Sweet Life Cards

 As the end of the month is fast approaching I wanted to share some of the cards I made with Close To My Heart's July Stamp of the Month called Sweet Life. I love this stamp set, it has the sweetest sentiments and the images are such fun to colour in. If you struggle with shading and light sources when you colour - then this is a perfect set for you, the art work has really defined areas of shadows and shading making you the master of your markers in no time! This set is only available until the end of July and is yours for $5 when you spend $75 or more in my online shop - that is a saving of about 80% - a very sweet deal indeed! ....and while we are talking all things sweet, don't forget to check back in August when the Stamp of the Month is "A Chocolate Affair" - there are 8 yummy images for papercraft projects in that set and I know it is another one, you will want in your collection!

 



If you are attending any of my upcoming Inspiring Idea Events then you will get to see these cards in real life along with a few other goodies I made with this set....look forward to seeing you then

Rediscover Happy

...is the current tag line from Close To My Heart and it made me think of the things that make me happy, especially when times are tough..... and you guessed it, I am the happiest I can possibly be, when I am tucked away in my scrapping space ( aptly called the Happy Room ). I enjoy nothing more than working on my memory albums, creating personalised cards and getting my hands dirty with ink, adhesive and a touch of glitter. Papercraft is literally my happy place and if I go too long without crafting, I go through withdrawls.....can you relate to that? If so, why don't you consider joining my Close To My Heart team and we can be Happy together. As a Close To My Heart Consultant you will enjoy something that is often elusive in the working world - flexibility! - besides being paid for doing what you love, you are your own boss. You can set your own hours, work around your priorities and share innovative new products unparalleled in the papercraft industry. You also receive discounts on the products you personally love and have an amazing opportunity to touch hearts and change lives through your joy of scrapbooking and stamping. If you have ever considered owning your own home-based business then now may be just the perfect time... Close To My Heart is a new and exciting company to reach Australian shores and has a catalogue full of the most amazing array of papercraft products. Joining my team will also allow you to have exclusive access to my monthly page sketches and my Consultant Card Club where I will send you handmade cards along with the instructions to use in your events.

Two of my newest card designs are pictured below and if you are attending one of the Idea Extravaganza events over the next few months you will get to view these cards in real life - along with plenty of other page and card ideas that were designed to inspire your own creative journey - for more information on the Idea Extravaganza events be sure to check out my Facebook page and if you would like to purchase any of the products used to create these cards my Online Shop is always open for your shopping pleasure.

...oh and if you have popped across to visit my blog via facebook - I'd love to hear your comments :)

...and so it Begins!!

Today I have commenced my new creative journey as a Close To My Heart consultant. Please feel free to check out my website  - it is "now" ready for your online shopping pleasure :) - you can even join and become a consultant in my team ....if you enjoy sharing your paper craft passion with others, then this is a great opportunity to jumpstart yourself into a brand new ground floor Australian business. I am looking forward to sharing some of my fun new paper projects with you soon ♥  In the  meantime I thought I would share with you my first little play with a tiny, tiny sample of the Close To My Heart product range ( and it is huge! )....along with my trademark sketches to help inspire you to explore your own creativity :) 

 

I hope you enjoyed that little peek - don't forget to stop by my blog again as I will regularly update it with new ideas and samples of my creations. If you want to find out more about the Close To My Heart product range - click on the link in my sidebar or send me a message - always happy to help.

 

 

New Beginnings

Yes, my Papercraft friends I am on the cusp of  new beginnings. I have been given the opportunity to join the wonderful community of Close To My Heart as they release their line of fabulous products into Australia. I am really looking forward to playing with this fun-filled range of goodies that encompasses everything I love about papercraft.....scrapbooking, stamping, colouring, cardmaking and off the page paper projects!! I have BiG plans to be back blogging with you every week with a preview of my latest "Creative Capers"  - so stay tuned - new creations and ideas to share with you very soon.

 

 

 

If you would like to join me in Melbourne on the 15th July for an evening of information, fun, and friendship - receive more than $15 in free products & create two 12" × 12" scrapbook pages using Close To My Heart products - please message me for details.

