Monday, 1 October 2012

Paper Angels Meeting - June & July 2012

Embossing and Scoring for an Ice Cream Card



Small Envelope Punch Happy Day CardThe Hands on approach that we have at our Paper Angel Training meetings is wonderful!!!! I love that we always make lovely inspiring projects at every meeting... and I especially love that we are encouraged to bring show and tell... Our team are all so TALENTED!!!! Its a joy to go each month and mix with the Awesome bunch!!! Here's some of the cards we have created....

Silhouette Shabby Chic Card

Card Classes

KENG Craft group love creating really different cards.. these are just some
of the fun cards we have made over the last few months...

The wooden sign post card on the right is the one that we did at KENG and the one on the right is what Michelle did with the card... When people take things home and put their own flair on it and make is so much better.. I just love it!!!!

Birthday Wodden Sign Post Card
9 Holes Golfer CardShopping Bag Card


The Little shopping bag one is quite cute and is a great way to use up little bits of left over DSP...

The Golf card is so cool for men!!!



The BEAUTIFUL cup cake stand is such a CUTE card!!! EVERYONE loves this one!!!

Cup Cake Stand Card

Rainbows and Butterflys Card

You can get a GREAT effect with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and your aqua pen... if you draw directly onto your card stock and then go over each colour individually you can make lovely rainbow!!!! Just like this card...


Shabby Chic is always a popular choice in card making... and using your collection of old buttons is a great way to decorate your cards!!!
Shabby Chic Wedding Card

Cards for the Birds

So have you noticed that for the last coupe of years BIRDS are quite the popular decoration.... ESPECIALLY owls...

This card is such a cute card!! It was inspired by someone's card on Stampin connection... Kim, one of our Paper Angels is AWESOME at finding fantastic cards on Stampin Connection (Exclusive to Stampin Up Demos around the world.. web site to share ideas, creations, Chat groups and get help) and when she shows us her discoveries on a Tuesday at Bayside craft group... well we just have to get her to send us the photos that she has taken so we can recreate them too!!!....

I love that you can change the owls expression with simply by putting the little white gel pen shine in different places....

Everyone loves this one...

Birthday Punch Art Owls

Angry Birds are all the RAGE!!!! Bec showed us at a Paper Angels Training meeting.... this great card she had done at a workshop and I just had to go home and recreate it!!!! Some people are just so talented when they create punch art!!!!

Angry Birds Punch Art Birthday Card

Simply Cute Cards

Simple Stary Birthday Card

How cute and easy is this card.... All you do is cut a strip of Card stock and punch out a shape multiple times stick some ribbon down the side stamp your greeting and whalah you are done in a mater of minutes... a cute card for any occasion....

Happy Mothers Day Card

This one here was made for Mothers day with my church group of 8 to 11 year old kids... they had heaps of fun creating this one... and it was an easy one to make too!!!

Bleaching Goodness!!!

Oh My GOODNESS... I LOVE LOVE LOVE BLEACHING!!!!!!!!!!!
Again one of the techniques from convention that was demonstrated to us... I just had to come home and try this one.... How much do I LOVE it... let me count the ways.... one millionty times ~~~~~
 
Bleaching Stensiling Daubering Designer Scrapping Pages

With this technique you can create any kind of backing paper you want..... so no more excuses for not begin able to get a backing page (DSP) to match your photos anymore!!!! It's AMAZING and SO ARTY!!! It gives you a real sense of satisfaction to see the pages come to life right before your eyes... and with the bleaching it is a little like magic!!!! Words just do not explain how exciting it all really is.. you will just have to try it yourself!!!!

The below is a picture of the page that I demoed at one of our meetings... if you would like to see the UTube video of our training click this link... (link to come)

Design your own 12x12 pages by Bleaching Stensiling & Daubering

Have a BLEACHING good time!!!

Big Shot Class

Convention is ALWAYS inspiring.. and although it may have been a few months ago I am still getting inspiration out of all the fantastic ideas we saw there.... I designed this class from a couple of the LOVELY projects that were presented to us by one of the demonstrator presenters....

