123 challenge blog January 2020 challenge

Happy New Year
well all  i can say is lucky i didn't  tell anyone of my new years resolutions as i have broken it already on day one with  creating 12 inch  layout lol

This year i  am  going to try to work on my 8  inch albums  but saw this  sketch  this morning  1.2.3 challenge &  knew i  was meant to make it so after I  am  finished  loading  up i will endeavour to pull  it apart ( hate undoing all my good work  LOL )  to   still put  into my 8 inch album that i started last year , i want to finish albums before  starting another i have bout 5 unfinished albums so  like to do them  before i get too far in  to the year  (  heres hoping anyway ) 
so  123 challenge  is
1  being a sketch,  from  Page maps
2  is the words which are  Summer Time
3 is colours  , which are white, blue and we get to pick our 3rd colour , which mine is going to be red . as im wearing a red  and black shirt

after tidying up   and having a clean table at  midnight last year , im now going to  put stuff on it again  .it looked so neat this morning when i came in to craft  room  now has stamps,   inks , punches .papers  chipboards , string , hessian . nuts  ohh they are for eating not on the layout   sticker sheets
 
 products i used  for my layout ,
Cardstock ,  Kaisercraft   marine , Kaisercraft  white ,  Kaisercraft    red
Pattern papers  Kaisercraft Seaside.
Kaisercraft  Beach Shack  collectables
Kaisercraft Nautical wooden Flourish Pack  i have used the  lighthouse .
kaisercraft -Check in borders   sticker sheet
Creative Memories  Tag  punch
acetate sheet that has  Summer holiday  which i have added TIME to
White gel pen for lines and  writing journalling
Black Staz  on for  stamping  thongs
Kaszazz   stickles   - Star Dust 
string  ,gauze , thong stamp from   my stash

well thats it for now, i best go and do what  i  am  supposed  to be doing today and writing  on my blog about my  dt work  thats heading for the shop tomorrow ,that i haven't started yet 

Happy Crafting - what ever you do  as long as it makes you happy, then its  worth doing
.Keep Smiling 

Decembers posts

hi all ,
well,the months re flying by ,hey,  i dont know whats happened to the last few months ,when i   thought i  had  a few months of just crafting yet ,here i am   not  finished my mini album like i thought i would by now.  but as the saying goes ,family come first

In November i noticed a message from  one of the craft shops requiring  a person to  help, at the craft alive so i  thought , why not .i may be able to do something ,

 so i replied  the lady ,neha said she would get back to me Neha said that she  was waiting on another lady to reply,
 
so i had an experience, that i never dreamed i  would be able to do or thought would ever happen
 i did demonstrating. at the Logan Craft  Alive

here i am  at the show

a wonderful experience, a bit scary at first  im usually  the one looking to see what i  can learn 

but after nerves. had a good time . 

i now have lots of catch ups  with people that want to have Christmas  lunch with me , so  think i will leave   my mini albums til after Christmas

also i have been asked if im selling  my cricut cartridges ,which i  have a lady that im meeting on Friday to sell to, i have lot so f dies  that i haven't used in years so  gonig to try and sell them somewhere some time 

Seeing  that  i a now  creating mini albums i will have lots of   12 inch Kaiser and other albums for sale ,hoping that  i can sell them somewhere 

but  for now, i best hop off the internet as a storm is brewing outside ,

good night all 

cheers

jacqui

p.s.  if you are interested  in buying  any dies,  albums  you can pm  me  on Facebook.and in my spare days , i think i still have a couple before Christmas  more after Christmas  please do not hesitate to  message me    

thank you 

happy craft creations november 2019 anything goes

 hi
hows everyone going with the heat,  or  fires or are you in the colder weather
here today we are sitting on 33 with my fan blaring  out  cool air

Novembers  challenge 
i commented on a  beautiful picture   on facebook, & someone  said that it would be  interesting to create a layout of card with those colours so i did ,  for an example 

seeing i dont have much of burnt orange , at first i thought i would do mixed media, i dont do a lot of this, i mean i have the sprays/  gesso /paints to do it , i just  think i  also  have soo much paper  do it with that and its either off the floor or  out  of the cupboard

i went to  a garage sale of my friends place and there   was some flowers  in a Kaiser pack, and thought , that would look good on a layout with  those colours,
the  layout  i was thinking about  then changed style  lol  also the photo  that i thought i was going to use, i didn't find it  so  found another photo of me  and im in  orange. so my journey begun,
I haven't just used one type of papers but  different company's as you  will see,
PRODUCTS  USED
Amy Tangerine  sketchbook .- like ive had this in the cupboard for years it has 48 papers in the pack i have 8 left yaaa getting down
Creative memories,   patterned papers orange
close to  my heart  cardstock
Kaiser  -  Havana Night collectables,
Kaiser gold  shimmer spray
 Kaiser  poinsettia flower stamp,
Stamping up   botanical boom  leaves
Dernan Matisse high tooth white gesso (purchased at  Kaiser  stores )
darice   wood grain  embossing folder
dot stencil , ( purchased at the crafty chain )
corner rounder
 acetate sheet with  black   circles  ( purchased at  spotlight )
ribbon (if you like
oval chipboard from my stash i think i bought it at a choice shop that has now closed
bling, this was a random act of kindness  ( rak ) from Maureen wood  we are in a group where just randomly you send someone something small to surprise the  receiver, seeing i live close to Maureen, i hand deliver my stuff have a chat if shes not too busy and she  knows i love bling .

