Prima class at Scotties

I am very excited about taking this 2 page layout class at Scottie Crafts this Saturday, 10th November, using the fabulous, fun papers from the Prima Firefly collection!

If you would like to know more details, check out the Scotties blog, here!

Cheers,
Sue :)

Tag for Scrapfest swap

It was so much fun swaping tags in the Scrapfest Tag-it!
This was my tag for the Group 3 girls. Our challenge was to use a stamp, texture and a colour.

Main Supplies:

La Blanche stamp and black embossing powder

Spellbinders Venetian motives die (bookpaper doily, cut 2)

Spellbinders Aster Flower Topper (book cover canvas which I embossed with a rubber mat, then cut around and rubbed with TH Lipstick Distress Ink)

Marianne Design die (silhouette)

Martha Stewart pansy edge punch

seam binding coloured with TH distress stains - Antique Linen, Worn lipstick, Victorian Velvet

Cheers,

Sue :)

Bathurst Adventure

Jeff has just turned 30! Another one of my babies in their thirties!! Too scary!
To celebrate we all banded together and bought airfares from Auckland to Sydney, acommodation, rental car and tickets to the 50th anniversary of the Bathurst V8's, for Jeff, Lloyd and Mike. It is the first holiday that Mike has ever had with just his sons!
They had the best time ever!!! They were still so excited (and very tired and hung-over) when they got home 5 days later.

I am adding this layout to the Frosted Designs Friday challenge, which is Sports!
It is the first time I have used these Spellbinders sprockets. I think they are really cool!
Sue :)

BITW - Touch

Jeff and Aimee have moved in upstairs after they put their house on the market and it sold  one week later and they had to be out in 3! They were expecting it to take months and have plans for building a new home. But... in the meantime, renting in town wasnt an option when you have 2 precious outdoor cats!!
So..this layout is of Woki, who has been very nervous in a new environment. He is sitting within one quick leap to the gap that is his hidey-hole under the deck!

One of the 'Bird is the Word' challenge words at the moment is 'touch'. I always look forward to seeing what their new word is. They have some great words.
Lots of Prima, Rondelle, papers, flowers, bling and journalling block. I also used my new Spellbinders lattice die and some Easycast resin flowers. The centre flower is embossed bookcover canvas using Spellbinders Aster Flower Topper die (both dies and resin is available from Scottie Crafts)

It is wet and wild outside here, but I feel for everyone in the South Island who are really coping the weather bomb! Have a good,'inside' weekend everyone.
Cheers,
Sue

Summer Lovebirds

I gathered up some of the new Prima Firefly collection that has just arrived at Scottie Crafts. The colours are just gorgeous -bright and summery! Apart from papers I have also used the Firefly journalling notecard set,  Prima flowers, a Crafter's Workshop chevron mask and texture paste.
Jeff and Aimee have a boat and one of their favourite things to do together, is to pack sleeping gear, a food basket and fishing rods and head out to Kawau Bay for the night.

Challenge Me Happy has an Anything Goes challenge this fortnight - a challenge everyone should enter! So easy! Seeing as the papers and embellies are Prima, I have used this month's sketch as inspiration.
Cheers,
Sue :)

Baby bump

After two weekends of shows and workshops and the preparation, I came home itching to get into my new Prima supplies from Scotties!

I have been taking photos of my daughter, Emma, and her growing baby bump. But, every time, it was so hard getting a pic without Frank (their present baby!) wanting to be part of the action. We finally put him in the garage!

So, I have done this layout for Frank!!

Prima Supplies: Background paper; Tea-Thyme Collection, Cypress Rose

                        Journalling notecard; Rondelle Notecard set

                        Prima mask (with Liquid Pearls applied )

                        New little Say-it-in-Crystals

                        Flowers

                        Canvas Alphabet stickers

Other supplies: Resin hearts (made from Easycast and moulds) These new resin making kits are new to  Scotties and sooo cool!!

                        Seam binding dyed with Tim Holtz Distress Stains

                        Martha Stewart corner and border punch

All these wonderful, cool products are available at Scottie Crafts!!

Cheers,

Sue

Mr and Mrs

I have been a bit quiet this week and feeling a bit sorry for myself!  I have a broken rib and right hand after fainting and unceremoniously crashing into the end of the bed and into the exercycle!! Thank goodness for the Olympic Games!
But...Scrappy withdrawal symptoms were really setting in by yesterday, so I decided I had to attempt a layout!  I used my cricut and the new gel pens to draw and cut a strip of patterned paper and asked my son's girlfriend to roll the 2 doily shapes through the cuttlebug for me and I was away!

I have used this month's sketch from 'Stuck?!' . The papers are mostly Pink Paislee, London Market and Glitz Designs Paper Layers. 'Mr and Mrs' was cut on the cricut also.

Off now to see what else I can do without having to pick up a pair of scissors! 

Cheers,

Sue :)