There are so many ways you can use your Stampin Up tools and Big Shot dies!!!! Then only limits are your imagination and creativity!!!

Scrapbook Page Big Shot

Daisy Chain on the Big Shot Page

By folding your card stock a little smaller than your dies cutting edges you can achieve a larger sized or a chain of the big shot die.... these 2 pages use  the  Scallop Square Bigz Clear (115950) and the Blossom Party Originals (115971)... You can have as much fun creating pages as we had on this trip to Scarborough (fair)....
Enjoy EXPERIMENTING!!!

We all Fall Down

I love the fact that in life we all fall down.. Nothing is perfect.. And the truth of the matter is... that is how we learn.... some may fall harder than others..... have you watched children playing lately????? What do they do when they fall down????? Yep that's right they get right back up again and keep on going... we sure can learn so much from them.... May we all face life's challenges with the youthful outlook... and get right back up again on our feet and keep trying....

These are some great random 'natural' photos I took on the way to the park and at the park one day with my boys and Liz's... My Boys had never roller bladed before.. and it was wonderful to watch them as they learned to (mess up...heheheh) master this new skill... what was so heart warming was the fact that the boys were all willing to lend a hand to each other when needed... and the 2 youngest at one stage shared one blade each.... doesn't it just melt your heart!!! What good boys!!!!

Simply Scored Box Pleated Strip

This page was inspired by one that we saw at this years Stampin' Up! convention... I've used the Top note die and folded the card stock in four so that there is a great photo mat under the photos... The Simply Scored has come in handy also for the fabulous box pleated DSP strip...

Riped adn Laced DSP

My lovely Sister and her Daughter are a couple of my favorite people.. although we do not get to spend a lot of time together they are always in my heart and mind.... and cause I have little boys... well the whole pretty flower thingy needs a little more feminine photos.. and one can only scrap so many of ones self!!! (especially when one is sooooooooooooo fussy about which photo one likes of ones self!!!) I am so glad that I do have some REALLY nice photos of them together from their interstate visits with us.... It may have taken me a couple of years to scrap these ones but I have finally done it!!!!

I took a whole 12 x 12" page of DSP and ripped a section out of it.... then rolled the edges of the ripped section over, glued it down to a full page of Whisper White 12x12 card stock and laced the top of it together with some lovely ribbon....

This STUNNING flower is one of my ALL TIME FAVOURITES!!!! It has been made with 3 punches, Card stock, Rhinestone Brad and a spritz bottle of water...
1. Simply punch out two of the Blossom punch (125603), three of the 5 Petal Flower (now retired :(...), and two of the middle sized flower in the Boho Blossoms punch (119858)....
2. Spritz them all with your water spritz... and then go to town scrunching them up like they are rubbish... I even roll them arround in my hands when they are in little balls....
3. Once they are mostly dry you can then layer them and pierce a hole in the middle of them then secure all layers with a brad...Continue to play with the shape and the scrunching of each petal a little to get the right look... Once it is dry you will find your flower will keep it's shape very nicely!!!

Spritz & Scrunched Flower

 Enjoy Crafting!!!!

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Paper Angels Annual Christmas Card Fundraising Event 2012


Come along and have some fun while helping to raise funds for the Marter Mothers Bereavement Program.. for more info please call or email me.... Looking forward to catching up!!

Christmas Card Event 2012 Flyer

Christmas Card Event 2012 Flyer Back


September October Angel Ave Classes - 2012





Angel Ave CLASSES
Like the sound of a class??
Wrong time /Day for you??  
gather 3 or more friends together and have your very own private class.  And if you have requests I am more than happy to accommodate your needs and wishes… Just drop me a line or call me…



September – Please BYO Basic tool Kits and Adhesives to all classes
Friday 21st… 7pm… Scrapbooking $15
Friday 28th … 7pm… Punch Art $10
October – Please BYO Basic tool Kits and Adhesives to all classes
Wednesday 10th … 10am or 7pm… Stamp n Stack $15
Saturday 20th … 7pm … Scrapbooking $15
Saturday 27th Paper Angels Christmas Card EVENT!!! At Lions Club $65
Bookings and payment must be made by 13/10/12.. in order to have your products for the day!!!