 now, with this particular  layout  i had planned to  go a different way,  i start things and then half way though think i should have added  this , so i will tell you from the bottom up lol

my layout is 8 inch by 8 inch, im trying to down size all my 12 inch albums ,of course  once i have a few , i will try to sell, i have tried before  but didnt sell, so maybe like hubby says  bin them..  shock horror , i will  keep for  next year  then drop prices a bit more and see if  someone has a car boot sale on  at one  of the scrapbooking shops

 but for now , lets get started  on creating a layout .....  yours can be 12 inch i dont measure too much i  just  think , ok, i need it smaller than  my base  page but will tell you measurements you can add  both to  yours to make them 12 inch  ( my size i will put in brackets ) lets see if i  can work out in  my head what sizes you require .
starting with your base page  stamp round the edges  with your preferred stamps  leaves  and flowers,  i always use  staz - on  it does not bleed if i need to  colour anything in later on......  this  is   my preference   with the large poinecnta one i stamped in the left hand corner  ,then fussy cut it out and placed the  amy tangerine  paper over that corner to cover where you just took the flower from ,
set aside  your flower we are going to spray it later

i have round cornered all my  papers. and the   base cardstock for something a bit different and it softens the page dont you think .
Amy tangerine yellow  flowers   11 inches x 5 inches (  7 inches x 5 ")
clear acetate                                     10 3/4" x  5 inches   ( 7 " x 3  " ) 
centre  both sheets so the butt in the middle one can overlap the other

   creative memories  patterned  orange paper   cut 2 . this size  you can trim one down later to suit     6 1/4  x    4 1/4        (93cm x  123)
creative  memories   cardstock. 6x4  inch                (85 x115)

now im going to tell you something  that i haven't done before  until today ,
thinking now i want to use  my wood grain embossing folder  thinking  now i will have to get out my machine  like make room on the table ,lets think  what other way can i get my effect done.,  lets try this idea,
now you have to work quickly  on this  especially  like when i have the fan going as its so hot here ,  now , i have got some  gesso on my finger ( i hear you say  noo you can use spatula or plastic  knife, what ever you use for your gesso ,  fingers are easy to clean  lol so place gesso  on one side of your embossing folder ,  add your  4 x 6  cardstock.. close together and rub  over the embossing folder  you dont need it ot go though the machine this is something a bit different   to do, you can wash   it now or  like me i just add  kaiser shimmer mists to the other side of  the embossing folder and my second  cardstock  4 x 6  cardstock ,and again rub with your hand  a few times take out   and go wash your  embossing folder while wet . 
with the chipboard, i have  placed  black  gesso , let dry a little  not too much,  and then placed in my embossing folder and added the gold  shimmer mists close and rub over.  while you have that shimmer mist in your grasp,  spray that  flower   now let dry , they dont take long with  the fan blaring 
while this is drying you can start to assemble your layout
i also ink around all my pages

 add the frangipilly flower paper of  Amy tangerine    or something that has  a flower in bottom left hand corner,  then the acetate sheet to the right  remember to only add the wet glue  to the dark spots not too much you dont want them seeping out although i  use  art glitter ( brand name  not glitter)  glue on everything , it dries clear, i very rarely use double sided tape anymore

 so now , add our  patterned paper & the  dried cardstock to the page . on one you are not going  to see much, depending on your chipboard size  just trim to suit  you might have a square chipboard or  you might like to use dies
 glue  photo to your chipboard piece , glue to  your layout ,
add  bling, then your collectables, sprayed flower the centre of the corner , with flowers , i cut  down  pedals then shape them  so they look 3 dementsial. i bend them and shape them add smaller flowers on top of larger flowers,  here i can go wild, i really have to stop myself so i dont over do it. as i have to think  this  is going into a mini album i may not have the space to  do too high.  add tag  (from the Kaiser   havana  nights collectables to  mention where your photo was taken 
journalling who invented that  but is good  later in life , you  may forget ,( when i  am   90 years old. long way to go yet .  hahaha  ) 

seeing im a left hander,  i always do my flowers  in the shape on the left hand side of the page ,   and to the bottom left  of my page ,  ( in the shape  of a L )  you might like to add it  on the right  or  spreading   down over the top,  this  is your choice,
 hope you have enjoyed creating my layout , love to see  if you create  it

im on Facebook, jacqui mccully
Instagram  happyjac11
thank  you have a wonderful weekend  and  week

 if you are in fire zones stay safe.
in heat like me , keep cool, drink lots of  water , keep  hydrated ,
in freezing weather  keep warm
  i will be next week planning to get myself wet in this heat  to keep cool. 

