Clear Greetings

Christmas is coming and I am happy to report my classes are getting back in full swing just in time to help with your end of year Cardmaking. Most of my cards have a Christmas theme in November starting with this card, In this class we are creating “Clear Cards” starting with the Stylish Christmas card below and the second card will be a general greeting card. If you live in Sydney and are interested in coming to one of my classes here are the details:

Dates and Times for November 2009:
Tuesday 3rd at 7:30pm
Thursday 5th at 11am
Friday 6th at 7:30pm

Cost:
$15, All materials included to make 2 cards

Location:
Old Mt Druitt, Address given after you book in

Places limited, To book:
Email: mail@tenealewilliams.com.au
Phone: 0416 000 955

Materials used:
Stamps: Snow Swirled {see below for full set}
Ink: White StazOn from Spring Mini, Basic Grey and Baja Breeze
Paper: Whisper White and Baja Breeze DSP and Cardstock
Other: White Taffeta ribbon, Scallop edge, Clear sheet and Pearls.

Here is the set I have used:
Snow Swirled. set of 6. $45.95

Interested in more of my November classes? Click HERE.

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Holly Greetings

I have been playing with the yummy new Kaiser “Dear Santa” papers again and more images from Darkroom Door to create “special” Christmas cards, Most of my cards I have made for Christmas are very simple but I make “special” cards from a few people, I have a very long Christmas card list this year and because I have a short attention span I have designed several cards and made about 30 of each design which I will start to share with you over the coming weeks to help you with your Christmas cards.

And inside:

I have lots on this week with design deadlines and helping my sister out with the new baby, SO I am not sure how much I will be able to post for the next week but I will try really hard to post my Christmas cards, Please don’t stop coming by….I love having you pop in ;0) REMEMBER to kiss your loved ones and always let them know you love them.

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I am Aunty {again}

After much waiting and drama’s along the way I am finally an Aunty again to a beautiful little girl named Ebony Rose she was born 7:30pm on Monday 19th October 2009. She is SO cute and such a good baby, Mum is doing really well and her big sister Bailey {who is 3 years old} is very proud, I was looking after Bailey when Ebony was born, It was one of the most special moments I have experienced, I had not told Bailey that her mum was having Ebony that night but she knew that her mum was in hospital because they were checking on the “baby”, once I received the call that Ebony was born I told her and Bailey’s little face just lit up and she clapped her hands and said proudly “guess what Aunty… I am big sister now” It was just so precious. Now whenever she is with Ebony she says “it’s ok Ebony, big sister is here”…

I have taken so many photos over the past few days of Ebony and I am back into my Scrapbooking so I have Scrapbooked a photo of little Ebony Rose from Monday a couple of hours after she was born and it was the first time my sister held her. The layout was inspired by a quilt that was made for Ebony by her Aunty Lucy and I just LOVE this quilt SO much, I took elements from the quilt like the damask design, the polka dots and blocks of pattern to create the layout. I even added a little stitching detail along the bottom. I was really happy with my page and even happier with having another CUTE niece.

Here is another photo of little Ebony Rose on the quilt that inspired my page.

Materials used:
Stamps: Fifth Ave Floral, Friends 24-7 and Baroque Background
Ink: VersaMark, Basic Grey and Pink Pirouette
Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Regal Rose DSP, Whisper White CS and Pink Pirouette CS
Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Scallop edge, Chipboard letters, Watercolour Crayons, Blender Pen, White Taffeta Ribbon, Pink Pirouette Button.

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Very Merry Poinsettia

Christmas is coming, I am going to be prepared this year and not feel overwhelmed like I normally do with making last minute Christmas cards and wrapping gifts. I am really looking forward to this Christmas for many reasons but to mains reasons are we will have a new baby in the family and my three year old niece {Bailey} is at that age were she is really excited for Santa to come and understands what Christmas is about for the first year. Baileys excitement is rubbing off on me today she lead me in singing Christmas Carols, I got a little lost singing “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” but I have googled the words now and I will be fine in our next Carols session {lol}.

