I'm Back

So the boys went back to school.  They were just as excited as I was. It was great to have them home on holidays. We could do so many things together. Emmalyn got used to them being home now she's lost. Poor Bubba.

I've been sorting and packing up things I wont use. Yes... Still. I was saying the same thing as I went through drawer after drawer. It should be all done by the end of this week. Just in time for classes and demos. I have also been sorting and organising my clear stamp sets and Distress Ink blending tool pads. Here are some pictures...

Ok so, since I last blogged I have sorted out my work space. Got everything organised and orderly and have got back on track with demos and classes. Make some new samples and have filled the calendar until the end of July. Oh and have done a YouTube video on the 12x12 folded mini. Check it out here. 

Here is the timetable (as per Alice in Paperland monthly newsletter) for all classes and demos coming up at Alice in Paperland in Port Macquarie.

UPCOMING CLASSES

Please remember to book and leave a deposit to secure a space in the classes. Also, please bring with you a basic tool kit which includes scissors, ruler, pencil, score board, cutter or blade. When class samples are received, they will be displayed on the board in the store. Also please check out the Facebook photo album for Classes in Port Macquarie. Some classes use latest release papers and will be made when those papers are in stock :) 

 

Friday May 23rd

*GUEST TEACHER* Karenne from Sydney is making Flower Pot Cards. 10 - 12pm $22
Don't Miss Out!
 

Saturday May 24th
10 - 12pm Steampunk Album with Sarah - $22
 

 Saturday May 24th
1 - 3pm Card Toppers with Karenne - $22

Tuesday May 27th 
10 - 12 Steampunk Album with Sarah $22
 

Friday May 30th
 10 - 12pm Bright and Colourful Butterfly Cards x 3 with Rosie - $22

Tuesday June 3rd 
10 - 12pm Button Cards x 3 with Maree $20

Friday June 6th 
11-1pm Cascading Cards with Rosie $22

Tuesday June 10th
10 - 12 Scrap Cards with Sarah - BYO Scraps $18

Friday June 13th 
*GUEST TEACHER* Elena from our Sydney store is making a fabulous Manilla Folder Travel Album. Vary the papers at home to make a different album. $30
Don't Miss Out!

Friday June 13th 
LATE NIGHT SCRAP $5
6pm - LATE
MUST BOOK AS PLACES ARE LIMITED
Please Bring a Plate to share

Saturday 14th June
Our Birthday demonstrations, sale and celebration.

Tuesday June 17th 
Colour Palette Cards with Maree 10 - 12pm $22

Saturday June 21st 
Window Lantern with Sarah 10 - 12pm $22

Saturday June 21st 
Honey Chai Cards 1 - 3pm $20

Saturday June 21st
Flip Flap Albums with Karen 1 - 3 (4 spots only) $25

Tuesday June 24th 
Card in a Box - Make 3 box cards with Sarah $22

Saturday June 28th 
Card in a Box - Make 3 box cards with Sarah $22

Saturday June 28th 
Button Cards with Maree 1- 3pm $22

Saturday June 28th
French Scrapbooking with Denise 12:30 - 3:30 $30


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**SCHOOL HOLIDAY CLASSES FOR 7yrs+**

Tuesday July 1st 
Wooden Letter Decorating - 10 - 12   $20

Wednesday July 2nd
Kids Distress and Stencil play day 10 - 12 $20

Thursday July 10th 
Kids get inky with Dylusions 10 - 12 $20

Friday July 11th 
Kids origami 10 - 12 $20

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Saturday July 5th 
Mini Album using New Kaiser Collection and Acetate with Rosie 10 - 12 $22

Saturday July 5th
Flip Flap Albums with Karen 1 - 3 (4 spots only) $25

Friday July 11th 
LATE NIGHT SCRAP $5
6pm - LATE
MUST BOOK AS PLACES ARE LIMITED
Please Bring a Plate to share

