YIPIDEEDOODAA!! Look what I discovered!
That's right peeps! I won the November RAK over at Scrapbook Challenges! The last RAK I won was also with a layout of Reilly - my younger son!! Not that I am superstitious - not in the least - but he reckons it's definitely got something to do with him LOL...
And a pretty awesome RAK it is too I'm sure you'll agree?! JAM-PACKED this one is!!!
What a list eh?! How's that for one awesome Christmas present hey - thank you Scrapbook Challenges, Pamela & Tidbits in Time kits! Woohoo!!
Now onto some work...yes, surprise, surprise, I have done a teeny bit between tree decorating...and tree decorating {yes we have 2 trees...don't ask why?!} and shopping...and gift shopping...and grocery shopping...and nursery shopping...{it's Spring here you see and now is PLANTING TIME!} so I am feeling slightly insane at this point....but I guess that's why they call it the SILLY SEASON!
It has been raining here a lot so these are all indoor photos and you can tell lol...Raining and hot - our air-conditioners are on while Europe freezes...
I received my goodie box full of new stash recently {just in time before the new lot of CHA goodies releases next year - ooooh how I hate the FIVE WEEK WAIT for shipping!} I bought a pack of gorgeous Girls' Paperie Christmas embellishments (see the centre of my wreath decoration) and those are what sparked this whole idea.
I received my goodie box full of new stash recently {just in time before the new lot of CHA goodies releases next year - ooooh how I hate the FIVE WEEK WAIT for shipping!} I bought a pack of gorgeous Girls' Paperie Christmas embellishments (see the centre of my wreath decoration) and those are what sparked this whole idea.
I started with one in the centre (added some bling because I wanted this to be sparkly in the candlelight as it's hanging on our dining-room wall so will be a stunning showpiece for our Christmas dinner). I fussy cut a couple of sheets of last year's Making Memories Christmas paper.
Mounted the GP embellie onto a piece of cardstock punched with my giant scallop punch then layered them onto a big flower which I painted silver (quick and easy with a big silver Pilot marker) then onto a doily, then another huge flower!
Mounted the GP embellie onto a piece of cardstock punched with my giant scallop punch then layered them onto a big flower which I painted silver (quick and easy with a big silver Pilot marker) then onto a doily, then another huge flower!
I used my new Crate Paper Restoration papers for the floral circle behind the huge flower and behind the fussy cut flowers too. I added giant bling to hold down the petals (tip - buy cheap bling) even here you can get sheets of it for R10 {about US$1.30} and South Africa is notoriously expensive for scrappy supplies).
Punched a whole lot of 1inch circles from the yellow Crate paper (left-over after cutting the big circle) and flipped them over to use the green spotted side) LOVE that paper - then I made my own scalloping by adhering the circles slightly overlapping them as I went along.
Used some lovely red velvet ribbon from my stash for making a nice long loop to hang my wreath decoration with (I stapled it to make sure it wouldn't come apart - then covered the staple with a petal!) I added a long bow at the bottom plus some hand-dyed crinkle ribbon, webster's tinsel and some beads.Punched a whole lot of 1inch circles from the yellow Crate paper (left-over after cutting the big circle) and flipped them over to use the green spotted side) LOVE that paper - then I made my own scalloping by adhering the circles slightly overlapping them as I went along.
Christmas wreath decoration supplies list:- Girls' Paperie Christmas 2010 Embellishment
Self-adhesive bling rhinestones
Big flowers (Mr. Price Home decor store)
PILOT marker - silver
Printed papers - Crate Paper Restoration and
Making Memories Christmas 2009
Cardstock - Bazzill Kiwi
Red velvet ribbon
Hand-dyed crinkle ribbon (Pearl Lui)
Staples
Beads
Chain and clasp (from an old handbag accessory)
Beads (LSS)
Fine tinsel (Webster's Pages)
Doily (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Then I made a card!
Christmas card supplies list:- Bazzill cardstock - red and green
Red ruffle ribbon - Maya Road
Printed paper - Crate Paper Restoration
Embellishment - Girls' Paperie Christmas 2010
Red ink
Black fineliner (sadly my sewing machine is broken!)
Red ink - Colourbox
I'm not a card-maker generally but I was happy with this one. I wanted simple & bold. I used some Jenni Bowlin product packaging as a template for the bracket shape. No sentiment required.
I prepared the cover of a 7 Gypsies concertina mini-album - in the hopes that I can stash away some of the many images I know I'll be taking over the next week - in a quiick and easy format!
Christmas card supplies list:- Bazzill cardstock - red and green
Red ruffle ribbon - Maya Road
Printed paper - Crate Paper Restoration
Embellishment - Girls' Paperie Christmas 2010
Red ink
Black fineliner (sadly my sewing machine is broken!)
Red ink - Colourbox
I'm not a card-maker generally but I was happy with this one. I wanted simple & bold. I used some Jenni Bowlin product packaging as a template for the bracket shape. No sentiment required.
I prepared the cover of a 7 Gypsies concertina mini-album - in the hopes that I can stash away some of the many images I know I'll be taking over the next week - in a quiick and easy format!
So glad that this time round I added in a pack of simple Tim Holtz tags 'cos they make such a good base for so many things...Used one for the base of the title. Mounted the Girls' Paperie embellishment onto a scalloped circle , added some bling and a berry rub-on. Added the title, date and inked the edges.
Mini-album supplies:- Printed paper - Crate Paper Retoration
Red ink - Colour Box
Embellishment - Girls' Paperie Christmas 2010
Bazzill cardstock - Kiwi
Rub-on - Basic Grey
Bling swirl (cut up) - Prima
Tim Holtz tag
Alphas - Making Memories and Pink Paislee
Bling - LSS
Tag cardstock:- Tim Holtz tag
Red cardstock - American Crafts
Pink text paper - Girls' Paperie packaging
Silver pen - Pilot
Hand-dyed crinkle ribbon - Pearl Lui
Girls' Paperie embellishment
Green cardstock - Bazzill Kiwi
Thanks for looking!
Hope it gave you a nice little coffee break between a.l.l. t.h.e w.r.a.p.p.i.n.g...
8 comments:
wow.. beautiful projects..
Congrats!!! Have fun playing with your new goodies!
You make great cards too, and beautiful wall hanging, thanks for sharing!
Congratulations on winning the RAK...fabulous goodies!
Lovely card and Christmas wreath...the wreath looks like a lot of work but worthwhile.
Congrats!!! Great work.
YOU are a VERY lucky girl Helen Tilbury. What a gorgeous RAK to receive. Christmas came early this year,...huh..?
Well, in many ways glad it does noy come early here. I am SO behind with the preparations. It all began with me being ill and hospitalized,...
So I have an excuse...Well kind of..LOL!
WARM ( or maybe you would prefere cold..?) HUGS from a very snow-filled Sweden.
WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!!
Forgot to say I love your cards!!
And you say you're not a Christmas person...?
Thanks so much for all your lovely comments! Lynette the wreath decoration was surprisingly simple! The most time-consuming part was fussy-cutting the 2 sheets of MM paper {the glittery foliage} - all in all it took a couple of hours so was similar to a layout for me! LOL Diana - Those Girls' Paperie embellishments were the only Christmas stuff I bought (& 2 sheets of Christmas paper!) & that was the only tag & card I made all month!
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