Workshop Winners April, May, June 2009

Ok so I know it is a bit late but I have the winner drawn this morning by my Son Izra..

Drum roll please......(*rat a tat tat rat a tat tat.... brrrrreeerrrrr)
Marj & Lisa Holtby.. Yeah.. I have a box of goodies for you.. I know I will be seeing you at the Mini Catalogue launch tomorrow Avo.. I will give you your box then... Congradulations
Love Ursula

My Oversaeas Trip

I bet you didn't even know I went Overseas did you??? Well I did... nar nar nar...

I was needing to get out of the house in June.. a week before The Arty Farty Tea Party so I called up Leonie and asked her if she would like a visitor.. She said yes.. So I drove to the Redland Bay Ferry and went over the sea.... to Macelay Island....

Leonie drove me around the whole island.. We did the touristy thing and took some photos.. It was a fun escape for the day...
This is Leonie in her In The Night Garden - Iggle-Piggle pants.. hehe...

see they are the same... Leonie is gonna kill me!!!


That's ok caues there is a photo of me looking hot.. (not) too.....




This was the day The Arty Farty Morning Tea Party Make n Take was dreamed up - with thanks to Splitcoast and a little artistic license...

I just had to take an arty looking photo... The angle is a bit weird but I think it is a pretty good photo...
It was a lovely day, spent with a wonderful friend.... Yeah for beautiful people who do crafty things!!! I am BLESSED to be surrounded by them!!! Muwah to you all!!

Hodgepodge Hardware - Jewellery

I have blogged this before but my photos were some what lacking.. I have a new camera now and it takes much better shots.. it's amazing what another 7 pixels will do to the quality of your photos!!!! I love begin challenged... And I love this necklace... I can have my kids (photos) close to my heart every time I wear it!!!
I have 2 Hodgepodge (pg 149, 2009-10 Aus/NZ Ideas Catalogue) Designer Labels back to back and using the Designer label punch (pg 152, 2009-10 Aus/NZ Ideas Catalogue) I have punched out the photos and some clear Over Head Transparencies (OHT's). I have put the photos in and stuck the Hodgepodge together...

If you would like me to make you one let me know.. this design takes about 4 hours at least... I would have to sell for at least $130... because of the time factor and all the beads are good quality hand made glass beads... and each one is individually hand wraped with wire...

I am really rough on necklaces so I needed to make it industrial strength... I always lean over chairs or door handles and get my necklaces caught.. of course the non industrial strength ones break.....but this one will stand that kind of cruel and unusual punishment!!!! ;)

If you would like to check out the first blog info click HERE for a short cut...

Wedding invites -Suzies

One of my girlfriends is getting married... And she came to me to see if I could help her...
This is what we came up with and we invented some new ways of doing things that I believe made for some BEAUTIFUL cards!!!

Suzie's colour theme is Silver Black and Burgundy... This makes for a stunning very elegant combination!!! Sue wanted half in Silver Card stock and half in Black Card stock...I cut the A4 card in half long ways... And made the' gate fold'. And punched out with the horizontal slot punch to thread the ribbon through so it would hold the card together...
I stamped the large flourish from Baroque Motifs stamp set (pg 94, 2009-10 Aus NZ Ideas Book) in silver on the black card and in black on the silver card and we powder embossed - to enhance them...

To make the envelopes match I arranged them on the table and stamped them 4 envelopes together with the Baroque Motifs flourish in the corner... This makes them match but individual at the same time..
Placement
Stamping
EmbossedA bunch of the Black ones together.... They looked so good!!

Thank you cards - these have also been embossed on the corners to match the Baroque Motifs theme.. As tehy were smaller I used the small flourish from the Priceless set (pg 92, 2009-10 Aus NZ Ideas Book) We made them note card size... they are petite and elegant!

Cup Cakes - NO sugar - No Calories - But Still BEAUTIFUL

These have got to be the most diet friendly Cup Cakes ever!!! They are so cute... And they never go off!!! They were made from a template... I was over Liz's and she had them all traced and ready to cut out... She really wanted to have them ready for the June PaperANGELS meeting... Only her shower had sprung a leak and her carpet was wet.. plus she had tradies coming in and out to fix the roof storm damage from months ago... so this project kind of was put on the back burner... but I loved them so much that I just had to stay and make sure they got done.. she had done so much on them I couldn't let them go to waste!!! So we finished them.. And how good do they look???When I got home I really wanted to be able to make them too... But I could not get the template.... So I traced them... And thankfully I have a WONDERFUL husband that can do some pretty special stuff on the computer and he has made a template (with a few alterations as it wasn't exactly right according to his engineering skills) I can print out so the next time I want to make these it will be so much easier... If you would like the template just contact me and I will send it to you... (for a price.. heheh.. just jokes)

Here's a close up of one of these gorgeous treats!! If you darken the edges of the Cupcake Swirls you can make the cardboard look like real icing... With a 2way glue pen and some Dazzling Diamonds you can make them look like real frosting swirls!! So cute... Our PaperANGELS meeting challenge this month was Paper Embellishments... and I believe we did an awesome job!! The quality of work and talent is just amazing!! Well done ANGELS!!!... talk about thinking outside the box!!!