i will be  back   creating later in the month with more holiday photos  then we get into  the Christmas spirit ..
 do  you have your Christmas  parties  all booked yet,   ???
cheers
jacqui

christmas cards quick and easy

Hi here i have made several  cards
Kaiser jungle cardstock
Under the Gum Trees october collection
And the collectables
This is a wonderful range

until next time
have a wonderful time scrapping
jacqui

hi everyone,

 i  know i havent written on here in a while ,but  gosh where has  September and October gone, i thought when  my hubby and i came home  on 7th September   that i would have plenty of time to do  my crafts & write on my blog , but mum had a fall that  took up a lot of my time , at least i saw her every 2 days for 6 weeks something  some of my friends dont have with their mums  as they have passed away,  so thankful that i had  the extra days to spend with mum , shes ok, now   i didnt have time to  go out with a lot of my friends but thats ok, i know they are there when  we  have the time in our busy lives i may have t o make  everyone a special Christmas  time with them all

 anyway,  on one evening i  went to  the kaiser store and found  their newest collection  Under the Gum Trees,  what a beautiful range  can  be either made as Christmas cards or layouts,

i have done this  sketch layout around  10 years  ago  and when gonig though a album  for my nieces 18th birthday thought i really love that layout, so why not create it in a Christmas range

products  used
kaiser  2 sheets  jungle cardstock (  you can cut out  the middle of this  one if you dont wish to  get 2 sheets,
P2833 Fauna
P2829 Protea
P2832 Gum Leaves
ruby  bling /pearls
green ribbon  1 cm wide
i bought a  sticky alphabet  stencil from lincraft  to add Christmas  to it using  a white gel pen

i was asked  recently to  teach a class, but am not doing at this stage  but thought i would see  just to do with minimum of papers,with a  great  effective result

( 1 ) using jungle as base  dont forget  to cut off the bar code,  (  i sometimes leave this on  if i know its going to  use  them as a mat  for your photos gives you an extra 1 cm  to play with )
 (2) next  fussy  cut  out the kangaroo  and  large bauble of  Fauna, then with remaining  paper
cut  two  ,1.5 cm wide strips
cut  two at  1 cm wide

(3)  now cut out  Gum Leaves, here  start  cutting  from the bottom  of the page,trim off the dotted strip, this can be used in another layout if you so desire  so starting at the bottom of the page trim 7.5cm x 30cms
now trim  four -  10 cms x  7.5 cms this  is going to be your mats for your photos instead of cardstock make sure that  one  is  including the pretty gum leaves from the right hand corner.the other 3  as plain black

(4)  trim  Protea to  5.0 cms x  30 cm
the balance of this sheet will be placed on top of your base cardstock.
trim  extra jungle  cardstock  to  17.8 x 22.8 cms
i have inked my edges  this is your choice  to do or you  can distress if you like  the rougher approach  so many choices 

The fun part
 starting with jungle  cardstock, then  place  3.5 cms from the top ,place  your left over  Protea sheet  should be   25 cms x 30cm hessian side up
 on top and bottom of this sheet add your  1.5 cm strips
measure down from top of strip down 6.8cms  add gum leaves side up then below that add Protea sheet below that
place your second sheet of cardstock in the middle  of the page
add black side of gum leaves central  your 4 pieces  these are for your photos
with those  two strips of `1 cm place  one vertically and one horizontally between  your photos ,to make it look like   a  present wrapped   place a bow at the top  of the 4 photos

Note  you can also  do  TWO -  4 x 6  photos as well  or maybe  you  only have one photo  you can do journalling on the other side  saying when where   the photo was taken

i have added  foam  under the kangaroo and the red bauble to give height,
with the 2 strips at the top right hand  corner these are found at  the bottom of your strips that  you cut off
add  the kaiser red  pearls or bling on the  bauble  and along the top of the strips ive used big and small  for a change  use odd numbers if you re new to this  3,  5 or 7  bling . have used 7 at the top and 3 for the bauble add extra green ribbon under the bauble  so it looks like its hanging

i  do hope that you have enjoyed  my layout and do please give it a try,
let me know  how you go
 have fun
cheers
jacqui mccully

p.s.  i m not good with   metric  i hope ive given you the right measurements i prefer  inches most times
good night

more September news

hi  all,

 i  found some  Kaisers Christmas wishes in a card making magazine  tht i was looking though my stash so  instead of putting it away til next year , why not get them off the floor lol
ive made 15 cards  with the  one packet of papers supplied, 

where has September  gone,   next month i will be writing on them all  i have about 115  made up  i dont need that many  s some people  have passed away  . i usually start writing  on them come November and then have   80 ready for  the 1st December   for posting ,then i can sit  back and see  whom i get  cards back from  which i   lots of fun , i get letters in some , 

I met  one lady on a  coach tour in 1974, .  we still write  letters  and recently she  got emails, but she writes and says it better  writing   we each  have  all our letters  and  post cards  over the year , 

another lady i met at my work in 1972 ,  i have watched  and grew to know them  even if not actually meeting them  til  the youngest  was 15  some  10 years ago ,  so many lovely photos of all her  5 children and grand children   so precious to have special friends from  long ago

well,  wont keep you .   

have  fun crafting 

cheers

jacqui   

September news

hi all ,

after a relaxing  time away  yes we came home early as we usually do  but this time was  good,  as  my mum had a fall while  i was away, yes shes ok, she needs  trips to the doctor  every 2 days  for a little while , but its all good ,  mum and i  make it a fun day ..  today we  went to   sunnybank community  centre for lunch and they had  ballroom dancing there  ohh just  love it , once mums arm gets  a bit better i will find out how often they have it  maybe a  outlet for mum  to go to  we may have to dance together lol,  last time i did that  i   fell and hurt my back and was  not to dance for  4 years  lol  there was a man  dancing by himself today, ohh  it would have been lovely to  do it  they were doing  my favourite dance i love.  but another day,  im sure . today was to  be with  mum 

