September Project Of The Month

I have finally finished my project for September over on my Platypus Creek website. I usually have the project uploaded by the first of the month, but with all my other commitments I fell a little behind.

This month I have used my JustRite Christmas Stamp Ensemble for the stamping part of the project. I have also used The Crafter's Companion Ultimate Pro to make the box and score the lines for the bag. Spellbinders feature in this month's project. I just love Snowflake Wonder and have used it on the project as well.

To complete the set there is a chocolate bar cover that I designed using the Crafter's Companion. a set of gift tags and a greeting card. You can see all the items over on my website under Project of the Month.

Another Christmas Card

I purchased my first JustRite Stamp set back in January. Little did I know at the time, that I would be on the design team for Downunder Direct, the company who distributes them here in Australia.

Not sure why, but I decided on The Christmas Stamp Ensemble as my first purchase. I puchased the stamp set from an online shop and unfortunately the wood mount that I needed to use with them was out of stock. I finally managed to get the Wood Mount awhile ago and have just recently had a play with the stamps. I've made a number of cards over the past few days using this Christmas set. This card is one of my favourites. I just love the colours and the printed paper.

On this card I have just used the outer ring of the stamp set. I have made a dimensional snowflake using the Spellbinder die "Snowflake Wonder". I've embellished the snowflake with beads and added diamantes to the outer circle. The top half of the card has been embossed using the Spellbinder Impressabilities "Snowflakes."

Let It Snow

I made this Christmas card a few weeks ago. I like to start making my Christms cards during our Aussie winter. I find it is a great time for crafting in general, but especially a good time to start those many planned Christmas projects.

This let it snow card is a bit of wishful thinking, but when I think of Christmas one of the first things that still comes to my mind is snow and cold weather.

This was such a quick card to make. I mainly used my Spellbinder dies with the only stamping being the wording. It's hard to see in the photo but I have embossed the dark blue cardstock with my Spellbinder Impressabilities Snowflakes. It gives a nice subtle raised snowflake pattern to the card stock.

The ribbon was packaging from a gift box I received ages ago. I'm making an effort to use up all those bits and pieces I've collected. (Probably just to make room to collect more.) I had a huge clean out of the craft room when we moved house and was amazed at just how much "stuff" I've collected over the years.

ATCs

As well as my Downunder Direct commitments, I also participate in a monthly ATC swap over at Addicted to Scrap. This month the theme was "outside the rectangle." We had to make anything but a rectangle shape. This is my creation.

I used my Spellbinders to cut the ovals. Before cutting them I ran the Bazzill through the printer. I sponged and stamped the cardstock with a texture stamp and Distress ink. A bit of ribbon, spiral clip and dragonfly charm and it was complete.

My latest creation...

Ok, so I have been a little slack of late. It's been over a month since I last posted anything, but I do have a good excuse. We are moving house. Just about everything is now packed up and ready for the movers to come next week. Not only do we have a household to move but my business as well. My craft room is the last to get packed as I had a number of craft commitments that I had to get finished. Unfortunately I had little time for anything else this month. I will however share one of the items that I have created for the Downunder Direct website. Just a peek mind you. You will have to head over to their website if you want to see the complete item. I should have it uploaded under tutorials by the end of today. That is the plan anyway.

Mum & Dad

It seems as though I have been doing alot more scrapbooking than cardmaking of late.

I have made a couple of cards for Downunder Direct. I will be adding them to their blog soon.

This layout was created using Kaiserkraft printed papers and Bazzill Basics paper. the flowers and frames were made with Spellbinders.

Heritage Page

Another layout that I completed for one of the gift albums that I am currently working on. I've used bazzill stormy for the background paper. The printed papers are from Bo Bunny. Flowers have been made using spellbinders. I printed out the info and grandparents verse onto vintage Bazzill. The flourish in the top corner is from Kaisercraft. This has been painted with black acrylic paint. The centres of the flowers are vintage buttons.