Quadrangle Scrapbooking by Liz!

This is straight from Liz's Blog... (I spotted my face on there, funny!)

Check out this groovy way of scrapbooking - quadrangle style!!!!

This is a really simple, yet effective design that you can use

whenever it is possible to trim photos down to 4 inch squares.
1. Divide a 12x12 base into quadrangles and add four mats measuring 5 3/4 inches square.
2. Cut the photo mats to 4 1/2 inch squares.
3. Adhere the top right and bottom left photos to the mats and raise with dimensionals.
4. Adhere the top left and bottom right photo mats directly to the base.


Liz has used 'Haiku' Designer Series Paper with some Rich Razzleberry thrown in to create a layout for the page above which she made for Jeanette, who is one of our Demonstrator Support Agents in Sydney. Jeanette and I had a great time catching up at our recent Convention in Sydney - as you can see, we had lots of fun posing for the camera. I bet she just loves this page Liz has made for her.

Here's another great page Liz has made of her daughter Dana and friend Jess, using a colour scheme inspired by Jess's shirt - Orchid Opulence, Basic Grey & Basic Black...

And another great layout, a perfect Christmas Page of her 4 kids...

The sky is the limit in terms of choosing your colour scheme and embellishing the lower right quadrant. Liz used 'Friends 24-7' Stamp Set in the first two layouts shown above and then for the third layout, she used 4 photos and popped an embellishment in the middle - easy!

I'd love to see your Quadrangle Creations, send me a pic if you make one!
Thanks Liz for this fabulous idea!

Happy Scrapbooking! xo

Crafting with my Sister!

Check out these cool projects my sister made while she was staying here, with full access to anything she wanted to use in my craft room... she's pretty clever I say!

This card features our new Two-Step Bird Punch in our Autumn/Winter Mini

(Jackie got to use it before me, gee she's lucky I love her so much xo)

Card: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ski Slope DS (retired)

Accessories: Button, Linen Thread

Tools: Two-Step Bird Punch, Adhesives including Dimensionals.

Jackie also made this lovely gift for a friend's little girl's 2nd Birthday, so she can add a photo and hang it straight on the wall. Using the layout I have been using LOTS of times and personalising it with Sophia's name. How did she do the name???? Oh with the BIG SHOT!!!!!!! Pretty cool hey? I can see me using this heaps for personal gifts and scrapbooking titles etc. The number 2 on the card is made with the BIG SHOT too!

Card: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Candy Lane DS Papers

Accessories: Chocolate Chip 1" Double Stitch Grosgrain Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 12x12 Wooden Frame

Tools: Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlits Dies, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Adhesives including Dimensionals

Jackie added Dazzling Diamonds all over the letters 'Sophia' and the number '2' to give it a little girl feeling, it made it all sparkly and cute, the glitter doesn't show up much in the photos.

I'm sure it will look great in Sophia's room. I think I might order one from Jackie for Elana's room next!!!! ;-)

Razzle Dazzle Friends.

When the Summer Mini first came out and I fixed my eyes on 'Razzle Dazzle', I kept thinking it reminded me of a dress I used to own with a similar pattern.

Then at our last Paper Angels Meeting when we made this 12x12 page (below) using Razzle Dazzle in Bravo Burgundy it all came back to me what dress I had been thinking of.

Pretty close match I thought. Like they would say in Bali

"Same Same, but Different!"

Stamps: Razzle Dazzle (Summer Mini ends 31st March 2010), Friends 24-7

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Whisper White Craft, Bravo Burgundy/Old Olive/Pumpkin Pie Markers

Card: Bravo Burgundy, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Circle Scissors, Adhesives including Sticky Strip & Dimensionals

Featured in this layout are my 2 school friends and close friends now, Kirsten & Justine with their kids Angus & Joshua. This was taken at Elana's Christening back in 2007. I was trying really hard to find a photo of the 3 of us girls back in our school years or a photo of our 3 kids together that went with the colours of the page to include with the Christening photo, but none had the right colours in them. Mark thinks I've used the same photo twice, but I'd like to point out, they are 2 different shots if you look carefully.

Razzle Dazzle is on page 18 of the current Summer Mini catalogue and is only available until the 31st March 2010. RRP $33.95

Never more than a thought away xo

Amongst mixed feelings of excitement of all the wonderful NEW products being released on the 1st April and sadness of knowing there are only days left until all the gorgeous products currently available are no longer there in our catalogues.

I thought of this page I haven't shared with you yet.

I've fallen in love with Sahara Sand and Sepia Photos. With that combination and the saying I've used from one of the fabulous FREE Sale-A-Bration sets we have until the end of this month 'Whimsical Words', I put this 12x12 page together featuring my son, Keagan.