I have used Christ is Born for this project, I am pretty boring with my colour combos lately and this card is not different I have used Riding Hood Red, Choc Chip and Very Vanilla with a little kraft. This card is very simple but I like it. I have added detail to the card base by scoring lines down the Riding Hood Red creating dry embossed strips, I have stamped the Poinsettia image by Inking it up on the Riding Hood Red ink pad them Choc Chip Maker in the centre, The greeting is the same thing using the RDR ink pad then CC Maker and punch out with the oval punch and placed on the scallop oval from the Spring Mini {Can I just say I LOVE this punch}.

Here is inside my card:

I love wrapping my gifts to match my card, So I have stamped the poinsettia on Vanilla cardstock then attached to Kraft gift bag and made a quick tag using left overs and tied a big bow with ribbon from the Spring Mini…. I wish we had more colours in this ribbon because I totally LOVE it.

Materials used: All Stampin’ Up! besides the gift bag
Stamps: Christ is Born, Taking care of Business and Best Yet
Ink: Riding Hood Red and Choc Chip
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red and Choc Chip
Other: Giltter, Bone Folder, Cutter, Vanilla Ribbon, Striped RHR ribbon from Spring Mini, Oval Large, Oval Scallop and Scallop edge Punches.

Christ is Born. Set of 3. $35.95

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Birthday Butterfly

I am having the most lovely weekend, I stamped all day today making cards for ME to give away, not cards that I need to make for classes, design work or magazine work and it was lovely to not work with restrictions, I love “ME“ stamping sessions. I have had issues with my creative mojo most of this year it has felt but I am starting to feel I am slowly finding my mojo again. I have a few birthdays coming up that require “special cards” so that’s what I was working on today and this card is one of the cards I made today. I have used Beate’s weekend sketch {WSC102} I love her sketches. I have used Summer Love Rub-Ons, Great Friend Stamps and Walk in the Park papers from the current Spring Mini from Stampin’ Up!.

Here is the Beate’s weekend sketch {WSC102}

Here is my card:

And inside the card with a Butterfly image I have applied a “Inspire” Rub-On over, This is very suitable because this friend that is receiving this card is so inspiring. I just need to write my message inside, I can’t believe I did not start decorating the insides of my years ago because they look so nice and feel ‘finished’.

Materials Used:
Stamps: A little Birthday Cheer and Great Friend
Ink: Cameo Coral, Basic Grey and Baja Breeze
Paper: Walk in the Park, Cameo Coral, Basic Grey and Baja Breeze
Ribbon: Baja Breeze
Spellbinders: Label Nine

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Dear Santa

I am starting to really get into my Christmas card making, I am loving so many of the beautiful Christmas papers that Kaiser have released in their new Q2 range {Yes, Sorry NO Stampin’ Up! in this one} I have used the “Dear Santa” range and the stamps are from Darkroom Door which is one of my favourite stamp company’s, the images are SO nice to stamp and they have such details, I am super picky with stamp quality because I am so used to the great quality and value of Stampin’ Up! {Not just saying that because I am a demo lol}

I have been trying to take part in more sketch challenges lately to keep my mojo going but I have been slack for the past few weeks, I had to do Beate’s weekend sketch because it was just so great. I also set a little challenge for myself not to use any ribbon on this card because I was looking at all my cards last week and I never realised how much I use ribbon, so I wanted to see how I would go without any ribbon…. It was hard

Here is Weekend Sketch Challenge #101 from Beate Johns

This is what I came up with:

The inside, you know I love showing you the inside.

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Just Bloom Away

I think I am the luckiest Cardmaking tutor in the world because I have the best groups that take my classes, they are always happy with any card I give them, They are excited every class/everyweek and they all have hearts of gold, But I must admit it I do play favourites and it is public knowledge to ALL my groups that I have a favourite group they are “My little old ladies” who I have on a Friday Morning, Well actually I had not had this group since May because I had taken some time off from classes for personal reasons however when I returned for a the first time last week they are cards and flowers for me, I was “Bloom Away” and may of had a little tear in my eye because they are just SO sweet to me and I just LOVE them to pieces. I hope when I get to their experience level in life of “80″ I am still stamping with friends and living life to the full like they do.

Here are the flowers I received from them, They are the most beautiful Waratah’s and the colours are just amazing. They inspired me to pull out my Bloom Away Stamps from Stampin’ Up! and make a card.