Saturday July 12th 
Cards using Cans x 3 with Sarah 10 - 12 $22

Tuesday July 15th 
Cards using Cans x 3 with Sarah 10 - 12 $22

Saturday July 19th 
Xmas in July with Rosie 10 - 12 $22

Saturday July 19th 
French Scrapbooking with Denise 12:30 - 3:30 $30

Saturday July 26th
Twinchie Inchie Class with Sarah 10 - 12 $22


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UPCOMING FREE FRIDAY DEMO DAYS

30th May - What to do with Chipboard - $5 to make your own reminder album
6th June - Basic Embossing
13th June - Basic Colouring
20th June - Alcohol Inks
27th June - Brayering

NO DEMOs DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

18th July - Dylusion Inks Part 2 (Colouring)
25th July - Distress Paints Part 2

Some classes may be added over time so please keep an eye out for these on the board. Also, if numbers are low, some classes may have to be cancelled. Please make sure you book to ensure we have correct numbers in order for the classes to go ahead.

 

 Alice in Paperland, Port Macquarie had their first Friday Night crop on the 9th of May. Nicole had a good night with the girls with a turnout of 12. I couldn't make it as I had a date with my husband but I'm hoping to make the next on Friday 13th June. If you're around then pop in for a cuppa and say hi.

The demo last Friday was Dylusions Spray Inks and let me tell you... It was so much fun. We had at least 15+ ladies turn up to play and we all had a ball. Thanks everyone for stopping in to say hi.

Well that's all from me for now. Until next time... Happy crafting.

Happy Easter

So on Easter Saturday hubby had to work so I took the kiddies to the beach with a friend and her kiddies. It was a beautiful morning for it.

After that we went back to my friends house and the kiddies played out the back on the trampoline. They were having a wonderful time as our trampoline cant be put up at the moment. They were all playing nice until...

Blake was playing with the puppies and they jumped up onto some bricks in the backyard and they landed on Blake's toe. Quick trip to the hospital to reveal... Its not broken. Just badly bruised. Hospital said we don't need to amputate, much to Blake's relief. Lol

Anyways...

This year Easter is pretty special to our family as it's our daughters 1st Easter. She's 10 1/2 months old and we just had a quiet one at home this year but I wanted to share some pictures with you all as we celebrate Emmalyn's 1st Easter. Emmalyn and the boys got spoilt this year.

So my craft projects this week include making paper and material flowers for a swap. I've also made beaded centers for the material flowers. They turned out good (If I do say so myself) until I ran out of beads. I turned

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Ok so, I've been a little flat and uninspired this week. Think it's cause the kiddies are home and it always adds a little something. In the mean time I've been cleaning sorting and destashing my stash. LOL. I know I said last week that I had swapped around things I haven't used with things I think I could, well I thought why not make some room and a little craft money by getting rid of items I haven't used / touched in the past 6 months and making way for all the things I've been using. Little bit of a mess at the moment but when its finished I think I'll be a little more inspired once I can see everything. It's amazing the things you find when you move other things.

Well that's it from me for this week. Check back next week hopefully I'll have something exciting craft projects to share. Happy crafting.

First week of school holidays...

Wow, What a busy week at my house with the kiddies on school holidays. My oldest has been crafting this week with me and has had a ball. He loves the Dylusions spray inks. I have a demo in May on Dylusions sprays and a Class on making Backgrounds for cards and have been playing around with them. Here are some things we came up with...

Also this week I've made some samples for Alice in Paperland's wedding invitations wall. I have had a blast playing with a bunch of beautiful papers.

So after class on Saturday I had a lady tell me she had been uninspired to make cards. I felt so awful for her I've  been making a few things to inspire her for when I next see her in may. She's wanting to make little girl birthday cards. What do you think?

Ok so, I've had a bunch of old craft magazines laying round for some time now, and I never look in them. Everyone of them had pages bookmarked for things I liked but I never get them out. I think it's because I have to go looking. So last night I sat on the floor with all these magazines and ripped out the pages of the things I wanted to keep and threw out the rest. This morning I then trimmed them up and I plan to make a Inspirational Smash book of all the things I found useful.

Have had a productive Friday cleaning up and sorting out my craft space and rotating items for use. I've put away items I haven't touched in a while and brought out thing I think I could use for current and upcoming projects.