. I haven't done any more albums as i have about 4 that are half finished and want to finish them  so they are not lying  about
products  of cards
Kaiser  Silent Night
cards by coulture creations
green card stock
some collectables from the new kaiser range   peppermint  kisses
Art Glitter Glue

someone told me that  its only  90 something days til Christmas  so  thought i best start   making some more  cards  so here i have used  Kaisers  Silent  Night range,  i m not fond of this range,  love the brights  ,but of course i  must have bought it  for a reason  that didnt happen so  trying to sort out my room  get finished  projects done and make chrissie cards .
so 20 easy  and quick cards  to make
the cards are  coulture creations   a 6  105 mm x 148 mm i bought these at the crafty chain in Brisbane check out  your local  scrapbooking shop you get 50 cards &   50 envelopes in the pack for $15.50
with these cards i have haven't really measured  a lot , i wanted to  do easy  i just take a whisker off the   the  base size  to make   the patterned paper a bit smaller,or have cut   some  patterned papers to 2 inch by 5 and half inches, and placed them ,others i have then cut again to make  the 3 panels ,  the pictures of Santa etc are  just have to cut to size. im going to  add some clear   shimmer  to them  before i post them 

my next project  

i loved creating this  to put my photos in ,but now am wanting to  put my Christmas cards into  lol 

i have used  my favourite papers of all time  Kaiser  Wandering Ivy, of course its blue i  just love anything blue 

i thought i  would look at my paints i havent used in a while  maybe they are all hard ,but no  i have a small amount of yellow  & white  so use them  and they are gone . more space in the drawer  now .
 to glue it altogether i have used  Art Glitter  glue i use  it for everything , joining  the  edges,  adding it to flowers,  bling, paper . i hardly use  double sided tape any more only when im  doing layouts when im doing  stuff for the design team  for  Mixed Gypsys,  then i use  tape, as  i  only use what products  that people can buy at her shop  at home  the art glitter glue is  it even making cards. i just love this  glue

anyway,  i best  head off to bed,  good night all , 

happy crafting  

cheers

jacqui mccully 

just posting

hi all 
feel free  to browse though i  do  write a manuscript sometimes so  grab a coffee  hehe
   i   created my  layouts  etc, i often think , i should just write the basic , but  wheres the fun in that i think, and was mentioned last year  by a friend that it makes it me by writing what im  feeling at the time  im creating

 there will be no  layouts etc  for another 11 days as im away relaxing . and  hubby says its my time to get away from crafting &  taking people to hospital and drs  and just relax, and i find that im refreshed again to start again  when i return

 you can find on the right hand side  years  click on  it and it will open to my challenges ive done over the years starting in 2014,    my friend and i used to do  25 challenges a month ,but i have slowed down a lot since then with family  commitments. &  just do a few here and there  I mostly concentrate  now  on mini albums  but still love to  create my layouts
good night all 
have a happy crafting time 

cheers
jacqui

 

happy craft august challenge

 hi ,
ive been doing some smaller layouts   8  x  8 inch to fit into  my heartfelt creations  mini albums  so much fun   to create
i  bought several years ago  scrapmatts   chipboard  kit for a  off the page project,  but now  upon  doing mini albums &  wanting to  get lots of photos into my mini albums  i have to start thinking outside the box so to speak  ive been  going though my drawers and finding lots of treasures that i have bought over the years  just waiting for that  opportune  moment for that  special photo . so  now have thought,   just use them .im getting  older  i still want to have the enjoyment of using  the stuff that i have  bought, 
 i  took out the  off the  page   kit of scrapmatts and  painted it  with black gesso. there are 3 parts to  the kits , so means 3 layouts for me  yaaa.
i then have  got my photos and added  and cut them to suit  the  sections
so here are   2 of the pages ive created ,
this  one is using  Kaiser   peachy collection  i have cut out  the flowers something i dont do but  needed  some flowers to add to the top of the  circle

this one below i  made in  late july  its using  Kaiser paradise found background papers  & Kaiser black cardstock

i only have the circle to go   now  have to think on that one was thinking of  doing the same technique as above ,but forgot to  mark out the  where the  markings were  so  may  think of another idea  with the spare one 

hope this inspires  you to  try something different  

until next time have a  happy crafting   week 

jacqui mccully 

1 2 3 AUGUST CHALLENGE

123 august  challenge
I see another  another great month of  1 2 3 challenge
the sketch from  Page Maps , 2 words  - Brilliant Idea, as soon as i saw the words i knew the photos i wanted to use , and 3 colours  blue , yellow and brown