Here is the card I made, The colour combo of Old Olive, Riding Hood Red and Choc Chip came from the flowers.

Materials Used:
Stamps: Bloom Away and Thank You Kindly
Ink: StazOn, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red and Choc Chip
Paper: Retired Old Olive DSP, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red and Choc Chip
Other: Riding Hood Red Ribbon and Blender Pen
Spellbinders: Label 8, Small Oval and Small Oval Scallop

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Bird on a Branch

I have LOVED this set for the longest time, I have used the greeting a million times but I still had not used the Bird and Branch. I love how simple and elegant this set is, which just in case you have not realised yet that is so my style. I wanted this card to be elegant so I kept the colours to a minimum using Baja Breeze with Black and White….What’s more elegant then that.

This card is super simple, I have clear embossed the circles on Baja Breeze for background, I have used Designer Series Paper in Baja Breeze to create the centre flag, layered on White with a fine boarder. I have stamped the Black images in Jet Black StazOn because I always think StazOn gives the cleanest stamped image plus I love the smell so whenever I can pull it out I do {lol}. I have stamped the circles over the top in Baja Breeze ink and also stamped some circles onto scrap Whisper White and cut a few out to “pop” them up. I can’t go past a big ribbon bow and I am loving buttons at the moment. I added a few tiny pearls to finish off.

Here is the inside of the card, I have just stamped the branches at the top and button.

As well as stamping the inside the cards I also love finishing off the envelope, Here I have stamped the circles on the back flap and added a little black scallop. On the front I have Stamped the Bird and Branch on the front. How pretty does it look.

Materials Used:
Stamps: Bird on a Branch
Ink: VersaMark, Jet Black StazOn and Baja Breeze
Paper: Baja Breeze DSP and Cardstock, Basic Black and Whisper White
Other: Clear embossing powder, Scallop edge and square punch.
Non-SU: Pearls, Oval Spellbinder, Black Ribbon and Button

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Setting Sail

Its SO hard making a card that is out of your comfort zone and this card is so far out its just not funny, I have not decided if I like it yet but I am giving it away tonight so I better get liking it. I needed to make a 60th Birthday card for a Male, I struggled to decide on a stamp set to use so I knew I was in trouble from the start, “normally” when I sit down to make a card I know exactly what I have in mind…. Not this time… You should SEE my desk OMG I have pulled out so much stuff . For the main image I stamped the ship onto White Card and coloured with Prismcolor pencils and blended with Gamsol, You can’t see very well in this photo put I have then gone over the top with Clear embossing powder multiple times so have a thick layer and popped it in the freezer, pulled it out after about 15 minutes and cracked the embossing powder giving it the Cracked glass look.

Here is the inside of the card, I love making the inside of my cards as pretty as the outside. Here I have printed my text onto Pattern Paper, I added a boarder of striped paper that I burnt the edge of for that “Old World look” and because this is a 60th Birthday card I added a die cut “60″ from Scrapware. I am happier with the inside then the outside.

Materials:
Stamps: Set Sail {Retired Stampin’ Up!}
Cardstock: More Mustard from Stampin’ Up!
Printed Paper: Old Word by KaiserCraft
Ink: VersaMark and Choc Chip from Stampin’ Up! used to lightly sponge the edges
Watercolouring Tools: Prisacolour Pencil and Gamsol
Other: Clear embossing Powder, “60″ die cut From Scrapware

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Go Parramatta

Well if you live in Sydney or follow NRL you are going to know what this card is all about! It is Football Grand final time and Western Sydney has become a wash of Blue and Gold supporting the Parramatta Eels who are “playing” Melbourne Storm this Sunday the Grand final, When I say “playing” I mean going to “destroy” Melbourne Storm this Sunday lol. It is crazy how many cars are driving around with Blue and Gold Flags flying on top, Even I feel like more stores then normal are getting in the spirit this year, I felt like jumping on the band wagon…… and show my support of the team in the best way I know how, Making a card.

All together {Nice and Loud}……….

GO {front of the card}

Parramatta {Inside the card}

Stampin’ Up! Materials Used:
Paper: Good Morning Sunshine
Cardstock: Summer Sun, Whisper White and Pacific Point
Ink: Jet Black StazOn
Water Colour tools: Blender Pen and Pencils

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