Saturday, 1 September 2012

Stampin UP! Holiday Catalogue 2012

It's here and it's AWESOME... You can now purchase from this lovely NEW Holiday Catalogue..
There are so many lovely NEW items... 
If you would like to get your hands on one of these please let me know..
or Click HERE to view on line
I am going to have FUN FUN FUN with all these WONDERFUL NEW products!!!....

Come have fun with me....

Love Ursula 


Stampin UP! 2012-2013 Anual Catalogue

Take a look at all the fantastic NEW product!!!
Click HERE....

Book a workshop to see and use some of this lovely new product...

Come to our Paper Angels Christmas Card Event....

If you would like your own copy of the NEW CATALOGUE... contact me today....

It's sooooooooooooo EXCITING!!!!!!! 

Love Ursula

 

Sunday, 26 August 2012

Attic Boutique Easter

Easter Bonnet Scrapbook Page
I know this paper is a bit girly but how good does it look with this lovely photo of my son and a friend of his at the school Easter Bonnet Parade? It is so colourful and festive...

This design is a fantastic way to use up your scraps and left overs of DSP.. It is quite free in the design.. you just take some strips.. (same size or not) randomly stick them on and add some other bits and pieces...

Easter Bonnet Page Medallion EmbellishmentThis lovely medallion embellishment was made with the Simply Scored tool... by taking a strip of DSP you can score ever 1/4", then concertina it.. glue the ends together so it forms a cylinder and then flatten it out and glue a circle of card stock to keep it in the medallion shape.

It's so AWESOME when you create a page that just suits a photo you have wanted to scrap for YEARS!!!! I love it...

Attic Boutique & First Edition Specialty

Big Shot Embellishment Scraping Page

Big Shot & Scallop Border Punch Embellishments
Don't you just love the BIG SHOT!!! At my recent Big Shot scrapbboking class we created this lovely page... There is no limit to what you can do with the Big Shot!!! Especially when you can layer Card stock DSP and stamping.. You can create some absolutely GLORIOUS embellishments to you projects!!!

Using the Labels Collection Framelit dies I created some lovely Tags and Tabs for the sides of the photos and for the pocket and the journaling tag...

I loved the Scallop Trim Border withe the tiny pearls in-between each scallop... How cute and dainty is that??

Shabby Chic and Antique

Antique Shabby Chic Scrapbook page
At a recent Angle Ave Class I taught how to create this lovely Shabby Chic and Antique looking Scrapbooking page... It includes quite a lot of daubering, Punching and some faux metal tag technique...

This page will look great when I put some lovely black and white or sepia photos on it...

I gathered some lace ribbon to make the little cream flower...

To make the faux metal tags you emboss at least 3 layers of embossing powder and then stamp your VersaMark stamp image onto the HOT embossing.... It leaves a wonderful imprint in the embossing powder and whalah you have a fantastic faux metal embossed embellishment....
Antique Shabby Chic Embellishments

Have a Chic time!!!

Antique Embossing

Antique Embossing Wedding Page Back in the day when we used to be able to kiss on the lips without thinking... ummm.. I may be sick.. (Hubbie has an Immune disease and gets germs and infections REALLY quickly)
Arrrhhh they were the days!!! So young so in love and so much promise for the future... Isn't it wonderful how everything only gets better with age!!!??

I saw a lovely project at convention this year (2012) and it had an antique embossing look... So I went home and recreated the look with my own twist... of course...

I took a piece of Pool Party card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Labels Collection Framelits dies and then dry embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper Folder...
Antique Embossing Embellishment Close Up

Then I daubered gold ink or Versa Mark, making sure that I left a little bit of the blue showing through... then I embossed with gold embossing powder.. Then I made it a little more 'dirty' looking by daubering some Early Espresso ink on some places... Adding the glorious Antique Brad just finishes the antique look...