When we go away  we always go to the same places, as my hubby has  relatives that live in new south wales as he did as a child
he  fishes as his father before him &  when they had too many fish would sell it at the Brunswick Heads  fish Co- C obut that was a long time ago now,  Now we  just buy fish from the fish co op that was until  2 years ago ,when it closed ,  what to become of this  there were rumors  to change it to  a car park, others wanted the fish co op to come back  but it still sits idle
but  in feb as we walked along the  road  some  changes  have been made  its been painted  i went to take  a photo and a lady came by and started chatting telling me that   its been painted for the    series of  Sea Change ( or movie they had not decided yet   if to  go for t.v. series and to watch it when it comes out as then you will see , around about now it should be coming out ,
so my layout   today  includes  the Brilliant Idea  as my words   as someone had the brilliant  idea to   make this a  movie set ,  we may even get to see it in action when we go away  later on this month,  will keep you posted  lol
   i always think ,im going to use different papers ,but always come back to  Kaiser  products , as i  have thousands,  im sure . 
Kaiser  Chocolate  cardstock . CD109.
Kiaser  film strip from   happy snaps  collectables
Kaiser  Beach Shack
Kaiser sandy  toes
kaiser wooden anchors  &   wheels
kaiser  blue bling
 Kaiser  the fish are from another of  kaiser  6 inch pad  (  i think   deep sea)
yellow  dew drop brilliance  yellowBD-000-011
gauze  from my stash 
my journaling says
                                   WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA ,
the fishing  village of Brunswick Heads, that used to be a thriving  with fishing trawlers, now sat  idle  for 2 years,  has now been transformed into  a movie called SEA CHANGE,
such a brilliant idea to make this sleepy town  come to life again

today i have  cut  my papers into  3   the sun was a  sticker on a sheet ,wondering i  would ever use so cut of part of it to make a circle  coloured it with Dew Drop Brilliance  yellow,  i had a  stencil out  with  splashes , so  i have made the rays with 
matted the photos with chocolate  cardstock , and matted my  journalling   as well.
i have placed my gauze over the top of my   brown  cardstock   
the filmstrip and  camera are out of the   happy snaps collectables, 
the blue and yellow arrows are form  the sticker sheet of  Happy Snaps  Kaiser collection and the same with the yellow scalloped edging

thanks for this great challenge , seeing ive done  this in 12  inch by 12 inch , now time to pull apart and re do it , so i can then place it into my  8 inch album as im now creating in  8 inch albums now so will do any  challenges in the proper size of 12 inch ,for entries 
after doing so , i realized ,that ive done all my 8  inch  pages  of my album and needed a  5 inch  by 8  inch  not to be out done a  snip here and there and it now fits into my  heartfelt creations  album 

thank you soo much had fun creating  my 12 inch page  anyway 
until next month 
have a wonderful  month creating
cheers
jacqui mccully

happy craft july 2019 challenge

anything goes   July  challenge
last night I got out my last sheet of   Velvet Crush, its black and white flowers on it, but  of course, I want my page mostly  in the red as my  blouse is in black red and white
I also have  Shaken not Stirred papers  as well as 6-inch book
As i haven't put away my  paradise found collectibles, some of  them may come in handy, I thought

Kaiser Red Mists I have painted over the  velvet crush papers as the mister is  clogged up, but I can paint  things on still  so while I'm having tea, I put the fan on to dry my paper I do this a lot when I don't want to wait overnight  or  hours I just want to get the  layout done so fan  always comes in handy,
I have  put my  6 small photos onto   striped  shaken not stirred  paper and cut to size,
black cardstock is my base, my paper size is  21.5  (8-1/2 inches) x 29cms (11-1/2 inches )
i then cut my now red and black paper to half an inch smaller than the base cardstock.
mat  6 inches shaken not stirred paper and add  3  red bling to the top right-hand corner,
fussy cut  Ebony & Ivy paper flowers big and small ones to add to each other. add bling on top right-hand corner, curl up flowers to give depth.

paradise found is  from sticker sheets and collectables get out desirable    flowers and leaves, and tags
Kaiser  Wooden Flourishes  -  smear gesso  over the  flourish when dry,  write on   your message
Celeb8  chipboards are raw, but i have painted them in red   Kaiser mists and covered with glossy accents not to much just smeared that over the top with my finger.

my friend  Robyn as children were joined at the hips other friends used to say,   everywhere Robyn was you would find me. we met in grade 2  in 1960 but first photos are in 1962,  We went right through  primary and high school and went to the ballroom dancing  until she got engaged, something change, and I hardly saw her, we met again briefly in 1991, 2006  for school reunions  and  this year have met  again  2019.  the next school reunion is in  2031 but, Robyn says that she won't leave it that long this time, of course, we are both busy in our own lives, and she does not live in Brisbane so that may be difficult to meet, maybe meeting every 6 -12 months might work will see. 

hope you like and get inspired.
until next time have a wonderful weekend

cheers
Jacqui McCully

Happy craft creations july 2019 Sketch challenge

hello all, 
how has your day been ???
Today I thought I would try  Happy Craft Creations  July Sketch challenge.

On the 9th August 2015,  I went to my friend's Alison Bevis's  Workshop Wonders   it where  Alison gets  4 lovely teachers to  teach a  90 minute class  though out the day,  we start at 9am &  finish at 5  pm and   we get morning tea, lunch &  afternoon tea  included in the price for the day 
I  always take my camera as on Alison's w.w.   she always has a theme.  this one being Blue & winter .so I made snowflakes to add to my shirt an a name tag in blue that day I had the pleasure of sitting next to  Janet Bott,  from  The Resin Rainbow we had planned it hee he.
I have in my photos  Alison Bevis,  Bec Beattie, Kaye Grieves. Janet Bott and me
This was a 12-inch layout but was falling apart,  so decided to  pull it all apart and revamp,
 
These days I'm using 8-inch x 8 inches to make my layouts, it's far easier to carry them when I need to show people my work.

