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.