In This life.......

The last day of the November challenge over on Fiskars ANZ blog

I am being lazy and just posting my Fiskars post here!!:-

Hasn't it been a great challenge - thanks Lianne for pushing us all outside our comfort zone, fantastic to see so many inspiring entries in also from you guys :0) Don't forget you still have till midnight tonight to get your entries in.

So my meal was:

81/2 x 11 layout

pink, orange, aqua

cardboard

paint

4 patterend papers

plain cardstock.

As ambassadors, we are all really excited with the new templates Fiskars have released, available at wholesalers now. The "Woodland" template has the tree, the bird and the clouds that you can see in the layout. (As well as a whole heap of other shapes) For the little birds wings, i just used the bits of the tree that i cut off the lefthand edge of the layout, doubled them up - perfect, didn't even have to cut to size ;0).

The journalling semicircle is actually one of the flaps that have been cut off the envelope template, another newbie that you will see get a workout on here over the next couple of months!!

The circle scallop and little may flowers squeeze punches have made quick work out of producing lots of flower embellishments while the trustee old circle squeeze punch guides us up to what Miss Paris is thinking!! ;0)

Thats it from me, i know the other guys are working on projects using the new products, i will have 2 more projects coming using the tree in a totally different way also, so be sure to drop by daily to see whats happening.

bfn

Annette :0)

oops edited to say: the border on the right hand side is another newbie!! Its the corner/border punch "Framed in Love" PRETTY!!!
 

Jamiks Photography and Scrapbooking Studio Tully Class

Hello!!

My apologies for the lateness of this post, i wasn't having much luck photographing our class, wasn't happy so did them again, mmm still not happy but here they are!! Could do with some photography lessons i would think ;0)

So converting layouts to card and vice versa, 2 layouts, 2 ++ cards.....

 

 

 Still with me? ;0)

Still have some glossy accents to add the finishing touches.

These should come together quite quickly and easily, they did for me, miracle!!! The first layout doesn't have the photos added yet, still have to print them off.

It isn't necessary to bring photos to the class as we are concentrating on getting 4 items finished to take home and you will be able to very succesfully add your photos later!!

Hope to see you there, don't forget if you book and pay now, you receive a discount :0)

bfn

Annette

 

 
 

65 Roses charity Quilt - WhipUp.net

Hello :0)

Annette here, thought i would share what i made last night. I was having a bit of a blog hop yesterday and i came across WhipUp.net .

 This lady has close family members who are affected by Cystic Fibrosis  and to help raise awareness of this disease she is organising a quilt block drive, and so The 65 Roses Quilt was the way to do it.  65 Roses Day is named after a folklore story - and raises awareness of Cystic Fibrosis.

 The Quilt - ocmprised of 65 blocks will be auctioned at the CF Australia annual gala auction event in Canberra in September 2010.

I think its a great cause so i have made mine and will pop it in the mail tomorrow :0)

If you want the details, click on all the links above.

Okay so here is my contribution, like i told you a couple of days ago i am hooked on my

Mini fingertip rotary cutter at the moment, so cutting was done in a matter of minutes!!

The fabric was some bits i had from Tarisota .

 
  On each block the top lefthand square is to have a rose appliqued or embroidered on it, there are templates provided or you can design your own.

This took me back to my primary school days where we learnt how to embroider (thanks goodness i listened!! ;0), so i did it in chain stitch and satin stitch in the middle.

And the end result

i was happy with the end result, it was done with what i had on hand, but i'm thinking i might just have a little trip to Spotlight next week and make another ;0)

Hope your weekend is relaxing.

Thanks for stopping by

Ax 

Hello :0)

Annette here, thought i would share what i made last night. I was having a bit of a blog hop yesterday and i came across WhipUp.net .

 This lady has close family members who are affected by Cystic Fibrosis  and to help raise awareness of this disease she is organising a quilt block drive, and so The 65 Roses Quilt was the way to do it.  65 Roses Day is named after a folklore story - and raises awareness of Cystic Fibrosis.

 The Quilt - ocmprised of 65 blocks will be auctioned at the CF Australia annual gala auction event in Canberra in September 2010.

I think its a great cause so i have made mine and will pop it in the mail tomorrow :0)

If you want the details, click on all the links above.