So got to thinking  today I will get out my white gesso, but alas  i go into the drawer and find 2 black gessos  ohh  dear what to use now,  I had a plan, I don't want to go  out  &  buy  the gesso lets see what else is in this drawer , umm  Glitter Snow, that might work  I've had that in the drawer  for at least  5 years  might be hard  LOl   its a bit hard but good enough to   spread through my stencil  yaaa,  so I want this finished  so turn on fan while I have lunch so it can dry ,
after lunch
the patterned  snowflake papers I have  then just cut up to make tags all  32  of them as I'm doing a double layout, ( who decided to do a double layout . didn't think of  hand cutting out 32 tags & inking them all  did! ! ! ! I LOL )
I've inked with  Tim Holtz  Distress inks Salty Ocean, I love this   colour and use it a lot

I have used Kaiser  Blueberry cardstock 
t  snowflakes stencil
dot   stencil
Cloud  9  Fiskars  blue paper for the backing    paper of photos
the happy days was done in 2015 so not sure what I did to  achieve  that it's on chipboards, I love  chipboards,
I have cut out some snowflakes from the blue patterned paper as it was a class i  don't know the name of it sorry.(I don't believe its not Kaisers LOL)
just as an  added   feature I've got  out the dot  stencil  that I bought at The Crafty Chain and dabbed a bit  of the  glitter  snow over it
the alphabet    date is from   Kmart

one of the photos I have popped up using  Collall 3 D  decoupage  glue for a bit of height 

I had fun creating this today &  its another layout off the floor that  has  been revamped
Thank You   Happy Craft Challenge  for this  wonderful sketch

until next time 
have fun creating
cheers
Jacqui McCully

123 july reveal challenge 2019.

1.2.3. reveal july challenge
hi everyone 
what a cold wet  day it is today here in Logan qld
when  this challenge said it was going to have a gap year, i thought , what am i to do , as this is one of my favourite  challenges to get me out of my comfort zones , after a few  months i thought , maybe i too  needed a gap year to reflect  on my year &  do something different  for a while ,which i found  8 inch mini  albums . i still get the enjoyment of doing layouts but in a smaller version  which i  really love  still of course  i can enter them  into   anything goes challenges, but not ones that require  12  inch  pages ,
After having a 18 month break , its lovely to see this challenge back again
For the month of july  we have ( 1 )  a sketch  love their sketches, i always  know they will turn out  great,
                                                 (2)  two words    THIS MOMENT
                                                  (3)  3  colours

my products  ive used today are
KAISER   -  2 sheets ,cardstock ,  steele  CD 105
                   1/4 sheet of black  scrap cardstock .
                  1   Garden Arabesque  P398  fountain , patterned papers ,  this is a very old range of Kaisers
Kaiser   Violet crush patterned sticker sheet - butterflies ,
BoBunny, sticker sheet , beautiful dreamer  #item 19403345
Inks  Kaiser  IP732  orchid   ink
Kaiser  Alpha   letters  lower case   # 3
Kaiser  black cardstock 
Kaiser  purple bling
TIm Holtz  -dusty concord
                  wilted  violet
                  seedless  preserves
Staz-on jet black
Embossing folder & Die  are from cardmaking  magazine by chloe ( out this month)
Stamps,   Beccys Place -  Orchid
water brush 
Punch  EK large  2.25 scallop punch
flowers from stash
Dina Wakley  Black  media gesso
 magicals - prima  donna purple
doilies  white

 My thoughts  on this  challenge ,
after seeing this challenge  the other day, i thought why not   give it a try, but  im in the middle of holiday  album . this is where i start something & then start another thing ,before i  know it i have  10 things started and nothing finished,  today is going to be different , after me  starting  yet again to change  my table around yet again  lol

Getting my   Garden Arabesque i  cut   the middle out at  10 inches, (25.4)  on all four sides,  the middle is going to be punched  later. 
next cut  my steel cardstock at  11  inches, (  28cms )  glue both  together .
 I have distress the edges of  the grey  and have inked it   something i have a habit of doing lately  with anything  i distress or  even on straight edges if i  dont want to add a mat .
Ek scallop  punch  with the paper you put aside 
Kaiser  garden arabesque  - cut out  6
punch out  middles of  3  doilies,
cut 2 grey steel  cardstock
 when you punch this out be very careful as the doilies are very fragile and may tear,  lucky mine didn't,  i have a misti that i  place  my stamps into , so placed the doilies in and stamped and then coloured i also  used the   scalloped punch then cut out the  scallop part & fuzzy cut the  scallops off ,then is a circle  on some

while  i have my water brush i get the  chosen butterflies  from the  violet  crush sticker sheet and colour  them in also.
i havent measured anything  with  the   where i placed the scallops 
i have loads of scrap black cardstock  placed my  2  photos  and then just cut around  it
I wasnt going to  colour the  alpha  chipboards ,  but then thinking  i have all these wonderful magicals  just sitting in the cupboard. so then  got my gesso and with a paint brush  painted all the cardstock as well as the alphas
while i went for tea,  i put the fan on so it would dry  while i was away so i can come back straight away &  start again

i then added the   magicals which only take a few mins to dry.
added bling to die cut  flowers and  added my flowers and the butterflies to  each 

thank you once again  123  challenge i had fun creating this layout today .
until next time 
have a happy crafting time
cheers
Jacqui McCully
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#happycraftchallengeteambluejune2019

hi everyone
last week  i went to a  meet and greet of my primary school what a wonderful event  to  meet people  50  plus years since leaving primary,  as usual i took lots of photos  but  when you have  100 people  i didn't get to ask  am i allowed to  place your photo up in my challenges or  facebook,  but  i happened to ask  one family and they said it would be ok  to put out  here