 

In the meantime, I thought you might like to a couple of my latest sketches to play with or even pop on over to the Virtual Crop Group on Facebook to take a tour of all the fun challenges and playtime offered there....or check out my Facebook page where I am having a little Card Sell-a-bration of all my past design team and workshop event cards - be sure to check back regularly as I post more cards into that album.

Virtual Crop Fun

This weekend I have been assisting with a Virtual Crop event hosted by Creative Memories Australia & New Zealand and a small team of consultants. The event is open until Monday so if you would like to take part in the fun you still have time - all the information can be found here.
My role has been to create a sketch to inspire the participants with their album making projects. I usually share single page layouts however, for this event I decided to mix it up a little and created a multi-photo double page layout. It has been so much fun watching the event unfold and seeing some amazing digital and traditional pages produced with it.

I thought I would share the sketch here if you would like to give it a try. The photo sizes are 4 x 6 and 4 x 4 but by adapting the sized you can create some great variations.

One of the other challenges for the Virtual Crop was to create a Mothers Day card using a card sketch and specific instructions. I was in the process of colouring some images with my copics before the crop so I decided to use the sketch for a Get Well card. I loved the simplicity of the sketch and the fact that I could create it so quickly.

....be sure to visit the Virtual Crop Events Page to see all the fabulous work everyone is sharing.

Easter Digi Treats

Happy Easter !! I hope you have enjoyed the weekend break with family and friends! It has been such a long time since I have updated my blog and I feel I am always apologising for how busy my life is. I have decided that I am one of those people who needs 48 hours in a day and then it still may not be enough....I'm sure many of you can relate to that too!? Apart from family commitments, I have been "busy" spending time in my "happy room" creating all sorts of cards, scrapbook layouts and other paper craft goodies, but unfortunately, many don't make it here because they are "secret" items for Idea Extravaganza events, Design Team projects etc....and I would hate spoiling the surprises for you. However, in light of the fact that it is Easter and this is my 100th post I thought I would celebrate by sharing some "freebie" digital templates and show you a little of what I have been doing.

These are part of the next installment of sketches that I will be presenting this year at the big Idea Extravaganza workshops - so a little preview for you to play with before I come visit your Town, City or State.

 





If you like to play with paper and stickers - these sketches are easy to follow and if you prefer digital you can find the download links here and here. ( and they will be available up until the 7th April ) I have noted that the digi templates have already been downloaded over 50 times each in such a very short space of time...which means you must like them - huh?? If you do use the sketches, I would appreciate you leaving me some "love" or share your page creations on my facebook page - an event has been created and there are some amazing versions of these sketches already being uploaded & shared - I would love to see yours too!

These are my examples, they both use the new baby digital kits released by Creative Memories "today" - enjoy!

 



Let's hope I can keep those promises of more regular blog posts and I am back before this month ends.

Sketch Sharing

I have been a little distracted over the past few weeks preparing a presentation for the Creative Memories Leadership Summit, an Ideas Extravaganza and the Aus/NZ Virtual Crop event - busy, busy, busy but I wouldn't have it any other way! I love what I do! Some of the ideas I can't share with you because the products used to create them have not yet been released....so in the meantime I thought I would share some of the sketches used in the Virtual Crop. If you use them to created scrapbook layouts I would love it if you would share your creations on my Facebook Page - while I appreciate all the lovely emails of thanks you send me  for sharing, I would so appreciate seeing what you do with the sketches.

These are the sketches I shared this weekend during the Virtual Crop - there are 4 sketches in this series and the fourth one is based on a combination of the design elements from the first 3. There is also a Multi-Photo and Single- Photo version of Sketch#4

 

 

 

 

This digital heritage layout was created using Sketch#3 and a new digital kit to be released on the 1st March - make sure you ask your Creative Memories Consultant about this one - it is gorgeous!!

 

 

 

and this layout was based on Sketch #4 and also uses that gorgeous new digital kit coming your way soon!!

 

Enjoy the sketches and don't forget t show me what you create with them!