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