip up something quick to be ready for the blog each day.

But anyway here is quick cute card made from Doodlebug designs sweet treets and sundae stripes papers as well as Kaisercraft bundle of joy for the background and the cupcake top is made with 3bugs in a rug -April showers. I used scrappy cat- celebration stamps with Brilliance graphite black a little button and some bling and it was done.
I hope you like it.
Angela
xx

I feel like I am back at school. This week I went to a papercraft workshop at the fantastic Paper Flourish shop here in Adelaide. We made male orientated cards which is just what I needed as I always find it hard to do masculine cards.

We use a variety of Bazzill cardstock and the Kaisercraft Attitude collectibles. A bit of bling and Kaisercraft clear birthday stamps and stazon ink and we were away. We made some lovely cards you can see here the four designs we whipped up in record time.

Tania our tutor then suggested we use our leftover scraps to make another card for 'homework' So I had a go and I am very pleased with the outcome.
Here is my version of a male birthday card. I think it holds its own. What do you think??
Have a great day!
Angela
xx