We got elfed!

We got Elfed!

Sneak peek... CLEAR stamps

Been very busy busy busy. Designing new CLEAR stamps! I'm oh sooo excited. I've also converted some of my rubber designs into clear sets. I'm still waiting for pricing to be finalised (hopefully this week) but I can give you a sneak peek into some of the designs. I've also done a few layouts- I couldn't resist having a play :)...


I made some Christmas cards last week @ the free friends circle @ Blossies...
I'm having so much fun @ Blossies the ladies are such a blast! We're having the xmas party tomorrow- should be great.

Keep crafting
Sarah ox

busy happy crafty

We've had a busy couple of weeks. We visited Australia Zoo last Wednesday. It was great fun. The kids had a ball. Hands down my favourite part was hand feeding the elephants. They are such awesome beautiful graceful creatures. Abbi and I lined up 3 times to feed them. Abbi loved them too.

I've also finished a couple of classes that I will be teaching at Blossie's next month. Here is a sneak peak...

This class will be on Sunday the 9th...
We'll be stamping on felt and acetate to create this layout. We are also having another class on the 9th where you create your own backgrounds for your projects. This is a very fun class where you have a great chance to play with all the stamps and create your own unique art.

On Thursday the 13th I am teaching a Rock Princess card class. We'll combine pink, black, bling and acetate to create 3 great cards for the young ladies in your lives.





Check out Blossie's for more details. Hope to see you there!

On another note... WE GOT GRASS! I'm very excited. We've been waiting for soooo long it's nice to see it down finally. My lights in my studio have been fixed too- so stoked I have great lighting now with lovely big daylight globes so I can work at all hours (as I tend to anyway).

Here is a LO i did last week of my 'SonShine'

I had lots of fun with this LO. I used the dot dot circle set, the son from the boys set, 'You light up my life', and hugs and kisses. The paper and mat is from the new K & Company 'Wild Saffron' range- love it so warm.

Thats all for now,
Happy crafting...
Sarah

Catalogue Finally on Web!!!

I've finally managed to add my catalogue on the web! Yahoo! I hope you enjoy my designs!

Click on the catalogue link on the left to check them out...

WOW!

I've just got word that one of my layouts has been accepted to be a project in 'Scrapbook Creations'! and two more for their quick grabs section! I am Sooo excited!!!

I'm currently trying to make a hat for the Melbourne Cup Crop at Blossie's tomorrow. Should be lots of fun and a few prizes too- including 'Papercraft Studio' stamps!

Happy Crafting
Sarah

New Garden!

I'm very excited! I got my Vegi garden planted today. I've had itchy fingers for so long and now I can finally plant my own garden and know that I won't loose it by moving again. And it's MY garden so I can plant whatever I want. Abbi helped me choose the plants and helped me plant them out.

The kids were very excited because they got to have their first play in their new sandpit. It is HUGE! They made sand angels and had a ball.

We also put our hand prints in the wet cement at the back of the house. A little memento of where we all are, especially how big the kids are.

Why unmounted stamps...

Why Unmounted Stamps…

· Using unmounted stamps with acrylic blocks allows you to see exactly where you are stamping. This means you get your placement right every time which is really important especially if it’s the finishing touch on your project.

· Unmounted stamps are much easier to store. I can store more then 300 stamps in one A5 folder. This means I can take my whole collection to crops and workshops very easily.

· Price is about half of what you would pay for mounted stamps. This means you can have twice the number of designs for the same money.

How to mount your Stamps…

· I use ‘Off ‘n On’ glue painted onto the back. This allows them to be stored on acetate sheets, pealed off and placed onto an acrylic block for stamping then returned to the acetate for storage. I store them in an A5 folder with an index sheet opposite.

· Ezy mount can also be used or the stamps can be mounted onto wooden blocks with cushioning.

Published!

I'm very excited! My first layout using MY stamps is in Novembers issue of 'Australian Paper Crafts'. I'm very happy with how it has turned out.

We have moved into our lovely new house- which is very exciting. We've been waiting for a month to have the landscaping done- the kids have been going stir crazy. Well it has finally started! I cant wait for it to be finished and the kids can have free run of the yard. Rion was very excited watching the concrete truck poring the cement for his bike run.

I've been enjoying all the crop nights and days at 'Blossies' in Morayfield. Great company, great products and lots and lots of laughs!

Happy Crafting
Sarah

I finally have a slide show of my Papercraft Studio Lay outs! Yippie! I teach these classes so if you are interested in having me teach at your store pleas just drop me a line. The Sweet Birds LO has been very popular.

Check out my Slide Show!

I'm Looking foward to a creative day tomorrow meeting up with local artist Nic Hohn.

This is a layout using the new Royal Border, Family Word Set and the greeting 'You make a difference'.

Mum really does make a difference. The kids just absolutly adore her. DD (Darling Daughter) makes her little presents just about every week. They share such special times together. I'm glad they are so close.

Our house is finally Built! This means another move! the last one for twenty years we hope. Anyway, this means I need to clear out alot of stuff and am having a big sale on saterday. Hopefully the weather will be dry.

Did a great weekend extravaganza at 'Scrapbook Obsessions' Highfields a little while ago and had a great time. More new designs have been added to the collection and that means lots more samples too!

I'm also having two dickie bird card published in the January issue of 'Australin Paper Crafts' i was jumping up and down I can tell you.

This is a layout using the flourish set, large dickie bird, diamond background, crown set and dot dot circle set.

Busy and happy!

Been very busy with both designing new stamps and projects to get published. I'm having projects published in both the November and December issues of Australian Paper Crafts. I've also organised to advertise in this mag too. It's all very exciting. The new Dickie Bird Stamps are going really well, and they are such fun to use. I'm currently working on some card projects incorporating felt with the stamps, and having lots of fun! These are the Dickie birds stamped onto A3 watercolour paper with stazon, then coloured using watercolour crayons and a water pen. I then used this as a background in a layout. Very Funky!

I demonstrated at 'Scrapbook Obsessions Highfields' my stamps for the 'Scrap the Difference' bus tour in Toowoomba on the Saturday just gone. It was loads of fun showing off my stamps and introducing new people to my passion. The store sold out 'of off & on' glue and nearly all the colorbox chalk inks too!

Met a great artist on Saturday too- Nic Hohn, she really inspired me to get back into my visual diary keeping. So nice mixing with other arty farty people. Check out Nic's work at nichohn.com.au

I'm teaching a beautiful tag class this Friday up at Higfields which should be a lot of fun!

Sarah

Finally! I'm here!

I've finally entered the world of blogging! I'm very excited. I have created my very own range of unmounted rubber stamps and am very excited to be getting them out there into the world. I've taught a couple of classes in shops now and the response has been great. This is a LO of our Adelaide Family having a good old time together.