Antique Embossing Embellishment LettersI cut some chip board out with my Simple Letters Alphabet dies and then Versa Marked them and gold embossed... then I took a flourish stamp and inked it up with Versa Mark and stamped on top of the gold embossed letter and then sprinkled black embossing powder on and heated...

To do the strips I took Black card stock, dry embossed and then daubered gold ink and embossed with gold embossing powder...

I hope this gives you some ideas on how to make your projects look antique... It would be wonderful for your heritage photos...

Enjoy xxx

Monday, 6 August 2012

2013 Retired List SOLD out

Retiring lists update:
Sold Out - Already...
*Bushing Bride card stock
*Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait & Poppy Parade ink refills
*More Mustard Marker
*Gold Brads
*Dotto Refill
*Crimper
*Stampin' Scrub replacement pads

Friday, 3 August 2012

As I said in the last post....it’s that time of year when we are ushering out the old and welcoming in the new. August is the last month of the current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and also the LAST CHANCE to snap up retiring products (some of which are on sale) from the retired stamp & accessory list.
I was looking at the list.. and MAN it is rather long... Liz had this great idea of listing the top 7 products... so I thought I would copy her idea to help you wade through the very long list by highlighting the top 7 bargains! If you are interested in these, you will need to act QUICKLY as it is a first in best dressed basis on retiring products in August and it will be no surprise that the sale items often go first. I am placing an order tonight (Friday) as well as next week a – the sooner your order comes to me, the better your chance of securing your favourite retiring product (you know the one you’ve been meaning to order but as yet haven’t) and/or a major bargain.
‘Nursery Nest’ Designer Series Paper is now 40% OFF and instead of the usual $18.95, you can now purchase as many packets as you like for only $11.37. This is an awesome paper and great for cardmaking and scrapbooking alike. This paper would make a great gift for a papercrafter, someone having a baby, or dare I even say it ‘wrapping paper’ for small gifts!
Can you believe this! 75% OFF these Christmas Designer Fabric Packs! Each pack includes 3 beautifully coordinated designs in an extra-wide fat quarter size, each piece being approx 68.6 x 45.7. These packs are now ONLY $4.99. Seriously this has to be the best bargain of all and I can see loads of applications, from patchwork to gifting such as covering jar lids on home made Christmas Treats! Really it’s only limited by your imagination and at this price you can afford to stock up and maybe even include them as stocking fillers in gifts for crafty friends!
Some demonstrators are expressing shock that the Crop a Dile is being retired and I’m hearing them – I use this tool all the time. I can only imagine that it is because eyelets are no longer a current trend in papercrafting at present. However, this is a tool well worth having for it’s magnificent ability to punch holes through chipboard and multiple layers of cardstock with ease! But don’t be sad it’s going, buy one NOW at 25% off Normally $54.95 this must have tool is NOW ONLY $41.21
Don’t cry – this fabulous stamp cleaner is not actually being retired, rather it is being reformatted into a larger square version. I’m guessing this is to make cleaning the larger background stamps easier. Having said that, this current model does the job and if you don’t yet own one and would rather get a discount than wait for the bigger version, now’s the time to buy one. Normally $28.95, this essential tool is now 25% off and is NOW $21.71. What a great present for a fellow stamper who doesn’t yet own one too!
Loving this ‘continuous’ border punch, which stands alone, is great as a border tucked under another layer, or also looks great with ribbon threaded through it. Unbelievably this punch is 40% OFF and instead of the normal $38.95 NOW you can order for $23.37!
Finally the Triple Layer ‘Blossom Bouquet’ Punch is also 40% OFF and instead of $44.95 you’ll pay ONLY $26.97! What a bargain when you consider that this punch actually punches 4 different flowers which either stand alone or can be layered in different colours. Enjoy!

Don’t forget, these products plus the rest of the retired list, is only available whilst stocks last. I cannot order them once they have run out OR past the 31st August! Every year, I get contacted after this date and asked if I can get something from the previous catalogue – really this is true. Sadly I cannot help these people and it makes me sad!

Please either email me... naturallyu01@hotmail.com or phone on 0410 602 916

Love Ursula

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