Stamps: Whimsical Words (Sale-A-Bration ending 31st March)

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Card: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Urban Garden DS, Urban Oasis DS

Accessories: Baja Breeze 1" Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Paper Trimmer, Wide Oval Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Adhesives including Dimensionals

You may have seen a layout like this before (here) on my blog. I really like the effect it gives. With the many co-ordinating combinations of Stampin' Up!'s gorgeous DS Papers, this layout is unlimited how many variations you can make.

Don't miss your last chance to add our exclusive

Sale-A-Bration Stamps to your collection FREE.

These sets are only available until 31st March!

Select your FREE set when you spend $100. Click here to see the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue to select your set and email me with your order today!

note: my last order being placed before the end of the month will be on Tuesday 30th at 8pm.

6x6 Journey Page - Bali!

Inspired by a layout we had made as one of our make and takes at our Brisbane Regional Stampin' Up! Training late last year, I decided to create this cute little 6x6 page of one of my favourite pics from our trip to Bali. The colours match perfectly with our bedspread (bought in Bali). I've framed it as you can see, and it has a special place on my bedside table.

Stamps: Define Your Life, Defining Alphabet, Hello Again

(summer mini)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, VersaMark, Pumpkin Pie Marker

Card: Kraft, Old Olive, Whisper White, Rose Red, Good Morning Sunshine DS

Accessories: Flower Fusion flowers, Silver Brad, Button, 6x6 Frame

Tools: Stamp-a-majig, Paper Snips, Scallop Square Punch, Sanding Block, Adhesives

Did you notice the tie on the button? This was created with a thin strip of Rose Red Card.

Clever hey?

What a sale this is!!!!

If you haven't had the chance to glue your eyes to

Stampin' Up!'s Inventory SALE yet...

well now is the time to do so!!!!

Those who have, would agree with me here... WOW WOW WOW!

Here is an 8x8 scrap page I pulled out of the wood works made back in February

that is created using 2 of the sets featured in the SALE!

Life's a Breeze & Big Deal Alphabet...

(save up to 50% off!)

I know I said I was placing my last order before Christmas last Sunday...

but with a SALE like this, my wish list suddenly got bigger.

I must say I am not alone, those who have had a look and placed an order... thank you.

I will place one last order with Stampin' Up! this Friday night (18th December).

Don't miss out!

Email me with your order by Friday 6pm.

To view Stampin' Up!s Inventory SALE click here.

(All going well with Australia post, orders placed with this Friday's order should be in my hands for delivery the week between Christmas and New Year)

I've been to another great class!

Last week I had the pleasure of attending another class held by Liz.

Look at what we made this time...

This 12x12 page is created using products all available in the Spring Mini... Walk in the Park DS, Baja Breeze Corduroy Buttons, and Summer Love Rub-Ons. It is such a WOW page close up... you can't see it so well in a photo, but it is 3D with all the patchwork squares raised using dimensionals and the Corduroy Buttons/brads are tucked in between.

We also made this card. It is created by weaving two patterns from the Walk in the Park Papers. The love birds on the front are rub-ons from the Summer Love rub-ons pack.

I must say I have never tried paper weaving before this... it really is quite effective!

Thanks Liz for another fabulous class!

Has anyone noticed I LOVE the Walk in the Park DS???? hee hee hee

I go to classes too!

Being a demonstrator gives me the special privilege of being

surrounded by talented crafters who inspire me everyday...

and one of those talented crafters is Liz who introduced me to Stampin' Up!

Liz is a breath of fresh ideas every time I see her.

For those who know me, scrapbooking isn't my most talented area, in fact those who know me well would know for years I have made cards and often been heard to say I would never be a scrapbooker! But.... how can I resist with all the wonderful products Stampin' Up! have to use to make lovely scrap pages... and how could I not want to re-create beautiful pages such as these below by going along to Liz's classes and being the pupil!

Look at what we made....

This page is the coolest patchwork page ever!

Cool page = cool kid!

That's my adorable nephew/god-son Kingston xo

Cherish definitely sums this photo up!

The papers we used are from Urban Garden and Urban Oasis.

Then... Liz being Liz and being so talented...

whipped up this fab matching card

by using the 4 corners we cut away from our scrap page.

Now lets keep in mind here girls... that was my first Scrapbooking Class making a 12x12 page that I have ever attended. So when it came to making a sample before the launch of the new mini at the beginning of the month, I was feeling so excited about the fabulous design Liz had taught me, I just had to make another page,

but this time using products from

the Spring Mini... and... wha-lah!

This page is so sweet. It's created using Walk in the Park DS, Summer Love Rub-ons, and those two cute little pink flowers are from the Flower Assortment Designer Brads

all in the Spring Mini Catalogue.

I will confess, this page is addictive. I have actually made 3 more using co-ordinating papers from other DS packs... I will share them all with you when I have photos to complete them.

Look out... Scrapbooking here I come! lol