Well that's all from me for now. Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend and I'll see you next week.

SURPRISE!!!

On Saturday 5th of April we had our butterfly class. Had 5 lovely ladies in to make the Accordion Fold butterfly card. They all helped each other and we got there in the end. Thanks ladies, for a great class. I'll see you next class.

Saturday night was a great night with family and friends. I had organised a surprise party for my husband's 30th. The weather however wasn't too inviting. I had organised it for Shelly Beach, then when it started raining I moved it to Settlement Point. Then when it was bucketing down we thought it best to move it to somewhere indoors. We agreed on Tacking Point Tavern and with little short notice and a cancellation we ended up with the function room for the evening. Everyone came at 530pm to help set up and a half hour later Trav arrived. SURPRISE!!! He was very surprised and overwhelmed to see that so many people turned out to help him celebrate his milestone birthday.

After a busy weekend I had a couple days break and enjoyed some time with my husband for his birthday, then straight back to it. Busy mid week sorting things for demos and classes. Making sure I had everything printed and everything I need for kits.

Friday demo - Cuttlebug Basics

We had a number of people turn up for our Cuttlebug Demo this Friday which was great to see. We covered everything from different sized dies to embossing plates and everything in between. We also had a look at when we could put into the Cuttlebug (foil, chipboard, acetate, Paper flowers etc) and a couple of techniques that you could do with embossing folders. Was a great morning.

Saturdays 1 Bag 3 Cards class was busy this morning. Met a lot of new people in which I'm hoping to get to know as the months roll on. We had a full class again today with 7 people and all turned up. We started with the easiest card but by the end we ran out of time and had to go over to finish the Waterfall card and fold the bag. Might need to rethink times or not talk so much. Haha. Thanks for a great class Ladies.

School Holidays
Kiddies are on school holidays now and Alice in Paperland, Port Macquarie is closed for the Public Holidays over Easter and ANZAC Day. Which means no more Friday Demos or classes for me until May. That doesn't mean I wont be crafting. I have plenty of side projects to do and I'm looking forward to sharing them with you all.

Speaking of side projects... I joined a group called Aussie Crafters on Facebook. They are a lovely bunch of people with craft on the brain. I joined up for this months swap. The theme was Autumn. We had to make an ATC for a one on one swap. Here's a sneak peak of the ATC I sent to my swap partner. I'll post a picture of the whole thing when she receives it. Don't want to give too much away.

That's all from me for now. Thanks for stopping by. Check in next week to see what I've been up to. 

Happy Crafting

Busy Busy...

Last weekend I had my birthday. I know I know getting old and there wasn't a shortage of people reminding me. LOL. I had a great day with my husband and the kiddies. Nothing too exciting but had CAKE. Love cake.

Anyways... At the start of the week I joined a couple of groups on Facebook for Paper Crafters like you and I. I've joined a group called Townsville Papercraft Lovers who welcomed me into their family. It's a great little group of people with the same interests. I have just signed up to their monthly swap, which I'm super excited about. I've already started. I just want to Thank You all for making me feel welcome and at home. April's theme is ANZAC. I've finished my tags and they're ready to post. Here's a sneak peek...

On Tuesday, I had my first card making class where we made 3 cards and a folded bag for Mother's Day. It was a small but great first class. I'd like the Thank the ladies who joined me and also Nicole and her daughter Jess from Alice in Paperland for helping me with my little one. 

The cards we made using the new Kaleidoscope papers from Kaisercraft. <3. We made a portrait card using tearing techniques, a Waterfall card and an Interlocking card. 

Friday Demo - Distress Ink Part 2

We had a great turn out to the Distress Ink demo today. We spent the first 15 minutes going over what we did last demo then moved onto the new stuff. We applied ink to the tag then threw water onto it to give the bubble / raining effect. I love this technique. We had a look at some surfaces that Distress Ink can be applied to including Ribbon, Texture Paste, Chipboard, and dry embossed cardstock. 

Well that's all from me for now. Check back next Friday to see how the Butterfly Card Class went. Have a great weekend. See you next week.