Okay so here is my contribution, like i told you a couple of days ago i am hooked on my

Mini fingertip rotary cutter at the moment, so cutting was done in a matter of minutes!!

The fabric was some bits i had from Tarisota .

 
  On each block the top lefthand square is to have a rose appliqued or embroidered on it, there are templates provided or you can design your own.

This took me back to my primary school days where we learnt how to embroider (thanks goodness i listened!! ;0), so i did it in chain stitch and satin stitch in the middle.

And the end result

i was happy with the end result, it was done with what i had on hand, but i'm thinking i might just have a little trip to Spotlight next week and make another ;0)

Hope your weekend is relaxing.

Thanks for stopping by

Ax 

JAMIKS PHOTOGRAPHY & SCRAPBOOKING STUDIO - LAST CLASS FOR 2009

Decisions

 Decisions

Which colour scheme to use, have to decide this weekend, what do you think?

 

Both REALLY nice.

Last Jamiks class for 2009 will be 5th December, looking forward to creating for it.

A :0)

SCRAPBOOKING AND CARD MENUS OVER AT FISKARS ANZ BLOG

HELLO!!

Over on the ANZ Fiskars blog this month the challenge is to create to a menu, you can find all the details by CLICKING HERE. Basically you choose from the menu, email Lianne your choice and she will email you back with a set of guidlines for you to create with. Good fun and great being told what to do!!

So this is my post from over at Fiskars:- 

Well Liannes menu turned out to be a bit more in this household, everybody got involved!!

The day i decided to make my menu, our daughter was home sick. My menu involved buttons and when i got the jar out, Maddison decided she would sort them into colours and make a few pictures along the way. It kept her occupied for a good couple of hours, and my buttons are now colour coded into 10 different packets!!

This is what she made....

Cute huh?

Okay so my menu was:-

To make a card

brown, orange and green colour combination

2 patterned papers

fabric

buttons

plain cardstock optional extra

This is what I came up with

I made this shortly after i got home from the Craft and Quilt Fair and i was hanging out to play with my new little cutter

 

I love this new toy!! It was great for cutting my fabric grass, and my wavy line on my middle orangey piece of PP. I used my circle squeeze punches for my flower bases and attached my button layers with glossy accents. My "beauty" embellishement was hand drawn and hand cut with my Fiskars micro tip scissors, great for all the little inbetween fidly bits.

Now i was feeling a little more creative the next day and decided that i didn't want to give my card away, that i would make it into a little frame. So sticking to my rustic colours i gave instructions to Chris to look for a piece of old timber to make a frame for my card, he was on his way to the dump with hubby, i was sure they could find a piece of recycled timber.

Sure enough they did and Chris made a rustic, not too precise with the measurements frame, first time he's used a mitre box, i think he did very well.  This is going to live above the toilet in our bathroom which is white and terracotta!! (Not sure about the "beauty" in the toilet, but hey, the colours match LOL!! ;0) 

Thats it from me, thanks for stopping by today, plllleeeennnty of inspiration floating around here so why not get in on the act and shoot Lianne an email and get a menu of your own to play with!!

HAPPY WEEKEND TO YOU

Annette ;0)

HELLO!!

Over on the ANZ Fiskars blog this month the challenge is to create to a menu, you can find all the details by CLICKING HERE. Basically you choose from the menu, email Lianne your choice and she will email you back with a set of guidlines for you to create with. Good fun and great being told what to do!!

So this is my post from over at Fiskars:- 

Well Liannes menu turned out to be a bit more in this household, everybody got involved!!

The day i decided to make my menu, our daughter was home sick. My menu involved buttons and when i got the jar out, Maddison decided she would sort them into colours and make a few pictures along the way. It kept her occupied for a good couple of hours, and my buttons are now colour coded into 10 different packets!!

This is what she made....

Cute huh?

Okay so my menu was:-

To make a card

brown, orange and green colour combination

2 patterned papers

fabric

buttons

plain cardstock optional extra

This is what I came up with

I made this shortly after i got home from the Craft and Quilt Fair and i was hanging out to play with my new little cutter

 

I love this new toy!! It was great for cutting my fabric grass, and my wavy line on my middle orangey piece of PP. I used my circle squeeze punches for my flower bases and attached my button layers with glossy accents. My "beauty" embellishement was hand drawn and hand cut with my Fiskars micro tip scissors, great for all the little inbetween fidly bits.