Some people travelled  from Thursday Island, Cairns, Melbourne, Gympie,  Murwillumbah  and many  other areas  of Gold Coast ,Sunshine Coast and  surrounding areas , and Brisbane people  All said it was worth the trip to come and will be back  ,maybe not to every time , but  once  or twice  a year  when able

at the June craft show i  picked up  some  celeb 8   Brave and Bold papers , i dont often do boys pages , mostly girls and beach themes  at the beach you dont have to ask permission
but thought at the time  might be fun to  create something  with boys papers,  even though at the time i wasnt sure what .

when i saw  this family of men,  the papers popped in and  i thought yes of course , and so my journey begun of creating  my page

products used ,  celebr8  bold and brave ,  pp3905
                          celebr8                              pp 3906
                                                                    pp3901
                 Kaiser  cogs  stamp
                creative stamping  stamps car,  road,
Stazon ink, jet black
ranger   distress   mustard seed  for water  colour  effect on car

Im not into fussy cutting  but have made an exception this time  and have  cut out the arrows ,clock,  fun times,  the Bold and Brave is off the bottom of the page
and the caption  you wouldn't want to  meet any of thes crew on a dark night, the mens sister  wrote and took the photo
  i  have  stamped the car, road from   a  card making stamps wit black staz on  ink and then coloured it with   mustard  seed  distress ink
The cogs are  Kaiser  cogs,
i have cut out the clock distressed all of the   the edges and of course  i have to ink the edges  of everything
i have matted my  photo and  cut out the words  loyalty, sign
my page is  a new size for me  11 and half by  8 and half .

 I find joy in creating  layouts of people that  i have met and will take  my album  to  all  meet and greets for all those who  didn't  get to meet  people ,so they can se what people  look like now, its funny ,that i  still picture them as children and not grown  up the ones i haven't seen for  50 years ,


i had fun creating this page can not wait to get started on the next 60 photos that i  took  at the school  Meet and Greet  before the next  Meet and Greet comes around in a few months time   The organisers are going to  do these every 3 -4  months so i will have new  ( maybe )  layouts to create  to  keep   me happy


until next time happy crafting
cheers
jacqui  mccully

happy craft challenge june dt

                                                        JUNE  GUEST  DESIGN TEAM

Hi, welcome  to my blog ,

i have the honour of being your  June  Guest designer, for  Happy Craft Creations  Challenge   What a Privilege, Thank You Megan Flynn
 I have  a Sketch & Mood  Board so have created a  layout as well as a card ,
last week i bought Creative Stamping magazine ,which they supply Simply Made Crafts  A4 stamp set,  Love & laughter.  This  month had  beautiful  flowers and leaves,  birds,  swans,  so got to thinking what if i stamped  instead of using Kaiser papers,  and my journey begun
Here are the products i used to create  my  8 x 8  inch  layout
Products,
jet black Stazon  ink
Kaiser  Smooth  white  cardstock
simply Made Crafts  stamps flowers and leaves
Novita paper collection - Floral Watercolour Stickers  ( these can be bought at  the Crafty Chain at Rochedale  in Brisbane )
Echo Park - Mango small  Dots papers  item #DTSP10012
Distress Inks,
mustard seed
spiced  marmalade
carved pumpkin
ripe  persimmon
lucky clover
the word . Happy Hour I printed on my computer & the journalling   not my strong  point
Close to  my Heart  clear  glitter pen
Waterbrush

I have used  Kaiser smooth  white  cardstock  & have stamped with  Jet Black  StazOn ink,  this ink is great for  those wanting to  colour in as it does not bleed, there  are many colours, but i love the black one only
Did you know that with your StazOn that you can stamp on your photos ? ?  yes , it works i  put  some leaves on  in the corner so  the  background doesn't look out of place

Colouring in is so much fun, relaxing and not just for kids  us too.
So  going  with the sketch,  i just stamp all  what needs to be done, then the fun begins with  the colouring it ,

This is the colour the colour  combo into the mix  ( see right)  this is a   colour i dont use very often so  finding something   that matched i thought would be a  problem, but then remembered i  had this  orange shirt  on when i went away on our annual break







i have a  Couture Creations craft mat that i have glued to the side of my   mat , so when i want to  colour its there ready,  so i have just got my   distress ink  pad and just dab a bit on  ( you dont need much ) then with my  water brush just start painting it  on the page

ive inked around the outside of the page  to give it depth,  again using  distress inks ,
i love anything  glitter as well, and have added  some  clear glitter  to some of the flowers  its never complete ,unless im adding  ink to the edges or  glitter or bling
Hope you are inspired by my  page today  &  give  this challenge a go .
until next  time


Happy Crafting ...