Exciting News!!!

I think I'm a little behind on some things... I've got the Inkadinkado Circle Stamping Gear set. I had a play with them the start of the week. It reminded me of a Spirotot I had when I was little. I loved it then and still love it now. Need to get new stamps for it and experiment with it some more. Then I'll post some pictures of what I came up with.

So, I got to Alice in Paperland today for my Friday demo and when I got there to set up I was met with purple balloons. After my demo Nicole brought out a cake and gave me a present. Feeling loved today. Thank You Nicole, You made my day.

 

The demo for this week was a Mini Photo Wallet folded for 1 sheet of cardstock. I love YouTube and when I came across this I had to try it and wanted to share it with everyone. It has space for 6 tags for photos and journalling. They make a great gift. I made a bunch for my baby announcements, added a bunch of photos and sent them to family and close friends. They loved them.

I got spoilt for my birthday. I've added a bunch of new Stamp Sets to my collection as well as Distress Inks. I'm so excited. Ever since I got a couple as a present from a valentine, I've wanted more. So this week I added 14 new ones to my stash. Happy Birthday to me!!!

 

So I have some exciting news... We've booked in some more dates for classes at Alice in Paperland, Port Macquarie. The next class that's coming up will be on the 1st April at 10am and we'll be making 3 cards and a folded bag from the new Kaleidoscope papers from Kaisercraft. Here's a sneak peek...

I fell in love with these papers at first sight and had to do a class with them. Classes and Demos run as follows...

Tuesday April 1st - 3 Cards and a Bag Class at 10am

Friday April 4th - Distress Inks Part 2 Workshop from 9am

Saturday April 5th - Butterfly Card Class at 10am (Which is full, Yay)

Saturday April 5th - French Scrapbooking from 12 Noon

Friday April 11th - Cuttlebug Basics Demo from 9am

Saturday April 12th - 3 Cards and a Bag Class at 10am

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Friday May 2nd - Stamping Techniques from 9am

Tuesday May 6th - 1 Stamp 3 Ways Class at 10am

Friday May 9th - Distress Ink Part 3 Workshop / Revision from 9am

Saturday May 17th - Masculine Card Class at 10am

Tuesday May 20th - Masculine Card Class at 10am

Friday May 23rd - Distress Paints Workshop from 9am

If you haven't already booked in, You're missing out. Spaces are limited and classes are filling up fast. Give Nicole at Alice in Paperland a call on 6581 5663 to book your seat now.

Wow, What a week!

I've had a busy week this week. Last weekend my husband and I took the kiddies to Coffs Harbour for the weekend for Roller Derby. Coffs Coast Derby Dolls Vs Port Macquarie Roller Derby. Wow... This was my first game and let me tell you. It was AWESOME. We won CCDD 284 to PMRD 122.

Photo by Travis @TravShadows Photography 

While at Derby on the weekend I set up a display for Alice in Paperland. I met a couple of new people who hadn't heard of Alice before. It was great to chat to them about the projects they're working on and what the have planned next. I had a couple of people interested in the card classes im running and if I plan on teaching in Coffs. All in all was a great weekend.

Been busy this weekend working on some new cards for a class. Inspired by the guys this time. Its so hard to come up with cards for guys. Nothing confirmed yet but was excited that I could come up with something to show Nicole and Alice. So stay tuned for that.

Friday Demo Time...

Today was a demo about All things Distress Inks. It ended up being a workshop with 6 ladies sitting at a table making beautiful mess. We looked at Mixing colours, Heat Emboss Resist technique Stenciling, Stamping, How to apply ink and briefly touched on the types of things Distress Ink can be used on. Chipboard, Cardstock and Ribbon etc. It went for 2 hours and we had a ball.

 

Next Friday is a Make and Take Mini Photo Wallet demo using the Honey Chai Collection from Kaisercraft and a little birthday celebration. Kits will be available for purchase on the day. So come down to Alice in Paperland (Port Macquarie) and say Hi.

Well that's all from me for now. I've got some new stamps and an embossing folder to play with so I'll see you all next week.

Happy Crafting!