Now i was feeling a little more creative the next day and decided that i didn't want to give my card away, that i would make it into a little frame. So sticking to my rustic colours i gave instructions to Chris to look for a piece of old timber to make a frame for my card, he was on his way to the dump with hubby, i was sure they could find a piece of recycled timber.

Sure enough they did and Chris made a rustic, not too precise with the measurements frame, first time he's used a mitre box, i think he did very well.  This is going to live above the toilet in our bathroom which is white and terracotta!! (Not sure about the "beauty" in the toilet, but hey, the colours match LOL!! ;0) 

Thats it from me, thanks for stopping by today, plllleeeennnty of inspiration floating around here so why not get in on the act and shoot Lianne an email and get a menu of your own to play with!!

HAPPY WEEKEND TO YOU

Annette ;0)

Spotlight Cairns VIP Night

Hello, well i am finally getting around to posting some pics of the Fiskars Demo Spotlight night...

It was a fun night with a steady stream of people stopping in to say hello and have a play with the tools. It was lovely to see some familiar faces and to meet some new ones, in particular the squeeze punches were popular as well as the shapecutter and stamps.

I always seems to struggle with taking photos at these events, not sure why, but anyway i took Christopher with me this time and he got a few photos right at the end of the night. Michelle and Beryl enjoyed testing tools and just watching.

The very talented Bonnie was also there doing some beading demonstrations, a few of her creations you can see in the bottom right hand corner. (Christopher was very impressed with the bells!) 

This is Jenny the craft manager, we could hear her jingling with bells in her hair all around the shop!!

The girls had the store looking very christmassy and had made a lovely display for our demo area, complete with decorated trees, chairs, nibbles, punch, specials and giveaways throughout the night. Christopher was kept busy helping the girls hide presents throughout the store and he was given the very important job at the end of the night - to draw the winners out of the hat!! No doubt he will want to come next time ;0)

The girls always make me feel welcome and very generously presented me with a box of chocolates at the end YUMMO - thanks girls ;0), and a craft gift for Christopher too!!

If you haven't been to one of these nights, you really must, it is well worth the effort, always bargains to be had, giveaways and inspirational hands-on demos from of different crafts.

bfn

Annette

SPOTLIGHT CAIRNS TONIGHT!!!

HELLO!!

How are you all?

Like the other Demonstrators and Ambassadors i too will be out and about TONIGHT IN CAIRNS SPOTLIGHT. I will have all my tools with me and i am madly working on some frames and cards to inspire you in a festive way!!

I have been giving the squeeze punches a workout to make funky little chrissy trees, wanna peak?....

 

  
 
 No,  not traditional colours in our house this year ;0)

I will have my LATEST FAVOURITE TOOL - the fingertip control rotary cutter (hope i got that name correct!!) If you haven't tried out this little baby you don't know what you're missing. Works fantastically on paper and fabric, so we will give it a whirl tonight, cut some fabric, do a little stamping and see what we can make ;0)

Border punches, squeeze punches, ultra shape express, stamp blocks and stamps, trimmers, eyelet setters, all there for you to have a play.

Almost forgot..... if a shapeboss embossing system has been on your wishlist, i hear they are going out the door TONIGHT BETWEEN 6 AND 9 FOR HALF PRICE, so grab yourself a bargain.

Might see you there? Hope so ;0)

bfn

Annette :0) 

PS. If funky chrissy trees are your thing and you would like the instructions to make these, let me know in the comments and i will see what i can do about uploading some instructions over the next week or so,they are quick and would make great "production line" chrissy cards;0)

mmmm, haven't blogged in a while.....

simply too busy, just not enough hours in the day and something has had to give!!

Still working at the school AND loving it i might add!! At this stage i am definately working next Monday as well and after that depends on how the health of the lady i'm filling in for is. 2 weeks, well 3 actually of real, full time paid work is verrrry nice thankyou;0)

Tuesday night i am demoing for Fiskars at Spotlight in Cairns for their Christmas VIP night, so if you would like to have a play with the tools come on down and say hello :0) I will be there from 6-9pm.

I have not had time to create except for 1 little piece...

