Continuing on with trying the Shave Foam technique ....

I had two lovely friends join me yesterday to get messy and we created some great papers for our card making etc, it's hard to stop mixing more colours when having this much fun 😊

 and here is a couple of samples I did to show you how we can use our new pretty papers. It's a bit addictive once you start creating and designing.

Finally got around

to taking some pics of my cards from the last few classes to share......

New Paper goodies

to show off from my last SU Class with Bronwen. Love these classes. Each month I learn new techniques as well as enjoying a coffee n chat with the lovely bunch of ladies who attend.

Two new cards and a gift card holder from a envelope and a small box to put a gift in, they were all fun to make.
 I have given in and am trying out the SU Project Life system for Scrap-booking to see if I like the change from my normal Scrap-booking technique. Still waiting for a BBB to arrive with some goodies I want to use but so far so good. The Project Life form of Scrap-booking can be a much simpler way of Scrappin' and a lot quicker if you have lots of pics you want to organize into albums and be done. Embellishing the pages can be done as little or as much as you prefer.
I think I will be happy to use both techniques in my Grand-children's albums I am doing but need to get a few more pages done to see if I can incorporate the new with the earlier pages. Will share a couple of them when done.
hugs
Diana

Stampin Up Goodies

from our class today with Bronwen, I always have fun playing with paper n glue at the once a month class, and love the chance to catch up with the other  ladies that attend.

  Having purchased the SU Envelope Punch Board I am amazed at all that it can be used for, besides the 66 envelope sizes you can quickly n easily make gift bags/boxes, cards and tags, so many clever people have shared their ideas on U-tube and the WWW.

 Today we used the EPB to make the octagonal shaped bob-bon's and the sweetest bow that can be used to decorate gift boxes/cards etc. We also made a Sunburst Card...love it...AND Bron made us all the cutest little envelope gift box using the EPB AND it has chocolate inside :-)

The other pics are of the Christmas card, the square bon-bon and stamped candle I made while playing this week.

 hugs,
Diana

And while I am on a roll

and catching up with my blog updating....
I wanted to pop up a couple of pics of what my niece Dahna made on a visit to me during the school holidays. Dahna is very artistic so it wasn't hard to keep her occupied in my craft room with stamps and paper, she enjoyed making a gift for her Mum's birthday and I had a great time showing her how use some of the new toys I have accumulated, it was fun having somebody to play with for a couple of days, lol. Thanks so much for your company Dahna, it was lovely having you visit.

Dahna did a great job of the dvd notepad holder and card don't you think.

hugs 
Diana

A little update

on my Stamping Up workshops. 

I have fallen behind with posting pics of my cards etc that have been made in the classes.

 So I decided it would be a good idea to put them all together in an album for those who are interested in this craft and I can update it when I have new items to share.

 I love going along once a month to the workshops where we get to sample the paper and stamps etc from the Stampin Up range.

Bron our Demonstrator is brilliant at showing us

a new technique each month, so much so that each month I have to put in an order for some goodies, did I say how addicting it is. 

To have a peek at my photos, please click HERE.

hugs 
Diana

Wish we had Smell a Blog

my Jasmine is flowering and smells sooo good, I have kept it contained in a pot so it doesn't take over the fence between us and the back neighbors but I'm tempted to let it when it looks and smells so yummy at this time of the year.

Not a lot of crafting happened this week, I did start another scrapping page, but am at the stage where I don't know what to do next so while waiting for inspiration to hit me I used some paper scraps up and made these cards, 

can see I have a long way to go before anybody receives a home made card from me, lol, I will keep practicing.

It's a bit like patchwork being able to use up the scraps, and I have finally run out of blue n red scraps for my string quilt so  even though it will just end up being a floor rug for the Grandchildren or the back seat of the car it is a good feeling finally using up the scraps I have been hoarding for all these years.

I have to put the blocks away now till in the New Year when I will add some sashing to finish them. Meanwhile I need to get busy with some Christmas sewing.

hugs

Diana