                                                               Card
  i have my card  6  x 12 inches , score in half  and make the fold at the top of the card .
I have  a corner rounder  which i love (  when i worked  the machine was called a round  corner  machine and it seems so funny , that in the crafting world the  name has been turned around  )
so  i have  rounded the 4 corners

 I  have a  die  cutting machine   with Kaiser circles dies.  I  have cut a Kaiser  Class of '87 paper collection ( this is a very old collection of papers )
while still off the card , i have  dotted around my   circle with my white gel pen , and  inked with  green  Dew Drop  Brilliance  Gamma Green  around the edge

the   little fairy  was on a4  sheets and as i walked  by at the cheap shop, i thought she looked so cute wouldn't it be nice on  card ( of course cutting out is not my strong point )  however i managed to  get  her all cut out

I have  placed  Collall Silconen 3D Decoupage  under her to add height  this takes a bit longer to dry,   but i  love  it and use it all the time instead of foam dots  which you can use   In brisbane you can purchase this at The Crafty Chain. or ask at your local   craft store

i own a misti &  love it for  when im creating  lots of cards like at christmas or  for special  cards .  The stamps dont move, so  if  it doesn't go  as  dark you desire  you can go over it and know that its going to go in the same place as before
with this in mind i have placed  my leaves and flower & butterfly combo around the card and  stamped with stazons ink
Then have coloured in after alldry,  i have assembled the fairy onto the  kaiser paper and added bling to the butterflies
I have also  added  Close to my heart  clear glitter pen to the wings of the fairy and  the centre of small flower and  all of the large flower

 Can not wait to see your creations for the june  mood  board and the sketch challenge

 Happy crafting
Jacqui McCully

happy craft challenge

# happy craft challenge  june  2019.
on thursday i went to the brisbane craft show where  Quentin Redshaw  showed us a  new  technique   using Aussie  Boom Gel.
I had seen it  last time at another show  but  looked interesting  and thought  i would do next time , so  on thursday i  knew the colours i wanted to work with and had the idea  before the show what i was about  to do with it once it dried after 3 days ,
It was a 5 x 7 canvas,  so  taking the staples out and cutting it to the size i needed
I have used , Kaiser  Pink Gelato sticker sheet and  coloured it  with Ranger  Distress Oxide  blueprint sketch  inks  to make them  blue  i then proceeded to add  purple glitter washi tape  to the mix, I  think its Kaisers as well,
About  4 years ago, my friend Nicole Penman  cut out lots of papers for me  as i dont do fussy cutting and cut  all these  kaiser shells out for me , so  about time i use some more  and the  turtle is from Kaiser Deep Sea, a beautiful collection to say the least . I have  coloured and inked some of the edges of the shells and have added some glossy accents  to the bubbles
 the Great day out is from Scrapmatts just love their chipboards
the cardstock is  white cricut and i have  just bought a kit  that has Kaiser  waves stencil,
here i have  got some wet ones and  sprayed  my  Kaiser Denim, Kaiser  White  Dyslusions  London blue and crushed grape an smeared over the stencil to create a  wavy effect i have gone over  again  in different spots  to give the idea of  waves moving ,
my photo is  3 x 4 inch.

Hope you like it and  inspired to  give it a go 
until next time have a great week
cheers
jacqui mccully

happy craft challenge

#happycraftchallengesuperteamblue2019
#happycraftchallenge2019
this   months challenge is to use Embossing folders, Arches  and the mood board colours,
I have used a  Kaiser  circle die cut and  cut it in half  to  create 2 arches  i have  placed Kaiser  Basecoat  (blue )  bricks under  the arches and also  with  some  Kaiser  acacate placed under the arches as well for added depth, and left one of the  bast coat  arches  blank,
my embossing folders,  one is a A4 size clocks  that i  purchased  many years ago shortly after i bought  the  ebosser, this is a beautiful machine as its no winding  electric , and is so easy for me to use,
my layout today  is  8  inches by 8 inches, you will find

that  most of my layouts this year will be this size as  the 12 x 12 albums are  taking over my craft  and lounge room, so  need smaller albums now to get them to fit  this size is so easy to work with
i have  drawn a 7.5  inch  white gel pen and written about the story of the pictures, it  reads
My Great Uncle Reg, built this  church, and he and my Great Aunty Rose were the first couple to get married in it , the village  was know as Sherwin Flats , until it took on the name of  Tarago  meaning  country in 1884.
i have  place  3 photos on  the page ,and the  word discover is  from   Scrapmatts chipboards,  i  just love their  chipboards
until next time
 have a fun weekend
cheers
 jacqui mccully

8 inch Heartfelt Creations mini album

hi everyone

I had so much fun with the new heartfelt creations  8  inch  insta album . that im wanting to  do another  ( when i return from my break ) 

i have used  2  packets of  Couture Creations paper  packets. it comes with chipboards ,acacate sheet plus  lots of  lovely papers ,  im not really into  apricot, but the word AUSTRALIA  got  me in , me thinking that the papers and maps would be of Australia , how wrong was i lol  but it beautiful papers to say the least


the  Products i  used  
  from  Auzz Trinkets & Kraft ( Neha is   the owner) the  8 inch album ( you can buy  the whole kit that includes  papers. stamps and dies ( not what i have used )  
Couture  Creations     paper  kits    from The Crafty Chain
 chipboards                              Scrapmatts and Couture Creations
somethings like hat  is from my stash 
the inks i used are   from Mixed Gypsys Scrapbooking and Craft  Distress Oxides blue 
other  inks   dew drop brilliance gold , 

Until next time  have fun scrapping 

cheers

jacqui