Which i will post next week some time over on the Fiskars ANZ Blog, fellow Ambassador Lianne is running this months monthly challenge. If your looking for some inspiration and a really fun challenge then be sure to go and check it out. Actually how about i post the details here for you as well, here you go taken straight off the Fiskars blog as written by Lianne....

November Monthly Challenge - Are you hungry?

This challenge is a bit different, something I've done online before and had a lot of fun with and I hope you all enjoy it too. Sometimes it's nice to just have someone tell you what to do and you don't even have to think about it.

Pick one item from each course listed below
Email meyour choices
I email you back your meal or the requirements of your LO

I'll do a draw for the winner and if you have used Fiskars products and explained how, you get an extra entry into the draw. The deadline is Monday 30th November.
Leave a link in the comments to your LO on your blog or in a gallery.

SO HERE IS THE MENU

Entree:
Garlic Bread
Corn Fritters
Potato Wedges
Vege Sticks & Guacamole

Main:
Garlic Steak
Butter Chicken
Baked Lemon Fish
Sweet n Sour Pork

Vegetables:
Roasted Stuffed Capsicum
Steamed Broccoli & Carrots
Cauliflower Cheese
Tossed Salad
Baked Potatoes

Dessert:
Ice Cream Sundae
Banana Fritter
Chocolate Mousse
Apple Crumble
Cheesecake

So if you asked for:
Garlic Bread
Butter Chicken
Tossed Salad
Chocolate Mousse

I'd tell you your project had to be:
A 12x12 LO
Using green, blue & yellow colours
Fabric & Buttons
2 different patterned papers

So how does that sound, are you all keen?
I look forward to receiving your meal choices.

So why not join in, it really is fun and nice to be told what to do. Theres lots of inspiration to be found by all the ambassadors over on the blog - their meal choices.

I will leave you with this very colourful photo from school today, it was "crazy hat day" and the kids were raising money for Leukemia.

   They all looked fantastic and as it was Friday they all wear their sports shirts as well, so the red and yellow added to the sea of colour with the hats. I would love to show you more pics but i don't have permission of the parents so i won't.

 

Okay its now 11.00pm and i am falling asleep, have a fantastic weekend all, hopefully i will catch up on some blogs that i normally visit, thanks for being so patient with me girls, you know who you are, i will be stopping by soon to see whats been happening in your world.

Annette :0)

 

This challenge is a bit different, something I've done online before and had a lot of fun with and I hope you all enjoy it too. Sometimes it's nice to just have someone tell you what to do and you don't even have to think about it.

Pick one item from each course listed below
Email meyour choices
I email you back your meal or the requirements of your LO

I'll do a draw for the winner and if you have used Fiskars products and explained how, you get an extra entry into the draw. The deadline is Monday 30th November.
Leave a link in the comments to your LO on your blog or in a gallery.

SO HERE IS THE MENU

Entree:
Garlic Bread
Corn Fritters
Potato Wedges
Vege Sticks & Guacamole

Main:
Garlic Steak
Butter Chicken
Baked Lemon Fish
Sweet n Sour Pork

Vegetables:
Roasted Stuffed Capsicum
Steamed Broccoli & Carrots
Cauliflower Cheese
Tossed Salad
Baked Potatoes

Dessert:
Ice Cream Sundae
Banana Fritter
Chocolate Mousse
Apple Crumble
Cheesecake

So if you asked for:
Garlic Bread
Butter Chicken
Tossed Salad
Chocolate Mousse

I'd tell you your project had to be:
A 12x12 LO
Using green, blue & yellow colours
Fabric & Buttons
2 different patterned papers

So how does that sound, are you all keen?
I look forward to receiving your meal choices.

So why not join in, it really is fun and nice to be told what to do. Theres lots of inspiration to be found by all the ambassadors over on the blog - their meal choices.

I will leave you with this very colourful photo from school today, it was "crazy hat day" and the kids were raising money for Leukemia.

   They all looked fantastic and as it was Friday they all wear their sports shirts as well, so the red and yellow added to the sea of colour with the hats. I would love to show you more pics but i don't have permission of the parents so i won't.

 

Okay its now 11.00pm and i am falling asleep, have a fantastic weekend all, hopefully i will catch up on some blogs that i normally visit, thanks for being so patient with me girls, you know who you are, i will be stopping by soon to see whats been happening in your world.

Annette :0)